"I saved someone, and instead of praising me, all you see is people talking amongst themselves, right?"

"Then what's the use of your eyes? People with heart conditions see everything as dirty."

“I, Lin Baoni, hereby solemnly declare that from now on, if I hear any of you spreading rumors about me, I will drag her son out and beat him up.”

"Let's see if her son is tougher on words or my fists are tougher. Try me if you don't believe me!"

"Mom, aunties, let's go home. There's no need to fight with them." Lin Baoni supported her mother and walked back arrogantly.

He took a few steps, then stopped, turned around, and swung his fist.

The group of middle-aged women were so frightened that they took several steps back.

Back at the place where Lin's mother and the others were mending fishing nets, Lin Baoni took a look and thought, thankfully, our side had no casualties, no wounded, they were all true warriors!

"Thank you all for your hard work. Bao Ni thanks you, aunties and grandmas. Next time, wait until I'm here before you start. What if you hurt their faces?" Lin Bao Ni's playful words amused the group of aunties and grandmas.

“It’s alright, Bonnie, even if you’re not here, we can still catch them with our faces covered in graze!” This was Bonnie’s third aunt, whose family lived near the mountains on the island and were skilled hunters.

"Exactly, are you afraid of them? A bunch of old women, their mouths are too sharp, gossiping about a young girl like you, they deserve to be beaten." This was Aunt Bao Ni, who had a quiet face but a very fiery personality.

Her uncle sometimes says he was fooled by his aunt's face; he thought she was a delicate girl, but she turned out to be a hot one.

"Bonnie, don't spoil them."

"Yes, they're talking nonsense, and they even hit them."

...

Each word was full of care, warming Lin Baoni's heart.

In the end, Grandpa Lin and the others found out about it.

"Eldest son, come here for a moment." After dinner, Grandpa Lin called Lin's father away.

"Father, what's wrong?" Lin's father was also worried about Bao Ni's situation, but he couldn't stop everyone from talking.

"Tomorrow, I'll go to the military base. I need to get them to issue a certificate proving that Bonnie saved someone. It would be best if Bonnie could go to the military base; if she's far away, she'll forget about it after a while." Grandpa Lin had been thinking about this for several days; he had to go to the military base about it.

"Will it work?" Lin's father asked his father hesitantly.

"Whether it works or not, we'll give it a try and see." Grandpa Lin finally decided that he would go tomorrow. "Don't tell anyone else about this yet. We'll talk about it when I get back," Grandpa Lin instructed.

"Okay, I understand."

After the father and son finished speaking, they went back into the house.

The others wanted to know what Grandpa Lin had said to Lin's father, but seeing the old man's dark face, none of them dared to utter a sound.