Chapter 300: Chapter 300 Are They All Moving Over?_1

Nights always arrive early in winter, with the sky darkening before six o’clock.

At Bishui Villa in TianDu City, after dinner.

Xie Wuming walked up to the second-floor balcony, braving the piercing cold wind, and dialed a number on his cell phone.

"What is it?" A hoary voice came from the cell phone.

Xie Wuming chuckled, "Brother Wu, how have you been lately? I’ve found it somewhat hard to adjust since you left."

"I’m doing fine, tell me if there’s something you need."

"Alright! We’ve been brothers for several years, so I won’t beat around the bush," Xie Wuming said. "You remember the thing from five years ago, right? You made a promise to me then."

"I remember, I promised to do you a favor. Do you want to use up that favor now?"

Xie Wuming said, "Um, I want you to kill someone for me."

"Who is it?"

"It’s that guy, Zhang Xian, whom you’ve met," Xie Wuming said with a bitter smile. "I never imagined that he, like you, would turn out to also be an expert of the Innate Realm."

"What?" The voice on the other side of the cell phone was clearly surprised. "That kid Zhang Xian is an expert of the Innate Realm? Are you sure about that?"

Xie Wuming said, "Yes, this was personally testified to by another expert of the Innate Realm."

"There’s another expert of the Innate Realm at your place?" The voice hesitated before speaking, "I can promise you to do this, but it will be after the New Year as I have many things to deal with right now."

Xie Wuming frowned, "Don’t you have time before the New Year?"

"I don’t, you must wait."

Xie Wuming resigned himself, "Alright! After the New Year then, I’ll call you."

"Alright, let’s leave it at that."

Xie Wuming hung up the phone. With a furrowed brow, he turned and walked into the living room, then proceeded downstairs.

He had previously made several plans with Black Dragon and Cao Ge to deal with Zhang Xian in the next few days. Quite unexpectedly, it was Wu Que’s side where the problems had arisen.

Without Wu Que showing up, relying solely on Black Dragon was not enough to handle Zhang Xian. Black Dragon had mentioned that counterpart named Qiu Yun had also arrived in TianDu.

Having two experts of the Innate Realm against them, they were utterly helpless.

"How did the talk go?"

Upon seeing Xie Wuming coming downstairs, Black Dragon turned his head and asked in the living room.

"There’s been a change in plans." Xie Wuming gave a sigh and said, "Wu Que won’t have time before the New Year and will only be able to come after that. Which means our plan has to be postponed."

"Really?" Cao Ge asked in surprise.

With the approaching Spring Festival, he had planned to resolve things with Zhang Xian and return to YanJing just in time. With Zhang Xian out of the picture, he could also make his move against Mo Shaoyun back in YanJing.

Suddenly, Xie Wuming announced that the plan had to be pushed back till after New Year’s, wasn’t this a blatant sabotage? The Spring Festival period was an excellent opportunity to make a move. How could he implement his plan with Zhang Xian around?

Black Dragon also seemed a bit dissatisfied, "So you’re saying I should wait here?"

"Old Man Hei, don’t rush to get angry. The postponement might not necessarily be a bad thing for us." Xie Wuming looked at Black Dragon and said, "Lately, it seems that Zhang Xian is working on something called Lingxiao Villa, which primarily focuses on cultivating health-promoting medicinal herbs. If we delay until after New Year’s, by the time the Lingxiao Villa is up and running, wouldn’t we rake in a fortune after we make our move?"

Black Dragon coldly responded, "You’re the one who’s going to make a killing, I have no interest in all that."

Xie Wuming said, "You might not care about the money, but what about the medicinal herbs or those recipes for miracle drugs? Don’t you want those?"

Black Dragon turned to look at Xie Wuming, asking, "What do you mean? What miracle drugs?"

"To my knowledge, Zhang Xian has some ancient recipes at hand, which is the biggest reliance he has for running Lingxiao Villa. His strength is quite remarkable given his young age; I suspect that it has something to do with those recipes, probably some kind of miracle drug." Xie Wuming’s eyes were burning with desire. "Old Man Hei, if we get our hands on those recipes, they should be of some help to enhance your strength, right?"

Black Dragon was stunned, his eyes lighting up.

The reason he was able to stay composed now was that he could tell that both Zhang Xian and Qiu Yun had not used the Red Heart Fruit. Otherwise, their strength would certainly have increased.

He had been puzzled earlier about why Zhang Xian and Qiu Yun would have the Red Heart Fruit and not use it. That stuff is supposed to enhance strength and could even possibly lead to the Peak Innate Realm.

Now, following Xie Wuming’s remarks, he thought of a possibility.

That damn Zhang Xian must be planning to refine drugs using the Red Heart Fruit. And the effect of a Red Heart Fruit that’s been refined is something that couldn’t possibly be compared to now.

Cao Ge did not want to postpone, "Miracle drugs or whatever, why don’t we just kill him now, take Zhang Xian captive, and he will surely hand it over, won’t he?"

Xie Wuming looked at Cao Ge and asked, "Without Wu Que coming over, are you planning to team up with Old Man Hei? If you can handle Zhang Xian, we don’t have to wait a few days, and go over there right now."

Cao Ge was silenced.

Black Dragon chuckled, abruptly slapped his thigh, sprang up from the couch and said, "Alright, let’s push the plan back to after New Year’s."

...

Inside a suite in Rose Garden, TianDu City.

When Fu Meiting, Wen Yulan, and Duan Hong learned that Zhang Xian wanted them to move in with Mo Shaoyun and the other women, they were shocked.

