Ow, my back!
Evan Lin glanced at Gloria Rong, his brows slightly furrowed, but he didn't respond.
A few heirs trailing behind Leon Lu had already run past Evan Lin, not paying much attention to him as they hurried by. All their focus was on searching for the elusive Master Lin from Seacrest.
Pointing-to-Mystery Realm experts are hard to come by.
You can see just how rare they are.
Besides, the so-called Master Lin on the ring is still kneeling there, totally down for the count.
"Gloria's talking to you. Can't you understand what people are saying, or what?"
Barry Shen, who'd had his eyes opened by today's chaos but realized he wouldn't get any benefit out of it, felt annoyed deep down. Seeing Evan Lin ignore Gloria Rong, Barry stepped forward, pointed at Evan's nose, and was about to speak up for Gloria.
But before Barry even finished his first sentence, his beady eyes still glaring and mouth wide open, Evan Lin slapped him straight to the floor.
Someone yelled at Evan Lin, but still didn't dare come closer: "Don't go thinking you're some big shot! Gloria treats you as a friend—what are the rest of us, chopped liver?"
"Ow, my poor waist!"
Barry clutched his waist, sprawled on the ground, groaning in pain.
"What do you think you're doing!"
"You actually dare hit someone?"
Baby Yuan, what's up? Can you get up or not?
A few people shouted, and Gloria Rong's face instantly soured.
But a lot of people were so shocked by Evan Lin's slap that they stayed rooted to the spot, not daring to make another move.
Leon Lu, who'd gone off searching for Master Lin from Seacrest with his phone, was already back with his crew.
"If it wasn't for you being Gloria's friend, do you really think you'd have the right to eat with us?"
Someone yelled at Evan Lin, but still didn't dare come closer: "Don't really think you're some big shot! Gloria treats you as a friend—what do you take the rest of us for?"
"You actually dared to hit Baby Yuan? I don't think you realize your place around here!"
The guy shouted loudly, looking furious, then turned to Gloria Rong and said, "Sister Gloria, what do you want to do about this?"
"We gave this kid plenty of face, but not only did he not appreciate it, he went and hit Baby Yuan!"
"That's right, we need an explanation."
"None of us have ever been insulted like this! What kind of situation is this? We treated him politely, and he just hit someone out of nowhere?"
A few people shouted, and Gloria Rong's face instantly turned ugly.
She glanced at Barry Shen and the others, then at Evan Lin standing there unfazed, still trying to figure out the best way to handle this.
Meanwhile, Leon Lu, who'd gone off with his phone to look for Master Lin from Seacrest, had already returned with a group.
"That Master Lin guy ran way too fast. We were gone for just a bit and he's vanished without a trace."
Leon Lu sighed as he walked back, and a few heirs in his circle also seemed regretful. "Too bad, I was hoping to get to know him."
"Experts like that are really hard to find. Maybe someday we should take a trip to Seacrest and see if we can track down Master Lin from Seacrest?"
Someone suggested it, but Leon Lu just shook his head, neither agreeing nor refusing.
They all knew that people like that aren't someone you can just meet whenever you want.
"What's going on with you guys?"
Leon Lu led his group back and saw Gloria Rong looking upset, while Barry Shen and the others were all fuming.
"I could hear you guys yelling from over there. What happened?"
Leon Lu was a bit annoyed, glancing at Evan Lin's back—something about that silhouette seemed familiar, but he didn't think much of it.
Seeing Leon walk over, Barry Shen, still groaning in pain on the ground, perked up and couldn't help crying out, "Leon! You have to stand up for me!"
We're just here to mess around and have fun, right? Look, I treated this guy as Gloria's friend, so I was nice to him, but what does he do? Turns around and slaps me!
Barry Shen called out shakily, his voice quivering from the pain.
"All Baby Yuan did was say one sentence to him, and he just went and hit someone!"
"He didn't just disrespect us—he didn't give Sister Gloria any face either!"
"Gloria, even if he's your friend, he hit someone—shouldn't he at least apologize?"
The others perked up when Leon Lu and his group arrived.
Leon Lu and his circle had real status, and Leon himself was a martial expert. Barry Shen and his friends were hoping he'd stand up for them.
"A-Yue?"
Leon glanced at Gloria Rong, seeing her torn expression, and mostly understood her predicament.
Leon didn't think much of Barry Shen's crowd—their backgrounds weren't enough to impress him—but they were still Gloria's friends.
As for the kid who'd started the fight.
Leon glanced at his back, walked up, yawned lazily, and said, "Since you're A-Yue's friend, you shouldn't have hit her other friends."
"Getting physical like that isn't really appropriate, is it?"
"How about you give me, Leon Lu, some face and apologize to them? Then we'll call it even. What do you say?"
Leon spoke up. Barry Shen and his friends, who had hoped Leon would rough Evan Lin up, were dissatisfied, but didn't dare say anything.
As long as they saved face, that was enough.
"Give you face?"
A faint voice rang out. Leon Lu raised an eyebrow, and the heirs beside him—all of whom hadn't really looked at Evan Lin before—now turned their attention, squinting at his back.
Barry Shen and the others were startled, while Gloria Rong sighed, deciding not to say anything for now.
"Sorry, but I don't have any extra face to give you."
As soon as Evan Lin spoke, Leon Lu's expression changed.
He narrowed his eyes, his gaze predatory like a wolf, and suddenly reached out lightning-fast, grabbing for Evan Lin's shoulder.
He formed his hand into a claw, striking out with one swift move!