Chapter 23: Arrogant at First but Respectful Later

In the hall, the three parties took their seats.

As the owner and presiding officer of this place, Shen Xiang sat in the main seat, while Pei Xuanjing and the people in charge from the Liu family sat on the left and right.

"Second Master Liu, this is Brother Pei."

"Brother Pei, this is Liu Chengshi Master Liu Erye."

Shen Xiang introduced each other to the two of them.

The two of them nodded, but they didn't show much enthusiasm.

Shen Xiang didn't agree with this either. After the introduction, he kept silent and left the situation to the two of them.

Liu Chengshi looked at Pei Xuanjing, who had a calm expression, with a little displeasure in his eyes, "Pei Xuanjing, don't you want to give my Liu family an explanation for what happened before?"

Pei Xuanjing looked calm, "Explain, what explanation do you want? Wasn't today's meeting proposed by the Liu family? I thought it was the Liu family who wanted to give me an explanation."

"Hmph, you hurt someone for no reason and you still want to deny it?" Liu Chengshi scolded.

"Haha." Pei Xuanjing sneered, "Injury for no reason? Isn't it because Liu Ruilong wanted to show off his violence and hurt others, so I fought back in self-defense?"

Liu Chengshi looked unhappy and stared at Pei Xuanjing, as if he wanted to eat someone.

Pei Xuanjing's expression remained unchanged, but his eyes gradually became murderous.

Seeing that the two of them were at loggerheads with just a few words, Chen Xiang on the side had no choice but to come out to smooth things over.

"You two, since you are sitting here today just for the sake of reconciliation, why do you need to be so at odds with each other?"

Pei Xuanjing glanced at Chen Xiang and said, "I'm not trying to stir up trouble. This Second Master Liu is so overbearing that he will forcefully call everything black into white."

Liu Chengshi didn't give an inch when he spoke, "Liu can still compare to you, but it's just a few words of conflict that can break someone's hand. You can't learn this method from Liu."

Pei Xuanjing sneered and did not answer. He just looked at the other party with mocking eyes.

Being looked at by Pei Xuanjing like this, Liu Chengshi was filled with anger, but his face didn't show any signs of it, and he didn't give in at all in his momentum.

The scene fell silent for a while, and the entire hall was so silent that it was as if you could hear a pin drop.

After a while, Liu Chengshi suddenly burst into laughter, "Young Master Pei is indeed young and promising. The bastards in my family are completely different from Pei Shaoxia."

Such completely different attitudes not only surprised Pei Xuanjing for a moment, but also Chen Xiang, who was very familiar with Liu Chengshi's style, was not sure what the other party meant.

Just when the two of them were still a little surprised, Liu Chengshi said to Chen Xiang: "Today, please bear witness to the third shopkeeper. I will apologize to Pei Shaoxia on behalf of my nephew. In addition, my Liu family will reward you with a thousand taels of silver and a century-old mountain ginseng as an apology. I hope Mr. Pei doesn’t dislike it.”

Liu Chengshi was so arrogant and respectful, which made Pei Xuanjing suspicious, but he didn't reveal too much. He just nodded with a cold face, not too enthusiastic.

Liu Chengshi didn't care at all, and said to the two of them, "That's it for today. The gifts will be delivered tomorrow. It's getting late, Liu will say goodbye!"

After that, he left without giving the two people time to react.

Pei Xuanjing looked at the other party's leaving back, frowning, and thinking quickly in his mind.

He had already known about the character and style of Liu Chengshi Master Liu Erye from Chen Xiang's mouth.

That is, the other party is not an easy person to get along with. As a confidant of the head of the Liu family, he holds a high position in the Liu family and has a tough style. He has never been a person who will accept weakness.

So based on the clues Pei Xuanjing obtained from several life simulations, the other party's behavior today is so arrogant and respectful. It seems that the other party has already made a choice and decided to send someone to take action. That's why he doesn't want to waste time with Pei Xuanjing here. Only then can it be explained.

Thinking of this, Pei Xuanjing raised his head and met Chen Xiang's eyes. The two looked at each other's expressions and understood that both of them knew Liu Chengshi's plan.

Liu Chengshi walked out of the Shen Chamber of Commerce's manor, followed by everyone in the Liu family.

"Second Master, how are you?" a white-haired old man asked in a low voice.

He is a steward of the Liu family and a confidant of Liu Chengshi.

Liu Chengshi did not speak, but directly boarded the carriage. However, just as he entered the carriage, he suddenly paused and said to the steward behind him: "Go and inform them that it is getting dark and it is time to move."

Upon hearing this, the steward immediately knew what the other party meant and whispered: "Old slave, I understand."

Liu Chengshi nodded, "I will ask the carriage to move slowly and wait for you at the gate of the city. Tell them to be quick with their hands and feet."

"Yes." The steward nodded.

The steward got on his horse and headed back to the city in the opposite direction. Liu Chengshi's carriage, with a group of more than a dozen people, slowly and leisurely headed towards Anping City.

In the carriage, Liu Chengshi had an undisguised murderous intention on his face, "It's so hard to persuade a damn ghost with good words. If you are seeking death yourself, don't blame me for being cruel."

Originally, he came here not necessarily to kill Pei Xuanjing.

After all, a twenty-year-old sixth-grade warrior, not to mention Anping Mansion, is considered a genius in the entire Northwest Path. Therefore, even if the other party hurts Liu Ruilong, the Liu family has developed to this day and is not without tolerance. As long as Pei Xuanjing is willing to surrender to the Liu family, they will not mind a genius joining him.

Unfortunately, from the beginning, Pei Xuanjing's extremely uncooperative attitude and his young and promising attitude made Liu Chengshi very unhappy.

As the ruler of the Liu family, whose power is almost only below that of the head of the family and the elders, when Liu Chengshi faces the Lord of the Mansion, the Lord of the Mansion will give him some face and will not be so sharp.

So Pei Xuanjing undoubtedly annoyed him, so he changed his attitude to a pleasant one.

Because from that moment on, in his heart, Pei Xuanjing was already a dead man, and he felt that he was very magnanimous to give a dead man some face.

What he arranged the steward to do just now was to send someone to assassinate Pei Xuanjing.

A sixth-grade warrior who is less than 20 years old has outstanding talent, so what? A dead genius is not a genius.

Even if a lion fights a rabbit, it must go all out. In order to kill this genius, he just asked the steward to send a fifth-grade master and two sixth-grade masters. Such a lineup is absolutely foolproof.

But suddenly, Liu Chengshi's face froze, because he found that the carriage that was moving suddenly stopped, and the guards around the carriage that were supposed to follow seemed to have disappeared. There was no sound at all. In the silent night, he could only hear the sound of the horses breathing, which made him feel depressed.

Who wants to kill me?

Sorry, I went out to drink with friends yesterday and didn't save any manuscripts. I just wrote the first chapter and now I'm going to write the second chapter.