Even if you don't want to be saved, you will still be saved.

  A flash of lightning tore through the thick fog, and Guo Yi suddenly remembered that he actually knew this girl, and it was the kind he shouldn't have forgotten!

  Xiao Yu was a classmate of Guo Yi during his university days, and one of the school's acknowledged beauties. She was also the object of Guo Yi's secret admiration. Not long after the new students' enrollment, at the New Year's Eve party, Xiao Yu burst into Guo Yi's heart with a rendition of Wang Fei's "The Easily Hurt Woman". Her pure and beautiful appearance, her long hair swaying to the rhythm of the melancholic song, was a kind of beauty that inexplicably pained the heart.

  Guo Yi was irretrievably infatuated with her, and then tried every means to understand everything about her. At that time, he knew that she not only painted oil paintings with great spirituality, but also had a brush that bloomed flowers. Her prose was ethereal and transparent, and her miscellaneous writings were sharp and incisive. In the Chinese department, she was the only one who grew up to be beautiful and had flying literary talent. In short, she was the goddess of the Chinese department, and also the goddess in Guo Yi's heart.

  Guo Yi, after graduating, encountered setback after setback. In the face of cruel reality, her beautiful college days seemed like a distant memory. Now, this goddess was dressed in professional attire, still radiant but completely different from her student days. On the other hand, Guo Yi's tank top and shorts were not much different from when she was in school, no wonder she recognized herself at a glance.

  Then, Guo Yi's troubles came!

  Guo Yi couldn't help but stand up, since he couldn't avoid it anyway. He straightforwardly blocked the tall young man and the fat man, saying:

  "Going back with you to get money, right? I'll go with you!"

  Those two kids clearly saw that Xiao Yu didn't dare to give them a refund, so they said that, taking advantage of the situation. They weren't willing to pay in the first place. Now seeing someone intervene, they suddenly became furious and scolded:

  "What are you, a monkey on that mountain? Mind your own business! Scram, or I'll make you crawl!"

  His words had not been finished, an iron pipe was swung onto his leg, the arrogant shouting suddenly turned into a miserable cry.

  Guo Yi had already prepared his weapon - a single iron pipe on a nearby tricycle collecting scrap metal. Seeing the other person's stance, Guo Yi knew that things wouldn't end well today, so he decided to take the initiative and strike first.

  Guo Yi swung the iron pipe in a circle and started working on both sides, heavily hitting the two legs of the tall young man, muttering to himself as he hit.

  "Don't lose money!"

  "Shut your dirty mouth!"

  "Let you be arrogant!"

  "Let you take advantage of her!"

  "How dare you profane my goddess!"

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  At first, he tried to dodge and counterattack, but unfortunately, Guo Yi had a weapon in his hand and took the initiative. With one leg lame, how could he be Guo Yi's opponent? Soon, he was thrown to the ground by Guo Yi. It wasn't until then that Guo Yi remembered there was another fat guy, who was nowhere to be seen after swinging an iron pipe around.

  Kuo Yi waved the iron pipe in his hand and calmly said to the young man who was lying on the ground, humming and snorting:

  "We can return the money now!"

  "Get out of here!"

  "Bang!"

  Kuo Yeh's iron pipe struck his thigh with a loud thud, instantly soaking his pants in blood. He let out another anguished cry as Kuo Yeh pressed the pipe against his crotch, saying coldly:

  "Can we pay back now?"

  The young man's face suddenly turned pale and he hastily said:

  "I'm still here! I'm still here!"

  He rummaged through his body in a flurry, but unfortunately, he only managed to dig out a few dozen yuan. He said with a bitter face:

  "Big brother, I really didn't bring so much money, or else you can come with me to get it?"

  "You can't go with him!"

  Xiao Yu suddenly grabbed Guo Yi's arm and said anxiously, fearing that he would leave with this person. Go with him to get it? Even if he is the real Guo Yi, he must have the guts! Look at this, this is life, Guo Yi initially said go with him to get it, he was boastful, now he agreed, and Guo Yi went again.

  Guo Yi borrows a donkey to go downhill

  Kuo Yi waved his hand and told him to get lost. To be honest, he never expected this guy to pay back the money from the start. But with the beauty by his side, he still had to put on a show. As for the medical expenses, with such a great doctor around, did they still need any medicine?

  Guo Yi's actions won unanimous praise from the onlookers, many of whom gave him a thumbs up, making Guo Yi feel somewhat embarrassed. If it weren't for Xiao Yu calling out his name, he definitely wouldn't have stepped forward. This business of fighting and hitting people was something Guo Yi hadn't done in a long time. As for taking on two people alone, this was a first. In the past, when he was in school, he would always follow behind his friends and launch sneak attacks. Of course, today's incident also belonged to a sneak attack. Who let them be two people? If it were just one person, he would definitely... probably still sneak attack. Direct confrontation wasn't suitable for someone of his physical build.

