Hearing this voice, Zhou Liangyu was slightly stunned at first, and then saw her daughter's angry eyes. She didn't know what to say for a moment, "Lingxiu, are you awake so soon?"

"I have heard what you said. Since they don't want to, we can't force it." Zhou Lingxiu never looked at Lin Tao from beginning to end.

Zhou Liangyu sighed, "Oh, we just said it..." As soon as he said it, Zhou Lingxiu glared at him and immediately couldn't continue.

"Anyway, don't mention this matter anymore, I'm going to rest." Zhou Lingxiu turned her back to Zhou Liangyu and Lin Tao, and stopped talking.

Lin Tao and Zhou Liangyu looked at each other, and didn't know what to do for a moment.

"Let's go." After a while, Zhou Liangyu shook her head and walked out first. Lin Tao followed him out.

After going out, Zhou Liangyu and Lin Tao walked side by side on the cobblestone path in the backyard.

"I know the temper of Lingxiu. Don't take what she says to you, just live a few days." Zhou Liangyu suddenly said.

Lin Tao laughed dryly, "To be honest, you don't need to comfort me now, you should comfort Lingxiu. She lost to Zhou Linji and was hit. She was even more sad when she came just now. Do you go and see her later?"

Zhou Liangyu nodded, agreed with Lin Tao's statement, and said, "Also, what I said before is still valid, but do you really have no feeling about Lingxiu?"

Lin Tao didn't know how to answer, but when he thought of Zhou Lingxiu's appearance, he felt a little thrilling.

He thought for a while and said, "Maybe there is!"

After leaving the courtyard, Lin Tao made an appointment with the time that Dong Wan'er and Qin Hongxiao should have just finished the competition, so they went back to their residence.

As soon as he entered the room, Chu Gongyu came up. Seeing that his face was not good, Lin Tao asked, "What's wrong?"

"Wan'er and Hongxiao are gone." Chu Gongyu's expression was very solemn.

"Why did they disappear? Didn't they go to participate in the second round of the martial arts meeting? Did they go to other places after that?" Lin Tao was very surprised. Why did the two living people disappear if they didn't say that they could see each other?

Chu Gongyu said: "I have looked for the venue, but there are no other places. If they have anything to do, they should say hello to you and me first."

"I understand, I'll go find them again." Lin Tao said, and hurried out.

"I'll go with you."

For an entire afternoon, Lin Tao and Chu Gongyu searched all over the city lord's mansion, and even the streets near Jincheng, but could not find the two people.

They had no choice but to give up for the time being. When they returned to the city lord's mansion, it was already dark.

As soon as Lin Tao entered the room, he saw a note pressing on the table. He opened the note and looked at the contents on it, his brows couldn't help but lock them tightly.

"What's wrong?" Chu Gongyu came up and asked.

Lin Tao said nothing and showed the note to Chu Gongyu. After seeing the note, Chu Gongyu's face changed.

He whispered the note: "Those two women are here for me, wanting to save them and give up the next game. Otherwise, their lives will be unsuccessful."

"Who did it?" Chu Gongyu asked, which was also a question that Lin Tao was puzzled.

The day after tomorrow, it was his match with Zhou Linji. This man wanted him to abstain from the ruling, just to get Zhou Linji to advance. Does it have anything to do with Zhou Linji?

It is unlikely that Lin Tao would have thought about it. At least Zhou Linji must not know. She is proud by nature and has always disdained to use this method. Instead, she wants to convince Lin Tao's loss on the martial arts stage. As for Uncle Huan, his intelligence and strength may not be the opponent of Dong Wan'er and Qin Hongxiao.

"It's hard to say at the moment, but Wan'er and Hongxiao fell into the hands of others. Besides, the enemy is in the dark and we are in the bright spot, so we can only let the opponent come first." Lin Tao said slowly.

"You want to give up on the game?"

Lin Tao nodded, "I can only do this now. I can't just joke about Wan'er and Hongxiao's lives because of the win or loss of a game. We can't tell what the mastermind will do."

Chu Gongyu lowered his head and thought for a while, and said, "Then I have to do this. I will continue to investigate this matter during this period. I always feel that Wan'er and Hongxiao seem to be no longer in the city."

Lin Tao also thought so, "I have the same feeling as you."

On the day of the competition, Lin Tao met Zhou Linji as soon as he entered the venue. Zhou Linji looked at him disdainfully: "Let me see today, what qualifications do you have."

"I'm sorry, I can't participate in the competition today." Lin Tao spread his hands.

"What did you say?" After hearing this, Zhou Linji also showed a hint of shock on her face. Lin Tao can now confirm that she really has nothing to do with this matter.

"I said I can't participate in today's competition." Lin Tao repeated.

He slowly climbed to the stage and looked at the dark heads in the stands. Many people watched the duel between him and Zhou Linji.

He sighed and told himself that for the sake of his friend, a game is no big deal, "I'll give up this game."

