Gongxi Chou cast a sidelong glance at them.
"What's with those looks?"
What did these people take him, Gongxi Chou, for? Some unreasonable, reckless brute? Tsk. He liked solving problems with force because it was more convenient. If he could settle things with his fists, why bother thinking up roundabout schemes?
But that didn't mean he had no brains.
If he didn't have a few tricks up his sleeve, he wouldn't have been able to fool even Tang Guo, let alone live to this age. "Judging people by their looks. Honestly, how did you all grow up?"
Lin Si Shu, Fang Yan, and the others: "..."
They never would have expected Gongxi Chou to lecture them.
Just as Lin Si Shu was thinking of smoothing things over, a grasshopper woven from straw dropped from the sky and landed on Gongxi Chou's shoulder. He looked at Gongxi Chou, who hadn't moved a muscle, then at the straw grasshopper. Could this fellow have been so furious he'd lost his mind?
Martial Gall Warriors were highly vigilant.
The stronger they were, the more powerful their unconscious self-protection became. If someone casually approached a Martial Gall Warrior, the Warrior might snap out and break both their hands before they even touched him—or even kill them! The instincts Warriors developed over years weren't something to trifle with!
Yet Gongxi Chou didn't so much as react to the grasshopper.
Was it really that easy to get close to him?
Clearly, it wasn't.
Gongxi Chou simply reached up, removed the straw grasshopper, and looked toward a window in the tall building across the street. He raised his hand and waved in that direction.
Jimò Qiu asked, "An acquaintance?"
Gongxi Chou smiled. "A benefactor."
Before long, a figure climbed out of the window and landed lightly not far