Tranxending Vision - Chapter 44

Chapter 44

Someone Beat His Face

When Fu Chuan-Fu said he was the butler of the Shentu clan, Xia Lei guessed right away that the equipment on the cargo bed was from Shentu Tian-Yin . He was ordering equipment on Alibaba but the ones Shentu Tian-Yin had sent were the latest CNC lathes which cost a fair amount – equipment that Thunder Horse Workshop needed very much . If he accepted the equipment from Shentu Tian-Yin, he can still cancel the order and get his money back, then use it on other things, like buying a better car . However, he decided on something different .

"Thank you, Mr Fu . Please convey my thanks to Miss Shentu but I cannot accept these things . Please take them back," said Xia Lei .

"May I ask why?" Fu Chuan-Fu looked at Xia Lei in bafflement . He had not expected Xia Lei to refuse .

"There's no particular reason," said Xia Lei .

Men should have manly integrity – he'll not accept this donation-like offer!

"Ah, I recall now . You said that if our lady would like to repay you, she should donate a million to any old folk' home or orphanage . Don't worry, we have already done that . " Fu Chuan-Fu smiled, then produced a receipt and handed it to Xia Lei . "This is the receipt for the donation of a million yuan in your name . "

Xia Lei held the receipt in his hands and his name, 'Xia Lei' was written as benefactor . He felt at a loss .

"Our lady has honoured her promise . The equipment on the lorry is just a token of our lady's appreciation . Please accept it, Mr Xia . " Fu Chuan-Fu was very sincere .

Xia Lei shook his head still, "I'll accept this donation receipt as a souvenir . You should take back the equipment on the lorry . I won't accept . "

"Mr Xia, you…" Fu Chuan-Fu looked troubled but he was not one bit upset .

Ren Wen-Qiang sneered, "Senior Fu, these sort of people are natural-born miserable wretches . He refuses good meat when you offer it to him and prefers to scavenge in rubbish heaps . Just forget it . "

Fu Chuan-Fu suddenly lifted his head and fixed Ren Wen-Qiang with a glare, "What is this blabbing, you? How dare you speak to Mr Xia like that!"

"I…" Ren Wen-Qiang was hit with the realisation that he had made a blunder . He could not understand it – he was obviously helping Fu Chuan-Fu speak out but he suddenly flared up at him without sparing him any dignity!

Xia Lei laughed then, "Mr Fu, you heard it . I'm just a rubbish heap scavenger, a beggar . How can I accept the expensive gifts of a noble lady like Miss Shentu? It's better if you take them back . "

"Please do not be mistaken, Mr Xia . Our lady would never look down on anyone . She has no intention whatsoever of disrespect towards you . "

Xia Lei shrugged, "Mr Fu, there's no need to say more . I've made it clear – I do not want the things on the lorry . Please take them back . "

Fu Chuan-Fu looked at Ren Wen-Qiang again, "What are you standing there for? Apologise to Mr Xia, now!"

"I…" Ren Wen-Qiang couldn't say it . His face turned green, then red, and he was extremely humiliated . He had just described Xia Lei as a beggar digging through rubbish heaps and was now being reprimanded for it – he had to apologise to the beggar!

Xia Lei was still thinking of how to refuse the equipment Shentu Tian-Yin had sent . Ma Xiao-An intercepted, "Dear sir, this guy here lacks proper teaching and was being very arrogant . If you make him apologise to us, we will accept the equipment outside . "

Xia Lei was going to stop Ma Xiao-An but Ma Xiao-An's mouth was quick and his words were thrown out in a flash .

Fu Chuan-Fu seemed to see an opportunity for an exchange . He said to Ren Wen-Qiang, " Wen-Qiang, you heard . Apologise to Mr Xia, now!"

Ren Wen-Qiang flushed red . He opened his mouth but no words came out for quite a while .

Ma Xiao-An added fuel to the flames, "I think some people think they are number one under the sky and didn't expect to have to do something so terrifying . Hahaha! Interesting, interesting . "

"You-" Ren Wen-Qiang glared at Ma Xiao-An . If Fu Chuan-Fu were not around, he would have sent a kick his way .

"You wanna fight? Come on!" Ma Xiao-An tried to stir up trouble deliberately .

"Stop it, Xiao-An," said Xia Lei .

Ma Xiao-An quieted down . He wouldn't listen to others but he did listen to Xia Lei .

Fu Chuan-Fu's face was getting stormier, "Ren Wen-Qiang . Do you want me to go back and tell the lady that Mr Xia refused her gift because of you?"

When he heard that, Ren Wen-Qiang turned white as a sheet . He looked at Xia Lei and though he was extremely unwilling, he could only bow his head and say formally, "Mr Xia, I apologise . I was wrong earlier and I beg your forgiveness . "

Xia Lei spoke indifferently, "You'll have to learn some manners in the future . It's one of the basic ways of being human . "

Ren Wen-Qiang gritted his teeth and spoke bitterly, "Understood . "

"What about me?" said Ma Xiao-An, "He hasn't apologised to me . "

Ren Wen-Qiang's eyes were so icy they could kill .

"Ren Wen-Qiang, quick!" said Fu Chuan-Fu .

Ren Wen-Qiang faced Ma Xiao-An and spoke coldly, "Sorry!"

"Hahaha!" Ma Xiao-An laughed happily .

