Li Ran, Wang Xuan, the Director, Zong Rui, and Tajiguli watched anxiously as Li Meng frantically dug inside the tent, their eyes brimming with anticipation. If Li Meng couldn’t dig anything up, then all their efforts would have been for nothing.

The onlookers were ecstatic. The scene before them was far more thrilling than any movie or TV drama.

"Big Brother, she won’t actually dig something up, will she?" Ye Lin’er asked quietly.

"She’ll find jack squat!" Ye Xiu laughed. Last night, after spying on Li Ran’s meeting with the Director, he had returned to his tent and felt something hard and uncomfortable on his bed. He pulled it out and saw it was a woman’s watch—and a very expensive one at that. He instantly guessed that someone was trying to frame him. So, in the middle of the night, he called Tang Bo over and had him take the watch back to the Wu Family’s estate.

"Nothing? How can there be nothing?" Li Meng had torn up all the ground inside the tent, but aside from grass roots and pebbles, she found nothing at all.

Li Ran, Wang Xuan, the Director, Zong Rui, and Tajiguli were immediately disappointed, realizing their plan to frame Ye Xiu had failed. However, they weren’t discouraged. If this attempt failed, they would just make a more thorough plan for next time. It was no big deal.

But Li Ran, Wang Xuan, and Li Meng were puzzled. Where could Ye Xiu have hidden the watch?

"Ladies and gentlemen, do you still think I stole Li Ran’s watch?" Ye Xiu looked around at the crowd, smiling as he asked.

Li Ran and the others suddenly felt as disgusted as if they had swallowed a fly. Especially Li Ran. Not only had her attempt to frame him failed, but she had also lost a watch worth 1,200,000 in the process. What a huge loss!

The crowd’s expressions turned intrigued. It seemed Ye Lin’er’s bodyguard was preparing to strike back.

Li Ran, Wang Xuan, Li Meng, the Director, Zong Rui, and Tajiguli panicked. They had assumed that since the watch wasn’t found, the matter would be dropped, and they could just find another way to deal with Ye Xiu later. They never expected him to counterattack so proactively and fiercely.

"You’re talking nonsense. We only suspected you stole my watch. That doesn’t count as framing," Li Ran retorted.

"Li Ran’s right. The law doesn’t prohibit suspicion. Kid, you think you can intimidate us with the law? Dream on!" mocked the Director.

"Do you take everyone for blind fools?" Ye Xiu snorted. "Li Ran’s assistant, Li Meng, went straight for my bed after entering the tent. We only arrived yesterday evening. How did she know which bed was mine? Clearly, she’d already cased the place..."

Li Ran, Li Meng, Wang Xuan, and everyone present were dumbfounded. So many of them, and not one had noticed this detail. Li Ran was at a loss for words, not knowing how to rebut.

"I was the one who had the set crew tell Li Ran the location of all the bodyguards’ beds," the Director volunteered, patching up the flaw in Li Ran’s plan.

Li Ran’s eyes lit up. "That’s right! The Director told me, which is why Li Meng went straight for your bed when she entered the tent."

Wang Xuan scoffed, "A country bumpkin will always be a country bumpkin. Trying to accuse us of framing you so you can blackmail us? No way!"

Panting, Li Meng challenged with an unbearably smug expression, "You say we framed you, but what evidence do you have? If you’re so confident, then show us the proof!"

"Exactly! Do you have evidence?" Li Ran pressed aggressively. "If you don’t have any evidence, then you are slandering us. Everyone present can testify that you’re accusing us of framing you with malicious intent!"

Tajiguli said disdainfully, "You mountain bumpkin, you have some nerve accusing us of framing you. What are you trying to pull?"

Zong Rui said, "Director, this person is claiming that Li Ran framed him. Why keep such a person on the crew?"

In unison, they ganged up to accuse Ye Xiu of slander.

The onlookers were dumbfounded. Li Ran’s group is so shameless! They were the ones who tried to frame Ye Xiu, and now they’re turning the tables on him and accusing him of slander. Shameless! Utterly shameless!

Rage burned in Ye Xiu’s heart. Li Ran and her group had truly hit a new low of shamelessness. He said coldly, "You’re all celebrating too soon. Do you think I’m as stupid as you are?"

"Ooh, listen to you," Li Ran said with disdainful mockery. "Are you saying you have evidence that we framed you?"

Tajiguli and the others burst into laughter.

"Is the video all recorded?" Ye Xiu snorted, turning to ask Zhang San.

Zhang San hurried over and handed his phone to Ye Xiu. "Brother, from the very beginning until now, I’ve recorded everything said and done by everyone involved in framing you."

Only at that moment did Zhang San, Li Si, and Wang Wu understand. They had wondered why Ye Xiu had asked Zhang San to record everything earlier. So the trap was waiting for them right here! Awesome! He’s truly a Martial Artist! That brain of his is something else! He’s incredible!

"Did you all hear that?" Ye Xiu shook his phone, looking at Li Ran and the others. He asked coldly, "Should I report this to the authorities and send the evidence directly to the Patrol Officer, or should I let you all have a look first and then send it to the Patrol Officer?"

GAH!

The expressions of Li Ran, Wang Xuan, Li Meng, the Director, Zong Rui, and Tajiguli instantly wilted like frostbitten eggplants.

We never expected this hillbilly to be so cunning as to arrange for someone to record everything in advance! This is solid proof! We’re in big trouble! If Ye Xiu reports this to the authorities, we’ll all end up in jail! Not only that, but delaying the reality show shoot means the investors will sue us. That’s another crime on top of everything else, and we’ll have to pay them double for their losses.

"Someone, grab that phone from his hand!" the Director shouted.

A cold light flashed in Ye Xiu’s eyes. This damned fool is asking for death.

Li Ran and the others’ eyes lit up. That’s right! As long as we snatch the phone and destroy the video, this country bumpkin will have no evidence!

"Bodyguards, grab the phone!" Li Ran shouted.

"Everyone, get him!" Zong Rui yelled.

"Bodyguards, move it!" urged Tajiguli.

The onlookers quickly stepped back to continue enjoying the show. The bodyguards of Li Ran, Zong Rui, and Tajiguli, along with the Director’s and the film crew’s security personnel, swarmed toward Ye Xiu.

The onlookers clicked their tongues in amazement. This hillbilly is done for. With so many people, even if each of them only lands one punch, they can still beat his face until it swells up like a pig’s head.

The only ones unconcerned were Ye Lin’er, Chen Yang, Zhang San, Li Si, and Wang Wu. The latter three’s lack of concern stemmed from a blind faith in Martial Artists. At the same time, they were thrilled. Finally, we get to see what a Martial Artist can do!

As for Ye Lin’er and Chen Yang, they knew Ye Xiu’s true strength. Forget this rabble; even if every Martial Artist in the world joined forces against him, Ye Xiu could still charge in and out of their ranks seven times over.

Chen Yang silently took out his phone—to record.