Nan Xun quickly interfered to resolve the dispute when she saw that a fight was about to break out. She said, “Young master Zu, this request is rather difficult. How about we change it to something else?”

Zu An looked troubled and replied, “But what if we change it, but young master Yu still refuses to do it out of a bad mood?”

Yu Nan harrumphed. “Do you take me for a three-year-old child? I’ll do it as long as it’s not an unreasonable request!”

Zu An said with a smile, “But that’s what you just said earlier.”

Yu Nan choked. “You merely said what you said to try and eliminate me. That’s not something a noble man would do. Of course I wouldn’t choose to agree.”

If he really left and went home, that would spell the end of this competition over Nan Xun for him. Obtaining the courtesan was already secondary. Now, the most important thing was winning. If he could bring the beauty back, he would recover all the dignity he had lost because of Zu An. The only thing others would say about the event would be good things about him. If he lost, especially to Zu An and Bi Ziang, his reputation would be utterly crushed.

“Fine, then as a favor to Lady Nan Xun, I’ll...