While she was thinking, Xie Changwu said from below the stage, “Brother, I’m afraid… that’s not appropriate.”
“What’s wrong with that?” Xie Jingxing glanced at Shen Miao, then at Xie Changwu. Suddenly, he smiled and said, “Or do you think Shen Miao is more challenging than me?”
The audience booed and laughed out loud.
Xie Jingxing continued, “She doesn’t know martial arts, but you chose to compete with her. I can’t understand why you would choose a woman who doesn’t have the strength to fight.” He suddenly smiled and said in a low and magnetic voice, “However, she’s not bad-looking. If you compete with her over who is better looking, that will be fairer.”
At this moment, the young men laughed. Some of them even leered at Shen Miao. Indeed, now that Shen Miao had proven to people that she wasn’t useless, her facial features seemed to be glowing. She was born good, and there was a calmness on her cute face. This kind of comparison made people unable to take their eyes off her.
The girls were unhappy. Xie Jingxing was obviously praising Shen Miao’s looks. Shen Yue and Shen Qing’s expressions changed. Although they both liked Fu Xiuyi now, there were many handsome men in the world. A young man like Xie Jingxing was unique in the capital and even in the entire Ming Qi. However, the fact that such an excellent young man praised that idiot made Shen Yue and Shen Qing mad with jealousy.
Yi Peilan frowned and muttered, “Is Young Master Xie blind? Why does he think Shen Miao is good-looking?”
“He must have been bewitched by Shen Miao.” Bai Wei bit her lip and stared at the young man on the stage. “Shen Miao is really shameless. She used to pester Prince Ding, but now she’s pestering Young Marquis Xie.”
Shen Miao did not know what they were talking about, but even if she did, she would just laugh it off. This was because she knew that the purpose of Xie Jingxing saying this was neither to tease her nor to help her out. Instead, he was forcing his half-brothers to go on stage in a way that the Xie brothers could not refuse.
In all fairness, the two brothers of the Xie family were naturally unwilling to go against Xie Jingxing. Xie Ding had always doted on Xie Jingxing. What would he think if the sons of a concubine and Xie Jingxing challenged each other on the test platform? He would only think that the brothers were not on good terms and naturally he would be biased towards Xie Jingxing.
Therefore, Xie Changwu and Xie Changchao would definitely think of a way to decline. However, Xie Jingxing was also a smart person. He did not force them but directly provoked them.
Yes, it was too strange that Xie Changwu was unwilling to challenge Xie Jingxing but wanted to challenge Shen Miao, who was weak. His intent was almost obvious to everyone.
In order to dispel everyone’s thoughts and prove that he did not want to curry favor with the Cai family, Xie Changwu had no choice but to go on stage and compete with Xie Jingxing. However, after he agreed, his plan to teach Shen Miao a lesson in order to get close to the Cai family failed.
He braced himself and stood up. “Since Brother said so, I have no reason to say no.”
Xie Jingxing raised an eyebrow and said, “Third Brother, come join us.”