Chapter 21 is quite a coincidence.

"Hehe, Du Ruoxia, if the team knew you were using the village's resources to support a gigolo, do you think they'd drown you in their spit?"

Du Ruoxia was speechless and slapped He Meiling across the face, saying, "Watch your mouth!"

He Meiling's face instantly swelled up, and her eyes blazed with even more hatred as she looked at Du Ruoxia, "You..."

Then He Meiling glanced at Huang Dazhu, as if to say, "Hurry up and get on the field."

Huang Dazhu then led his three henchmen to roll up their sleeves and prepare to take action.

Seeing that Du Ruoxia was getting closer, the man behind him pushed her back and stepped out.

A handsome face appeared, and He Meiling's eyes flashed with surprise when she saw Yang Zeyan's face.

“There are too many of them, and you still have a fever. We can only outsmart them. Can your body handle it?” Du Ruoxia asked, somewhat worried.

Du Ruoxia planned to sneak away to call for help. Everyone should be working in the fields right now. Her house was a bit out of the way, and she would have to run about a kilometer to find someone.

Yang Zeyan curled his hand on Du Ruoxia's shoulder and coughed lightly, saying, "Okay, you can go in first."

His unquestionable tone reassured Du Ruoxia, and she naturally listened to Yang Zeyan and walked behind the man.

Ignoring Du Ruoxia's pleading gaze, Yang Zeyan slammed the door shut right in front of her.

Du Ruoxia looked puzzled. Outsmarting someone didn't mean cooperating. The other party had a weapon, and she didn't think that Yang Zeyan, who had a fever, was capable of dealing with so many people.

Although Du Ruoxia was curious, she had an inexplicable trust in Yang Zeyan, so she stood at the door and waited quietly.

She assumed the man would suffer new injuries during the process, and she had already prepared the tools to bandage him.

"ah!"

"You bastard, I'll kill you!"

"Everyone, charge!"

Within minutes, silence returned outside.

Du Ruoxia's heart leaped into her throat as she listened to the sounds of pigs being slaughtered outside.

As she hesitated about whether to go out, the door was pushed open, and she instinctively stepped back defensively.

Seeing the person outside the door, Du Ruoxia was a little confused, staring blankly at the relaxed man.

Yang Zeyan waved his hand in front of his eyes, "Are you stupid?"

Du Ruoxia snapped out of her daze and craned her neck to look outside.

Several people were lying on the ground. Huang Dazhu had been beaten to the ground, and they were all groaning in pain. Du Ruoxia's lips twitched.

"Well, the rest of the team will be here soon. Why don't you leave first?" Du Ruoxia looked at the man with some concern.

Du Ruoxia noticed that He Meiling had already run away. Knowing He Meiling as she did, she knew she would never let her go.

Assault and causing trouble—if this is taken to the police station, it'll be enough to give Du Ruoxia a lot of reprimands. If the police are called, Du Ruoxia will be in big trouble.

Du Ruoxia originally wanted to fight them in self-defense so that she wouldn't be implicated if word got out, but now it's turned into a crushing beating, which is a different matter altogether.

Despite the trouble they were facing, Du Ruoxia felt a sense of satisfaction seeing them unable to even get up.

"No need, it's fine to wait for them to clean up the mess," Yang Zeyan replied casually.

Du Ruoxia didn't know who he was talking about, but she vaguely guessed that there would be considerable trouble ahead.

"Then let's just ignore them?" Du Ruoxia pointed to the people on the ground.

To be honest, Huang Dazhu and the others didn't seem to have any major injuries, and they weren't even bleeding, but they all had pained expressions and contorted faces, indicating that they had serious internal injuries.

Du Ruoxia suddenly felt that the man next to her was not a good person. As a surgeon, she knew that men would deliberately target the sore spots, but ordinary people could not understand it.

Du Ruoxia forced a smile, unsure of what to say for a moment; she didn't even dare to look the man in the eye.

"Are you scared?" Yang Zeyan's gentle voice came in.

Du Ruoxia raised her head blankly. Was she scared? Not really, but it was her first time witnessing military discipline, and it differed from her understanding.

Du Ruoxia shook her head, "I thought you would..."

Yang Zeyan smiled faintly, "Did you think I wouldn't go to such lengths? Or did you think I couldn't beat them?"

Du Ruoxia was speechless, as if she had both feelings. She pursed her lips and nodded shyly.

"If we can't even handle these few thugs, how can we talk about protecting our country?"

The man looked down on all living beings like a god, regarding the few people on the ground as ants, his resolute gaze piercing through them as he looked towards the sky.

Du Ruoxia was actually shocked by his appearance; he was a guardian angel whom she could not allow to be defiled.

“You saved my father a little over a month ago, and now you’ve saved me. Do I owe you two lives now?”

The man looked away and regained his relaxed demeanor.

Du Ruoxia blushed, realizing that her staring look must have been very impolite, and she quickly turned her head away.

"You saved me today too!"

"Speaking of which, it's quite a coincidence that we ended up here. How did you end up here? It's very dangerous to venture into the deep mountains and forests so late at night."

Yang Zeyan dared not look at Du Ruoxia at this moment. Ever since Du Ruoxia said that she had been sent to the countryside in Yuxi Village, he had been thinking about it. Coincidentally, his unit was nearby.

Yang Zeyan's father's injuries had almost healed. He took a car to report to the army first and handled affairs in the unit for a week. Du Ruoxia's image kept flashing in his mind, so after arranging his work in the army, he took two days off.

Then he rushed to Yuxi Village. By the time he arrived, it was almost dark. He knew that Du Ruoxia was an educated youth, so he went to the educated youth settlement. He originally just wanted to try his luck and see if he could meet Du Ruoxia, but he didn't expect to encounter a snake first.

"I... I just happened to be passing by," Yang Zeyan stammered, then changed the subject, "Are you hungry?"

"There's food in the pot, the snake from yesterday, I stewed it..." Du Ruoxia's voice trailed off towards the end.

Her mind involuntarily conjured up images of the man's injury, and her face flushed crimson.

Du Ruoxia quickly ran inside, heated up the soup in the pot, and quickly brought a bowl to the man.

"You still have a fever, can you handle this?" Du Ruoxia hesitated whether to hand it over.

"Ahem, I'm not that delicate." The man coughed lightly and reached out to take it.

After taking the bowl, the man looked at Du Ruoxia again, "Have you eaten?"

Du Ruoxia raised her hand to smooth her bangs. "There's more, you eat first."

Her hand was suddenly grabbed, and the man looked at her forehead, his eyes instantly turning icy cold.

"What happened? Did they beat them up?" the man asked, looking at the people on the ground who looked like dead.

Du Ruoxia didn't even notice that she had a small scrape on her forehead.

"I don't know, it doesn't hurt at all, it shouldn't be serious."

Du Ruoxia reached out to touch it, but Yang Zeyan stopped her as soon as she raised her hand.

"Don't move, let me see." Yang Zeyan grabbed Du Ruoxia's hand and leaned closer.

Du Ruoxia felt something was off, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what was wrong with the doctor's habits.