Chapter 114 - Inexplicable Hostility!
Chapter 114 Inexplicable Hostility!
The black Land Rover ran at a high speed on the road. The car was Azure Dragon’s, and Chu Xun borrowed it from him temporarily.
Of course, Azure Dragon was unwilling to lend the car at first, but Chu Xun’s lecture triggered his better nature, so he lent the car to Chu Xun politely in the end.
All of a sudden, the car stopped on the roadside, and Chu Xun got off the car. He tore the military license plate off the car and went back into the car.
“It’s illegal to disassemble a military license plate,” the amiable old man said in the back seat.
“Oh.” Chu Xun responded indifferently and said no more.
He tore off the plate for fear that Long Ao would track him through the car.
The amiable old man was depressed and thought himself stupid, for he actually tried to talk some sense into a man like Chu Xun by mentioning the law, which was like playing the lute to a cow. People like Chu Xun had no idea what the law was.
“Where are you taking me?” the amiable old man asked.
Chu Xun looked at him through the rearview mirror and said, “What are you talking about? Isn’t the capital city your territory? As the host, is it proper for you to ask me such a question?”
The amiable old man shook his head with a bitter smile and pondered for a while before speaking out an address.
Without asking what place it was, Chu Xun stepped the gas pedal heavily, and the car sped up rumbling.
Behind the Land Rover, a line of convoys began to speed up as well. Including the two Grandmasters, they were all responsible for protecting the amiable old man.
An hour later, the car stopped at a quiet alley according to the navigation. The alley was too narrow, so the car could not pass.
From the looks of it, the alley had a long history. The walls on the two sides were mottled and stripped, the surrounding buildings looking old.
If one stood on the wide asphalt road outside and took a look, he would see high-rise buildings around him and a flourishing scene. No one could have thought that there was such a ramshackle alley behind those high-rise buildings.
Chu Xun stretched out and knocked on the wall, and a piece of plaster peeled off, so he could not help but mock, “It’s just like the egg-shaped donkey dung, looking impressive merely on the surface.”
The amiable old man did not take his words into the heart and smiled. Picking up the peeled plaster, he said something unrelated smilingly, “Haven’t you heard that good wine needs no bush?”
“It does smell nice!” Chu Xun had smelled the aroma of the liquor in the air.
Having tasted some fine wine, he was picky about wine now. However, at this moment, he had to admit that the liquor he smelled was very mellow.
“Come on, let me get you a drink. You can’t find such fine wine anywhere else.” the amiable old man signaled Chu Xun to follow him and led the way.
They walked forward along the alley until a yard blocked their way.
The amiable old man pushed the gate open and walked in, followed by Chu Xun.
The yard was not large but tidy, with a garden and a vegetable patch that every yard would have.
It was not the owner but a big dog that greeted them. The dog was as big as a calf and not of a rare breed. It squatted in the center of the yard and was majestic-looking. With its dark eyes fixed on Chu Xun, it opened its mouth, about to bark at him.
“Shut up!” Chu Xun scolded the dog as if he were the master, and a golden spark flashed within his eyes.
Obviously, Chu Xun’s yell worked out. The dog closed its mouth, not daring to bark. Animals were more sensitive than human beings. The dog might have sensed that Chu Xun was a tough guy or spotted that Chu Xun looked at it as if he were looking at a hot-pot with dog meat.
The amiable old man was surprised to see the dog’s reaction. The dog was named Thunder and had a bloodline of wolves, so it was very fierce and even dared to fight a lion. It took the amiable old man a lot of effort and food to tame it.
However, now, the dog acted like a cat after seeing Chu Xun. It wagged its tail so flatteringly that it wasted its advantage of having a huge body. At the moment, it looked more like a dog that wagged its tail to beg for pity than an awe-inspiring wolfhound.
At the moment, the dog stood up and ran to the door of a room.
After the curtain was lifted up, a sick old man sitting in a wheelchair was pushed out, his hair and beard all grey.
Chu Xun’s eyes flickered. Though the old man looked sick, he gave others a feeling of a man in power and looked dignified even without putting on a serious expression. What was more interesting was that the old man was a Grandmaster, only that all his meridians were shattered by someone and his life was burning out.
