The two youths, who had just been in full fear of being caught by two strangers, led their shared horse to gallop wildly down the hill, with the men behind them in hot pursuit, and in the heat of the moment jumped over the fence…
The moment the horse landed from a high place, Zhu Tong felt a tingling pain on his thigh, where it met the saddle. But at that time, the pain was dulled by his exhilaration and adrenaline pumping through this blood.
Now though… it hurts so much!
How is he going to dismount?
The people outside the racecourse stared at the side for an instant, while the people inside quickly rushed over.
He almost became the focal point of the entire venue.
Zhu Tong was too sore to move.
Shao Ming had already realized something, and he stretched out his hand and said, “I’ll carry you down.”
“No!” Zhu Tong said anxiously.
So many people on the racecourse! Even if he doesn’t know how to ride a horse, he doesn’t want to be carried down to dismount!
He still has a semblance of dignity to maintain.
But it really hurts…
Zhu Tong looked at Shao Ming, a flash of rare grievance appeared on his face. He knew that today’s misfortune cannot be blamed for this fact. He has been very careful and attentive. How could he predict that they would encounter two crazy bastards today?
He looked at the two people, still on their horses. All kinds of emotions surged, bubbling up in his chest.
“Can I borrow a cell phone?” he asked the staff.
While they were wearing protective gear, they left their mobile phones in the lockers at the racecourse.
The staff glanced at Shao Ming and hesitated.
Just now, this person said that he would call the police. Although it was understandable for them to call the police, the big incident would definitely affect the reputation of their racecourse. He did not dare to call the shots without authorization of their higher-ups.
“Dear guest, how about…”
“Don’t worry, I won’t call the police.”
“…”
The staff was suspicious, and Shao Ming suddenly looked at him. The man was startled, and hurriedly took out his mobile phone and handed it over.
This young man has a really bad temper. His glare looked absolutely terrifying!
In contrast, the handsome guy on horseback has a really good temper, and he was willing to believe him.
Zhu Tong really didn’t plan to call the police. He made a direct call, “Uncle Liu, it’s me, are you at the racecourse now?”
Outside the racecourse, the conscientious Uncle Liu was sitting in the driver’s seat smoking a cigarette. He was afraid that the young master would wait for a long time when he’s done, so he secretly followed him so he could stand by at all times.
But he can’t let the young master know about this matter, it will be bad if the young master’s happiness is swept away by his overbearing worry.
After observing for so many days, the boy named Shao Ming was still very reliable. The weather was fine today, so there was no need to worry that the young master would catch a cold. It’s a sunny and pleasant day, the young master can bask in the sun, fresh air around him.
Uncle Liu said: “The racecourse? No, I…”
Zhu Tong interrupted him directly, “I met two idiots on the racecourse. They were purposefully chasing me on horseback, trying to harm me. Can you…”
“What? Riding horseback and harming you? Young Master, wait for me. In two minutes, I’ll come in right away!”
Zhu Tong: “…”
The sound of opening the car door came from the phone, and Zhu Tong was sure that Uncle Liu was definitely waiting outside the racecourse. He hung up the phone and returned the phone to the staff.
However, the staff did not breathe a sigh of relief.
The voice on the phone just now was quite loud. He clearly heard this young man being referred to as “Young Master” over the phone.
Who is this handsome guy? They won’t have a big deal on the racecourse, will they?
After Zhu Tong’s call, several people who were watching the play at the entrance also rushed over.
He Xiaoxiao said as soon as she came over, “Wang Yao and Wu Wen, you two are really lame, ah. You have been riding a horse for five or six years, but you can’t even compare to a high schooler from the boonies? Go back and see if you dare to brag about your riding skills!”
Then she looked at Shao Ming again, “Handsome guy, your riding is good, how about we two have another race?”
She didn’t even mention the malicious chase just now.
There was a person behind her riding a step behind her, and as soon as he appeared, there was a sense of presence that people could not ignore.
Seeing the young man approaching, the faces of the two people who got off the horse immediately sank at the same time.
Xia Yang.
Xia Yang bowed his head on the horse and said with a smile, “Shao Ming, what a coincidence.”
“…”
Shao Ming ignored him and got on his horse again.
The horse swayed slightly, and Zhu Tong turned his head and said, “Why did you come up again?”
Shao Ming said: “I don’t like to raise my head and talk to someone like him.”
“…”
He looked at Zhu Tong’s legs again, frowning slightly, “It hurts?”
Zhu Tong wanted to nod his head, but there were outsiders present, so he subconsciously shook his head, “It’s fine so long I don’t move.”
Shao Ming frowned and looked at him, as if judging whether he was trying to be brave again.
He ignored Xia Yang too deliberately, startling him. His grip on the reins became tighter.
He Xiaoxiao saw it, she glanced sideways at Xia Yang, and then at Shao Ming, “My friend, didn’t your family teach you that it’s only polite to return a greeting?”
Shao Ming said, “Oh, someone spoke just now?”
