Chapter Nineteen: Qi and Bones

  "You're a Li, and you dare to compare me with someone like Han Jiangxue? I think you're crazy!"

  Sheng Mengling had never been belittled like this before, gritting her teeth and blurting out: "Only a fool like you would lift up someone who has lost face for the entire family of aristocrats!"

  As soon as the words came out, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became quiet and pitiful. No one had expected that Sheng Mengling would bluntly say such a thing in front of so many people. Although everyone had a relatively uniform understanding, it was still not good to break it in front of the master.

  After all, hitting people doesn't hit faces, but this remark is more than just a slap in the face, it's completely and utterly a kick in the face!

  This time, everyone thought that someone with Han Jiangxue's temperament would absolutely not be able to remain unmoved and withstand such anger. Even Sheng Yunhang couldn't help but react immediately, thinking of how to resolve the impending stormy counterattack from Han Jiangxue.

  But unexpectedly, such a storm did not fall. After the air solidified for several breaths, Han Jiangxue smiled elegantly and said to Li Xingming: "Li Xingming, are you confused? How can you compare me with Sheng Mengling? Don't you know that I would rather fight with men than argue with unreasonable women?"

  As soon as this was said, Li Xingming was stunned at first, but then immediately reacted and the idle air that had been suffocating him for a while also dissipated a lot. He laughed loudly in response: "Right, right, right! Look, I'm almost being suffocated to death!"

  The two of them sang and harmonized in an instant, bringing the atmosphere back to life. Without even using a single swear word, they not only resolved the unfavorable situation that Han Jiangxue had been in earlier, but also undoubtedly surpassed Sheng Mengling, who only knew how to be arrogant and overbearing, in terms of demeanor and momentum. Their skills were immediately apparent as superior.

  "Pfft"! One sound, and Zhang Haoming, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but burst out laughing in a rather impolite manner. Soon after, other onlookers also followed suit and laughed along.

  Things have come to this point, even if someone who was completely unaware of the situation before can see it clearly. Li Xingming just wanted to hit someone, but Sheng Mengling is not a good master either, and instead feels that Han Jiangxue, who has been quiet all along, seems to be bullied for no reason.

  "Miss Han, what's going on here?" Xing Yunhang, being such an intelligent person, naturally couldn't have failed to think of these things, so his expression looked extremely complicated. However, he was a man of action and quickly forced himself to stop his sister, who had already lost her composure, and first asked Han Jiangxue instead.

  Li Xingming saw Sheng Yunhang not asking him, but instead ran to ask Han Jiangxue, and couldn't help but burst out laughing again. He said that the people of Xi Rong Hou Fu were all so unreasonable, even Li Xinghua, who was standing beside him, didn't hold back, with a look of disdain on his face, as if daring anyone to try something.

  "Alright, Li Xingming, you'd better not say another word. What's wrong with you, wanting to hit a woman for no reason? Do you think every woman is like me and dares to fight back?" Han Jiangxue stood up and scolded with a smile: "Go sit down somewhere else where it's cooler. Young Master Hou is a reasonable person, so don't keep causing trouble."

  As soon as the words fell, everyone unexpectedly saw that Li Xingming, who was originally still angry and even couldn't be stopped by his son Li Xinghua, actually sat down obediently on one side, no longer saying anything.

  "You see, I didn't say wrong, did I? If there's nothing between Li Xingming and Han Jiangxue, how can they be so obedient?" Suddenly, a triumphant voice from Sheng Mengling rang out on the flat ground, as if she had grasped another piece of ironclad evidence and threw out this sentence without any scruples.

  At this moment, everyone was stunned again, and their eyes with different expressions darted back and forth between Li Xingming and Han Jiangxue's faces.

  "Master Hou, after hearing what your sister just said, you should know why Li Xingming wanted to hit her, right?" Han Jiangxue was calm and composed, with a hint of gentle smile at the corner of his mouth, saying: "It's said that people's words are to be feared, my reputation is not good, and it's really thanks to your sister's efforts."

