Chapter 46: Stupidity Has No Bounds

  (The third update is here, I finally pieced it together. Brothers, focus your firepower and blast me, haha!)

  Walking in the spacious hall, Qin Wushuang felt that this trip was really boring. It wasn't because of Yun Qingyan's appearance that made him feel this way.

  But in this grand hall, it was packed with nobles of all shapes and sizes, but almost all of them were so shallow and boring that they spared no effort to show off their superficiality.

  The proud and arrogant, with their noses held high; the humble and modest, with self-deprecation. Whether in words or actions, everything is filled with tedious comparisons, everywhere displaying that ridiculous sense of superiority.

  Da Xu Ming rushed out from inside, caught a glimpse of Qin Wu Shuang and his sister still there, the worried look on his face slightly alleviated, walked over: "Wu Shuang brothers."

  Behind Da Xu Ming, a large group of young people emerged, surrounding a young girl who was one or two years younger than Qin Xiu. Her eyebrows and eyes had some similarities with the Da Xu brothers, and she had a heroic air about her. She was none other than Miss Da Xu Yue, the protagonist of today's banquet.

  "Unparalleled brothers, Miss Sleeve, this is my sister Da Xi Yue. Second sister, these are the Qin siblings from Donglin Town."

  Da Xue Yue nodded enthusiastically and smiled: "Thank you both for coming to support Yue Er, please take a seat."

  At the same time, he also took a closer look at Qin Wushuang and added: "My elder brother and third younger brother are both people who have won praise from everyone, it's really hard to imagine that they're so young."

  Da Xue Yue is not like a typical rich young lady, but rather has a heroic and chivalrous spirit, this kind of feminine quality is hard to find in ordinary girls.

  "Miss Da Xu is being polite." Qin Wushuang responded with a sentence.

  Behind Da Xu Yue, this group of young people were all her classmates and friends from the Redwood Martial Institute. Each one of them came from a prominent background, at least being the sons of wealthy families, with some even being the descendants of aristocratic families.

  Jian Da Xi and his sister were polite to a young man who was obviously from a poor family, which made everyone very surprised.

  There were several rich family sons who felt extremely resentful in their hearts. Normally, they tried every means to please Da Xueyue, but they had never seen her be so polite. This young man was just a poor family's son, why did he receive such good treatment?

  "Haha, Miss Yue, are these two poor scholars from your Lujiang County?" A smiling noble son came over inopportunely and asked with a teasing tone.

  Da Xue Yue looked at Qin Wu Xiong with a hint of apology and turned back to say, "Du Xiang, you'd better go drink a few more cups of wine and ask fewer questions."

  Nadou Xiang originally just wanted to take the opportunity to flirt with Da Yuer, but unexpectedly got rejected and felt extremely depressed in his heart. He glared at Qin Wushuang fiercely, moved his mouth, but it was inconvenient for him to say anything else.

  Da Xu Ming also felt quite helpless. These days, young people are really too energetic, each and every one of them looks like they're ready to pick a fight at any time and place.

  Suddenly, he said: "Right, Second Sister, you have two classmates, one named Ye Feng and the other Ling Tian. Because of some urgent matters, they have already left Luojiang County, and they asked me to tell you that they will make up for it with a heavy gift in the future."

  This thing Daxi Yue actually already knew, listening to Big Brother mention it again, immediately understood the meaning. Big Brother was hinting to her, don't let this batch of classmates make trouble again, it can only be self-inflicted humiliation. Ye Feng and Ling Tian are just a warning from the past.

  As soon as Ye Feng left on his own, this group of Akagi Martial Arts Institute classmates suddenly started discussing.

  "Ye Feng went back? This guy is really ungrateful."

  "Isn't it? Everyone came together, how could you just sneak away?"

  "Is it a family affair, and they need to go back to make an effort?"

  "It's impossible, the Ye and Ling families are both powerful clans in their own territories, with stable forces that have never been challenged. Moreover, each of their family's powers is strong, with many talented individuals, so why would they need young people to go back and contribute?"

  "That's even more reason not to leave halfway!"

  Da Xu Ming smiled slightly: "The specific reason, Cloud Big Sister should be clear about. If you all want to know, you can ask Cloud Big Sister privately."

  Yun Qingyu remained silent, surrounded by everyone's gaze, and hesitantly said: "This matter has other hidden circumstances, let's return to the Redwood Martial Institute and ask them in person."

