"What did you say?" Upon hearing Ye Feng’s words, Zhao Yebao’s eyes revealed a color of anger, extremely displeased.
Everyone was looking at Ye Feng with a dumbfounded expression, thinking that he must be courting death, daring to say that even Shi Tianlong wouldn’t dare to utter his own words, and they were convinced that Ye Feng must be insane.
"Feng, this is not a place to cause trouble. So many people are watching. Please give Mr. Zhao some face and go back. Don’t make a scene here!" Zhao Yebao frowned and looked at Ye Feng.
Ye Feng said indifferently, "Mr. Zhao, if I recall correctly, you did say yesterday that if I could return to the Zhao Family alive today, then you would betroth Zhao Xinling to me. I’m not mistaken, am I?"
Zhao Yebao furrowed his brow, looked at Ye Feng, and instead of getting angry, he squeezed out a smile, "Ye Feng, listen to Mr. Zhao. Everyone here today knows that the person to marry Xinling isn’t you, but Shi Jingyuan. I hope you’ll give me some face and not cause a commotion here. I promise you, Mr. Zhao will certainly not treat you unfairly in the future!"
Ye Feng shook his head, "You say that Shi Jingyuan is the one to marry Zhao Xinling today. Let him come forward, let Shi Tianlong come forward and ask them, with me standing here, do they have the guts to take Zhao Xinling away?"
"What!" Everyone was furious, they hadn’t expected Ye Feng to be so arrogant.
Even Zhao Yebao was enraged, "Ridiculous! Feng, I warn you, don’t test my patience. The Shi Family Master, what kind of person is he? He is your elder, and in both status and position, he is far above you. How can you be so disrespectful?"
"I’m only stating the facts. With me standing here today, Shi Tianlong doesn’t have the guts to let Shi Jingyuan marry Zhao Xinling," Ye Feng said calmly, as if he was discussing something utterly trivial.
"Insolent!" Zhao Yebao was thoroughly enraged, his eyes filled with bloodshot veins, furiously staring at Ye Feng.
"Damn mongrel! Too much face, have I given you? Who do you think you are? How dare you offend the Shi Family Master, Shi Tianlong? Don’t you dare look at yourself in the mirror; do you think you’re worthy with your arrogance?"
People around Ye Feng started shouting loudly, their eyes revealing a crazed look, "Family Head Zhao, there’s no need to waste time on him, teach him a lesson, so he knows how ignorant he is!"
"Right! Teach him a lesson, kill him, tear his filthy mouth apart; I want to see if he can still spout nonsense!" The crowd yelled at Ye Feng angrily, each looking fierce and belligerent.
Yet, Ye Feng remained with a calm expression, as if he were completely ignoring these people.
"Family Head Zhao, I can’t stand it anymore, let me help you teach this mongrel a lesson!" At that moment, a peak Inner Strength Martial Artist rushed to Ye Feng’s side, bypassing Zhao Yebao, glaring at Ye Feng with anger.
"Damn mongrel, I’ll kill you!" The peak Inner Strength Martial Artist roared and lifted his right hand high, swinging it heavily towards Ye Feng’s face.
"Smack!" Just as the slap was about to strike Ye Feng’s face, a hand reached out from beside Ye Feng and grabbed the Martial Artist’s wrist.
"Hmm?" Everyone was taken aback; the person who had grabbed the wrist of the peak Inner Strength Martial Artist was none other than Shi Tianlong!
Shi Tianlong roared, "Scum, do you think you’re also worthy of laying a hand on Mr. Ye?"
As soon as he spoke, Shi Tianlong released his grip. With a slap, he hit the peak Inner Strength Martial Artist’s face hard.
In an instant, the Martial Artist’s feet left the ground, his face completely distorted, his eyes filled with pain.
With a swoosh, the peak Inner Strength Martial Artist was sent flying a clear ten or so meters through the air before collapsing to the ground, knocked unconscious by Shi Tianlong’s slap.
"What!" The crowd was shocked, gaping at Shi Tianlong, unsure of what he meant.
Ye Feng had just insulted Shi Tianlong, showing disrespect, but now not only was Shi Tianlong not angry, he even sent a peak Inner Strength Martial Artist flying with a slap, which was astonishing to them.
The crowd was stunned, their eyes wide open, completely unable to comprehend what was happening.
Ye Feng looked at Shi Tianlong indifferently and asked, "Shi Tianlong, I’m standing right here. Now I ask you, with me standing here today, do you have the guts to let your son Shi Jingyuan marry Zhao Xinling?"
Ye Feng’s tone was calm, but it was as if he were an authority, asking with a challenging attitude.
Zhao Yebao was taken aback and said, "Feng, how can you be so disrespectful to Shi Tianlong?"
"Mr. Ye, I dare not. Of course, I dare not. Miss Zhao Xinling is your fiancée, how dare I let my worthless son compete for your fiancée? You must be joking, Mr. Ye," Shi Tianlong continuously shook his head in front of Ye Feng.
"What!" Everyone was utterly dumbfounded at the scene, thinking they must be seeing wrong, rubbing their eyes continuously, completely unable to accept what was happening.
Even Zhao Yebao felt a storm surging within him. Although the Zhao and Shi families had seemed peaceful over the years, there had been countless overt and covert fights, and things weren’t as peaceful as they seemed.
Zhao Yebao was well aware of Shi Tianlong’s personality. A man with such high pride as Shi Tianlong showing this attitude was almost impossible.
But now, Shi Tianlong was indeed nodding and bowing in front of Ye Feng as if he were a servant, completely lacking the usual demeanor of the Shi Family Patriarch.
Ye Feng nodded indifferently, "Mr. Zhao, do you see? He says he ’dares not...’"
"I...I..." Zhao Yebao felt a dryness in his mouth and then stuttered, "Saw it..."
Then, Shi Tianlong looked at Zhao Yebao and said, "Family Head Zhao, there seems to have been some misunderstandings before. Since you had already betrothed Miss Zhao to Mr. Ye’s father, naturally, I shouldn’t involve my son..."