It was a beautiful girl that was pushing the wheelchair. She looked nearly 20 years old, young and pretty, with delicate eyebrows and fair skin. The most stunning part of her was her slender hands, which looked as soft as catkin, as smooth as lard.
“Master!” the amiable old man went up hurriedly and bowed toward the man in the wheelchair.
The old man in the wheelchair smiled, and his face was full of exhaustion. It seemed arduous for him to nod.
“Senior Brother!” the girl smiled playfully, revealing her canines.
The amiable old man nodded at her as response.
Chu Xun was surprised inside that the old man in the wheelchair was the amiable old man’s teacher. If they were in ancient times, the former would be regarded as a royal preceptor. What surprised him more was that the young girl was the amiable old man’s junior apprentice sister.
“Master, let me introduce this young man to you. He is Chu Xun...”
The old man in the wheelchair interrupted the amiable old man with a wave of his hand. He stared at Chu Xun and nodded with satisfaction before saying, “I know you. You fought against Golden Wolf Mercenary alone and saved the hostages out, which greatly demonstrated the power of our country. You’re the model that every man should learn from, Major General Chu Xun.”
After saying that, the old man saluted Chu Xun swiftly.
Chu Xun was silent. He could tell that this old man had once been a soldier and was respectable given his awe-inspiring aura. He thus gave the old man a salute as well, though it was not a standard one.
“She is my junior apprentice sister, Liu Xiaobai, my master’s last disciple,” the amiable old man pointed at the girl and said to Chu Xun.
He told Chu Xun that he had been trained as a national leader since he was a child, and he was not interested in Martial Tao, so he was just an ordinary man knowing nothing about Martial Tao. But his junior apprentice sister was very talented in martial arts.
“Nice to meet you, Major General Chu Xun, I’m Liu Xiaobai, you can call me Major General Liu,” the girl said with a smile.
Chu Xun looked at her emotionlessly, and he could clearly sense her contempt and disdain toward him though she was smiling.
“She has the same first name as Liu Xiefei. Liu is a rare surname. Is it just a coincidence?” Chu Xun wondered inwardly.
He nodded at her indifferently as greeting.
There was a trace of anger in the girl’s bright eyes. She snorted and shot an even more dismissive glance at Chu Xun.
“Xiaobai, fetch us some wine,” the old man in the wheelchair said to the girl.
Though she was visibly unwilling to go, she still went to fetch wine.
“Have you ever seen Xiaobai before, Major General Chu?” after Liu Xiaobai left, the old man in the wheelchair asked.
Chu Xun shook his head and replied, “No.”
“Then why Xiaobai seems to hold hostility against you?” the old man had sharp sense despite his internal injuries.
One had behind back, Chu Xun replied in an indifferent tone, “I’m curious about that, too, so I’m going ask her later.”
There were stone tables and stools beside the garden, so Liu Xiaobai brought the wine there.
The wine did not have a name, yet it was mellow and rare on earth, for it was made by the old man in the wheelchair in person.
After everyone took a seat, Liu Xiaobai started to fill the cups with wine.
Right at this moment, the amiable old man’s face darkened because he only saw three cups on the table; Liu Xiaobai did not prepare any wine cup for Chu Xun.
The old man in the wheelchair saw the scene and his expression changed slightly as Liu Xiaobai’s behavior was really insulting.
However, as if she had sensed nothing, Liu Xiaobai raised her wine cup and said to Chu Xun, “Major General Chu, my master made this wine in person 30 years ago, so it’s very precious and rare. Seize the chance and enjoy it, Major General Chu. Cheers!”
The amiable old man looked livid at the moment. There was no wine in front of Chu Xun, so how could he drink her toast?
The old man in the wheelchair looked grave as well. He could not understand why his young disciple, who was always well-behaved, suddenly became so impolite.
The amiable old man became worried and anxious now. He reckoned that his junior apprentice sister had no idea what kind of a man she was trying to provoke. Even Long Ao could not defeat Chu Xun, so in the amiable old man’s opinion, his junior apprentice sister trying to provoke Chu Xun was like an ant trying to provoke an elephant; she was simply courting death.