  Ling Tian was nothing, but Ye Feng was a noble scion of a prestigious family, an aristocrat of the highest order. The humiliating defeat he suffered at the hands of a lowly commoner that day was something Yun Qingyu dared not reveal to anyone.

  Qin Wushuang would not go and do something as boring as bragging, defeating Ye Feng was a big deal in the eyes of the Yun sisters, but to Qin Wushuang, it was nothing.

  Smiling and walking away, Da Xiyin suddenly whispered to Qin Xiu: "Xiu Mei, I'll take you to meet my grandmother."

  Qin Xiu was shocked and raised her head, only to see Da Xi Ming saying with deep meaning: "In the entire Da Xi family, if there's one person that even my father has to listen to, it would be my grandmother."

  Qin Wushuang smiled secretly, but didn't expose them. He said with a smile: "You all go about your business, I'll just take a stroll around the great hall."

  Qin Xiu looked at Qin Wushuang with some difficulty, and after getting his brother's affirmative gaze, he also gained a few more points of confidence. Then he followed Da Xiying away.

  Du Xiang had been scolded by Da Yu Yue earlier, and he was still unhappy about it. He thought that Da Yu Yue was so polite to a poor scholar like him, but as the son of a wealthy family, he received such different treatment. The huge contrast made him more and more annoyed.

  He privately asked around and immediately dug out the "inside story", learning that Qin's family was relying on his sister's relationship with Da Xiong, which is why they got the opportunity to attend the banquet, and the sense of injustice in his heart grew even stronger.

  Several times, he stared at Qin Wusuo with hatred in his eyes, but unexpectedly, the other party didn't even give him a glance. Finally, when he managed to catch Du's attention, it was just a fleeting and indifferent gaze that quickly shifted away, completely ignoring him.

  This made Du Xiang's proud self-esteem suddenly erupt, with a sneer and discontent on his face, he swaggered to Qin Wushuang's front, as if the words "looking for trouble" were written all over his face.

  "You're from a poor family, don't you feel out of place standing here?"

  "Hmm?" Qin Wushuang hummed, casting a casual glance and then looked away, continuing to observe the various people in the hall. The Du Xiang in front of him was someone he didn't know at all, so there was no need for false courtesy.

  "Don't you feel ashamed? I'm ashamed on behalf of the Da family. The esteemed Da family, a high-ranking noble gathering, and yet a plebeian like you shows up. Don't you know that the guests here are too embarrassed to be associated with you?"

  Du Xiang's indignation was overflowing, and he spared no effort in expressing his sense of superiority. He wished he could find a stool to climb onto, then use the geographical height to look down on Qin Wushuang and give him a good scolding.

  "Are you familiar with me?" Qin Wushuang's face was filled with astonishment, he had never seen the person in front of him before, but he was not unfamiliar with this kind of attitude. In recent days, among the noble young masters he had met, there were many who were like this.

  "You don't need to be familiar with me, you just need to know that I'm simply stating a fact." Du Xiang paused for a moment and added with a sense of self-satisfaction, "You're not qualified to be familiar with me either."

  Qin's eyelashes didn't even move, and he said lightly: "Mm, you indeed stated a fact. On the issue of being ashamed to be with me, you just happened to say what I wanted to say. Do you have anything else? If not, please don't force your presence on my sight and hearing?"

  "Is that so?" Du Xiang sneered, "Among those present, who has a lower status than you? Do you think you have the qualifications to look down on everyone? What makes you ashamed to be with everyone?"

  "For me, to be on par with a fool is the greatest shame. I hope you won't make my shameful feeling worse, otherwise the consequences will be severe."

  After finishing, he rolled his eyes and walked away. If it weren't for the Da Xu family's banquet, Qin Wushuang would have slapped him long ago, rendering him unable to take care of himself, and wouldn't have had so much free time to chat with him.

  "You... you dare to stop me." Du Xiang was thoroughly enraged, and said with a stern expression, "I give you two choices. One, apologize to me immediately; Two, disappear from this banquet at once."

  Qin Wushuang stood calmly, sighing: "I originally thought that a person's foolishness would have a limit, but I didn't expect to see no bottom line on you. Alright, what do you want to do? Say your intentions. If it's because Miss Da Xiyue scolded you earlier and you're harboring resentment, draw your sword, I'll take it anytime, anywhere."

  "I... I will represent the noble families present here, and teach you, this arrogant commoner, a lesson!" Du Xiang saw that the number of onlookers from the noble families was increasing, and their eyes and movements were full of encouraging hints, which made him feel even more justified and confident, occupying the moral high ground.