Rumbling!
As Zhou Cai fell to the ground, his body accidentally rolled down the stairs. He tumbled down several steps, his face bruised and swollen.
All the waiters present were stunned.
Tang Xiaoyao's eyes widened in surprise. "Brother Li Yang, you, you're too amazing! You actually defeated Zhou Cai?"
"A piece of cake, just trash. He disturbed our meal, so he deserved a beating. Let's go!"
Li Yang grabbed Tang Xiaoyao's hand and walked straight towards the private room.
As he was about to enter, he remembered Zhou Cai's earlier promise. He suddenly turned back and looked at Zhou Cai, who was crawling up the stairs. "Right, you've lost. Don't bother Xiaoyao anymore, or your life might be in danger."
"You..."
Zhou Cai gritted his teeth fiercely, his eyes filled with intense malice. He wanted to rush forward and retaliate against Li Yang, but he lacked the strength and dared not fight back.
The moment Li Yang had repelled him earlier, he had felt the boundless true energy emanating from Li Yang, at least at the level of a Martial Dao Grandmaster.
Across the entire Jiang Province, Martial Dao Grandmasters were few and far between.
It seemed that to deal with him, he would have to go home and ask his father to step in!
Zhou Cai suppressed his anger, got up, and returned home first.
Meanwhile, Li Yang and Tang Xiaoyao ordered a pile of dishes in the private room and had a very enjoyable meal!
When they finished eating and were leaving, the restaurant owner personally came to hand Li Yang his business card. He had never seen such a powerful expert in the provincial capital, and it was his honor to befriend such a formidable person.
However, Li Yang was completely uninterested. He didn't take the business card. Instead, he let Tang Xiaoyao pay the bill, and then he left with her.
"Dad, I was beaten. Today, I encountered someone my age who is actually a Martial Dao Grandmaster. I'm no match for him!"
Zhou Cai rushed home immediately and told Zhou Jian'an truthfully about being beaten that day.
"What? A Martial Dao Grandmaster of the same age as you?"
Zhou Jian'an was deeply perplexed. While fiddling with the walnuts in his hand, he said, "That shouldn't be the case. The Martial Dao Grandmasters in this provincial capital are all seniors around my age. When did a junior appear?"
"I don't know his identity, but I know his name. He's Li Yang, and he has a close relationship with that girl from the Tang family. With him around, our objective can never be achieved."
"Now I don't even have a chance to get close to Tang Xiaoyao. Dad, you must personally step in and eliminate that menace, Li Yang," Zhou Cai said, clenching his fists, his eyes sinister.
"Anyone who dares to obstruct our plan will only meet their death. Son, don't worry, I'll deal with this kid. You focus on recovering from your injuries. After I teach him a lesson, our plan targeting the Tang family can continue," Zhou Jian'an said confidently.
"Okay, Dad, I'll wait for your good news," Zhou Cai said decisively.
He thought that as long as his father took action, even if that kid was a Grandmaster, he wouldn't survive past tomorrow!
The Zhou family desperately needed a large amount of ancient curios and true qi for cultivation, and only the jade from the Tang family met the requirements.
He had initially thought that by marrying into the Tang family, he could obtain those precious jades for free. He never expected that the Tang family would refuse the marriage alliance, and not only did Tang Xiaoyao refuse to comply, but even Tang Xuejian disagreed with the engagement.
The reason was simple: Tang Xuejian did not want to deal with people from the martial arts world. Secondly, she saw that Xiaoyao did not like Zhou Cai, so there was no need to agree to this marriage alliance.
However, Tang Xuejian's refusal directly caused the Zhou family to lose their opportunity to become stronger. They then had to find ways to deal with the Tang family, preferably to control them.
Now, with Li Yang's appearance, he had become an obstacle for the Zhou family. Zhou Jian'an's primary target would undoubtedly be Li Yang.
"Hello, Miss Long, what do you need?"
In the afternoon, Li Yang was relaxing in his villa, enjoying the cool breeze and brewing tea by himself, when he suddenly received a call from Long Lingling.
"Little guy, do I have to have a reason to call you? Where are you? Come find me quickly, I have good news to tell you," Long Lingling said on the phone.
"What good news? You're not trying to trick me into doing something, are you? It's so hot today, and I still want to cool off," Li Yang said leisurely, with his legs crossed.
"What nonsense are you talking about? I really have something to tell you. Hurry up and come over, I'll send you the location." Long Lingling had her phone on speakerphone earlier because she was at an afternoon tea restaurant, and it was a bit noisy, making it difficult to hear Li Yang clearly.
But when Li Yang suddenly raised his voice, she blushed instantly, worried that people nearby might hear her, and quickly hung up the phone.
After receiving the location, Li Yang couldn't help but be curious. She hadn't invited him to a hotel, but a tea restaurant.
After thinking for a while, he couldn't guess what Long Lingling wanted to see him for, so his curiosity got the better of him. He decided to go and find her.
Not long after, Li Yang, driving Tang Xiaoyao's car, arrived at the tea restaurant where Long Lingling was.
As he walked in, he saw from afar a slender woman with excellent posture, showing off her legs, sitting by the window. It was Long Lingling.
"Miss Long, the weather is so hot this afternoon. Why did you insist on meeting me? What do you want to talk about?" Li Yang asked with a smile as he walked over and sat down.
"Hmph, you haven't even married me yet, and you're already complaining about me, aren't you? Do you believe I'll let everyone here know you're mistreating your girlfriend?"
Seeing his impatient demeanor, Long Lingling immediately rolled her eyes and got angry with him, preparing to shout.
Li Yang quickly grabbed her and said with a chuckle, "Lingling, I was just kidding. How could I complain about you? I'm very happy to come out and see you."
"Really?"
Long Lingling put on an arrogant air, thinking to herself, *Little guy, I still can't handle you?*
"Of course, it's true. You are the most beautiful woman in my heart, incomparable!" Li Yang praised with a grin.
"That's more like it!"
Long Lingling nodded with satisfaction, then took out an audition notice from her person and handed it to Li Yang. "Here, this is the good news I wanted to tell you. I've passed the initial screening for a stage play company and am highly likely to get this opportunity."
"Stage play?"
Li Yang looked down and saw that it was indeed an audition notice for a stage play. He couldn't help but scratch the back of his head and ask, "Why did you suddenly think of auditioning for a stage play? Aren't you in the antique business?"
"Who told you I can only do antique business? My father manages the family business, so I'm basically free. Besides, I've had a dream of being a stage actor since I was a child. Now that I finally have an audition opportunity, I can't miss it," Long Lingling said, blinking her beautiful eyes with great anticipation.
"Then why don't you just go? Why are you looking for me? I don't know anyone in the stage play company either," Li Yang asked curiously.
"There's a reason I'm looking for you!"
As Long Lingling spoke, she suddenly stood up and walked to Li Yang's side, deliberately being mysterious. "You are the key to determining whether I can pass."