When Lin Dieying and her mother Li Yinge looked toward the door of the hospital room, they saw three women and one man come in, which left them very puzzled. However, upon seeing them, Lin Dieying immediately said, "You're here!"

Lin Dieying quickly stood up, but she was somewhat surprised to see Guan Xiaonan and Lan Lan, two beautiful women, by Ye Xiao's side!

"Auntie, are you feeling better?" Ling Shuya approached the hospital bed, smiling at Li Yinge!

Li Yinge was lying in bed, having undergone surgery just yesterday, and the doctor had advised her to lie down more!

Li Yinge had not met Ling Shuya before, so she looked at Lin Dieying with some confusion!

Lin Dieying, understanding the situation, hurriedly said to Li Yinge, "Mom, this is Ling Shuya, the one I told you about. She's the one who paid for your medicine yesterday!"

Hearing Lin Dieying's words, Li Yinge's eyes brimmed with tears, and as her hand slightly raised, Ling Shuya immediately stepped forward and took her hand, saying, "Thank you so much. I'm really happy for Dieying to have a friend like you!"

Ling Shuya smiled at Li Yinge, saying, "Auntie, you said it yourself, Dieying and I are friends. A friend's mother is like my own mother. It's just a bit of money. Being able to save Auntie's life is worth even if it meant spending a bit more, so you don't have to worry about it!"

With her eyes moist, Li Yinge said, "Dieying, you must never forget Shuya's kindness to us!"

Lin Dieying came over, nodded her head, and said to Li Yinge, "Mom, don't worry, Shuya and I will be good sisters for life!"

Li Yinge, perhaps a bit excited, coughed lightly a few times.

Everyone immediately became a little flustered and that's when Ye Xiao, who was standing by said, "Everybody, let's not stay here. Let Auntie get more rest; that will help with her recovery."

Hearing Ye Xiao's words, everyone felt that what he said was quite right, so they each wished Li Yinge well and exited the hospital room, with Lin Dieying naturally following them out.

"You've come to visit, but why bring things with you? Isn't that a bit too formal?" said Lin Dieying after walking out of the hospital room to Ye Xiao and the others.

Ye Xiao replied, "These aren't from Shuya and me. They insisted on buying some things to visit Auntie."

Lin Dieying turned towards Guan Xiaonan and said, "Xiaonan, thank you for coming to see my mom!"

Guan Xiaonan responded, "Dieying, we were friends before, and there must have been some misunderstandings between us. Although I'm not sure what they were, I think they were misunderstandings that both of us were mistaken about. I hope we can still be friends in the future. Didn't you advise me before? A girl shouldn't get involved in that mess, and now, I've already stopped."

Lin Dieying, mildly surprised by Guan Xiaonan's words, remembered that they had been friends for three years before misunderstandings arose. After arriving at Minghai Academy, they hadn't communicated for over a year. Guan Xiaonan had been quite domineering, and Lin Dieying had advised her multiple times, but she never listened. Now that Guan Xiaonan had stopped, Lin Dieying was momentarily flustered.

"Really?" Lin Dieying said, "Would you give up that so-called dream of yours?"

Guan Xiaonan, glancing at Ye Xiao, said helplessly, "I don't want to give it up, but I have no choice—I can't beat him!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Dieying immediately exclaimed in surprise, "Someone can beat you? Who is it?"

Lin Dieying was very familiar with Guan Xiaonan's fighting ability; at school, Lin Dieying often had boys chase after her, and Guan Xiaonan frequently protected her, fighting on Lin Dieying's behalf on more than one occasion!

"It's Ye Xiao!" Ling Shuya said with a smile.

Hearing Ling Shuya's words, everyone immediately turned to look at Ye Xiao, including Guan Xiaonan.

Ye Xiao chuckled and said, "Xiaonan is a girl, after all. Fighting and killing isn't suitable for her. Dieying, we're going out to have fun today, so we won't take you with us. Take good care of Auntie, and some other day I'll take you out to play just the two of us."

Upon hearing Ye Xiao's words, Lin Dieying couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised. Ye Xiao had actually said he would take her out alone! Lin Dieying, somewhat disbelieving, said, "Really?"

"Really, what's the matter? The condition is that you have to take good care of Auntie until she's fully recovered and discharged!" Ye Xiao chuckled.

Lin Dieying then fell silent, but Ye Xiao could still see 'agreement' written all over her face.

"Ye Xiao, you really play favorites, don't you? You've never said you'd take me out alone!" Upon hearing Ye Xiao's words, Lan Lan immediately looked at him. In Lan Lan's eyes, Ye Xiao was supposed to be her boyfriend, even though it might be fake. However, the matter wasn't necessarily untrue!

