Chapter 2570 — Zhuang the Leader Arrives
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But Wei Zhao's thoughts were not something Old Master Zhuang could guess. He had Zhuang Niaoqiang take the martial techniques out and run them through the copier for a duplicate. Copying, indeed—in this age of high technology, even the time spent copying was saved; just photocopy it directly!
With the copied cultivation methods and martial techniques in hand, Wei Zhao took his leave of the Hidden Zhuang family's treasure vault.
It was then that Wei Zhao received a call from Leader Zhuang. Leader Zhuang had already reached the road junction leading to the Hidden Zhuang family estate, but the guards there would not let him through.
"Hold on a moment."
Wei Zhao handed the phone to Old Master Zhuang. "My people have arrived. They're being stopped at the road junction—would you have a word with them?"
"Yes, Senior Lin!" Old Master Zhuang hurriedly took the phone and said a few words to the other end. Only then did the guards at the junction hastily let them through.
In the reception hall, Wei Zhao saw Ying Ziyu and Leader Zhuang, both unharmed. Chen Xi, however, had still not woken and remained slung over Wei Zhao's shoulder.
"Huh? Brother Wei Zhao, what's wrong with Xiao Xi?" Ying Ziyu asked in some surprise, pointing at Chen Xi on Wei Zhao's shoulder. She alone dared to speak to Wei Zhao in such a manner; Leader Zhuang, Old Master Zhuang, Zhuang Niaoqiang, and Zhuang Niaopao all stood respectfully to one side.
"Xiao Xi passed out, but I noticed she hasn't been sleeping enough, so I let her sleep a while," Wei Zhao said. "Don't worry about her!"
"Ah! I recognize them! It was these two little bastards who knocked me ou—uh, who knocked this young lady out!" Ying Ziyu suddenly caught sight of Zhuang Niaoqiang and Zhuang Niaopao not far behind Wei Zhao. In her excitement she let slip a word like "this old lady," but recalling that Wei Zhao had forbidden her to use coarse language, she hastily corrected herself. Even so, she glared at Zhuang Niaoqiang and Zhuang Niaopao with utter fury, as though she wanted to swallow them alive!
Zhuang Niaoqiang and Zhuang Niaopao exchanged a helpless glance, privately marveling at Ying Ziyu's memory—to be able to recall their faces in an instant. Still, this girl was evidently Wei Zhao's little sister too; otherwise, how would she dare speak to him like that? So the two could only explain cautiously, "Sorry about that—we didn't mean to..."
"Didn't mean to? You clearly did it on purpose!" Ying Ziyu said.
"Uh... well..." Zhuang Niaoqiang was suddenly embarrassed. It had indeed been deliberate; claiming otherwise would be barefaced lying. He had only been looking for an excuse, never expecting Ying Ziyu to take it seriously. "Well... I'm Senior Lin's underling now, so we're on the same side. That business from before—let's just forget it, shall we?"
"Underling?" Ying Ziyu was taken aback and glanced at Wei Zhao in some confusion. "Is he really your underling?"
"Yes, though I only took him on just now." Wei Zhao nodded.
"Since you're Brother Wei Zhao's underlings, then naturally you're also this old—this young lady's underlings. Well? Aren't you going to call me Big Sister Boss?" Ying Ziyu said, pointing at Zhuang Niaoqiang and Zhuang Niaopao.
"Uh... hello, Big Sister Boss," Zhuang Niaoqiang and Zhuang Niaopao said hurriedly, wise men not fighting when the odds were against them.
"That's more like it. I'll put the matter of you hitting me on the record for now and won't punish you, but from now on, when I tell you to do something, you'd better hop to it!" Ying Ziyu was no fool; she had seen at a glance that Zhuang Niaoqiang and Zhuang Niaopao were no ordinary men. Anyone who could live in a manor like this had to be somebody. Having two such underlings was a good thing—far more useful than that creature Zou Ruoming.