The ponytailed beauty pursed her lips, parting them to speak.
Her voice came out cold and rejecting.
In the courtyard, the line of young men stretched out like a long dragon, each with a blank look in their eyes.
Luo Yu poked Little Fatty in the waist.
"Fatty, the lady is rejecting you guys, and you're not reacting at all?"
Without taking his eyes off the girl on stage, Fatty wiped the corner of his mouth.
"Beautiful, oh so beautiful," he muttered.
Luo Yu massaged his forehead, "Wake up. I wasn't asking you about her looks."
Fatty waved his hand impatiently.
"Rejection is normal, isn't it?"
"It would be abnormal to get an acceptance," he added.
"This is how my dream goddess should be."
Luo Yu was speechless, thinking you must be blinded by lust if you can't see the disgust in her eyes.
He had figured it out; Bai Chenxiang must be repulsed by the entire arranged marriage event set up by her grandfather.
The fact she hadn't cursed anyone was already showing restraint.
Watching Fatty, who was still acting smug despite the rejection, Luo Yu shook his head.
Was this the annihilation of humanity or the degradation of morality? It was just a woman; was she worth such infatuation?
Luo Yu didn't understand that, in a city of modest size,
a beauty like Bai Chenxiang was absolutely breathtaking, and it wasn't an overstatement to call her the dream lover of all the city's young men.
It was only because he had seen too many beauties that he was immune to the spiritual damage done by their charms.
While others acted like fanatics, Luo Yu stroked his chin, assessing the ponytailed beauty.
You have to admit, her pure and lively spirit was no small wonder why Fatty was so enthralled.
At that moment, a dashing young man with a jingling gold belt emerged from the crowd, waving a folding fan.
"Miss Chen Xiang, look at us; we've been queuing here for days. Heaven and earth can witness our sincerity. Just give us a fair chance to compete," he pleaded.
Bai Chenxiang gave him a glance, her beautiful eyes flashing with disdainful coldness.
"Bah," she scoffed.
"Who did I think it was."
"If it isn't our city's famous Kidney-deficient Young Master."
"Sincerity that heaven and earth can witness?"
"Are you betting on the clear skies today, hoping that the thunder won't strike you?"
Her lips moved up and down, mocking the young man until his head hung low, and he retracted his fan, his upright posture sagging.
Hiding his reddened cheeks with his sleeves, he slinked away through the crowd.
With a slight smirk at the corner of her lips, Bai Chenxiang let out a cold laugh.
Then she turned her lovely eyes around,
locking onto a burly young man in the crowd with a fierce face.
"Oh, isn't this the Chicken Brother from the north of the city?"
"The one who claims with a single knife he chopped his way from the north to the south of the city, defeating two thousand rivals from enemy gangs."
"What, the north couldn't contain you, so you came to the Bai Residence to take over my territory?"
The fierce young man grinned and cupped his fists.
"I never expected my reputation as the Chicken Brother would reach Miss Bai's ears. I am truly honored."
Bai Chenxiang blinked.
"Actually, I've always wanted to ask you in person," she said.
"How have you managed to be so shamelessly brazen as to inflate chopping down twenty lame gangsters into defeating two thousand men?"
"This..."
The fierce young man's imposing demeanor crumbled in an instant.
"Sheesh—"
Luo Yu took a deep breath.
"This girl, with delicately arched brows and harmless looks, is quite the savage with her biting words…"
Fatty spat in response,
"Ptui, that's not being savage. That's having a keen eye, clear thinking, and articulate speech."
"Right…" Luo Yu gave no further comment, simply giving Fatty a thumbs-up.
You're the old faithful dog, always licking someone's boots.
You don't even need an energy stone to see your 'level of boot-licking' is at least ninth tier.
At this time, Bai Chenxiang turned her gaze in the direction of Luo Yu,
She paused for a second upon seeing his extraordinary, banished immortal-like handsome face, but quickly moved on.
Her eyes settled on Fatty in front of Luo Yu,
making him excitedly yelp and shake Luo Yu's arm.
"Brother, did you see that? My goddess is looking at me."
Before the fatty could enjoy his moment for long, Bai Chenxiang spoke:
"Is it Pangxilai?"
"I've heard of you."
"Your dad gave you three thousand golden soul coins to start a business, and in three months you earned him ten thousand golden soul coins in return."
The fatty clasped his hands together and chuckled:
"Alas, it is indeed me."
Luo Yu did some quick math in his head, three thousand golden soul coins, earned ten thousand in three months, not to brag or belittle, but this is a business prodigy.
But he was somewhat skeptical.
This little fatty looked not too bright, did he really have such skill?
Could this be the so-called hidden intelligence?
"No need to be modest. I think you are one of the smartest people in our city." Bai Chenxiang's pretty face was full of disdain.
"What's so great about the Bai Family? Naturally, it's intelligence."
"You took three thousand golden soul coins to do business, and in seven days you were swindled down to nothing. In the end, to make ends meet, you borrowed ten thousand at high interest from the north city's Mountain Chicken."
"You even dared to claim credit when you returned home, and your old man hung you up and beat you for three days, have you forgotten?"
Luo Yu suddenly realized, so that was how it was.
He hadn't misjudged.
Looking at the little fatty again, his face had turned red, nearly bursting into the color of a pig's liver.
In the grand hall, under the watchful eyes of everyone.
He was so embarrassed he wished he could find a hole to crawl into.
Just when Luo Yu thought the little guy was about to slink away in defeat, Little Fatty straightened his back.
"Though I may be foolish, I have a good father."
"To all present here, which one of you dares say you have more money than I do?"
"Miss Bai, it's not that I don't have any good points. Everyone always praises me for being a rich fool who makes many friends because of it."
Bai Chenxiang watched the fatty shamelessly boasting, her face turning green with anger.
A pair of legs clad in white high-heeled boots visibly trembled with anger.
"All of you,"
"Scram!"
"Get the hell out of here!"
"The man I, Bai Chenxiang, take as my husband should at least be a First Rank peerless hero, if not a present-day knight."
"I am not matchmaking. Whomever called for you, you go marry them."
Fatty said with a wronged look on his face, "But it was your grandfather who called us here to wait."
Bai Chenxiang was trembling with rage.
"Then go marry my grandfather, go on!"
With that, Bai Chenxiang moved her beautiful legs.
Causing a breeze of fragrance.
Tap, tap, tap!
She walked away decisively, her hips swaying, her twin ponytails shaking.
"This..."
The crowd stood in stunned silence, having waited for so many days only to be harshly rebuked by the person in question.
The fatty, confused, said, "I've genuinely waited here for so many days, willing to offer a sincere heart, even willing to give up my wealth, so why did I still get scolded?"
Luo Yu rolled his eyes.
"Do you even have to ask?"
"A fawning dog gets nothing in the end."
"Are you calling me a fawning dog?" Fatty suddenly looked up, staring intently at Luo Yu.
Luo Yu spoke bluntly.
"Cough cough, yeah."
Unexpectedly, the fatty wasn't angry.
"Why do you call a man with a sincere heart, filled with infatuation, a fawning dog, why!"
Luo Yu patted his shoulder.
"Brother, it's not shameful to be a fawning dog. The shameful part is fawning until you end up losing everything, left with nothing and no one."
The fatty dodged Luo Yu's hand and huffed:
"Don't laugh at me. Miss Bai rejected me, but didn't she reject you too?"
"You're a loser just like me. Don't be the pot calling the kettle black."
Luo Yu chuckled lightly, the corners of his mouth turning up.
"Watch carefully."
"Learn well."
"See how I do it. Today, you will never forget..."