Seeing Li Jie acting tough, Lin Feng couldn't help but laugh inwardly. I just thrashed a few yellow-haired punks, and now these two show up looking for a beating. What is today, National 'Get Your Ass Kicked' Day?

"Go on, make your damn choice!" Zhang Kai added fuel to the fire.

"My choice is... go back and tell your so-called Brother Tiger not to threaten me. When I do things, it's not his place to tell me what to do!"

With a cold smile, Lin Feng grabbed Li Jie and Zhang Kai by their collars and immediately started beating them up...

Li Jie and Zhang Kai were no match for Lin Feng. In front of him, they were like punching bags. Within minutes, Lin Feng had thrashed them soundly, and they scampered off in disgrace.

After smoothing out his clothes, Lin Feng returned to the food stall. Tang Rou glanced at him and asked, "Did you... did you fight with them?"

"Of course not. We're all civilized people; we don't resort to violence."

With a slight, harmless-looking smile, Lin Feng continued eating with Tang Rou.

Meanwhile, Zeng Yuhu, who loved playing billiards, was practicing his skills with Xie Nan. He paid no mind to Li Jie having gone to warn Lin Feng. In his view, once his name was mentioned, that Lin Feng should know what to do.

"Brother Tiger..."

Li Jie and Zhang Kai walked into the billiard room, shamefacedly covering their faces. Upon seeing Zeng Yuhu, they immediately put on pitiful expressions.

"Back already?" Zeng Yuhu didn't even look up as he nonchalantly executed a backhand shot, sinking the black seven into the corner pocket.

"Well... that Lin Feng, he insulted you. Zhang Kai and I couldn't stand it, so we confronted him, but... he ambushed us, and we got beaten up," Li Jie said, half-sobbing, heavily embellishing the story to shift all the blame onto Lin Feng.

"Hmm?"

Hearing Li Jie's words, both Zeng Yuhu and Xie Nan looked over, a flicker of surprise on their faces.

"It's true! Lin Feng also told me... told me to tell you that he doesn't like being threatened and that you should mind your own business and get lost..." Li Jie said.

"Yes, yes... I heard it too! I was also beaten by Lin Feng..." Li Jie nudged Zhang Kai beside him, who hastily chimed in.

Hearing this, Zeng Yuhu turned to look at Xie Nan.

Xie Nan put down his cue stick, walked over to Li Jie and Zhang Kai, and carefully examined their injuries.

SLAP! SLAP!

He struck quickly, one slap for each of them!

Already badly beaten by Lin Feng, Li Jie and Zhang Kai were suddenly slapped hard again by Xie Nan, leaving them completely stunned.

"Brother Nan..."

Li Jie and Zhang Kai, beaten twice in one night, were on the verge of tears.

"Hmph. If your skills are inferior, just admit it. Why lie?" Xie Nan said coolly. "Did Lin Feng ambush you? I'm afraid the two of you together are no match for Lin Feng, right? I despise liars the most. Get out!"

At his harsh command, Li Jie and Zhang Kai were terrified. They quickly bowed to Zeng Yuhu and Xie Nan and retreated.

"How did you know they were lying?" Zeng Yuhu asked.

"We both know what kind of person Li Jie is—always exaggerating and bragging. Besides, all their injuries are on their fronts; it's definitely not from an ambush. It's clear they were no match for Lin Feng," Xie Nan analyzed.

"I've also heard that this Lin Feng is quite capable. Even Meng Zelong and his two men weren't his match," Zeng Yuhu mused thoughtfully.

"Looks like this guy might be one of us. Heh, a fellow practitioner, interesting. It's been a while since I've encountered an opponent of the same caliber. It seems I'll have to go meet this Lin Feng this time," Xie Nan said, rubbing his hands together in anticipation.

"Just one Lin Feng, is it really necessary for you to step in? Have you decided?" Zeng Yuhu asked.

"No matter. It's fine to use him for some practice. I've decided," Xie Nan said, his gaze firm.

"It's so late. It's not safe for a girl to take a taxi home alone. I'll take you home," Lin Feng said to Tang Rou at the food stall after they finished their late-night snack.

"Okay," she replied.

Tang Rou gazed at Lin Feng with her limpid eyes and nodded gently, a happy smile gracing her lips.

They hailed a taxi at the street corner and went directly to the entrance of Tang Rou's villa.

Lin Feng walked Tang Rou to the villa's front door and said, "Good night."

"Good night," Tang Rou replied softly.

Lin Feng smiled and acknowledged with an "Mm," then prepared to turn and hail a taxi home.

At that moment, he sensed a familiar, fragrant scent wafting from behind him. That fragrance was so familiar!

Just as he was about to turn, he felt his waist being tightly encircled—

From behind, Tang Rou was hugging him!

"Lin Feng..."

Tang Rou hugged Lin Feng tightly, as if terrified of losing him. Her voice carried a hint of a sob, making it unclear if it was from joy or sorrow.

"What's wrong?" Lin Feng clearly sensed the change in Tang Rou's emotions. In fact, he had felt something was unusual when Tang Rou had taken the initiative to invite him for a late-night snack.

Tang Rou was over 1.6 meters tall, while Lin Feng stood just over 1.8 meters. As she hugged him from behind on this moonlit night, the scene looked incredibly warm and romantic.

For a moment, it seemed as if they both sensed something, and neither spoke.

"I... It's nothing. I'm going abroad soon, and... and I just wanted to hug you," Tang Rou said softly from behind him.

Hearing this, Lin Feng fell silent.

What a sentimental and pure-hearted girl!

"Actually... Lin Feng, I have something to tell you..."

After much hesitation, Tang Rou finally seemed ready to say it.

CREAK!

"Miss, you're back?"

At that moment, the villa door opened very opportunely. A maidservant walked out. Seeing Tang Rou tightly hugging Lin Feng, she was momentarily stunned before quickly suppressing her surprise.

Hearing someone approach from behind, Tang Rou blushed, swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue, quickly let go of Lin Feng, and straightened her clothes.

"Yes," she responded.

"The Master hasn't slept yet; he's waiting for you in the house. Just now, he was still muttering about how worried he was that you were out so late and something might have happened," the maidservant said with a smile, as if she hadn't seen a thing.

"Oh, then let's go in." Tang Rou lowered her head. As she was about to enter, she turned back to look at Lin Feng and suddenly flashed an enchanting smile. "Lin Feng, good night then."

"Good night."

Watching Tang Rou's retreating figure enter the villa, Lin Feng was lost in thought.

At the same time, he sensed an unusual gaze directed at him from the second floor of the villa. Looking up, he saw a dark figure standing on the second-floor balcony. He couldn't see the person clearly, but he could feel their anger directed at him.

Hailing a cab, Lin Feng headed home.

Upstairs, Tang Zhendong watched Lin Feng depart, his brows tightly furrowed as he sank into silence. After a long while, he drained the red wine in his glass, sighed, and walked back into the room.

"Your name is Lin Feng, right?"

At the entrance of the residential complex, just as Lin Feng got out of the taxi, a man leaning against the wall, leisurely cracking melon seeds, spoke to him.

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