Peerless Martial Expert in the City
Chapter 204 - 203: What Are They Proud Of?

Chapter 204: Chapter 203: What Are They Proud Of?

"Didn’t you say you had handled everything? How could it have turned out like this?"

Watching her husband frantically packing, the slightly plump middle-aged woman, her face a picture of panic, screamed questions at a downtrodden Li Zhengyi beside her.

Li Zhengyi gave the flustered woman a cold glance and said nothing, his eyes filled with deep sadness. Indeed, it was her doing in his rise, and her doing in his downfall. Over twenty years ago, by attaching himself to her, he had risen above the crowd and became a notable person.

And now, once again because of her, he had become a lost dog.

If it hadn’t been for her boundlessly indulgent spoiling of their younger son, if the boy had even a bit of sense, even a tenth of his older brother’s sense, things wouldn’t have escalated to this point.

Fortunately, there was still an older son.

Thinking of his older son gave Li Zhengyi some slight consolation.

"Are you going to speak, or not? What does this silence mean?"

The middle-aged woman, seeing Li Zhengyi completely ignoring her, began to scream even more fiercely.

"Their sons are dead. They’re desperate now and have taken the matter to the internet and the major media."

Li Zhengyi tried to make his voice as calm as possible.

"What?"

The middle-aged woman was about to stuff a shiny gold bar into a suitcase when it clanged to the floor.

She then suddenly seemed to remember something, screamed, and looked at him, "Have you called my dad yet?"

"No."

Li Zhengyi paused, suddenly realizing that while he was preoccupied with packing to leave, he had forgotten about his father-in-law. Considering his father-in-law’s capabilities, perhaps he might have been able to suppress this scandal.

Just then, the sudden sharp ring of the telephone on his desk rang out.

"It’s your dad!"

Li Zhengyi glanced at the phone and told the middle-aged woman, then handed the receiver to her.

"The trouble today was caused by your brat, you bastard..."

The middle-aged woman delicately took the phone, raised the receiver, and just as she answered, a torrent of furious insults came from the speaker.

"Yes!"

"Yes..."

Hearing this, the middle-aged woman immediately wilted like a frost-stricken aubergine, completely unable to muster a defense against the barrage of insults from the other end, only managing to repeatedly acquiesce.

"Hmph, what do you plan to do now?"

Finally, after several minutes of nonstop ranting, the voice on the phone seemed to have vented somewhat, paused the onslaught of insults, and coldly huffed before posing a question.

"Li Zhengyi and I plan to take Xiaohan and escape from this turmoil for a while."

The middle-aged woman glanced at Li Zhengyi beside her and cautiously spoke.

"Utterly foolish, just utterly stupid! You think running away will solve it? Where is Li Zhengyi? Call him here!"

No sooner had the middle-aged woman finished speaking than a torrent of curses erupted once more from the speakerphone, cursing for a string of sentences before continuing.

"Here, he is here."

The middle-aged woman had already been scolded to the point of feeling numb on the scalp. Hearing the words on the other side, she quickly passed the speakerphone to Li Zhengyi next to her.

"You idiot, do you think you can just run away? Let me tell you..."

Li Zhengyi, who had already heard the curses from the speakerphone while standing beside, took the speakerphone, trembling. Listening to the tirade coming through, Li carefully responded, sweat beading on his forehead.

After a long while, a sudden look of joy surfaced on his face, and he spoke somewhat excitedly, "Yes, yes, yes, I understand, I will definitely handle it well."

"What did father say?"

The middle-aged woman, seeing the sudden joyful expression behind Li Zhengyi, herself also showed delight, asking happily.

"Hmph, he said that starting today, you better take good control of your son. If anything of this sort happens again, he’ll take care of him with his own hands directly."

Li Zhengyi coldly snorted and, after informing the middle-aged woman, began frantically making one call after another.

Although the middle-aged woman felt uncomfortable with Li Zhengyi’s tone, she knew that this time, their son had almost caused a serious disaster. Seeing him seriously making calls, she knew it must be related to the recent call from their father and dared not say more, only standing quietly by the side.

......

With Zeng Xiaomei’s involvement, Xiao Yi finally felt at ease. After having lunch with Wang Qingqing, he returned to school. Now progressing to the Third Layer realm, he no longer needed to meticulously return home to cultivate every day like before. Nearly every moment—whether he was eating or walking—he was practicing the mantra.

As he became involved in more and more matters, his list of enemies also grew. Even with a significant breakthrough, he dared not slack off, but rather, he felt more anxious than ever to enhance his strength.

Upon arriving at the classroom, with time before class started, there weren’t many people present yet. The faces he recognized, including the Four Young Evil Masters, Zeng Xiaoxiao, and Fatty Tang, had not yet arrived.

How strange, their expressions, why do they seem off?

As soon as Xiao Yi entered the classroom, he immediately felt that the looks he received from those inside were somewhat odd. Moreover, everyone was sneaking glances at him, and their expressions seemed a mix of pity and sympathy.

Sympathy for him?

Thinking of the word "sympathy," Xiao Yi couldn’t help getting a weird feeling. Truthfully, all along, those people, in his view, were utterly negligible, and he really didn’t think they had any right to pity him.

However, after hesitating briefly, he dismissed the idea of confronting them for clarity and walked straight to his usual seat, sitting down.

No sooner had he settled into his seat than the Four Young Evil Masters walked into the classroom from the front door together.

Seeing Xiao Yi, the faces of the Four Young Evil Masters froze for a second, then all wore a cold smirk as they looked at him, their eyes also carrying a trace of... smugness, yes, smugness.

Feeling the smug expressions of the Four Young Evil Masters, Xiao Yi was taken aback once more. He simply couldn’t understand what the Four Young Evil Masters could possibly have to feel smug about in front of him.

In his memory, it seemed that this was the first time in recent days that they had shown such expressions in his presence. Usually, they bore a deep-seated grudge, seemingly with a look of wanting to devour someone.

While he was still puzzled, he saw Fatty Tang trembling as he walked into the classroom, and Xiao Yi immediately shouted, "Fatty Tang, come here." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote and support at qidian.com, your support is my greatest motivation.)