Chapter 225: Tang Bingyan's Inverse Scale

Xu Tian looked at the Tang family bodyguards in the living room, confused.

Xiao Can looked as if he had seen a ghost, his eyes widened larger than copper bells.

Bai Lu's injuries looked lighter, but only slightly better than Xiao Can's.

As for Chen Xiaoxiao, her exquisite face, which usually carried a hint of heroic spirit, had swollen into a pig's head.

Among these people, only A Wei had suffered some superficial skin wounds.

They hadn't seen each other for just one night; had these people gone to execute a classified mission?

Why were they all injured like this?

Or could it be...

Xu Tian gasped and asked.

"Did you get seriously injured by the Qian family last night while trying to save me?"

What kind of background did this Qian family have to be able to beat Chen Xiaoxiao and the others like this!

It seemed that he and Yun Shuo had really run into a tough nut to crack last night.

At this moment, looking at the bodyguards in the living room, their expressions as they stared at Xu Tian became increasingly strange.

A Wei's mouth twitched. He was just about to explain, but he quickly received a warning look from Tang Bingyan, so he simply kept his mouth shut.

"Wife, I really haven't exercised in too long."

Xu Tian thought he had just gotten into a fight with the Qian family's bodyguards, and his whole body felt like it was falling apart: "Can you supervise my fitness from now on?"

Tang Bingyan was slightly startled, then realized that Xu Tian truly didn't remember what happened last night, and the expression on her face softened a bit.

She nodded and said indifferently: "Whatever fitness equipment you need, have A Wei prepare it for you. Also, you can have Bai Lu teach you combat from now on."

"Combat?" Xu Tian was slightly stunned, then realized that Tang Bingyan probably didn't want a repeat of what happened yesterday.

"Alright." He nodded.

For a grown man to be unable to beat even a few bodyguards, it would be too embarrassing to tell anyone.

It wasn't until he fought those people yesterday that Xu Tian realized his previous fancy footwork was simply not enough.

"Eldest Young Lady?" Bai Lu was a bit dazed when he heard Xu Tian's answer.

Did he hear that right?

Let him teach Xu Tian combat?

Based on Xu Tian's strength in killing him in seconds yesterday, who was teaching whom?

If he gave Xu Tian combat lessons, at best he would be a sparring partner, and a low-level one at that, only able to take a beating without even a chance to fight back.

"Are you unwilling?" Tang Bingyan said coldly.

"No... no..."

Bai Lu waved his hands quickly and said insincerely: "It is my honor to be able to teach Mr. Xu combat."

He knew very well that if the Eldest Young Lady really wanted to find someone to be Xu Tian's sparring partner, she would definitely choose the Tang family's chief shadow guard and bodyguard team commander, Chen Xiaoxiao, but this time the Eldest Young Lady chose him.

Bai Lu guessed that this might have something to do with Chen Xiaoxiao failing to protect Mr. Xu last night.

Chen Xiaoxiao had indeed gone too far this time; after all, Mr. Xu was the Eldest Young Lady's man. No matter how unconvinced she was, she shouldn't have made a joke of his safety, and even less should she have defied the Eldest Young Lady's orders.

"Bai Lu, from now on you are my combat teacher. Please guide me."

Xu Tian didn't catch the reluctance in Bai Lu's words and specifically added: "However, my physical stamina is relatively poor, so let's start practicing from low-intensity moves."

Bai Lu nodded numbly.

Are you kidding? If someone who could single-handedly take on the Tang family's top ten shadow guards in half an hour was considered to have poor stamina, then they might as well all change careers and go home to farm.

Shouldn't it be him and the brothers present who needed to take lessons and train properly!

Seeing Xu Tian acting as if it were only natural to seriously learn martial arts from Bai Lu, the others around them looked at each other, all feeling confused.

Looking at Xu Tian's performance, it didn't look like he was deliberately being humble to strike at them!

Could it be that he didn't remember what happened last night, nor that he had almost wiped out the Tang family's bodyguard team?

What kind of operation was this?

Why did they feel like Xu Tian was like Popeye from the cartoons?

It's just that Popeye transforms when he eats spinach, while Xu Tian seems to become stronger when stimulated, and then remembers nothing the next day.

Before, they didn't understand why the Eldest Young Lady would fall for a pretty boy who couldn't do anything. Now it seemed their perspective was too narrow; who could have imagined that Xu Tian would transform at a critical moment?

"By the way, where is Yun Shuo?" Xu Tian suddenly thought of the drunken Yun Shuo.

He only remembered getting into a fight with those people who came to pick a quarrel yesterday, and then, lacking stamina, he was hit in the back of the head and passed out. He had no impression of what happened afterward.

"I had A Wei send people to take him home," Tang Bingyan said.

"He wasn't injured, was he?" Xu Tian asked worriedly.

A Wei replied: "No, when we arrived, those people hadn't had time to do anything. Mr. Yun Shuo is very safe."

"Mm, then I'll go give him a call."

Xu Tian greeted Tang Bingyan and walked slowly out of the living room.

Passing by Chen Xiaoxiao and Xiao Can, his gaze only shifted slightly toward them, and then he walked past without looking sideways.

He had no interest in evaluating the behavior of Chen Xiaoxiao and Xiao Can. He had long been accustomed to Chen Xiaoxiao's attitude, so he was not surprised by her behavior of refusing to help.

Encountering danger yesterday was because his own skills were inferior to others; it didn't have much to do with anyone else.

He had to constantly improve his own strength and couldn't wait for others to help every time, but he wouldn't plead for these two in front of Tang Bingyan either.

They should bear the consequences of the mistakes they made themselves.

After Xu Tian left, the atmosphere in the living room became heavy once again.

Chen Xiaoxiao lowered her head, biting her lip tightly, waiting for Tang Bingyan's punishment.

Last night, she had originally just wanted to teach Xu Tian a lesson, but she didn't expect to blow things out of proportion. If the Eldest Young Lady wanted to punish her, she could only accept it.

The bodyguards around them didn't even dare to breathe loudly. Although this matter had nothing to do with them, when Tang Bingyan was angry, the entire Tang family was in a state of everyone fearing for themselves.

As the Eldest Young Lady's personal shadow guard and bodyguard team commander, Chen Xiaoxiao was duty-bound.

Even if everyone present knew that Chen Xiaoxiao had a prejudice against Xu Tian, duty was duty; one could not defy Tang Bingyan's orders because of personal feelings.

Everyone held their breath, waiting for Tang Bingyan to announce the punishment decision for Chen Xiaoxiao.

Soon, that cold, emotionless voice sounded: "Chen Xiaoxiao has been derelict in her duty. From now on, she is removed from the position of Tang family bodyguard commander. Until the next round of assessments begins, all scheduling and arrangements for the bodyguard team will be the responsibility of Bai Lu."

Chen Xiaoxiao raised her head abruptly, looking at Tang Bingyan in disbelief.

She had been by Tang Bingyan's side since she was a child and was considered one of Tang Bingyan's most trusted subordinates.

Tang Bingyan was actually this heartless!

The other bodyguards were also struck dumb after hearing Tang Bingyan's decision.

Being directly removed from her position was already considered the most severe punishment for Chen Xiaoxiao.

Last time, when Chen Xiaoxiao privately concealed news about Xu Tian, she was only given lashes.

It was evident that this time she had truly touched Tang Bingyan's inverse scale. ===== CHAPTER 226 =====