"Han Ba'er, how I conduct myself is none of your business. Even if Yuwen Tuo were here, he still couldn't tell me what to do. Get out!"
Director Yu slammed the table and rose to her feet. Most of her dislike for Yuwen Tuo came from Han Ba'er, the number-one lackey under his command.
Han Ba'er sneered repeatedly. "Director, the great one, you're truly angry. You never used to act like this. Looks like you've got a guilty conscience this time. Very well. Just you wait. I'd love to see how you'll regret this once the young master hears about it."
"Right, you two carry on. I've got something to do, so I'll be off."
He could sit by and wave his little fan, playing the dog-headed strategist, but now that he was about to get dragged into this so-called grand drama of wealthy-family grudges, he could only turn tail and run.
This was more than he could afford to get involved in. The hairs on their legs were thicker than his waist. There was no way he could handle this.
After calling out a farewell, Xu Yi leaped down from the upper floor and vanished in an instant.
"Another spineless coward."
Director Yu's lips curled coldly, her heart heavy with sorrow.
After leaving the lakeside tavern, Xu Yi hurried out of Xianlin City in the middle of the night. He had a very bad feeling about this. Han Ba'er seemed mentally unstable; if he got entangled with him, he might end up dying in Director Yu's place.
He hadn't even met that woman surnamed Yu before. If he died for her, wouldn't that be a terrible injustice?
He crossed several mountains and leaped over several rivers. The farther he got from Xianlin City, the more his taut nerves finally