Chapter 666 - 180: I See You’re Quite Handsome; You Must Be in a Mountain of Debt, Right?

Chapter 666: Chapter 180: I See You’re Quite Handsome; You Must Be in a Mountain of Debt, Right?

When Shi Hao heard the accusation, he flew into a rage, flailing his limbs in the air. "Peeking at skirts? That’s a baseless accusation! I..."

"Hao, hold on a minute." Chu Fan raised a hand to cut off his defense and looked calmly at Wang Yiyi. "An accusation like that requires proof. You say Hao was peeking at a girl’s skirt. Do you have a witness?"

Wang Yiyi sneered, tilting her head to look at the brocade-robed young man beside her and lifting her chin. "Of course I do. My younger brother, Wang Dandan, saw it."

Chu Fan followed her gaze to Wang Dandan.

This Wang Dandan was dashingly handsome, holding a folding fan with a graceful air. He gave off the impression of a deep schemer who couldn’t quite grasp his own schemes.

Wang Dandan straightened his collar, nodded slightly, and said with a serious expression, "That’s right. I saw it with my own eyes."

Chu Fan stared at him. "My good man, as the saying goes, a lone piece of evidence can’t stand up on its own..."

Wang Dandan froze. "Who? Who can’t get it up?"

Chu Fan replied with a deadpan expression, "...You."

Wang Dandan flew into a rage, snapping his fan shut. "You’re full of shit!"

Wang Yiyi slapped Wang Dandan on the back of his head.

She felt as if all their momentum had just been cut in half.

Just then, Shi Hao, who was being choked to the point of suffocation, could finally take no more and roared, "To hell with your ’standing up’! I was only looking because she had a leaf stuck to the back of her skirt! It looked like a big, withered yellow tail, so I couldn’t help but take a second look!"

"I was a good ten feet away from her! How could I have been peeking under her skirt?!"

"Hm?"

Hearing this, Wang Yiyi paused, suspiciously loosened her grip, and turned to look behind her shy cousin.

Sure enough.

On the hem of the pink silk skirt, a large, withered yellow leaf was indeed hanging there, swaying in the wind. It was, admittedly, quite comical.

It was an incredibly awkward moment.

"Oh... so it was a misunderstanding."

Wang Yiyi was surprisingly direct about it, releasing her grip.

THUD. Shi Hao landed hard on his butt.

Wang Yiyi dusted off her hands as if nothing had happened. "Well, that’s that, then."

With that, she turned to leave with her brother.

Shi Hao scrambled up from the ground, furious and about to explode.

’Who did she think he was?’

’He was Shi Hao, a seasoned Casanova who’d charmed countless women!’

’He always checked out beauties openly and had never once been caught in a bad spot.’

’But this time, he wasn’t even looking at a woman! He was just staring at a damned leaf out of some stupid compulsion, and he got framed as a pervert!’

’This was the last straw!’

"Hold it."

A level, authoritative voice rang out.

With a flash of movement, Chu Fan appeared before Wang Yiyi and her brother, blocking their path.

"What do you mean, ’that’s that’?"

Chu Fan said, "You two, in front of this huge crowd, slandered my brother, calling him a pervert. You nearly got him socially canceled in front of thousands of people in Qing Province. And now you think you can just drop a casual ’that’s that’ and walk away?"

"What did you just say?" Both Wang Yiyi and Wang Dandan stopped short. They turned back, frowning at Chu Fan.

Chu Fan crossed his arms and grinned. "The reasoning is simple. If Hao had really been caught red-handed peeking under a skirt, I wouldn’t have a single thing to say no matter how you dealt with him."

"But since he didn’t do it, and you falsely accused him in front of so many people, you’ve not only damaged his reputation, you’ve also smeared the name of the Demon Suppression Bureau."

"I’m a Demon Suppression Guard. I can’t just let this go."

"And if I can’t handle it, then we’ll let Lord Leng handle it."

Tension crackled in the air.

Wang Yiyi narrowed her eyes, turned, and walked back step by step until she was right in front of Chu Fan, their noses almost touching.

Everyone around them thought this hot-tempered young lady was about to attack.

But to everyone’s surprise, Wang Yiyi suddenly took a step back and declared with an air of righteousness, "Fine! You’re right! One must take responsibility for one’s actions. This was Dandan’s doing, so Dandan will be the one to take responsibility."

Chu Fan and Shi Hao: "..."

The surrounding crowd: "..."

Something about this turn of events felt... wrong.

Wang Yiyi unhesitatingly reached out and clapped the dumbfounded Wang Dandan heavily on the shoulder, saying in a solemn, meaningful tone, "Little bro, you’re the one who started this mess. You’re the one who slandered a Demon Suppression Guard of the Demon Suppression Bureau."

"This has nothing to do with the Wang Family, and it especially has nothing to do with me, your dear older sister."

"You handle it yourself. I have faith in you."

Wang Dandan’s eyes went wide as he stared at his own sister in disbelief. "Sis?? Are you even my real sister? Aren’t you supposed to protect me at a time like this?"

Wang Yiyi gazed into the distance, her eyes filled with a world-weary sorrow. "It was on a dark and stormy night twenty-two years ago, the wind was howling, and Dad found a little baby by the corner of a wall..."

"Stop!"

Wang Dandan clutched his forehead, looking as if he was about to have a breakdown. He whipped around, glared viciously at Chu Fan, and said with the desperation of someone with nothing left to lose, "What do you want?"

Chu Fan smiled faintly, finally revealing his true intentions. "I hear the Wang Family’s treasury still has a few ’Flowers of the Melting Core’ of excellent quality."

"I’m not asking for much. Give me one, and we’ll call this matter settled. Everyone saves face."

Wang Dandan tilted his head, his gaze suddenly sharpening. "We do have the ’Flower of the Melting Core.’ But what if I refuse to give it to you?"

’The Wang Family is a powerful clan in Qing Province, and I, Wang Dandan, am a genuine Third Heaven of the Bright Heart Realm. How can I let someone blackmail me?’

Chu Fan’s smile widened, taking on an almost gentle quality.

In a soft voice that only those nearby could hear, he said, "If you don’t give it to me, I’ll beat you until you’re severely injured."

"You won’t even be able to step into the arena for the Profound Origin Secret Realm tournament."

"At that point, the Young Master of the Wang Family withdrawing from the tournament due to injury... that’s a far bigger scandal than peeking at a skirt."

As his voice fell, the air around them seemed to freeze for a moment, followed by a dead silence.

Immediately after—

An explosion of disbelieving whispers surged through the crowd like a tidal wave.

"Is this Demon Suppression Guard insane? How dare he be so arrogant as to threaten the Wang Family’s Young Master?"

"The Wang Family’s Young Master was in the wrong, sure, but is that Guard crazy? Can he really seriously injure Wang Dandan? He’s in the Bright Heart Realm!"

"Wang Dandan might not be on the level of his monstrous sister, but he’s still a genuine Third Heaven of the Bright Heart Realm! Where did this kid pop out from?"