Chapter 83: Chapter 81: Helping Others Is Fine, Just Don't Help Fools (Third Update)_1
However, he really didn't recognize her, and the Fang Ren she was referring to might not necessarily be him.
Turning around, Fang Ren continued to walk forward, and it just so happened that the girl was also heading in the same direction as him.
"I really want to go home..."
Bai Qi's head hung low, her small hand wiping away tears again, as she sadly muttered to herself. Right now, she really didn't want to call off the engagement; she just wanted Fang Ren to come out soon and take her for a meal.
As for calling off the engagement, she decided to consider it after seeing what kind of person Fang Ren was. For instance, if he wouldn't take her out to eat, then he must be a wicked person, definitely not someone she could marry!
"Hey, miss, wait a minute!"
Just then, a man's voice suddenly came from behind. Bai Qi stopped in her tracks, quickly pulling down the sun visor on her hat to cover her entire face.
As she turned around, Bai Qi saw a man in a suit, holding a bag of snacks and looking at her. She did not recognize this man, but there were no other women around, so he must be calling her.
Fang Ren, on the other hand, continued walking, only thinking about seeing Su Sen again, so that he could hurry up and say to him, "Have the guts and don't leave after school."
Such a phrase was perfect; he was worried about not having anyone to practice with, and Su Sen's skill level, being the third in the province, was definitely good enough for him to improve.
"Miss, just now I heard you say you were hungry on the roadside. It looks like you are in some difficulty, so I casually bought you something to eat," said the man in the suit with a friendly smile looking at Bai Qi.
Upon hearing this, Bai Qi's eyes, already reddened from crying, suddenly froze, her gaze landing on the bag of snacks held by the man, involuntarily wanting to swallow. But her upbringing as a princess forbade her from showing it.
"Really... can you really give it to me?" Bai Qi asked in disbelief.
"Of course, you can."
The man in the suit smiled and handed the bag of snacks to Bai Qi.
Moved by the gesture, Bai Qi thought to herself that there are still many good people in this world.
"Thank you! I really appreciate it so much!"
Bai Qi, feeling a bit embarrassed, took the bag of snacks and immediately started to express her gratitude.
"You look pretty thirsty; have some water before eating. Otherwise, it's uncomfortable if you choke," said the man in the suit, handing her a bottle of water.
"Thank you."
After taking the water, Bai Qi silently thought that once she returned home, she would definitely give a generous amount of money to the person who had helped her.
"Hee-haw! Hee-haw!"
Fang Ren was walking ahead when suddenly, little Qianye, who had been dozing off in his pocket, burst out in a leap.
"Hey! Where are you going, kid!"
Fang Ren saw it running away out of the blue and immediately turned to chase after it, but Qianye did not pay him any heed and scurried towards Bai Qi, smacking its lips.
"Hee-haw!"
Qianye reached Bai Qi's side and immediately hugged onto her ankle ring, looking up with sheer joy on its face, continually crying out, "Hee-haw hee-haw!" to Bai Qi.
"Huh?"
Bai Qi had just taken the water intending to drink it when she suddenly felt her ankle ring being grasped.
Looking down, she saw an extremely cute little creature smiling at her and continuously making sounds she couldn't understand, seeming overjoyed to see her.
Finding the little creature extremely cute, Bai Qi bent down to pick it up in her palm, and upon being lifted, it's smile widened even further. It then jumped onto her shoulder and hugged her neck, a round little face rubbing affectionately against hers.
"Hee-haw hee-haw~"
"Where did you come from?" Bai Qi asked the little creature on her shoulder.
No sooner had she spoken, Qianye frowned at the water bottle in her hand and then, from the grey disk above his head, a grey tendril shot out, piercing the water bottle Bai Qi held.
"Hee-haw hee-haw!"
Qianye pointed one of its round arms at the man in the suit with a wary face, its voice sounding like a warning.
"What's this thing doing!"
The man in the suit saw his gifted water bottle pierced and his expression suddenly turned to anger, moving to seize Qianye.
"Hee-haw hee-haw!"
Qianye swiftly hid behind Bai Qi's neck, furiously staring at the man opposite.
"What creature is this!"
The annoyance in the man in the suit grew upon hearing Qianye's voice.
Smack—
Just as he was about to grab Qianye, a hand suddenly grabbed his arm.
The man in the suit was taken aback, looking at Fang Ren who was holding his arm, speaking with displeasure, "Are you this little thing's owner?"
Fang Ren didn't respond; instead, he glanced at the mineral water bottle in Bai Qi's hand, noticing it had been opened, and that the water inside was clearly not normal, with a bit of white powder at the bottom, which would not be visible unless closely inspected.
