On a quiet path, Ye Feng and Xu Ningxue walked silently.

Xu Ningxue's cheeks were slightly red, and from time to time, she stole glances at Ye Feng, her beautiful eyes flashing with a hint of something unusual.

"Is this what being in love feels like?"

Xu Ningxue kept thinking to herself, having dinner, watching a movie, plus him walking her home, it all seemed just like a couple's date.

Although she had only known Ye Feng for a short while, she always felt exceptionally secure when with him, a feeling that made Xu Ningxue very reliant on him.

"Ye Feng, do you have a girlfriend?" Xu Ningxue's face turned even redder, and she looked more nervous. She didn't know why but after asking that question, she almost felt her heart stop, dreading to hear a disappointing answer.

"Girlfriend?" Ye Feng paused momentarily, then shook his head with a smile, "A poor student like me, plus just starting a job as a poor driver, which girl would fancy me!"

Ye Feng's words seemed full of self-deprecation, but Xu Ningxue was speechless upon hearing them.

Poor student? Poor driver?

Bad debts that others couldn't collect, you managed to settle in one go and earned over a hundred thousand in commission!

Even a boss like Wei Hai, who you beat up, ended up paying you more than thirty thousand!

With such a rate of earning money, even stronger than most bosses, you dare to call yourself a poor student and driver!

Xu Ningxue even felt that to Ye Feng, money seemed almost like waste paper; if he wanted to earn, it wasn't an issue at all!

However, what comforted Xu Ningxue was that Ye Feng did not have a girlfriend.

"By the way! What do you think about the reunion Miaomiao mentioned?" Xu Ningxue then remembered the reunion Han Miaomiao mentioned before she left and carefully asked:

"If you don't want to go, then let's forget it. I won't go either!"

The hopeful yet anxious expression on Xu Ningxue's face was clear to Ye Feng, who knew this girl really wanted to go and wanted him to accompany her.

Ye Feng smiled and said, "If you want to go, then I'll accompany you there. I don't have anything else on anyway!"

Ye Feng's words were like a breath of fresh air, making Xu Ningxue extremely happy; her face blossomed into a smile and she bounced around joyfully like a little girl.

"Ye Feng, my uncle's house is right ahead!"

As they continued moving forward, a row of somewhat old-fashioned residential buildings appeared ahead, and Xu Ningxue pointed to one of them and told Ye Feng.

Ye Feng looked up and saw that the walls of those buildings were peeling off in a disheveled manner, and there were numerous fine cracks densely scattered across the structures, making them look as if they could collapse at any moment.

"Help! Someone is going to kill someone!"

Just as they approached, a scream suddenly emanated from a nearby alley.

Xu Ningxue heard the sound, her pretty face changed, and she immediately ran toward the alley in panic. Ye Feng frowned and quickly followed.

Inside the alley, there were four or five burly men continuously beating a frail old man.

"Uncle!" Upon seeing the elderly man being beaten, Xu Ningxue's face turned pale, and she rushed over.

"Ningxue, save me! They are going to beat me to death!" The frail old man, overjoyed to see Xu Ningxue, struggled to get up from the ground and ran to hide behind her.

The burly men paused when someone approached, but as they saw that it was a beautiful woman and a frail young man, they dismissed them from their minds.

"Jiang Old Man, is this your niece? Tsk, tsk, not bad! Really not bad! Great figure, very pretty!" The burly men carefully looked Xu Ningxue over, their eyes brightening, clearly not expecting such a beautiful niece from that sleazy old man.

"Who are you people! Why are you beating my uncle?" Before Jiang Old Man could speak, Xu Ningxue addressed them, her pretty face deathly pale, both fearful and angry.

"Who we are, you should ask your uncle!" The burly men sneered sinisterly, their gazes at Jiang Old Man flickering with ferocity:

"Your uncle borrowed ten thousand yuan in high-interest loans from our casino and hasn't paid it back! We are here to collect the debt!"

Upon hearing the burly men's words, Xu Ningxue's face changed, and she looked at her uncle with anger flooding her eyes:

"Uncle! Haven't you quit gambling? Why do you still owe them a high-interest loan!"

Xu Ningxue was incredibly disappointed. Her uncle was timid and extremely addicted to gambling, frequently stealing money from home to gamble in the past until the whole family had threatened him, and he had finally quit. Yet, to her shock, he had gambled again and even borrowed from the casino, resulting in debt collectors coming to their door.

If his wife found out about this, she would surely divorce him!

"Ni... Ningxue, Uncle just had an itch, my old habits came back, I only gambled once! Please don't tell your aunt, or she'll go berserk!"

Jiang Old Man was only about 1.6 meters tall and was as thin as kindling, wearing a comically oversized shirt that made him look sleazy and down-and-out.

"Ningxue, do you have any money on you right now? Help uncle pay off a little, and in a couple of days when Boss Zhang gives me the money he promised, I can pay off all the high-interest loans!"

Jiang Old Man looked pitifully at Xu Ningxue, pleading, but when Xu Ningxue heard the name 'Boss Zhang', her face instantly turned ashen: "Uncle! Why would Boss Zhang give you money? What did you promise him?"

Boss Zhang was the CEO of a company, already in his fifties or sixties, but he had long wanted to keep Xu Ningxue as a mistress. Since Xu Ningxue had repeatedly refused, he had spent money to practically buy off the entire Jiang Family to persuade her.

Now, even her uncle was about to take money from Boss Zhang, which chilled Xu Ningxue to the core!

Jiang Old Man also realized he had said the wrong thing, stuttering apologetically as he looked at Xu Ningxue, his eyes filled with regret: "Ningxue, actually, Boss Zhang isn't a bad person. If you agree to his terms, he will immediately give us a big house, we can all move in, and you won't have to work anymore. He'll take care of you financially, isn't that great!"

Jiang Old Man still tried to persuade Xu Ningxue, but his words felt like sharp knives relentlessly plunging into Xu Ningxue's heart, filling her eyes with despair.

"Alright, we're not here to listen to your nonsense! Either pay now, or we'll disable Jiang Old Man's hands!" As they spoke, the burly men again revealed lecherous smiles, their eyes greedily fixated on Xu Ningxue:

"Of course, if she were used to pay the debt, that would work too!"

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