School Beauty's Personal Martial Expert
Chapter 256: Mysterious ancient books 4

Chapter 256: Mysterious ancient books 4

Thinking of this, Leng Xuan felt helpless and had to feign ignorance against his better judgment, quietly reading the original text in the booklet three times over. Once confident he could recall it all, he closed the book. After summarizing it in his mind, he handed the booklet back to the old man, saying, "Old gentleman, thank you, I’ve finished reading."

The elder smiled and said, "Young man, there’s no need to rush to return it to me; you could have looked through it a few more times. Anyway, I’ll be here for a few more hours, so there’s plenty of time."

Leng Xuan said, "No need, I’ve already memorized it."

"Hmm?" The elder pushed up his glasses, looking at Leng Xuan in surprise, "In just this short time, you’ve memorized everything?"

Leng Xuan couldn’t help but smile inwardly. Ever since he learned the Defying Heaven Art, his memory had far surpassed that of ordinary people. If it weren’t for the need to act cautiously, he could have remembered just about everything after one reading. He feigned modesty as he replied, "I’ve got the gist of it, but I have some other matters to attend to, so I must leave now."

The elder’s eyes showed a hint of disappointment. He had taken a liking to Leng Xuan because he was young yet interested in this sort of life cultivation book. Seeing that Leng Xuan no longer wished to read after such a brief look, the elder couldn’t help thinking, ’After all, he is a young man, how could he possibly understand such profound things? It seems this young man just can’t read on.’ Shaking his head, he took the booklet back.

After saying goodbye to the old man, Leng Xuan left the library straight away. He took out his phone to check the time, and seeing it was already six o’clock in the evening, he immediately dialed Li Mengjie’s number.

"Oh, Cold Bodyguard, it’s you. Why haven’t you come back yet?" Li Mengjie’s voice chirped through the phone as soon as the connection was made.

Leng Xuan said, "I’ll be back soon, have you all gotten home?"

Li Mengjie responded, "Yes, we just arrived. Xue Jiu and I were about to go buy groceries. You better hurry, we’ll wait for you to come back and cook the meal!"

Leng Xuan gave a wry smile and said, "Alright, I’ll be there in about twenty minutes. Gotta hang up, I’m taking a cab!"

"..."

After hanging up the phone, Leng Xuan immediately hailed a taxi to go back.

In the Yaochi Nightclub, Cao Shaoyi sat on a couch in a private room, his expression extremely dark. The subordinates standing in front of him all had their heads bowed, not daring to breathe too loudly.

Just moments ago, Cao Shaoyi had received news that Su Zhenggang had sent people to seal off two of the bars under his name, which thoroughly infuriated him. He could no longer tolerate this feeling of utter frustration. He snorted, suddenly stood up, walked over to one of his subordinates, and "smack, smack, smack..." slapped the man’s face repeatedly until both cheeks were swollen. Yet the subordinate dared not make a sound.

Perhaps tiring of hitting him, Cao Shaoyi finally stopped, drew a deep breath, his countenance returning to a calm state. He looked at the subordinate he had slapped and said coolly, "Does it hurt?"

"It doesn’t hurt!" the subordinate quickly replied.

"It doesn’t hurt?" Cao Shaoyi scoffed, saying softly, "You are a human, not an animal. Even an animal would feel pain if beaten. You should know by now, I never like people who speak falsely in front of me."

The subordinate shivered, fully aware of this Crown Prince’s personality after being with him for so long. He knew that the more angry Cao Shaoyi was, the more composed he appeared on the surface, though inside he was seething with rage. Startled, the man couldn’t help but drop to his knees with a "plop" and begged, "Crown Prince, please spare me."