As he spoke, he broke free from Su Chen’s hand and left the venue with utmost coolness!
Everyone looked at him and Su Chen with confusion, having no idea what had happened. Among the crowd, a ponytailed girl, Qi Ling, watched the upright Su Chen in the arena with a smile, her beautiful eyes flickering with a trace of light.
With this proclamation, Su Chen was instantly overwhelmed by a flood of applause. After years of hiding, he finally showcased himself completely at this moment, becoming the focal point of everyone’s attention...
"Leng Han, don’t be so agitated, wait for me first!"
Long Fei shouted anxiously from behind.
Ignoring his calls, Leng Han ran wildly against the wind, covering a great distance in a single breath. He never expected to lose so quickly, so miserably, without any mental preparation. Su Chen’s calm demeanor, even after defeating him, haunted his thoughts, seemingly mocking his own incompetence.
"Friends, what friends, I, Leng Han, never need friends!"
He shouted coldly, once again sprinting away and leaving Long Fei far behind.
"My gosh, running like that, those Copper Coins will never have a place again!"
Long Fei finally gave up chasing, standing in place with a helpless expression.
At this moment, a friendly voice came over, "Hey, what’s your relationship with him?"
Long Fei turned his head to see Su Chen smiling at him, furrowing his brows slightly, "What’s my relationship with him is none of your business."
Su Chen chuckled, "I’m just curious."
"Come on, kid, don’t think that just because you defeated Leng Han you can look down on me. I’m much better than him."
Su Chen laughed inwardly, his face remaining calm, "I just want to make friends with you guys, nothing else."
Long Fei was taken aback, looking at Su Chen incredulously, "Why do you want to be friends with me? We’re not that familiar."
"I don’t know, but it feels like there’s a voice calling me to approach you guys, very strange."
Even Su Chen couldn’t quite understand this feeling.
Suddenly, Long Fei laughed and pointed at Su Chen, "What’s with the mystery, you wouldn’t be up to something, would you? I tell you, I don’t have much money, and I won’t lend you any money either..."
Su Chen was caught between a laugh and a cry, "I didn’t say I want to borrow money from you."
"Alright then, as long as there’s no borrowing money, being friends is okay."
Long Fei came over, carefully looked at Su Chen, then couldn’t help but ask, "How old are you? You seem quite mature."
"I’m twelve, and you?"
Su Chen’s eyes were clear.
Long Fei grinned, "Fourteen, but I’ll be fifteen in a few days, sigh, old and useless, defeated by a young girl..."
"Haha, only two years older, not old. Long Fei, can I call you that?"
Long Fei seemed to freeze for a moment, then his eyes became clear looking at Su Chen, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Of course you can, aren’t we talking about being friends? Not allowing a name to be called, what kind of friends are we."
He thought for a moment, then helplessly laughed, "But Leng Han is just like that, always has a fit whenever I call him Leng Han."
Su Chen couldn’t help but ask, "Why? What’s your relationship with him?"
"He’s a person obsessed with face, was as a child and grew more stubborn as he grew up."
Long Fei’s expression suddenly became reminiscing, "We grew up together as friends, even joined Carefree Sect together. But since young, he didn’t like talking, and his temperament was awful, while I loved to mess around. Honestly, I don’t know how I ended up hanging out with him."
Looking at Long Fei’s expression, Su Chen suddenly felt a bit envious. Since he was young, he had been despised by everyone; besides his parents, no one from his family was willing to approach him. Even when someone pitied him occasionally, like Su Xue, they were quickly pulled away by their parents. Apart from loneliness and disdain, Su Chen had never felt the warmth of friendship. Thinking of this, he became even more determined to make friends with these two.
"Long Fei, take me to find Leng Han, I have something to explain to him."
The budding friendship
On hearing this, Long Fei paused for a moment, then curiously asked, "Su Chen, you seem quite interested in Leng Han, you wouldn’t be..."
Su Chen puzzled, "What?"
"A homosexual." Long Fei said half-jokingly, immediately making Su Chen feel both amused and helpless.
"I don’t know what you’re thinking, I just want to talk to Leng Han, to avoid him misunderstanding me."
Su Chen said speechlessly.
"Alright then, as long as it’s not that, I’ll take you to find him."
Saying this, Long Fei led the way ahead, Su Chen following behind, with a thoughtful expression.
Soon enough, Long Fei led Su Chen to a small forest outside the back mountain, "Leng Han must be inside, if you’re not afraid of him being fierce, go in and find him."
"Aren’t you going in?"
Su Chen asked curiously.
"Hehe, you don’t know him. When he sulks, he needs at least three days to recover, otherwise even if the third elder went, he might not respond."
Su Chen was shocked, but then quickly smiled mysteriously, "Watch me, he’ll definitely come out with me right away."
Seeing him so confident, Long Fei found it strange, "This kid, why did he suddenly come to find us and make friends, is there some scheme? No way, I don’t have much money, what is he up to?"
Su Chen walked into the forest, instantly feeling a hint of chill. The forest was dense, large canopies blocked out the faint warm sun, casting a patch of greenery on the ground.