The audience exploded instantly, "Lin Tao wants to give up the game?"

"Can you be afraid of Zhou Linji?"

Zhou Youyuan was also puzzled and shouted loudly: "Brother, what do you mean? Even if you let others beat you down, is it better than giving up directly?"

Zhou Linji was stunned for a moment, then felt humiliated and said loudly: "Lin Tao, what do you mean?"

Lin Tao was also helpless, "It's not interesting, I just give up the game and I won't compete."

"You look down on me?"

Lin Taoxin said, this woman’s logic is really strange. Why do I look down on you if I give up a game?

"I have my own reasons," Lin Tao raised his voice so that everyone present could hear it, "I hope everyone doesn't think about it."

"You suddenly came like this and it would be strange if we didn't let us think about it. What's going on?" Zhou Youyuan kept yelling in the audience, and Lin Tao really wanted to go up and punch him twice.

"Anyway, thank you for your support." Lin Tao waved his hand and was about to walk off the martial arts stage. He didn't dare to mention a word about Dong Wan'er and Qin Hongxiao being hostages, worried that they would be even more dangerous.

"Wait!" Lin Tao was walking down, but suddenly he was stopped by a voice. When he heard this voice, his heart couldn't help but sank.

Uncle Huan slowly came up, bowed to everyone, and said, "Everyone, I had made a bet with Lin Tao before that Lin Tao and my adopted daughter Lin Ji will play. If Lin Tao wins, I will voluntarily kowtow to him and admit my mistake in person. However, if Lin Tao loses, Lin Tao must kneel down and kowtow to Lin Ji, admit my mistake in person. Lin Tao, I ask you if there is any such thing?"

Before Lin Tao could speak, Uncle Huan continued, "I'm afraid you will not admit it, so I brought the documents today. Everyone, this is the contract we made that day."

Uncle Huan took out a contract letter from his arms, with Lin Tao's signature and handprints on it, and the audience was immediately in an uproar.

He showed it proudly, and then asked Lin Tao: "Lin Tao, what else do you have to say?"

"I have nothing to say." Lin Tao sighed.

Uncle Huan sneered twice and said, "Since that's the case, then you know what to do."

“What should I do?”

"Don't think of cheating! I tell you, this contract is clearly written. If you lose, you will kneel down and kowtow and apologize to Lin Ji!" Uncle Huan said loudly.

Lin Tao had long thought that Uncle Huan would come like this, so he said, "Godfather, be calm and don't be excited first. First of all, no one said that this contract is fake. I did admit it. If you lose, kneel down and kowtow and admit your mistake in public."

"But, when you see your ancient Chinese level, you are not as good as you can. The contract is written in black and white, and it is clearly written. It is clear that Lin Tao and Zhou Linji are distinguished by strength. When I lost, I knelt down and kowtow to admit my mistake. But now I have not shown my strength. I announced that I will give up the game. You can't just say that I have lost, right?"

Uncle Huan was powerless to refute, and his teeth were so annoyed that he was tickle, and his face became ferocious, "Lin Tao, please stop playing text games with me."

Lin Tao lowered his face, "I'm not playing a word game with you. If I lose, I will admit it with dignity. But now I haven't lost, nor have I ever fought with Zhou Linji. If it doesn't work, I will make a separate appointment with Zhou Linji. If I'm defeated at that time, I will kneel down and kowtow."

Uncle Huan wanted to say something, but was pulled by Zhou Linji and shook his head and said, "Encyclopedia, don't be angry with such a slutty person. Since he doesn't dare, he only knows to hide behind a woman, let him hide. I want to see when he can hide."

Lin Tao also sneered: "Zhou Linji, I didn't expect you to be ugly, but you speak so badly, but I really can't fight you today. I can't tell you the reason, but if there are other opportunities in the future, I will definitely accompany you to the end."

Zhou Linji looked at him with contempt: "I have heard you say this for a year."

"I do what I say."

"Entertainment Father, let's go!" Zhou Linji stopped looking at him, pulled Uncle Huan, and left without looking back.

People are not afraid of being insulted, they are afraid of being neglected. When a person is neglected, it is the greatest insult.

After Zhou Linji and Huan Taishu left, a noisy discussion suddenly sounded from the audience. Lin Tao heard it very clearly, and most of them were talking about him.

"Look, I'll just say that Lin Tao is not good either."

"It seems that Zhou Linji is expected to be the number one in the martial arts meeting this year!"

Lin Tao slowly walked off the martial arts stage. Zhou Youyuan came up, patted his shoulder, and sighed: "Brother, I understand you. The more beautiful a woman is, the more she likes to bully us kind men."

Lin Tao pushed him away, "Come on, I'm not a kind man."

Zhou Youyuan was stunned for a moment and was about to defend himself when he heard someone say, "Brother Lin is indeed not a kind man."
Chapter completed!