"Hehe, Brother Xia, it's truly a pity that you can't compete this time. An A-grade evaluation is still too low for you. You have no idea—among the common people, they've already rated you as super-grade. You're the true captain among captains. And before the competition even began, our betting odds had opened at two to one." Qian Linyuan explained with a bitter smile. "Now, the situation is really..."
"Oh, two to one? Looks like the other side is really strong?" I hurriedly asked. After all, the women around me all looked somewhat surprised, while Beihu Yun had already fallen into deep thought.
"They are very strong, but compared to you leading the team, they're worlds apart. This two-to-one means you only have one chance of winning, while they have two. But after everyone found out that you couldn't compete, the odds plummeted. Now it's reversed—one to three or four. Sigh. The odds are still climbing, and if you really can't compete, I think they could reach four." Qian Linyuan's expression naturally held some indignation on my behalf.
I smiled and said, "The odds dropped that much just because I'm not competing? I'm not the captain. I'm only a secondary member."
"That's what you think, but others don't see it that way. Who doesn't know that these are all your women?" a big-mouthed merchant said ingratiatingly.
The moment he finished speaking, the other women merely blushed a little. But Beihu Yun stepped forward angrily and snapped, "Shut your mouth! How dare you spout such nonsense?"
The merchant hurriedly fell silent, terrified. The merchant Aristocratic Clan controlled money, but how could it dare clash with a true powerhouse? After Beihu Yun rebuked him, he immediately apologized profusely. Qian Linyuan also hurried to offer his apologies, and only then did Beihu Yun give