Supreme Warrior in the City

Chapter 287: Chapter 286 No Place to Live

Old Dong’s call had just ended when everyone else’s phones also started ringing one after another, and it was the additional cars they had later sought out.

These cars called in, either they were not available to come, or like Old Dong, they were stuck on the road and simply couldn’t make it in time.

Uncle was pacing around in a panic. How could such a huge mishap occur when everything had been arranged properly?

With no cars, no host, no hotel, and no rental lodging, how could this wedding possibly go on?

”Big sister, what do we do now?” Uncle asked with a mournful look.

”How should I know!” Aunt replied discontentedly, and angrily said, ”What on earth is going on here? Has everyone gone mad? How could all these important people be flocking to Nanluo City? And the highway is blocked too? Give me a break!”

”Second brother, if it’s really impossible, hurry up and rent some cars from a car rental!” Uncle said, ”I reckon they definitely won’t make it by tomorrow. You hurry up and rent the cars, maybe we can still use them!”

”Oh, right, second brother, that’s key!” Third uncle immediately exclaimed, ”Here, I’ll help you get in touch. The owner of a car rental in Nanluo City has a good relationship with me, I’ll ask him to arrange it for you!”

”Third uncle, I’ll be counting on you then!” Uncle finally revealed some joy.

Third uncle took out his phone, made a call to the owner, and explained the situation, but the owner immediately refused.

”Old Zhao, it’s not that I don’t want to help you, but this time it’s really impossible,” the owner said on the phone. ”All my cars here are reserved, waiting to be used tomorrow. I really don’t have any cars left.”

”Are you kidding me?” Third uncle glared, ”You’ve got such a big rental company, how could you run out of cars? What happened to your over a hundred vehicles, all rented out? When did your business get so good?”

”It was just confirmed recently. There are really no cars,” the owner said.

Third uncle said, ”Hey, Old Li, we’ve had a relationship for so many years, you wouldn’t deceive me, right? I only need three to five cars, it’s for my nephew’s wedding, we can’t do without cars!”

”Old Zhao, with our relationship, how could I possibly deceive you? I really don’t have any cars!” the owner said.

Third uncle insisted, ”You have so many cars, to whom did they all go? Old Li, can people even use that many cars? Just lend me a few to use for a bit, and I’ll return them by noon, how about that?”

”Old Zhao, it’s really not possible!” the owner sighed, ”Let me tell you this, the one who reserved the cars is Boss Ling Zhiling. Tell me, would I dare mess around with those cars?”

”Boss Ling?”

Everyone was instantly stunned. This underworld figure of Nanluo City, they had all heard of and naturally knew of his unchallenged power in Nanluo City. Backed by the Hou Family, nobody dared to provoke Boss Ling.

If Boss Ling needed cars, not to mention the rental company owner, even those wealthy bosses wouldn’t dare to compete with him.

”So it was Boss Ling!” Third uncle sighed, ”Since that’s the case, I’ll think of another solution. Old Li, thanks anyway. By the way, do you know any other familiar rental companies around here?”

”Old Zhao, I advise you to think of another way,” the owner said. ”Every car at all the rental companies in our city has been taken away. They are all empty; there are no cars left!”

”What?” Third uncle was baffled. ”How could this be?”

”Boss Ling needs cars, who would dare not give face?” the owner said. ”I’ll point you in the right direction. If you need cars, get them from the nearby suburban counties, that could still be possible!”

After hanging up the call, third uncle, with a baffled expression on his face, turned to the people around him, ”You all heard it, the rental company has no cars left either!”

Uncle was on the verge of tears, anxiously exclaiming, ”Then... what do we do now?”

”Now we can only get cars from the nearby suburban counties,” Aunt sighed, ”Let’s do this, we’ll make the arrangements. Uh, second brother, you should go ahead and settle the lodging for your wife’s family. Since they can’t stay at Yabin, we must find an alternative and the conditions can’t be poor, we can’t lose face for the Zhao family!”

”Right right right, I’ll make the calls now!”

Uncle hurried to make the arrangements. However, after more than an hour of calls, not a single room was booked. He started from those high-end hotels, down to the budget hotels, and even at the end, called the small inns, but the result was the same. There wasn’t a single room available, driving Uncle to total despair.

”What are we going to do!” Uncle was almost crying. ”Are we going to make the bride’s family sleep on the street tonight? If that happens, our Old Zhao’s face will be completely lost!”

”What on earth is going on with Nanluo City? How could such an incident suddenly arise?” Uncle was speechless, ”What do we do now? Are we really going to stay at home?”

”The bride’s family has brought fifty or sixty people, and my house simply can’t accommodate them all,” Uncle said.

”Then what are we going to do...” Uncle was also helpless.

At this moment, Aunt turned to look at Zhao Xuefen, ”Xuefen, how many people can your house accommodate?”

”Thirty to fifty people should be fine,” Zhao Xuefen casually replied.

Uncle said, ”Xuefen, don’t talk about thirty to fifty. Can you manage to accommodate ten?”

”If you’d asked earlier, that could have been arranged. But now, I’m afraid it’s not going to work,” Zhao Xuefen said. ”You all know, Xiao Yang has moved all of Tao Zi’s relatives over, probably already arranged, we can’t have them staying together, that would look so bad!”

”Xuefen, you need to get your priorities straight!” Uncle hinted in a low voice.

Old Qi was embarrassed. They were cousins and therefore Zhao Xuefen was their niece, so naturally, their relationship was a bit more distant. Uncle’s words were essentially a direct reminder to Zhao Xuefen to help her own family.

Old Qi himself was also very anxious. He had just seen everyone unable to get rooms over the phone. With no rooms available in the hotels outside, if Zhao Xuefen cleared out her house for Uncle’s side of the family, wouldn’t his own in-laws have to sleep on the streets?

”That’s not going to work!” Zhao Xuefen flatly refused. ”Xiao Yang and Tao Zi have such a good relationship, we can’t make it difficult for Tao Zi’s side!”

”Su Yang is just an outsider!” Uncle said indignantly. ”Do you or Su Yang call the shots at home?”

”Uncle, mind your words!” Zhao Xuefen was also infuriated. ”Su Ping is my husband, and Su Yang would still call me ’aunt’. He is part of my family. He has the right to make decisions at home!”

Everyone was stunned. Since when did Zhao Xuefen become so domineering?

”Xuefen, you... you can’t just watch as Uncle’s side loses face...” Uncle lamented, hoping to move Zhao Xuefen with family ties.

Zhao Xuefen furrowed her brows and said, ”Enough, I’ll take care of the lodging issue.”

”Really?” Uncle was elated, ”Then I’ll send them to your house now, Xuefen!”