"Miss Liu, Brother Zhang." Xu Yang smiled and cupped his hands.
Although they had fallen out before, he did not give them a cold shoulder. Besides, Liu Rumei was a decent person. Zhang Jun alone had acted shamelessly back then.
Liu Rumei's beauty scarcely fell short of Ye Qiuling's, but unlike Ye Qiuling, she did not use her looks to curry favor with talented men.
Many scions of great families had reportedly pursued her, but she had rejected them all.
"Brother Xu!" Zhang Jun cupped his hands.
Seeing Xu Yang's cheerful smile, an idea stirred in his mind. "My junior sister and I discovered this Scarlet Blood Lingzhi and slew the exotic beast after a fierce battle. Could you return it to us, Brother Xu?"
Xu Yang froze at those words.
Liu Rumei was equally stunned. She had never expected Zhang Jun to say such a thing.
If Xu Yang had snatched it from them, there would have been nothing wrong with asking for it back. But they had clearly surrendered it to Qiu He, and Xu Yang had seized it from him.
Asking Xu Yang for it now was utterly shameless.
"Do you think I'm a pushover, Brother Zhang?" Xu Yang's expression turned cold.
Zhang Jun's expression shifted slightly. Xu Yang's smile had given him the mistaken impression that he no longer held their previous dispute against him. That was why he had shamelessly spoken up, thinking Xu Yang would feel too embarrassed to refuse and give him the Scarlet Blood Lingzhi. He had never expected Xu Yang to refuse to play along.
"Senior brother, stop!" Liu Rumei feared Zhang Jun would say something else to provoke Xu Yang.
Qiu He had held back because he was not confident he could kill them both. That did not mean Xu