  Sheng Yunhang suddenly looked a bit uncomfortable, his sister's words were indeed too abrupt, if it was his own words, he would not be happy to hear them either.

  Just as he was about to speak, Han Jiangxue continued to speak calmly and composedly: "Young Master Hou asked me what's going on, but I'd like to ask you, what's going on with your sister? Just now, I was discussing with Li Xingming who would be the champion of this martial arts competition. Who would have thought that your sister suddenly came over with a group of people and directly ridiculed us without even greeting us. You also know what kind of temperament Li Xingming has, how could he tolerate being spoken to like that? He just warned her once, but didn't expect to be insulted by your sister again, slandering me and Li Xingming for colluding with each other. It's really unbearable to hear someone tarnish others' reputation like that. Fortunately, I don't hit women, if your sister were a man, I would have taken action to teach her a lesson before Li Xingming did!"

  A few words made the reason of the matter clear, and clearly stated her attitude. Han Xue had reason and order, was calm but didn't retreat in the slightest, this kind of demeanor actually made the onlookers take a few more glances, and they couldn't help but secretly admire that the young lady of the Han family was now even more different from before.

  Sheng Yunhang was not an unreasonable person to begin with, and he also knew that his sister indeed had the bad habit of gossiping, so he immediately frowned and questioned Sheng Mengling if it was true.

  Sheng Mengling did not originally admit that she was wrong, but earlier many people had seen it, and even before she spoke up, there were already unrelated people testifying on behalf of Han Jiangxue, now it's too late to deny it.

  But she was not willing to concede, and with a pale face, she angrily pointed at Han Jiangxue and said: "Someone like you has a reputation that's already rotten to the core, what qualifications do you have to come and lecture me? I'm telling you..."

  "My reputation may be tarnished, but I will not speak nonsense and stir up trouble every day like you. My reputation may be tarnished, but I will not use strong words to seize the right and be overbearing. My reputation may be tarnished, but I will not coldly mock and maliciously insult others. My reputation may be tarnished, but I will not confuse right and wrong, nor will I fail to distinguish between them!"

  Han Jiangxue stared coldly at Sheng Mengling, her voice loud and clear: "Sheng Mengling, what qualifications do you have to use your reputation to humiliate me? You don't know that what you're doing now is a hundred times worse than the infamous person I am! Moreover, I am who I am, my good or bad doesn't need to be evaluated by anyone insignificant!"

  At this moment, Sheng Mengling was completely stunned by Han Jiangxue, her face changing instantly like a dye shop, and she couldn't open her mouth at all.

  Everyone at this meeting naturally understood what was going on, shaking their heads and discussing Sheng Mengling while also secretly admiring Han Jiangxue even more.

  Sheng Mengling couldn't stay here anymore, she was so angry and annoyed that she was being ridiculed and pointed at, she stomped her foot and cried as she turned around and ran away.

  Sheng Yunhang's face turned even more awkward, feeling that his entire reputation was being ruined by Sheng Mengling. In front of everyone, he couldn't lose his temper, so he had to swallow his anger and apologize to Han Jiangxue on behalf of his sister first.

  "Alright, Young Master Hou. In a moment, my elder brother will be competing in the second round. Forget about apologizing and all that. However, after you return, please remind your younger sister that if there's a next time, even if it's to protect her as the Young Master, I won't be able to let things go as easily as I did today."

  Han Jiangxue said calmly but firmly, let alone Sheng Yunhang, even others felt the seriousness and momentum contained in that gaze.

  That's right, many people will remember that the big sister of the Han family has changed a lot, but her domineering and fearless personality is still there!

  A unique temperament remains, only less impulsive and frivolous than before, but more convincing in stability and demeanor, while also showing wisdom!

  Some noble ladies were not seeing Han Jiangxue's way of handling things and her temperament for the first time, but compared to last time at Zhang's house, this time was even more shocking to them.

  And more people subconsciously understand that today's Han Jiang Xue is indeed different from before!