Xu Tingchuan drove the car, with Ni Sitian and Xiang Zhilan sitting in the back seat.

Xiang Zhilan, feeling dizzy from the alcohol, leaned against Ni Sitian, still cursing Shen Muzhi: "That pervert, he actually dared to release his dog to scare me! I don't want to run into him again!"

Ni Sitian looked at Xu Tingchuan in the rearview mirror. She had many questions for him, but with Xiang Zhilan present, she couldn't ask them.

Moreover, Xiang Zhilan has been cursing his friend, and she doesn't know if he will mind.

"Stop at that intersection ahead," Ni Sitian said to Xu Tingchuan as she saw the pharmacy. "I'm going to buy some hangover medicine for Zhilan, otherwise she'll feel unwell later."

Xu Tingchuan stopped the car, intending to tell Ni Sitian to go, but she quickly opened the door, got out, and jogged towards the pharmacy ahead.

He watched her retreating figure as she entered the pharmacy before turning his gaze away.

Xiang Zhilan, who had been slumped over, had somehow sat up. Her eyes suddenly became very clear as she looked at Xu Tingchuan and said earnestly, "Mr. Xu, Sitian is a good girl."

Xu Tingchuan turned around, looked at Zhi Lan, and nodded: "I know."

Xiang Zhilan sniffed, her voice a little hoarse: "She has suffered a lot in the past. I hope that if you like her, you should be wholehearted and never take back your feelings. But if you don't like her, then don't talk about feelings with her, just be husband and wife."

Xu Tingchuan narrowed his eyes slightly. It seemed that Xiang Zhilan knew Ni Sitian very well, perhaps even better than he did.

“Mr. Xu, Sitian has been deeply hurt in the past. I know I shouldn’t be saying these things to her, but I hope you understand that I don’t want her to suffer any more harm.” Taking advantage of his drunkenness, Xiang Zhilan made another harsh statement: “If she gets hurt, I won’t let you off the hook.”

"Don't worry, I won't," Xu Tingchuan promised earnestly.

Having received his promise, Xiang Zhilan smiled, her eyes becoming slightly hazy, as if she were about to drift off to sleep again, yet she still mumbled, "You must treat her well... cherish her..."

Xu Tingchuan turned his head back and looked at Ni Sitian, who was running back, his gaze softening.

Ni Sitian got into the car and fed Xiang Zhilan the hangover medicine.

Xu Tingchuan and Ni Sitian drove Xiang Zhilan home, and then they returned to their own home together.

Now that they were alone in the car, Ni Sitian asked, "What does Shen Muzhi do?"

They can kidnap people on the street without warning; it's like they can do whatever they want in Yihai City.

“His background is rather complicated.” Xu Tingchuan didn’t know how to explain it to Ni Sitian, so he simply said, “His father is the Chief of the Military Region, and his maternal grandfather is the leader of the Green Gang.”

Ni Sitian was genuinely surprised, her mouth slightly agape.

She didn't really understand how high a rank the military region commander was, but she had heard of the Green and Red Gang, which was the biggest gang in Yihai City that everyone knew.

The relationship between these two parties is actually one where they can arrange a marriage?

"What about Chen Mu? Will he make things difficult for Zhi Lan again?" Ni Sitian suppressed her surprise and asked the question she was most concerned about.

Xu Tingchuan remained silent; he truly couldn't answer that question.

He and Shen Muzhi were childhood friends, and their friendship had always remained. However, in recent years, Shen Muzhi had become increasingly unpredictable.

"Don't worry, I'll talk to him another day." Xu Tingchuan reached out and gently patted Ni Sitian's hand to comfort her.

Ni Sitian held his hand and nodded. With his words, she felt much more at ease.

She felt a kind of blind worship for Xu Tingchuan, as if he were omnipotent.