Chapter 25: The Bet on Suzaku Street

“We’re betting the shops on Suzaku Street, south of the city! If I lose, those shops in the south go to your Jiang family. If you lose, those shops in the north go to our Lin family.”

The shops on Suzaku Street south of the city had originally been Jiang family property. Back when the aristocratic families of Tiancheng City held their great competition, Lin Qingshan defeated the Jiang family’s eldest son, and the Jiang family gave the southern shops to the Lin family.

Now that he had a chance to take those shops back, Jiang Feinian wasn’t about to pass it up.

On the high platform, Lin Xuanzhong was getting restless. His son had lost the match and lost face, but that didn’t matter. He hadn’t held much hope for him anyway. But the shops on Suzaku Street south of the city were now family property. How could they be casually used as a bet?

“This unfilial son!”

Lin Feiyuan was already on the fighting stage. With so many people around, Lin Xuanzhong couldn’t yell at him, so he had someone call Lin Yaoyao over.

“Little Five, go stop your brother. Tell him not to act foolish. He’s no match for Jiang Feinian. Those shops are worth a lot. It would be a pity to just hand them over for nothing!”

The old man was truly anxious. He pointed at Lin Feiyuan on the stage, his expression stern, his face livid.

“This little brat! When he comes down, I’m going to tear his mouth apart. If you’re going to compete, then compete. Why is he betting with people!”

Cough, cough, cough…

Lin Yaoyao quickly patted Lin Xuanzhong on the back. The old man was furious, and Lin Feiyuan wouldn’t escape a beating.

“Father, it was me who had Third Brother make that bet with Jiang Feinian!”

“Ah…”

Lin Xuanzhong shouted. Lin Yaoyao was startled and took half a step back. The old man had quite a loud voice.

“Don’t worry, Father! Third Brother will win!”

Lin Xuanzhong couldn’t believe Lin Yaoyao had put him up to it. He was sure Lin Yaoyao was covering for Lin Feiyuan.

‘Third Brother, best of luck to you!’

Lin Yaoyao retreated behind Lin Xuanzhong and stood on the high platform, seriously watching the match, looking obedient and well-behaved.

On the stage, Lin Feiyuan and Jiang Feinian had reached their bet, and the match officially began.

Before the match, Lin Yaoyao had been troubled. Lin Feiyuan had Lin Xuanzhong’s life tablet, so others couldn’t hurt him. But he was only at Qi Refining Layer 3, and hurting someone else was another problem.

She had planned to play it by ear, dealing with things as they came.

Unexpectedly, to save Shen Bai, she had gotten a backlash talisman from the system. With that, winning was simple.

Lin Feiyuan’s opponent was Jiang Feinian, the second young master of the Jiang family. The Jiang family had deep pockets. With such a fat sheep, it would be a pity not to fleece him.

Lin Yaoyao had Lin Feiyuan deliberately provoke and anger Jiang Feinian, luring him into the bet.

This fight killed two birds with one stone. With the backlash talisman, Lin Feiyuan was sure to win. Everything was going according to Lin Yaoyao’s plan.

Jiang Feinian and Lin Feiyuan struck at the same time. Jiang Feinian suffered the backlash from the talisman, and was also cut by Lin Feiyuan’s sword aura. In a single exchange, he spat blood and fell.

The whole audience was stunned. Lin Feiyuan had defeated Jiang Feinian in one move.

“Yaoyao, this… what happened? Yuan’er… won?”

Lin Xuanzhong was so excited he couldn’t speak properly. Lin Yaoyao started the applause.

“Third Brother, you’re amazing!”

Below the stage, Lin Feiyuan’s group of friends also shouted encouragement.

Jiang Feinian was a smart man. Although he didn’t understand why Lin Feiyuan had suddenly become so powerful, he knew he couldn’t keep fighting. If he didn’t concede quickly, the look in Lin Feiyuan’s eyes said he really might take the chance to kill him.

“I concede!”

