As the words fell, Xue Qi darted a few steps to stand in front of Su Hang, blocking his path.
Su Hang's face instantly darkened. After a moment's thought, he said, "How about this, Young Master Xue, let's have a contest. If I win, you let me leave, and we'll have no further trouble with each other. If I lose, I'll do as you wish and work for you for half a month."
"Ha!" Xue Qi laughed, "Are you challenging me?"
Su Hang remained calm, nodding slightly, "You could say that."
The other was from a prominent family, while Su Hang had no background or support. What could he use to compete with him? He didn't want to provoke such a troublesome person for no reason, so he resorted to this last resort. The best and most direct way to deal with such a spoiled brat was to provoke him.
"You actually dare to challenge me?" Xue Qi laughed as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world.
"What? A distinguished young master of the Xue family, are you afraid to accept the challenge?" Su Hang's face was full of sarcasm.
"Afraid? Ha, there's nothing in this world I, Xue Qi, am afraid of." Xue Qi couldn't stand it, "What do you want to compete in?"
A smile curved at the corner of Su Hang's mouth, just as he was about to speak, Xue Qi interrupted him, "Anything but eating."
He had seen Su Hang eat 54 hot dogs in ten minutes. Xue Qi knew he was no match for Su Hang in that area and anticipated that Su Hang would suggest this competition, so he quickly shattered Su Hang's plan before he could speak.
This kid isn't stupid, Su Hang thought, a hint of disdain and contempt crossing his face.
Xue Qi's face twitched, unable to bear Su Hang's expression, but knowing he was in the wrong, he could only endure it.
"Then you decide what we compete in." Su Hang looked at Xue Qi arrogantly, even more smug than Xue Qi had been.
"That's what you said." Xue Qi, without hesitation, said, "I, the young master, am good at bullying the weak. Since you want to compete, let's see who has the harder fist today. If you can knock me down, I'll admit defeat."
"Ha!"
Su Hang laughed, it was the first time he had heard someone speak of bullying the weak so righteously.
"What? Are you scared?" Xue Qi said disdainfully.
Su Hang shook his head, "Your skinny arms and legs, if I break them, I'm afraid I can't afford the compensation, and besides, this place is too small."
"The lobby downstairs." Xue Qi left a message, flicked his sleeve, and strutted out of the room.
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In the hotel lobby on the ground floor.
The event had ended, and everyone had dispersed except for some media still waiting outside to interview 'Taotie'.
Qin Shiyu and Shuai Yu were drinking coffee in the ground-floor café, and Cai Jiuxia was there too. The three of them were chatting happily.
"Here he comes!"
The elevator doors opened, and Su Hang followed a young man out. Seeing the young man, Cai Jiuxia immediately stood up, his face beaming, and hurried over.
"Has the discussion finished, Young Master Xue?" Cai Jiuxia grinned, "I just received a call from headquarters..."
Before he could finish, Xue Qi raised his hand and cut him off, "Go, close the hotel's main doors and get rid of all these irrelevant people."
His tone was completely commanding. Considering Cai Jiuxia's age, he could almost be Xue Qi's father. The people around felt this young man was a bit arrogant.
"Uh, Young Master Xue, what are you planning?" Cai Jiuxia didn't find it inappropriate but was a bit surprised.
"What are you talking about?" Xue Qi glared, looking like an angry little tiger, quite intimidating.
Cai Jiuxia laughed dryly and quickly instructed the hotel staff to clear out the irrelevant people. Two minutes later, the main doors were tightly closed.
"Everything is done as you instructed, Young Master Xue." Cai Jiuxia walked up to Xue Qi, his eyes downcast.
"What about those two?" Xue Qi pointed to Qin Shiyu and Shuai Yu nearby.
"They are my friends." Before Cai Jiuxia could speak, Su Hang, standing nearby, said calmly.
"Hmm?" Xue Qi didn't pursue it further, walking straight to the center of the lobby and turning to Su Hang, "Is this place spacious enough?"
The lobby was quite large, nearly 200 square meters, with a high ceiling and a reflective marble floor. If a girl wore a skirt, she could see the color of her underwear.
Su Hang looked around and nodded at Xue Qi, "How do we compete? Speak up!"
"Uh..." Cai Jiuxia stood to the side, looking from one to the other, feeling the atmosphere was off, "Su Hang, what are you doing?"
Su Hang smiled faintly, looking at Xue Qi, "Nothing, this Young Master Xue just wants to have a little contest with me."
"How can this be..." Cai Jiuxia was alarmed. The other was the young master of the Xue family, so noble, how could Su Hang fight him? If he got injured or disabled, how could he bear the consequences?
"You, shut up and get lost." Xue Qi, unlike Su Hang, was very rude, pointing at Cai Jiuxia and cursing.
"Young Master Xue, don't be angry, let's talk things out. Why resort to violence? If Su Hang has offended you, let's sit down and talk..." Cai Jiuxia refused to leave. After all, Su Hang was his guest, and if Su Hang offended this young master, he would be in trouble too.
"Get lost." Xue Qi didn't take Cai Jiuxia seriously, pushing him aside. Cai Jiuxia's round body staggered several meters, and if Shuai Yu hadn't rushed over to steady him, he would have fallen to the ground.
"Huh?"
Seeing this, Su Hang was somewhat surprised. Given Cai Jiuxia's size, Xue Qi had casually pushed him away, which required considerable strength.
Su Hang then activated the system and scanned Xue Qi, but the result was shocking—he couldn't detect any information about Xue Qi.
This was the first time Su Hang had encountered such a situation since getting the system. The only explanation was that Xue Qi's realm exceeded level one. Su Hang was currently at the level one Scholar realm, and the system couldn't detect information beyond level one.
"Su Hang..." Shuai Yu's face was ashen. Although he didn't know how Su Hang had offended this young man or his identity, he was very loyal to his friend.
Su Hang waved at Shuai Yu, signaling him to take Qin Shiyu to the side. If even the system couldn't detect information, Xue Qi was definitely not simple.