Ren Wen-Qiang then faced Zhou Xiao-Hong and said, "Miss, I'm an sorry about earlier . I apologise . Please forgive me . "

Zhou Xiao-Hong hurriedly said, "No, no, it's fine… No need to say that you're sorry . "

Fu Chuan-Fu spoke, "Is this satisfactory, Mr Xia? I'll ask the crane driver to unload the goods now . "

"Mr Fu, I really don't…"

Fu Chuan-Fu cut him off mid-sentence, "I have done what you have requested . Our lady does not like one who cannot carry out his duties . Would you have me return to our lady with my task incomplete?"

"This…" Xia Lei was at a loss .

Fu Chuan-Fu walked out the door and said loudly to the crane driver, "Unload!" He was afraid that Xia Lei would find some further excuse to refuse . If that happened, he really would have to return to Shentu Tian-Yin with his task incomplete .

The crane moved the equipment from the lorry bed and the whole process took just a few minutes . The unloaded equipment were placed on the empty ground in front of Thunder Horse Workshop . They were brand new, and the latest equipment; the total value was almost a million yuan .

Xia Lei did not bear to spend his money on these brand new equipment when he was browsing Alibaba but Shentu Tian-Yin had delivered them to him just like that . A million yuan was a huge sum to Xia Lei and fairly important but to a person like Shentu Tian-Yin, a million yuan probably meant a watch, or tailor-made clothes, or just some easily-spent pocket-change . Xia Lei helped her avoid an assassination attempt, so she gifted him a few pieces of equipment – it was a matter of course .

"That is it, Mr Xia . Goodbye . " Fu Chuan-Fu said his parting words and did not waste a second more in reporting back to his lady . Other than making Ren Wen-Qiang apologise to the three of them, Fu Chuan-Fu had not spoken to him, up until he left .

Fu Chuan-Fu was the butler of Shentu clan and had served three generations of Shentu family heads . He had long become a member of the household and Ren Wen-Qiang was nothing in his eyes . There was no need to greet him .

"Ning Jing, are you still staying here?" The warm look was gone from Ren Wen-Qiang's face . His dignity had been used to wipe the floors and he could only get some back if he managed to take Ning Jing away .

"I…" Ning Jing spoke, then hesitated . She looked at Xia Lei out of the corner of her eyes, as if looking for him to ask her to stay .

Xia Lei did not ask her to stay but he said, "Big Sister Ning, if you want to stay, nobody can make you leave forcefully . "

This line was for Ren Wen-Qiang's ears .

If the earlier incident had not happened, Ren Wen-Qiang would not have been bothered by words like these but it was different now . He dared not offend Xia Lei before he could be sure of what sort of relationship Xia Lei had with Shentu Tian-Yin . However, he had a way to force Ning Jing into a corner . He took out his mobile phone and said, "Ning Jing, I'll call Uncle right now and let him counsel you . "

"I, Isn't it enough if I go with you?" Tears dripped from Ning Jing's eyes .

A faint smile appeared on Ren Wen-Qiang's lips . He reached out a hand to pull Ning Jing's hand but she avoided his grasp and went out the door in a huff .

Ren Wen-Qiang smiled, "Bye, you three . "

Ma Xiao-An spat, "I've never seen anyone with skin as thick as yours . "

Ren Wen-Qiang pretended not to hear . He turned and walked out of Thunder Horse Workshop .

With Fu Chuan-Fu, Ning Jing and Ren Wen-Qiang gone, the workshop was quiet . Xia Lei looked blankly at the equipment in the doorway . Ma Xiao-An and Zhou Xiao-Hong looked blankly at Xia Lei, their gazes looking as though it was their first time seeing Xia Lei .

After a long bout of staring blankly, Xia Lei muttered to himself, "So overbearing . Who forcefully gives gifts like this?"

"Bro, if you don't want it you can give it to me," Ma Xiao-An added, "I'll sell these and get myself a wife . "

Xia Lei came back to his senses then . He laughed, "Get out of here . If you hadn't intercepted, I would have rejected the equipment . It was all because you spoke up that I accepted the equipment . "

Ma Xiao-An looked gloomy, "Lei, what's going on? When did you get to know a woman from the Shentu clan? How come I didn't know about it? What happened between you that she would send such an extravagant gift? What confounds me even more is that you didn't even want it . How are you such a fool?"

Zhou Xiao-Hong also added, "Yeah, Big Brother Lei, why didn't you want it? Don't we need such equipment?"

Xia Lei smiled wryly and shook his head but had no explanation . There were some things which could not be explained because he could not tell Ma Xiao-An and Zhou Xiao-Hong how he had seen the assassin place the bomb . He could not tell them either that he had decided not to accept the gifts so that he would not be taken lightly by a woman such as Shentu Tian-Yin . The second reason was, in the eyes or regular people, foolish .

"Come on, say it . What's going on?" Ma Xiao-An pushed . He was very curious .

"It's nothing . I'll tell you guys another time . Let's first bring these pieces of equipment in and set them up," said Xia Lei .

"I can guess even if you don't say it . That Shentu woman borrowed some seeds from you, didn't she?" said Ma Xiao-An in dissatisfaction .

Xia Lei kick him . "Borrowed, my foot! Get to work!"

"Yeah, yeah . Work . " Ma Xiao-An walked outside, grumbling to himself .

Zhou Xiao-Hong followed him out, her apple-face blushing . She talked to herself as she walked, "Big Brother Lei's seeds are so expensive . City women are willing to spend so much…"

Xia Lei was speechless .