Xia Yang: “…”
He Xiaoxiao: “…”
Xia Yang’s face was pale, and there was a bit of aggression on his already pitiful face, but overall, he still looked very pitiful.
The faces of Wang Yao and Wu Wen next to him suddenly sank, and they looked at Shao Ming with hostility.
He Xiaoxiao’s expression was also turned hostile. “This friend, where is your courtesy!”
Xia Yang grabbed her and said, “Xiaoxiao, stop talking.”
He Xiaoxiao only replied, “Our Yang Shao is willing to talk to you because he looks up to you, do you know what kind of person he is? Oh, that’s right, people from places like yours probably don’t know what status and position are in their entire lives. It’s something you won’t get even after a life trying to climb up the society ladder. You know your place, so that’s why you ignore him in order to feel superior, don’t you? Tsk, your ignorance is pathetic.”
She sat on the back of the horse and glared directly into Shao Ming’s eyes.
At the very least, Young Master Yang’s sense of aesthetic is really good. This young man is quite good-looking.
But his condescending attitude towards Young Master Yang meant that he’s beyond hope to be fixed. To convince this kind of person, she can only break his pride and let him realize the gap between them. After that, hold it firmly and push him around.
Her face was full of arrogance. However, Shao Ming was unfazed. With a polite smile on his face, he said to the staff, “I’m sorry to trouble you, we will take care of the rest.”
The staff who entered the field to control the horses were stunned for a long time.
What kind of people came to their racecourse today?
Things seem to be out of their control.
The two staff members looked at each other, turned and left the arena to find their manager.
He Xiaoxiao watched the staff leave the venue and chuckled, “Solve it by yourself? Do you even have an idea how to do that?”
“How else can they solve it?” Wu Wen mocked, “Of course they’re going to call their parents, they’re just a bunch of lost kindergarteners. Look, his little lover already calls his parents.”
Wu Wen was not afraid of the phone call made by Zhu Tong.
How big can his background be? This place is in the boonies, after all.
He Xiaoxiao only heard the word “little lover”.
She paused slightly and turned to look at the person in Shao Ming’s arms.
Because the horses were on their sides, He Xiaoxiao couldn’t see clearly what the person sitting in front of her looked like when she came over. Now that Wu Wen mentioned him, she remembered to look over, and then she noticed how close the two people’s postures were.
Xia Yang saw it early, his eyes were red with jealousy, and he couldn’t hear what He Xiaoxiao just said.
Zhu Tong’s legs were still throbbing in pain. He wanted to speak several times, but he was afraid that his face would collapse as soon as he opened his mouth, which would affect his momentum too much.
After finally relieving the pain, he glanced sideways.
He Xiaoxiao continued her mocking, “It seems that I should take back what I said before. You are still very self-aware, knowing that you are not worthy of Young Master Yang, so you found such a person…”
“The little sissy right next to you” has not yet been said before she stopped mid-way her speech. She saw a middle-aged man approach Zhu Tong, and… he looked a bit familiar to her.
Zhu Tong breathed a sigh of relief and said, “Your ignorance truly saddens me, Young Lady He. I wonder, what kind of status do you have in A City?”
He Xiaoxiao was baffled.
He recognizes her?!
Xia Yang has come back to his senses, he lowered his eyes, full of abhorrence, then reminded her, “He is Zhu Tong.”
“Zhu Tong?” He Xiaoxiao was stunned, and then her face paled, “the Zhu family’s young master?”
Xia Yang stiffly nodded.
“…”
He Xiaoxiao’s breathing hitched. She thought, ‘How could the young master of the Zhu family be here? How could he be with someone Young Master Yang likes?’
Not only He Xiaoxiao, Wang Yao and Wu Wen were also stunned.
Zhu family? That Zhu family in A City?
Although they could play with Xia Yang, their family status was still far below that of the Xia family. The Zhu family, like the Xia family, was one of the leaders in the business world of A City.
He’s precisely one of such people they absolutely cannot offend!
They looked at He Xiaoxiao as they grew flustered.
He Xiaoxiao finally remembered where she had seen Zhu Tong. It was at the Xia family’s banquet.
That time Xia Yang accidentally splashed water on Zhu Tong’s body, then Xia Yang tried to apologize by wiping the stain. However, he was disdained. At that time, she was the first to stand up for Xia Yang’s injustice.
After Zhu Tong left the banquet, her father taught her a lesson and warned her not to provoke Zhu Tong in the future.
At that time, Zhu Tong looked like he was about to die, so she didn’t heed her father’s warning. After all, they wouldn’t meet again in the future. She never expected to meet him again, this time so far away from A City!
What did she just say?
He Xiaoxiao’s face changed, and she felt extremely regretful in her heart.
She immediately took away the arrogance on her face, and resumed the kind smile she had when she first came here, “So it’s Young Master Zhu, why are you here? What a coincidence.”
Zhu Tong: “…”
Her Sichuan Opera face-changing skill is top-notch.
Zhu Tong glanced at her, then looked at Xia Yang, “Are you two together?”
