Chapter 30
Was it because of family affection? It must be - father still wasn't the type to disown all relatives.
Soon, Little Uncle's hope was shattered...
"Because her fate can still bring benefits to the Mo family, so they didn't drive her out." The Young Miss answered. She had gotten this answer before, which made her somewhat disappointed in her grandfather.
"..." Little Uncle fell silent.
At this moment, Lin Yi on the side spoke up: "Seventh Sister, although your fate is unfortunate, I still must defeat you."
"??" The girl looked toward Lin Yi, not understanding his statement.
To Lin Yi, he was definitely stronger than the girl, so he said "defeat" rather than saying he wanted to spar with the girl again.
The girl had little contact with the outside world, so she didn't know Lin Yi's way of thinking. She just felt Lin Yi was very strange - clearly she had defeated him, yet he said the opposite.
Actually, if it were someone else, perhaps this matter wouldn't be like this. Lin Yi was someone extremely wanting to prove his abilities and wouldn't admit his failure, especially in front of everyone.
So unlike ordinary people who would directly fight the girl again to verify their strength, he insisted on finding a witness to prove his strength to everyone.
"Impossible." The girl shook her head. "I cannot fulfill your request."
"Are you afraid?" Lin Yi raised his head, seeming to say: See, what happened before was just luck.
"I'm not afraid. I just won't fake things. Xiaoyao said we're all good children who don't lie." the girl said faintly.
"That definitely wasn't the original words. That kid obviously isn't a good person..." The Young Miss muttered to herself.
The Young Miss was wrong. Actually, these were the original words, but Xiaoyao had said this when he was very young, to the girl. At that time, Xiaoyao was teaching the girl certain things...
"Fake? Fake what?" Lin Yi asked in confusion.
"You want to defeat me, which means you want me to let you win. Isn't that faking?" The girl glanced inside and said without much care.
"What do you mean?" Lin Yi's face immediately changed. "Are you saying my strength is inferior to yours, that I'm the one who was defeated?"
"Isn't that so? You were just defeated by me." The girl remained just as unconcerned.
"You... fine, then let's do it again. I'll see who defeats whom." Lin Yi was furious, red-faced - anyone could see his anger.
Being defeated made him very angry, and the girl's unconcerned attitude, as if she completely didn't put him in her eyes, made him even angrier.
What he disliked most was others not taking him seriously, especially in the Mo family - being looked down upon by Mo family members.
"Is this necessary?" The girl still spoke so plainly. She felt things had already been clarified just now - it was already fact and didn't need proving again.
"Yes, very necessary." Lin Yi shouted loudly, his tone seeming to carry some anger.
"It seems you're serious. Xiaoyao said when someone is serious, you should face others' requests properly. Since that's the case, I'll admit defeat and let you defeat me." the girl said somewhat seriously.
"..." The Young Miss discovered a very serious problem - the girl before her seemed to be influenced by Xiaoyao, and quite severely.
Basically the girl used Xiaoyao's words as her standard. If Xiaoyao taught her some random nonsense, that would be troublesome.
This was understandable though - the girl seemed to have always been isolated. The only person she could contact was Xiaoyao alone. For over ten years, he was the only one.
It would be strange if she wasn't influenced by Xiaoyao.
"I don't want you to admit defeat like this. I want you to be defeated by my hands. I don't need fake victories." Lin Yi roared angrily.
"You're really annoying. You won't let me fake it, yet you want me defeated by your hands. This is impossible to achieve. Unless you become stronger than me in the future - otherwise, come back later." the girl frowned slightly.
"..."
The Young Miss and Little Uncle fell silent. They both felt the girl before them was truly too powerful. Wasn't this plainly telling Lin Yi that his current strength was inferior to hers? Such stimulating words spoken so naturally from this girl's mouth was what the two found most speechless.
"Hahahaha... Then let's fight now and see who's stronger." Lin Yi didn't get angry but laughed instead. This wasn't because he had opened his mind, but because he was already furious to the extreme and could explode at any moment. Yes, explode, not erupt, because he had already erupted long ago.
"I..." the girl replied.
"..."
Hey hey, that wasn't a question - you don't need to answer.
The Young Miss looked inside, wanting to rush in and ask Xiaoyao what he had taught her Seventh Sister to become. However, at this moment the Young Miss didn't do this, because what happened next was a very exciting battle that surprised her.
