Yuan Wendong wasn’t the only one infuriated by his remarks. Quite a few people from the Yuan clan also kindly contributed a substantial amount of Rage points to Zu An. In fact, some of the bystanders were visibly affected by his remarks as well.

Even Ji Dengtu had stopped ogling at all of the married women around him to look at Zu An.

This fellow is surely asking for a beating. I must keep my daughter away from this fellow. It’s only a matter of time before she gets implicated in his shenanigans.

Then again, that fellow did give me quite a lovely book. I wonder how many more of such books he has. If Yuan Wendong beats him to within a sliver of his life, should I step in and save him on account of the book he gave me?

Seated on the viewing platform, Snow snorted softly. “That man is as hateful as ever.”

In front of her, Shi Kun gave a surprising nod of agreement. He could relate deeply to those words.

“He’s a scoundrel through and through. He’ll never achieve anything great,” sneered Sang Qian.

Sang Hong, who was sitting in front of him, transmitted a reminder to him via ki. “The fact that he was able to earn seven-and-a-half million silver taels from the Silverhook Casino and also become an arithmetic teacher in the academy shows that he’s no ordinary individual. Don’t be fooled by his exterior appearance. I’ve told you many times not to judge another superficially. You need to go deeper and uncover the true nature of each matter.”

“I understand,” replied Sang...