Cao Yi was kicked to the ground without any preparation. Just as he was about to get up and fight back, he was held down by two young men. The young men stood on his left and right, clearly holding him down tightly, but they said, "Brother Pei, forget it, forget it. We all know that you can't stand this kind of scum who bullies women, but we can't bother with this kind of scum, right?"

While trying to persuade him, the two men twisted Cao Yi's arm so hard that Cao Yi's face turned blue in pain.

It was clearly he who was injured, but the people watching around him said that he was wrong and bullied the little girl until her eyes turned red. Fortunately, these young men were kind-hearted, otherwise the two girls would have been beaten.

Cao Yi could hardly believe his ears. When did he start to beat a woman?

"Mr. Pei?" Hua Jin didn't expect that she would see Pei Yan twice in one day. She glanced at the two young men who helped Pei Yan hold down Cao Yi and smiled at them with gratitude.

"I was just passing by while having dinner with someone, and I saw you being bullied." Pei Yan saw Hua Jin being scolded, but she was still smiling. He felt like he was so angry that he had nowhere to vent. He glared at Hua Jin for a few times, took a deep breath, turned around, crossed his arms, and looked at Cao Yi for a while. His white and slender fingers flicked the non-existent dust on his sleeves. "There's a small park next to it. Let's go out and talk slowly. Let's talk about the significance of traditional handicrafts."

After saying that, he walked forward a few steps, and seeing that Hua Jin didn't catch up, he stopped and looked at her: "Let's go."

Hua Jin shook Tan Yuan's hand and pulled her to follow Pei Yan. Pei Yan glanced at their hands, his eyebrows twitched slightly, turned around and walked to the cashier, took out a few bills from his wallet and put them on the cashier, then strode out of the store.

Cao Yi didn't want to be watched by the customers in the coffee shop. Besides, he couldn't beat the men, so he had to be "asked" to leave in silence. When he stepped out of the store, he looked at Tan Yuan, but Tan Yuan didn't look back at him.

"It's nice here. There are few people and the air is good. It's not a dark little corner, so that some people won't accuse me of bullying others when they go back." Pei Yan wiped the water off the public chair, sat down, patted the empty seat next to him, and said to Hua Jin: "Come and sit with me."

Hua Jin pulled Tan Yuan to sit down together. After walking for such a distance, Tan Yuan had calmed down. He just hung his head and looked very depressed.

"Tell me, did Hua Jin dig up your ancestral grave, or borrow money from you and not pay it back? Why would you say such ugly words?" Pei Yan half-squinted his eyes. Anyone could see that he was unhappy.

Cao Yi did not respond. He was clearly standing at the moment while this man who appeared out of nowhere was sitting, but the other party's momentum still overwhelmed him.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Pei Yan didn't let him go: "You have studied for so many years, and you have learned to show your superiority in front of others?" Thinking of what happened outside just now, listening to Cao Yi scolding Hua Jin as a country girl, Pei Yan couldn't help but change his sitting position. He was afraid that he would not be able to control himself and kick her again. "What's wrong with being a country girl? Your ancestors have all been city people for eighteen generations? You are an adult in your twenties, you have no other skills, but you are very skilled at using your background to make fun of others. With your family's little wealth, what can you show off?"

He raised his chin and said to the young man standing on Cao Yi's left: "Old Wang, let me introduce you."

"Sorry to show off my ugliness." The man called Lao Wang smiled modestly, "My family is quite ordinary. We own more than 20 supermarket chains and have also partnered with others to open some hotels. It's not presentable, not presentable at all."

Tan Yuan had tears in her eyes, but after hearing Lao Wang's self-introduction, she inexplicably found it funny. She was afraid that if she laughed, the atmosphere would be too awkward, so she stretched out her hand and rubbed her nose hard a few times before she suppressed her smile.

Hua Jin tilted her head and whispered in Pei Yan's ear: "Mr. Pei, do you know what hatred of the rich means?"

"Hmm?" Pei Yan raised his eyebrows and looked at her.

"That's me." Hua Jin pointed at her own face, "Jealousy is written all over it."

Pei Yan looked at Hua Jin's face carefully. Her skin was white and rosy, and there was almost no flaw. There was a pink and white wound the size of a fingernail near her ear on her chin...

He quickly retracted his gaze and turned to look at the grass swaying in the wind on the other side: "What's so good about it?"

Hua Jin grinned at him, and then slowly faded after looking at Cao Yi: "Cao Yi, you and Tang Yuan have been dating for a few years, and I haven't had much interaction with you. Although I'm not a likable person, I think I've never offended you. I really don't understand why you're using me as a topic to force Tang Yuan."

"If there are any conflicts or knots between lovers, you can slowly communicate. Talking too much will only hurt the relationship." Hua Jin said in a cold tone, "Does it make sense for you to bully Tang Yuan like this?"

"I bullied her?" Cao Yi couldn't help but retort, "You are the one who is harming her. If she hadn't opened a shop with you in the past few years, she would have found a job with promising prospects and high salary. Why would she stay in a small shop making lacquerware? Aren't you her friend? Since you are her friend, you should persuade her to take the right path and not waste her time and life on lacquerware."

