Lu Xiaoqing replied, "Cang Xuan is resting at another hotel. We agreed to meet directly outside the Shangbo Building later!"
Xiong Zhentian pouted and grumbled, "Don't let us wait around for him again when he shows up half an hour late!"
"That definitely won't happen this time!"
A hint of embarrassment flashed across Lu Xiaoqing's face as she quickly added, "The agreed time for our match with Qu Shangbo is eleven in the morning. I've repeatedly reminded him, and he promised not to be late..."
Xiong Zhentian: "Let's hope so!"
Later, Lu Xiaoqing invited Qin Yi and Xiong Zhentian to have breakfast at the hotel. Around nine o'clock, Lu Xiaoqing drove them to the Shangbo Building.
They arrived at the Shangbo Building just after ten.
Fortunately, shortly after the three of them arrived at the Shangbo Building, Cang Xuan showed up.
He walked over, looked at Qin Yi and Xiong Zhentian, and the first thing he said was, "You should be grateful to Xiaoqing. If it weren't for Xiaoqing constantly pleading for you last night, you wouldn't even be here today. I would have taught you a lesson!"
"You..."
Hearing this, Xiong Zhentian's temper flared instantly, and he was about to retort.
Qin Yi reached out and stopped him, glanced at Lu Xiaoqing, and smiled, "Then we thank Miss Lu, and Master Cang, for your magnanimity!"
"No, Mr. Qin, you're too kind!" Lu Xiaoqing hurriedly waved her hand.
Cang Xuan showed a look of satisfaction.
Then, the four of them didn't linger at the entrance and entered the Shangbo Building.
As soon as the four entered, a staff member from the building greeted them and led them to the top floor.
The top floor of the Shangbo Building was a rooftop area approximately the size of a football field.
When Qin Yi and the other three arrived, they found many people already on the rooftop. Among them, an old man sitting on a sofa, holding a glass of red wine, stood out the most.
The old man was over seventy years old, wearing a loose training suit, and had shoulder-length hair.
Specifically, a small tuft of hair at the front of his forehead was dyed red.
A seventy-year-old man, so trendy and non-mainstream!
"He is Qu Shangbo!"
As if noticing Qin Yi's gaze, Lu Xiaoqing quietly told him.
Qin Yi understood. So this was the man who had designs on Lu Xiaoqing. Looking at his appearance, he indeed didn't seem like a good person, disrespectful of his age!
"Haha, Xiaoqing is here, come over, come over quickly..."
Qu Shangbo saw Lu Xiaoqing and the others and immediately waved at her.
Lu Xiaoqing walked over, and he took out a glass, poured her a glass of red wine, and enthusiastically invited, "This red wine was bought by me from abroad last year. I brought it specially from the capital today. Xiaoqing, have a taste!"
If Qin Yi and Xiong Zhentian hadn't known what kind of person he was, seeing his enthusiasm for Lu Xiaoqing, they would have thought he was some elder of Lu Xiaoqing's!
"No, thank you. I don't like drinking!" Lu Xiaoqing refused.
"How can you not like drinking? After you follow me, drinking will be a must. I'm quite fond of it!" Qu Shangbo said.
Lu Xiaoqing's expression stiffened, and she then asked, "Patriarch Qu, are you going to fight yourself today?"
As she asked this, her gaze swept over the other people beside him.
On the rooftop, there were more than a dozen people on Qu Shangbo's side, including building staff and two middle-aged men.
Lu Xiaoqing had seen these two before; they were also warriors from the Qu family.
Moreover, they had another identity: they were Qu Shangbo's sons!
Qu Zhongren and Qu Zhongyi.
Qu Zhongyi stood beside them, arms crossed, looking at Lu Xiaoqing with a half-smile.
Before Qu Shangbo could answer, he spoke first, "Little stepmother, fighting you, why would my dad need to make a move? Wouldn't that be bullying you! I'll do it later!"
"By the way, who did you find to fight us this time?"
Qu Zhongyi's eyes swept over Qin Yi, Xiong Zhentian, and Cang Xuan in turn.
At this point, Qu Shangbo and Qu Zhongren began to size up the three of them.
However, Qu Shangbo quickly withdrew his gaze, shook his head, and a look of undisguised contempt appeared on his face.
Cang Xuan noticed this and took a step forward with his hands behind his back, snorting, "Such arrogance! I'll fight you on behalf of Xiaoqing today!"
Qu Shangbo sat there, not even bothering to look at him again. He simply said to Qu Zhongyi, "Zhongyi, defeat him within ten moves, or you'll be grounded for a year when we get back!"
Qu Zhongyi sized up Cang Xuan and replied, "No need for ten moves, five is enough to beat him!"
"Arrogant!"
Cang Xuan was so enraged by the other's words that he couldn't hold back. He clenched his fist and lunged towards him.
Before everyone had finished speaking, the match had already begun.
Cang Xuan's aura was powerful. As he threw a punch, it whistled clearly, as if he were tearing the air.
Lu Xiaoqing and Xiong Zhentian felt this and retreated several steps in shock.
Nearby, only Qin Yi, Qu Shangbo, and Qu Zhongren remained in place, making no move.
Facing Cang Xuan's imposing punch, Qu Zhongyi not only didn't seem to care but stood still, not moving an inch.
Only when Cang Xuan's fist was less than a foot from his face did he slightly tilt his head to the side to dodge.
As he tilted his head, Cang Xuan's fist grazed past his hair.
"Huh???"
Cang Xuan was startled. The next second, he followed up with a hook from his other hand, aiming for Qu Zhongyi's temple.
But this time, Qu Zhongyi took a step back, and Cang Xuan's punch missed again.
Both attacks were easily dodged by Qu Zhongyi.
Seeing this scene, Qu Shangbo and Qu Zhongren smiled, their expressions conveying that this was exactly as they expected.
Lu Xiaoqing and Xiong Zhentian, however, were shocked.
Especially Lu Xiaoqing, while shocked, an ominous premonition began to stir in her heart.
Cang Xuan was someone she had painstakingly invited at great cost. If he lost, she would be finished!
Looking at Qu Shangbo before her, just the thought of following him...
Instantly, she instinctively looked towards the railing outside the rooftop. If Cang Xuan couldn't win today, and she lost the bet, she would jump off the rooftop!
She would rather die than follow a seventy or eighty-year-old man!
Xiong Zhentian walked over to Qin Yi and said with a frown, "Cang Xuan, he doesn't seem to be an equal match!"
"He never was an equal match!" Qin Yi immediately replied. "The opponent is stronger than him!"
The layman watches the fun, the insider watches the skill. As a cultivator, Qin Yi had a pretty good idea of their strength the moment Cang Xuan made his move against Qu Zhongyi!
Qu Zhongyi was clearly much stronger than Cang Xuan!