"You bastard, how dare you! Drag him out!"
"Why, sir? I really am more useful than that guy! Let go of me!!!"
Before the Gray-Haired Man was forcibly dragged away, he glared at Lu Hua with despair and resentment in his eyes.
He couldn't understand why! How had he lost to this man from Country Z? Had this guy sounded more sincere than him?!!!
Everyone watched helplessly as the Gray-Haired Man was dragged off to be executed. Even after they were safely locked up again, Lu Hua was still in a daze.
"I'm not dead! I'm not dead!! I actually survived!!!" Lu Hua rapidly felt his head, chest, and thighs.
"I actually made it out alive?" Lu Hua couldn't believe it himself. He had thought he was doomed after making such outrageous remarks.
Old Master Xi didn't know what to say. "If you're that afraid of dying, why did you say all that?"
Heaven knew how shocked he, a man fluent in three languages, had been when he heard Lu Hua's explosive remarks.
Lu Hua scratched his head sheepishly.
"I got caught up in the heat of the moment. Better to die on your feet than live on your knees. But what exactly did that guy say? Did his words hit even harder than mine?"
"His words were much more pleasing to the ear than yours."
Old Master Xi quickly recounted what had happened earlier, and only then did Lu Hua understand.
So someone had forcibly hauled him back from the brink!
He looked toward Ye Xunzhi, who had quietly crouched in a corner after returning, and walked over, calling out gratefully.
"Little Zhizhi..."
"Don't talk. Stay here and block the view."
Before he could finish, Lu Hua was pulled down to sit on the floor, utterly bewildered.
Ye Xunzhi