Chapter 538: Qiao Xi is Taken Away from the Western City, Lord Huo Returns

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Chapter 538: Qiao Xi is Taken Away from the Western City, Lord Huo Returns

Su Wang looked up at the dark night sky, adorned with flickering stars. He spoke nostalgically, "You haven't seen Xiaowu really get into action yet. If she truly gets angry, you will never forget the look in her eyes. It's more ferocious than a wolf, piercing straight into your heart. Even before you start facing her, your heart will already be filled with fear. That's the kind of fierce determination that puts one's life on the line.

Back then, she stood against a certain force in the western city for our sake. It was truly miserable, to the point that Xiaowu didn't have a single good place on her body.

She's fierce and loyal. At that time, the young people admired her greatly and were willing to follow us."

Qiao Xi furrowed his brows and asked, "How old was my sister-in-law at that time?"

"Sixteen, I think," Su Wang couldn't recall exactly.

He looked directly at Qiao Xi with a complex expression, "Don't let Xiaowu's fierceness deceive you. She still has a kind heart. When she helps others, she never does it directly. Just like what happened at the stall earlier, if it were Qin Xiaowu, she would have handled it in a similar way to me, or even more skillfully.

No one is truly virtuous. Before doing a good deed, don't consider yourself a savior because, in the western city, if you help one person, countless greedy individuals will swarm in."

Qiao Xi understood the message and a conflicted expression appeared on his handsome face.

Since birth, he had never come into contact with such a group of people.

Understanding was one thing, but experiencing it firsthand was another.

Su Wang took out his phone and motioned for Qiao Xi to come closer. "Come here, I'll show you something."

Qiao Xi walked over and saw him scrolling through his WeChat Moments.

Soon, they came across a post from someone named "Dreamlike Prosperity" made just an hour ago.

It was a photo of several girls posing in front of a blue McLaren luxury car.

The girl in the middle was particularly eye-catching. She had delicate makeup and looked radiant.

Su Wang pointed at the girl in the center of the photo. "Her name is Nuan Nuan. She's the granddaughter of the old lady we met earlier. She's already a college student, although she attends a less prestigious university, it's still better than the prospects of other people in the western city."

Qiao Xi nodded, thinking it was still a good outcome.

But then Su Wang's tone changed. "Unfortunately, she was lured by the allure of the outside world. Over the past year, she has become increasingly fond of indulgence. The information I received is that she was expelled from school last semester. Nuan Nuan only has her grandmother as a relative, and over the years, her grandmother has worked day and night to earn money for her tuition and living expenses. She washes dishes in a small restaurant and takes on various odd jobs. At her age, many people are unwilling to hire her, which means she can't earn money now and often goes scavenging for garbage."

"Ah?"

Qiao Xi lowered his gaze and took another look at the Moments post made by the girl named Nuan Nuan. This time, his attention was drawn to the caption.

"Youth is meant for chasing dreams. Let's indulge together, sisters, let's have fun!"

He thought about the money the old lady had sent to the girl, and an indescribable feeling surged within him. A difficult-to-control anger welled up inside him.

A seventy or eighty-year-old grandmother was still working to support her granddaughter's education. She believed her granddaughter could have a bright future, unaware that her granddaughter had already been captivated by the glamorous and materialistic world outside.

Su Wang tapped on Nuan Nuan's picture and sneered, "Most parents spend their whole lives in poverty for the sake of their children, yet their children only show them their worst side, the side they reveal to their closest kin. They enjoy a glamorous life outside, indulging in everything, while their food, clothing, shelter, and transportation are all supported by their loved ones' blood and sweat.

Don't talk about hating parents who sacrifice for their children or saying that if they don't have the means, they shouldn't have children. People cannot be so selfish. Having children is for the continuation of the next generation. Humans have been social animals for thousands of years, and it's a legacy passed down through generations.

To attribute their own selfishness to their family's fault while enjoying everything provided by their family is ignorance, foolishness, ingratitude, and a heart as ruthless as a wolf's."

Su Wang might have also been a little angry, and his tone became somewhat uncontrollable.

He put away his phone and looked up at Qiao Xi.

"These are the people you haven't come into contact with. You can't imagine that there are many people like the two redheads we encountered earlier and Nuan Nuan in the western city."

Qiao Xi swallowed nervously, his face showing a complicated expression.

He wanted to say something but didn't know where to start.

Sometimes words are just powerless.

Su Wang continued, "Qin Xiaowu didn't grow up with her parents from a young age. She, Li Zilan, and I were orphans for the first eighteen years of our lives. Only Shen Ran was lucky enough to have her mother with him during the early years.

For those who recklessly spend their parents' love and then complain about their family's inability to provide them with a privileged life, they have no idea that the family ties they possess are something many people yearn for but cannot obtain."

Shen Ran glanced at a nearby location, his expression slightly darkening.

He walked up to Qiao Xi and reached out, placing his hand on his shoulder.

"Your parents are alive, living a wealthy and comfortable life, free and unrestricted. After you go back this time, don't let Xiaowu send you back here anymore.

You've also seen it; the hardships of the people in the western city are not suitable for you. You and the people here belong to two different worlds. Cherish yourself."

Qiao Xi naturally understood that he and the people of the western city belonged to two different worlds. Everything he had seen and heard here challenged his twenty years of understanding.

However, hearing Su Wang and Shen Ran's words, he couldn't help but feel a sense of parting.

Li Zilan also walked over and pointed toward the entrance of the park.

"Little Xi Xi, look over there."

Qiao Xi turned his head and saw the members of the Hou family's secret guards and the Doyle family's henchmen standing there, lined up in two rows.

"Let's go, we're setting you free in advance."

Li Zilan gave Qiao Xi a push, separating him from Shen Ran's embrace.

Qiao Xi turned around, furrowing his brows as he looked at the three of them. "What's going on?"

"You're being set free," Su Wang replied, his hands slumping on the back of the bench, his expression ambiguous. "What? Reluctant to leave?"

Qiao Xi shook his head. "No, it's just a bit sudden."

"Hurry up and go."

Shen Ran pushed Qiao Xi forward with disdain.

Qiao Xi took each step forward, each step feeling incredibly heavy.

As he walked away, images of what he had seen and heard in the western city these past few days floated through his mind.

He approached the Hou family's secret guards and the Doyle family's henchmen who were sent by his parents to accompany him back to the country.

Everyone lowered their heads.

"Young Master!"

Qiao Xi asked, "Why are you here?"

One of the Hou family's secret guards spoke respectfully, "The old master sent us to bring you back home."

...

At nine in the morning.

Qin Ruan was still half asleep when she heard a deafening sound outside, piercing her eardrums.

The sound was like the roaring of a turbine during an airplane landing.

The noise quickly dissipated.

Qin Ruan rolled over and continued sleeping, not paying much attention to it.

She had gone to bed late last night and was feeling a bit sleep-deprived.

Outside the small building where Old Master Hou resided.

Hou Yunjiao, Hou Yirong, Hou Qiang, Hou Chuan, and the stretcher-borne Hou Zhi rushed hurriedly into the old master's residence.

The servants standing at the door immediately stepped forward to attend to them.

End of Chapter 3.

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