Before long, a huge table was piled high with dishes.
The enticing aroma alone told him the food tasted good, especially with the specially brewed fruit juice, which gave it a unique flavor.
The local prized chickens in particular, roasted in the oven, tasted exceptionally good.
Tie Li rolled up his sleeves and tore off a large drumstick.
He had only taken two bites when grease ran down the corners of his mouth.
"Ah, it's you, you thief! You stole my bracelet!"
A petite figure rushed up to Tie Li and reached for the bracelet on his arm.
A bracelet?
Tie Li's first thought was of his storage bracelet. Seeing someone dare to snatch his belongings, he immediately retreated several steps.
At that moment, a tall man stepped in front of her, seemingly guarding against Tie Li.
"What do you mean by this?"
Tie Li's expression shifted slightly as he prepared himself for a fight.
Several possibilities flashed through his mind, and he cursed himself for being careless. The storage bracelet had come from a questionable source, yet he had actually exposed it in public.
"You stole this young lady's Iron Flower Bracelet, and you still have the nerve to ask what I mean? Big Ox, go teach this thief a lesson."
Iron Flower Bracelet?
Tie Li remembered. This was the bracelet he had bought at the Underground Trading Market. It was shaped like a flower, but what Tie Li had valued was its Hundred Forging craftsmanship.
It had also been cheap, so he had bought it.
He usually wore it on his wrist, thinking it might come in handy in an emergency. After all, its quality was certainly reliable after being forged a hundred times.
"I bought this. I didn't steal it," Tie Li said.
"Bullshit! That bracelet was