The young man, upon receiving the old man's consent, immediately leapt down the mountain.
The rugged mountain path under his feet seemed as flat as a plain.
He reached the foot of the mountain, soaring over four thousand meters high, in just five minutes.
Then, he quickly exited the forest and saw a car parked in a nearby farmhouse yard. Casually, he shattered the car's window, climbed in, started the vehicle, and sped away!
As he neared Huadu, he abandoned the car in the wilderness and continued on foot towards the city.
Gazing at the high-rise buildings of Huadu, he shouted in his heart, "Xu Hao, wait for me! I swear I'm not a man if I don't take you down with my blade this time down the mountain!"
Xu Hao in Huadu had no idea he was being targeted in secret.
At this moment, he was escorting two women to a banquet at Liuguang Villa.
When they reached the entrance, Xu Hao saw that the place was teeming with guests, with long lines forming at the gate.
But instead of calling Qian Changle, Xu Hao conscientiously joined the queue. After all, it was a universally understood convention to queue up for a party, and although Xu Hao could disregard such norms, he chose not to.
Seeing Xu Hao queueing up, Anna and Jiang Xuezhun, who had originally intended to walk straight in, reluctantly followed suit.
If those who knew of Xu Hao's fearsome reputation were to see him queueing up obediently, they would probably be shocked to their cores. The Xu Hao known for not blinking an eye while killing was astonishingly abiding by the party etiquette!
Finally, it was their turn at the entrance. Just as they were about to enter, Xu Hao suddenly furrowed his brows.
His heart skipped a beat. Could it really be that something was amiss here?
His eyes heated slightly as he looked toward the villa but could not make out anything unusual.
He suddenly laughed at himself mockingly. Xing Yi's Heavenly Eye had reached the level of "small achievement" and even he couldn't see anything, so it was only logical that Xu Hao, only slightly better than him, wouldn't see anything either.
Just yesterday, he had asked Wang Zhong to investigate this place, but come evening, Wang Zhong reported that the investigators were unable to dig up anything!
Xu Hao was secretly startled at the time, wondering if the opposing force was really that powerful.
Even Wang Zhong's famously pervasive information gathering methods had come up empty.
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In the end, Wang Zhong said he didn't have enough authority to dispatch the Xu Family's senior intelligence agents to investigate, but if Xu Hao would just speak to his father, he was certain his father would send high-level agents.
However, Xu Hao declined, unwilling to rely blindly on his father's power. He wanted to uncover the truth of the matter himself.
Seeing Xu Hao seemingly lost in thought, Jiang Xuezhun immediately asked, "Husband, what's wrong?"
"Nothing, let's go in."
Xu Hao shook his head and smiled, thinking that where there's a will, there's a way. Why worry so much?
Just as Xu Hao was preparing to enter, suddenly a young man and woman darted forward, cutting in line ahead of them and walking in.
What was even more infuriating was that after they entered, they turned their heads and haughtily tossed their hair at Xu Hao and the others, displaying a provocatively triumphant demeanor.
Xu Hao smiled faintly. Although he was still young, his mentality had matured quite a bit. He had long since stopped caring about such childish games that only children would play.
Jiang Xuezhun frowned and complained, "We were patiently queueing up, and yet those two just cut in line, right ahead of us! It's outrageous! They must think we're easy to bully, don't they?"
Xu Hao replied with a smile, "Just two uncultured kids, not worth our attention. People like them should be taught a lesson by society."
Despite saying this, how could Anna put up with it?!
She blurted out angrily, "You two, stop right there! Cutting in line and acting so righteous about it? And showing off to us? You have no manners!"
The girl, hearing Anna accuse them of lacking manners, instantly got angry and spat out, "You're the bastard who was born without a mother to raise you!"
Anna had been quite haughty herself, but upon hearing the girl's words, she suddenly burst into tears, her voice choked with emotion and unable to continue.
Seeing that her words had reduced Anna to tears, the girl couldn't contain her pleasure and laughed loudly, "Haha! You really were born without a mother to raise you! This is too funny!"
The young man also chimed in with a sneer, "Sister, don't stoop to the level of that foolish woman. After all, it's normal for her to be uncultured since she doesn't have a mother."
Xu Hao's eyes instantly turned ice-cold. Anna's mother had died of an illness when she was very young, and her father, Anthony, had raised her ever since.
Although Anthony loved her dearly, he could not replace a mother's love.
But Anna had been well-protected by Anthony all these years, and no one had ever brought up the topic of her mother, so Anna had been quite alright.
Now, however, she was publicly reminded by this malicious-tongued girl who was even going out of her way to mock and belittle her, causing a deep emotional wound to Anna's tender and fragile heart. How could she bear it?