"Asking your teacher about this can wait, but you have to come with me today!" Xiao Ze's tone left no room for argument.
Since he had won, Cao Ying had to honor their agreement. Getting her teacher's consent could come later.
Besides, he would soon be heading to the Pill Tower, and he had been coveting the Three Thousand Burning Flame for a long time.
Cao Ying's eyes shifted as she prepared to argue, but when she met his gaze, she had no choice but to swallow her words.
"Fine."
As she said it, she seemed to lose all her strength at once.
At the start, no one had held a knife to her throat. But now that she wanted to take it back, there was probably no chance.
"Now that's more like it." Xiao Ze smiled, then reached out and took her little hand, leading her toward the hall's exit.
Blushing, she could only obey his wishes.
Ye Zhong and Xin Lan exchanged strange glances and followed close behind.
The Cao Family members were left standing there, utterly dumbfounded. What was this supposed to be?
Not only had they lost the title of the Cao Family's enchantress, they had lost the woman herself to someone else. What a colossal loss!
Cao Dan especially couldn't take it. When he had gone to the Ye Family to propose, Xiao Ze had said he had his eye on the Cao Family's enchantress. Cao Dan hadn't taken him seriously then, but he had been slapped in the face so quickly. The other man had actually snatched her away!
This was worse than being killed!
Not long after the Ye Family left, all the fence-sitters set aside their grudges, made peace, and hurried after them to strike up a friendship.
After all, judging by