Chapter 4771 — Fiendish Temper Cannot Be Endured
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
He had seen it too: Liu Ziqi and Wei Zhao were plainly in league with each other. If he kept pushing back, he would not only gain nothing—he might well be dealt with even more harshly. That would be a loss too great to bear.
Before leaving, Ren Zhongyuan shot Wei Zhao a venomous glare. His eyes were full of rancor. This matter today was not over!
Looking at Ren Zhongyuan's bedraggled, drowned-rat appearance, then at Wei Zhao's aggrieved manner, Huo Yudie was momentarily speechless, then laughed. "Not bad acting! I never knew you could be so wicked before!"
"Wicked? I only did what he wanted to do himself," Wei Zhao said, pinching his nose with a chuckle.
"Come off it. I can see it now—he really did want to make a move just now, but he probably never meant to flip the table. After all, we were all sitting right there; no matter how bold he is, he wouldn't dare flip Feifei's table. He can't be that stupid," Huo Yudie shook her head.
"If Ren Zhongyuan had really dared to do such a thing, I wouldn't have settled for merely scolding him—I would have gotten serious," Liu Ziqi said. Looking at Wei Zhao's innocent expression, she could not help laughing as well. "I really didn't see it—you actually have such a quietly devious side to you."
At these words, Wei Zhao was about to clear his name, but beside him Ning Xuefei had already rushed to expose him. "Aunt Liu, Sister Huo, don't be fooled by his appearance. He may seem fine on the surface, but he's actually a terrible trickster. The first time I met him at the Far North Island, he cheated others out of hundreds of thousands of spirit jade..."
"Really? Feifei, quick, tell us how Wei Zhao cheated people—you still haven't told me about what happened at the Far North Island," Huo Yudie said, immediately interested. She pulled Ning Xuefei over to another table and urged her on.
Wei Zhao was momentarily speechless. Especially when he saw that even Liu Ziqi wore an expression of keen interest, he did not know what to say. The heart of gossip truly knows no distinction of age or rank—even a giant of the academy was no exception. He wondered whether Ning Shanghe, the Western Island's island master, was the same...
Here the flames of gossip blazed fiercely; over there, the bedraggled Ren Zhongyuan, retreating in defeat, grew angrier the more he thought about it. Along the way he smashed who knew how many things. He had thought that once aboard the ship it would be his territory, that everything would be his to manipulate as he pleased, that a specimen like Wei Zhao could be rounded or flattened at his whim. Who could have imagined that the moment he arrived, he would instead be played for a fool and left covered in dust and shame.
"This won't do. If we don't think of a way to win back our ground quickly, that brat will only grow more arrogant. It doesn't matter much for the rest of us, but Brother Ren, you'll be in a bad spot—if this drags on, Huo Yudie might really be lured away by that kid," Yi Xiaotian said with a frown, looking at Ren Zhongyuan's sorry state.
"I told you long ago that Huo Yudie is just a little slut. Even knowing full well that he's the Western Island's consort, she'll probably shamelessly throw herself at him. Then you, Brother Ren, won't stand a chance. Can you really swallow this insult?" Yao Jiali added fuel to the fire from the side.
"Of course I can't swallow it!" Ren Zhongyuan was grinding his teeth in fury. Yet at the thought of Liu Ziqi's warning just now, he felt somewhat uncertain. Helplessly, he said, "But that old woman Liu Ziqi is obviously protecting him. If we go at him openly, she may very well take the opportunity to truly fly into a rage—and no one can predict the consequences..."