He Xiaoxiao turned her head and looked at Xia Yang, her eyes suddenly lit up. She remembered that the relationship between the Xia family and the Zhu family was very good, there might be a turning point in this matter. “Yes, we are together with Young Master Yang, I wish you good luck. less of you…”
“You chased after us for Xia Yang’s sake, then? Do you like him?”
Zhu Tong has turned his head to look at Wang Yao and Wu Wen.
He asked bluntly and suddenly, and several people on the opposite side were stunned at the same time.
Especially Xia Yang.
Of course he knew that Wang Yao and Wu Wen liked him, and also knew that they targeted Shao Ming because of him, but in this situation… he didn’t want to be dragged in.
He frowned slightly and said, “Zhu Tong, what nonsense are you talking about? We are just ordinary friends who came out to play together.”
Zhu Tong: “…”
This must be the legendary “fish pond management skills”: always bring up the term “ordinary friends” when describing an ambiguous relationship.
Although Wang Yao and Wu Wen’s thoughts were tacit, neither of them said it clearly, nor could they deny it.
Wang Yao said, “Yes, Zhu Shao, you misunderstood, we are just ordinary friends.”
Zhu Tong mercilessly asked, “Then why did you do that to me?”
Wang Yao & Wu Wen: “…”
They didn’t even know that the person was the young master of the Zhu family!
Wu Wen felt nervous. “Young Master Zhu, we just… see you… my friend and I are very good at riding, and we were just joking back then. There is no other meaning, you’re a magnanimous man, no need to scrutinize this matter.”
“Joking?” Zhu Tong thought about the thrill when he just crossed the obstacle, his face darkened, “Well, now you ride over that fence, if you can cross, I will believe in your so-called joke.”
“…”
Wu Wen and Wang Yao glanced at the nearly two-meter-high fence, only to feel their throats tighten and their legs tremble.
Shao Ming originally planned to dispatch the staff and then take Zhu Tong to attend to his injury. He didn’t expect the matter to evolve in this direction.
He approached Zhu Tong and said, “You know them?”
Zhu Tong replied, “I only saw them once.”
Simply put: he didn’t know them.
Shao Ming raised his eyebrows with interest.
On the opposite side, Wang Yao and Wu Wen couldn’t fulfill the conditions put forward by Zhu Tong, and they did not dare to refute. All they could do was to hint at Xia Yang to help them.
Xia Yang was upset, he should have stopped Wang Yao and Wu Wen if he knew it would be like this now!
He looked at Zhu Tong, and he thought of the “mediation” rhetoric, but when he saw Zhu Tong leaning against Shao Ming’s arms so naturally, his tone was not good. “Zhu Tong, we are all acquaintances, since nothing happened, why must you make a mountain out of a molehill?”
“According to what you mean, so long a murder is just an attempt, you can get away with impunity?”
“You…”
Xia Yang didn’t expect him to be so disrespectful.
One Shao Ming and one Zhu Tong, why does his cheat abilities have no effect on these two people!
Before he could speak again, Zhu Tong had already turned his head towards him, “Speaking of which, Xia Yang, did you bring these people? They maliciously chased after us, made fun of people’s lives, and were overbearing in the racecourse, as if they’re the Lords of this place. You are their friend, why don’t you say anything? You dare to bring this kind of friend out, don’t you feel ashamed?”
The implication is: birds of a feather flock together, since Xia Yang made friends with such people, it only reflects his own character!
Xia Yang’s expression turned ugly. “Why do you imply they purposefully try to harm you? They did no such thing, plus, I don’t know at all…”
“I wonder if they’re doing it for you? Or don’t you realize the dangers of a high-speed chase on horseback? Do you not understand basic common sense? Since you brought those people here, you must be responsible for whatever they do. Now that things have come to this, did you ever apologize at the very least? Have you ever stopped Shao Ming at any time? You said you like Shao Ming. Is this what you meant by your liking? You watched others make things difficult for Shao Ming because they were jealous, and you just said you didn’t know and dismissed it all? You’re truly an innocent and pure white lotus in full bloom!”
When he saw Xia Yang appearing in the racecourse, he knew that today’s thrilling adventure was not an “unexpected disaster”.
Whenever the hearthrob protagonist goes, the white moonlight will definitely be in trouble.
Why is it that every time Shao Ming gets into trouble, the culprit Xia Yang can stay out of it?
This time, he wants to cut off his responsibility and stay away? As if he’d let him get away with that.
His words made Xia Yang fume. His eyes widened in shock as if he had been faced with multiple injustices!
Wang Yao and Wu Wen didn’t dare to speak at all.
He Xiaoxiao’s face changed.
Although she was afraid of Zhu Tong, she still dared to raise her head against Zhu Tong. She couldn’t let him speak further.
“Young Master Zhu.” He Xiaoxiao opened, “I only heard that Young Master Zhu was not in good health before, but I didn’t expect that you’re so articulate. But please remember that you’re saying all of these words for the sake of that… little white face1derogatory term for good-looking men who rely on their looks to depend on others who’s playing hard to get. Is it worth it for you, Young Master Zhu, to say such ugly words for our Young Master Yang?”
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