Sure enough, the next second, he heard a muffled groan.

She sighed inwardly. It seemed Luo Zhihan had no choice but to suffer this loss. She'd heard he'd had a heart condition since childhood; she wondered if he could handle it.

Huo Yan was about to step forward to clean up the mess when he suddenly stopped. What was going on?

Why was Huo Yuntang clutching his abdomen, his face contorted in pain, while Luo Zhihan remained standing tall and elegant, his gaze calm?

"Young Master!" Huo Yan realized something was wrong and quickly went forward to help Huo Yuntang up.

Luo Zhihan: "This is Huo Yuntang, the number one tycoon in Linjiang City? Didn't the person who taught you ancient martial arts tell you that you can't lay a hand on ordinary people?"

Huo Yuntang had only guessed before, but now he was certain: "You're also a martial arts practitioner?"

But how could that be possible!

Luo Zhihan suffers from a heart ailment, and for practitioners of ancient martial arts, damage to the heart meridian prevents them from condensing their energy and cultivating internal strength. Therefore, Luo Zhihan is destined not to follow the path of ancient martial arts.

However, the internal energy he emitted was something that ordinary people simply could not withstand, let alone retaliate against and injure.

Huo Yuntang looked at Luo Zhihan with a sinister gaze.

Suddenly, the car door opened: "Luo Zhihan, let's go."

Huo Yuntang's thoughts stirred slightly, and he couldn't help but speak up: "Lili, Luo Zhihan is not a good person. Don't you know how chaotic the Luo family in the capital is..."

Xie Li didn't even glance at him. After Luo Zhihan got into the car, he urged the driver, "Hurry up and go."

Enraged, Huo Yuntang slammed his fist on the nearby trash can.

After a while, his emotions calmed down a bit, and he instructed Huo Yan, "Let's go home. I need all the information about Luo Zhihan."

Luo Zhihan's information was quickly compiled and handed to Huo Yuntang.

Huo Yuntang flipped through the pages, his eyes darkening: "That's all?"

Based on the available information, it is impossible to determine when Luo Zhihan came into contact with ancient martial arts practitioners.

His mother came from the Han family, a scholarly family in the capital. Her family was of noble birth, but she had little power. She was considered a second wife when she married into the Luo family. After giving birth to Luo Zhihan, she committed suicide due to depression.

The Han family was completely ruined at this point. After the old man and his wife passed away due to illness, this lineage was completely cut off.

Because of her frail health since childhood, Luo Zhihan was not valued in the Luo family at all; however, as she grew older, she became more and more beautiful and became a pawn for Luo Yunfan to use in a marriage alliance.

Huo Yan thought for a moment, "There's one more thing. It seems that Luo Zhihan interfered with Miss Ziyuan's coming-of-age ceremony last time. Shen Linyuan was very angry and demanded that the Luo family hold Luo Zhihan hostage and have him personally apologize to the emperor."

When Xie Ziyuan planned to contact Huo Yuntang, Huo Yuntang contacted her first instead.

"Yun Tang, how have you been lately?" Xie Ziyuan's voice was gentle and generous, as if the estrangement between the two of them these days did not exist.

“I’m very worried about your health. Practicing ancient martial arts must be very hard. No matter how much effort you put in, you can hardly make any progress. Tempering your muscles and bones also requires enduring pain that ordinary people cannot bear.”

Huo Yuntang: "I'm fine. How are you doing in the capital?"

Xie Ziyuan smiled and said, "It's alright. The Shen family has been very kind to me. I plan to go back tomorrow, and I'd like to see you."

Huo Yuntang's voice was also gentle, "Okay."

After a pause, he asked, "By the way, regarding the coming-of-age ceremony incident last time, did Shen Linyuan find out that it was Luo Zhihan from the Luo family who was behind it?"

Xie Ziyuan was taken aback; she hadn't expected him to bring this up.

She felt a slight pang in her heart. The things she had deliberately ignored these past few days were brought up again, and that sense of embarrassment and awkwardness seemed to envelop her once more.