Supreme Warrior in the City

Chapter 310: Chapter 309: Zhou Yinghao’s Relatives

Zhou Yinghao and Chen Fei arrived in Nanluo City the day before the auction, accompanied by three others. An elder and two young people.

The elder was around seventy or eighty years old, Zhou Yinghao’s great-uncle Zhou Jiren. The two young people, a male and a female, were Zhou Jiren’s grandchildren, Zhou Jun and Zhou Meng.

Upon seeing Su Yang, Zhou Yinghao immediately showed an apologetic face, ”Xiao Yang, I’m sorry for troubling you again this time.”

”We’re all family, there’s no need for formalities!” Su Yang said with a light smile and greeted Zhou Jiren.

Zhou Jiren was rather amicable, but Zhou Jun and Zhou Meng wore cold expressions.

According to Zhou Yinghao’s introduction, Zhou Jiren was his grandfather’s blood brother. In his earlier years, Zhou Jiren left Pingnan Province to make a living elsewhere, and he had since established a significant business. However, he seldom returned to Pingnan Province.

Therefore, Zhou Yinghao had few opportunities to meet his great-uncle, let alone these cousins. Their relationship was quite average.

Zhou Jun and Zhou Meng were obviously the type spoiled by too much indulgence, acting indifferent to everyone they met. Su Yang didn’t pay attention to them either; kids who grew up in honey pots were mostly like this.

”Everything at home has been taken care of. Why don’t we head back first?” Su Yang suggested with a smile.

”That sounds good!” Zhou Yinghao smiled and nodded, ”Great Uncle, the auction is tomorrow, shall we go home and rest for a while?”

”What home, I’ve already booked the hotel!” Zhou Jun said directly, ”Let’s go to the hotel!”

”This...” Zhou Yinghao looked embarrassed while Chen Fei hastily interjected, ”Since you’re here, treat it like your own home. Why stay at a hotel?”

”The rooms are already booked, let’s not waste any more time.” Zhou Jun swung his smartphone arrogantly, ”A friend of mine booked it for me, Nandu Hotel, supposedly the best hotel in Nanluo City. I think it’s just so-so, but it will do.”

Chen Fei was rendered speechless, clearly, Zhou Jun didn’t want to go to Su Yang’s home.

At this point, Zhou Jiren spoke up, ”Yinghao, Fei Fei, thank you both. We’ve already caused you trouble by coming here, how could we have the audacity to trouble you further by staying at your home. Let’s settle for the hotel, but after the auction is over, I will definitely pay a personal visit to see Fei Fei’s parents, how does that sound?”

”Great!” Zhou Yinghao immediately smiled, ”Great Uncle, let me take you to the hotel then!”

Standing to the side, Su Yang watched with a detached eye, Zhou Jun and Zhou Meng were rather arrogant in nature. Zhou Jiren, on the other hand, was more approachable. No wonder Zhou Yinghao was so respectful towards him.

At Nandu Hotel, Zhou Yinghao dropped the three of them off and was immediately received by several young people dressed in fancy attire.

These young people were Zhou Jun’s college friends, all second-generation rich kids.

Zhou Yinghao saw that they had acquaintances and didn’t linger. After sending Zhou Jiren upstairs, he left straight away.

Watching Zhou Yinghao walk away, one of them named Wang Shao chuckled, ”Hey, Brother Zhou Jun, you should’ve told us you were coming to Nanluo City. We could have picked you up. Where did you find this little driver, to sit in some lousy Volkswagen, isn’t that losing face?”

Zhou Jun said helplessly, ”Well, I didn’t want to sit there either, but my grandpa insisted on finding him, calling him a relative of our own family. What could I do? I’ve never been back to Pingnan Province, and I didn’t even know we had such relatives!”

”Young Master Zhou, if you hadn’t mentioned it, I wouldn’t have even guessed he’s your relative!” Wang Shao laughed, ”Look at what he’s wearing, the whole outfit doesn’t add up to 500 yuan. Driving a car worth less than 100,000 yuan, is this a joke? Young Master Zhou, when have you ever driven a car worth less than two million to school? Bringing out such a poverty-stricken relative, are they trying to cling to your esteemed family?”

”It’s even worse than that!” Zhou Meng chimed in immediately, ”His girlfriend just asked us to stay at her place. My God, she’s from the countryside, can her home even accommodate us? Luckily my brother had booked Nandu Hotel, and she immediately fell silent. She probably realized the difference!”

”Of course, Nandu Hotel is the best hotel in Nanluo City. It costs several thousand per night. She probably has never even seen such a place, so of course she backed off immediately!” Wang Shao laughed heartily.

Zhou Jun asked, ”Right, Wang Shao, how’s it going with the auction tickets you arranged for me? That relative’s girlfriend was saying her brother had already gotten it sorted out. Ha, with their down-and-out appearance, what kind of good seats could they possibly arrange? I bet they’ll be standing during the auction.”

”Don’t mention it, this auction really does have different levels of seating. The worst ones, indeed, are standing positions!” Wang Shao laughed loudly, ”But when you come to visit me, of course, I’ll arrange the best seats for you all!”

”That’s great!” Zhou Jun nodded with satisfaction, ”If I had to join them, that would be a real loss of face.”

”Don’t worry, once we get inside and everyone sees where we’re sitting, they’ll understand the score,” Wang Shao chuckled, ”If they still don’t get the hint, invite them over to Nandu Hotel tonight, let them see for themselves the gap between them and us. Then we’ll see if they have the audacity to keep bugging you!”

Zhou Jun’s eyes lit up, and he smiled, ”That’s a good idea, worth a try!”

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Before the auction started the next day, Zhou Yinghao got ready and, holding the tickets, was preparing to pick up Zhou Jiren. However, he received a call from Zhou Jun, telling him that they had already secured tickets and didn’t need Zhou Yinghao’s anymore.

Zhou Yinghao was confused, ”But we agreed that I would get tickets for them, why did they get their own? Isn’t this a redundancy?”

Standing beside him, Su Yang remained silent. Of course, he knew what was going on; clearly Zhou Jun thought that Zhou Yinghao couldn’t secure good seats, so he let his friend get the tickets instead. To put it bluntly, it was disdain for Zhou Yinghao.

”Never mind, as long as we can get in, why bother about so much?” Chen Fei laughed.

”That’s true!” Zhou Yinghao nodded, ”Xiao Yang, let’s head over then.”

Su Yang nodded, and the three of them drove off to the Qingyun Clubhouse.

On the way, Su Yang roughly understood the situation.

Zhou Yinghao’s grandfather was from a branch of the Zhou Family and had been implicated in an incident fifty years ago, which resulted in being expelled from the Zhou Family. Zhou Jiren was in the same situation.

Over the years, Zhou Yinghao’s family never used the Zhou Family’s name. However, one of Zhou Yinghao’s grand-uncles had taken care of them, and Zhou Yinghao’s grandfather was very grateful.

Now that the Zhou Family had declined and that grand-uncle had passed away, his beloved Jade Pipe would be auctioned at this event. Zhou Yinghao’s grandfather wanted to buy it back as a keepsake. This was the reason Chen Fei mentioned needing money for the Jade Pipe.

As for Zhou Jiren, he too had returned to buy some family treasures for remembrance. That’s why they had come together to Luo City to attend the auction.