43: Ling Xian's first love, Xia Mo

Ling Xian was slightly taken aback. Looking at the city girl in front of him wearing a sun hat and sunglasses, he felt she was quite a stranger.

"And you are?"

"I'm Shi Momo, Xia Mo's Best friend and roommate.

How could you forget after so little time?" Shi Momo took off her sunglasses, revealing an exquisite and pretty face.

Her appearance was quite good, close to that of Hu Yourong.

"So it's you!" Ling Xian's memory returned to four years ago.

Shi Momo was the Best friend of Ling Xian's first love, Xia Mo.

Xia Mo, a young lady of the Jiangnan Xia Family, was a few months older than Ling Xian; he usually called her Sister Xia Mo.

Although the Jiangnan Xia Family couldn't compare to those top-tier great families in Jiangnan, it was still a first-class family.

Back then, in order to develop the Ling Corporation, Ling Tianshi had sent the six-year-old Ling Xian to the Xia Family in one go.

From then on... Ling Xian's dozen years of inferiority complex began.

But because of this, a crazy love was born.

The two of them back then were considered the 'Golden Couple' at Jiangnan University, a pair that many people envied.

But in the end... they parted on bad terms due to some misunderstandings.

Otherwise... how could the business with Leng Yunyan have happened?

Leng Yunyan only received Ling Xian's frantic pursuit because she looked fifty percent like Xia Mo.

If Ling Xian's feeling for Leng Yunyan was obsession, then for Xia Mo, it was the love of someone cherished to the bone.

If it's missed, is it missed forever?

No, he didn't want that.

In the original plot, Xia Mo was also the only person who wasn't a relative but desperately tried to avenge Ling Xian after he was killed by Lin Feng; she was a major late-stage antagonist.

Jiangnan would be the next stop.

Ling Xian sighed inwardly, his eyes firm as he thought to himself.

Even now, Ling Xian had not let go of this relationship.

"Why have you come to Qingshui Town?" Ling Xian asked with a smile.

"Huh? You're asking me? Do you even know what kind of place Qingshui Town is?" Shi Momo stood with her hands on her hips, looking at Ling Xian with some concern.

"It's very dangerous here, a place where people die at the drop of a hat.

If something happens to you, how am I supposed to explain it to my Xia Mo?

Did you bring bodyguards? You're not here alone, are you!"

"Uh, bodyguards... friends!"

As the heir of the Ling Corporation and the Young Master of the Ling Family, it was embarrassing for him to be lectured by a woman a year older than him.

Wu Poshan and Ling Wu both held back their laughter.

Only the little loli Chi Taohua covered her mouth and giggled.

She hadn't expected that even a master like Ling Xian would be so constrained in front of an ordinary woman.

Of course, Ling Xian wasn't constrained because of Shi Momo herself, but because Shi Momo said Xia Mo was worried about him.

Shi Momo also noticed Chi Taohua and the others. When she saw Chi Taohua dressed in a maid outfit, looking adorable with her large, watery eyes, she couldn't help but pull her into an embrace.

"Wow! What a cute little girl!"

Chi Taohua's expression instantly collapsed.

Sensing this, Ling Xian coughed a few times. "Cough, cough... Shi Momo, that... Chi Taohua isn't a little girl."

"Ah! Sorry, she's just so cute." Shi Momo looked embarrassed.

"By the way, I came here this time to accompany my friend to a martial arts competition. What about you guys?" Shi Momo said, pointing to a man on the arena stage.

The man was muscular; with a simple move, his veins bulged, and his hands were covered in callouses. He was clearly a trained martial artist.

But since he hadn't developed a sense of Qi, he was ultimately just an ordinary person.

"Brother Song is the Sanda champion of Jiangnan Province. He heard that Qingshui Town has masters competing on this day every year, so he wanted to come and test himself."

Just as Shi Momo finished explaining, that Brother Song defeated his opponent and stepped down from the stage.

"Momo, I overestimated these people. What kind of trash are they? They're all self-taught hacks; there are no masters at all," Brother Song complained as he wiped the sweat off his body with a huge towel.

