"Please come in, both of you, come in quickly!" Xiao Ben was not angered. Pi Zhishan might be cold and haughty, but in Xiao Ben's eyes, if they really were Uncle Pi's family, then their strength could hardly be weak, and a little arrogance was nothing improper.

Xiao Ben hurriedly opened the villa's gate and ushered Pi Zhishan and Pi Zhihai inside.

"If Uncle Pi had not had ties to you, I would have kicked this iron gate off its hinges long ago!" Pi Zhishan said with a cold snort.

His chief purpose in coming this time was also to show off, to put his strength on display, so that the Xiao family would be willing to work with them. So Pi Zhishan kept up this air of superiority at every moment.

"This..." A flicker of displeasure crossed Xiao Ben's face. Even if you are Uncle Pi's family, isn't that a bit too overbearing? Coming to someone's house and threatening to kick the door down? Besides, the villa's iron gate was made of fine steel — could it really be kicked off its hinges?

"What, you don't believe me?" Pi Zhishan sneered and turned his head.

"I... of course I believe you!" Xiao Ben knew that if the Xiao family wanted to rise again, they might well need the help of Uncle Pi's family, so he did not dare contradict Pi Zhishan's words.

"Hmph!" Pi Zhishan glanced at the stone lions set in the courtyard and said to Pi Zhihai, "Zhihai, smash that lion. It's an eyesore sitting there!"

"Yes, big brother!" Pi Zhihai answered, walked over to the stone lion, and with a casual wave of his hand shattered it into a heap of rubble.

"Sss—" Xiao Ben sucked in a breath of cold air! He had been rather irritated by Pi Zhishan's attitude, because Pi Zhishan was so young; he had taken him for no more than a messenger sent by the Pi family and had not regarded him seriously. But now it seemed he had misjudged him!

Worth does not wait on years. These two young men's skills and strength were no weaker than Uncle Pi's. In other words, these two were experts as well!

At that thought, a fawning look at once spread over Xiao Ben's face: "You two are truly formidable. That lion really was an eyesore. This villa is a second-hand house we bought; when we moved in we wanted to throw the lion out, but it was too heavy, and none of us could move it, so we had to let it be. Today we have you two experts to thank!"

Xiao Ben said this against his own conscience. The lion had been bought only when they moved in, to guard the house. But now, to curry favor with Pi Zhishan and Pi Zhihai, he could only say such a thing.

"It was a trifle." Pi Zhishan finished speaking lightly, then went into the villa with Pi Zhihai and sat himself down with great swagger on the living room sofa.

As for Xiao Ji, though he had not gone out, he could see everything outside perfectly clearly from the living room. At first, like his younger brother Xiao Ben, he had been somewhat displeased by the two young men's arrogance, but once he saw their overbearing strength, his temper vanished at once, and like his brother, his face was covered in fawning flattery.

"You two experts, by what names should we call you? I am Xiao Ji, head of the Xiao family. Uncle Pi watched me grow up..." Xiao Ji spoke somewhat clumsily; the attempt to cozy up to them came out rather forced.

But Pi Zhishan did not mind. This was exactly the effect he wanted. Only by shocking the Xiao family could the next step of the plan go smoothly.

"I am Pi Zhishan, and this is my younger brother Pi Zhihai. To be frank with you both, gentlemen of the Xiao family, we are of the hidden Pi family!" Only after settling himself on the sofa did Pi Zhishan make his unhurried self-introduction.

The hidden Pi family? Though the Xiao family was only a bottom-tier family, they knew something of the hidden families, and of course they knew that one of the hidden families was the Pi family! This hidden Pi family was even more powerful than the hidden Zhao family. Yet the Xiao family had never once imagined that Uncle Pi was actually someone who had come out of the hidden Pi family! What a formidable existence that was!

At this thought, Xiao Ji and Xiao Ben were seized with excitement, and at the same time their hearts filled with unease! For in the face of the hidden Pi family, opportunity and danger walked side by side! If they could forge a connection with the hidden Pi family, the Xiao family would leap at once from a bottom-tier family to a first-rate one. But the crucial question was: what had brought the hidden Pi family here today? As things stood, there was a ninety percent chance they had come over Uncle Pi's injuries!

And Uncle Pi had been injured beneath Gou Huli's wheels. In that case, the hidden Pi family would be doing well merely not to make trouble for the Xiao family — would they still help the Xiao family?

"So it is Young Master Pi and Second Young Master Pi!" Xiao Ben did not dare be negligent, nor did he dare presume on his seniority. He nervously and cautiously addressed Pi Zhishan and Pi Zhihai as Young Master Pi and Second Young Master Pi, while his mind kept weighing their purpose in coming.

Pi Zhishan nodded, accepting the title with pleasure: "By the way, what exactly happened to my Uncle Pi? Tell me the whole of it in detail."

Xiao Ji and Xiao Ben's hearts tightened at once, and the two brothers exchanged a glance. Sure enough, this visit from the hidden Pi family boded no good — they had come over the matter of Uncle Pi's injury!

Xiao Ben shot Xiao Ji a look, signaling that he would do the explaining, and Xiao Ji was naturally glad to let him; if he had to tell it himself, he would not be able to make it clear anyway!

"This... the truth of the matter is like this..." Xiao Ben no longer dared conceal anything. Before experts like Pi Zhishan and Pi Zhihai, it was better to speak honestly; otherwise, should the truth come to light, the Xiao family would fare even worse! So he could only recount the course of events exactly as they had happened, including that Uncle Pi had in the end been struck and injured by Gou Huli's car!

"My apologies. That woman drives with utter recklessness. I will bring her here at once, to be dealt with as the two Young Masters Pi see fit!" At this point Xiao Ji did not dare shield Gou Huli either, especially since for the past few days he had felt that the Xiao family had been ruined by her.

"No need!" Pi Zhishan waved his hand, cutting Xiao Ji off. This time he had come on the Pi family's behalf to discuss an important matter with the Xiao family. Toward the Xiao family he must apply both kindness and severity: show them a strong front to overawe them, and also grant them certain benefits at the proper moment. Only so would the Xiao family willingly risk their lives for the Pi family!

Pi Zhishan was young, but having followed his grandfather's side within the Pi family, he had learned no small number of ways to handle people and affairs. Domineering as he was, he had the capital to be domineering.

"In this matter, as you have said, Gou Huli is indeed responsible — but only secondarily," Pi Zhishan said flatly.

"Thank you for your magnanimity, Young Master Pi!" Xiao Ben said hurriedly. Whatever else, Pi Zhishan's attitude made Xiao Ben breathe a sigh of relief! Had the Pi family insisted on demanding satisfaction from the Xiao family, the Xiao family would have been no match at all! After all, that was the hidden Pi family!

"However, you had best not rejoice too soon! For the Xiao family, death may be spared, but the living punishment cannot be escaped. In this matter, you too must bear a share of the consequences!" Pi Zhishan snorted and smiled coldly.

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