Hao Ming rubbed his hands together, a cruel smile on his face. "Kid, you've got guts, daring to curse me directly. Fine, very fine. I'll let you know that speaking carelessly in society has consequences. As they say, disaster springs from the mouth!"
As he spoke, he raised his hand and slapped towards Li Se's face.
As this slap was about to land, Hao Ming was already fantasizing about Li Se begging for mercy and this beautiful woman admiring him. Life was truly wonderful.
But the ideal was plump, while reality was bony.
He thought so, but reality wouldn't grant his wish.
Before the slap could reach Li Se, it stopped in mid-air. Hao Ming's expression changed slightly as Li Se firmly gripped his wrist. He tried to pull his hand back, but he found it impossible, no matter how hard he tried.
So he decided not to pull back.
Hao Ming raised his other hand and swung it.
*Slap!*
A loud, sharp slapping sound echoed.
But everyone froze, because it wasn't Li Se who was hit, but Hao Ming.
After taking the slap, Hao Ming was sent flying. He was dazed and dizzy from the impact, falling directly onto the ground.
Everyone was stunned. This was their senior brother, and his strength was undeniably formidable. How could he be so easily defeated?
"Senior Brother!"
Finally, someone reacted and immediately helped Hao Ming up.
"Attack me, kill him!!" Hao Ming roared after coming to his senses, needing to reclaim his dignity.
There were about ten junior brothers who came with Hao Ming. They all lunged towards Li Se. They were all martial artists; while not practicing ancient martial arts, they were still stronger than ordinary people. However, the martial arts they practiced were mere superficial forms in Li Se's eyes.
*Bang bang bang…*
"Ugh…"
In less than a minute, all of them were lying on the ground, groaning in pain.
They were completely defenseless!
Hao Ming was stunned. He never expected so many people to be no match for Li Se. This could only mean one thing: he had kicked an iron plate.
"You… you wait, I'll go find my master right away!"
Hao Ming didn't dare to stay there and turned to flee.
The junior brothers also struggled to get up from the ground and quickly slipped away, not daring to stay any longer.
They all vanished without a trace.
Li Se then looked at the woman in front of him, frowning. "Beauty, I really don't know you. What breakup or no breakup, don't just dump your troubles on me because you can't find a husband!"
Can't find a husband?
The woman's expression darkened, and she gritted her teeth. "I am Xu Xiaoyu, do you know that now?"
Li Se thought seriously, recalling carefully, and finally shook his head. "Miss Xu, I truly don't know you. I have something to do now. What happened just now was a misunderstanding. Please don't bother me!"
After speaking, Li Se intended to leave. He really didn't know this Xu Xiaoyu, nor this talk of a breakup. It was truly inexplicable.
In Li Se's opinion, she was probably dumped by some man, heartbroken, and now coming to bully an honest person like him.
"You stop right there!!!" Xu Xiaoyu quickly blocked Li Se. "You broke off our engagement, and you dare say you don't know me? Li Se, Li Se, you truly have no shame."
Li Se was completely baffled. This person actually knew him? Damn it! But when did he get such a fiancée?
Admittedly, Li Se was quite a playboy, but he was responsible towards every woman. As for this Xu Xiaoyu, honestly, he truly didn't know her.
Moreover, from beginning to end, didn't he not have any engagement?
"Miss Xu, don't speak nonsense. I haven't made any engagement with anyone else." Li Se frowned, even starting to suspect she was an assassin, as he had encountered assassins recently.
These assassins had endless assassination methods. Last time, one even faked a car accident. It wasn't impossible for this one to be posing as a fiancée.
Xu Xiaoyu was furious, wishing she could kill the man in front of her. She had been jilted, and the other party seemed completely unaware.
This was the most infuriating part!
"The Li family and the Xu family were to be united in marriage. Don't you know anything about it? You attended the Li family banquet, didn't the Li family tell you it would be announced at the banquet?" Xu Xiaoyu said through gritted teeth.
Hearing Xu Xiaoyu say this, Li Se seemed to recall something. Oh, there was an engagement. But Li Shengjun had already broken it off for him.
It seemed this Xu Xiaoyu wasn't an assassin but had genuinely been jilted.
Li Se was puzzled. If Xu Xiaoyu hadn't specifically reminded him, he would have completely forgotten about it. But now that the engagement was broken, why was she coming to him?
"Oh, so it's about this engagement. I'm sorry, I forgot until you mentioned it." Li Se was a bit embarrassed. He had indeed forgotten, as this engagement had only been mentioned twice: once by the person delivering the invitation, and the second time by Li Shengjun after the Li family banquet.
From start to finish, he had never taken this engagement seriously.
Only now had the principal party come looking for him.
Li Se's words only made Xu Xiaoyu angrier. She fumed, "This is going too far! Not only did you break off the engagement, but you're also humiliating me!"
What the hell!
Li Se was dumbfounded. When did he humiliate her? He quickly explained, "Miss Xu, I truly didn't mean to humiliate you. It's just that I genuinely forgot. Since the engagement is already broken, you are free. What do you want by coming to find me now?"
"You broke off my engagement and made me a laughingstock of the entire Xu family. And now you're asking me what I want? Li Se, you are truly a scoundrel!" Xu Xiaoyu, in her anger, attacked again.
However, Xu Xiaoyu was just an inner strength martial artist, how could she be Li Se's match? She was subdued in two or three moves.
But this time, Li Se was cautious, not wanting to take advantage of her again, after all, she was jilted by him.
Yet, this cautiousness, this unwillingness to take advantage, wasn't perceived the same way by Xu Xiaoyu.
Was he now unwilling to even take advantage of her?
Xu Xiaoyu felt immensely humiliated, her eyes reddened, and tears started to flow. "You… you bully me. Li Se, do you only bully girls? You're a scoundrel, a bastard!"
Li Se immediately released Xu Xiaoyu and said seriously, "Miss Xu, I have no intention of bullying you. It's you who insisted on attacking. Can I not fight back? I still have things to do. Stop being unreasonable. Canceling the engagement is a good thing for you, at least you can find your own suitable husband!"