  At this time, a car horn sounded, and Guo Yi looked in the direction of the sound, only to find a familiar-looking young man sitting in the driver's seat with a mischievous grin, waving at him. When he saw Guo Yi looking at him, he also stuck out his thumb, but it was horizontal, not upwards, and then quickly retracted and rubbed his nose before driving away. Guo Yi was very puzzled, and it wasn't until much later that he remembered seeing him at the cultural market, next to Glasses Man, a guy named Yifei.

  Xiao Yu told Guo Yi that her father had a car accident several years ago, and the driver who caused the accident escaped. After a rescue effort, he managed to survive but spent all of his family's savings. His father couldn't afford to stay in the hospital for recovery, so he could only recuperate slowly at home, but the effect was not good. After Xiao Yu graduated, she wanted her father to go back to the hospital, but he refused. She had no choice but to buy some better medicine and take it back home for him, but perhaps because she delayed too long, his body never showed any improvement.

  Kuang Ye and Xiao Yu walked side by side, Kuang Ye occasionally glancing at her. She spoke slowly, her voice unconsciously filled with a hint of melancholy. Her soft long hair was coiled on top of her head, her pale chin sharp enough to evoke sympathy. In his heart, Kuang Ye sighed, this cruel life!

  Guo Yi vaguely introduced his own life, and Xiao Yu didn't ask in detail. From Guo Yi's attire, she could tell a lot of things. Guo Yi told Xiao Yu that he was a traditional Chinese medicine doctor and could help her father with his illness. Xiao Yu was extremely surprised, clearly unable to associate this person who carried an iron pipe and wore a vest and shorts with being a doctor.

  Of course, Xiao Yu readily agreed. Although traditional Chinese medicine is still struggling in China, there are few people who dare to question its greatness and mystery. Although she didn't believe that Guo Yi could cure her father's illness, she couldn't bear to refuse his kind intentions. Moreover, from what she knew, Guo Yi wasn't someone who joked about such things.

  Her home is not far from here, and it takes a 10-minute walk to get there.

  Xiao Yu's father lay in bed, his body very thin, with knife-carved wrinkles on his face, but it could be seen that he must have been a very handsome man when he was young.

  He showed a very cold attitude towards Guo Yao's arrival, and it was clear that Guo Yao didn't give him a good feeling. Xiao Yu smiled awkwardly at Guo Yao, then hesitated for a moment before telling his father that Guo Yao was a traditional Chinese medicine doctor, and his family was quite famous in the area (which Guo Yao hadn't said, but she added it herself).

  Xiao Fu sneered and didn't say a word. It seemed that this uncle, who had suffered from illness for a long time, was not in a good mood or temper.

  The atmosphere suddenly became awkward.

  Xiao Yu didn't mean to ease the atmosphere at all, saying you guys chat first, I'll go change my clothes. After finishing speaking, he went back to his own room. The old handsome guy glanced at Guo Yao with disdain and said:

  "Kid, you think you can win my daughter over? It's not that I'm hitting on you, but there are many people pursuing her and I haven't even given them a glance. You're the lowest scorer among all of them, so I advise you to give up quickly. The distance between you two can be measured in light-years, don't make a fool of yourself."

  The old man's joke is really cold, if it were the year when Guo Yi was wholeheartedly pursuing Xiao Yu, he would definitely have a headache with such a father-in-law, but now, Guo Yi's thoughts have faded a lot, so no matter how low his score is, Guo Yi doesn't care much, Guo Yi smiled:

  "Yes, I've been thinking of marrying your daughter for many years now, but there's been no progress. Now I'm thinking of taking a detour to achieve my goal through you, sir. Xiao Yu is a filial child, as long as you agree, our matter can be settled with just one word from you."

  "You, you're delusional—"

  The old man's face suddenly turned red with rage, his veins bulging out, probably because no boy who came to his house dared to speak to him like that.

  Guo Yi looked at him without seeing, he had always been unimpressed with people who belittled themselves. Although the old man's illness needed to be treated, that didn't stop Guo Yi from teasing him before treatment. So, Guo Yi said with a smug face:

  "Hey, don't get so worked up, let me take a look at your condition first. With my ancestral skills, this illness of yours is nothing serious. Ah, ah, calm down, calm down, you're panting like you're having an asthma attack! You must take care of yourself, both I and YuYu are counting on you!"