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"Sigh, this society is getting more and more indifferent. An elderly person collapsed on the ground with so many people watching, and in the end, only one young man dared to step forward to help."

[Stop making noise, will you!]

"Hmm!"

The video Wang Lijuan had scrolled to was exactly the one of Ye Su saving someone in the early hours of the morning, which had already exceeded 4,000 likes.

Just now, watching the back of Ye Su stepping forward to save the person in the video, Wang Lijuan felt it looked somewhat familiar.

Now that the video had played to the point where Ye Su looked up and shouted at the lady who was only good at talking, Wang Lijuan finally saw the face of the rescuer clearly.

"Old Li, take a look. Is this person in the video Little Su?"

"Little Su?" Li Shanhai looked puzzled as he took the phone to watch the video.

"You mean Ye Su?"

In the side seat of the living room, Li Mengyao, who had been curled up on the sofa with her legs tucked in, immediately got off the sofa upon hearing this and walked around the coffee table to stand behind Li Shanhai.

Wang Lijuan chuckled at the sight: "Only when you hear something related to Little Su do you finally put your feet on the ground."

Teased by her mother, Li Mengyao felt her face heat up. She could only pretend to be indifferent as she watched the video on the phone with Li Shanhai.

"It really is Ye Su. Why is he out on the main road helping an elderly person in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?"

"Looking at it this way, Little Su not only has capability but also a very good character. With so many people watching, he was the only one who dared to step up and help the elderly person into the car. It looks like he's taking them to the hospital."

"Li Mengyao really has good taste. Little Su is truly a good kid!"

Wang Lijuan was already very satisfied with Ye Su, and now seeing that his character was impeccable, she wished she could just have him move into their house directly, so he wouldn't have to live in someone else's place as an outsider in Yangcheng without a permanent home.

"Alright, alright!" Li Mengyao couldn't stand the eager look in Wang Lijuan's eyes as she looked at her, so she hurriedly interrupted their discussion: "He's not even here, so please stop praising him."

"Little Su did a good deed, so I will praise him whether he's here or not."

"Your mother is right. In this society, there are fewer and fewer young people with such conduct. You should treasure this."

Whenever Ye Su was mentioned, both of them would take his side, and Li Mengyao felt helpless.

Thinking back to how Ye Su said he had a girlfriend, a wave of inexplicable anger rose in Li Mengyao's heart, and she pursed her lips and said:

"Wandering the streets in the middle of the night instead of sleeping, he might have been off to see some woman."

As soon as these words left her mouth, Li Mengyao realized that she and he were only in a cooperative relationship, so why was she getting angry about this?

"Don't say your mother doesn't take your side." Wang Lijuan glanced sideways at her daughter: "Are you implying that Little Su went to find another woman at that hour, and then specifically rescued the elderly person into the car to take them along with him?"

"Uh..."

Li Mengyao also felt that her guess was a bit ridiculous and didn't know how to answer.

Picking up an old person on the road and taking them along to find another woman—just imagining it felt bizarre.

Seeing the mother and daughter bickering, Li Shanhai spoke up at the right moment to change the subject: "Little Su has a good heart, but saving people so casually is still a bit rash."

Wang Lijuan continued to side with him: "He's still a young man after all. Sometimes, when seeing injustice, acting on impulse is understandable. Judging by Little Su's character, he will surely become more steady and cautious in the future."

"Hmm." Li Shanhai also agreed with Wang Lijuan's assessment of Ye Su.

"It's just that I don't know if Little Su ran into any trouble after saving that person."

Thinking of the news stories online from time to time about elderly people extorting their rescuers, Wang Lijuan worried for Ye Su.

"In Yangcheng, what kind of trouble could he possibly have?" Li Shanhai said dismissively: "If that elderly person really dares to return kindness with ingratitude, we'll just let the company's legal department handle the lawsuit."

With Li Shanhai's connections and influence in Yangcheng, if he said Ye Su would be fine, then Ye Su would definitely be fine.

"Hmm." Wang Lijuan turned to Li Mengyao and instructed: "You should also ask Little Su; if he encounters any trouble, you should help him handle it."

"Got it..."

"And by the way, tell him to come over to our house for dinner whenever he's free."

"Didn't he just come over a few days ago?"

"Oh?" Wang Lijuan put her hands on her hips: "He just came over a few days ago, so he can't come again now? Well, you just ate lunch, why are you eating dinner?"

Seeing her mother favoring an outsider, Li Mengyao felt unhappy. She also put her hands on her hips and retorted sharply: "What do you mean by 'you just ate lunch, why eat dinner'? Is that any way to talk to your daughter!"

"Is that any way to talk to your mother! I think I haven't disciplined you in too long, and you've forgotten your place!"

Wang Lijuan unleashed her maternal authority and reached out to grab Li Mengyao's ear, scaring her into running upstairs in a flash.

Seeing this scene, Li Shanhai couldn't help but smile:

It has to be lively like this to feel like a home.

...

Ye Su hadn't realized yet that, without knowing it, he already had a backer in Yangcheng.

That night, after catching up on last night's lessons, Ye Su waited for the early morning intelligence to refresh.

"You must have been full from the takeout we ordered tonight, or do I need to take you out for a late-night snack?"

Chen Xinyi clearly still remembered the incident where Ye Su had to drive out to find something to eat because he was hungry in the middle of the night.

"I've had enough, I'm not hungry now."

"Alright then, I'm going to sleep."

Ye Su gently patted Chen Xinyi's back: "Go to sleep."

Before long, Chen Xinyi's breathing gradually steadied, and she was clearly asleep.

After casting [Sleep Aid Service] on Chen Xinyi, Ye Su patiently waited for the intelligence to refresh.

[Ding!]

[Today's Intelligence (Level 2): There is a 94-gram gold necklace in the middle section of the Jinyuan Road river channel. It was lost by someone in the past and washed here by the river. The owner has passed away, and the Host may go and retrieve it.]

"A big 94-gram gold chain!"

Ye Su immediately took out his phone to check and found that the gold recycling prices for several brands today had fallen to between 730 and 740-something yuan per gram.

"Calculating at 740 per gram, 94 grams is nearly 70,000 yuan. It's worth going out for now."

[hidden easter egg (Attribute Reward): After successfully retrieving the [Gold Necklace], the Host can receive a reward of two points of [Strength].]

"There's also a [Strength] attribute reward." Ye Su glanced at Chen Xinyi, who was sleeping soundly beside him:

"[Strength] is good. [Strength] must be added."

After some "knowledge" flashed inexplicably through his mind, Ye Su got up, changed his clothes, and went out, then stopped by Liwan Community on the way.

It was the middle of the night, and there were no other cars returning to the residential complex. Ye Su couldn't be bothered to park properly, so he just pulled over on the driveway in the underground garage and went upstairs.

He grabbed the net he had bought for salvaging gold-lipped oysters, along with the lamp and gloves he had prepared earlier, and changed into a pair of old shoes. Then he hurried downstairs, driving the car away before it could block anyone's path.

Following the navigation, after less than ten minutes, Ye Su drove to Jinyuan Road and went down the slope to the side of the river channel.