"What's going on?" Hearing that Lu Pengju seemed to be in a fight, Lin Feng was somewhat surprised and stopped what he was doing.

"I... I don't know either..." Xue Qingyi wiped away the traces Lin Feng had left on her face, flustered, her voice wavering uncertainly.

"Let's go check it out..." Lin Feng took Xue Qingyi's hand, gently wiped the saliva from her face with his sleeve, and said with a laugh, "Don't worry about being seen. Everyone knows you're mine anyway..."

Xue Qingyi nodded slightly, a happy smile spreading across her face. "Mhm..."

Xue Qingyi had been waiting for Lin Feng to say "you belong to me!" for many years. Today, her wish was finally fulfilled...

Lin Feng led Xue Qingyi by the hand back to the private room where Xie Nan and the others were, only to find it already in a complete mess.

Glasses, bottles, tables, and chairs lay overturned across the floor. Pan Lizheng and Long Xiaoyun, two guys who didn't know martial arts, stood in a distant corner with their drinks, watching the commotion. Long Jiu stood guard in front of them. Meanwhile, Xie Nan and Lu Pengju, disheveled, stood amidst a pile of shattered glass, panting and glaring angrily at Zhou Yang.

Zhou Yang, however, still stood there lazily, looking at Xie Nan and Lu Pengju with a casual expression, showing no signs of tension.

"What the hell is going on?" Lin Feng frowned. Xie Nan and Lu Pengju were actually fighting Zhou Yang. What are they up to?

Seeing Lin Feng arrive, Xie Nan and Lu Pengju looked as if they'd found their savior, their expressions relaxing considerably.

Lu Pengju, especially, started shouting the moment he saw Lin Feng, "Master, come quick! This guy was badmouthing you behind your back! Let's take him down together!"

"Badmouthing me? What did he say about me?" Lin Feng looked at Zhou Yang curiously.

Zhou Yang tensed for a fleeting moment at the sight of Lin Feng. He quickly regained his composure and said nothing, knowing Lu Pengju would undoubtedly relay his words.

"He said you're irresponsible! That after you stealthily returned to China, you just left your brothers and girlfriend behind on the battlefield, unattended! He also said you've kept them completely in the dark..." Lu Pengju shouted, his face flushed with resentment. "I told him you weren't like that, but this kid countered that you can't judge a book by its cover! Xie Nan and I wanted to teach him a lesson, but despite his foul mouth, he's rather formidable. The two of us couldn't beat him..."

Hearing Lu Pengju's words, Lin Feng paused. So this was how Zhou Yang saw him...

If Zhou Yang indeed believed him to be the White Wolf King, and believed that after being reborn, he knew they—Zhou Yang and Xue Qingyi—would be looking for him, yet he never contacted them... that would indeed be irresponsible. It was understandable why Zhou Yang would think that way...

"Lu Pengju, A'nan, don't be impulsive. This is my fault..." Lin Feng walked over, gently patting Lu Pengju and Xie Nan on their shoulders. "He's not wrong. There are some things I didn't handle properly..."

"How could that be? How could Master be that kind of person?"

"Brother Feng, are you sure you heard him right?"

Lu Pengju and Xie Nan stared at Lin Feng in surprise. They absolutely refused to believe Lin Feng could be such a person—someone who would abandon his brothers and girlfriend on a battlefield and secretly sneak back to his own country. Would any real man do such a thing? Besides, Brother Feng—their Master—was still so young. He was clearly just a student; how could he have ever been on a battlefield?

There must be some mistake!

"Zhou Yang, how could you say such things about Lin Feng?" Xue Qingyi scolded, staring angrily at Zhou Yang. "If you acknowledge that Lin Feng is *him*, then you should understand his current predicament. If you were in his shoes, what would you do when no one believed you? And if you still don't believe Lin Feng is *that person*, then why are you slandering him?"

Who is "that person"? Lu Pengju and Xie Nan exchanged glances; Xue Qingyi's words sounded so strange to them.

Zhou Yang finally looked a bit embarrassed. He had just been casually badmouthing Lin Feng after a drink. Speaking ill of the Boss behind his back was something every member of the White Wolf Squad enjoyed doing.

For instance, they'd complain about how the Boss was so oblivious, always pretending not to notice Xue Qingyi liked him.

Back when Zhou Yang went on missions with Virus, they'd even mutter a few complaints about Lin Feng while taking a piss together.

But who would have expected Xie Nan and Lu Pengju, so fiercely loyal to Lin Feng, to react so strongly? Zhou Yang had merely casually mentioned Lin Feng being somewhat irresponsible, and they had immediately jumped up to interrogate him, threatening a beating if he didn't explain himself properly.

Zhou Yang, proud of his skills, hadn't taken Xie Nan and Lu Pengju seriously, so he naturally wouldn't explain honestly. Besides, it was inconvenient to tell them about Lin Feng's situation directly, so Zhou Yang had resorted to jeering at Lin Feng with biting sarcasm.

The hot-tempered Lu Pengju had finally lost his patience and thrown the first punch. After Zhou Yang easily tossed him aside, Xie Nan had jumped into the fray.

All three had confrontational personalities and preferred to meet force with force, quickly turning the entire private room into something resembling a battlefield. By the time Lin Feng returned, this was the scene that greeted him.

"AHEM... Sis-in-law, don't get me wrong. I was just casually teasing Lin... Lin Feng. I didn't expect them to react so strongly!" Zhou Yang said nonchalantly, his gaze surreptitiously inspecting Lin Feng's reactions even as he addressed Xue Qingyi.

"HMPH..." Xue Qingyi harrumphed. Remembering all the times those brutes used to badmouth Lin Feng behind his back made her even more upset. "You shouldn't say such things, not even in jest!"

How can she be so unreasonable? Sis-in-law, you weren't like this before! Zhou Yang wanted to cry as he looked at Xue Qingyi. She used to be so easy-going. Even when she overheard the guys badmouthing Lin Feng, she'd just smile and listen in...

"Alright, it looks like no one's seriously hurt. Let's just let this go. Besides, sometimes friendships are forged in fights," Lin Feng finally played the peacemaker, his voice soothing.

"Master, are you really not bothered?" Lu Pengju still looked somewhat dissatisfied, eyeing Lin Feng with doubt. "Master, is it because you can't beat him? It's okay! If you want to teach him a lesson, we can all jump him together!"

"Of course I'm not bothered... Stop talking nonsense." Lin Feng lightly rapped Lu Pengju on the head, shaking his own. "His martial arts are the same style as yours; I taught you both, after all!"

"Damn it... Then why is he so much better than me?" Lu Pengju looked at Lin Feng, indignant and unhappy. "Master, were you holding back when you taught me?"

"Holding back my ass! Even if I taught you the other techniques right now, you wouldn't be able to learn them. It's perfectly normal that you can't match him. You started training later, so naturally, you're a bit behind. Just practice for a few more years," Lin Feng said, shaking his head.

"You started late. No matter how much you practice, you'll never catch up to me," Zhou Yang suddenly said with a slight smile.

"You..." Lu Pengju's face paled with anger at Zhou Yang's words.

"Zhou Yang, don't say such things." Lin Feng finally sounded a bit irritated. "Those words, while true, are pretty damn disheartening!"

"Boss..." Zhou Yang looked at Lin Feng and said solemnly, "I want to challenge you!"

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