Jiang Feinian conceded. Lin Feiyuan won this match. Before leaving the stage, he specifically reminded Jiang Feinian to deliver the deed contracts for the shops on the north side of Suzaku Street to the Lin residence within three days.

Under the eyes of everyone, Jiang Feinian didn’t dare go back on his word, and reluctantly agreed.

Seeing Jiang Feinian’s deflated look, Lin Feiyuan was absolutely delighted.

He planned to show off to his band of rich friends, but as soon as he got off the stage, he was called away by Lin Xuanzhong’s people.

When he got close to Lin Xuanzhong, Lin Yaoyao winked at him to keep his head down and stay quiet. The old man was angry at the moment.

But Lin Feiyuan had no sense of the occasion. He was grinning broadly at Lin Yaoyao.

‘Idiot, you won’t be smiling in a moment.’

“Unfilial son, kneel down!”

Lin Xuanzhong’s anger was even worse than Lin Yaoyao had thought. The old man’s temper had grown.

Lin Feiyuan was bewildered and looked at Lin Yaoyao. What was going on? He had won the match, why was his father still upset?

“Father, so many people are watching. Third Brother just won the match. This isn’t good. If we have something to say, we can talk about it behind closed doors.”

Lin Yaoyao hugged Lin Xuanzhong’s arm and acted coquettishly. After thinking it over, Lin Xuanzhong felt that since the child was grown, it really wasn’t appropriate.

Lin Feiyuan wanted to argue, but Lin Yaoyao stopped him with a look. This time he understood, kept his mouth shut, and quietly moved behind Lin Yaoyao.

“Yaoyao, what’s going on? Why is Father so angry?”

Lin Yaoyao shook her head, not letting him keep asking. She was afraid that if he asked more questions, the old man would get worked up again.

Many of the spectators on the high platform were familiar with Lin Xuanzhong. When they saw the two siblings of the Lin family standing behind him, they came over to offer congratulations.

Disciples of Tiancheng Academy had certain privileges in the Tiancheng Kingdom, and the most outstanding ones were sought after by many.

“Patriarch Lin, congratulations! The young master and young miss have a bright future ahead!”

Lin Xuanzhong had Lin Yaoyao and Lin Feiyuan thank the well-wishers. The siblings bowed with folded fists and returned the courtesy, very properly.

Lin Yaoyao and Lin Feiyuan stood respectfully behind Lin Xuanzhong on the high platform. After watching two matches on the stage, both of them wanted to go down.

“Father, Yan’er’s match is about to start. She needs me for something. I’ll go down first.”

Lin Yaoyao spoke up first. Lin Xuanzhong told her to be careful and not run around off the stage.

Seeing that Lin Yaoyao was about to leave, Lin Feiyuan didn’t want to stay up there a second longer. He had been standing with his back straight just for show, and it was exhausting.

“Yaoyao, Lu Yan’er said she wanted me for something too. I’ll go with you.”

Lin Yaoyao glared at him. Idiot, why did you reuse the same excuse? Couldn’t you make up a new one?

Lin Xuanzhong understood and didn’t expose them, letting them go.

Earlier on the high platform, with Lin Xuanzhong there, Lin Feiyuan hadn’t found a chance to ask Lin Yaoyao where the talisman she gave him before he went up had come from.

“Yaoyao, that talisman you gave me is amazing. Which shop sells it? Can we buy a few more?”

The system shop sold it, but he couldn’t buy it. Lin Yaoyao let out an awkward laugh.

“That… I happened to meet a reclusive great master, and he gave it to me.”

In the future, she would exchange all kinds of things from the system shop. If it happened too often, it would inevitably raise suspicion. Lin Yaoyao figured that having a reclusive great master would explain it.

“A reclusive great master? That’s incredible. Can you introduce me? I want to take him as my master too.”

Lin Feiyuan believed her and pestered her to find the great master, even saying he wanted to become the man’s disciple.

Lin Yaoyao had to say that the great master had a strange temper, appearing and disappearing without a trace, and even she couldn’t find him. It was always the other party who showed up on their own.

Lin Yaoyao patched together a story to fob him off.

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