The man seemed surprised that Xu Ke actually refused. He felt a mix of anger and disgust towards Xu Ke's increasingly outrageous demands. To him, Xu Ke's actions were akin to extortion.

If it were only him present, he would have waved his arm dismissively and walked away, but unfortunately, the woman he loved was watching from behind.

The man turned around to see Xiaoqian shielding her eyes from the sun with her hands, looking a bit pitiful. His heart ached a little. He turned back, glared at Xu Ke, bit his teeth, and shut his eyes as he made a new offer, "A hundred thousand, will a hundred thousand do?"

"How many times do I have to say it? I said I don't agree. I refuse." Xu Ke couldn't help but roll his eyes at the man as he spoke.

"Don't push it too far. Your words are worth more than gold. I'm paying you by the word, and you're still not satisfied?" The man was truly amused by Xu's reaction. He took a step forward, and without warning, the sour odor of his sweat hit Xu Ke's senses, momentarily disorienting him and numbing his nose.

"Stay away from me." Xu Ke pulled Lin Mengyao and Yu Xia back a step, creating distance between them and the man.

The man's face stiffened with anger. He sensed something from Xu Ke's reaction, and an overdue sense of embarrassment appeared on his face. But soon, it was as if he had grasped some extraordinary weapon, and he approached Xu Ke with pride, saying, "If you don't apologize to Xiaoqian, I'll keep moving closer until I suffocate you."

Xu Ke was momentarily speechless, amazed by the man's shameless behavior.

Honestly, Xu Ke had lived for over twenty years and had never encountered someone using their body odor as a threat.

"It turns out the ancients were right, when the woods are big, all kinds of birds exist." Xu Ke looked up at the sun above, sighing.

"I don't care if you're mocking me or what, are you coming with me or not? If not, I'll continue to disgust you." The man started pulling the hem of his shirt out of his pants and fanned it toward Xu Ke, letting his foul odor waft over to nauseate Xu Ke.

The man's actions were like a toad that sits on your foot—not harmful, but extremely annoying.

The woman standing not far behind the man had an ugly expression after seeing this scene, like a sky covered with dark clouds, with a storm brewing.

"What on earth is this fool doing? How can he embarrass himself like this?" the woman mumbled through gritted teeth.

The place where these people stood was not secluded, so there were quite a few tourists passing by. Even under the hot sun, some tourists passed by, and upon seeing the man in the middle lifting his shirt at Xu Ke and his group, they thought they had encountered a weirdo. The timid ones screamed and ran away, while the braver ones stepped forward to see what kind of person would do such a thing.

Among those who went forward to check was someone brave and kind-hearted.

Seeing the man's large, fleshy figure and lecherous face cornering Xu Ke and noticing Xu Ke's side—a thin-looking man holding two women who didn't appear to be fighters—the observer instinctively took Xu Ke and his group as victims.

A muscular, tall man, covered in muscles, stepped forward from the crowd and pushed the man, saying, "What are you doing? Acting indecently in broad daylight? Do you think there are no police in China? Do you think there's no one in this park? You look chubby and fair, so why can't you behave properly?"

The man who stood up against injustice was from the north, with a strong northern accent and an innate commanding presence. Considering the muscular physique he openly displayed, he appeared like a heroic figure straight out of a TV drama.

The man staggered from the push.

"This is between him and me, it's none of your business, outsider. Step aside," the man glanced at the other's muscular arm, swallowed quietly but dismissed retreating thoughts because his beloved woman was watching him. Instead, he steeled himself with newfound courage.

"Buddy, I'm not an outsider; I'm a Chinese who stands up against injustice." The muscular man poked the man with his finger. Although he didn't apply much force, the man felt as if he'd been nailed with steel at the poked spot, causing some pain.

"Seriously, just because you're fat, you think you can bully two people with one? Didn't your teachers teach you about the 'Eight Honors and Eight Shames'? Don't you know what integrity and shame are? You think you're Marshal of the Heavenly Canopy just because you're fat and no one can punish you in this world? You're delusional."

With every sentence, the muscular man poked the man a step away, creating almost a two-meter distance between him and Xu Ke.

Only then did Xu Ke dare to take a deep breath of fresh air, finally feeling free, with everything around suddenly smelling pleasant.

The man's face turned a bit pale and ugly.

"This is between him and me. You know nothing, so stay out of it. They started it first by bullying my girlfriend and throwing away her ice cream. I wouldn't demand an apology otherwise, nor would you have seen what happened just now. In short, they are to blame," the man shouted.

"An ice cream?" The muscular man was so taken aback by this reason that his voice unconsciously rose.

"Just for an ice cream? You're doing this? Damn, are you poisoned?" Seeing no objection from Xu Ke, the muscular man showed a face of unspeakable disbelief, looking at Xu Ke and the man as if observing two big fools.

Feeling the disbelief in the man's gaze, Xu Ke was also speechless and, along with having stood under the scorching sun for so long, wore an unpleasant expression on his face, saying, "If I throw away the ice cream I bought, what does it have to do with your girlfriend? If you don't believe what I'm saying, you can ask the owner over there. Ask her if the ice cream I threw was mine." Xu Ke replied, exasperated.

The man's gaze turned to the owner, who had been watching and enjoying the show from the sidelines. The woman quickly jumped to the owner's side, out of everyone's view, and signaled the owner with a look, gesturing a number with her hand while saying hesitantly, "How can you just lie like that? It was obviously something I bought; how can it become yours as soon as you open your mouth? Don't think that just because you're a man, you can speak nonsense and call a deer a horse."

The woman's pitiful demeanor could only evoke sympathy from the man who loved her, while everyone else kept their distance as spectators.

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