Although this battle's speed was also unexpectedly fast, ending before people could get enough of it.
"Please."
Lin Yi's veins were already showing. After saying this once, he immediately launched his attack. Though he seemed urgent, at least he was still polite and properly announced the start.
"Oh, please." The girl wasn't familiar with this, but hearing that she should return courtesy, she politely replied the same way, then just stood there in a daze.
Right, she was dazing. Watching Lin Yi's attack, she was dazing - at least in this moment she was doing so.
"Ah..."
When Lin Yi attacked, both the Young Miss and Little Uncle confirmed one thing - this Lin Yi indeed had extraordinary strength as rumored.
The Young Miss hadn't felt how strong Lin Yi was earlier. Now she understood - this Lin Yi was at least much stronger than her, and perhaps could even match Nangong Suxin in battle.
The Young Miss immediately thought of Nangong Suxin, not because she had deep memories of her, but because among the young generation in Qingyun City, she felt Nangong Suxin was slightly stronger.
Elders? There was no comparison there.
Lin Yi's attack was the essence of Mo family boxing techniques. The explosive fist energy made the air produce piercing sounds. Anyone could see Lin Yi's minimum level from this momentum and feel this punch's fierce power.
Unstoppable.
Well, within a certain range, his punch was unstoppable.
Both the Young Miss and Little Uncle felt that they themselves or the girl opposite should be within this range. Under such fist momentum, the first thing to do was avoid its sharp edge - this had to be done immediately.
But the girl before them didn't do this. She was dazing in the first moment.
Regarding this phenomenon, the Young Miss's thought was either the girl couldn't dodge, or she didn't know she needed to dodge due to insufficient battle experience.
In the Young Miss's feeling, it was definitely because the girl had insufficient battle experience. The girl had never been exposed to outside matters, so naturally she lacked battle experience.
To act or not to act?
After "figuring it out," the Young Miss considered whether to intervene. If she acted, it would inevitably displease Lin Yi, and this was a normal sparring match - she had no good reason to stop it.
But if she didn't act, she feared Lin Yi couldn't hold back and would harm the girl. This made her conflicted. She now only hoped Lin Yi knew his limits. From rumors about Lin Yi, she felt he wouldn't be someone who disregarded everything and should know restraint.
While the Young Miss was considering this problem, the situation changed in a way that surprised and delighted her.
The girl's hand moved. Just as Lin Yi's fist was about to reach, she moved, and her movement was somewhat unclear.
The situation was: when you saw her move, her hand suddenly disappeared for an instant from its previously motionless position, then in the next instant, her hand was already at Lin Yi's punching arm.
Block.
The girl used her small hand to block, changing Lin Yi's punch path, while her own body made another "disappearance," instantly side-stepping to avoid Lin Yi's attack.
Then the girl borrowed force to counter force, lightly striking Lin Yi's exposed back with a hand chop, making Lin Yi stagger forward several steps.
All these movements could be described as "slow to speak but quick to happen" - all completed in an instant.
"..."
After that instant, Lin Yi also stopped his steps. His strength was there, and the girl's attack wasn't a heavy blow. Though it wasn't as light as it appeared on the surface, he could still react in an instant.
"It seems I underestimated you too much." Lin Yi acted as if nothing had happened, maintaining his lofty attitude.
"Mm, you were careless." The girl nodded slightly. "But this makes no difference - the result is the same."
"Boss, don't speak like that - it stimulates people." At this moment, Xiaoyao appeared in the courtyard somehow, still wearing kitchen clothes. He had obviously run out midway.
"But... I was stating facts..." the girl thought for a moment before speaking.
"You can be more tactful and not so direct. Some people can't accept facts." Xiaoyao said, adding: "Cousin Young Master, I'm not saying you can't accept facts. I'm just teaching my boss some things. She's never been outside since childhood, so she doesn't really know how to interact with people."
"..."
Something that wasn't very obvious originally - by emphasizing it like this, wasn't he making it clear that he was talking about Lin Yi, saying he couldn't accept facts...
"Okay, I'll try. Sorry, you still need to work hard. You might surpass me in the future. People should look forward to it." The girl raised her head, thought for a long time, then spoke these words.
"..." Little Uncle fell silent, and at this moment the Young Miss leaned against the wall - she felt her stomach was starting to hurt.
It's so hard to hold back laughter!!
(End of Chapter)