What was he planning? There were already so many women there, and now he wanted them to move in as well? Didn’t he fear of the chaos that would ensue with so many women under the same roof?

It wasn’t that big of a deal for Wen Yulan and Duan Hong. Even though they knew the other women weren’t particularly fond of them, their relationships weren’t entirely irreconcilable, so moving in wouldn’t be too problematic.

Fu Meiting, however, was unhappy. She and Mo Shaoyun were sworn enemies, not to mention that little brat Zhu Qing. If she moved in, there was a high chance things would escalate.

Zhang Xian saw the women were reluctant and sighed humorously, saying, "Why are you doing this to me, sisters! This is out of desperation! Could you make some compromises and move in for a few days?"

Fu Meiting turned her head, "I’m not going."

Duan Hong and Wen Yulan exchanged looks, shook their heads and said, "We’re fine here, why should we move?"

Zhang Xian asked, "Why don’t you want to move in?"

Wen Yulan glared at Zhang Xian, and asked sharply, "Why should we move in?"

"Well... isn’t the Lunar New Year coming up? I thought everyone can meet up?" Zhang Xian reluctantly had to use another reason to persuade them, without bringing up the real issues.

The Spring Festival was almost upon them. He didn’t want the women to be upset. Making Wen Yulan, Fu Meiting, and Duan Hong move in were the last things he wanted to do. However, he couldn’t disclose the exact reason because he didn’t want them to worry.

Wen Yulan scoffed, "Get together, my foot! I’m going home! Who wants to join your party?"

"Eh, Yulan, you... you’re going home?" Zhang Xian asked, surprised.

Wen Yulan responded matter-of-factly, "I haven’t been home for a year. Of course I have to go home and spend the festive season with my parents!"

Duan Hong and Fu Meiting exchanged glances, feeling a pang of sadness.

The former no longer had a family, and the latter didn’t know where her family was. They didn’t have parents to spend the holiday with.

"Well..."

Zhang Xian thought for a moment and said, "Yulan, even if you are going home, you can’t leave until the 30th. I’ll arrange for a car to take you to your door."

"Hey, damn Zhang Xian, I’m wondering, why do you insist on us moving in?" Wen Yulan asked, puzzled.

Duan Hong was also curious. Fu Meiting, who knew more, looked at Zhang Xian and quickly grasped something. Zhang Xian wouldn’t be doing this unless his back was against the wall due to Xie Wuming’s intense pressure.

With that thought, she suddenly said, "Alright! I agree to move in."

"Ah? Why?" Duan Hong and Wen Yulan asked.

Fu Meiting chuckled, "It’ll be the Lunar New Year. There won’t be much commotion over there anyway, so moving in shouldn’t be a problem."

Duan Hong smiled and turned to ask Zhang Xian, "Are you trying to invite all of us over there because many of the beauties are going home for the Lunar New Year?"

"Right, that’s right..." Zhang Xian kept nodding.

Duan Hong looked at Fu Meiting and then at Zhang Xian, and agreed, "Okay! I’ll go too."

Seeing that Fu Meiting and Duan Hong had agreed, Wen Yulan said, "Alright, then you two go! I’ll stay here alone since I’ll be going home in a few days anyway."

"No way." Zhang Xian shook his head, "Either we all move or none of us do. I can’t possibly leave you behind."

"Why do you get to decide..." Wen Yulan glared at Zhang Xian, ready to fly into a rage.

Seeing Zhang Xian’s serious expression, she held her tongue. He couldn’t possibly leave her behind? What does that even mean? Could he stop being overly dramatic?

Fu Meiting grabbed Wen Yulan’s arm and said, "Yulan, why don’t you go too? It will only be for four or five days. It’s not that big of a deal."

Duan Hong also laughed and said, "Yeah! It doesn’t make sense for you to be here alone while we’re over there. Plus, you’ll have to look after Yueyue on your own. It’s just not convenient."

After some hesitation, Wen Yulan nodded and said, "Alright! I... I’ll go with you."

Seeing that the three women had all agreed, Zhang Xian felt relieved.

Although he had settled things here, there were matters left unresolved on the other side. If Mo Shaoyun and Zhu Qing learned of this, they might get upset with him. Pairing them all together before sorting things out was indeed a headache.

"Hey..." Fu Meiting asked, "We accepted, but what about your wives over there? What if we move in and they all give us the cold shoulder?"

"That’s true! Just moving in might make us unwelcome." Wen Yulan expressed her concerns as well.

Women can easily get jealous. Regardless of the nature of their relationships with Zhang Xian, moving in could lead to misunderstandings. It would be surprising if they were well-received.

"Well..." Zhang Xian touched his nose and said, "We’ll discuss that after we move."

Duan Hong frowned, "Zhang Xian, that’s not fair! I have no interest in being disliked. You must sort things out over there first."

"Don’t worry." Zhang Xian said, "Have you noticed that Mo Shaoyun and the others are quite reasonable? Even if they disagree with you, they won’t show it explicitly, so don’t worry."

Wen Yulan responded, "Just because they don’t openly voice their displeasure doesn’t mean it’s not there. Do you think we can’t pick up on their moods?"

Zhang Xian sighed, "My dear ladies, I’ll handle these things, so why do you worry so much? Am I not capable of handling this minor issue?"

With arms crossed over her chest, Duan Hong gazed at Zhang Xian and asked, "Is this a minor issue?"

Zhang Xian rubbed his nose and said, "Well, uh, Sister Hong, this might not be a minor issue, but... it’s not that big of a deal either!"

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