Scott apologized, but his voice was too quiet, completely drowned out by the noisy chatter of the surrounding crowd.
Of everyone there, only Jiang Yu heard him perfectly clearly with the help of the wind. Sushang and Stelle caught the gist, while everyone else basically just saw Scott's mouth slowly twitch twice.
So Stelle turned slightly sideways, raised a hand to her ear, and imitated Scott. "Huh-? I can't hear you. Speak up!"
"Hurry up!" Sushang chimed in.
Some of the nearby onlookers also gave Scott cold looks.
Some of them were from Aurum Alley, while others had come to watch the commotion.
But whether Scott had offended them no longer mattered. Right now, they only clearly remembered one thing.
At the start of this debate, this blond guy had called Little Fish nothing but a pretty face.
Feeling those knife-like gazes, Scott felt prickles down his back. Standing there was like sitting on a bed of needles.
Cold sweat trickled down the back of his neck.
He realized that if he did not hurry up and apologize, he might get kicked by the whole crowd.
"I, I want to apologize to all the good people of Aurum Alley-" Scott raised his voice a little.
"Louder! We can't hear you!" Jiang Yu shouted before Scott could finish.
"Can't hear you!"
"Can't hear you!"
As soon as Jiang Yu spoke, many of the onlookers started shouting along.
Scott unconsciously clenched his fists. Listening to those shouts, he felt as though everyone was targeting him (which they were).
He raised his head and looked at Jiang Yu. His gaze swept over the long, snow-white hair and sparkling gray eyes, lingered briefly on eyelashes fluttering like frost blossoms, then moved past that seemingly exquisitely adorned face to the small body, as though he