Poisoned.
Smack—
Fang Ren directly shook off the man's arm, and the man spun around a few times on the spot before falling to the ground with a joint of his hand striking the floor with a crisp sound, probably a fracture.
Fang Ren then turned around, grabbing the little Qianye that had climbed onto Bai Qi's neck, and frowned at him, "Playing the hero, huh?"
"Hehe..."
Little Qianye sat in Fang Ren's palm, looking up at him with a wronged face.
"Fuck! You've got some nerve! I'll call the cops right now! If I can't extort you into bankruptcy, I lose!"
The man lying on the ground yelled and immediately took out his phone to snap a photo of Fang Ren before starting to dial for the police.
Fang Ren glanced at him and walked over in two steps, stepping on the man's hand that held the phone and crushing the phone with his other foot.
Looking at the man lying on the ground, Fang Ren's smile began to turn maniacal, "I'll give you the chance to wet your pants and save your life."
"..."
The man in the suit had one hand pinned on the ground, and the intense pain made him want to cry out, but upon locking eyes with Fang Ren, his whole body started trembling with an expression of utter terror.
Then, a warm flow continuously surged from his crotch, quickly wetting his trousers.
"You're going too far!"
Bai Qi suddenly came up and pushed Fang Ren, looking very angry as she said, "Even though it was wrong of him to grab this little guy, if you hadn't stopped him, I would have. But there's no need to beat someone like this!"
Fang Ren looked at Bai Qi displeased and said, "Idiot."
After saying that, he turned his head and walked away, and to the man lying on the ground behind him, he said, "Continue to call the police, I want to see who ends up in the station."
The man in the suit realized that his act of drugging had been found out. What was the point of calling the police now?
"Hehehe!"
Little Qianye climbed onto Fang Ren's shoulder and kept calling out to Bai Qi behind him.
"Shut up."
Fang Ren grabbed Little Qianye by the hand and flicked its little backside, saying, "Remember this for next time, it's fine to help people, but not idiots."
"Hehe..."
Little Qianye looked up at him with a despondent face.
"Who are you calling an idiot!"
When Bai Qi heard the other party calling her an idiot, she suddenly lost her temper, setting off to catch up and argue with him, but as she began to run, her bottle of mineral water suddenly dropped to the ground.
She immediately bent down to pick it up, and that's when she noticed that the bottle had been previously opened, and there were some white powdery residues at the bottom of the bottle.
Suddenly, she understood everything and turned around angrily, throwing the mineral water and a bag of snacks back, yelling, "How can there be such scum like you in society!"
If it wasn't for the fact that she could not use her True Qi at the moment and was too hungry to have any strength, she would have definitely caught this guy and taken him to the police station.
After saying that, she immediately ran after Fang Ren. He had helped her, and she had spoken to him with that attitude; she had to apologize properly.
"Hehehe!"
When Little Qianye saw Bai Qi coming after him, the depressed look on his face instantly turned into joy, and he leaped from Fang Ren's shoulder into Bai Qi's palm.
"You little rascal!"
Fang Ren turned his head and saw Little Qianye run into Bai Qi's hands again, knitting his brows instantly.
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!"
Bai Qi immediately ran in front of Fang Ren with Little Qianye and apologized, bowing her head, "I really didn't expect to encounter such a bad person. Even though you were helping me, I still said those things to you. I'm truly sorry!"
Seeing her apologizing three times in a row, Fang Ren let go of the matter and reached out to take Little Qianye back, "It's okay."
After saying that, he continued walking forward.
However, in the moment after he turned his head back, Bai Qi's face stiffened.
Then, she immediately ran up, stood in front of Fang Ren, took out a photograph from her pocket to look at it, then looked up at Fang Ren's face, and was instantly stunned.
"What's wrong with you?"
Fang Ren saw her blocking the way and started to get a bit annoyed.
But watching the girl suddenly take out a photo, look at it, and then keep staring at his face, he couldn't help but suddenly think of the earlier words the girl had been shouting at him, asking him to take her out for food, buy her sanitary pads, and such.
He couldn't deny that he felt a sense of affinity towards the girl in front of him, even familiarity, as if he had seen her somewhere before.
Could it be... an acquaintance of some sort?
"Fang Ren!"
All of a sudden, the girl in front of him shouted his name and then took off her sun hat in one swift move, with an excited expression looking at him.
Her eyes, red and swollen, immediately filled with tears, and then she burst into tears.
"Fang Ren! Do you have any idea how hard I've been looking for you! Wuuu..."
"Huh?"
Fang Ren was completely dumbfounded: "Hey, this, you, don't cry, okay!"