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Ding Fan was certain that the girl had no idea about the purpose of the ring, otherwise, she wouldn't have revealed such a precious thing so carelessly.

At this moment, the minibus was about to depart, but here was Ding Fan, pondering how he was going to negotiate with the herb-picking girl for the storage ring around her neck.

Squeak... Just then, a Cadillac drove up from the side and stopped in front of the minibus.

The minibus had already started its engine, but now it was blocked by the Cadillac and couldn't leave.

"Whose car is this? We need to depart. Move it quickly! Just because you have money doesn't mean you can park wherever you like..." complained a middle-aged woman selling tickets on the minibus as she rolled down the window and called out to the Cadillac in front.

"Haven't you heard the name of Li Guangming of Dongcheng, Young Master Li?" The door of the Cadillac opened, and a man clad in a cool black leather jacket, wearing black sunglasses, spoke while pulling out a wad of cash from his pocket. "Open the door, I'm looking for someone."

The man was extremely arrogant. The middle-aged woman who had been displeased a moment ago didn't say another word. She had seen the world traveling around, and judging by the car the man drove and the way he dressed, it was clear he was someone wealthy and influential.

Furthermore, the man was generous with his money, offering a wad of cash just to have a door opened for him, truly a 'God of Wealth.' She hurriedly opened the door.

After the man in the leather jacket boarded the bus, he took off his sunglasses directly. "Ning Luoxi, get off the bus with me."

As he spoke, the man in the leather jacket walked towards the herb-picking girl.

The girl known as Ning Luoxi frowned tightly. "Li Guangming, please get off the bus. I'm heading back to Dongcheng."

Li Guangming snorted coldly. "Ning Luoxi, if you really go back to Dongcheng now, then your father is doomed. The illness he has is the most costly one to treat. Right now, the only person who can save your dad is me. Come with me, I'll keep my promise."

The girl's face inexplicably flushed, and perhaps due to agitation, her eyes also misted over. "Li Guangming, you scoundrel taking advantage of others in distress!"

By this point, everyone on the bus probably understood the situation. Ning Luoxi was pretty, and Li Guangming was certainly using the pretense of helping her father to take advantage of Ning Luoxi.

"Taking advantage of others?" Li Guangming completely ignored the gazes of the people on the bus directed at him and snorted coldly. "Ning Luoxi, don't refuse a face that has been given to you. I've already given you a very generous offer. Be with me for a week, and I'll give you one million! Just ask these people on the bus if my offer is low..."

"You... you..." Ning Luoxi couldn't believe that Li Guangming could be so shameless, saying such things in front of so many people on the bus.

Ding Fan's eyebrows also furrowed. Li Guangming truly had no sense of shame, speaking such vile words so brazenly.

"Ning Luoxi, think carefully. After this opportunity passes, you won't get another chance. The medical expenses for your father are beyond what you can afford, just chemotherapy costs a lot every day. If you come with me, I can give you a check for one million right now."

"Forget it, I won't go with you," said Ning Luoxi.

"Damn it, you're refusing the toast only to drink the forfeit. It's your fortune that Young Master Li has taken a liking to you, and here you are, still playing coy. Ingrate!"

As he spoke, Li Guangming directly reached out to grab Ning Luoxi.

"What are you doing? Let go of me!" Ning Luoxi didn't expect Li Guangming to dare such a thing in broad daylight.

"There's never been a woman that Young Master Li has set eyes on and hasn't been able to conquer. Today, I've set my sights on you!"

Li Guangming finished speaking and forcefully pulled on Ning Luoxi, who desperately clung to a seat beside her.

"Help! Somebody help me..."

"Help?" Li Guangming snorted. "Go ahead and ask who on this bus is tired of living and dares to meddle in Li Guangming of Dongcheng's business..."

Bam!

Before Li Guangming could finish his sentence, a foot flew unexpectedly from the side and kicked him squarely in the chest.

Li Guangming had not anticipated someone would intervene. His grip on Ning Luoxi loosened, and he was kicked embarrassingly from the back row to the front.

"Who?..."

Before Li Guangming could finish, he suddenly felt as if his neck was clamped by iron tongs, and just as he attempted to resist, he was hauled to the door like a chicken and received another kick on his backside.

Thud...

That kick sent Li Guangming sprawling, face-first to the ground.

Ning Luoxi was dumbstruck at the sight. Just moments before, when Li Guangming was dragging her off the bus, she had felt utterly desperate. If she fell into Li Guangming's clutches, she knew she would be finished.

But she hadn't expected a Cheng Yaojin to come out of nowhere, not only saving her but also kicking Li Guangming so miserably.

The one who saved Ning Luoxi was naturally Ding Fan.

This Li Guangming, flaunting his wealth, dared to snatch someone in broad daylight. Even if Ning Luoxi wasn't wearing a storage ring around her neck, Ding Fan would still have stepped in to give Li Guangming a good lesson.

