Wang Yueqin, who was about to stand up, heard Cao Ying's call and turned her head, her expression calm. Looking at her daughter, she spoke in an unequivocal tone, "This Lin Feng is too young for you! I won't allow you to be with an immature boy like him. He'll bully you. Leave this to me... You rest at home for the next two days and don't go to school. I'll request a leave of absence for you."

Worried that Cao Ying wouldn't "break up" with Lin Feng, Wang Yueqin even demanded she stay home for the next two days and not go out. With that said, Wang Yueqin walked out of Cao Ying's room.

Cao Ying froze, staring speechlessly at Li Liping, a frosty expression on her face.

"Sis... I... I didn't mean to..." Li Liping hadn't expected things to escalate this far. She looked at Cao Ying with a sorrowful expression, her voice trembling as she tried to explain.

"Hmph..." Cao Ying let out a disgruntled snort. I only spared your life because I know you didn't do it on purpose, she thought. If you ever dared to frame me intentionally, I would have ended you long ago!

Cao Ying couldn't control what Wang Yueqin was going to do; she could only let her be and explain things to Lin Feng later. Cao Ying firmly believed that Lin Feng was different from others; at the very least, he would listen to her explanation.

"What were you saying just now? That Lin Feng was fooling around behind my back? What exactly happened?" Cao Ying recalled what Li Liping had said when she first entered the room and asked, a hint of confusion in her voice.

At this point, Li Liping was so filled with remorse she could hardly speak. When Cao Ying questioned her, she was somewhat reluctant to explain. "I saw Lin Feng... with other pretty girls..." she mumbled vaguely.

Subconsciously, Cao Ying thought of the few girls around Lin Feng—Tang Rou, Su Zi, Ning Aoxue—each one very beautiful. She didn't take Li Liping's words to heart. Although a slight discomfort pricked at her, she stated solemnly, "I have no substantial relationship with Lin Feng. Who he's with has nothing to do with me. Watch what you say from now on..."

Cao Ying didn't blame Li Liping for her impulsiveness, merely chiding her gently before taking out her phone to call Lin Feng.

Li Liping was stunned. She couldn't fathom how her cousin could be so unconcerned about Lin Feng being with other girls! How is this possible...?

...

At the Tianxing Club, Lin Feng was rather surprised to suddenly receive a call from Cao Ying. After she explained that her mother, Wang Yueqin, would likely contact his parents, Lin Feng was dumbstruck for a long moment. Inwardly, he cursed Li Liping, the instigator. Isn't that girl just looking for trouble?

Regarding the mayor's wife planning to speak with his parents, Lin Feng felt it necessary to give his father, Lin Zhonghua, and his mother, Jiang Xiuyun, a heads-up. Otherwise, if they were suddenly summoned by the mayor's wife, they might misunderstand and think he'd done something wrong.

As Lin Feng mulled this over, he felt a growing urge to make a trip home to see his mother, Jiang Xiuyun. However, just as this thought occurred to him, a KNOCK, KNOCK came from his door, followed by Long Xiaoyun's somewhat fawning voice from outside:

"Brother Feng, are you in there?"

"Young Master Dragon, what is it?" Lin Feng casually opened the door, letting Long Xiaoyun and his "bodyguard," Yan Su, into the room. This time, while staying at the Tianxing Club, Lin Feng had Long Jiu book two rooms, arranging for Wu Mei to be in the one next door.

"Brother Feng... have you had dinner yet? If not, let's eat together, shall we? I've arranged a feast..." Long Xiaoyun grinned at Lin Feng, adopting a very deferential posture as he extended the sincere invitation.

Long Xiaoyun was becoming thoroughly devoted to Lin Feng. This wasn't only because Lin Feng had helped him soundly humiliate Chen Qingyun, but more importantly, his father, Long Shaotian, had instructed him to lower his stance and secure Lin Feng. Furthermore, Long Xiaoyun was awestruck by Lin Feng's extraordinary aura as a top expert, so calling him 'Brother Feng' now rolled off his tongue with increasing ease.

"Dinner?" Lin Feng regarded Long Xiaoyun with a cold smile and said in a deep voice, "Just for dinner, Young Master Dragon? You don't need to be so deferential. Is there something else you want me to do?"

"What are you saying! Brother Feng, you make it sound so distant! I genuinely just want to invite you to dinner..." Long Xiaoyun smiled awkwardly. "Of course, my old man did ask me to pass on a message to you. But, if you don't want to hear it, I don't have to say it."

Unseen by Long Xiaoyun, Yan Su silently gestured to Lin Feng with a few hand signs. He indicated that with Zhou Yang, Xue Qingyi, and Fu Chuanqi of the Sky Wolf Gang having successively departed, Long Shaotian was now extremely anxious and severely short-handed. This presented a prime opportunity for Lin Feng to complete his mission.

At the same time, Yan Su also revealed another astonishing piece of news: Long Tianyi—Long Shaotian's top enforcer and head of the Thirteen Generals of the Qingzi Sect—had unexpectedly defected, switching to Chen Ming's camp.

Learning of Long Tianyi's sudden betrayal, even Lin Feng, who had remained composed, was momentarily stunned. Could it be that Long Tianyi knew I was going to continue fighting for Long Shaotian and defected just to teach me a lesson? he wondered.

In truth, Long Shaotian himself didn't understand why Long Tianyi would defect; as far as he was concerned, he had always treated Long Tianyi well.

When Long Shaotian had voiced his confusion, Long Tianyi had merely said one thing to Lord Dragon: "I, Long Tianyi, will not board a sinking ship, nor will I continue to follow a man who's about to retire..."

Only then did Long Shaotian realize that Long Tianyi had absolutely no confidence in his prospects of winning the leadership of the Jiangzhou Hall.

In this situation, the only reliable expert Long Shaotian could try to win over was Lin Feng. Therefore, he had given Long Xiaoyun strict orders: he absolutely had to coax Lin Feng, bring him to the private room at the banquet, treat him exceptionally well, and then, at all costs, persuade Lin Feng to fight for him, Long Shaotian, once more.

This was the absolute limit of what Long Shaotian could do, swallowing his pride. When Fu Chuanqi had wanted to deal with Lin Feng, Long Shaotian had decisively abandoned him, never imagining his own situation would become so precarious.

Fortunately, Lin Feng also had his own agenda. Knowing Long Shaotian was in a difficult situation, he didn't kick him while he was down. He even temporarily set aside his plans to visit Jiang Xiuyun and cheerfully accepted Long Xiaoyun's invitation. Calling for Wu Mei, they accompanied Long Xiaoyun to the banquet floor.

"Well, well... if it isn't Young Master Dragon?" In the corridor outside their private room, Long Xiaoyun ran into Chen Qingyun, who was accompanied by a dozen or so of his men. As expected, a barrage of extremely nasty taunts followed. "My, my, Young Master Dragon, what's happened to you? Reduced to hanging out with these two nobodies? Run out of subordinates, have you?"

Lin Feng looked up and saw that Chen Qingyun's dozen or so men were all experts at the second level of Inner Strength or higher. The strongest among them, naturally, was Long Tianyi, standing beside Chen Qingyun. A cultivator at the fourth level of Inner Strength, his clothes seemed to bulge slightly, and he constantly radiated an Inner Strength aura, his presence astonishingly imposing.

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