"Young man, you're pretty skilled," the street stall owner couldn't help but say with a smile, praising Ye Xiao as he returned.

Ye Xiao immediately responded with a modest smile, saying, "It's not that I'm good, it's just that with a beauty ahead, I couldn't help but unleash my potential, haha, I've made a fool of myself in front of everyone."

As he spoke, Ye Xiao parked the electric bike, now missing its battery, at the entrance of the street stall before he and Zheng Lingshan walked in. A diamond shines unique and dazzling light no matter where it is, just like Zheng Lingshan was at this moment. She was unassuming, but just by walking alongside Ye Xiao, she was enough to captivate the men present, who also secretly admired Ye Xiao for being with such a beauty.

If it hadn't been for the recent fight, perhaps some boorish person would have come over to harass Zheng Lingshan. But now, nobody dared to bother her – was pursuing a beauty more important, or was safety? The skills Ye Xiao had just displayed were clearly beyond the ability of these ordinary people to confront. The fight had been a breeze for him, the hooligans had given it their all, but Ye Xiao seemed to be just toying with them.

"The noodles have gotten a bit cool," Ye Xiao frowned as he sat down. He had only crossed the street to rescue Zheng Lingshan, but his bowl of pot noodles had cooled down somewhat, which was rather chilly weather in winter.

"Boss, another serving of pot noodles!" Ye Xiao said to the owner of the street stall with a smile, then added, "Could you reheat this serving for me as well? It's gone cold."

"No problem!" The owner of the street stall had been operating here for more than a day or two. Being able to work here for so long, he naturally had his ways of handling things, like knowing what to say to whom, which types of people could be provoked and which couldn't - he could tell at a glance.

Such as Ye Xiao now. The stall owner was quite certain that despite looking naive and innocent, this young man was definitely not someone to provoke.

Zheng Lingshan sat beside Ye Xiao. She had been to places like street stalls before, just not sitting with Ye Xiao like this. So after sitting down, she fell silent, her mind continuously thinking about various things that had happened with Ye Xiao these past days. It must be said that Ye Xiao was definitely not Zheng Lingshan's lucky star – because wherever Ye Xiao appeared, Zheng Lingshan always seemed to run into trouble she couldn't resist.

Fortunately, Ye Xiao was always there to arrive just in time, which could be considered compensation for Zheng Lingshan.

"Shanshan!"

As Zheng Lingshan was reminiscing, Ye Xiao's voice suddenly rang in her ears.

"Hmm?" Zheng Lingshan looked towards Ye Xiao.

Ye Xiao smiled and said, "Your home is some distance from here. You shouldn't have to push the bike, especially since an electric bike without a battery can be quite heavy."

"Leave it here?" Zheng Lingshan immediately glanced around the street stall, obviously thinking Ye Xiao wanted to leave the electric bike at the stall.

Ye Xiao shook his head, smiling, and said, "I live nearby. You can leave the bike at my place for now. I'll help you find a battery, and you can come ride it tomorrow, how does that sound?"

"This..." Upon hearing Ye Xiao's suggestion, Zheng Lingshan actually found it very practical. After all, if she really had to push the electric bike home tonight, she didn't know how long it would take to get home. If she could leave the electric bike with Ye Xiao for the time being, it would certainly lessen her burden. But then Ye Xiao said he would find a battery for her. After some thought, she said to Ye Xiao, "I can buy a battery somewhere tomorrow. You can keep the bike for now."

Ye Xiao laughed and said, "As you wish."

Zheng Lingshan looked up at Ye Xiao and saw that at this moment, he wasn't looking at her but was watching the owner cooking by the stall, clearly looking forward to his pot noodles more.

"Thank you!" Zheng Lingshan felt that although Ye Xiao could sometimes be frivolous, deep down he seemed to be a gentleman, at least not like other men who upon seeing her, behaved as wolves to a lamb, eager to pounce at the first opportunity.

Ye Xiao suddenly heard Zheng Lingshan's words, turned to look at her, and burst into laughter, "If you're really grateful, how about giving me a kiss?"

Upon hearing these words, Zheng Lingshan almost collapsed. She had just assumed Ye Xiao had the air of a gentleman, but before she could savor that thought, he had already revealed his wolfish nature.

However, Zheng Lingshan didn't get angry this time because she had come to understand Ye Xiao's careless demeanor, so she just rolled her eyes at him and said nothing more.

