Chapter 55

As the situation became increasingly chaotic, once night fell, most of the neighborhoods in Li Cheng became almost empty, and very few people walked outside.

Only a few neighborhoods were exceptions.

For example, Liujin Square.

Once night fell, it seemed even livelier than usual.

The girls from the brothels and pleasure houses were all dressed up, posing and throwing flirtatious glances at the passing guests.

Even many girls from the brothels ran out to the street to solicit customers.

The girls at the Yaohua Pavilion were much more refined.

Their attire was also relatively much more conservative.

After all, most of the girls at the Yaohua Pavilion sold their art and not their bodies, unless it was someone they took a fancy to, in which case they wouldn't mind killing two birds with one stone.

Therefore, they could not easily lower their status and become vulgar.

However, today was a big exception.

Before Xia Daoming even reached the Yaohua Pavilion, a group of girls from the Yaohua Pavilion had actually run out to the main street one after another.

"Xia Ye, you're here!"

"Xia Ye, please come in!"

"Xia Ye, you look so handsome today!"

"Xia Ye, my name is Xiaojia, do you still remember me?"

"..."

A group of beauties, thin or plump, of all types, surrounded Xia Daoming, throwing flirtatious glances everywhere.

"Damn, who is this guy? He actually has so many lovers at the Yaohua Pavilion. Is he any good? Don't tell me he's just a flashy but useless person, just a sucker with a lot of money." A man passing by the Yaohua Pavilion saw this scene and was both surprised and couldn't help but mock him sourly.

"Don't doubt it, he must be a silver-spear wax-head, a sucker with a lot of money!"

"Haha!"

"Damn, just looking at that young master's small eyes and small nose, he looks like an embroidery expert, and he dares to question Xia Ye! Let me tell you, in the whole of Li Cheng, there's no one better than Xia Ye!"

A girl who looked very beautiful and quiet, who looked like she came from a scholarly family and was proficient in all kinds of arts, heard someone questioning and mocking Xia Daoming, and immediately jumped out, hands on her hips, pointing at the guy who mocked first, and scolded him with surging anger.

There was no help for it; Xia Ye "conquering" their Sister Xiao Qiang already made him the "boss" of the Yaohua Pavilion in their eyes.

Especially this girl who jumped out, having swept the board twice in a row that night, had long since become Xia Daoming's fanatic fan.

Now that someone was questioning and mocking Xia Ye on the street, it was absolutely unbearable!

"Exactly, my little needle, if you have the ability, show us!"

The girls at the Yaohua Pavilion were originally good at blowing and singing, so they immediately followed up, acting coquettishly toward that guy!

That guy was first stunned by the girls' posture, and it took him a while to come back to his senses, and immediately became angry from embarrassment, his hand pressing on the hilt of his sword, and with a "clang," a cold light was revealed.

"Damn, I don't have a little needle, but I do have a big sword. Do you all want to have a taste?"

That guy's face revealed a ferocious and fierce look.

"I also have a big sword. Do you girls want to try it?"

His two companions followed suit, pressing their hands on their sword hilts, drawing them out a little, their faces revealing proud and lewd smiles.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

However, these three guys had only just pressed their hands on their sword hilts and drawn them out a little when they felt a blur before their eyes, and then their chests felt as if they had been hit by a galloping wild bull; their whole bodies flew up, and then they fell to the ground one after another.

"You're all grown men. If you have the ability, use money to smash the girls. You use swords to scare them; if you scare them, can you afford to pay for it? If there's a next time, I'll cripple you all!"

Xia Daoming didn't know when he had already stood in front of the three people lying on the ground, his powerful fifth-rank Great Martial Master's qi, blood, and force bursting out of his body, bringing a powerful sense of oppression to people.

Those three guys were just small leaders of third or fourth-rate gangs in Li Cheng, and they knew they had kicked an iron plate as soon as they were knocked down by Xia Daoming.

Now that Xia Daoming's powerful qi, blood, and force were released, the three of them didn't even dare to say a single harsh word, and they scrambled up and ran away.

"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

"Xia Ye is awesome!"

The girls at the Yaohua Pavilion applauded and cheered one after another, surrounding Xia Daoming again, their eyes looking at him watery.

