“No, wait…”
Lin Guiming waved his hands repeatedly, saying, “You’ve got it all wrong. I’m not here to participate in the marriage tournament.”
“Dear husband, why so modest?
Since you’ve defeated the many heroes of Yuzhou City, you are naturally Wanying’s husband.”
Hearing him say this, He Wanying panicked.
She couldn’t let him leave!
If he escaped, she’d have to marry one of those disgusting old men.
“So I’m saying I’m not…”
Before Lin Guiming could finish, two voices came from behind him.
“Kid, you’re pretty cocky, huh?”
Lin Guiming turned to see the two men he had pushed aside earlier, now standing up and glaring at him with hostility.
“No, you’ve all misunderstood. I’m really not here for the marriage tournament.”
Lin Guiming hurriedly explained.
“Not here for the marriage tournament?”
The two burly men raised their brows.
“Yeah, so it’s all a misunderstanding…”
Lin Guiming let out a sigh of relief.
As long as they could talk it out, everything would be fine, because…
“You think I’m an idiot?!”
The next moment, a roar erupted from one of the men.
“Sneaking up to take advantage while we were fighting, and now that you’re scared, you say you’re not here for the tournament?
Do you really think I can’t see through your little scheme?”
“…”
Seriously, do you have to be so imaginative?
Lin Guiming was utterly speechless.
What was this mess?
All he wanted was to find his junior sister to spare that old man from constantly whining about how his precious daughter might be suffering somewhere.
How did he end up in this situation?
“Hmph, kid—”
At this moment, the other man, a bald brute, spoke up.
“You say you’re not here for the marriage tournament? Fine.
Kneel and kowtow to us three times, then shout ‘Sorry, Baldy Bro’ to everyone here.
If I can’t hear you, keep shouting until I do, and I’ll pretend this never happened.”
“Pfft—”
Hearing this, Lin Guiming couldn’t help but burst out laughing.
“Kid, what’s so funny?”
His laughter only infuriated the bald man further, who glared at him with furrowed brows.
“Just to be sure, you’re telling me to kneel and apologize?”
Lin Guiming looked at the two men and asked.
“What else? Kid, if you do it, maybe if I’m in a good mood, I’ll even spare your life.”
Lin Guiming gave a helpless smile.
A mere nobody from a tiny dynasty daring to demand that he, a true disciple of Bixiao Palace, kneel and apologize?
If word of this got to the capital, it’d probably scare the emperor so much he wouldn’t sleep for three days and nights.
“You want me to apologize? That’s impossible.
But those six words of yours are kind of interesting, though they don’t quite suit my taste.
They need a little tweak.
Since I’m in a good mood after finding my junior sister, I’ll play along with six words of my own…”
Lin Guiming paused for a moment, then loudly declared, “Eat shit, Baldy!”
“You…!”
“Didn’t hear me? If you didn’t, I’ll say it again: ‘Eat shit, Baldy!’
Still didn’t hear? I’ll keep saying it until you do.”
“Argh! You’re pissing me off! I’m going to kill you, you arrogant little brat!”
Unable to hold back any longer, the bald man clenched his massive fist and swung it at Lin Guiming.
“Watch out!”
He Wanying, who had just been chuckling at Lin Guiming’s words, saw the scene unfold and her face paled.
She quickly shouted a warning.
“Sigh.”
Lin Guiming looked at the fist coming toward him and let out a helpless sigh.
Honestly, if he could reason with them, he really didn’t want to fight.
After all…
It was just too much like bullying.