Truth be told, Ye Xiao was just making a casual remark. Honestly, if Zheng Lingshan had insisted on a kiss right now, he might not have been willing. After all, doing favors without cause was either because of ulterior motives or thievery – and Ye Xiao understood that. Although he admired beauties, he knew not to rush things. Some women were easy to pursue, but others definitely were not, especially since Ye Xiao had felt some True Qi fluctuations when he shook hands with Zheng Lingshan's father, Zheng Senlin, an indication that her family was no ordinary one.

Soon enough, the pot noodles arrived swiftly, a full bowl placed in front of Zheng Lingshan and a half bowl in front of Ye Xiao.

Zheng Lingshan looked at the whole serving of claypot noodles. Although she really wanted to eat it now, the portion was simply too much for her small appetite. She turned to Ye Xiao and said, "Ye Xiao, this..."

Seeing the troubled look on Zheng Lingshan's face, Ye Xiao immediately asked, perplexed, "What's wrong? Don't you like it?"

"No, it's just too much. I can't finish it all," Zheng Lingshan said, her cheeks slightly reddened.

When Ye Xiao heard her words, he chuckled and said, "I thought it was something serious. It's okay if you can't finish. I'm here, aren't I? You can leave the leftovers for me. Anyway, I can't get full on just one serving."

"Ah?" Upon hearing Ye Xiao's words, Zheng Lingshan hesitated even more. Ye Xiao eating her leftovers? Is that… is that okay?

However, by this time, Ye Xiao had already dived into his noodles, so Zheng Lingshan didn't say anything more and silently continued eating as well.

Ye Xiao's way of eating was not very refined, at least not at the moment. Maybe it was because the weather was cold, and he was quite hungry. He wanted to stuff the claypot noodles into his stomach quickly, so his eating pace was quite fast.

Of course, a man gobbling down his food isn't really a bad thing; at least it shows that he can eat. And having a good appetite isn't necessarily a bad thing for a man—after all, it takes food to have strength. But what if there's a delicate, slow-eating, elegantly dining beauty opposite Ye Xiao for comparison?

If there's anything that shouldn't be compared, it's this situation, where Ye Xiao's eating manners appeared quite unflattering.

Regardless of how unappealing his eating manners were, in the end, he finished rather quickly.

"Hehe, not bad, nice and warm," Ye Xiao sipped some soup and mumbled to himself with a smile.

At that moment, Zheng Lingshan had not even finished a quarter of her meal. Seeing Ye Xiao finished, she immediately turned to him and said, "You take some with your chopsticks."

"You eat first, I've already used my chopsticks. I'll wait," Ye Xiao said with a smile.

Obviously, Ye Xiao was quite self-aware. After all, if Zheng Lingshan was uncomfortable using chopsticks someone else had used, that would put her at an inconvenience.

So, Ye Xiao simply waited.

Zheng Lingshan indeed didn't like using things others had used; calling it a germophobia wouldn't be an exaggeration. But now that Ye Xiao had said this, she felt that she couldn't be so selfish because by the time she would stop eating, the noodles would have gone cold. Then asking Ye Xiao to eat? Remember, Ye Xiao was Zheng Lingshan's savior.

"If I say to take some, just take some. Why are you dawdling?" Zheng Lingshan feigned impatience.

Seeing that Zheng Lingshan seemed a bit upset, Ye Xiao shrugged it off with a laugh, saying, "Alright, I'll do as you say."

Then, Ye Xiao took half of it, and the two continued to enjoy their noodles happily.

Everything could have gone smoothly from there. After eating, Ye Xiao could have found a car to take Zheng Lingshan home. Of course, that was Ye Xiao's plan. However, in reality, someone didn't want to give Ye Xiao the chance for a good beginning and a good ending.

Just as the two were about to finish their noodles, from the direction those three thugs had run off to, a group of people appeared, heading straight to the spot where the fight had happened.

"Damn it, did they run away?" one of them cursed loudly.

Just then, one of them in the crowd suddenly pointed across the street to the food stall and shouted, "Look, there's that chick!"

Upon hearing this, all the henchmen turned their eyes to Zheng Lingshan, who was eating noodles on the opposite side of the food stall.

At this point, Zheng Lingshan clearly heard what they were saying and was immediately shocked, becoming somewhat panicked. After all, these were thugs on the lookout, and now she regretted not leaving this place of trouble earlier. But it was probably too late to leave now.

And the people at the food stall were also very surprised to see these newcomers. The three henchmen earlier had proclaimed they were from Hong Company, but no one had taken it seriously, thinking they were just scaring Ye Xiao. But now it seemed it was not a bluff; they truly were from a significant background, and at this moment, they had gathered a group of more than ten people.

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