Chapter 722: The Triumphant Return of Fourth Young Master Zhao

The Zhao Family.

Zhao Li entered the Zhao Family’s main gate with the contract in hand, his face beaming with pride and his chest puffed out.

“Oh! Fourth Brother, what good fortune have you encountered? What’s that in your hand? Let Third Brother have a look.”

Just as he walked in a young man wearing a loose blue robe called out to him.

Zhao Li ignored him and continued walking inside.

Seeing that Zhao Li dared to ignore him the young man’s face darkened. “Zhao Li are you deaf? Didn’t you hear what I said?”

“That’s right Zhao Li what kind of attitude is this? Don’t forget you’re currently a disgrace to our Zhao Family!”

“If you want to stay in the Zhao Family and live a humble life you’d better know your place!”

Others also joined in with cold mockery their gazes filled with derision as they looked at Zhao Li.

Zhao Li stopped and walked step by step towards the young man who had called out to him.

“That’s more like it. One should know their place. Be obedient and listen and Third Brother will look after you in the future.”

Seeing Zhao Li approach the young man’s face showed a satisfied smile as he reached out to take the contract from Zhao Li’s hand.

“Slap!”

Zhao Li raised his hand and slapped the young man across the face.

The crisp sound echoed in everyone’s ears leaving them all stunned.

“You… you dare to hit me?” Feeling the stinging pain on his face the young man looked at Zhao Li in disbelief.

“Slap!”

Zhao Li delivered another slap followed immediately by a kick.

“Ah!”

The young man cried out in pain as he was kicked to the ground clutching his stomach his face twisted in agony.

“Zhao Yan what do you think you are? A worthless piece of trash. I didn’t want to bother with you but you just wouldn’t stop would you? Let me tell you this! Whatever attitude you had towards me before that’s how you’ll treat me from now on!”

Zhao Li placed one foot on the young man’s body looking down at him as he spoke in a cold tone.

“Zhao Li! Have you gone mad? Do you still think you’re the once-favored Fourth Young Master Zhao?”

“That’s right I think you’ve lost sight of your position!”

“You really don’t know your limits. Just wait to be kicked out of the Zhao Family!”

The others finally reacted and started hurling abuse at Zhao Li.

“Hmph! Remember this is the last time you’ll speak to me like this. You won’t have the chance in the future so you’d better make the most of it now.”

Zhao Li kicked Zhao Yan away snorted coldly scanned the crowd with a sweeping gaze and declared firmly.

“Zhao Li… you… you just wait! I’ll definitely report this to Uncle!”

Zhao Yan scrambled to his feet his face alternating between pale and flushed. He glared at Zhao Li gritting his teeth as he threw out these words then hurried off to tattle.

The others also looked at Zhao Li with schadenfreude all believing that he was in for big trouble and would likely be expelled from the Zhao Family this time.

A moment later in the Zhao Family’s living room.

“Slam!”

The Zhao Family patriarch Zhao Li’s father Zhao Yanshang slammed the table as he stood up glaring at Zhao Li and shouting “You insolent fool! What do you think you’re doing? Do you want to bring the sky down on us?”

He was utterly disappointed in this son whom he had once valued the most.

That incident with the Kong family back then had nearly implicated him as the family head.

The rest of the Zhao Family had all suggested expelling Zhao Li from the family letting him fend for himself.

It was only through his great efforts that Zhao Li had been kept in the family. He hadn’t expected Zhao Li to stir up trouble again now.

Zhao Yan glared at Zhao Li with venomous eyes. Idiot did you really think things were still like before? Let’s see if Uncle will still protect you this time.

The others also looked at Zhao Li with schadenfreude.

“Brother it’s just children quarreling. There’s no need to take it so seriously.”

A middle-aged man on the sofa spoke casually. He was Zhao Yan’s father Zhao Yanting.

“Dad please take a look at this first. This is the reason why I originally teamed up with Liang Huan to kill Kong Biao and Kong Tianjing.”

Zhao Li remained unperturbed as he stepped forward and handed the contract to Zhao Yanshang.

Everyone in the living room was stunned completely surprised that he still had the courage to bring up this matter.

Zhao Yanshang gave Zhao Li a suspicious look then opened the contract to read it. His entire demeanor instantly changed to one of shock “Is… is this real?”

“Brother what’s wrong?” Zhao Yanting asked curiously.

Zhao Yanshang swallowed hard and passed the contract to Zhao Yanting “See for yourself.”

“Hiss—”

After reading it Zhao Yanting couldn’t help but draw in a sharp breath “If this is true then Little Four’s contributions are undeniable!”

“Dad Uncle of course it’s true. Why would I risk bringing a fake contract that could be exposed at any moment to deceive you?”

Seeing their shocked expressions Zhao Li’s face broke into a smug smile. This was exactly the result he wanted.

Zhao Yanting and Zhao Yanshang also believed the contract was genuine for the same reason Zhao Li had mentioned.

Zhao Yan was completely baffled by this scene. Weren’t they talking about him being hit? How did the topic suddenly change?

“Dad… he… he just hit me. We can’t just let this go can we?”

Zhao Yan tried hard to steer the conversation back on track.

“Shut your mouth! Go back and reflect on your actions. Don’t you dare step foot outside the house without my permission!”

Zhao Yanting shouted angrily.

Zhao Yan was dumbfounded. How the hell did the situation change so quickly? He couldn’t make sense of it at all!

The others were also at a loss but they understood one thing clearly: Zhao Li was about to regain his power.

Realizing this everyone’s face turned pale filled with unease.

After all during the time Zhao Li had fallen from grace they hadn’t hesitated to kick him while he was down constantly mocking and belittling him to feel superior.

Now that Zhao Li was back in power would he really let bygones be bygones and forgive them?

“Little Four why didn’t you tell us about such an important matter before? If you had we wouldn’t have misunderstood you!”

Zhao Yanting looked at Zhao Li and asked. Zhao Yanshang also gazed at Zhao Li with confusion.

Zhao Li smiled calmly and said “Dad Uncle at that time things weren’t settled yet. I wasn’t sure you see?”

“Besides it’s better for me to suffer a little than for our entire Zhao Family to make a wrong judgment and be played for fools.”

Hearing this both Zhao Yanting and Zhao Yanshang had complex expressions on their faces.

“You’ve suffered greatly.”

Zhao Yanshang sighed. He was well aware of how Zhao Li’s status in the family had plummeted during this period and how he had been humiliated.

“Dad it’s all for the Zhao Family. There’s no such thing as suffering or not suffering.”

Zhao Li spoke righteously though at the time he had cursed the entire Zhao Family in his heart.

Looking at Zhao Li then at Zhao Yan Zhao Yanting became increasingly angry “Look at the state of you! You’re supposed to be the older brother yet you can’t learn even a bit of good from your Fourth Brother!”

Zhao Yan: “…”

Dad you’ve changed.

You used to warn me repeatedly never to learn from Zhao Li.

And now? How far you’ve fallen!