Chapter 100: Decided in One Glance!

At the entrance stood a girl with heroic features, dressed in light casual attire, her hair tied into a high ponytail cascading like a waterfall down to her waist. With just one glance, her extraordinary temperament was unmistakable.

Everyone turned to look upon hearing the voice, curious about who was so reckless as to dare challenge the foremost fighter under Xie Donglin's command.

Yet Xu Feng remained in place, his back to the doorway. Hearing that voice, his heart trembled.

He dared to be so audacious, casually judging Qin Mu's assets—who owned the entirety of White Emperor City—because behind him stood the Xie family, endowed with such formidable capital.

The Xie family had long held high positions in the city, with their main branch deeply involved in the Jiang Alliance. In Jiang City, they could act with impunity, disregarding others.

But there was one family they still feared: the Fu family!

Only because of Fu Yuantu!

"What? Not daring to speak?"

Fu Bing stepped forward, her heroic countenance bearing a smile of arrogance.

I know not why, but she had shed her defeated demeanor, instead radiating vitality.

Xie Tingting, as Xie Donglin's own sister, could shout in Fu Bing's face.

However, Xu Feng was merely a subordinate fighter, not daring to be unrestrained before the Fu family.

After all, Fu Yuantu was still alive, his position explicitly designated and secured!

"Miss Fu, how are you here?" Xu Feng could only respectfully greet her and bow.

But Fu Bing completely rejected his pretense, pointing with a finger and saying, "Why can't I be here? Are you afraid I'll disrupt your authority?"

"Of course not..."

"I'd like to know when your Xie family became so formidable as to casually judge others' assets?"

"And even more inflated to the point of dictating 'you say it, it is so'?"

"Not..."

Xu Feng's forehead beaded with large drops of cold sweat.

Fu Bing, after all, hailed from a prestigious clan and was the most beloved granddaughter of Fu Yuantu. Her aura was a full head taller than his.

"Xu Feng, she's just an insignificant girl—what are you afraid of?! Someone like her, who doesn't know their place, daring to meddle indiscriminately, could be dragged into an alley, taught a lesson, and tossed into the river to freeze for hours. Only then would they understand the true hierarchy of status!"

The middle-aged woman, seeing Xu Feng there and the Xie family backing him, felt confident, immediately pointing at Fu Bing and cursing angrily.

She had only recently arrived in Jiang City and naturally didn't recognize Fu Bing.

"Oh? This auntie, is your status particularly high?"

"My backing is the Xie family! Do you know?! It's an entity that can overshadow everything in Jiang City, one that you couldn't afford to provoke even in ten lifetimes!"

"Is it the Xie family? How impressive. Once I relay this to Xie Donglin's face, we'll see if he still utters those words!"

As Fu Bing's words fell, Xu Feng trembled violently, whirled around, and delivered a resounding palm strike to the middle-aged woman.

"You insolent wretch! Who gave you permission to speak to Miss Fu in such a manner?!"

Xu Feng's strike was ruthless, without the slightest restraint; the other side of the woman's face swelled instantly.

She lay on the ground, first bewildered, then suddenly realized.

"The Fu family? Is it the Fu family in Jiang City?!"

"Could there be a second Fu family in Jiang City?"

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged woman paid no heed to the pain on her face, immediately kneeling on the ground and begging profusely for forgiveness.

"It was my eyes that didn't see the mountain—Miss Fu, I was merely babbling nonsense after drinking too much. Please don't take it seriously."

She was a wealthy merchant from afar, how could she compare with the local powerbroker?

To put it bluntly, with Fu Yuantu's formidable prestige, one word from him would bring countless people to deal with this minor Zhang family in Yuanjiang.

Fu Bing gave a cold snort, not bothering with this shrew, and turned to Xu Feng, questioning, "I heard that you tried to give my friend double the shop in White Emperor City for free to these people?"

"I... I..."

"Mr. Xie has other matters to attend to. Xu will take his leave first."

Xu Feng's mind was sharp; seeing the situation deteriorate, he left a curt remark and withdrew.

Fu Bing watched Xu Feng leave, then turned her attention to the assembled rich merchants.

"You lot? Before I arrived, I heard you insulted my friend's companion, calling her not a decent person?"

Fu Bing's eyes glared fiercely, her momentum rising, one person alone almost suffocating the numerous out-of-town tycoons.

After all, she was a junior of Fu Yuantu; in the past, when facing Xie Tingting, she had been at a disadvantage only because Fu Yuantu was ill, leaving her momentum insufficient and suppressed by the Xie family.

But now that Fu Yuantu had mostly recovered, she remained the foremost figure of Jiang City's top family!

"Not daring, not daring..."

"Previously it was our loose tongues. I'll slap myself thirty—no, one hundred times!"

One person starting it, the others imitated, slapping themselves harshly across the face.

The middle-aged woman was no exception, quickly slapping her own cheek, her voice the loudest in the hall.

For a time, the sounds of slaps echoed throughout the entire hall.

The students watching were left dumbfounded.

Among them, many still recognized Fu Bing.

Only then did they understand why Qin Mu dared to confront the Zhang family so boldly—not only did he have the entire White Emperor City at his disposal, but also because he was intimate friends with this Miss of the Fu family!

After ten or so minutes, everyone had finished slapping and were still dizzy and spinning.

"Still not rolling out? Planning to spend the night here?"

Fu Bing's cold voice cut through, and the middle-aged woman, as if granted amnesty, hurriedly led Zhang Zizhe and the group of rich merchants out of the restaurant, fleeing as if their lives depended on it.

They no longer dared to pursue the position in White Emperor City.