Peerless Martial Expert in the City
Chapter 663 - 659: The Zhang Family’s Descendants

Chapter 663: Chapter 659: The Zhang Family’s Descendants

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Chapter 659: Offspring of the Zhang Family

"It seems that Master Zhang is indeed not an interesting person, at least, far less so than your subordinate."

Xiao Yi shook his head, sighed, and a look of extreme helplessness appeared in his eyes.

If he could choose, he truly did not like violence, much less torture. He was not a psychopath who enjoyed seeing others in pain, but unfortunately, some people in this world didn’t seem to get the hint and appeared to be quite fond of violence, leaving him with little choice.

"You... what are you going to do! In broad daylight, don’t mess around!"

Seeing Xiao Yi’s expression, Zhang Fang suddenly had an ominous premonition. Fear began to manifest in his eyes, and he kept moving backward, but unfortunately, he found himself against a doorframe. And even if he could retreat into the office, luxurious and spacious as it might be, it had its limits, and eventually, there would be no space left to retreat into.

"The sight coming up might be a bit cruel. Do you want to stand here and watch, or...?"

A trace of contempt appeared in the corner of Xiao Yi’s eye, his disdain made him disregard Zhang Fang’s words completely. Broad daylight? If this sequestered rooms of the restaurant counted as broad daylight, what would one consider the well-lit campus of Z University, an open world?

His eyes then turned to the manager, who had been standing there, seemingly petrified or dumbfounded, and asked with a hint of a smile.

Upon hearing Xiao Yi’s voice, the manager finally snapped back to reality. He glanced at Master Zhang beside him and then at Xiao Yi. After a moment’s hesitation, he made the wisest choice and quickly rushed towards the door.

Choosing to leave at this moment might seem unsympathetic and offend Master Zhang, his boss, but offending the boss meant, at worst, quitting the job. With his skills, while finding another job with such good benefits might not be easy, simply making a living was still very much possible. If he failed to take the hint and stayed, getting into trouble with this mysterious Little Demon, and if he were annihilated, then all would be lost, with no chances left!

As he left, he didn’t forget to close the door to Zhang Fang’s office behind him, leaving Xiao Yi a safe and secluded space.

Watching the office door shut, Xiao Yi’s gaze slowly returned to Zhang Fang, wearing an extremely friendly smile, he slowly took steps toward Zhang Fang.

"Should I call the police?"

Outside the office, the manager only stopped running when he was close to the main hall. He patted his chest several times, still shaken, and steadied his breath. Turning his head, he looked back at the direction of Zhang Fang’s office with a hesitant expression.

If he called the police, he might be able to help his boss. Not only could it make up for his perceived disloyalty for running away just now, but he might even receive praise. However, the risk of calling the police was clear. Having fled, if the police arrived, the young man would surely guess that it was he who had called them, and then...

Thinking about the potential repercussions made him shiver and immediately dismiss the idea.

I’m sorry, boss, it’s not that I don’t want to help you, or that I lack loyalty, but this young man is too terrifying, too enigmatic. Moreover, it’s you who brought this upon yourself. You have to deal with it yourself. I will pray to Buddha for your safety.

The man muttered this to himself and quickly turned to leave.

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Under the watchful, reverent gaze of the manager, Xiao Yi slowly walked out of the Zhengfu Restaurant’s main entrance.

So it was him!

I really didn’t expect it—this kid actually has quite a background.

The Zhang mansion in Glass City really does have status, tsk tsk...

Xiao Yi lifted his head to look at the sky overhead, his lips curling into a scornful, cold smirk.

From the moment he first saw Zhang Fang, he knew that there was someone behind him pulling the strings. Someone like Zhang Fang wouldn’t act against him without reason if Xiao Yi hadn’t offended him before.

Honestly, he had been speculating the whole time about who the person behind the scenes could be. In and out of the university, he had offended quite a number of people, and some of them could indeed motivate a person in the Bone Tempering Period like Zhang Fang. However, he had not expected that person to be Zhang Botao, the youngster from the university’s sports meet, whom he had taught a small lesson.

Even more unexpectedly, this Zhang Botao turned out to have some backing—with the Zhang Family behind him!