Ye Xiao smiled and said, "Aren't we going out to sing together today? I always keep my promises!"

Lan Lan pouted and stopped talking.

It was obvious to everyone that Lan Lan liked Ye Xiao, but she could also see that each of the three women present also liked Ye Xiao. Hence, Lan Lan felt quite pressured!

After chatting with Lin Dieying in the hospital corridor for a while, everyone left!

Once out of the hospital, the group didn't immediately leave because Lan Lan said she was a bit hungry.

"What do you want to eat?" Ye Xiao asked Lan Lan.

Lan Lan said, "Are you treating?"

Ye Xiao replied, "If you want me to treat, I will."

Lan Lan said, "That's more like it. Let's go to a food stall. I want to eat rice noodles. How about you all?"

Ye Xiao then looked toward Ling Shuya and Guan Xiaonan. After exchanging glances, both expressed a desire for rice noodles. Consequently, the four made their way to a roadside stall, ordering three portions of rice noodles and a bowl of hot-dry noodles.

Ye Xiao wasn't particularly fond of rice noodles, so he ordered a bowl of hot-dry noodles for himself.

When the rice noodles were served, Ye Xiao looked at the three beauties in front of him and was momentarily stunned. Their ways of eating were indeed quite different. Lan Lan was pouring vinegar from a bottle with gusto, Xiaonan had scooped two spoonfuls of chili, while Shuya didn't add anything at all.

By then, the food stall had attracted a large crowd, and three beautiful women dining attracted attention, especially from young men who were unruly and full of raging hormones.

"Shuya, the guys at the table across from us are staring at you!" Lan Lan quietly told Ling Shuya while eating.

Upon hearing this, Ling Shuya instinctively glanced over, and the three men who were sitting there were indeed looking at them. As soon as they saw Ling Shuya return their gaze, they started whistling.

Frustrated, Ling Shuya cursed, "Shameless!"

Her voice wasn't loud, but coincidentally, the few delinquents at the table heard her. Just as they were fretting over not having an excuse to approach the beauties and unable to let Ye Xiao monopolize all three, Ling Shuya's remark gave them a reason to stand up.

Ye Xiao had also noticed the delinquents approaching them.

Ye Xiao warned Ling Shuya, "This is bad, they might be looking for trouble."

"Just deal with it!" Ling Shuya gave Ye Xiao a disdainful glance.

With no other choice, Ye Xiao stood up, blocking the path of the three ruffians.

"Idiot, don't screw up my good time here. That woman insulted us, and we need to settle the score!"

Ye Xiao looked at the youth with a smile, "How do you intend to settle this? I suggest you guys leave quickly, or it won't be pretty when the punches start flying."

"F*ck, you dare threaten us!" The youngest-looking among them charged at Ye Xiao, fist raised to strike.

Ye Xiao was about to react when out of nowhere, a blur moved from the side. The young man who was about to hit Ye Xiao was sent reeling back with an unidentified punch, landing on his bottom on the ground.

It was then that everyone realized it was Guan Xiaonan who had stepped in.

"Just sit down, I'll handle these guys," Guan Xiaonan told Ye Xiao expressionlessly, with a calm demeanor.

Ye Xiao could tell that Guan Xiaonan had been feeling down since their meeting, and now someone had presented an opportunity for her to vent. This seemed like good news. So, he simply sat back down and picked up his chopsticks to continue eating his hot-dry noodles.

"Why are you sitting down?" Lan Lan looked at Ye Xiao in surprise.

Ye Xiao replied, "She said she wanted to fight, didn't she? She'd be annoyed if I helped."

"But…" Although Lan Lan wasn't particularly fond of Guan Xiaonan, they were, after all, together at the moment. Besides, Guan Xiaonan was a girl—albeit a tough one back at school—but this wasn't school!

The delinquents, infuriated at seeing one of their own humiliated by Guan Xiaonan's surprise attack and unable to get up quickly, did not anticipate that Guan Xiaonan might be a Martial Artist.

"F*cking whore, I'm going to kill you!" one of the youths cursed, picking up a chair from the ground and smashing it toward Guan Xiaonan's head!

Guan Xiaonan remained unfazed, watching the chair approach, and merely uttered contemptuously, "Seeking death."

With a swift kick, Guan Xiaonan launched forward like an arrow, immediately reaching the youth with the chair. The youth, startled by her speed, realized she effortlessly snatched the chair from his grip, and then...

Guan Xiaonan, holding the chair, smashed it down onto the youth's head, causing blood to spurt out as he promptly collapsed unconscious.

When a tough girl loses her temper, no one, except perhaps Ye Xiao, is in the mood to keep eating.

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