The Crazy Son-In-Law

“If he is coming to seek justice, then let him come. I’ll wait.”

“And, until the day I am expelled from the Old School Society, I am still your branch head. And this branch head position was forced on me, I never cared about it, let alone your nonsense position as deputy branch head. So you don’t need to use this to threaten me, understand?” Xiao Shun said without mercy.

“You… are courting… death…” Yang Zinuo was so angry he couldn’t finish his sentence.

“If there’s nothing else, I’m hanging up.”

After Xiao Shun said this, he hung up the phone, took a deep breath and muttered, “What’s wrong with this girl? Calling just to pick a fight?”

After Yao Cen listened, he was still confused and asked, “Who is she? What’s this Old School Society, branch head, deputy branch head… and who are these Masters, Master Dragon?”

Xiao Shun shrugged, smiled helplessly and said, “It’s a long story. Let me finish my meal and then I’ll explain it to you in bed.”

Yao Cen: “…”

Something about that statement didn’t sit right with him.

After dinner and their nightly routines, the two returned to the room where Xiao Shun explained how he became the branch head of the Old School Society to Yao Cen.

“Who is Master Nie? When did you injure his son?”

Yao Cen leaned into him, like a little girl listening to a story, her long eyelashes fluttering as she asked.

“Uh… that’s another long story,” Xiao Shun said.

After hanging up the phone with Yang Zinuo, he also carefully thought about whether he had hurt anyone recently. He quickly remembered Nie Yue, thinking that he must be the so-called son of Master Nie that Yang Zinuo was referring to.

Then he slightly modified the events that happened in the capital and told Yao Cen.

“Your recent life experiences are really rich,” Yao Cen playfully pinched him and chastised.

Then she asked worriedly, “So how do you plan to deal with this Master Dragon?”

“Worst comes to worst, I’ll quit being branch head. I never planned to do it for long anyway,” Xiao Shun said nonchalantly.

He was unclear about what Master Dragon was, but from Yang Zinuo’s tone, he could guess that it was probably an important position in the Old School Society.

Just as Xiao Shun was preparing to go to sleep, he received a call from Kou Zhengqing.

“Mr. Xiao, have you received a call from Miss Yang?”

Kou Zhengqing had wrestled with making this call for a long time.

He wanted to stay out of it. On one side was his direct superior, on the other was the daunting Master Dragon.

His position in the Old School Society was rather insignificant. Offending either party could lead to consequences he could not bear.

But in the end, he had some rapport with Xiao Shun, while Gu Baiyi was an outsider.

Although the four headquarters belonged to the Old School Society, they usually operated independently and did not interfere with each other, even among different provinces.Text © by N0ve/lDrama.Org.

Before calling Xiao Shun, Kou Zhengqing contacted headquarters and found out that Gu Baiyi’s visit was not notified to headquarters, which broke the rules.

However, the headquarters had not yet issued clear instructions, so he felt it necessary to give Xiao Shun a heads-up.

“I received it. Mr. Kou, you’re not calling for the same reason, are you?” Xiao Shun asked lazily.

“What do you plan to do?” Kou Zhengqing was not in a mood to smile.

The arrival of Master Dragon was a very serious matter for a small Old School Society branch like Oakland, especially when it involved their branch head.

“I’ve already told Miss Yang that if this so-called Master Dragon wants to meet me, he can come to Stillwater. I’m very busy,” Xiao Shun said.

“You… you might not understand what Master Dragon means. He is here in place of the Southeast Headquarters’ Master Nie, his coming represents the presence of Master Nie himself. Among practitioners, conflicts and injuries are inevitable, but you injured Master Nie’s son. Although Master Dragon has come to understand the situation, he is actually here to reprimand you,” Kou Zhengqing said earnestly.

“You are, after all, the branch head. If you can humble yourself, apologize, and the headquarters mediates, this incident might be over. But if you’re going to be stubborn, I fear that even our headquarters can’t protect you, so please think thrice.”

“Mr. Kou, I appreciate your kind intentions. It’s true that I injured Nie Yue, but I was in self-defense at the time. I was not in the wrong, so I won’t apologize. We need to understand right from wrong. If he’s here to reprimand me, then let him come. What, should I personally present myself to him?” Xiao Shun replied.

“Right or wrong isn’t always so important. The world isn’t just black and white. Isn’t power often the representation of justice and right from wrong?” Kou Zhengqing said, sighing inwardly.

Xiao Shun was still young, in his early twenties and already a branch head, inevitably arrogant and overconfident. But he didn’t know that there are always people better than him. Today, he witnessed Gu Baiyi’s power and he didn’t think Xiao Shun was his match. Not to mention that behind Gu Baiyi was Nie Jiuchong and the entire Southeast Old School Society. Xiao Shun was making enemies with the entire Southeast Old School Society.

“Mr. Kou, you’re not wrong. But the premise is that he has to show me his power first.” Xiao Shun said lightly. He was curious about the strength of the Old School Society, the largest practitioner organization in the country.

Kou Zhengqing sighed, “It seems that I can’t convince you. According to the rules, if Master Dragon crosses the district to arrest someone, he should notify the headquarters of this district. I had contacted the headquarters before I called you. They didn’t know about this. I think they will soon get involved. As for other things, I can’t help you.”

“Thank you for your concern, Mr. Kou,” Xiao Shun said.

“It’s my duty,” Kou replied.

On the other side, after hanging up the phone, Yang Zinuo was furious. Someone dared to disrespect Master Dragon, hadn’t anyone told him about Master Dragon’s status in the Old School Society? How could the Central Plains Headquarters have recruited such people? It was simply unthinkable.

It was no wonder the Central Plains had become a laughing stock among the other major districts. How could they be respected when they recruited such people? Once she calmed down, she quickly let it go. This was exactly what she wanted.

If Xiao Shun had humbly come, admitted his mistake and accepted his punishment, then followed Master Dragon to Brighouse to apologize, as a branch head, if the high-level executives vouched for him and mediated, maybe he could have escaped this time. But now, he had recklessly chosen a path of no return. If he angered Master Dragon, not only his position as branch head but even his life might be at risk.

Yang Zinuo smirked, murmuring to herself, “Fool, wait for your death. I guess I won’t even need to get my hands dirty to avenge my grandfather.”