The Young Master Storms the City
Chapter 275 Ning Fan Doesn’t Dare to Come Anymore?_1

Chapter 275: Chapter 275 Ning Fan Doesn’t Dare to Come Anymore?_1

Ten minutes had passed.

Xie Mengshi was already standing in the arena, ready to start fighting, but Ning Fan had yet to arrive.

"Could it be that the kid doesn’t dare to come?" Kong Tiansheng said with a sneer.

Hong Jinrui said with satisfaction, "Probably he knows he’ll get beaten to death if he comes, so he simply decided not to show up for the competition."

With a gloomy face, Fei Liang looked up and asked, "Host, how do we deal with this situation? Surely we can’t just keep waiting?"

The host looked at his watch and said coldly, "Contestants can be up to thirty minutes late to the event."

Hearing this, everyone stopped talking and continued to wait.

Before long, half an hour had passed.

"Haha, it looks like the kid really is scared!" Kong Tiansheng laughed uproariously, gloating, "He doesn’t even dare to show up, what a mouse-hearted waste!"

"I’m dying of laughter, Ning Fan was so arrogant yesterday, and today he doesn’t even dare to come, a real coward!" Hong Jinrui also mocked.

Fei Liang also sneered, "Such a piece of trash, if he dared to come today, I would personally kill him!"

The others, hearing this, also began to mock and ridicule, convinced that Ning Fan was afraid.

However, Yuan Yonglin stepped forward and said in a serious tone, "I believe in Ning Fan; he is absolutely not the type of person to flee before a battle!"

"Is that so?" Fei Liang’s eyes showed a mocking gleam. "Then Miss Yuan, take a look around, where is he now?"

"He will definitely come!" Yuan Yonglin insisted firmly, "Just wait a bit longer, he will surely arrive!"

Yuan Yonglin had become aware of Ning Fan’s extraordinary traits in yesterday’s evaluation, so at this moment, she unhesitatingly stood on Ning Fan’s side.

"Miss Yuan, it seems you’ve been deceived by this country bumpkin from out of town. Even if he had ten times the courage, he wouldn’t dare to come today!" Hong Jinrui said proudly.

Kong Tiansheng also sneered, "People like him, who burst onto the scene from the lower echelons of society, have no real strength to compete in the martial assessment."

Seeing that the discussion was heating up, and unable to make a decision on his own, the host turned to seek the opinions of the judges.

"It’s been thirty minutes past the deadline."

"We can announce the result directly."

"Indeed, let’s announce it. Ning Fan has dropped out."

The judges voiced their opinions, and just as the host was about to make the announcement, Hu Xinnian suddenly raised his hand.

"Ladies and gentlemen, perhaps he was delayed by something on his way here. Let’s wait a little longer."

Upon hearing this, the other six judges looked at Hu Xinnian with strange expressions.

You were the one teased by Ning Fan yesterday!

How come you’re speaking up for him now?

But as Hu Xinnian held the highest position, no one dared to object, so they had to accept his suggestion.

Seeing this, the host announced another ten minutes of waiting.

"In ten minutes, if Ning Fan has not arrived, he will be deemed to have forfeited the match."

Hu Xinnian gently stroked his beard, sighing inwardly, "Ning Fan, this is all I can do for you."

...

In a private room on the third floor, Mu Wanqing mocked with a cold laugh, "I thought you were talented, but it turns out you’re too scared to even show up. You want to be my fiancé with this kind of mettle?"

In another private room, Yuan Huaiyi showed a disappointed expression, muttering to himself, "Could it be that Brother Ning is really scared? But that doesn’t seem like his character..."

He shook his head, regretting his misjudgment of character.

In Zhao Xingyan’s private room, seeing Ning Fan hadn’t arrived, she wasn’t pleased but instead said maliciously, "Stinking kid, don’t think you can escape by not attending the martial assessment! No matter where you go, to the ends of the earth, I’ll hunt you down and grind you to dust!"

In the central private room, Su Qingcheng crossed her arms and frowned, "What’s going on? Why hasn’t Ning Fan shown up yet? He couldn’t have really taken off, could he?"

Xu Yourong, however, shook her head and said softly, "Don’t worry, Qingcheng. Ning Fan will definitely come. He must have been delayed by something. He’s absolutely not the type to desert before a battle."

"Oh you... you..." Su Qingcheng shook her head, at a loss for words.

At that moment, with the exception of Xu Yourong, almost everyone was convinced that Ning Fan had run away.

...

Meanwhile, at an earlier time.

Inside Ning Fan’s villa.

Ning Fan was sitting cross-legged in the Spirit Gathering Array, engrossed in cultivation, completely unaware of the time.

"Master! Master! Aren’t you supposed to go to the martial assessment today?"

The urgent voice of Shuang’er came from outside the door, waking Ning Fan from his concentration.

He shot up from the Spirit Gathering Array and glanced at the wall clock, his face changing drastically.

"Damn! I was so immersed in cultivation that I forgot about the time of the martial assessment!"

Ning Fan rose to his feet, tapped his toes on the ground lightly, and, like a goose spreading its wings, leaped out the window, sprinting towards the direction of the sports field.

Racing along the way, he left a trail of billowing smoke behind him!

...

The ten minutes passed in the blink of an eye.

The host checked his watch and said coldly, "Ten more seconds."

"Ten, nine, eight... three, two, one!"

Just as the countdown ended, a booming rumble suddenly came from outside the venue.

A figure enveloped in billowing dust shot in through the entrance, soared from the sky, and landed in front of the arena.

It was Ning Fan!

"I said it, Brother Ning wouldn’t fail to come!"

Yuan Huaiyi’s old eyes suddenly gleamed, and his whole demeanor became spirited.

"Interesting... He actually came?"

Mu Wanqing’s eyes shone with keen interest, "At least he’s a man. Now, let’s see what kind of strength you can bring to the martial assessment."