Everyone around them wore knowing looks when they heard Yao Yuan's words.
Lin Dongxue had not expected Liu Zhi to fall so easily. She was just about to refuse when a deep male voice rang out. "What are you doing?"
An invisible pressure descended, and everyone immediately cleared a path. Lin Xiao strode over, tall and powerfully built.
Delight spread across Lin Dongxue's face. She turned and threw herself into Lin Xiao's arms, pointing at Yao Yuan and the others. "Father, that man bullied me and injured Young Master Liu!"
Lin Xiao frowned in displeasure. After briefly examining Liu Zhi's injuries, he looked at Yao Yuan and the others with a dark expression and asked coldly, "What exactly do you mean by this?"
Yao Yuan eyed Lin Xiao warily, a flicker of fear passing through his heart.
At that moment, a straight-backed young man in blue robes beside Yao Yuan, who had remained silent all this time, stepped forward with his hands behind his back, then cupped his fist in greeting. "This brother of mine hit it off with the three young talents of your city at first sight, so they chatted for a while. On a whim, they decided to spar before the tournament."
Judging by his manner, this man was probably the leader of the five.
"Nonsense! Father, that man called Yao Yuan tried to force me to drink with him. When I refused, it led to an argument!" Lin Dongxue immediately complained.
Lin Xiao's icy gaze fell on Yao Yuan. The man who had looked so frivolous now felt uncomfortable all over, as though he had been seen right through.
"This young lady is overstating-"
Smack!
Before he could finish, Tang Yan's eyelid twitched. A figure flashed before his eyes, followed by the crisp crack of a