Wu Jinglei, who was not far away, vaguely overheard Ji Lanxin's words. With a dark face, he strode over. "That day, this young master was merely careless. If we truly fought, that weakling at the Five Elements Four Qi Realm would be knocked flat by a single blow of my hammer."
Seeing Lu Feng at a disadvantage, Chu Youwei spoke up indignantly for him. "If you're so capable, why don't you enter the Sword Stele Forest? What kind of ability is all that lip service?"
"Oh?" Ji Lanxin sneered mockingly. "Miss Chu has not even married in, yet she is already taking her husband's side? I wonder whether Second Young Master Luo would be unhappy if he learned of this."
"You!" A trace of disgust flashed through Chu Youwei's gloomy eyes.
Lu Feng stepped forward with a smile and defended her. "What does my woman have to do with that Luo fellow?"
His words were calm, yet they carried an indescribable air of regal dominance.
As for Ji Lanxin's deliberate provocation to lure him into the Sword Stele Forest, he paid it no mind at all. He was no fool. Given his current identity and circumstances, entering rashly before understanding the Sword Steles would be nothing but lifting a stone to smash his own foot.
When Lu Feng suddenly took her hand, Chu Youwei had initially felt somewhat shy and displeased. Yet upon hearing him defend her so fiercely, even the faint struggle in her palm came to a stop.
It seemed she had not experienced the feeling of being protected for a very long time, especially when it concerned Luo Tianfu, the person she hated most in her life.
At that moment, Chu Youwei seemed to have found that long-lost sense of security.
If she had not known that