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Jiang Ruoxi's car drove out of the Jiang family's old house and headed towards the villa area in the city along Kapok Avenue.

Ye Chen held the steering wheel with one hand and rested the other hand on the edge of the car window, humming a folk song he had learned from who-knows-where.

Jiang Ruoxi sat in the passenger seat, looking down at her phone and scrolling through messages in the company group chat. Occasionally, she would glance up at Ye Chen, her eyes filled with helplessness and disdain.

"Ye Chen, can you please stop humming? The tune is completely off-key." Jiang Ruoxi finally couldn't help but speak up.

Ye Chen chuckled: "Wife, you don't understand. I call this improvisation. Mountain people don't sing by tune, they just express their feelings."

"So you torture other people's ears just because you're in a good mood?"

"It's not like only you can hear it. I won't sing for others even if they want to. My appearance fee is generally too high for most people. I only sing for my wife."

Jiang Ruoxi gave him a disdainful look, too lazy to argue with him anymore, and looked out the car window with a heavy heart.

The car rounded a bend, and ahead was a long-established stinky tofu shop with a line of seven or eight people outside.

Next to the stinky tofu shop is a narrow alley, the streetlights of which are broken, making it dark and difficult to see.

Ye Chen glanced casually at the alley, then suddenly narrowed his eyes.

He saw several figures in the alley, a small, thin figure surrounded by three or four tall men, pushing and shoving each other, and he could vaguely hear suppressed sobs and arrogant curses.

Ye Chen unconsciously eased off the accelerator, and the car slowed down.

Jiang Ruoxi noticed Ye Chen's actions and quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, it seems like there's some trouble in that alley over there, I think I should go check it out."

Ye Chen stared into the alley, his voice noticeably rising a few decibels.

Jiang Ruoxi followed his gaze, but the alley was too dark for her to see faces clearly. She could only see a few blurry figures moving erratically.

Jiang Ruoxi didn't care and continued looking at her phone: "These kinds of things happen all the time in Jiangcheng. Don't meddle in other people's business. Didn't Grandpa just say that we should behave ourselves?"

"Hmm!" Ye Chen stepped on the brake, and the car stopped on the side of the road.

"Ye Chen, what are you doing? Mind your own business."

Ye Chen did not answer; his eyes remained fixed on the alley entrance.

Among the several dark figures in the alley, one walked to the alley entrance, stood under the streetlight, and lit a cigarette. The light from the lighter allowed Ye Chen to see the face clearly; it was Zhou Tianhao, the arrogant and domineering young master of the Zhou family.

The floral shirt was unbuttoned with three buttons undone, a gold chain as thick as a thumb hung around his neck, and his right arm was in a cast and slinged around his neck with a bandage—the same hand that Ma Wu had crippled last time.

Even so, his spoiled brat behavior remained unchanged. He had a cigarette in his mouth, tilted his head, pointed at the alley with his left hand, and cursed under his breath.

"Fuck you! You owe the Zhou family money and you dare to run away? Go ahead and run! If you run again, I'll break your legs!"

A girl's voice, trembling with tears, came from the alley: "Young Master Zhou, please, please give me a few more days. My father is still sick. I'll definitely pay you back as soon as I get my salary..."

"Grace period? I've already given you half a month's grace period! You don't have the money to pay your debts, huh? Fine, then let's settle the debts in another way."

"Young Master Zhou, no, you can't! I can work to earn money. Please, I promise I'll pay back the money I owe. Please be lenient."

The girl knelt on the ground again, kowtowing and begging for mercy, but Zhou Tianhao didn't care. He had to give her what she wanted today.

"Brothers, drag this little chick out and take her to my room. I need someone to warm my bed tonight."

A girl's scream and several men's laughter echoed from the alley.

Snapped!

Ye Chen unbuckled his seatbelt.

Jiang Ruoxi immediately reached out and pressed his arm: "Ye Chen, have you already forgotten what Grandpa just said? Let's not meddle in other people's business."

"Wife, this isn't causing trouble, it's bullying. Today it's this little girl, but who knows, she might bully us tomorrow."

Ye Chen turned his head and stared at Jiang Ruoxi. His face was no longer the usual playful one; instead, it was filled with a very serious expression.

"Wife, I, Ye Chen, come from the mountains and haven't seen much of the world, but since I've stumbled upon this, I can't pretend I didn't see it."

"But……"

"Wife, Grandpa said to be law-abiding and not to cause trouble, but now it's not me causing trouble, it's trouble coming after me." Ye Chen pushed Jiang Ruoxi's hand away and earnestly instructed her.

"Honey, I wouldn't be Ye Chen if I didn't handle this. Wait for me in the car, I'll be back in two minutes."

Jiang Ruoxi wanted to persuade Ye Chen again, but he had already gotten out of the car. After thinking for a long time, Jiang Ruoxi finally only said a few words: "Then you have to be careful!"

In the alley, Zhou Tianhao and his men were still swaggering around.

"Brothers, drag her out here! Damn it, she's a shameless slut who won't listen to reason. No one in Jiangcheng has ever dared to owe me, Zhou Tianhao, money!"

Two thugs in black short-sleeved shirts dragged a girl of about sixteen or seventeen out of the alley.

The little girl was wearing a faded school uniform jacket, clearly a high school student. Her hair was disheveled, her face was covered in tears, and her arms were covered in bruises. She struggled desperately but could not break free from the two burly men.

Zhou Tianhao threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stomped on it a few times with the ball of his foot, preparing to use his uninjured left hand to pinch the girl's chin.

"Oh my, I didn't expect you to be so handsome. It's a pity you're unlucky to have such a sickly father. How about this, from today onwards you'll come with me and be my concubine. I guarantee you'll be able to walk all over Jiangcheng with impunity. How about it?"

Before Zhou Tianhao's hand could even touch the girl's face, Ye Chen's thrown silver needle accurately pierced the web of his left hand.

"what!"

Zhou Tianhao screamed and jumped up. A thin silver needle was stuck in the web of his left hand, and the end of the needle was still trembling slightly.

"Who? Who the hell ambushed me?"

Zhou Tianhao's men were also startled and turned around to look around.

"Young Master Zhou, there's no need to look around, I'm right here."

The moment Zhou Tianhao saw who it was, his pupils contracted sharply, and he staggered back two steps as if struck by lightning, almost falling to the ground.

Ye Chen slowly walked up to Zhou Tianhao, looking at him with a provocative gaze: "What's wrong, Young Master Zhou? Why aren't you home so late? Why are you wandering around here? What kind of skill is it for a bunch of grown men to bully a little girl?"

"Ye Chen, you'd better not meddle in my affairs, or I'll take care of you too..."

Ye Chen took another step forward, getting closer to Zhou Tianhao, and the beads of sweat on his forehead were clearly visible: "Is that so? Want to try again? I'm right here now, Young Master Zhou, you can do whatever you want to me if you're capable."