Seeing that Shen Xiaoyan was not only beautiful but also so capable, Bai Ge'er developed a different feeling towards her.
Even though he knew Shen Xiaoyan was already married, Bai Ge'er still held out hope that he might be able to win her over someday.
If he could bring Shen Xiaoyan into his own faction, wouldn't that mean he might have a chance to defeat Yizixie?
Although he didn't know what Bai Ge'er was planning, it didn't change Shen Xiaoyan's lack of good feelings towards him.
Zheng Wei detested him even more.
How dare he covet Shen Xiaoyan in front of him? Was he slapping him in the face?
Long Hao, catching a glimpse of Zheng Wei's darkening face from the corner of his eye, then turned to look at the still elegantly smiling Bai Ge'er, and a hint of mockery flickered in his heart.
This Bai Ge'er truly believed that with his handsome face, he was invincible.
His desire to take shortcuts by relying on women was enough to get him killed ten thousand times over.
However, it had nothing to do with him, so he was too lazy to remind Bai Ge'er.
The old man watched Shen Xiaoyan and the others with their various thoughts, and he couldn't help but sigh.
Young people nowadays were always thinking about how to scheme against those around them to achieve their own goals.
Even though he had seen such scenes before, the old man still hoped that some people would be different.
After a round of negotiation, Long Xuan finally apologized to Shen Xiaoyan and promised not to attack or speak out of turn again, only then did Shen Xiaoyan agree to let her go.
Having received Shen Xiaoyan's assurance that she would not kill her, Long Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, and her arrogant expression returned.
Seeing this, Shen Xiaoyan felt utterly speechless.
Should she say that Long Xuan had no brains?
Or was her heart too big?
Or was she truly so naive as to believe others' promises?
Didn't she know that at times of need, people would break even solemn oaths and void contracts, let alone a simple oral promise without any binding force?
However, she was not a person who went back on her word.
As long as Long Xuan didn't provoke her again, she was too lazy to kill her now.
Since the internal conflict was resolved, Shen Xiaoyan no longer wanted to waste time and had no interest in playing word games with the old man.
If it weren't for the old man's interference just now, she and Long Xuan wouldn't have had such a scene.
In the end, neither she nor Long Xuan gained any benefits, and they were inadvertently made a spectacle of by those around them.
Shen Xiaoyan was extremely annoyed by this.
Therefore, the smile on her face receded. "Old man, please tell us your true identity. Playing this guessing game with us is hardly befitting a noble demeanor."
The old man laughed heartily. "I was never a noble person to begin with, so how could I have a noble demeanor? I am just an old man, merely passing my days here."
Hearing that the old man had no intention of revealing himself, Shen Xiaoyan grew impatient.
"Hiding your face and covering your tracks, do you have something shameful to conceal?"
After saying this, Shen Xiaoyan stood up directly, turned around, and walked towards the door.
Seeing this, Zheng Wei didn't ask a single word and quickly followed her out.
Next to follow was Shen Xiaoming.
After them came Yizixie and Namu Zhong, followed by Lu Taobao and Bai Ying.
Watching Shen Xiaoyan and the others disappear, Long Xuan and the other two looked at each other, almost unable to believe that they had been abandoned just like that.
Seeing Shen Xiaoyan leave, the first thing Long Xuan thought of was to settle scores with the old man.
"You wretched old man, that vixen is gone now. See how I deal with you."
"Weren't you very capable? Weren't you able to criticize and praise?"
"Didn't you look down on me with your haughty eyes?"
"Now, I will make you taste my power."
As Long Xuan spoke, her actions were no less swift. She quickly drew the long sword she had used to attack Shen Xiaoyan earlier and pointed it directly at the old man.
The old man looked at Long Xuan with a smile, a hint of coldness flashing in his eyes. "It seems you didn't listen to her words at all?"
Hearing the old man mention Shen Xiaoyan, Long Xuan reacted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, cursing, "You old scoundrel, half your body is already in the grave. Yet you dare to act tough with me. Do you think Shen Xiaoyan will come back to save you? But why would she save you? You two have only just met, and what happened just now was just a coincidence."
Looking at Long Xuan, who was showing signs of frenzy, the old man remained silent, but his heart sighed continuously.
Had she been severely beaten?
Indeed, one should deal with such people this way, otherwise, they would never know the immensity of heaven and earth.
Unexpectedly, just as Long Xuan was happily thinking, she saw the old man suddenly move.
"What, are you finished talking?"
Long Xuan looked at the smiling old man, and a bad feeling suddenly arose in her heart, but she still forced herself to say, "Who gave you the courage to speak to me like this? Do you know who I am?"
The old man's expression suddenly became stern. "And do you know who I am?"
The sudden change in the old man's demeanor caught Long Xuan and the others off guard, and they all looked at him in astonishment.
Long Xuan even stammered, "Who... who are you?"
After speaking, Long Xuan realized something was wrong.
How could she be intimidated by an old man? It must have been that she wasn't paying attention earlier.
However, what she had just said was indeed too undignified.
So, Long Xuan cleared her throat, tilted her chin slightly, and said arrogantly, "Aren't you just a poor old man? Do you really think that just because you're alive, you're someone important?"
Seeing Long Xuan's words becoming increasingly harsh, Long Hao finally stepped in to stop her. "Alright, why are you wasting your breath here? We should focus on following them out."
Upon hearing this, Bai Ge'er immediately turned and walked outside.
He was being too foolish, engrossed in watching the show, and had forgotten that Shen Xiaoyan and the others had already left a while ago.
What if Shen Xiaoyan and the others took the opportunity to leave?
As soon as this thought crossed his mind, he felt even more uneasy, and his steps quickened. In the blink of an eye, he had reached the outer gate.
However, after looking around, he realized that all he could see was a vast expanse of white, and nothing else.
Shen Xiaoyan and the others had simply vanished!
Long Xuan and Long Hao, who rushed out behind Bai Ge'er, were also astonished by this sight.
It was all their fault for being so careless.
They thought that even if they disliked each other, they would never have simply left the group like this.
But who would have thought that with just an opportunity, Shen Xiaoyan and the others had already slipped away.
Bai Ge'er resentfully circled the area a few more times, then kicked violently at a snowdrift. In an instant, snow splattered everywhere, completely obscuring their vision.
Because Bai Ge'er exerted too much force and didn't pay attention to the direction, a lot of snow hit Long Xuan, causing her to frown.
"What's wrong with you? It's your incompetence that you lost them, and you're taking your anger out on me. Who do you think you are?"
Hearing Long Xuan's complaints, Bai Ge'er's anger surged uncontrollably.
At this moment, he was no longer willing to tolerate it and roared, "Shut up! Who do you think you are? You're just relying on your good father. To put it bluntly, you're a good-for-nothing, bossing people around all day, do you really think others take you seriously? If you didn't have a good father, someone like you would have been dragged out and dealt with countless times already."
Bai Ge'er was enraged, so when he said these words, he almost spoke without thinking.
After his words fell, he realized what he had said.
Although he felt a slight regret, it was only for a moment.
He took a deep breath, looked at Long Xuan again, and said earnestly, "Long Xuan, you should grow up too. You can't always be a little girl."
Bai Ge'er thought he was doing it for Long Xuan's own good, but he didn't expect that Long Xuan wouldn't accept it at all.
With a spoiled upbringing from childhood, how could her nature be changed by Bai Ge'er's few words?