Clearly, the rumors between the sister-in-law and brother-in-law are something that many onlookers enjoy, and they all chime in with their gossip.

"What nonsense are you spouting!" Chu Huanzhao's face turned bright red, and she lashed the other person with her Howling Whip.

Ye Chenliang was prepared and dodged in a flash: "Chu Huanzhao, do you want to duel?"

"That's right, I'm going to duel with you and tear your stinking mouth apart!" Chu Huanzhao lashed him with the whip again and again.

"I'm going to duel with that guy surnamed Zu. What are you doing here? Do you two really have something going on?" Ye Chenliang shouted while dodging. He didn't want to get into a fight with Chu Huan. Putting aside the background of the Chu family, just the power of her Howling Whip alone was enough to make him remember the pain of being whipped once.

Chu Huanzhao's small face turned bright red, and the long whip in his hand seemed to emerge from its hole, lashing at him incessantly.

"You, surnamed Zu, are you even a man? What kind of skill is it to just hide behind a woman and live off her? If you have the guts, come out and fight me one-on-one!" Ye Chenliang dodged the whip in a disheveled state, challenging Zu An.

Zu An shrugged: "Why should I lift a finger if you're living off your wife's money? If you're so capable, why don't you find a woman to stand up for you? But looking at your appearance, you'll probably never get to live off her in this lifetime."

Ye Chenliang's anger level increased by 233!

Even Chu Huanzhao couldn't help but turn around and glare at him fiercely: "Shut up!"

Chu Huanzhao's anger value increased by 99!

A chorus of boos erupted around them. Xie Xiu, looking as if he'd seen a ghost, exclaimed, "This guy is utterly shameless!" The group of people around him nodded in agreement, clearly agreeing with what they were hearing.

Anger from onlookers: +66 +66 +66 +66...

Seeing the anger points constantly pouring in through the system, Zu'an was overjoyed. "This is going to be a windfall! If I had known this would happen, I would have come to school yesterday."

Just then, a figure suddenly appeared and stood between Chu Huanzhao and Ye Chenliang: "Second Miss Chu, since Ye Chenliang has not agreed to duel with you, why are you forcing him like this?"

He stood there, dressed in flowing white robes, one hand behind his back, the other holding the Howling Whip, looking as dashing as could be.

At this moment, a small commotion arose among the group of girls nearby:

"Wow, it's Young Master Yuan!"

"Young Master Yuan is indeed handsome."

"To be able to so easily trap the Howling Whip, Young Master Yuan, you must be at the fourth rank of cultivation, right?"

"What fourth rank? He's already at the peak of the fourth rank, and he could break through to the fifth rank at any time."

"Wow, so handsome! He's so much better than some guys who just hide behind women."

...

Zu An was speechless. These women were so fickle. They were just speaking up for him a moment ago, and now they were changing their minds.

"But if you violate the school rules, even if your father is a famous scholar, the school can't stop him from expelling you."

"Yuan Wendong, this is none of your business." Chu Huanzhao tried to pull the whip back, but no matter how hard she tried, it wouldn't budge.

The white-clad man named Yuan Wendong revealed an impeccable smile: "Miss Chu, since he didn't agree to the duel, you've violated the school rules. Even if your father is the Duke of Mingyue, he won't be able to stop you from being expelled by the school."

"Are you threatening me?" Chu Huanzhao said angrily.

"I wouldn't dare. Your sister and I are friends, so naturally I wouldn't want to see the Second Miss make a mistake by accident." Only then did Yuan Wendong loosen his fingers.

Chu Huanzhao pulled the "Wailing Whip" back, his face showing hesitation.

Seeing that someone was backing him up, Ye Chenliang straightened his chest and walked towards Zu'an: "Today I'll teach you a lesson: in the end, true strength in this world comes from your own power; external forces are ultimately unreliable..."

Before he could finish speaking, a soft voice suddenly came from behind him: "No, he... he's actually very capable."

Everyone turned to look at the source of the sound, wondering who had interfered. They found a girl with bangs and a small face standing there, blushing. She was clearly very uncomfortable being stared at by so many people in public.

"Hey, who's that girl? She's so pretty!"

"You don't know anything! This is called cute!"

"You're new here, aren't you? You don't even know Ji Xiaoxi, who's ranked seventh in the list of beauties. She's the daughter of the Divine Physician Ji, and her expertise in alchemy is unparalleled among her peers."

"Why is she speaking up for Zu'an? Could it be that she also..."

"Don't talk nonsense. How could a fairy like her be related to such a scumbag?"

...

The surrounding chatter reflected Ye Chenliang's own confusion. He gave a friendly smile and said, "Junior Sister Ji, what brings you here?"

He couldn't help but be careless. When Ji Xiaoxi first came to the school, she caused a great sensation because she was so cute and adorable. Some perverts had bad intentions, and as a result, those people were poisoned as soon as they touched her clothes. Many people suffered for more than half a month.

Without exception, all of those people were later expelled from school. Some say it was because Doctor Ji had a wide circle of friends and many important people owed him favors, so they did him a favor when they learned that his daughter was being bullied; others say it was because Ji Xiaoxi had a relationship with some important person in the school.

Regardless of the reason, she was definitely not someone Ye Chenliang wanted to offend.

"I was just passing by and saw a lot of people here..." Facing the gazes of the crowd, Ji Xiaoxi seemed quite embarrassed, but she still mustered up her courage to say, "I saw that you all misunderstood Brother Zu, and Brother Zu was unwilling to explain, so I came out... and said a few words."

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