Martial Arts Master in the City

All the beers were opened, and Ye Xiao was holding a bottle of beer without even checking the brand, leaning back on the sofa and squinting around. Clearly, he was here to find some pretty women to feast his eyes on. If he didn't see any beauties tonight, then it would be quite disappointing.

"Hello!"

After an unknown length of time, a voice interrupted Ye Xiao's search for beauties.

Ye Xiao raised his head to look at the woman speaking to him, smiling, "Hello!"

"Hey handsome, mind if I sit here?" the woman said with a smile to Ye Xiao.

The woman's appearance could be considered above average, but she carried a feeling that was hard to describe.

"Of course not," Ye Xiao said with a smile to the beauty.

"My name's Song Qingrou, what's your name, handsome?"

"Song Qingrou!" Ye Xiao smiled upon hearing Song Qingrou's name and said, "That's an interesting name. So how should I address you?"

"Call me Rourou, everyone calls me Rourou." Song Qingrou said sweetly.

Ye Xiao said, "Rourou, hmm, much nicer."

Song Qingrou's bell-like laughter rang out again as she asked, "Handsome, now you know my name, but what about yours? If you don't tell me, it's not really fair."

"Well..." Ye Xiao was suddenly a bit troubled. After all, to easily reveal his name, what if Song Qingrou had bad intentions?

Ye Xiao thought it over and said, "I go by Xiao Ge, 'Xiao' as in 'wind-whistling,' and 'Ge' as in 'song!'"

"Xiao Ge, oh my, you're totally exploiting the situation, making me call you 'Ge Ge' which means 'brother'!" Song Qingrou playfully snuggled up to Ye Xiao.

Ye Xiao immediately laughed, "I'm a guy who loves speaking the truth."

"Alright, since you love speaking the truth, tell me why you're here drinking alone." Song Qingrou casually said, as she picked up a bottle of beer, smiling cheerfully, "If you tell the truth, I'll drink this bottle. If you lie, you drink it."

"But how will you determine if I'm telling the truth or lying?" Ye Xiao laughed, "You might end up losing out this way."

"This is called personality!" Song Qingrou said, looking proud.

Ye Xiao wasn't foolish. Although it's said that many women in bars are quite uninhibited these days, he wasn't one to assume women would always make a move on him. Ye Xiao was quite self-aware, knowing it was unlikely a woman would readily throw herself at him because there were more handsome men in bars and many rich second-generation individuals.

Yet, Song Qingrou chose to approach him!

"Alright then, truthfully, I'm not from here. I came to Qiyou City for some small business and heard that the girls here are quite young, so I came to try my luck!" Ye Xiao said smilingly to Song Qingrou.

"There are plenty of beauties in bars; you shouldn't just sit here, are you hoping a beauty would throw herself at you?" Song Qingrou smiled as she looked at Ye Xiao, speaking seemingly casually.

In fact, though Song Qingrou seemed very casual, each time she asked a question, she would steal a glance at Ye Xiao without making it obvious.

Ye Xiao was fully aware of this but acted as if he didn't notice.

"Isn't there a beauty throwing herself at me now? I actually want to charm others with my personality." Ye Xiao said seriously.

Song Qingrou couldn't help but laugh, "Alright, you have a point, I'll drink!"

"No need to drink it all in one go!" Ye Xiao suddenly said.

"Oh?" Song Qingrou was a bit surprised hearing Ye Xiao's words. Men who come to bars typically want to get the women they're drinking with wasted, so they have an opportunity for sordid actions. Song Qingrou looked at Ye Xiao and asked, "What, you can't bear to part with your drink?"

"Of course not. I'm just worried too much alcohol will harm your health," Ye Xiao said softly.

Song Qingrou didn't expect Ye Xiao to say such words, and her wariness towards Ye Xiao diminished somewhat.

Song Qingrou hesitated for a moment, then said, "You're a good man!"

"Really?" Ye Xiao laughed, "I just don't like using getting someone drunk as a way to hit on girls."

"You're indeed special!" Song Qingrou laughed.

At this moment, two or three burly men from the Northern Territory walked over.

"Kid, are you trying to steal our girl?" one of the men said to Ye Xiao.

Ye Xiao immediately looked at the three people with some confusion.

Song Qingrou instantly appeared nervous and quickly snuggled up to Ye Xiao, "Xiao Ge, these three aren't good people, you have to protect me!"

In truth, if it weren't for Song Qingrou's words, he would surely have stopped to teach those three a lesson. But at that moment, he put the thought aside.

"What's the matter, gentlemen?" Ye Xiao said, feigning fear as he looked at the three Northern Territory men.

"This woman is ours. If you dare to fight us for her, I'll make sure you die right here!" One of the burly men said to Ye Xiao, his words essentially as harsh as possible.

Originally intending to provoke Ye Xiao, they didn't expect Ye Xiao to surrender immediately.

"Gentlemen, I think you misunderstood. I don't know this lady," Ye Xiao said.

Song Qingrou heard Ye Xiao's words and frowned, thinking to herself, is this guy really just here to drink?

Those three men initially wanted to reprimand Ye Xiao, yet Ye Xiao remained submissive no matter how they provoked him.

Song Qingrou was taken away by those three men, and Ye Xiao still sat on the sofa.

At this time, many people cast scornful glances at Ye Xiao, but Ye Xiao didn't care. Ye Xiao didn't know what Song Qingrou was getting at, but it was sure that Song Qingrou and those three men were definitely in cahoots.

Ye Xiao felt he should leave now. Since he couldn't figure out their motive, it was better to leave. It was still close to ten, and there wouldn't be too many people outside. If these people came after him, they would also serve well to get questioned for answers.

However, if he suddenly stood up to leave, it would obviously attract attention, so Ye Xiao didn't leave immediately.

Meanwhile, near the bar counter.

"This guy doesn't seem like an undercover cop, but rather an outsider just here to have fun." Previously, Song Qingrou was now reporting to a man with a scar on his face. Clearly, everything that happened was planned by them.

"An outsider? Then let's rip him off good!" Scar-faced man sneered.