The Peerless Beauty Stuck With Me

Chapter 1702 - 1701: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Tang Rao didn't mention the matter of not taking Hai Lai seriously before.Smart as he is, many things are naturally better said by Hai Lai to create more contradictions and conflicts.

"Tang Rao, are you the Tang Rao from the North Island, the sharp-tongued Tang Rao who has offended many people?"

Hai Lai's assessment of Tang Rao was rather harsh, but still relatively objective. Sharp-tongued? He admits. Offended many people? Tang Rao admits that too.

But what does this have to do with Hai Lai?

Tang Rao came up the mountain to make money; he doesn't want to be involved with Hai Lai at all.

"Your adjectives don't make me feel great, but I have to admit, the person you're talking about seems to be me. What advice do you have?"

Hai Lai thought Tang Rao would argue or deny it; he didn't expect him to be so straightforward and even ask what advice he had.

It wasn't about advice; they just wanted to find some trouble.

"I, Hai Lai, rarely take the initiative to make friends, but I approached you and you rejected me. This has deeply hurt my self-esteem. My anger hasn't dissipated, so what do you suggest we do?"

Hai Lai spoke straightforwardly, wanting Tang Rao to give an explanation, an explanation that must satisfy Hai Lai. If not, he was here to cause trouble according to the original plan, to make Tang Rao suffer a loss and learn a lesson, to regret looking down on Hai Lai and the Hela family.

"But I really don't want to be friends with you. Even if your anger hasn't dissipated and you feel your self-esteem is hurt, I still have to say, I don't want to be friends with you—before, now, or in the future."

Hai Lai thought that by saying something threatening and having so many people backing him up, Tang Rao would definitely yield.

Unexpectedly, this Tang Rao was impervious to threats, and the many people Hai Lai brought with him were ignored in his eyes. Even more annoying, in front of so many people, Tang Rao not only refused to say something that would make Hai Lai happy but also trampled on Hai Lai's dignity. His face was completely lost in front of Tang Rao.

Completely ruined.

"Fine, since you don't give me face, I don't need to give you face either. If you regret what you said earlier, you can regret it."

However, even if Tang Rao regrets it later and apologizes to Hai Lai, it's unlikely Hai Lai will forgive him.

"Well, thank you, but I don't have the habit of regretting. Those people behind you have their fists clenched; why don't you have them take action instead of holding it in, which must be uncomfortable."

Indeed, as Tang Rao said, those behind Hai Lai were clenching their fists tightly, ready to rush out and teach Tang Rao a lesson at Hai Lai's command.

"Satisfy you."

Hai Lai stepped back two steps, standing behind the crowd.

His men immediately understood Hai Lai's intention, and their eyes turned vicious toward Tang Rao and Shu Yi.

"Tang Rao, I regard you as a brother, so I'm saying this to you. We can't afford to provoke Hai Lai. Once you offend someone from the Hela family, who knows how much trouble it will bring in the future? In my opinion, we should let it go."

"Let it go?"

Tang Rao couldn't believe these words came from someone at the late stage of a divine being.

For someone like Shu Yi, who became a promising talent at the late stage of a divine being at such a young age, he should be very arrogant and look down on others. How come, in Tang Rao's eyes, Shu Yi is inferior to even those at the early stage of divine beings or the peak of the mid-divine stage at the Kao Shan Sect? He's talking about courage, not strength.

"How can we let it go? Besides, even if I say let it go, others may not. If I say let go now, this fight we're in is bound to happen anyway, avoiding it isn't that simple."

Hai Lai's nature, Shu Yi probably doesn't see as clearly as Tang Rao does.

After Tang Rao analyzed their situation to Shu Yi, Shu Yi was silent.

He actually completely agreed with Tang Rao, fortunately not easily compromising with Hai Lai.

"Are we really going to fight?"

Shu Yi was still a bit confused, putting all his hope on Tang Rao.

"But offending Hai Lai is offending the entire Hela family. That family is not something we can handle. I...I'm still not sure if the Shu family can withstand the entire Hela family's retaliation."

Tang Rao didn't say anything. On the North Island, he's the boss of the Kao Shan Sect and has absolute authority. Shu Yi is different; at home, it's his father who decides. His father is the decision maker for how to deal with the relationships among the various families.

The Shu family has spent a lot of effort maintaining the current relationships, and if Shu Yi messes things up, it will make his father furious.

On one side is his father, on the other is Tang Rao. Shu Yi's heart began to waver.

"What about the Hela family? What about Hai Lai? I've always believed in a principle: anyone or any family who can't let me be at peace should disappear or be directly abolished. That's how those other families disappeared before. The Hela family is the same, isn't it?"

Hai Lai heard all of what they said. Ignoring him, ignoring his family—to tolerate that is unacceptable. If he allowed Tang Rao and Shu Yi to continue insulting the Hela family's reputation, he wouldn't be considered a member of the Hela family.

"Tie up these two who deserve a beating and keep them alive; I want to see just how arrogant they can be!"

Hai Lai was angry, and the consequences were serious!

The subordinates he brought weren't particularly strong, but having been around Hai Lai for so long, they naturally had a sense of superiority, believing no one could match them. Even if they were significantly weaker, they always felt that their opponents wouldn't be their match.

A dozen of them rushed forward as if playing and were easily kicked away by Tang Rao, one by one.

None were spared.

Their previously fierce eyes now looked like those of dead fish.

This is the strength of the people Hai Lai brought? It left Tang Rao a bit disappointed, indeed.

"Hai Lai, did you bring these people to help you eat or to embarrass you? If I had known they were so incapable, I wouldn't have hit so hard. Please forgive me; I'm quite timid and can't withstand your threats."

The dozen or so people were lying on the ground, the slower ones still unconscious, the quicker ones slightly regaining their senses, but still unable to get up.

"Tang Rao, you don't know how to appreciate a toast, so you'll have to take the punishment!"

Hai Lai, all alone, wasn't a match for Tang Rao and Shu Yi. Letting it go like this? Clearly not possible.

He kind of regretted coming up against such a solid wall. Now he's caught between a rock and a hard place, thoroughly losing face.