Chapter 1
"Tiger Commander! The army of Wolf Country is bearing down upon the border and the frontier juncture is in an emergency! I come here to ask you to come out of retirement to defeat the enemy by the order of Dragon Lord!"
On the street, an iron-clad and travel-stained man in martial attire knelt down on one knee and made an urgent request.
Standing in front of him was a tall and impoverished man dressed in rags as wretched as a dog.
"I have been retired for many years and I no longer have a hand in the affairs of the court. Let Dragon Lord find someone better qualified than me!" Xiao Potian looked indifferent and remained unmoved.
The passers-by thought it was two psychopaths shooting a funny video. They were too frightened to approach.
"Tiger Commander, now the west is in danger. Please put national affairs first..." Fan Gang continued to implore.
Xiao Potian said with a wave of his hand, "Stop imploring me anymore. I'm going to dinner with my wife. I don't have time for you!"
Then Xiao Potian turned around, rode the electric bike and ran away.
Fan Gang stood in amazement. He never thought that the previous National Tiger Commander could have already married. What kind of maids from the noble families could marry such an almighty bigwig, the National Tiger Commander.
Three years ago, when the national protector Tiger Commander, Xiao Potian was in the midst of great success, but he suddenly retired, took off his armour and returned to his hometown Nanguang City.
This was an unsolved mystery. Even Fan Gang who had followed Xiao Potian for years didn't know why.
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At the family feast of Chu Family, men and women, old and young, all gathered together, and talked lively and jovially.
"Come on, Feifei. I want to make a toast."
"Mr. Chen, a toast to you, too. Thanks for helping my Feifei get this contract."
"This contract is worth at least $10 million to the Chu Family! Finish this drink! Three more!"
In front of the table, everyone toasted to each other in high spirit, with the radiance on their face.
Today the second daughter of the Chu Family, Chu Feifei with the help of her fiance Chen Ankang, successfully signed a contract with Xinghe Group for the Chu Family. Such a happy occasion must be celebrated with a family feast.
"Excuse me. I was held up just now and kept you waiting." At this time, Xiao Potian came in hurriedly and said apologetically.
The laughter stopped abruptly.
Everyone looked at each other and almost had the same question in mind: Did we wait for you?
Xiao Potian had married into and lived with the Chu Family for three years, but lived as a mediocrity and accomplished nothing, living off his wife.
He was such a worthless wretch that nobody liked him.
"Don't flatter yourself. Can't you see? We didn't wait for you at all!" Chu Feifei's mother, Cai Ai said coldly.
"You are good-for-nothing. What could have kept you? Is your electric bike broken, isn't it?" Chu Feifei's younger brother, Chu Feiyang laughed.
Xiao Potian felt somewhat embarrassed immediately. He just greeted them out of politeness. Why this trivial words made them to laugh at him?
Fortunately, he was used to being ridiculed when he spoke.
He did not want to embarrass himself again, and had to sit quietly next to a beautiful woman.
The most beautiful lady was Miss Chu, and Xiao Potian's titular wife, Chu Yuxin.
Chu Yuxin, the most beautiful lady of Nanguang City, and the goddess of countless men.
However, three years ago, the elder master of the Chu Family strangely insisted on marrying his most beloved granddaughter to Xiao Potian who was just demobilized from the army, and let him to be a son-in-law by adoption.
The most beautiful lady of Nanguang City married a pauper. This was undoubtedly the biggest joke in Nanguang City.
"Watch your mouth. Don't talk nonsense. Just have your meal." Chu Yuxin coldly said in a low voice.
"Yes." Xiao Potian only had dinner without a word. The thought of what Fan Gang said to him just now weighed him down deeply.
The appearance of Xiao Potian was just a sideshow. Everybody here soon treated him as air and went on beaming with joy and talking lively and jovially.
"Provided that we can establish contact with Xinghe Group, the day when our family become the first-class Family is around the corner." Elder Mrs. Chu, the present master of Chu Family beamed.
"Yes. It was my son-in-law who helped get the contract down as soon as he went into action. Unlike someone's sons-in-law who could just sit around and wait to die." Chu Zehui galanced at Xiao Potian who all the time had a meal with his head down and said.
He was the second son of the elder Mrs. Chu, father of Chu Feifei and Chu Feiyang. Chu Yuxin's father Chu Shaohui and he were always at odds. On such a good occasion, he would definitely seize the chance to ridicule Chu Shaohui and his family.
As expected, Chu Yuxin and her father Chu Shaohui, her mother Zhou Liping, all felt embarrassed when hearing Chu Zehui's word.
"Dad, how can you compare a good-for-nothing with your son-in-law?" Chu Feifei, a heroine who got the contract, was satisfied and seized the chance to taunt Xiao Potian.
