Xu Hao gave Xiao Lan a knock on the head and chided with a laugh, "You haven't met Anna either, have you? Why have you become just like her now that you've got some martial skills? All this shouting about fighting and killing, can't you be a bit more ladylike?"

Seeing Xiao Lan being lectured by Xu Hao, Qian Youyou laughed happily, and Guo Lan couldn't help but cover her mouth and giggle.

Although he was speaking about Xiao Lan, Xu Hao was actually very pleased inside.

Xiao Lan used to mainly take care of the children at the orphanage. Although her personality was sunny, she was ultimately a bit shy around strangers, but now she had improved a lot compared to before.

Xiao Lan scratched her head and pouted, "Hmph! Superman Big Brother, you are so mean. What if you knock me silly? The old dean always told me not to hit the kids on the head because it might make them stupid."

Xu Hao laughed and said, "There's nothing so mystical about it; she was just fooling you. Besides, you're not a child anymore."

"Pfft! Who isn't a child anymore!" Xiao Lan said somewhat coquettishly.

Xu Hao smiled, took her little hand, and walked outside.

Meanwhile, Zhang Yu and Uncle Fu were carried out by Xu Hao's men as if they were carrying chickens.

Although Uncle Fu was a master at the early level of mastery, Xu Hao had sealed his acupoints, making him no different from an ordinary person at the moment. The bodyguards from the Security Group were all tall and burly, so lifting his frail body was quite effortless for them.

Guo Lan watched, thought for a moment, and decided to go along with Xu Hao, deciding to see the matter through.

She knew that Xu Hao was going to demand an explanation from the Zhang family. If they didn't agree to Xu Hao's demands, then Xu Hao would use force to make them understand that Xu Hao couldn't be provoked, and Xu Hao's demands were more like commands that couldn't be refused!

Since the situation had arisen because of herself, it wouldn't be right for her to leave now.

Although Xu Hao had told her she could go back, she chose not to leave.

Director Zhou's eyes spun around a few times, and he also followed the footsteps, as did almost everyone else.

Soon, outside the restaurant, a curious phenomenon formed: a large number of taxis were called, and they transported hundreds of people towards the direction headed by the leading Ferrari.

The vehicles following the fiery red Ferrari looked like a ceremonial procession, a grand spectacle.

This ceremony was something none of them had ever seen, not even when Chu Yunlong, the top tycoon of Huadu, went out.

Along the way, people were constantly posting about today's events on forums, Weibo, and even their friend circles, drawing a lot of attention. Many people, upon hearing about the incident, expressed that they wanted to hurry to the Zhang family courtyard to watch the drama unfold.

As soon as this message was released, a multitude of responders gathered.

The Zhang Family Courtyard was located at the junction between Northern Second District and North District Three. In the past, the members of the Zhang family had not seldom bullied these poor common folk.

As one of the Seven Small Families, although the Zhang family might seem very weak in Xu Hao's eyes now, in the eyes of the world, they were still the powerful Zhang family, absolutely not to be contested by ordinary people.

Any descendant of the Zhang family was not someone ordinary people could hope to associate with.

Be it their inherent authority or the influence they drew from external forces, like the power obtained through the Wu Family, they were beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Thus, although the masses lamented and complained, they were still powerless against the Zhang family.

However, today, Xu Hao was going to take action against the Zhang family.

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Seeing the long, dragon-like convoy behind, Xu Hao secretly sighed, knowing that today he would definitely subdue all the members of the Zhang family. These ordinary people would surely raise their arms in support, which showed how much humiliation they had suffered on regular days to be venting it all out today.

Zhang Family Courtyard.

This was a courtyard full of ancient charm, located in the gold-priced Huadu District, yet sprawling over ten acres, undeniably vast.

Although just one of the Seven Small Families, the Zhangs had been developing quietly over the years, and their family influence was subtly emerging as the foremost among the Seven Small Families.

Previously, the Eldest Young Master Zhang, Zhang Zetian, often mixed with the Eldest Young Master of the Cao Family, Cao An, and behind the Cao Family was the Wu Family, which everyone knew.

So, from that time, the Zhang family had actually been strategizing; they leaned towards courting the Wu Family, but never truly pledged allegiance, because once they did, the autonomy of the Zhang family would no longer be entirely their own, and many decisions would need to comply with the Wu Family's orders.

This was not what the Zhang family wanted.

Regrettably, on the Double Ninth Festival's mountain climbing event, Xu Hao aggressively forced every major and minor family to make a choice and pick sides. Faced with no other options, the Zhang family then chose to pledge allegiance to the Wu Family.

This was not what they had wanted.

In the Warring States Period, Lü Buwei treated the monarch of the State of Qin as goods up for the highest bidder, leading to the well-known phrase "precious goods can withhold their value", and the Zhang family wished to treat themselves as goods waiting for the highest bidder.

Unfortunately, Xu Hao completely disrupted their plans, catching them entirely off guard.