MM Racing Chapter 39 Xiao Ke felt unbalanced
Chapter 39 Xiao Ke felt unbalanced
The streets of Wutan City are still bustling with traffic, and the sounds of vendors hawking their wares and horses' hooves create a familiar cacophony.
Xiao Zheng held Little Fairy Doctor's hand and walked slowly forward, his gaze sweeping over the familiar shops on both sides, without much emotion in his heart.
"Brother Xiao Zheng, it looks like the Xiao family's cargo station up ahead."
The Fairy Doctor's voice broke the silence. She pointed to a courtyard in front of her that was piled with a lot of goods, her eyes filled with curiosity.
Xiao Zheng looked in the direction she pointed and indeed saw the wooden sign that read "Xiao Family Goods Station".
The freight station was bustling with people, and many strong men were busy moving goods, their clothes soaked with sweat and glistening in the sunlight.
Just then, a familiar figure came into view.
The man, dressed in a drab, coarse cloth shirt, was bending over, carrying a heavy wooden crate, and staggering toward the truck.
The man's forehead veins bulged, and his face was full of exhaustion and resentment.
"Xiao Ke?"
Xiao Zheng raised an eyebrow, recognizing the person.
This is Xiao Keyao, who was sent to ambush him after the test to prevent him from running away.
Judging from this situation, it's clear that he failed to reach the seventh level of Dou Qi during his coming-of-age ceremony and was assigned to do manual labor in a peripheral industry of the family.
As if sensing something, Xiao Ke put down the wooden box and, panting heavily, happened to look up in the direction of the street, his eyes meeting Xiao Zheng's.
"Xiao Zheng?!"
Xiao Ke's pupils contracted sharply, and the weariness on his face was instantly replaced by astonishment.
Immediately afterwards, a surge of intense anger welled up on his face.
Half of his hatred for Xiao Zheng stemmed from the humiliation of being publicly exposed during the test.
The other half comes from a few months ago, when Xiao Yan beat up Xiao Zheng for his sake, making him lose face in front of his underlings.
When his gaze swept over Xiao Zheng's Little Fairy Doctor, he was even more furious.
The Little Fairy Doctor, dressed in white, has a slender figure and a beautiful face. Even when she just stands there quietly, she is like a pure white lotus, completely out of place in this noisy city.
In Xiao Ke's eyes, Xiao Zheng was a complete good-for-nothing.
He started cultivating at four years old, only reached the first level of Dou Qi at six, the second level at ten, and only reached the fourth level when he took the test at fifteen. With such talent, how could he be worthy of a beautiful woman by his side?
He initially thought Xiao Zheng left home because he was frightened by him.
But now that he sees Xiao Zheng back, he feels that the truth may not be so.
Xiao Ke felt that Xiao Zheng probably knew he wouldn't be able to cultivate to the seventh level of Dou Qi before adulthood when he ran away from home. In order to avoid being assigned to a marginal industry to do hard labor, he ran away with a bucket.
And what about him?
But he foolishly persisted until his coming-of-age ceremony, and in the end, he still failed to meet the standard and ended up like this.
Why should Xiao Zheng be able to live a carefree and happy life while I have to work myself to death here?
A surge of intense jealousy and resentment overwhelmed Xiao Ke's mind.
He suddenly stood up straight and shouted at Xiao Zheng, "Xiao Zheng! You coward! You finally dare to come back?!"
His loud voice instantly drowned out the noise in the freight station and attracted the attention of all the Xiao family members who were working.
"Isn't that Xiao Zheng? He's actually back!"
"My God, didn't he run away from home a year and a half ago? How come he's reappeared now?"
"I remember his aptitude was ridiculously poor back then. He was only at the fourth level of Dou Qi at fifteen. I guess he ran away because he knew he wouldn't pass the coming-of-age ceremony?"
Whispers rose and fell, and all eyes were on Xiao Zheng.
Seeing that the Xiao family members at the freight station shared similar thoughts with him, Xiao Ke became even more convinced that the reason he had guessed was the truth.
Xiao Ke mocked Xiao Zheng: "Xiao Zheng, if I'm not mistaken, the reason you ran away from home was because you knew you wouldn't pass the coming-of-age ceremony this year, and you ran away to avoid being assigned a family role."
"What, did you have a terrible time after running away from home, and now you think it's safer to stay in the Xiao family, so you shamelessly came back?"
The surrounding members of the Xiao family echoed his sentiments.
"I think that's probably true. The outside world isn't that easy to navigate."
"Exactly! He's a good-for-nothing with no connections or skills; wouldn't he just starve to death on the streets?"
Xiao Zheng looked at Xiao Ke, who was acting like a clown, without any change in expression. He simply said, "Have you ever seen anyone who's really down on their luck wear clean clothes and have a beautiful woman by their side?"
Xiao Ke sneered, "Hmph, who knows if your clothes were stolen, who knows if this girl fell for your sweet talk?"
He abruptly changed his tone, becoming fierce: "But none of that matters!"
"The important thing is that a good-for-nothing like you should be assigned to a peripheral business within the family, just like me, and spend your life doing manual labor!"
Xiao Ke abruptly rolled up his sleeves and strode fiercely toward Xiao Zheng: "I'm going to take you back to see the family elders!"
Based on his understanding of Xiao Zheng, he believed that a year and a half later, Xiao Zheng would still be at the fifth level of Dou Qi.
After all, Xiao Zheng was a complete good-for-nothing.
Xiao Zheng was no match for him at all.
Upon seeing this, the Xiao family members inside the freight station stopped what they were doing, gathered around, and excitedly discussed it.
"Xiao Ke is going to arrest him!"
Do you think Xiao Ke can capture Xiao Zheng?
"Based on my understanding of Xiao Zheng, his current strength is at most comparable to Xiao Ke's... but that's unlikely. Xiao Zheng's strength should be inferior to Xiao Ke's."
"Of course he's inferior. Xiao Zheng was only at the fourth level of Dou Qi at fifteen. Even if a year and a half has passed, he'd be at most at the fifth level. How could he possibly defeat Xiao Ke?"
Some people raised a different question: "What if something unexpected happens?"
"For example, like Young Master Xiao Yan, he also encountered a renowned teacher, greatly increasing his strength. Is this a triumphant return home?"
These words immediately drew a chorus of sneers.
"That's hilarious! Young Master Xiao Yan was chosen by the alchemist because he was a genius in the past. What was Xiao Zheng before?"
"Exactly, what kind of person is Xiao Zheng? How could anyone possibly be interested in him?"
"I bet five gold coins that Xiao Zheng will definitely be dragged back to the Xiao family by Xiao Ke today!"
"I'll bet ten!"
Among the onlookers, besides the Xiao family members, there were also several men dressed in Obama family attire.
They had come to purchase some goods, and seeing this, they gathered around with great interest, exchanging whispers.
Not far away, there were two publicity staff members dressed in the uniforms of the Mittel family auction house.
They had been sent to the area to spread the news of the Mittel family's upcoming new auction, but upon hearing the commotion, they stopped and watched curiously.
Xiao Ke had already walked up to Xiao Zheng, a ferocious smile on his face: "Xiao Zheng, surrender! Come back to the clan with me to await your fate, or don't blame me for being impolite!"
His fighting spirit surged wildly within him, and his right hand clenched into a fist, ready to strike at any moment.
In his view, taking down Xiao Zheng was a piece of cake.
As long as Xiao Zheng is captured and brought back, we can not only avenge the humiliation we suffered back then, but also make this good-for-nothing suffer just like us. It's the best of both worlds!