Supreme Warrior in the City

Chapter 293: Chapter 292: The Entire City is on Lockdown

Early in the morning, Su Yang was busy with preparations, and Zhao Xuefen’s second uncle was busy as well.

Last night, Zhao Xuefen had arranged thirty-five rooms at the city hospital guesthouse, but those were for her relatives on her mother’s side.

As for Zhao Xuefen’s own relatives, the rooms they had originally booked were all cancelled by the hotel, and there were no rooms available in any hotel throughout the city.

Zhao Xuefen’s aunts, uncles, second aunts, and the like, ended up with nowhere to stay and had to stay at Zhao Xuefen’s second uncle’s house.

Zhao Xuefen’s second uncle was a middle-class family, with three houses under his name; it was just about manageable to accommodate so many people.

Early in the morning, they rushed to Zhao Xuefen’s second uncle’s house to help.

But when they got there, they realized that not a single wedding car had arrived.

It was already past eight in the morning, and they were supposed to set out at half past eight. With the cars still not here, how were they to proceed?

”Big sister, urge them a little,” the second uncle anxiously said, ”they’re waiting to go pick up the bride, what do we do if the cars don’t come?”

The eldest aunt was sweating buckets; those cars had been borrowed from friends in the nearby suburbs, and it had not been easy to arrange. Moreover, she didn’t have direct contact with the drivers and could only call her own friends first to make contact.

After several phone calls, she finally got through to one of the drivers.

”Big sister, it’s not that we don’t want to come; it’s just that they’ve blocked the roads in the city!” the driver complained as soon as he answered the phone. ”I really can’t get through, I’ve tried seven different routes, all are blocked; what can I do?”

”Blocked roads? Why?” The eldest aunt was bewildered, ”Why would they block the roads? Could it be some officials are coming for an inspection?”

The driver said, ”I don’t think so, the roads are blocked by private cars, not police cars or anything like that!”

”Private cars blocking the roads? Go down and negotiate with them, ask them to make way and hurry over!” the eldest aunt urged in desperation, ”We’re waiting for the cars for the wedding here, can you please help out?”

”Big sister, it’s not that I don’t want to help you, but, I don’t think we can negotiate with these people!” the driver said.

”Why not?” asked the eldest aunt in surprise.

The driver said, ”Right now in front of me, there are two cars blocking the road, a Hummer and a Bentley. You try negotiating with them!”

”...” The eldest aunt was flabbergasted; Hummers and Bentleys blocking the road? No wonder negotiation was out of the question; whoever drove those cars couldn’t be ordinary folks, could they?

”What about the other roads?” the eldest aunt asked urgently.

The driver replied, ”Don’t even think about it. Every road is blocked off. Most of the cars, I’ve never seen before in my life. The cheapest one is a Range Rover, and how do you expect me to negotiate with them?”

The eldest aunt was utterly confused, ”Could it be? There shouldn’t be so many luxury cars in Nanluo City, right?”

”Anyway, don’t count on me, I have no idea when they will lift the blockade. You’d better think of something else, I’m sorry!”

After saying that, the driver hung up the call.

Everyone looked at the eldest aunt, and the second uncle asked anxiously, ”Big sister, what’s going on?”

The eldest aunt repeated the situation, and everyone else was just as confused.

”What’s going on? Who blocks roads in broad daylight? Where are all these people from?” the second uncle blurted out in a panic: ”No, I’ll go and argue with them!”

”Enough already, Old Second, don’t go looking for trouble!” the eldest uncle waved his hand, ”Do you think you can negotiate with these people? Those are all rich folks!”

”What’s wrong with being rich?” Second Uncle glared, ”Does having money mean you can do whatever you want?”

Everyone fell silent. Being wealthy might not mean you can do everything you want, but it also doesn’t mean you can be intimidated easily!

”So what do we do now?” Second Uncle paced around anxiously, ”Can’t I even carry out matters at my own home? Without the wedding cars, how am I supposed to fetch the bride?”

People looked at each other, wondering what could be done now.

Just then, Auntie’s phone suddenly rang. Everyone saw it was Zhao Xuefen’s number.

”Xuefen is calling!” Auntie said, ”That’s odd, why haven’t they come over yet?”

As she spoke, Auntie answered the call and Zhao Xuefen’s voice came through, ”Auntie, I won’t be able to come over today, something’s come up on my side, please apologize to Second Uncle for me!”

”Where are you going?” Auntie asked urgently.

”To Seventh Uncle’s place. His son is getting married, Tao Zi and Xiao Yang are close, we need to go help!” Zhao Xuefen said.

”What?” Auntie became agitated, ”Seventh Uncle is your uncle by marriage, but Second Uncle is your blood uncle! Why are you running over there?”

”Can’t help it, it’s busy over there, too many people and not enough hands!” Zhao Xuefen laughed, ”Okay, I have to go now, our ride is here, we’re off!”

Zhao Xuefen hung up directly, and Auntie was so angry she nearly threw her phone, ”What nonsense is this, her own uncle’s son is getting married and she doesn’t come, but she runs off to someone else’s place, what kind of person does that?!”

”It’s infuriating!” Third Uncle fumed, ”To think I even helped them get jobs at the machine factory back then, what ingratitude!”

”Ah, the eldest sibling passed away early, and the daughter wasn’t raised well, that’s what it’s like. Look at the son-in-law she brought in, and see what they’ve stirred up now, with the son-in-law calling the shots?”

The crowd grumbled in anger, and Second Uncle roared even louder, ”After my son gets married, just watch how I’ll deal with her!”

Just then, a voice suddenly spoke up, ”Auntie, just now... did Xuefen say their car had arrived? They... they can still drive? Isn’t the road closed?”

Everyone was taken aback. That’s right, if the road is closed, how can you drive?

”Is she just bluffing?” Auntie glared.

”This...” the young man whispered, ”Auntie, I don’t think it’s a bluff, last night Zhao Xuefen said she’d arrange for the guesthouse at the city hospital, and it was sorted instantly. Maybe they really have a way to drive? Why not call and ask? After all, it’s a big deal for Second Uncle’s kid to get married, let’s put pride aside for now!”

Though skeptical of Zhao Xuefen’s capability, the people still had to make calls to inquire about the specifics.

”Auntie, we are in the car and on our way out, it’s really inconvenient to come over.” Zhao Xuefen said straightforwardly after picking up the phone.

Auntie, visibly angry, said, ”I’m not asking you to come over, I’m asking if your car can even move?”

”Of course it can, the car isn’t broken, why couldn’t it move?” Zhao Xuefen laughed.

”But aren’t the roads closed in the city? How did you get through?” Auntie asked urgently.

”Oh, no problem, the drivers just mention it to the people at the roadblock and they let us through!” Zhao Xuefen said.

”What?” Auntie was baffled, ”Those drivers of luxury cars, they’re that easy to talk to?”

Zhao Xuefen laughed, ”Of course, it’s just a matter of saying hello, these...”

Auntie hung up immediately and dialed the number of the driver she’d spoken to earlier, speaking loudly, ”It’s fine, go talk to the drivers at the roadblock, they’ll let you through, it’s not much trouble!”