Chapter 664 So This Is What You Call Keeping Your Word?

• Gale wasn’t much older than Huangfu Xiao, yet he suddenly turned into an “uncle”? Wait... Huangfu Xiao felt something was off. Mainly the family ranking! No way! If Gale called his dad “uncle,” and he had to call Gale “uncle,” didn’t that push his own dad up into his grandpa’s generation? Huangfu Xiao couldn’t make sense of it, but he landed on one conclusion: this circle is a mess. “Uncle Gale... my dad’s calling.” Huangfu Xiao handed over the phone. Gale: “...” Wu Yingruo: “...” Wu Dao: “...” Wu Dao stared, stunned, looking from Huangfu Xiao to Gale, at a total loss for words. “Uncle Huangfu, you had your son come all the way from Qi County just to take a swing at me?” Gale asked into the phone, speechless. Huangfu Huihuang sounded just as done: “I didn’t know ahead of time! The Jiang family saved my son over twenty years ago. Now they had a favor to ask, so I sent Xiao over. I thought he could handle it. Who could’ve guessed the target would be you!” If Huangfu Huihuang had known beforehand, he never would’ve agreed. Now he was stuck in the middle, no good path forward. What, send his son to fight Gale? Not happening. First, because of the Huangfu family’s ties with The Iron Tips. Second, because the gap between Huangfu Xiao and Gale was huge. Even Huangfu Huihuang couldn’t beat Gale. So forget Huangfu Xiao. “Gale, hey, look at that—my boy came all this way and landed right at your door. Do me a solid and take him under your wing a bit?” Huangfu Huihuang chuckled. “Take him how?” Gale asked, confused. Huangfu Xiao was grown. He didn’t need Gale babysitting him. “The kid’s got this twisted view of the world... especially money... Could you do me a favor and set him straight? I’m out of ideas.” Huangfu Huihuang said. “Can I find someone to mentor him?” Gale asked. “That works too,” Huangfu Huihuang agreed. “Then that’s that.” Gale nodded. “Gale—cough, cough—your aunt’s got me on some real business. I’ll get back to it for now. I’ll come to Rockville later; we’ll share a drink, uncle and nephew.” Huangfu Huihuang said. After hanging up, Gale returned the phone to Huangfu Xiao. Both were speechless. What a mess—like floodwater crashing into the Dragon King’s temple, neighbors fighting neighbors. “Jiang Hai, what’s going on? Why did that Huangfu Xiao hand his phone to Gale? Do they know each other?” Situ Xiaolan asked, nervous. “I don’t know either,” Jiang Hai said, serious. He really couldn’t figure it out. By rights, Huangfu Xiao came from northern Qi County, over a thousand miles away. How could Gale know someone that far out? But judging by Huangfu Xiao’s attitude—and Gale’s—it didn’t look like they were strangers. Gale turned toward Situ Xiaolan and the others. Just one look. It sent Situ Xiaolan scurrying behind Jiang Hai, spooked. “Jiang Hai, you have to protect me!” “He’s going to hit me again!” she said, shaken. Jiang Hai took a deep breath and walked toward Gale, brow knit, face dark. He went straight at Huangfu Xiao first: “Huangfu Xiao, what’s this about?” Huangfu Xiao sighed. “Sorry, Hai. He’s a friend of my dad’s... My dad said if your enemy is him, and you want me to go after him, that’s not happening. He’ll explain everything to your father. Hai, if it were anyone else, I could help.” “And if I insist it’s him?!” Jiang Hai asked, voice like gravel. “Then no,” Huangfu Xiao said, shaking his head. Jiang Hai was fuming. First, his father had hauled in a master from far away, burning a big favor, only for things to twist into this joke. Second, with things like this, he had no way to answer to Situ Xiaolan. “Huangfu Xiao, so this is what the Huangfu family calls keeping their word?” Jiang Hai demanded.