Top-class Bodyguard

The hall was already getting a bit lively, everyone else was staring at Ren Feng with amused looks in their eyes.

And every single one of them was just like Duan Zhen, looking down on Ren Feng completely. In their eyes, it was like a low-born mutt had snuck into a crowd of nobles.

Ren Feng sat there without moving, not a trace of change on his face, instead he found it entertaining.

A glint of smugness flashed in Duan Zhen's eyes, but his face wore a mocking smile: "You heard them, right? If you know what's good for you, you can walk out on your own, don't waste our time."

"You've gone too far!"

Xu Tinglan was furious. Ren Feng was at least someone she'd brought in, but the way Duan Zhen was acting was completely ignoring her existence.

"Too far?" Duan Zhen's face instantly turned cold and sinister. "Xu Tinglan, I think you've got it wrong. You don't have the qualifications to talk to me."

Ren Feng motioned for Xu Tinglan to calm down, then looked at Duan Zhen evenly. "To be honest, I'm not planning on leaving."

"That's not up to you."

Duan Zhen said calmly, "You've only got two options. First, you walk out on your own; second, I call people in here to beat you up, and then we throw you out."

"Yeah, hurry up and get out, don't get in our way here."

"What a disgrace, doesn't even look at his own status. Sneaking in here, isn't it just to cling to us and build connections?"

Another person spoke, full of contempt.

"What's up with the organizers this time, why was the screening so lax?"

Xu Tinglan was livid, while Ren Feng said mildly, "Too bad, I'm picking a third option: I'll stay sitting right here."

"So it looks like you're forcing us to pick using force, huh?"

Duan Zhen said blandly.

The commotion over here also alarmed Xu Wendong not far away. He'd been anxiously fretting in the distance about the negotiations that were about to start, and then he heard his daughter shouting.

He looked up and finally realized that at some point, Xu Tinglan and the friend she'd brought back had already been surrounded by members of the other families present.

Those family members were mostly core members or rich young masters. Seeing this scene, Xu Wendong thought a conflict had broken out, and he was so scared he rushed over in a panic.

"What happened?"

Xu Wendong's face showed some alarm.

"Oh, so it's the Patriarch of the Xu Family."

Duan Zhen's tone stayed indifferent even after seeing Xu Wendong. He said, "It's simple. This piece of street-stall trash, I don't know how he snuck in. This negotiation banquet is crucial—how can unrelated nobodies be allowed in? If something goes wrong later, can he afford to take the fall?"

"Exactly, let him get the hell out."

"Patriarch of the Xu Family, since this guy was brought in by your daughter, you'd better be the one to send him out. Don't make us do it, otherwise it'll hurt the mood between us."

Another person spoke coolly, and his tone wasn't a discussion at all—it was a command.

Xu Wendong might be the Patriarch of the Xu Family, but this man's identity was just a core member of another minor family. Even so, he dared to speak like this, because the Xu Family was far too weak.

They'd even already come to a tentative agreement in private: the Xu Family would be the first one kicked out.

"Don't worry, the negotiation banquet will definitely go off perfectly."

Cold sweat was practically beading on Xu Wendong's forehead. He looked at Xu Tinglan. "Ting Lan, take your friend out first."

Xu Tinglan was getting anxious. "Dad, we didn't do anything. They're the ones trying to drive us out."

"I'm not driving you out." Duan Zhen said at the side, tone calm. "The only one I'm driving out is this nobody. But if you insist on protecting him, then you'll have to go out with him."

Xu Tinglan was furious, and Xu Wendong frowned and said, "Enough, Ting Lan, take him out for now. This banquet is very important, we can't risk anything."

He then looked at Ren Feng and frowned. "I don't care who you are, right now you'd better step out for a bit."

Duan Zhen looked at Ren Feng with a cold smirk. In here, this was their families' turf. Crushing him would be as easy as crushing an ant.

The faces around them all bore different expressions: some indifferent, some watching the show with amusement, some who didn't care and stayed aloof, some whose eyes were full of disdain. But they had one thing in common: not one of them bothered to really look at Ren Feng.

"This guy still isn't leaving?"

"Still planning to shamelessly cling on here?"

"Better call the bodyguards and have them toss him out."

Everyone was chattering away, and Xu Wendong's face grew darker and darker. If this kept up, the Xu Family's face would be completely lost.

"Dad, we're not leaving."

"Don't speak." Xu Wendong barked, then looked at Ren Feng again. "You'd better step out now. And if you're trying to pursue my daughter, you don't have that chance."

Ren Feng still sat steady as a rock on his chair, not moving an inch.

"Alright, I've done my part to give face, Patriarch of the Xu Family. If you can't get him to move, then step aside. We'll make him crawl out on his own."

Duan Zhen said coolly.

Ren Feng, who had been silent this whole time, looked at Duan Zhen and spoke in a calm voice: "Even if people from the so-called Liou Family or the Murong Family were here, they wouldn't dare talk to me like this."

As soon as he said this, everyone around them froze for a moment.

The Liou Family, the Murong Family?

"What a big mouth you've got." Duan Zhen laughed carelessly. "Trying to act all high and mighty with us? I'm not afraid to tell you, even the Dragon Group has to lower their heads when they walk past us."

A burst of loud laughter erupted around them.

"So he's just pretending to be badass. Picked the wrong place, didn't he?"

"Who does he think he is? Just some random nobody, a lowly ant, and he's talking about the Murong Family. He thinks just flapping his lips can hitch him to the Murong Family?"

"Exactly. If he really had any ties, would he be here at our kind of banquet?"

Everyone suddenly "understood," and their faces grew even more mocking and contemptuous.

Duan Zhen sneered. "Drop the act. We're not buying it. Go crawl back to wherever you came from."

On the side, Xu Wendong was truly panicking now. "Ting Lan, just take him out first. If he still won't leave, the Xu Family will really be finished."

"Dad." Xu Tinglan was desperate. "He's here to help—"

"He's not here to help, he's here to make things worse."

Xu Wendong's face took on a pleading look. "Get him out first. I have to keep the Xu Family alive."

Ren Feng shook his head and didn't move.

These small families present weren't even worth him lifting a finger. A single word from him would be enough. He genuinely didn't want to bother clashing with them—what's the point of fighting a nest of ants?

"Enough, call people in. Stop wasting time." Someone beside them spoke up. "Sweep this trash out."

In an instant, a group of bodyguards rushed in from outside and directly surrounded Ren Feng.

And just then, Li Da also arrived with his people.

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