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Chapter 290 Zhang Jie, Cheng Xiao, Gao Hongliang: The Boat of Friendship Capsizes So Easily

If your explanation doesn't satisfy me, I'll continue to ask Sister Luo Li to instruct me on how to beat you.
From the threatening words left by Luo Li, Zheng Zha finally understood how Luo Li had seized his weakness and then used an unexpectedly smooth combo to knock him to the ground.

I should have realized this sooner. Someone must have been secretly guiding Lori.
With the clues, Zheng Zha quickly deduced that at least two people were involved in instructing Luo Li to beat him up, one of whom was Luo Li, as Luo Li herself had mentioned.

Meanwhile, Zhang Jie's image instantly popped into Zheng Zha's mind. He thought that only with Zhang Jie's mental link could he communicate with Luo Li right under his nose.

Thus, a complete chain of clues formed in Zheng Zha's mind. Zhang Jie used his mental power to provide Luo Li and Luo Li with a secret communication that he himself would not have been able to discover if he hadn't been careful.

Then, based on the flaws she had revealed by underestimating Luo Li, Luo Li devised a strategy and seized the opportunity to beat herself up!

Zheng Zha, clutching his sore nose and burning eyes, scrambled to his feet from the grass, tears welling in his eyes. He never imagined his good teammates would betray him like this!

Seeing Zheng Zha get up from the grass with panda eyes and a red nose, Zhang Jie couldn't help but shout, "Hey, isn't this Zheng Zha, the former captain of our Zhongzhou team? Who beat you up like this? Tell me, brother, I'll help you get revenge."

"Zhang Jie!" Zheng Zha roared, his voice a mixture of grievance and anger. "Brother?! If you hadn't tricked me with your mental link, would I have been beaten up like this by Luo Li?!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jie's eyes widened instantly. Pointing at Zheng Zha, he said righteously, "Slander! This is blatant slander! What evidence do you have to prove that I'm behind this!"

Zheng Zha had anticipated Zhang Jie's response, and immediately sneered, saying, "Evidence? I don't need evidence! This training is about to end; it's time to test the results."

A threat, a blatant threat!

Cold sweat instantly broke out on Zhang Jie's forehead. He was about to say that it was Luo Li's idea when he noticed a sharp gaze fixed on him.

Damn it, I've become the scapegoat!
Now Zhang Jie understood. Zheng Zha must have known about Luo Li's idea, but he didn't dare to provoke Luo Li, so he could only take it out on Zhang Jie.

Now that things had come to this, Zhang Jie knew he had no way out, so he said defiantly, "So what if it's a fight? Do you really think I'm afraid of you?"

As soon as Zhang Jie finished speaking, his teammates who were watching the commotion burst into laughter.

"Fight! We have to fight!" Cheng Xiao was the first to jump out, waving his fist as if he wanted to stir up trouble. "The betting is open! Bet on how many minutes Zhang Jie can last against Zheng Zha!"

Zhang Jie's face darkened instantly. He thought to himself, "I took all the blame for you guys, and you still don't give me any face!"
So Zhang Jie decisively pointed at Cheng Xiao and said to Zheng Zha, "He was partly responsible for what just happened."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Zha's gaze shot towards Cheng Xiao like lightning. The smile on Cheng Xiao's face instantly froze, and his waving fist stood still in mid-air.

"Wait! Zheng Zha! That old Bi Jie is trying to scam you!" Cheng Xiao hurriedly took two steps back. "How could someone as upright as me get involved in something like this!"

Zheng Zha wouldn't be certain that Cheng Xiao was involved in directing Luo Li's beating based on Zhang Jie's words, nor would he believe that Cheng Xiao wasn't involved based on Cheng Xiao's explanation.

Distrusting both of them, Zheng Zha chose to find a third party to tell him who was telling the truth between Zhang Jie and Cheng Xiao.

Zheng Zha looked around and felt that all the teammates watching the commotion were suspicious. He tried to discern their identities and finally decided to listen to what Zero had to say.

"Zero Point, I can only trust you now, my good brother. Tell me about what just happened, was Cheng Xiao involved?" Zero Point looked at Cheng Xiao, who was secretly giving him a meaningful look, and a troubled expression appeared on his face.

Upon seeing Lingdian's reaction, Zheng Zha knew the answer in his heart. He stepped forward, patted Lingdian on the shoulder, and said, "I'm sorry to have troubled you. I already have the answer in my heart. You don't need to say anything."

Lingdian breathed a sigh of relief and gave Zheng Zha an apologetic smile.

Zheng Zha patted Lingdian on the shoulder again, then turned to look at Cheng Xiao and said with a sneer, "I really didn't expect that you were actually involved."

Cheng Xiao looked at Lingdian, then at Zheng Zha, and shouted defiantly, "I really didn't participate! Zheng Zha, you have to believe me!" He then pointed at Lingdian and shouted, "Lingdian didn't say anything, how did you assume it was me?"

Zheng Zha cracked his knuckles as he explained with a cold laugh, "Given Zero's personality, he would have denied it outright if you hadn't been involved."

But instead of denying it, he wore a troubled expression, which said it all.

Ji. Cheng Xiao glared fiercely at Zhang Jie. If Zhang Jie hadn't betrayed him, Zheng Zha would never have imagined that he was also involved in directing Luo Li to beat him up.

Since Zhang Jie had already exposed him, Cheng Xiao decided to go all the way and drag Gao Hongliang down with him.

"Zheng Zha, I'm reporting Gao Hongliang for his involvement too!"

Faced with Zheng Zha's gaze, Gao Hongliang, who knew from the moment Cheng Xiao was reported by Zhang Jie that he would be implicated sooner or later, helplessly raised his hands in surrender.

“I was forced into it. They forced me to use Zea to analyze your attack habits when you block Loli’s punches, then develop countermeasures and instruct Loli to fight you.”

Gao Hongliang tried to convince Zheng Zha that he was forced into it, and wanted to transfer all his anger onto Zhang Jie and Cheng Xiao.

But Zheng Zha, who had long seen through his teammates' true colors, was not easily fooled.

"Alright, alright, who else is there besides the three of you? Tell me, and I'll beat them all up today!"

Zheng Zha was too lazy to use the excuse of checking cultivation progress and friendly sparring to cover up his desire to beat up Zhang Jie and the others to vent his anger. He directly threatened them to reveal the other participants as well.

Zhang Jie, Cheng Xiao, and Gao Hongliang exchanged a glance, and to Zheng Zha's surprise, they were firm and said in unison, "No one else is involved except us!"

Despite saying that, Zheng Zha noticed that their eyes kept glancing behind him, so he immediately turned around and looked back. He saw Luo Li holding a skewer of grilled meat with a strange expression, looking puzzled about something.

It's Luo Li, then it's alright.
Luo Li was involved in directing Luo Li to beat him up. Zheng Zha already knew this from Luo Li's threats, and could even be certain that she was the organizer.

But so what? Look at how much Luo Li believes what he says now. Zheng Zha dares to say that he will take revenge, and Luo Li will use his past trivial matters to slander him.

So let's just pretend we don't know she's the mastermind. I doubt Zhang Jie and the others would dare to say it outright.

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