Dou Xiangling said in a tone that can still be considered polite, “Mr. Abel, my cousin, and I are about to leave. Please step aside.”

Abel looked at Zi Yi and his eyes revealed a meaningful look. Following that, he took a step back and even did a gentlemanly posture.

Zi Yi and Dou Xiangling walked towards the exit together.

Zi Yi could not be bothered about how others were commenting on them. Just as they walked into the parking lot and were about to head for their car, Abel’s voice sounded from behind them.

“Zi, wait a minute.”

“What is he trying to do?” Dou Xiangling furrowed her eyebrows and wanted to give him a warning.

“Cousin, let me do it.”

Zi Yi turned around and looked towards Abel who was headed in their direction as she asked with indifference, “What’s the matter?”

“Beautiful Miss Zi, wouldn’t mind having dinner with me tonight, right?”

“I mind.”

Zi Yi’s expression turned chillier as she spoke. “I’m here as a participant in the competition, why should I have dinner with you.”

The more he looked at Zi Yi’s face, the more he liked it. He felt that if this woman became his human model, he would certainly be able to complete a stunning painting. Thinking of this, Abel’s voice sounded excited.

“Miss Zi, you shouldn’t say that. The competition this time round is held in Country X and I am the Country X’s Painting and Calligraphy Association’s…”

Zi Yi interrupted him. “Scum?”

“What?” When Abel finally reacted to what Zi Yi had said, his expression sank. “Miss Zi, I’m sincerely inviting you to dinner. If you don’t appreciate my invitation, do you know what will happen tomorrow?”

“Mr. Abel, who is backing you, for you to dare to threaten me?”

“I believe Miss Zi doesn’t know of it yet. My Uncle is the curator of this art museum and….” Speaking of this, he deliberately leaned towards her. “If I do something to your painting tools tomorrow, what kind of effect would it have on your competition… Oww-”

Zi Yi looked at Abel who suddenly held his stomach and cried out in pain. She then said in a cold tone, “I’m not interested in knowing what will happen tomorrow, but you will definitely have a miserable ending today.”

She took two steps back after she said her piece.

Immediately after, Abel’s body seemed to be controlled by an invisible force and he got beaten up.

“Ow… owwwww~”

Looking at Abel who was beaten up like a rag doll, Dou Xiangling was first surprised before she thought of something and asked in a low voice, “Yiyi, did you get…”

She did not manage to finish her sentence when Zi Yi nodded her head.

Dou Xiangling looked at Abel without the slightest trace of sympathy.

Just then, sounds of people coming towards the car park could be heard. When everyone saw Abel who was lying on the ground while groaning in pain with his face beaten blue back, they all got a fright.

All of them looked at Zi Yi and Dou Xiangling standing right beside him.

They then proceeded to walk over to them.

“Dou, what happened? What’s wrong with Mr. Abel?”

The members of the Country X’s Painting and Calligraphy Association went over to help him up.

Zi Yi took out her phone and played a recording of what Abel had threatened them with just moments ago. At the same time, she let them watch a video of the entire process.

Everyone looked at Abel with an inconceivable gaze.

“No one had beaten up Mr. Abel, but why did he end up in such a miserable state?”

“Could it be that he is deliberately acting?”

Coupled with his earlier threat to Zi Yi, everyone felt that they had found out the truth.

It just so happened that the curator of the museum and a group of members from the association had come over.

“What’s going on?” He looked at Abel who was unsteady on his feet, as if he had been ganged up on earlier and instantly flew into a rage. “Who beat up my nephew!”

Everyone looked at Abel with an odd expression.

Zi Yi showed her screen to the members of the association.

Dou Xiangling’s tone carried traces of sternness. “Even though we are participating in this international competition under our own name, we also represent China. So this is the way people from Country X’s Painting and Calligraphy Association treat the Chinese?”

The organizers of the competition looked towards Abel and the museum’s curator.

The curator’s expression had changed several times. He knew that his nephew likes to think up all sorts of methods to force others to become his human models whenever he sees a pretty person. However, he did not expect Abel to have tried his luck with a participant from China.

His originally furious expression instantly turned ashen. However, he still thought of trying to get Abel out of the trouble first. “Abel, is that what happened?”

“No!” Abel was inexplicably beaten up by some unknown force and his head was still buzzing at that time. Yet, he still managed to subconsciously deny it.

“Ha.” Zi Yi sneered, took out her phone, and casually swiped around as she said, “Even though I’m not famous right now, I’m still a member of China’s Painting and Calligraphy Association. Since Mr. Abel has said so, I shall directly send the video over to my country’s association for them to resolve this.”

Zi Yi’s words caused the curator’s heart to sink.

Even the others were surprised.

“You’re a member of China’s Painting and Calligraphy Association?”

“Why didn’t we know of this?”

Members of Country X along with the members of the international Painting and Calligraphy Association were all surprised.

The corner of her lips curled up, but Zi Yi was not in a hurry to explain.

The curator gave Abel a push. No matter if Zi Yi was really a member of the association, he wanted Abel to immediately apologize first.

When this nephew of his caused trouble in the past, he would often help him wipe his ass. However, he had even dared to have designs on the participants. Regardless of whether Zi Yi was an association member or not, as the International Painting and Calligraphy Association had already learned of this matter, it should be resolved at once.

Just then, the Chairman of Country X’s association arrived late and when he saw such a big group of people standing together, he hastily asked, “What’s going on?”

This time around, Dou Xiangling stood out and explained what had happened.

The Chairman definitely would now allow this matter to worsen and he said to Zi Yi and Dou Xiangling with a cheery smile, “Miss Zi, Miss Dou, there must have been some misunderstanding in this matter.”

“Misunderstanding?” Dou Xiangling questioned. “Could it be that when Mr. Abel said that if my cousin refuses to dine with him, he would make her suffer, it is a misunderstanding? Or perhaps Country X’s Painting and Calligraphy Association is fond of secretly doing things behind others’ backs?”

“No, no, no…” The Chairman was startled by her words. He could not possibly dare to accept such an accusation.

Just then, the phone of the International Association’s Chairman suddenly rang and he headed to a corner to answer the call.

Country X’s Chairman continued to explain. “No matter what rules and regulations the competition has, Country X’s Painting and Calligraphy Association adheres to the principle of fairness and justice. How could it possibly secretly do anything in the dark! What Mr. Abel said cannot represent our association.”

After he said that, he took a look at Abel whose face was bruised and swollen. He wished that he could go up to him and give him another two tight slaps. Why did this fella cause such trouble for him right at this conjecture?

Right now, the Chairman of Country’s X Association could only hope that Zi Yi was not a member of the Imperial’s Painting and Calligraphy Association.