"Kid, you dare to touch me?!" Li Guangming managed to get up from the ground, and since his face had hit the ground first, it was now covered in cuts and bleeding.

"Scram," Ding Fan said, using just one word. For such a person, even a single word was a waste in Ding Fan's eyes.

"You little brat, I'll make you pay for this." Fuming with embarrassment and anger, Li Guangming picked up a stone from the ground, leaped up, and, wielding the stone, charged at Ding Fan's head.

Some of the more timid passengers on the bus closed their eyes at the sight, certain that the man's head would be smashed to bits by the descending rock.

"Be careful!" Ning Luoxi yelled out in worry at that moment.

If Ding Fan's head was blown open just like that, he might as well go and crash into a block of tofu and die.

Ding Fan neither dodged nor avoided; he simply stretched out his right fist and launched it directly toward the incoming stone.

To use his bare fist against someone else's rock in a head-on clash?!

Everyone present thought Ding Fan was crazy. Even if his fist was hard, it was still made of flesh, and how could flesh ever be harder than stone?

However, what happened next made everyone's jaw drop.

Bang!

After a dull thud, the fist and the rock collided hard.

What everyone had assumed would turn into a mangled mess of a fist was, apart from being a little dirty, completely fine, while the stone was punched into several pieces by Ding Fan's fist.

Everyone present was dumbfounded. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, who would believe that a human fist could be harder than stone?

At this point, Ning Luoxi was starstruck; a fist that can smash a stone... too impressive!

"You... you..." Li Guangming dropped the broken rock from his hands, the base of his palm split and bleeding profusely.

Now, he didn't dare to spout any more arrogant talk. A fist that could shatter stone—if it were to land on his body, would he even be alive to tell the tale?

"Now scram!"

Ding Fan's voice was ice-cold as he spoke.

Li Guangming, like a yellow weasel running away with its tail between its legs, didn't dare to lift his head. Under everyone's gaze, he scurried onto his Cadillac and then sped away as fast as he could.

Watching Li Guangming being chased away, the passengers on the bus burst into applause.

Li Guangming was just too arrogant, and Ding Fan stepping in to teach him a lesson was downright satisfying for everyone.

"Thank you..." Ding Fan returned to his seat, and Ning Luoxi came over, expressing her gratitude earnestly to Ding Fan.

"I just couldn't stand by and watch." Ding Fan replied indifferently.

Ning Luoxi had a good impression of Ding Fan. He had an air of nonchalance about him, and standing next to him, she even felt that her recently depressed mood was much lighter.

"May I sit next to you?" Ning Luoxi inquired.

She initially wanted to tell Ding Fan that Li Guangming was dangerous and to advise Ding Fan to be careful. But as soon as she mentioned sitting next to him, it drew several gazes from the other passengers, causing her face to redden.

A girl wanting to sit next to a strange man indeed led to some overthinking.

Ning Luoxi stole a glance at Ding Fan, who didn't seem to read too much into it. After nodding, he voluntarily shifted to the seat further in, allowing her to sigh with relief.

"My name is Ning Luoxi. May I have the honor of knowing your name?"

"I'm Ding Fan... you don't have to call me God of Salvation, just call me by my name," Ding Fan said.

Ning Luoxi nodded. "Brother Fan, the man you just fought is not someone to be trifled with; his family is very influential in Dongcheng. If you ever go there, you need to be careful of him."

Ding Fan wasn't actually afraid of Li Guangming. Now at the Third Level of Qi Cultivation, he wouldn't step on a small ant unless it came looking for trouble. But if someone deliberately got under his feet, he would simply move his foot and crush them to pieces.

"Thanks for the warning, I'll be careful," Ding Fan responded without elaboration.

"What illness does your father have?" Ding Fan asked when he had a moment. After all, wasn't Li Guangming threatening her with her father's illness?

"My father has terminal liver cancer..." Ning Luoxi's expression turned sorrowful.

Ning Mengqi never thought she'd discuss this with a stranger, but perhaps she just needed someone to talk to, given the great pressure she was feeling lately.

"I happen to know a doctor who is very effective in treating liver cancer. I think he could probably cure it," Ding Fan mentioned casually.

Ding Fan didn't say he could cure it himself; he was in a hurry to go to Dancheng to check if Zhou Ruoran was safe. Before that, he really didn't have the time to be treating someone else's disease.

Ning Luoxi's eyes lit up upon hearing Ding Fan's words. "Really? Brother Fan, please ask your friend to save my dad..."

The passengers on the bus, witnessing this scene, had their doubts about Ding Fan. In their minds, it seemed nothing more than a ruse to pick up the girl.

Effective against liver cancer?

Who can cure terminal stage cancer?

That's just a line to fool Ning Luoxi...