The car headed towards Dingjing, and before long turned onto a small road.

The woman's heart skipped a beat as she stared intently at Jiang Chen, terrified he'd stop the car in this sparsely populated area and take advantage of her!

Soon, the car exited the small road and returned to the Great Dao; the woman breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately after, the car entered another small road, and the woman became tense again.

After several such instances, the woman suddenly realized that this shabby-looking person seemed to have no intention of stopping the car, which she found somewhat strange.

What on earth does he want to do? We're almost at the toll station ahead, isn't he afraid I'll ask for help there? If he wanted to harm me, why didn't he back when...

Suddenly, the car slowed down.

The woman tensed up, anxiously looking at Jiang Chen. Why is he slowing down? Is he about to start?

"Do you think I look like a bad guy?" A voice interrupted the woman's wild thoughts. Jiang Chen glanced at the woman through the rearview mirror and spoke softly.

The woman trembled inside and hastily waved her hands with an ingratiating smile, "No, no, you totally look like a good person. How could you be a bad guy?"

Jiang Chen smiled slightly, "I know you don't believe me, but if I really were a bad person, considering how beautiful you are, I would have raped you back on those small roads. Yet here we are, almost at the city area and I haven't laid a hand on you, that should be enough to convince you, right?"

The woman was stunned for a moment; she had just been puzzling over this issue. Now that she thought about it, it did make sense, so she plucked up a bit more courage, "Well... you do look quite like a bad person!"

"Oh? Do I?" Jiang Chen shrugged helplessly and laughed self-deprecatingly, "Then I must be an unlucky villain, right? Look at the state of my clothes, don't you think?"

The woman pursed her lips, nearly laughing. Then, suddenly recalling the scene when they first met, her face reddened, and she glared at Jiang Chen, "You... you peeked at me..."

"No." Jiang Chen explained hurriedly, "That was indeed embarrassing, but I had fainted there. I looked up when I heard a noise upon waking, mainly because you didn't see me lying there."

The woman glared again, "So you're blaming me?"

"Well... in a way, yes. It's nobody's fault, really. I got there first, you came after, and neither of us expected it, we were both in the wrong, don't you think?" Jiang Chen said with a light smile.

"You..." The woman wanted to argue, but then thought that Jiang Chen made sense, so she reluctantly gave him a look and, once again, asked with curiosity, "Then why did you steal my car?"

"I needed to get to Dingjing. But look at me now. Plus, I don't have my phone, wallet or bank cards with me, probably couldn't even hitch a ride. Seeing your license plate was from Dingjing, I intended to discuss with you if you could give me a lift. Little did I know you'd faint straight away," Jiang Chen said, glancing at the rearview mirror.

The woman suddenly realized that when Jiang Chen had stopped her, she had indeed fainted from fright, and her face turned red.

After a while, the woman figured out the whole situation and her courage grew. She looked at Jiang Chen mischievously and said, "Judging by your looks, you were robbed, right?"

Jiang Chen thought about it but didn't say anything. His appearance did indeed resemble someone who had been robbed, and if he tried to explain otherwise, the woman probably wouldn't believe him. Better leave it as it was.

"So you're not a bad guy, just someone who has been bullied by bad guys!" Seeing that Jiang Chen didn't speak, the woman took it as an affirmation and said with a light chuckle, "Did those people not molest you just because you're handsome?"

At that moment, Jiang Chen felt as if crows were flying over his head. After a glance at the rearview mirror, he frowned and said, "I specialize in dealing with bad guys. How could they bully me?"

"Yeah right!" The woman rolled her eyes at Jiang Chen and paused before saying, "My name is Su Qingqing, and you are?"

"I'm Jiang Chen," Jiang Chen replied softly.

With her guard down, Su Qingqing started chatting with Jiang Chen, and before long, they both had some understanding of each other.

The car entered the city of Dingjing, and seeing that Jiang Chen had made no untoward moves, Su Qingqing completely relaxed.

...

"Squeak—"

The car stopped at the roadside, and Jiang Chen handed Su Qingqing her phone, speaking softly, "We've arrived in Dingjing. I'll be leaving now."

After speaking, Jiang Chen opened the car door and got out.

Su Qingqing was stunned for a moment, looking at Jiang Chen's tattered clothes, a surge of compassion rose in her heart.

"Wait a minute!"

Su Qingqing opened the car door and got out, calling out to Jiang Chen, "It's already late, do you have a place to go?"

Jiang Chen blinked, embarrassed, "Could you lend me your phone, so I can give a friend a call?"

"Sure," Su Qingqing nodded, took out her phone, unlocked the screen, and handed it to Jiang Chen.

"Thank you."

Jiang Chen took the phone, thanked her, and redialed Gong Lin's number.

"Hello, the number you have dialed is switched off, please..."

The same cold, automated voice came through the earpiece.

Jiang Chen hung up the phone helplessly and handed it back to Su Qingqing, "My friend's phone is turned off, I'll just find a random place to spend the night."

"Do you have any money? Or are you planning to sleep under a bridge?" Su Qingqing blurted out upon receiving her phone, "Or, you could stay at my place for the night!"

Jiang Chen hesitated for a moment and then gave a slight nod, "Okay."

As soon as Su Qingqing spoke, she regretted it, wishing she could slap herself. She was alone at home; what if he did something to her...

But having already invited him, and he had accepted, it wouldn't be nice to go back on her word. What if he had no bad intentions?

Su Qingqing had no choice but to steel herself and get back into the car.

Jiang Chen got into the passenger seat, and they both headed towards where Su Qingqing lived.

They arrived at a well-maintained residential complex, and Su Qingqing parked the car in the complex's parking lot, leading Jiang Chen towards her home.

"Yo, dudes, check out the hottie!" A sniggering voice came closer as a group of thugs approached and blocked their path.

"Babe, not going home so late, were you waiting for us, huh?"

"Beauty, why did you bring a beggar home? Beggars are so dirty. We can take real good care of you!"

"Yeah, let us have a go, we'll make sure you're dying for more!"

The thugs jested, and one of them reached out to touch Su Qingqing's face.

Su Qingqing stepped back in horror, and suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder; she turned to look.

Jiang Chen gave Su Qingqing a reassuring look, then turned and grabbed the thug's hand, twisting it fiercely.

"Crack!"

The thug's fingers were bent back to touch his wrist by Jiang Chen's forceful twist.

"Ahh!" The thug cried out in agony.

"Bastard!"

"Kid, let go!"

"Charge!"

The rest of the thugs glared and charged towards Jiang Chen with an angry shout.

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