"I'm her friend, so I respect her choice." The more Hua Jin listened, the more she felt that this was wrong. "What do you mean by taking the right path? Lacquerware has been passed down for thousands of years. It is a gift left to us by our ancestors. You say this is not the right path? Cao Yi, I think you have read so much in these years that you have lost everything."

"You called me a dog?!"

"What's wrong with me scolding you? If you have the guts, come and bite me while barking." Hua Jin put his arm around Tan Yuan's shoulders and protected her in his arms. "Tang Yuan, don't be afraid. I will support you from now on."

"Go to hell, you eat more than me, who knows who is feeding who." Tan Yuan was amused by Hua Jin's words, "You are shameless."

"I will support you even if I have to pick up trash." Hua Jin took the opportunity to touch Tan Yuan's soft face, "I am much more reliable than some men."

Pei Yan watched the interaction between Hua Jin and Tan Yuan, and his expression gradually became subtle.

"Cao Yi, go now." With Hua Jin's company, Tan Yuan gradually became more resolute. "I don't know what will happen in the future, but at least I don't want to give up now. After so many years of love, let's part ways in peace. Besides... Hua Hua is the most beautiful girl in the village, and you are not superior to her."

After saying this, Tan Yuan didn't want to get entangled with Cao Yi anymore, so she stood up and left. Hua Jin was worried that something might happen to her alone, so she quickly followed.

"Brother Pei, what should we do now?" The few people who came with Pei Yan saw that Hua Jin and Tan Yuan had already left, and for a moment they didn't know what to do with Cao Yi?

"I won't attend the dinner tonight." Pei Yan stood up, glanced at Cao Yi, and laughed sarcastically, "What the hell."

Being stared at with such contempt made Cao Yi furious, but he guessed that these people were not ordinary people, so he did not dare to talk back.

"I thought he was a man of character. He kept silent in front of us, but when he yelled at women, his voice was quite loud." Pei Yan snorted and laughed, "Nothing more than that."

After saying that, he kicked Cao Yi on the knee again, bent down and looked down at Cao Yi who was lying on the ground: "Although Hua Jin is annoying, you are not worthy of scolding her. Do you understand?"

After saying these harsh words, he stood up straight, straightened his shirt, and said, "Let's go."

After Pei Yan walked away, the few people who stayed behind surrounded Cao Yi and said, "Brother, you are really capable. You bully Pei's friends."

"Cheers to you, man!"

"I advise you not to harass girls anymore. Living a good life is more important than anything else."

Cao Yi got up from the ground and looked at the rich second-generations who were walking away arm in arm. His face turned pale and pale, but he no longer had the urge to look for Tan Yuan again.

Hua Jin and Tan Yuan had not walked far when Pei Yan caught up with them in his car: "Get in the car."

This time Hua Jin was not polite and directly pulled Tan Yuan into the car.

"Should I send her back first and then you?" Pei Yan asked.

"Yeah." Hua Jin nodded, "She's been tired all day, she should go back and rest early."

Pei Yan didn't say anything more, and the car fell silent. It wasn't until the car stopped outside Tan Yuan's residential area that Tan Yuan put his arm around Hua Jin's neck and said with red eyes, "Hua Hua, thank you, and I'm sorry."

"What are you thinking about?" Hua Jin patted her back gently. "Go back and have a good sleep. Nothing will happen. Your ex-boyfriend said some bullshit. What does it have to do with you? Do you want to be the scapegoat?"

Tan Yuan cried and laughed, let go of Hua Jin's neck, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said, "See you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow." Hua Jin watched Tan Yuan walk into the gate of the community before looking away.

"Aren't you going with us?" Pei Yan asked.

"No." Hua Jin shook her head. "At a time like this, what she needs most is quietness. If I were there, it would only increase her sadness and guilt."

Pei Yan started the car: "That man scolded you like that, aren't you angry?"

"Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?" Hua Jin asked back.

Pei Yan: “…”

Chuckling softly, Hua Jin leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes and said slowly, "There's nothing to be angry about if it's a lie. I won't argue with him."

"What about the truth?"

"Of course I'm angry. I'm not a saint." Hua Jin curled the corners of his lips. "But I'm used to it. I came to this city when I was less than 18 years old. I've been scolded all kinds of times. Sometimes it's hard enough to make a living, so I don't have time to get angry about what others say."

"But no matter how difficult the days were, I still met kind people when I almost couldn't hold on." Hua Jin opened his eyes, looked at the back of Pei Yan's head, and said slowly, "So I am still lucky."

"Kind-hearted person?" Pei Yan stopped the car when he encountered a traffic light. He turned around and glanced at Hua Jin.

"Yes." Hua Jin narrowed his eyes and smiled, "I have met many kind people."

Pei Yan felt that Hua Jin's eyes were too gentle at the moment, so he avoided her gaze: "Then you are really lucky." Unlike those people around him, who surrounded him and only tried their best to get him to invest. Sometimes, when he went out to eat, he would be chased and blocked by these people.

"Let's find a place to have dinner later." Hua Jin looked out the window, "I'll treat you."

"Please me?"

"Well, I'll treat you to a meal to express my gratitude." Hua Jin smiled again.

"No need," Pei Yan said with a stern face, "I just happened to pass by."

"Even if it's just a coincidence, I still want to thank you."