Xia Daoming didn't dare to linger any longer and hurriedly entered the Yaohua Pavilion.

If this were heard by the Xu clan's ancestor, and he refused to accept it, then things would blow up.

Yuchi Xiao, Zhuo Xingji, and Jiao Yongbao still liked listening to music at the Yaohua Pavilion very much.

Therefore, as soon as Liu Xiao Qiang mentioned treating them, the three of them had already arrived before dark.

At this time, the three were enjoying dancing and listening to music in the backyard, when they suddenly heard the noise in the front yard, so they looked in the direction of the sound.

At this look, the three of them suddenly widened their eyes, and their old faces turned green.

They saw their junior brother, Xia Daoming, being tightly surrounded by a group of beauties and walking toward the backyard, among whom were several of their old flames.

"Oh my, Xia Ye is here!"

This wasn't even the worst part.

The girl who was singing and dancing, as soon as she saw Xia Ye coming, actually got excited, abandoned them, and trotted to welcome Xia Ye.

"Damn!"

"This is too much!"

"Xia Shidi sister, you really need to manage the girls under you well; they are becoming more and more outrageous. If this were any other guest, they would definitely flip..." Yuchi Xiao said with "heart-wrenching grief."

Before Yuchi Xiao finished speaking, he saw Liu Xiao Qiang had already stood up, stepping with small steps, twisting her willow waist, and flying toward Xia Daoming to welcome him.

Seeing this, the three of Yuchi Xiao looked up at the sky, speechless.

"What are you doing? What are you doing? Do you all not have work to do? Disperse, disperse!" Before she even arrived, Liu Xiao Qiang had already started scolding the group of girls.

Seeing this, the girls immediately dispersed in a flurry with giggles.

Before they dispersed, a few bold girls didn't forget to pinch Xia Daoming a few times.

Seeing the girls disperse, Liu Xiao Qiang then smiled and welcomed him, intimately hooking Xia Daoming's arm.

"You guy, you haven't come to see your senior sister for so long; what, are you afraid I'll eat you up!" Liu Xiao Qiang rolled her eyes at Xia Daoming, and her hands weren't idle either, lightly pinching the flesh on his waist.

"Xu Shixiong sister, it's not like you don't know that you are already peerless, and you've been drinking the Longevity Jade Liquid every day these days, so you must be becoming more and more charming.

Your junior brother is devoted to martial arts, so how can I be delayed by you? That's why I must cut it off when I should; I should come to your Yaohua Pavilion as little as possible!" Xia Daoming said, looking steadfast and unyielding at the end.

"Giggle!" Liu Xiao Qiang couldn't help but laugh until she was trembling like a flower in the wind, and while laughing, she didn't forget to punch Xia Daoming a few times.

"You guy, your mouth is so interesting when you praise people! If this goes on, I'll even have the thought of turning over a new leaf and going to your house to keep Lian'er company." Liu Xiao Qiang said.

"Xu Shixiong sister, please spare me! Do you want to destroy your junior brother's martial arts future that much?" Xia Daoming was "scared pale" instantly.

"Didn't you say that a sharp sword comes from sharpening, and plum blossom fragrance comes from bitter cold? I'm trying to sacrifice myself to temper your self-control!" Liu Xiao Qiang said.

"Cough, cough, senior sister, too much is as bad as too little!" Xia Daoming hurriedly said.

"Giggle!" Liu Xiao Qiang couldn't help but laugh until she was trembling like a flower in the wind again.

The senior sister and junior brother "flirted" as they arrived at the private room in the backyard.

As soon as he stepped into the private room, Xia Daoming felt the "resentful" gazes cast by his three senior brothers.

"Haha, greetings to my three senior brothers; your junior brother pays his respects!" Xia Daoming hurriedly pulled his hand out and smiled as he cupped his hands to salute Yuchi Xiao and the others.

PS: Perhaps the style has been a bit too relaxed and trivial lately, and some book friends might not like it, but some plots are well-conceived and have some continuity with character development and future relationship development. Skipping them all at once would affect my future conception, so I will try to update three times tomorrow to quickly get past these plots. Fortunately, these are free chapters, so just treat it as me padding the word count, please forgive me. Writing is also a process of constant learning and improvement.