The Strongest Mad Son-in-law

Chapter 1670 1673: Competing with Xu Hao in Playing the Zither?

"If you say that when you marry and enter the bridal chamber, your father can replace you, then I agree to let your father play the zither for you now." Xu Hao looked at Shi Changdong and his son with a smirk, with a hint of mockery at the corner of his mouth.

Trying little tricks in front of me, aren't you a bit too young for that!

Everyone burst into laughter.

No one expected Xu Hao to say such things to counter Shi Ran and Shi Changdong's clearly unreasonable argument.

This father and son are indeed shameless, but Xu Hao's silver tongue isn't useless either; he completely blocked all their excuses.

The Moon Goddess Successor instantly felt that this was quite similar to the saying, "If you can endure this, you can eat poop!"

Xu Hao's words were truly venomous; he left them wanting to hit someone.

"Hey, why are you two silent now? Weren't you just speaking so lively? You help me, I help you, oh, such a good father and son!" Xu Hao teased.

Shi Ran said helplessly, "Kid, I can't help you anymore. You deal with it yourself. If you really can't do it, then don't play. It's just playing the zither, even if you can't play, what's the big deal?"

Shi Changdong immediately retorted, "No way, I can't let Xu Hao shame me like this. This brat is already so arrogant now; if I let him shame me, won't I feel even worse? But..."

He looked at Xu Hao, sneering, "Kid, be honest with me, have you really never learned to play the zither?"

"Of course, I just remember some sheet music, but I'm too lazy to learn the zither. What's the point of putting in the effort? When you need it, just use it, right?" Xu Hao replied as if it was perfectly natural.

Upon hearing Xu Hao's words, Shi Changdong chuckled, "Then I want you to swear upon thunder and lightning. If you've learned to play the zither before, let the thunder strike you!"

Xu Hao raised his eyebrows, guessing what Shi Changdong was planning, but he remained unfazed, immediately swearing as requested.

"Hahaha! Good! Xu Hao, do you dare to compete with me in zither playing? Let's compete with the famous piece 'Guangling San', what do you say?" Shi Changdong laughed.

After confirming that Xu Hao indeed couldn't play the zither, Shi Changdong was filled with confidence. Although his zither skills weren't great, he'd at least learned; surely he could outperform Xu Hao, who hadn't learned?

Zhou Shuran immediately said, "Hey, big bad guy Xu, you wouldn't be dumb enough to really compete with him in zither playing, right? You haven't learned, what will you compete with? Don't be awkward if you lose, and it's not just about you losing, but you're playing with the Emperor Qin. If you lose, you'll disgrace our Xuanmen's Sect's Protection Treasure. That would mean losing the face of our Xuanmen."

Xu Hao was momentarily speechless, saying, "Do you really distrust me that much? Keep whining and see if I won't spank you right now?"

"Hmph! You're like a dog biting Lü Dongbin, failing to recognize a good person. I'm helping you!" Zhou Shuran said angrily.

"Would I be stupid enough to do something I'm not confident about?" Xu Hao rolled his eyes.

Zhou Shuran immediately exclaimed in surprise, "So you're willing not to bet with Shi Changdong now?"

"That's impossible! It's a sure-win situation; why not bet? Am I brainless?" Xu Hao waved his hand, "Don't worry, I'll definitely win. Although I haven't learned to play the zither, my perceptiveness is excellent, surely I can outdo Shi Changdong, the amateur zither player."

The more Xu Hao belittled Shi Changdong, the happier Shi Changdong became. This was the effect he wanted; making Xu Hao believe he was easy to defeat.

Though his zither skills truly weren't impressive, compared to Xu Hao, the beginner, he could easily win.

Zhou Shuran glared at Xu Hao speechlessly, saying, "Then I'll teach you to play, but I feel you won't learn because the method of playing the guqin is too complex..."

"There's no need, though I haven't eaten pork, haven't I seen pigs run? I've watched videos of others playing before, and I can more or less perform it."

Saying this, Xu Hao placed his right hand above the strings, preparing his left hand to press and produce sound, then said, "Since it's a bet, how can there be no stakes? I'm putting up this third-grade superior talisman as the wager. Shi Changdong, will you put up something equivalent?"

A third-grade superior talisman as a wager!

Everyone was astonished; Xu Hao was truly wealthy. Such talismans aren't something ordinary people can produce, yet Xu Hao simply put one up—how could this not make people envious?

Shi Changdong excitedly rubbed his hands together, saying, "Haha, I didn't expect you to have such good stuff, Xu Hao. Father, should we bet with him? If we win, this item becomes ours!"