Wen Mingxiu did not immediately explain when she saw the crowd’s stunned and confused faces. Instead, she began walking again until she reached an empty space.

Only then did she speak, “Hm, are you guys looking down on my old friend?”

The nearby crowd immediately felt embarrassed. They were all disciples of powerful clans and naturally looked down on the poor.

However, they could not admit it due to the risk of offending Wen Mingxiu.

Wen Mingxiu sighed and said, “My friend is far more formidable than you guys imagine. If my estimate is correct, no one here is his match.”

These words drew an uproar from the surrounding crowd, their faces clearly unconvinced.

Someone could not help but retort, “Miss Mingxiu, are you looking down on us?”

Wen Mingxiu frowned. “Since when did I say that?”

Soon after, she displayed a helpless expression. “Every word I said earlier is true. If you guys don’t believe me, there’s nothing else I can say.”

The more she acted this way, the more the nearby youths felt unconvinced. To think that she was saying they could not compare to a commoner...