This time’s visit to Zhengfu Restaurant, in addition to meeting that so-called Master Zhang, finding the real culprit who had orchestrated the ambush against him, and learning of Zhang Botao’s identity, there was an unexpected gain—that was, the soccer case that he had investigated to no avail, with leads broken off and which he had temporarily put aside, was also unexpectedly brought to light.

The stubborn Zhang Fang ultimately could not withstand his Divine Needle, and after a few pricks, obediently confessed everything clearly. Not only the instigator of this incident, Zhang Botao’s identity, but also the previous soccer case—Xiao Yi didn’t even have to ask; he just revealed it on his own.

After learning of Young Master Zhang’s identity, Xiao Yi was not in a hurry to settle accounts with Zhang Botao; on the contrary, he felt more at ease.

He had been anxious to find the real culprit because he thought the other party was formidable and omnipotent.

Now that he knew the other party was just a small fry, and that their actions were not due to being omnipotent but rather due to sly trickery and small schemes, he naturally no longer held such apprehension.

As long as he knew who the adversary was, and brought them out into the open, it didn’t matter if they were just a small fry or even if they had more power; he was completely unafraid.

Of course, since the other party again and again schemed and plotted against him in the shadows, Xiao Yi naturally wouldn’t let them get away with it so easily; no matter what, he was determined to teach them a lesson.

However, the adversary was from the Zhang Family. Should he make a phone call to give Senior Zhang a heads-up?

While pondering how to teach Zhang Botao a lesson, Xiao Yi suddenly thought of Zhang Yuhuan and slightly furrowed his brows. From what Mr. Ma and others said last time, he knew that Yuhan’s identity was the young lady of the Zhang Family.

No matter what, his impression of Yuhan was still quite favorable.

Forget it, let’s just teach him a small lesson. For such a minor matter, telling her might make her misunderstand his intentions, which would make it difficult for her.

The thought of notifying Yuhan flickered in Xiao Yi’s mind for a moment before he dismissed it.

Hehe, Zhang Botao, I hope you, a scion of the Zhang Family, won’t disappoint me too much.

Xiao Yi turned back, took a glance at the huge Zhengfu Restaurant sign overhead, and then at the manager behind him who was respectfully seeing him off. A cold smile played on the corners of his mouth as he strode towards Azure Waterfront.

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At the entrance of Zhengfu Restaurant, the manager who had been respectfully bidding farewell to Xiao Yi watched as he finally left completely, his silhouette disappearing without a trace. The manager finally let out a long sigh of relief, feeling as if he had been granted a reprieve.

It was only when he lifted his head that he realized his clothes were soaked through with cold sweat. When he saw Xiao Yi walking away and then suddenly looking back, he truly broke out in goosebumps, fearing that the Little Demon might suddenly come back to finish the job.

He now truly feared the God of Kill down to his bones.

Just now, although he hadn’t been in that room and didn’t know the specifics of what had happened there or how tragic the events were, the barely audible but distinct squeals of Master Zhang from the room had made a powerful impression on his mind.

Remembering Master Zhang’s screams sent shivers down his spine; it was unbearably sorrowful. If he hadn’t heard it with his own ears, he would not have believed that someone as tough as Master Zhang could make such sounds.

Master Zhang—right, Master Zhang—I must go check how Master Zhang is doing...

It took a while for him to snap out of the nightmare-like feeling, then he jolted to his senses, turned around, and rushed upstairs, making his way toward Zhang Fang’s office.

"Master Zhang, Master Zhang, how are you?"

Before he even reached the office door, the manager began calling out in anxiety.

In the office, Zhang Fang seemed to have aged a decade in an instant, sitting collapsed on the floor with dull, lifeless eyes, like a person who had lost his soul. His hair was no longer shiny and bright. His face lacked the vital spark it previously had, and it lacked even a hint of color, pale as if he were a ghost in the night.

The shouting from outside the office seemed completely unheard by him.

"Master Zhang, what’s... what happened to you?"

The manager finally arrived at the office door, and upon seeing Zhang Fang, who now seemed like a soulless husk, human yet inhuman, ghostly yet not quite a ghost, even though he had mentally braced himself, his heart still trembled, his eyes filled with shock and disbelief, voice quivering as he spoke.

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