Yang Jiabao's facial muscles twitched. Indeed, Changsun Qinghe's retort felt like a deep cut to his heart. The reason he spoke so harshly was precisely because he had once desired her so greatly. Now, someone inferior to him could attain what he could not.
"Changsun Qinghe, continue being proud. I wish you a lifetime in a third-tier city, never to return."
Just then, a voice called out from the doorway of the private room: "Yang Jiabao, what are you doing here?"
Hearing the voice from the doorway, Yang Jiabao whipped his head around. He was startled. The person calling him was none other than his superior, Ouyang Beihua, a renowned genius on the Heavenly Rankings.
"Captain, I... I..." Yang Jiabao stammered, unsure how to explain. He was supposed to be handling a very urgent case, but here he was, running into his superior.
"What 'I'? Have you finished the work I assigned you? And who are these people?" Ouyang Beihua walked in and asked.
"Captain, these are my university classmates," Yang Jiabao quickly explained.
"Oh? Then why did I hear you shouting so agitatedly at the door just now? To be honest, I was dining with a friend in the next room. I heard you say things like, 'She ignored me back then, but now you can't afford to reach for me.' Since they are your classmates, is it necessary to say such harsh words? What exactly are you doing here? Do you still want to keep your job? If not, leave the Six Doors immediately."
Yang Jiabao was terrified. He had finally managed to get into the Six Doors and couldn't afford to leave.
"Captain, it's like this. This Changsun Qinghe is a girl I pursued for several years in university, but unfortunately, she rejected me back then. After graduation, she went to a third-tier city to become a police officer and even found a boyfriend there. Today, we're having a class reunion here. Because I still harbored resentment about her rejection, I snuck out to vent," Yang Jiabao confessed the truth.
"How childish," Ouyang Beihua cursed. His eyes then fell on Changsun Qinghe. Seeing her truly stunning beauty, he couldn't help but be inwardly shaken.
"You are the Changsun Qinghe who rejected Yang Jiabao?"
"Reporting to senior, yes," Changsun Qinghe nodded, not daring to show any disrespect to a captain of the Six Doors.
"Heh, while Yang Jiabao is childish, speaking factually, you truly missed out on a better man," Ouyang Beihua said with a laugh.
"Is that so? I don't think so." At this moment, Zhou Hong, who had been silent all along, spoke up.
Everyone immediately looked at Zhou Hong, seemingly surprised that he dared to speak. Anyone else would have hidden away, not wanting to further embarrass Changsun Qinghe.
"Oh? You dare to speak up?" Ouyang Beihua chuckled, looking at Zhou Hong with a hint of surprise.
"You haven't even bothered to find out my background, yet you're so quick to assume I'm inferior to Yang Jiabao. Isn't that rather hasty?" Zhou Hong said coldly.
"What? You're not from a third-tier city?"
"Hahaha, of course I am. My home is in a third-tier city."
"Then how dare you claim you're better than Yang Jiabao? Do you think anyone can join the Six Doors? Out of their Nanshan Martial Cultivation Academy, only Yang Jiabao has managed to get in over the past decade," Ouyang Beihua snorted slightly, clearly displeased with Zhou Hong's presumptuous words.
"Your name is Ouyang Beihua, isn't it?" Zhou Hong asked, looking at him.
"Indeed," Ouyang Beihua nodded.
"I've heard you're a genius on the Heavenly Rankings."
"Heh, what exactly are you trying to say?" Ouyang Beihua frowned slightly, somewhat reluctant to speak with an ordinary person from a third-tier city, feeling it beneath him. In fact, the only reason he stepped forward to defend Yang Jiabao was that he felt it was a waste of such a beautiful woman like Changsun Qinghe to have such an ordinary boyfriend. Otherwise, he wouldn't have bothered with such a childish matter.
"Ouyang Beihua, may I challenge you? I'll use only one hand," Zhou Hong said with a faint smile, extending one hand.
Upon hearing Zhou Hong's words, everyone present was stunned.
Ouyang Beihua wore an incredulous expression, wondering if the man had lost his mind, daring to challenge him, a captain of the Six Doors, and so arrogantly claiming to use only one hand. This could only be the result of severe delusion.
"Zhou Hong, how dare you be so presumptuous! Our captain is a genius on the Heavenly Rankings. Who do you think you are to insult him?" Yang Jiabao immediately shouted, trying to curry favor.
"Slap!" In the next second, Zhou Hong, without even looking, delivered a swift slap that sent Yang Jiabao flying.
No one in the room saw how Zhou Hong moved. Yang Jiabao simply vanished, and half a second later, he was seen hurtling towards a corner of the room.
Seeing Zhou Hong's swift and decisive move, Ouyang Beihua was slightly taken aback.
"Hahaha, you seem to have some skill. I'm starting to doubt you're really from a third-tier city," Ouyang Beihua laughed.
"Stop the nonsense and make your move. If I strike first, you might not even get a chance," Zhou Hong said with a hint of impatience.
"Arrogant, indeed. In that case, I'll show you something." With that, Ouyang Beihua instantly attacked Zhou Hong. He truly lived up to his reputation as a genius on the Heavenly Rankings, his strength having surpassed that of a martial artist, entering the realm of a Martial Master.
As for the exact level, Zhou Hong wasn't sure and didn't care. He guessed it was within the tenth stage of Martial Master.
"Slap!" As Ouyang Beihua reached Zhou Hong, before his attack could even land, a solid sound echoed across his face.
In the next second, to everyone's disbelief, Ouyang Beihua's head snapped to the side, sent flying to the side, overturning the dining table. Dishes like boiled live fish splashed all over him, leaving him in a sorry state.
Everyone in the room was dumbfounded, especially Changsun Qinghe's university classmates, their mouths agape, wide enough to swallow an egg.
Yang Jiabao, who had been slapped into a corner, had just managed to get up. Seeing his captain also sent flying with a single slap, he was equally stunned.
Of course, Changsun Qinghe was also inwardly shocked. Although she knew Zhou Hong was very strong and had defeated Bai Maoyu that morning, Bai Maoyu hadn't yet entered the Martial Master realm, only being in the ninety-odd stages of a martial artist, far from Ouyang Beihua's level.
But she never imagined that Zhou Hong's strength would once again shatter her understanding, managing to send a Heavenly Rankings genius like Ouyang Beihua flying with a single slap.
The private room fell into an unnerving silence.