"That's right. Born into a famous family, Mr. Chen is a virtuous and talented person. Not everyone can compete with him. Some scallywag just eats all day long. Sooner or later, our Chu family will be used up by him!" The elder Mrs. Chu praised Chen Ankang, at the same time, she did not forget to disparage Xiao Potian.
Chen Ankang smiled and said, "Grandma, you're flattering me. Somebody was born poor and never had a good meal. Let him eat more, just like a dog. He can't eat all the food of the Chu Family."
He was pissed at Xiao Potian at an earlier time, such a good-for-nothing loser could marry the most beautiful lady of Nanguang City. A pretty girl was married to a stupid husband. Good cabbages were hogged by pigs!
According to him, Miss Chu was better than Miss Chu the second in all aspects, whether in stature and looks or temperament and talent.
If it were not for the fact that Xiao Potian, the lazy loser married Miss Chu, how could he be reduced to marry Miss Chu the second who was inferior in various aspects?
Since ancient times, marriage goes by contrast. This sentence seemed to be true!
"Yeah, I like dogs anyhow. I already have a Yorkshire terrier and I don't care about another dog." Chu Feifei followed to stir up trouble.
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In the war of words, Xiao Potian suddenly became the target of public criticism.
Chu Yuxin saw her husband get shot without talking. She was blushed and blanched with embarrassment.
Laughing at Xiao Potian was tantamount to laughing at her in a disguised way, and her parents were also humiliated.
Now in this situation, Chu Yuxin only hated her late grandfather.
Three years ago, when Xiao Potian retired from military service, he had nothing at all. Her grandfather knew the situation but stubbornly took Xiao Potian as a live-in son-in-law, and forced her to marry him.
Moreover, Xiao Potian was poor and blank at that time and could not even afford a wedding ceremony!
What puzzled her most was that her grandfather had told her repeatedly before his death not to look down upon Xiao Potian. He said Xiao Potian was now just a tiger left his hills and descended to the plains, one day he would return to the mountain like the tiger, and enjoy all high position and great wealth.
He also said, she would understand her grandfather with good intentions by then.
However, they had been married for three years. But Xiao Potian did nothing. He did not look like a man who was frustrated for all his talent!
Xiao Potian was good for nothing but handsome. What was the point of being handsome? Was handsome enough for food?
She was more and more suspicious that her grandfather had forced her to marry Xiao Potian, because he got crazy or just entrapped her deliberately.
"Would you let me eat in peace? You just signed a contract with Xinghe Group, how did you get carried away like this? Could you make something of yourself?" At this time, Xiao Potian was finally at the end of his patience and said disdainfully.
Just now, Fan Gang came to ask him to come out of retirement and take a government post, which had stirred his heart. His mind was full of the scenes that shining spears and armoured horses, gathered troops in battlefield, millions of corpses, and thousands of miles of blood.
All these people just kept arguing, which interrupted his thoughts, and it really bothered him.
With the words of Xiao Potian, there was total silence.
No one could have imagined that the loser, who had been reproached for years and never dared to talk back, would talk back today!
And when he talked back, he said such ungodly words!
"What did you say? You're a good-for-nothing. How dare you call us worthless?" The elder Mrs. Chu was so angry that she almost spurted out her blood.
"The loser probably doesn't know what Xinghe Group is. That's why he said something so ungodly."
"To tell you the truth, The market value of Xinghe Group is over 100 billion yuan, which is the most powerful enterprise in Nanguang City. Any family that has anything to do with Xinghe Group can make rapid advances!"
"Many families have to bow and scrape before Xinghe Group, because it is the monarch in the commercial field of Nanguang City!"
"Why are you talking to the loser? Can he be expected to understand the business circles when he is a stay-at-home husband and has never seen the world?"
In the face of public criticism, Xiao Potian did not want to argue. As long as he returned to the mountain like a tiger, let alone a small Xinghe Group, even the whole Nanguang City would tremble under his feet!
But at this time, a burly fellow who wore a military uniform, and the whole body with the sense of slaughter suddenly rushed in!
Those present were all startled, except Xiao Potian.
The burly fellow was Fan Gang who asked Xiao Potian to come out of retirement on the street!
"Tiger Commander! The enemy is at the gate, and the west is at stake! Dragon Lord has promised, as long as you are willing to come out of retirement, no matter what conditions, he will meet you. Please come back with me!"
When Fan Gang rushed in, he ignored all the gaze and knelt down on one knee in front of Xiao Potian, and pleaded with great anxiety.
Seeing this, they were all dumbfounded and couldn't believe their eyes!
At that time, Xiao Potian slowly stood up in the eyes of the astonished people, with his hands behind his back. The decadent look immediately disappeared, and was replaced by a manner of despising the world. He asked with a dominant temperament,
"The whole Dragon Country has a Xinghe of talents. Is it possible that no one can defeat the enemy except me, Xiao Potian?"