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"While I don't agree with proving one's innocence, I also don't want others to think I'm a pervert who stole my classmate's underwear, so I've decided..."

Lin Ran glanced at Lin Haozhe and continued, "Let Instructor Liu search you. He's your instructor; you should trust him, right?"

"Are you sure?" Zhang Yingying was slightly confused by Lin Ran's sudden change.

"Of course," Lin Ran nodded, "but I have one condition!"

Zhang Yingying showed an expression of certainty and asked, "What are the conditions?"

"Simple."

Lin Ran pointed to the clothes on the ground: "If you don't find your underwear on me, you must apologize to me and tidy up all the clothes on the ground."

The more someone dislikes doing something, the more he insists on making them do it.

It's not that easy to just walk away.

Now that the opportunity to search her body is right in front of her, Zhang Yingying is caught in a dilemma.

Judging from Lin Ran's behavior, it's highly likely that her underwear isn't on her body.

But she felt unwilling to give up if she didn't search.

After all, things have gotten this big, there has to be a resolution.

But if she agrees to Lin Ran's conditions, she will most likely have to clean up the mess.

No matter which option I choose, I'm not satisfied; it's like being led by the nose.

Just as he was hesitating, Liu Zhengyi made the choice for her: "Don't worry, Zhang, if Lin really stole your underwear, I definitely won't cover for him!"

Zhang Yingying paused slightly, a helpless expression on her face.

Is this a matter of whether you cover it up or not?

This is clearly a situation where defeat is inevitable!

Now that things had come to this, she couldn't bring herself to say anything about letting it go, so she could only nod and say, "Okay, then I'll trouble Instructor Liu."

"No trouble at all, no trouble at all." Liu Zhengyi nodded and walked to Lin Ran's side: "Please raise your hand, Lin Ran."

"No problem." Lin Ran nodded and did as instructed, raising his hands horizontally.

Liu Zhengyi searched all of Lin's pockets and finally gave a result that was not surprising: "Lin does not have Zhang's underwear on him."

He looked at Zhang Yingying and said with an awkward smile, "It seems this is all a misunderstanding."

Only one person at the scene was very surprised.

Lin Haozhe was completely baffled.

He clearly put Zhang Yingying's plus-size lace underwear in Lin Ran's pocket, so how did it disappear?

"You seem disappointed?" Lin Ran's voice rang in his ear.

Lin Haozhe immediately became alert and quickly said in a serious tone, "No, no, I was just a little nervous. I was worried that Brother Ran would be wronged."

"Hmph!" Lin Ran glanced at him, then looked at Zhang Yingying: "Fulfill the conditions."

Zhang Yingying took a deep breath: "Okay! I'm sorry! I shouldn't have doubted you for no reason!"

After saying that, she went forward to tidy up the clothes on the ground.

The other female students in Class Two quickly called out, "Yingying, we're here to help you."

"Forget it, let's do it ourselves."

A group of boys stepped forward and searched the ground for their clothes.

Just when Zhang Yingying thought the matter was over, a boy suddenly shouted, "Holy crap, there really is a woman's bra!"

"It's even made of lace!"

"Holy crap, who's such a pervert?"

"Wow, at first I thought it was just a farce, but it turns out we really have a remarkable person among us!"

Everyone was talking at once, but no one noticed that Zhang Yingying's face had turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

She took two steps forward, picked up her underwear from the ground, and glanced at everyone: "Who did this?"

Obviously, her question was futile.

"How could the person who actually stole the underwear possibly come forward voluntarily?" Lin Ran glanced at Lin Haozhe: "You agree, right, Haozhe?"

Lin Haozhe's heart tightened, and he quickly chimed in, "Yes, yes, yes! Since that person did something wrong, they certainly won't admit it easily!"

Actually, when the girls in Martial Arts Class 2 threw the boys' clothes on the ground, Lin Ran had the Lord of Xuan Chen cancel the illusion.

It's just that the underwear was covered by other clothes at the time, so no one noticed.

Now that the underwear has been found, Zhang Yingying is once again publicly humiliated.

She was used to being spoiled and arrogant, and thought everyone should give in to her. Today she finally saw the wickedness of people's hearts.

