Peerless Martial Expert in the City
Chapter 616 - 612: Fallen in Love

Chapter 616: Chapter 612: Fallen in Love

Chapter Six Hundred Twelve: Fallen in Love

"Shut up!"

Sensing the change in Zhao Yuhua’s expression, Li Zheng Yi hurriedly shouted at his subordinates to stop their rudeness, then turned back, his face apologetic as he said to Zhao Yuhua, "Junior Zhao, I’m really sorry. They are ignorant and have offended you. I hope you don’t mind. I will definitely punish them severely later."

"Don’t bother me anymore. I’m not interested in you."

Listening to Li Zheng Yi’s apologetic words, Zhao Yuhua’s face regained its previous indifference, and she uttered softly before saying once more, "Please move aside."

"This..."

Even though Li Zheng Yi was normally composed, at that moment, his expression froze on his face, unable to recover for a long while. Zhao Yuhua’s words were too direct and showed no courtesy, leaving him with no room to retreat. Seeing Zhao Yuhua’s expression, he wanted to say something else but ultimately did not speak and reluctantly moved aside to clear the path in front of Zhao Yuhua.

"I already have someone I like."

As Li Zheng Yi stepped aside, Zhao Yuhua ungraciously moved forward, but after a few steps, she suddenly stopped, turned her head, and said this sentence to Li Zheng Yi.

While speaking, her gaze shifted toward Xiao Yi, who had been watching the events unfold.

"What?"

Li Zheng Yi instantly let out a cry of surprise, and his face momentarily changed. Although he had been somewhat embarrassed by Zhao Yuhua’s direct and unceremonious words and had managed to maintain his composure and demeanor, at that moment, he was completely and utterly panicked.

Zhao Yuhua not accepting him was not an issue; he understood that sometimes, one had to be patient with women.

He always believed that, in this world, no woman was unattainable, provided one had enough patience. He had always maintained that the relationship between men and women was like that between a hunter and his prey; with enough patience, even the craftiest prey would eventually be captured.

So, from the beginning, he knew that Zhao Yuhua was not an ordinary girl; ordinary girls don’t possess such excellent temperament. Therefore, he had clearly defined this battle from the start and had prepared for a prolonged fight.

Thus, no matter how much Zhao Yuhua disrespected him or rejected him, he always remained unaffected and maintained his dignity.

But... if Zhao Yuhua said she had fallen for someone else, that was a different matter altogether!

He had known many women in his life, and in the past few days, he had gathered a lot of publicly available information about Zhao Yuhua, analyzing it thoroughly. He was well aware that, with a personality like Zhao Yuhua’s, once she liked someone, it was very hard to change her feelings!

There’s a saying, "If the hoe is swung well, no corner of a wall is dug in vain," considered a classic by many, but he was well aware that with Zhao Yuhua’s personality, even if the hoe broke from swinging, it would still be hard to dig through the corner of the wall!

The only way might be to push down the entire wall!

So, Zhao Yuhua saying she liked someone else was the worst news he could have received, the very last thing he wanted to hear!

Almost the moment Zhao Yuhua’s gaze fell on him, Xiao Yi felt a sense of foreboding, a bad premonition surging from the bottom of his heart. Instinctively, he wanted to flee immediately, and almost instantly, he reacted and moved.

But unfortunately... he was still too late...

In that instant, as he was about to move, Zhao Yuhua’s voice rang out.

"Let’s go."

Her words were very simple, just two words.

But it was these simple two words that were enough to send chills down Xiao Yi’s spine. Sometimes, the fewer the words, the greater the potential for damage.

Xiao Yi was almost one hundred percent certain that the moment those two words from Zhao Yuhua were uttered, Li Zheng Yi next to him would definitely misunderstand him, and he wouldn’t be able to clear things up!

It seemed to prove the accuracy of his prediction, for the moment his thought had just formed, Li Zheng Yi’s gaze fell on Xiao Yi, and within that look, there was none of the tenderness he had shown to Zhao Yuhua or the sincerity he exhibited. What existed was only a razor-sharp and icy coldness.

Zhao Yuhua, Miss Zhao, I have no quarrel with you; why must you set me up like this!

Feeling the intense hostility emanating from Li Zheng Yi’s eyes, Xiao Yi’s face turned ashen. His previously enjoyable mood from watching the drama had completely vanished without a trace, replaced only by anger.

