After much internal debate, Gong Kaishan finally stepped forward into the cara's view.
Xiao Feng imdiately wanted to call a halt. After all, as the saying goes, "A nobleman would rather die than be humiliated."
Gong Kaishan was not exactly a hero, but he wasn't soone who enjoyed calculating and scheming either.
It's just a loss in a sparring match, not enough to make him lose face like this.
Moreover, Gong Kaishan was one of Hua Ling's n, and he didn't have a bad relationship with him; he couldn't just sit back and watch.
However, just as Xiao Feng opened his mouth and before he could speak, Li Ying stepped forward, placing her arm in front of Gong Kaishan's chest, and said to Boss Ha and the others, "What kind of skill is it to bully a grown man?
If you've got the guts, co at !"
Boss Ha and the others looked at each other, taken aback and unable to react.
It wasn't sexism; it's just that they were more used to hearing a man stepping up to defend a woman, saying, "What kind of skill is it to bully a weak woman?
If you've got the guts, co at !"
At this mont, the context and the gender of the speaker were reversed so abruptly, it was really hard to adapt.
Boss Ha glanced at Xiao Feng, seeing he said nothing, then turned to Li Ying, "Girl, you might think we're being excessive, but there's always a reason behind things.
Your Mr. Gong, last night, mocked us out of nowhere, calling us useless when we hadn't provoked him at all.
At that ti, we wanted an explanation, but then Gu Shi ca, and the conflict between us had to be temporarily set aside.
Originally, we almost forgot about it after a night's sleep, but you ca looking for us today.
Girl, put yourself in our shoes; what would you think if you were in our position?"
Those words were indeed reasonable, leaving Li Ying at a loss for words.
But with things at this point, she couldn't just watch Gong Kaishan get embarrassed.
So, even though she felt at a disadvantage, she had to grit her teeth and say, "I'll fight you. If I lose, together with Gong Kaishan, we'll bow and apologize to you.
If you lose, all past grievances will be written off.
How about that?"
Lone Wolf crossed his arms and sneered, "We're a bunch of grown n fighting you, a woman. If word gets out, how will we face the world in the future?"
"Do won have to be weaker than n?" Li Ying said, full of spirit, "If you don't step up, how do you know you can beat ?"
Boss Ha looked around and said, "Since the girl has issued a challenge, if we don't accept, we'll look cowardly. Embarrassing ourselves is one thing, but we can't let the Boss down.
Since none of us want to step up, if necessary, shall we draw straws?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a pleasant voice rang out, "No need. I'll take her on!"
Everyone turned towards the voice and saw it was Du Qingyue.
Xiao Feng subtly furrowed his brow, but said nothing.
In fact, Du Qingyue was indeed competitive, but she wasn't soone who enjoyed physical confrontations.
However, she had distinctly felt several tis last night that Li Ying harbored a nearly inexplicable hostility towards Xiao Feng, which made her very uncomfortable.
At this mont, with such an opportunity, she decided to step up and teach the other party a lesson.
Under the watch of everyone, Du Qingyue gracefully walked to face Li Ying, smiling, "I'll compete with you."
"Sure," Li Ying nodded in agreent.
Boss Ha hurriedly gave his people a look, and they all moved their chairs aside, making space and preparing to watch the upcoming fight.
Li Ying said, "Before we start, we should establish the rules, naly the conditions for winning or losing. Is it whoever knocks down the other first?
Or go on until one side can no longer fight back?"
"Either is fine," Du Qingyue replied flatly, "You're the guest, you decide."
"Then whoever knocks the other down first wins. It's just a sparring match, no need to go to extres."
Du Qingyue nodded in agreent with this statent.
Both retreated, putting so distance between them.
As they retreated, Du Qingyue looked at Xiao Feng, who nodded at her as if to say, "Just perform normally."
And indeed, that's what Xiao Feng had in mind.
After all, according to the pre-set conditions, if Li Ying won, they wouldn't suffer any real loss, so there was no need to overly care about winning or losing.
Of course, that's just what he thought. What Du Qingyue thought was another matter.
As Lu Yao announced the start of the fight, Du Qingyue and Li Ying both moved.
Neither of them used weapons, relying solely on fists and feet, both seemingly using the sa style, aiming to win with speed.
"Brother Xiao Feng, do you think Sister Qingyue will win?" the little girl leaned over and asked Xiao Feng.
Xiao Feng shook his head and honestly replied, "Can't tell yet."
"Oh," the little girl nodded and quietly continued to watch.
A mont later, Xiao Feng comnted, "Given your personality, you'd usually at least cheer a bit. Why so quiet?"
"Can't cheer," the little girl said seriously, "We have more people than they do. If we cheer, it will definitely be one-sided.
If they lose and act shaless by claiming they were affected by outside influence, wouldn't we be at a big loss?
So, not only am I not cheering, I've also told Boss Ha and the others not to cheer, just watch quietly."
Xiao Feng patted her head, smiling with satisfaction.
Since he was watching without a strong desire for victory, Xiao Feng was quite relaxed and also noticed many issues with Du Qingyue's moves.
Of course, on the surface, they seed to be move-related issues, but in reality, it was a lack of experience, sothing that re verbal instruction couldn't really help with; practical experience was needed instead.
Li Ying, however, despite having enough experience, lacked flexibility in her moves.
Each had their own shortcomings and advantages, making it genuinely hard to predict the winner.
"Sister Qingyue really should've just used that move she used on you, Brother Xiao Feng. If she'd used it already, Li Ying might have been on the ground by now," the little girl muttered.
Xiao Feng thought about it and felt her words weren't without reason.
However, given Du Qingyue's personality, even if she lost to Li Ying, she wouldn't win in such a manner.
After all, shouting to distract an opponent with a scary picture and attacking them when they're startled doesn't seem very honorable.
Five minutes later, Du Qingyue and Li Ying had already exchanged over thirty moves, both slightly sweaty on their foreheads.
Throughout, neither spoke a word, fighting like emotionless machines, refusing to stop until the opponent was down.
"It should be ending soon."
Xiao Feng, watching intently, said softly.
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