Chapter 140 — The Student Guan Xuemin
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Guan Xuemin wanted to see him off downstairs, but Wei Zhao stopped him. "Grandpa Guan, if you're this polite again, I won't dare come next time."
"All right, then I won't see you off..." Though Guan Xuemin knew Wei Zhao was joking, he was still startled and hastily halted his steps.
As they got into the car, a black Audi happened to drive up and stopped before the villa's gate.
From the rearview mirror, Wei Zhao caught sight of several familiar faces. Weren't these the old man and his son and daughter-in-law from the commercial street that day? Had they come to Guan Xuemin for treatment too?
Still, Wei Zhao had no intention of greeting them. The old man was decent enough in character, but his daughter-in-law was dreadful and his son a worthless thing, meek and cowed before his wife. If the man hadn't at least been able to flare up in the end, Wei Zhao would have written him off completely.
"You know them?" Yang Huaijun asked, seeing Wei Zhao studying the people behind them in the rearview mirror.
"No, I've only seen them once. You know them?" Wei Zhao did not mention the business on the commercial street; there was nothing worth telling.
"I've only seen them once myself. They're the Liu family of Yanjing — a very large clan. The old man is Liu Zhenhu, and the middle-aged man with him is Liu Tianyi, a big figure in Yanjing. The woman is his wife, and her family is very formidable too." Yang Huaijun hid nothing from Wei Zhao and told him everything he knew. "The Liu family has strong connections in both business and politics, with deep reserves of power." "Is that so?" Wei Zhao smiled faintly at that. No wonder the woman had spoken so arrogantly on the commercial street that day, demanding to see the mayor one moment and threatening to have the health bureau chief fired the next. "And your Yang family?"
"Our family is a notch below the Lius. After all, theirs is a Yanjing family, and Liu Tianyi holds a high post with real power..." Yang Huaijun said. "My old man retired years ago, and there's no one to carry it forward — we only have some influence in the military. Originally they wanted me to spend a few years in the special forces, accumulate some merit, and then rise smoothly. Who'd have thought..."
Wei Zhao nodded. Despite what Yang Huaijun said, his family was still far stronger than ordinary families — though naturally a step or two below the top-tier ones.
"Drop me off at school. Find yourself somewhere to eat." Wei Zhao checked the time. If they hurried, he could still make the first afternoon class at school.
"You're not eating?" Yang Huaijun was a little puzzled.
"I wasn't really hungry anyway. I ate a lot this morning. I'll just grab a bite at school." Wei Zhao said.
"All right then." Yang Huaijun always took his lead from Wei Zhao; since Wei Zhao had said so, he naturally did not insist. He turned the car around and headed for No. 1 High School.
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