I bought a secret manual of the Hehuan Sect for ten yuan.

"Huang Sheng? That scoundrel?"

Nanshan Village is not big, and Qin Ge knows almost everyone in the village. He naturally knows Huang Sheng as well, as they were classmates for a year when they were in elementary school.

Huang Sheng is quite a talent. While others spend six years in primary school, he spent more than nine years, and he only made it to the fifth grade.

Huang Sheng was a few years older than Qin Ge, but when Qin Ge was in middle school, Huang Sheng was still repeating the fifth grade.

Nanshan Village is very poor, but there are differences between the poor. Huang Sheng's Huang family is considered the richest in the village.

When Qin Ge was still in high school, Huang Sheng was already making a name for himself in Nancheng County, and it is said that he was doing very well.

When he returns to the village for holidays, he always wears Armani and Rolex watches. He only smokes Huazi cigarettes; other cigarettes don't match his fierce hairstyle. He also coughs easily.

Many people in the village compared Huang Sheng and Qin Ge, saying that going to university was useless and that it was better to start earning money as early as possible, like Huang Sheng.

Huang Sheng is now considered the most handsome guy in Nanshan Village.

However, Huang Sheng didn't have a proper job, and few people knew how he earned his money.

Many people in the village fawned over Huang Sheng, sending gifts to his home in hopes that he would help them earn money with their children.

However, Huang Shengquan refused all of them, only bringing along a few of his childhood friends.

"It's him!" Yang Xiaomeng's usually well-behaved face showed a rare hint of anger when she mentioned Huang Sheng. "Uncle Qin rarely leaves the village and doesn't have much contact with outsiders. How could he have made enemies?"

"Huang Sheng spends all his time hanging out with all sorts of shady characters; he's the only one with the motive, the... "

"Xiao Meng!" Jiang Xue interrupted Yang Xiaomeng, "Xiao Gua just got back, why are you telling him all this?"

Don't speculate about things that haven't been proven, or you might bring trouble upon yourself.

"I..." Yang Xiaomeng wanted to say more, but seeing Jiang Xue's pleading eyes, she had no choice but to swallow her words.

"Mom, please take care of Dad. I'll go check if the medicine is ready." Qin Ge noticed Yang Xiaomeng's unusual behavior. "Xiaomeng, I'm not very familiar with the county hospital. Will you come with me?"

Qin Ge and Yang Xiaomeng walked out of the ward. Su Wenxi was leaning against the wall on one side of the door.

Qin Ge glanced at Su Wenxi, "Could you please continue keeping watch?"

"Alright, little melon~" Su Wenxi smiled radiantly, her eyes crinkling, looking extremely pleased.

Qin Ge was speechless. He was truly impressed by this sixth brother. How could he be so vengeful?

Xiao Gua is his nickname, and usually only his parents and elders in the village call him that.

Everyone else calls him Brother Gua, okay? Like Yang Xiaomeng.

Of course, some people call him Qin Gua, but it seems that only Yang Xiaomeng calls him Brother Gua.

"Hey bro, who's that pretty lady?"

"She's so beautiful and cool, just like a female knight-errant from TV!"

After walking a distance alongside Qin Ge, Yang Xiaomeng asked in a low voice, her eyes shining with admiration.

"A friend." Qin Ge wasn't actually very familiar with Su Wenxi; they had only met twice.

"Xiao Meng, do you know anything else about Huang Sheng?"

"Don't worry, just tell me. I'll handle it rationally."

"This..." Yang Xiaomeng hesitated, her face flushing slightly.

After much hesitation, she finally decided to tell Qin Ge, "Brother Gua, you have no idea how awful that Huang Sheng is!"

"I ran into him once in the county, and he said he had a more lucrative job to introduce to me."

"Do you know what kind of job it is? He thinks I'm good-looking and wants me to act in movies!"

"They even said they'd make me the female lead, and I could earn hundreds of thousands in one go. It wasn't until later that I realized what they meant!"

"And his friends, you have no idea how sleazy they are, it makes people feel uncomfortable."

Yang Xiaomeng became increasingly angry as she spoke, her cheeks turning redder and redder, and towards the end, one could almost hear her gritting her teeth.

"So that's how it is." Qin Ge's eyes narrowed slightly, a ruthless glint flashing within them. "Luckily, you didn't fall for it. That was a path of no return, an abyss where stepping in might mean there was no chance of turning back!"

"I'm not that stupid!" Yang Xiaomeng smiled sweetly. "I ran into him by chance that time, and then I blocked him."

"When I ran into him again in the village later, I ignored him."

"You're smart!" Qin Ge smiled, then changed the subject, "I'll always remember your help with my dad's matter."

"My mom told me you helped borrow a lot of money, right? Do you have any records of that?"

Give it to me!

"Yes..." Yang Xiaomeng hesitated for a moment, but seeing Qin Ge's firm expression, she opened her phone's notes app, took a screenshot, and sent it to Qin Ge.

Qin Ge glanced at it quickly, "Why is it only a little over sixteen thousand?"

"Didn't my mom say you helped pay over 40,000 yuan in fees? The remaining 30,000 yuan was your own money, right?"

"Yes, right..." Yang Xiaomeng lowered her head, as if she had done something wrong. "Brother Gua, I'm not in a hurry!"

"That ten thousand yuan was borrowed from colleagues and friends. They're not in a hurry; you can pay it back slowly after you graduate!"

"You've helped me so much in the past, it's only right that I help you back."

She had already planned when she borrowed money from her colleagues and friends. She would save up money and pay them back first. She didn't care when Qin Ge would pay her back, or even if he didn't pay her back at all.

"One thing at a time. Since it's a loan, of course it needs to be returned, and I have the money to pay it back!"

Qin Ge thought for a moment, then asked, "Do you know anything about my mother's situation?"

"Whom did she borrow money from?"

Qin Ge checked the records; today is the thirteenth day of his father's hospitalization. The ICU costs eight thousand a day, and this expense alone is over one hundred thousand.

Yang Xiaomeng's 40,000 yuan plus the 50,000 yuan he gave to his family before only amounted to a little over 90,000 yuan. The rest must have been paid by his mother.

Qin Ge knew his family's situation very well. His father had fallen and injured himself while collecting herbs, which had depleted all the family's savings and left them with some debts.

He was admitted to university during that period. Since his family couldn't afford it, he had to find ways to earn his tuition and living expenses while at school.

"I...I'm not really sure." Yang Xiaomeng hesitated again, "But I heard that your aunt went to your uncle's house to borrow money, but she was kicked out..."

"That's really heartless." Qin Ge clenched his fists. He wasn't surprised. "Since they don't want to treat our family as family, it's normal that they don't want to lend us money."

"As they wished, from this day forward, I no longer have Qin Ping as my uncle; his entire family are strangers to me!"

He pondered for a moment, then said, "Xiao Meng, after dawn, contact the colleagues and friends you lent money to."

"Just say I invited them to my house for dinner and that I'll return the money to them while I'm at it."