Return to the City: The Strongest King
Chapter 117: It Came Rolling In

Chapter 117: Chapter 117: It Came Rolling In

"What did you just say?"

After Song Xiaodong had said this, he put away his phone, and then Li Sijie, Miao Xuanxuan, and Zhao Pingzhi all widened their eyes at him. Li Sijie, even more stammeringly, asked a question.

Miao Xuanxuan immediately rushed to say, "He told Chen Zixu to come over immediately."

Li Sijie’s eyes widened even more, and she stretched out both hands and grabbed Song Xiaodong’s arm urgently, "You... you know Chen Zixu?"

"Met him once," Song Xiaodong said with a slight smile.

"No way!" Zhao Pingzhi had been scared by Song Xiaodong just now, but hearing that Song Xiaodong had only met him once, a surge of anger rose from his heart. He felt that Song Xiaodong had tricked him and said, "You really don’t prepare your bluff, you’ve only met Chen Zixu once, and you think you can sort this matter out? Everyone meets Chen Zixu every day. He probably won’t even remember who it was."

"Ha..." At this, Zhao Pingzhi couldn’t help but laugh, expressing even more disdain, "And you even said to tell Chen Zixu to ’come over here.’ If Chen Zixu heard this, I guarantee you wouldn’t live to see tomorrow’s sun."

Song Xiaodong just smiled, too lazy to bother with him. What he disliked the most was this kind of person who looks down on others, and he also disliked talking to them, but it seemed he had come across quite a few of these people in recent days.

At this moment, Li Sijie also calmed down and let go of him, saying somewhat helplessly, "You guy, making such a joke at this time."

Song Xiaodong grinned and said, "I’m not joking with you."

Zhao Pingzhi laughed heartily, "Haha... you’re really funny, still acting here. I’ve grown up without ever seeing someone as naive as you."

Miao Xuanxuan bent down and whispered in Song Xiaodong’s ear, "Is this for real or not?"

Song Xiaodong turned his head, and Miao Xuanxuan immediately moved her ear closer to his.

"Of course, it’s real. Can I joke about President Li? If it were a joke, it would more likely be on you."

"Jerk!" Miao Xuanxuan immediately twisted Song Xiaodong’s arm, but she suddenly believed what he had said without any doubt, and this ’jerk’ somehow felt as affectionate as how her sister would call Song Xiaodong.

Song Xiaodong was sitting closely between two beautiful women, one nestled close to him, chatting intimately, which made Zhao Pingzhi envious.

He really didn’t want to see Song Xiaodong enjoying himself like this and immediately said mockingly, "Hey, didn’t you say to have Chen Zixu come rolling over? Why hasn’t he arrived yet?"

Miao Xuanxuan, getting confirmation from Song Xiaodong, immediately tilted her chin and said, "Are you not feeling well? Doesn’t walking take time? Doesn’t driving take time? Do you think this is some summoning spell where with one word, Chen Zixu would just appear out of thin air?"

Zhao Pingzhi, feeling a bit embarrassed by the retort, said, "I’m just afraid we wait half the day and the person won’t even show up, and it will have just been a waste of time. Sijie, it’s just that I’ve been led astray by these two. I’ll contact my friends right now to see who can still help; no matter how difficult it is, I’ll do my utmost to assist you."

"Thanks a lot. You don’t need to push yourself too hard, maybe Xiaodong really can manage it." Seeing Song Xiaodong and Miao Xuanxuan’s relaxed faces, Li Sijie also started to feel confident.

Zhao Pingzhi immediately said helplessly, "Sijie, you’re really something, relying on a green youth like this, no way it’s reliable. We can’t pin our hopes on him."

As he spoke, he always tried to sound closer to Li Sijie and to distance himself from Song Xiaodong and the others by highlighting their difference in status.

Li Sijie, also picking up on this, felt somewhat uncomfortable inside and said, "Hmm, I know."

Seeing that Li Sijie wasn’t in high spirits, Zhao Pingzhi was even more upset. He didn’t want to lose to Song Xiaodong and quickly pulled out his phone, dialing frantically.

In recent years, Zhao Pingzhi had mixed well and still had some connections.

"Director Sun, I need a favor for a friend... Oh, you can’t think of a way? Alright, alright, I’ll figure something out."

"Deputy Director Chen, with your influence, can’t you sort this out? ... Ah, well then, I won’t bother you further."

Zhao Pingzhi made six or seven calls in a row, apparently to people with significant social status, but the result was always that they couldn’t help, which made his headache grow. It seemed he really couldn’t help on this matter, but thinking of his efforts, if not for merit, at least he should earn some appreciation for his hard work and might get a chance with Li Sijie someday.

However, seeing Song Xiaodong chatting comfortably with Miao Xuanxuan, and though Li Sijie wasn’t talking to Song Xiaodong with a laugh, she seemed less anxious and kept telling him not to make any more calls, which made Zhao Pingzhi even more annoyed.

Rolling his eyes, with a loud voice and a disdainful tone, he said, "Hey, it’s been enough time, shouldn’t Chen Zixu have rolled over by now?"

"Here he is!" No sooner had he spoken than a man’s voice came from behind him, followed by a man who rushed in hastily.

"Director Chen? Why are you here?" Seeing the man, Zhao Pingzhi’s eyes widened—it was indeed Chen Zixu, and he had just said for Chen Zixu to roll over; this was certainly sealing his fate.

"Director Chen... no, no, it wasn’t me who said for you to roll over, it was him," he said, pointing at Song Xiaodong, "I didn’t mean it, I was just repeating what he said."

Zhao Pingzhi’s explanation might have been better left unsaid, as it made Chen Zixu notice him and he immediately recognized the man’s disdain towards Song Xiaodong, which was something he couldn’t tolerate.

But now he had no time to dwell on it, he just gave Zhao Pingzhi a look, memorized the man’s face, and then quickly walked up to Song Xiaodong, with a smile, said, "Hey big brother, what’s up? What’s so urgent that you had to call me over?"

"Big... big brother..." Zhao Pingzhi nearly fainted. Chen Zixu, a major underworld figure, was calling a venue’s junior employee ’big brother!’ This must be madness, absolute madness!

Miao Xuanxuan and Li Sijie also widened their eyes. Neither of them knew Chen Zixu, but now they knew this young man was Chen Zixu, and his addressing ’big brother’ left them utterly dumbfounded.