"Brother Song, how about trying underground black market boxing?" Shi Momo suggested.

"Underground black market boxing? Just a bunch of amateurs, all weaklings."

"If they were really that powerful, why wouldn't they participate in official competitions? A single championship win is worth over a million."

Hearing this, Wu Poshan was a bit annoyed.

Ling Xian, however, shook his head inwardly.

He truly doesn't know how vast the world is.

He doesn't even have the strength Wu Poshan had before becoming a martial artist, yet he dares to be so arrogant. He'll surely suffer for it later.

"Boring!"

"That's because you're too powerful, Brother Song," Shi Momo echoed.

Suddenly, this Brother Song saw Chi Taohua in Shi Momo's arms, and his eyes instantly lit up.

Seeing Chi Taohua in her maid outfit, his heart skipped a beat.

"Um... what's your name? Can I be your friend?" Brother Song stammered as he faced Chi Taohua.

"No. I am the Young Master's maid. The Young Master said not to make friends with strangers."

Of course, these words were half-true.

She was a maid, yes, but Ling Xian had definitely never taught her to say that.

It was purely that Chi Taohua looked down on this Sanda champion.

"Kid, a maid? What era is this? You're actually still doing this kind of thing? Hurry up and let this little girl go." Brother Song looked righteous.

It was clear he really liked Chi Taohua's 'type'.

Even though he could see Ling Xian's extraordinary clothing and likely extraordinary status, he still spoke so rudely to him.

Ling Xian was speechless. Was he being treated as a villainous young master?

Wait, it seemed he originally was one.

"Chi Taohua, handle it yourself. I don't have time to waste here.

Tomorrow's lollipop supply is cut off for one day."

After speaking, Ling Xian turned to Shi Momo and said, "Sister Momo, will you... or are you coming with us?"

Shi Momo hesitated for a moment but ultimately followed Ling Xian.

After all, she had promised Xia Mo that if she saw Ling Xian, she would take good care of this 'younger brother'.

"Hey... kid, what do you mean?" Before this Brother Song could finish his sentence, he was grabbed by one of Chi Taohua's hands.

Before he could even react, Chi Taohua used immense strength to slam Brother Song onto the ground like a piece of junk to vent her anger.

"My lollipops! It's all because of you, all because of you! I won't have lollipops to eat tomorrow!"

As she slammed him, Chi Taohua cried out in grievance.

Brother Song didn't even have the strength to resist.

He knew many techniques, but facing this kind of power that treated him like a piece of clothing to be thrashed around on the ground, he truly had no way out.

Absolute strength overcomes all techniques.

This was likely what that meant.

After slamming him two or three times, Chi Taohua finally stopped.

It wasn't that she didn't want to continue, but she felt this Brother Song simply couldn't take any more.

Then, Brother Song slowly got up, his face full of disbelief.

"Are little girls nowadays all this powerful?"

Thinking of this, he decided to catch up with Ling Xian and the others to get an explanation... Entering a corner of the town nestled against the mountains and waters, Ling Xian was also nearing the arena for the Donghai Grand Competition.

At this moment, many big shots from Donghai had already gathered here.

The surrounding area was blocked off by guards from the Donghai Yue Family. Except for those from Donghai participating in the competition to resolve interests, basically no one was allowed in.

Ling Xian and his group arrived relatively late and were stopped by several large men in black as soon as they arrived.

With a slight perception of his spiritual power, he could discover that these men in black were all martial artists trained by the Yue Family.

On one hand, they were there to verify identities, and on the other, to collect entrance fees.

The Yue Family deploying so many people certainly wasn't doing it for free.

Five thousand per person wasn't considered expensive.

It also served to get rid of the curiosity of ordinary people trying to enter.

"Ling Wu!"

Ling Xian's identity naturally didn't need verification; which Donghai big shot didn't know him?

The money for the five people was also easily transferred by Ling Xian.

Hearing the entrance fee of five thousand per person, Shi Momo's face was full of disbelief and visible heartache for the money.