After casually "instructing" Tang Zhendong a few words, Lin Feng had no intention of speaking further. He waved at Tang Rou, who was standing on the balcony watching him, and then got into his car and drove away directly.

Tang Rou saw Tang Zhendong standing there with a sullen expression, watching Lin Feng drive away, and her heart couldn’t help but tighten. She didn’t know what Tang Zhendong said to Lin Feng, nor how Lin Feng’s attitude was in the end, but seeing them part unhappily made her very worried. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

After Lin Feng left, Tang Zhendong stood in place, stunned for a long time. He thought about Lin Feng’s unfriendly tone before leaving, feeling a bit speechless, "This kid really thinks he’s somebody, daring to order me like that! He starts some lousy martial hall and thinks he’s doing business? Invites me casually, not even sending a formal invitation, what does he mean by that! I wouldn’t bother visiting your lousy place even if I had time..."

Tang Zhendong didn’t think much of it, casually shook his head, and then headed home.

Returning home, Tang Zhendong saw Tang Rou with a tense face, pitifully staring at him, looking as if she wanted to speak but was hesitating. He felt a bit heartbroken.

Lin Feng, that kid, caused trouble; otherwise, he wouldn’t have deliberately done such a thing to break up the couple!

Tang Zhendong gently stroked Tang Rou’s hair on her forehead, speaking calmly, "Tang Rou, don’t stay at school for now these days. I’ll have your Uncle Guo take and pick you up from school..."

"Dad..." Tang Rou ignored Tang Zhendong’s words, looking at him with reddened eyes, asking with a sobbing tone, "You didn’t really tell Lin Feng those things, did you... He’s still a student, how can you demand so much from him!"

Seeing Tang Rou’s sorrowful expression, Tang Zhendong’s face stiffened a bit, but remembering Lin Feng inviting him to the martial hall’s opening ceremony, he decided not to speak too harshly for now.

"Lin Feng is not as weak as you think..." Tang Zhendong forced a smile, "He’s already doing business. The martial hall is going to open next month, and he just invited me to watch the opening ceremony..."

Tang Rou was stunned for a moment, a hint of surprise in her eyes, "Really? That’s great, since Lin Feng has started doing business, then you definitely won’t refuse him anymore, right?!"

"Let’s wait and see then..." Tang Zhendong coughed lightly, shaking his head, "Right now, nothing has been seen, everything is intangible, I advise you not to have too much hope..."

"Of course I believe in Lin Feng!" Tang Rou showed an excited expression, "Since it’s Lin Feng’s industry, the scale must be grand, and the scene must be shocking!"

"You sure have a lot of confidence in him..." Tang Zhendong teased Tang Rou with a remark, "No wonder everyone says girls look outward, you’re not even close to marriage yet, already speaking for Lin Feng so much, aren’t you worried about me getting upset?"

Tang Rou was a bit surprised. She sensed that Tang Zhendong wasn’t very determined to keep her away from Lin Feng anymore, guessing their conversation might have taken a turn for the better. Her mood improved, starting to tease and coax Tang Zhendong, trying her best to speak highly of Lin Feng by his ear, attempting to change her father’s rigid impression of Lin Feng...

Watching Tang Rou trying so hard, Tang Zhendong felt both heartache and resentment towards Lin Feng silently, what merit does this kid have to let Tang Rou make such efforts for him?!

...

Driving away from the Tang family, Lin Feng received an unexpected phone call on the highway, hearing Xu Yishan’s somewhat aged voice from the other end...

"Kid, come over when you have time, I have something to discuss with you!"

Xu Yishan, accustomed to being a big shot, took no politeness with Lin Feng, directly commanding him.

Considering the need to invite some real martial artists to the martial hall’s opening ceremony, Lin Feng actually wanted to meet Xu Yishan most. He initially thought about how not to make an awkward visit, but Xu Yishan took the initiative to contact him, like finding a pillow when sleepy!

However, Lin Feng still had to appear a bit reserved, casually asking Xu Yishan, "Old Xu, what is it you need me for?"

"We’ll talk when you get here..." Xu Yishan didn’t explain, directly responding before hanging up the call.

Lin Feng pursed his lips, having no choice but to drive to Xu’s manor on the outskirts of Jiangzhou City according to his memory. After parking the car, he followed two young men with weapons at their waists into the house, seeing Xu Yishan and Bai Yuanshan, the former and current Gang Leader of Hong Sect, sipping tea...

Upon entering the living room, Xu Yishan waved off the two juniors who brought Lin Feng in, starting to scrutinize Lin Feng seriously.

Sitting beside him, Bai Yuanshan also wore a smile, looking at Lin Feng warmly, having something in mind.

Seeing them not inclined to speak, Lin Feng also stayed silent, directly sitting on a chair at the tea table in front of Xu Yishan and Bai Yuanshan, casually picking up a clean teacup, washing it twice, and starting to pour himself a cup of aromatic tea, drinking it all in one go...

"All these years, you’re the first young person to be so brazen, directly drinking my tea in front of me..." Xu Yishan showed a teasing smile in his eyes, speaking warmly to Lin Feng, "Lin Feng, aren’t you afraid of offending me?"

Bai Yuanshan listened to Xu Yishan’s words, also smiling broadly at Lin Feng. He wondered how Lin Feng would respond, knowing Lin Feng is also a martial artist and should understand Xu Yishan is an Innate master, realizing what being Innate entails—normally wouldn’t dare act so arrogantly in front of Xu Yishan. Yet why does Lin Feng dare to pour tea from Xu Yishan’s teapot without even speaking?

"Would that offend someone?" Lin Feng smiled innocently, picking up the teapot again, pouring himself another cup of aromatic tea and casually drinking it before speaking, "I didn’t know... As they say, a guest is a guest, though I’m young, I’m still a guest. Logically, Old Xu, you should pour tea for me, doing it myself saves you effort, isn’t that a good thing?"

That’s actually a good thing?! Xu Yishan was so infuriated his beard nearly stood up. Did this kid realize the value of this teapot of top-grade Huangshan Maofeng? Talking about being a guest, Xu had lived nearly eighty years, never been courteous to anyone, was this kid looking for trouble?

"You really have guts... I now understand a bit why Ning Fuxun would find you to manage that martial hall..."