If Xu Qianting remains as naive and innocent as before, who knows what kind of suffering he will endure in the future? This life may very well end up like the previous one.

He now wants to improve himself, and although joining the army is fraught with danger, it is a path that suits him.

She took a deep breath and said, "I won't stop you from doing whatever you want."

"But Xu Qianting, you promised me today that you would be my protector. From now on, you have to protect yourself. If you die, I will have no one to rely on."

Xu Qianting nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, I keep my word!"

Lin Xiuyan felt a little complicated when she saw his still-childish face.

She whispered, "Give me your hand."

Xu Qianting asked, "What are you doing? You're holding my hand. Aren't you afraid Ye Junfei will get jealous?"

Lin Xiuyan rolled her eyes at him: "Young Master Xu, I am your doctor now!"

Xu Qianting: "..."

He felt a little frustrated. He had grown up getting into trouble with Lin Xiuyan, so why was he completely clueless while she was better at martial arts and had even learned medicine?

Not long after Lin Xiuyan left, Ye Junfei entered.

Xu Qianting felt extremely awkward as soon as he saw him: "Even though you've saved me twice, I still hate you."

"You stole my cigarettes, you're a bastard!"

Instead of being angry when Ye Junfei heard his insults, he found them amusing.

Some time ago, Xu Qianting showed him kindness, and he thought Xu Qianting was a complete idiot, after all, he had wanted to kill Xu Qianting before.

This time he really saved Xu Qianting, but Xu Qianting scolded him instead.

He said calmly, "That's because you're incompetent."

These words struck a nerve with Xu Qianting, and he wanted to get up and hit Ye Junfei.

As soon as he moved, Ye Junfei lightly pointed his finger at his forehead, and he collapsed limply back onto the bed.

Ye Junfei glanced at him indifferently and said, "You opened your wound. Xiuyan didn't go to a lot of trouble to treat you, so don't waste her efforts."

Xu Qianting: "...You impersonated the Master to get close to Yanyan, you have ulterior motives!"

Ye Junfei's eyes were cold and indifferent as he glanced at him. He felt as if that glance weighed a ton, pressing directly on his heart and making him palpitate.

He had some curses to say, but now he couldn't bring himself to utter them.

Ye Junfei raised an eyebrow slightly and said unhurriedly, "If wanting to marry her is considered uneasy, then I am the one with ill intentions, and what can you do about it?"

Xu Qianting: "..."

What can he do?

It's one thing that he can't beat Ye Junfei, but it seems he can't even out-argue him!

I'm about to burst!

He shouted, "I will work hard to become stronger, and one day I will be stronger than you! I will crush you with one stomp!"

Ye Junfei nodded slightly, and said with a playful expression, "It sounds quite plausible."

"You keep trying to get stronger, I'm waiting for you to crush me."

Xu Qianting used to think that Ye Junfei was a gentleman, but now he realized that Ye Junfei was wicked to the core!

He gritted his teeth and said, "If you dare to betray Yanyan, I will kill you!"

"No! I'm not only going to kill you, I'm going to take Yanyan with me!"

Ye Junfei smiled slightly at him: "The village dogs bark fiercely, but if you just flick a stick, they'll turn tail and run away in fright."

Do you know why?

Xu Qianting instinctively felt that he was not going to say anything nice, so he immediately stared at him with wide eyes.

Ye Junfei didn't need his answer, and said very gently, "That's because they've never seen the world."

Xu Qianting: "...You called me a village dog?"

Ye Junfei's expression was gentle: "I didn't say that; you admitted it yourself."

Xu Qianting: "..."

Ye Junfei slowly got up and walked out. Xu Qianting angrily said, "Ye Junfei, you bastard!"

As Ye Junfei reached the door, he turned back to look at Xu Qianting and said, "I'm waiting for you to become stronger so you can trample me under your feet."

After he finished speaking, he gracefully lifted the curtain and calmly walked out.

Xu Qianting was so angry that he roared.

If he was somewhat hesitant about joining the army before, he is now completely determined to do so.

He wanted to kill Ye Junfei and become even stronger than Ye Junfei!

After Ye Junfei went outside, he saw Lin Xiuyan standing there. He smiled at her and said, "I'll help you provoke him a little more."

Lin Xiuyan said helplessly, "Ye Junfei, you're so childish!"

She truly never expected that he would actually go so far as to come to Xu Qianting's place to provoke him!

Ye Junfei raised an eyebrow and smiled, taking her hand and saying, "How can this be considered childish? I'm helping him grow."

Lin Xiuyan rolled her eyes at him without any politeness.

Ye Junfei then took advantage of her unpreparedness and kissed her on the lips.

A soft cough came from not far away. Lin Xiuyan turned her head and saw Lin Yunzhi and Qu Shuangyue standing there.

Her face turned red instantly.

Ye Junfei, on the other hand, was quite thick-skinned and greeted the two of them very openly.

He was going back to the Prince of Pingnan's residence tomorrow, and he was supposed to say goodbye to them anyway, so he went over and told them about it.

Lin Yunzhi frowned: "Going back so soon?"

Ye Junfei replied, "There are some matters to attend to at the Prince's residence, so I must return."

Lin Yunzhi was reluctant to see Lin Xiuyan return to the Prince's Mansion so soon. (www.cascoo.net)

But after seeing how close Lin Xiuyan and Ye Junfei were, he found it hard to bring himself to ask her to stay behind alone.

He felt that the two of them might as well argue for a few more days, so that Lin Xiuyan could stay by his side for a while longer.

He then said, "Yan'er, no matter what happens, you can come home to find me and your mother."

"If anyone treats you badly, Dad will beat him up for you!"

Qu Shuangyue pinched him and said, "This isn't just a veiled attack; it's a direct attack on the source!"

"You're going to help Yan'er beat him up? You talk as if you can actually beat him!"

Lin Yunzhi snorted and said, "So what if I'm criticizing someone? He's a junior, so he has to listen to me!"

"I can't beat him in a fight. Does he dare to fight back?"

Qu Shuangyue: "..."

She realized that before Lin Xiuyan got married, Lin Yunzhi worried every day that she would not marry well and was thinking of finding her a good husband.

Once Lin Xiuyan got married, Lin Yunzhi was constantly worried about her, fearing that Ye Junfei would bully her.

She said to Ye Junfei, "Your father is reluctant to part with Xiuyan, so you don't need to take his words to heart."

Ye Junfei laughed and said, "Father is right! If I am not good to my wife, Father, you may hit me."

His good temper made him completely unlike the tyrannical prince of legend. Even if Lin Yunzhi wanted to find fault with him, he wouldn't have anything to criticize.

Lin Yunzhi thought this bastard was really unlikeable and he really wanted to beat him to death!

He turned to Qu Shuangyue and said, "You're skilled in martial arts and have great strength, go and cripple him!"