Chapter 192: Arrogant Youth
"Thank you..." Zhou Anran immediately thanked Xiao Yuanwei, unsure how to call him.
Last time, he didn’t seem to like it when the people around him addressed him as ’His Majesty’.
After he mentioned that he would contact her later, the two groups parted ways. The Zhou and Xiao family instantly headed to their relative’s house in the outskirts of the Capital.
On the way there, things didn’t go smoothly.
[Mission Triggered!]
[Objective: a reckless person slams their horse against your family’s carriage. Protect your carriage and family!]
[Reward: 100 system points.]
Xiao Qingya was mulling over her family’s plot when she heard the system’s notification.
Her family also became alert in an instant. Xiao Fenghao’s eyes scanned the surroundings, his face grave.
Which arrogant scoundrel dared to act recklessly?
However, considering this was the place where high-ranking peoples gathered, people who can act so arrogantly usually had a high-ranking or was backed by someone who had one.
"Lan Yushen, slow down!" A male voice sounded from the distance, excited yet nervous. "You don’t want to be reported to yamen, right?!"
The voice that answered him was full of mockery and undisguised arrogance. "Who dares to report me?!"
"They don’t know that my grandfather–"
His words were cut short the moment he looked ahead. The arrogance on his face was fading, replaced by panic.
"Help, help!"
The Ling siblings instinctively went over in their ghost form to hold Lan Yushen. Alas, it was impossible.
"The horse is out of control!" He shrieked in panic. "Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"
Everyone scrambled away in panic, cursing and pointing at Lan Yushen.
"Whose family’s son is that? So reckless!"
"Racing on a horse isn’t allowed in the Capital. He is breaking the law! Just wait until the yamen arrives and arrest him!"
They continued to pour out their grievances against Lan Yushen.
Until someone spoke up.
"It seems to be the Lan’s family’s son... his maternal grandfather is the Grand Tutor."
Everyone fell silent and scattered. They were only small fries in the deep water called the Capital. How could they dare to go against the Grand Tutor’s family?
They didn’t dare! Afraid that Lan Yushen might hear them, they could only scramble away and swallow their grievance.
At this moment, Lan Yushen’s horse was still unstoppable with his friends chasing behind him worriedly.
"Brother Yu, don’t panic, don’t panic!" They could only helplessly shout at him.
However, soon, they couldn’t shout these words anymore because there were actually two carriages ahead. Lan Yushen sweated like bullets, realizing he was doomed.
He tried all sorts of ways to make the horse stop; pinching it, slapping, but all of these actually made his horse grow even more mad.
[Hiss, what should we do? What should we do?] Xiao Qingya was also panicking inside. [System, do you have an item that can stop that scoundrel?]
The System shook its head.
Everything happened so fast that once the horse slammed into them, they wouldn’t be able to avoid it, but...
"Eldest brother!"
Thanks to Xiao Fenghao’s good control over the carriage. He directed the horses connected to the carriage to change direction at the right moment, causing Lan Yushen and his horse to narrowly miss them.
On the other hand, Xiao Jingran also quickly jumped and took the reins to control the horse.
It directly stopped.
Alas, the one riding the horse also got thrown off it.
Lan Yushen fell off the horse, hitting the ground with a thud. Then, he groaned in pain, his bones incredibly painful.
"You!" Still, he had the time to scold people and send them vicious glares. "How dare you make me fall from the horse?"
Xiao Jingran’s expression was rather calm. "Young Master, it’s impossible to make the horse stop unless I use force. I didn’t expect that Young Master Lan was unprepared. My apologies."
Why does his words sound as if he was incompetent?
Lan Yushen spat out the soil entering his mouth and glanced at Xiao Jingran unhappily.
"You could have done it in a much more gentle way!" He snorted, slightly protesting. Still, his arrogance didn’t lessen.
He got up, supporting a painful foot as he dragged himself closer to Xiao Jingran. He smirked. "Come with me to receive your punishment!"
Xiao Jingran shook his head. "Young Master Lan, it wasn’t me who did a horse race on one of the Capital’s major roads."
Lan Yushen was enraged when he heard that. "You dare to go against me?!"
He didn’t want to argue with such a person anymore, so Xiao Jingran went back to the carriage and told Xiao Fenghao to quickly drive the carriage.
If Lan Yushen continued to provoke him again, he was worried it wasn’t him who would go up to beat him up, but the reckless Xiao Fenghao.
He had seen his younger brother trying to rein in his emotions, and almost couldn’t hold back from teaching Lan Yushen a lesson.
It didn’t take long for them to arrive at the destination.
The Zhou family’s house in the Capital wasn’t as luxurious as other noble houses, but it can be seen that the owner was quite wealthy.
There were various potted plants in the side yard.
Xiao Qingya gazed at these plants curiously. She already determined that their relative in the Capital was engaged in selling potted plants.
There were many varieties of flowers like peonies and orchids, or medicinal herbs such as mint or mugwort.
They knocked on the door.
There was a voice from inside the house, and then a middle-aged man opened it.
Zhou Wenzhi had a solemn face. "Are you Zhou Yanchao?"
The middle aged man seemed to be stunned. He took a deep breath. "Are you our relatives from Qingshan county?"
Zhou Wenzhi nodded. "Is Brother Defeng at home?"
"Ah!" Zhou Yanchao exclaimed. "Let’s go inside, Uncle. Are they your descendants too? Let’s go inside. I will call for Father."
Zhou Wenzhi motioned for his descendants to come inside.
In another place, Lan Yushen called his lackeys. "Investigate the person who dared to stop my horse today!"