Peerless Martial Expert in the City
Chapter 43 - 42 Too Sharp-Tongued

Chapter 43: Chapter 42 Too Sharp-Tongued

(It’s a new week, time to set the bowl, dear readers, take pity on this poor soul who types away into the night, throw a few votes my way... good karma will come to those who do, all men will get handsomer, and all women will get more beautiful...)

————————————————Xiao Yi looked at Zeng Xiaoxiao’s little face, flushed red with excitement and anticipation, and couldn’t help feeling speechless once again. Surely, her idea of fun couldn’t be to have him come over just to kick people around, right?

Considering that possibility, he felt a cold sweat break out, as if he were in Siberia.

"Yo, why do you have the guts to come here today? So you’ve come prepared, huh?"

Although the handsome young man had seen Xiao Yi come in with Zeng Xiaoxiao, he had focused all his attention on her and automatically ignored Xiao Yi, who was unremarkable and unfamiliar. Now, hearing Zeng Xiaoxiao and Xiao Yi’s conversation, he turned his gaze back on Xiao Yi. After looking him up and down, he immediately wore a sneer and said, "However, I have to say, Zeng Xiaoxiao, did you hit your head or something? If you really wanted to find someone to challenge my turf, at least find someone robust and capable of fighting. Bringing such a scrawny guy along is just asking for trouble, isn’t it?"

"Your head must be the one that’s hurt, your whole family’s heads must be hurt, your ancestors going back eight generations must have their heads hurt! Brother Xiao, he’s looking down on you, quick, beat him up and let him know what a true master is!"

Upon seeing the handsome young man’s arrogant demeanor and hearing him say she must have hit her head, Zeng Xiaoxiao immediately jumped up, hands on her hips and the other pointing defiantly at him as she started cursing. After venting for a while and still feeling unsatisfied, she turned to Xiao Yi and continued to provoke him while fuming.

Xiao Yi naturally heard what the handsome young man said. Even though it was important to note that Zeng Xiaoxiao had stirred things up, even if she hadn’t, he wasn’t about to get angry over a few words like that. If he did, his self-control, not to mention his class, would be way too poor.

Listening to Zeng Xiaoxiao’s provocative words, he felt somewhat speechless and said, "Xiaoxiao, there’s nothing fun here. Let’s go. They’re training, and we shouldn’t disturb them."

"Kid, at least you know what’s good for you, huh. And you think a place like the Taekwondo Hall is where you can cause trouble? I’m warning you; don’t get played to death without even knowing how you died. Get lost, we won’t see you out!"

The handsome young man, seeing that Xiao Yi didn’t dare to respond to the challenge and was instead persuading Zeng Xiaoxiao to leave, smugly curled his lips and snorted.

"You better watch your mouth!"

Xiao Yi raised an eyebrow, almost ready to teach the young man a lesson on how to speak, but considering that he had strangely been dragged here by Zeng Xiaoxiao to someone else’s territory, and they had initiated the confrontation, he felt somewhat at fault and held back. Instead, he turned and simply said to him.

"Brother Xiao, he just called you an idiot! Aren’t you a man? What are you hesitating for? Hit him!"

Zeng Xiaoxiao, seeing that she had sparked Xiao Yi’s discontent, quickly added fuel to the fire, waving her little fists vigorously and encouraging Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi looked at Zeng Xiaoxiao, this girl with a clear inclination toward violence and a love for chaos, and he couldn’t help but feel speechless again, beginning to understand why Fatty Tang was so afraid of her.

But Xiao Yi’s intention of keeping the peace was clearly lost on the handsome young man, who obviously couldn’t grasp it. In his view, Xiao Yi was just a clown, someone he perceived he could manipulate however he liked. And seeing Xiao Yi trying to keep the peace by taking Zeng Xiaoxiao away earlier only affirmed his belief that Xiao Yi was nothing more than a lady-killer, a coward who had used some underhanded methods to deceive Zeng Xiaoxiao into believing he was a master, which was why she hoped to bring him along to smash up his place.

But in front of himself, a true master, the other had shown cowardice, afraid of being exposed. So, he was attempting to smooth things over. He thought by not calling out Xiao Yi’s bluff earlier, he had already shown great face by letting him down easy.

Yet he didn’t expect that this clown would have the gall to talk back at him, and Zeng Xiaoxiao acted as if the moment Xiao Yi would take action, he would certainly be able to beat him, which immediately set him off, "Do you really think that just because you’re hanging onto the Zeng’s coattails, no one would dare to do anything to you?"

"Slap!"

The moment the man’s words fell, he felt a blur before his eyes, followed by a burning sensation on his cheek.

"Wow, too cool, Brother Xiao, that slap was just perfect! Keep going, beat him down until he cries for mercy!"

Upon seeing Xiao Yi finally make a move, Zeng Xiaoxiao’s face instantly turned red with excitement, and she clapped her hands vigorously.

Xiao Yi was completely speechless at Zeng Xiaoxiao’s eagerness for chaos and didn’t bother to pay her any attention, focusing instead with a cold gaze on the man. He really didn’t want to cause trouble, but the man’s mouth was just too foul. Insulting his mother while cursing was what he hated the most, even though he didn’t even know who his mother was, or if she was still alive. But that didn’t affect the respect he held for her and only made him even more sensitive.

"You hit me?"

The man was completely dumbfounded by Xiao Yi’s sudden slap; it was not until Zeng Xiaoxiao’s cheers that he snapped back to reality, looking at Xiao Yi in disbelief, hand cupping his cheek.

"Hey, Young Master Li, please, don’t be such an idiot, okay? If it wasn’t Brother Xiao who hit you, did you slap yourself?"

Zeng Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes, clearly thinking he was an idiot.

"Just needed to clean your mouth up a bit!"

Xiao Yi glanced at Zeng Xiaoxiao, who wouldn’t miss any opportunity to stir up more chaos, then looked dismissively at the man.

"F**k!"

The man nearly passed out from anger at Zeng Xiaoxiao’s words, and when he heard Xiao Yi, the instigator’s remark, his eyes seemed to burst into flames. He lifted his leg and kicked at Xiao Yi.

"Young Master Li, teach this kid a lesson!"

"Kick this brat to death!"

"Let him learn what Taekwondo is, damn it, he dares to cause trouble in Taekwondo Hall, he must be tired of living!"

"..."

The others who were training nearby had already noticed the commotion and stopped their training to gather around. Seeing the man raise his foot at Xiao Yi, they all instantly cheered excitedly.

The man, encouraged by the cheers from the crowd, seemed to be on a high; his face flushed red, he put even more force into his kick, flaunting a bit, and even changed the angle, suddenly going for a more difficult high side kick aimed directly at Xiao Yi’s chin.