At the sudden shifting of blame by Zhao Yuhua, anger surged!

The little goodwill toward Zhao Yuhua that was not easy to accumulate instantly dissipated without a trace.

"I recognize you; you’re Xiao Yi, right? A student from the School of Mathematics. You even performed quite well at this school’s sports meet," he said.

Li Zhengyi’s gaze was tightly fixed on Xiao Yi, his speech unusually heavy, his eyes filled with intense combativeness.

"Well... you’ve misunderstood. Mr. Li, I really have no sort of relationship with this Ms. Zhao, believe me, I was just passing by. Well, I can’t say there’s no relationship at all, we are from the same school, but you have to believe me, we are not that kind of relationship, really..."

Xiao Yi knew that no matter how he explained now, the effect would definitely not be good, and it might even cause the other party to look down on him, but he couldn’t bear being used by Zhao Yuhua again as a shield.

This was not the first time Zhao Yuhua had used him like this. Initially, when the Four Young Evil Masters were bothering him, she had pulled the same trick and almost drove him to a breakdown.

And now she was playing it again; how could he possibly accept that?

Actually, it wasn’t like no one had ever used him before, and he didn’t particularly care about being used, but the condition was that he should have autonomy, including the right to choose, not be in a situation like this!

This feeling made him very uncomfortable, especially since the person involved was Zhao Yuhua, which made him even more uncomfortable, though he didn’t know why he felt this way.

Xiao Yi wanted to say more, but when he saw the mocking expression on Li Zhengyi’s face, his voice finally choked off. He knew his guess was confirmed—Li Zhengyi simply did not believe him. His entire explanation process, no matter how sincere his expression was, seemed like a clown in his eyes...

His gaze helplessly turned to Zhao Yuhua beside him. Seeing her face as calm as an ancient well, unaffected by any turbulence, purely cold and indifferent, a deep sense of frustration involuntarily appeared on his face.

Why did it seem like he was always being used by her?

"Let’s go," she repeated the two words again.

As if she hadn’t seen the combative look Li Zhengyi gave Xiao Yi or noticed the extremely gloomy and ugly look on Xiao Yi’s face.

This time, however, she added a few words, "I have something to tell you."

When she spoke these last few words, her tone was particularly sharp, making it sound exceptionally solemn.

After saying that, she didn’t care whether Xiao Yi would follow and walked ahead on her own.

Hearing Zhao Yuhua’s words, Xiao Yi almost cried out. He felt like he wanted to bash his head against tofu and die; he knew that after these words, even if he jumped into the Yellow River, he couldn’t clear his name now. With that, Zhao Yuhua truly had played her hand; she was fully committed to sacrificing him to deal with Li Zhengyi.

Almost without hesitation, he made a decision in his heart, to absolutely not listen to Zhao Yuhua, to not fall for it. But thinking about her particularly sharp tone, a flicker of indecision inevitably arose in his heart—could she actually have something to tell him?

Damn it, it’s a scam either way...

He might as well go and see what she really wants to say...

No, what she says doesn’t matter; it has nothing to do with me, but I can’t just let it go. I need to ask her why she wants to hurt me like this... I need to see how she explains...

When Xiao Yi raised his head and faced Li Zhengyi, whose eyes instantly turned as cold as knives that seemed as though they could shatter him into pieces, he finally gritted his teeth, turned around, and followed Zhao Yuhua’s steps.

Before leaving, although he really wanted to say goodbye to Li Zhengyi, seeing the look on his face that seemed eager to devour him, probably any farewell words would not elicit a good response and might even provoke a direct rebuke, making him grilled on the inside. Xiao Yi ultimately held back the farewell words he was about to say and swallowed them back.

"Creak!"

Watching the bobbing figure of Xiao Yi, following Zhao Yuhua’s steps with his head hung low, Li Zhengyi’s forehead revealed a terrifying vein and his large hand clenched into a fist, knuckles cracking ominously.

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(This has just been corrected; I mixed it up before, really sorry, and I sincerely apologize again for the confusion and inconvenience caused to everyone’s reading!）(To be continued. If you enjoy this work, welcome to vote for it on qidian.com, your support is my greatest motivation.)