To be honest, seeing the surprised and disappointed expressions of his old classmates, Lin Yifan felt a tiny thrill of excitement and pride.

He had finally reclaimed his dignity in front of these ungrateful people and had his revenge for the past grievances.

He had already found out Tang Jing's stage name.

Now, Tang Jing went by the name Tang Qiuxin and was a modern pop singer.

At the crossroads, as the red light came on, Lin Yifan, with nothing better to do, pulled out his phone, launched the music app, and searched for Tang Qiuxin; a vast number of her original songs quickly appeared before him.

He randomly clicked on a song and listened intently.

The moment the singing started, he was deeply moved by the captivating voice.

It was incredibly beautiful, he had never heard such a delightful voice before.

"How long has it been since I saw you, I thought you were somewhere else, but you've been living in my heart, accompanying my breath. How vast the distance felt, I thought I could no longer sense your presence, but who knew your shadow could be so elongated, that I just need to turn around to see you..."

As he listened, Lin Yifan became increasingly intoxicated by Tang Jing's singing and couldn't extricate himself.

The lyrics were melancholic; he had no idea what this once kind girl had been through over the years.

Dozens of seconds later, the green light came on; yet, Lin Yifan was still lost in Tang Jing's singing and couldn't snap out of it.

Consequently, a barrage of car horns sounded.

"Beep beep beep!"

The vehicles behind him blared their angry horns, urging him to move on.

The clattering noise of the horns jolted Lin Yifan awake, and he then drove forward.

The song playback screen showed Tang Jing's image, and looking at this beautiful woman, Lin Yifan felt a mix of emotions.

Once, he had a crush on this woman, fantasizing about marrying her and worshipping her like a Bodhisattva.

But he never could find the courage to speak up because he knew that even if he did, he would be rejected, for at that time he had no status or background, just a thoroughly poor boy.

Moreover, he was too young at the time to be capable of supporting a woman.

Now, he was wealthy, but it was all too late; he already had the woman he loved.

"Ah, forget it, don't think too much about it."

With a sigh, Lin Yifan quickly cleared his head and stopped dwelling on the past.

Tonight, Zhou Jiajia and the others wanted to eat ice cream, so he drove to a small supermarket not far from the villa to buy some.

A few minutes later, he came out with a bag of ice cream.

However, just as he was about to put the ice cream in the car, he heard a woman's panicked cries for help coming from a dark alley next to the supermarket.

"Help! Help!"

Lin Yifan quickly opened the car door, placed the ice cream inside, and then rushed toward the dark alley.

Soon, through the faint light emanating from the supermarket's windows, he saw several tall figures assaulting a frail woman.

They were tearing at the woman's clothes, seemingly intending to rape her.

As a decent young man of the twenty-first century, Lin Yifan could not stand by and do nothing, so he quickly intervened, dealing with the several tall men.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

After a few swift movements, the tall men fell to the ground, easily subdued without any effort.

"Get lost!"

Lin Yifan issued the command expressionlessly, no longer wanting to see those men.

At that word, the burly men were so frightened that they quickly fled with their injuries.

After driving those bastards away, Lin Yifan approached the victimized woman hiding beside an abandoned cabinet, then crouched down and asked with concern, "Are you alright?"

"Ah!!! Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer!"

The victimized woman seemed to be too terrorized to distinguish whether Lin Yifan was a friend or a foe, fiercely resistant.

At this point, Lin Yifan hugged her shoulders, patiently explaining, "The bad guys have already been driven away by me, I'm a good person! I came to rescue you."

"Really? Are you really a good person?" the victimized woman asked, letting down her guard and curious.

"Mhm!" Lin Yifan nodded in response.

After looking around and making sure that there was truly no one else, the victimized woman completely let down her guard; then, moved to tears, she threw herself into Lin Yifan's arms, sobbing uncontrollably, "Wuuu! Wuuu!"

Perhaps these were the tears of fear shed by humans after being rescued, with their emotions still in turmoil.

Lin Yifan gently patted the back of the victimized woman, soothing her terrified soul.

What the victimized woman needed most now was warmth and comfort; he would give whatever he could.

After a while, the victimized woman finally calmed down.

Then, Lin Yifan gently pushed her away, asking with concern, "Do you feel better now?"

"Much better! Thank you, my savior!" the victimized woman said, full of gratitude.

"No need for thanks, stepping in to help when witnessing injustice is my duty as Lin Yifan, so don't be a stranger," Lin Yifan replied; then he asked, "Where do you live? Do you need me to take you home?"

Upon hearing this question, the victimized woman suddenly fell silent, apparently having some unspeakable difficulty.

Seeing this, Lin Yifan asked with concern, "What's the matter? Did you have an argument with your family and run away from home?"

"My savior, to tell you the truth, Chun Yan is a drifter from the north who just came here from her hometown. I have no friends or relatives here, so I don't have a place to stay," said Chun Yan, the victimized woman, with a touch of sadness, unable to lift her head as if she felt inferior.

Such a status did indeed seem weak in the face of a big city like this one.

Lin Yifan understood the woman's feelings, so he offered, "Then I'll take you to a nearby hotel to stay."

At the mention of "hotel," Chun Yan reflexively balked, showing strong resistance: "What are you trying to do? Are you like them, wanting to take advantage of me?"

"What are you thinking? If I wanted to take advantage of you, I would have done so right here and now; so rest assured. I just can't bear to see you homeless, which is why I've decided to take you to a hotel," Lin Yifan explained.

"Are you sure you're taking me to a hotel just to find me a place to stay?" Chun Yan asked.

"I stake my life on it," Lin Yifan replied.

"No! I can't go!" Chun Yan immediately showed a look of fear, strongly resistant.

"Why not?" Lin Yifan asked, puzzled.

"Because I'm afraid. I'm afraid the same thing will happen again," Chun Yan answered.

"Silly girl, rest assured, the hotel is very safe; and the door is very secure. As long as you lock the door, nothing will happen," Lin Yifan comforted and explained.

However, this didn't win Chun Yan over.

"No! My savior, please take me back with you. I'm willing to do any work for you, do the laundry, mop the floors, cook meals; as long as you give me a meal and a bit of salary, that's all I ask."

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