Great, It's the Pervy Neighbor. We're Doomed

Chapter 499: A Lovers’ Quarrel

The sudden scene left everyone present utterly stunned.What the hell?

That middle-aged man with his bear-like build, so robust, getting hit in the head with a beer bottle and being completely fine.

And just like that, he was sent flying with a single punch?

And it was a one-punch knockout?

Were they dreaming?!

That guy, he looked like just an ordinary young man!

Could he really have that kind of skill?

"Holy crap?"

After the leader, the middle-aged man, fell unconscious, it took his two companions a long time to snap out of their shock.

They couldn't figure it out—was what just happened an accident or something?

Because, back in the day, that leader, the middle-aged man, got hit in the face with a set of knuckle dusters and was fine, so how could he be taken down with just one punch now?

"Kid! You're looking for death!"

The two middle-aged men roared at Jiang Ran.

Roar they did, but the two of them just stood there, not moving forward.

Having been in fights for years, you could tell if someone could fight or not. Just from those two moves Jiang Ran showed, it was already clear.

So, they needed to find a way to save face, otherwise, it would be too humiliating, they wouldn't be able to keep up their reputation.

At that moment, just in time, the police arrived. Their way out had come.

After the police arrived, they began asking about the sequence of events.

They questioned both parties involved, as well as the Restaurant Owner and the onlookers.

Although those bystanders, each and every one of them, didn't dare to act heroically.

They did dare to tell the truth.

Plus, these three men were also old hands, frequently locked up at the station, so the police who came were familiar with the domineering behavior of these three.

Therefore, this matter was quickly resolved.

Jiang Ran and the others were considered to have acted in justifiable self-defense.

It's just that Jiang Ran's punch was indeed a bit too fierce, knocking someone unconscious with one punch, and the other party had only been provoking, not having laid a hand on Jiang Ran first.

So, Jiang Ran still ended up paying over a thousand as consolation money, to be used as medical expenses.

A little past ten at night.

Jiang Ran and the others came out of the police station, which could be considered a final conclusion to this matter.

Jiang Ran and the others strolled along the street. The sky was pitch black, with only a few stars visible.

It was completely incomparable to the unpolluted skies of the past.

To see how developed a region is, you just look at the nighttime lights satellite map.

The brighter a region is at night, the more light spots it has, the more developed that region is.

As for Yang City, it belonged to the category of average development.

"Jiang Ran, thank you for saving me. I'll transfer this thousand-plus to you. After all, in this matter, you stepped up for me."

Zhang Xue walked towards Jiang Ran, preparing to pay the money Jiang Ran had compensated to that leader, the middle-aged man.

Jiang Ran didn't refuse this either. After all, he had saved you in the first place.

So, he took out his phone, ready to accept the money with a clear conscience.

At that moment, Gao Yang suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Xue, who was about to pay.

Zhang Xue turned her head, somewhat displeased, and stared at her boyfriend.

She certainly wouldn't forget how, earlier at the restaurant, when she was terrified to the extreme, this boyfriend of hers only intervened once, and afterwards, just stood there pretending to be a bystander!

To be honest, the biggest need she had in finding a boyfriend was a sense of security.

But Gao Yang, usually acting like a warm, reliable guy.

Who would have thought that in such a moment, he completely lacked a man's courage.

"You can't give this money. It wasn't us who hit the person, so why should we pay for him?"

So, Gao Yang came forward for this matter.

Zhang Xue was fuming, her snow-white face flushed red with anger again: "Hey, Gao Yang, do you have any conscience at all? Jiang Ran stepped in to save me! That's why he acted! Otherwise, he could have completely not intervened! He could have just been a bystander! Now, me paying him this money is perfectly justified! It's only right and reasonable!"

Gao Yang probably also didn't expect his girlfriend to get so angry with him over a Jiang Ran.

He was also very displeased and said, "Did we beg him to step in?"

"Even if he didn't step in, the police would have arrived very soon anyway, right? By then, the matter would have been resolved just the same!"

"And it would have been a perfect resolution!"

Zhang Xue trembled all over with anger at these words.

Jiang Ran watched from the side, listening to Gao Yang's words, feeling they sounded very familiar.

With a snap, he remembered. Wasn't this the same rhetoric used by that young woman who fell into the water during the day, towards the boy who saved her and the others?

What a perfect match these two were!

Jiang Ran put away his phone, his eyes shifting in their sockets.

Then, he pretended to sigh, putting on a sad, upset expression.

He walked up to Zhang Xue and said, "It's fine, no need to give it. I think your boyfriend is right. Even if I hadn't stepped in, you probably would have been fine. After all, the police were coming soon anyway. Instead, by stepping in, I made the situation bigger. This thousand-plus, you don't need to give it. To me, it's nothing much anyway."

Then, Jiang Ran rubbed the back of his head with his right hand, putting on an understanding, honest appearance.

By acting this way, Jiang Ran was clearly deliberately stirring up trouble, trying to damage the relationship between the two.

And Zhang Xue fell for it.

She shouted angrily at Gao Yang, "You won't act like a decent person, but I will! Don't you know how disgusted I would have been if that man's hand had actually touched me?!"

"And besides, the money to compensate Jiang Ran is my own money. It's not your place to manage it!"

This shout left Gao Yang dumbfounded.

After being dumbfounded, Gao Yang angrily said, "What do you mean, your own money?"

"Isn't that money of yours money we earned together?"

Zhang Xue and Gao Yang were originally both office workers.

Later, Zhang Xue started making short videos and achieved pretty good results.

She then quit her job. Seeing this, her boyfriend Gao Yang began to focus his energy on helping Zhang Xue with her short videos.

Once things stabilized and they had some savings, he also quit his job to wholeheartedly assist his girlfriend.

Therefore, saying the money was earned by both of them together was not entirely unreasonable.

Zhang Xue was so angry she couldn't speak.

The two of them were at a stalemate like this.

At this point, Qin Chuan and Zhao Yiwan both stepped forward to mediate.

The meaning was simple: since Jiang Ran had already said not to give it, then don't give it.

After all, Jiang Ran's side had already made the first concession. There was no need to let this matter escalate like this.

Damaging their relationship.

Zhang Xue still felt she must give the money, but with her boyfriend Gao Yang standing right there blocking her, she really couldn't give it.

Therefore, she hatched a plan: if she couldn't give it now, she'd find an opportunity to give it later.

For now, she would temporarily yield.

Although she temporarily yielded.

Zhang Xue still hadn't cooled off.

So, for the rest of the way as these few people returned to the hotel, there was a strange, awkward atmosphere.

The hotel.

Jiang Ran and Wang Qingzhao each had their own room.

Zhang Xue and Gao Yang shared one, Qin Chuan and Zhao Yiwan shared another.

The room Qin Chuan and Zhao Yiwan shared was a room with one large bed.

Zhao Yiwan was taking a shower.

And her boyfriend, Qin Chuan, taking advantage of his girlfriend being in the shower, took out his phone and started a couple more rounds of online gambling.

By the time Zhao Yiwan finished her shower and came out, drying her black long hair with a towel.

Qin Chuan, probably having lost at online gambling again, angrily grabbed his clothes and went into the bathroom to shower.

Looking at Qin Chuan's inexplicably angry appearance, Zhao Yiwan could only sigh.

A deep sense of powerlessness washed over her heart.