"Let's go." Ling Xi looked up at Emily, a faint reminder in her voice, not even letting her gaze linger on the group of girls looking for trouble.
"Oh, sure." Emily nodded cheerfully and walked over to Ling Xi's side, bypassing the group of girls, "Let's go," as if the person who had just been surrounded wasn't her at all.
However... although the intended victim wished to keep the peace, the instigators did not.
"Ling Xi, this is between us and her. I advise you not to meddle, don't think that we are all really afraid of you," the ringleader amongst the girls called out as she watched Ling Xi's silhouette, a hint of wariness in her eyes.
She had just noticed that Ling Xi and Ian were not in the vicinity, and yet, within the blink of an eye, she had appeared before them, which was truly horrifying.
If you possess beauty alone, you become the object of envy; unless, your beauty is accompanied by a powerful background.