"You just wait! This isn't going to end like this!"

Holding her plus-size lace lingerie in her hand, she quickly squeezed through the crowd and disappeared outside the door.

The girls from Martial Arts Class 2 also followed and left.

As they left, they were all still indignant.

Amidst the whispers of the many boys, Lin Ran stepped out of the locker room.

Lin Haozhe quickly followed, lowering his voice to say, "Brother Ran, this is troublesome. You've offended the city lord's daughter; the city lord definitely won't let this go."

"Isn't this exactly what you wanted to see?" Lin Ran's gaze gradually turned cold. "Do you think you're so clever?"

His words were practically a showdown, but Lin Haozhe insisted on continuing the act.

"Brother Ran, how could you think that?" His eyes flickered, quickly switching to a hurt expression: "We're brothers!"

Lin Ran retorted, "Heh... brothers without blood ties, is that it?"

"Yes, I'm just an adopted son, but I don't want anything to happen to Ran-ge either." Lin Haozhe's tone became increasingly earnest: "After all, Ran-ge also represents the Lin family."

"Really?" Lin Ran raised an eyebrow. "I don't think I can represent the Lin family!"

Lin Haozhe wanted to say something, but when he saw Lin Ran's dangerous gaze, he instinctively shrank back: "I'll go change my clothes first."

After saying that, he immediately turned back to the locker room.

He felt that if he didn't leave soon, he was afraid he would get beaten up.

However, Lin Ran really didn't plan to deal with him right now.

After all, the bigger fish hasn't shown itself yet, so there's no point in killing such a small fry.

It's better to let him jump around first. The more he jumps, the faster he catches fish. We can settle the score later.

Chu Xining walked around from the side, tugged at Lin Ran's sleeve, and whispered, "Brother Lin Ran, if you want women's underwear, you can have mine!"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Lin Ran couldn't help but raise his hand and press his forehead.

Chu Xining said earnestly, "In short, my underwear is definitely prettier than Zhang Yingying's!"

"Is this about being pretty or not?" Lin Ran took a deep breath. "You don't really think I'm a pervert, do you?"

He was completely unable to comprehend Chu Xining's thought process.

She said before that she had already slept with him, but now she's saying she can give him her underwear.

Isn't she a complete female hooligan?

How did the little girl who used to follow the original owner around in my memory become like this?

"Of course Brother Lin Ran isn't a pervert!" Chu Xining waved her hands repeatedly.

"Then stop talking nonsense!"

Chu Xining pouted: "Oh..."

It seemed that Lin Ran's refusal to accept her kindness made her very disappointed.

"Lin Ran!" Bai Ruolin caught up from behind, her face showing concern.

"Zhang Yingying's father is the lord of Xinhai City, and he has the power to command the city's defense forces. In Xinhai, if he is determined to make things difficult for someone, it will be hard to guard against."

Lin Ran turned his head away, his tone relaxed: "It's okay, I'll take care of it."

Upon hearing this, Bai Ruolin's lips twitched slightly: "Don't you understand the true value of being the lord of a city?"

"In this world where martial arts reign supreme, how much real power does a mere city lord have?" Lin Ran said dismissively.

He has already offended even martial arts families, so why should he be afraid of a city lord?

Bai Ruolin shook her head, her expression solemn: "Zhang Qichuan is also a peak Transcendent Realm martial artist; otherwise, what makes you think he could become the city lord?"

"Peak of the Transcendent Realm?" Lin Ran, who had been completely composed, paused. "Alright, then never mind."

With his Qi Refining Level 7, he should be able to hold his own against a Transcendent Realm martial artist, but expecting him to defeat one would be asking too much.

Moreover, the peak of the Transcendent Realm has already touched the threshold of the Profound Realm, which is beyond his current ability to deal with.

However, this is only temporary.

At his current rate of cultivation, he will soon reach the pinnacle of Qi cultivation.

Afterwards, with the help of the Nine-Rank Golden Lotus, he will break through to the Foundation Establishment stage in one fell swoop, and his strength will surge once again.

At that time, any extraordinary martial artist will be utterly insignificant to him.