"You're spouting rhymes, are you preparing for graduate school?" Zu An was disgusted by his fawning manner, so he pushed him away and said to Ji Xiaoxi beside him, "Miss Ji, thank you so much for just now."

Before Ji Xiaoxi could answer, Chu Haizhao immediately objected: "What do you mean? I was the one who helped you first."

Ji Xiaoxi, standing to the side, blushed slightly. "It's nothing, just a small favor. I'll be going now." Clearly, she was still a little uncomfortable being watched by so many people.

After jogging a few steps, she suddenly stopped and turned around, saying, "By the way, come to my house more often when you have time. My dad has something he wants to talk to you about."

"Oh~"

People around them were looking at the two of them with strange and ambiguous eyes. Ji Xiaoxi was stunned and realized the ambiguity in the words, but she didn't know how to explain it, so she ran away with her face full of embarrassment.

"Who is this person? How dare he seduce you right in front of me!" Chu Huanzhao said angrily, her small chest heaving up and down in a rather cute way.

Zu An rolled his eyes: "You're not my wife, why do you care so much?" He naturally understood what Ji Xiaoxi meant; it was probably about his hidden ailment. It seemed he needed to buy a bellyband as soon as possible to make do, and he wondered if he could fool that bastard Ji Dengtu.

“I…can’t I keep an eye on you for my sister?” Chu Huanzhao’s cheeks puffed out. “My sister has only been gone for a short time, and you’re already out there flirting with other women.”

Zuan said calmly, "Go ask your sister if she needs you to keep an eye on things for her."

His cheap wife looked at him like he was a stranger, even worse than a stranger, so naturally he didn't need to keep his chastity for her... Ugh, what nonsense.

"Hmph, stop flirting here," Yuan Wendong walked over with a dark face. "You surnamed Zu, I don't believe you can hide behind a woman forever. The family competition will be coming up soon. Will you still be able to have a woman stand in for you on the stage then?"

Zu An was taken aback, then turned to look at Chu Huanzhao: "What family competition?"

Chu Huanzhao pouted and replied, "Both the Yuan family and our Chu family run weapons workshops, and the competition is quite fierce. In order to avoid a bloody fight, the two families agreed to hold a family competition every three years to determine the market share of each region for the next three years based on the results of the competition among their family members."

"Me too?" Zuan couldn't help but ask.

Chu Huanzhao nodded: "Every family's children have to participate. In the past, it was my sister, me, and some cousins ​​from the second and third branches who participated. Now that you've become the son-in-law, I suppose you'll go too."

Zu An was annoyed. What kind of situation was this? He couldn't enjoy the rights of a son-in-law, but he couldn't escape any of the obligations: "Um... is the Yuan family also a dukedom?"

Chu shook his head: "No, that's not it. Although their family has a title, they don't have any fiefdoms, so they are still much worse off than my father."

Zuan couldn't help but say, "Your dignified Duke's mansion has actually stooped to having to decide market share with such a small and insignificant family through a tournament. Aren't you ashamed?"

Before Chu Haizhao could answer, Yuan Wendong said with a dark face, "Although Duke Mingyue has a high status, my Great Zhou Dynasty is a place that values ​​reason. Moreover, the Chu family is not the only duke in the world."

Zuan said, "Oh, I understand what you mean. You have a powerful backer behind you, no wonder you're barking so fiercely. So you have a master."

Yuan Wendong's anger level increased by 321!

Seeing the school staff approaching from a distance, Yuan Wendong took a deep breath: "Is all you can do is talk a big game? If I don't teach you a lesson today, wait until the competition day..." He leaned closer to Zu An and whispered, "I'll break your arms and legs and cripple you completely!"

Zuan sighed: "I think you should worry about how to compensate them for the swords first."

Because Lu De had just come to drive them away, most of the onlookers had already dispersed. However, there were still a dozen or so people who remained there, looking at Yuan Wendong with hesitant expressions. Just now, Yuan Wendong had used their swords to attack Pei Mianman, but they were burned to ashes by the opponent's black flames. Naturally, these people were heartbroken, but they did not dare to ask Yuan Wendong for anything.

Hearing Zu'an start, these people finally couldn't hold back and began to shout:

"Give us back our sword!"

"How much did my precious sword cost?"

"My sword is a masterpiece by a certain master, it can cut through iron like mud..."

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