Adding fire to the flames

Shen Xiaozhang smirked. This is what he wanted. Now, he was sure that everyone would support him and nobody would believe in those false words. He decided to add fire to the flames. "Official Li, you cannot do this," he said. "You cannot hurt people so recklessly. They aren't wrong. Just because you have power and authority doesn't mean that you can do whatever comes into your heart. You are in that position to protect people and think about their well-being not hurt them."

The crowd nodded. Hearing Shen Xiaozhang's words and seeing that he was speaking for them, all of them felt overwhelmed and stood by his side. Yeah! How can an Official be like this? How can he use his power to hurt them? All of the crowd felt that Official Li was overreacting and being a bad person. Didn't they just speak a few words? Why was it that he was so angry and wanted to hurt them? But, at the same time, nobody thought that it was they themselves who were speaking bad things about Official Li's son and that's why he was so angry. Everyone felt that they were doing the right thing and supporting the correct side. Hence, their anger towards Official Li and his son increased.

Official Li snorted upon seeing the crowd's reaction. Before this, he always thoughts that the Young Master Shen was a good man but now, seeing carefully he realized how cunning and scheming this young man was. Just by a few words, he was able to manipulate the people's minds and turn them to speak in his favor.

"You! You! You! You all are bad people," Young Master Li broke free from his father's grip and glared at everyone. Seeing that everyone was scolding his father, he was very angry. "My father is not a bad man," he yelled and pointed his fingers towards Shen Xiaozhang. "This thief is a bad man!!! He is a bad man!!!"

"Yes," The strange man also nodded his head frantically. "This man is bad, very bad. He loves to steal from poor people. "

Shen Xioazhang sighed, "Official Li, will you stop your son and this strange man you have arranged to stop speaking lies?"

"I am not lying!!!" Young Master Li yelled and glared at Shen Xiaozhang.

"You are," Shen Xiaozhang refuted.

"I am not!!!"

"Young Master Li, please stop!" Shen Xiaozhang said. "Everyone here knows that you are lying..."

"Oh really?" Suddenly, a sweet feminine voice broke into the conversation in between. Everyone was puzzled to hear that strange beautiful voice. Even, Shen Xiaozhang was stunned to hear someone interrupting their conversation. For some reason, he felt a bad premonition come into his heart. He knew that whoever this girl was might change the entire scenario of the situation. He looked at his father and his father shook his head. Now, they could only wait and see who this girl was before doing anything else.

Once again, the crowd parted ways and a young woman walked in. Behind her was a majestic man likely to be her father and a few guards. The moment the crowd saw these people walking in, they were confused, shocked, and stunned. What was the Xu family doing here? Everyone in the capital knew about the Xu family. Though the Xu family were not a part of the court but they had a lot of influence on everyone. They were businessmen and had many shops in different parts of the capital. They were also one of the richest families in the capital. But the people were not shocked because of this matter.

Everyone in the capital knew that the Xu family and Li family were enemies. They had a long history of enmity between them. They didn't like each other and always liked to go against each other. So, why did the Xu family come here? Were they here to support the Li family or to rub sat in their wounds. Everyone couldn't help but rub their hands with excitement. They looked forward to how the situation would turn now. Most of them thought that the Xu family was here to watch the excitement.

Even Official Li felt the same. He hated the Xu family extremely and now, he was unhappy with the involvement of the Xu family in this situation. Why were they here? Wasn't the situation already bad enough? Are they here to worsen the situation more?

As soon as Shen Xiaozhang saw that it was Miss Xu, he smiled and took a sigh of relief. Knowing the hatred between the two families, he knew that Miss Xu would never speak out for the Li family. So, it meant that he had no danger and he was worrying for nothing. With a big smile, he nodded at Miss Xu. "Miss Xu..."

However, to everybody's shock, Miss Xu walked gracefully in the middle of the crowd and glared at Shen Xiaozhang. "Dad, this man stole my money and threatened me," she complained.

Shen Xiaozhang: "......"

Official Li: "......."

The crowd: "......"

Master Xu looked at Shen Xiaozhang and frowned. When his daughter complained that somebody stole her money and almost killed her, he was enraged. She was his beloved daughter, the apple of his eyes. He loved her so much and spoiled her so much and somebody wanted to kill his daughter. How dare he? At first, he thought that it was the work of some concubine from his backyard but to his surprise, his daughter said that she knew who that person was.

That's why, he came here to punish that person and get justice for his daughter. However, what was he seeing? The person that his daughter was talking about was none other than Young Master Shen. Beforehand, he thought that his daughter might be mistaken or something. After all, why would Young Master Shen who had nothing to do with his daughter, no enmity would want to steal and threaten her?

But, only after hearing about a few things from the crowd and he realized that his daughter was right. Young Master Shen not only stole and threatened his daughter but he also did the same thing to two other people. It was quite shocking but extremely despicable on Young Master Shen's part. It was highly shameful. Like was Young Master Shen a fool?

Why would he want to do this and bring shame upon himself?