School Beauty's Invincible Martial Expert

An hour and a half later, Chen Zihan had taken down all the slips of paper from the entire wall of doors, but she couldn't find the one she was looking for. The fine beads of sweat on her forehead, she turned to the landlady with a look of disappointment and said, "There's no note written by Xiao Han!"

"There is!" The landlady smiled and said, "It's just that I put it away!"

"You!" Chen Zihan nearly fainted from anger upon hearing this.

If you had put it away, why did you still let me search for it here? Isn't that just deliberately causing me trouble? Chen Zihan seemed annoyed and angry. She couldn't believe that despite her earnest search for the note, she had been played for a fool, which is what made Chen Zihan so furious. Grinding her teeth, she said, "Why did you have to mock me like this? Do you find it amusing?"

"I didn't mean to mock you!" The landlady stood up, her black long dress looking somewhat enchanting. She laughed and said, "After hearing Xiao Han's story, I felt you were quite heartless to leave him alone in Linjiang City and go abroad to study by yourself. Don't you think that's quite cruel?"

"I..." Chen Zihan's eyes brimmed with tears as she bit her red lips.

Xiao Han quickly said, "Stop it there."

After speaking, he hurriedly took Chen Zihan's hand and sat down. Then he said, "All of these things are in the past now, since they are past events, why keep talking about them?"

"That's different!" The landlady said with a leisurely smile, "I just thought she was quite heartless, so I wanted to teach her a little lesson. However, to be honest, what she did just now did move me. Just for a note you wrote, she was willing to spend an hour and a half, not stopping for a second to search. That kind of spirit is really worth learning from."

"My feelings for Xiao Han are real!" Chen Zihan said through clenched teeth, "The reason I left him was because I had no other choice and had my own difficulties."

"Of course I know!" The landlady laughed, "Xiao Han has never blamed you either. He's always been blaming himself, saying he's not hardworking enough, that he doesn't have a good family background or resources. However, I think these are external factors; they have nothing to do with your feelings. If your family disapproves, you don't need their support. If the family is against it, you could have just eloped."

Clearly, the landlady was someone wild at heart, decisive, and filled with romantic sentiment. Therefore, it was obvious that the two parties couldn't agree on this matter.

"Forget it," Xiao Han shook his head, then added, "Eloping is something that only happens in TV dramas or novels. We shouldn't try to imitate that. Besides, this is real life. Where would we elope to? Doesn't eloping still require material basis? Love is not only about love; it needs bread and milk too."

The landlady was taken aback for a moment, then laughed and said, "If it's true love, you can lower the material requirements."

"If it's true love, I can't bear to make her suffer with me!" Xiao Han said earnestly.

"Hmm!" The landlady smiled lightly and said, "I'm just an onlooker being too subjective. You both love each other, both of you want the other to be happy. Sigh, that's the highest realm of love. I can't understand it."

After finishing her words, the landlady turned and walked to the cash register, then tore a note off the wall inside and handed it to Chen Zihan.

Chen Zihan eagerly took the note, saying excitedly, "This... is this the note Xiao Han wrote?"

"Right!" The landlady nodded, "Now I'm giving it back to you. I hope you'll cherish Xiao Han."

"I..." Chen Zihan was at a loss for words. Her eyes couldn't wait to look at the note in her hand, with its line of elegant handwriting—Xiao Han's handwriting. It read: Zi Han, I will marry you in four years.

One simple line of text, this was the words Xiao Han spoke to Chen Zihan at Linjiang Airport. This was no longer just a sentence, but a promise, a commitment etched deeply in both their hearts. And this promise had become the goal that Xiao Han had been striving for. If not for this promise, Xiao Han might not have achieved what he had today.

"Xiao Han!" Chen Zihan looked at Xiao Han with tears streaming down her face.

"Silly girl, why are you crying?" Xiao Han embraced Chen Zihan and said, "Isn't this what I told you before? Once you come back from the United States, I'll marry you!"

"Yeah!" Chen Zihan nodded and then said, "When I come back from the United States, I will marry you!"

"Good!" Xiao Han nodded.

Perhaps Chen Zihan's departure this time would be for many years. Mother Chen had accompanied her in the United States for six months, but this time she could not continue to accompany Chen Zihan. The first reason was the exorbitant cost of living for the two of them in the United States; the Chen Family had not married into money, so they simply couldn't afford such high expenses. The second reason was that Chen Zihan had already gotten used to life in the United States, and she could manage just fine on her own. Therefore, even if she was alone in the United States, there wasn't too much to worry about—one phone call a day would suffice.

"Today, your expenses are on me," the landlady announced generously.

"Thanks, landlady!" Xiao Han chuckled upon hearing this, "Bring me another mango mille-feuille!"

Pfft...

The landlady burst out laughing when she heard that.

"What, not happy about it?" Xiao Han asked curiously.

"Of course not!" the landlady immediately shook her head, and she said with a smile, "I just think you're very cute. Sometimes you're like a literary youth, and at other times you're like a streetwise kid. But I like that about you."

After sitting in the dessert shop for a moment, the two of them left.

Chen Zihan carefully tucked the piece of paper into her bag. She hid it in the innermost compartment of her wallet as if she was placing that sentence in the deepest recesses of her heart. Xiao Han's promises to her, Chen Zihan would remember deeply because she had always been looking forward to that day's arrival.

They left the dessert shop, hand in hand.

As they had just left the dessert shop,

a black Santana suddenly charged towards them. Xiao Han, quick-witted and nimble, hurriedly rolled with Chen Zihan towards a green strip at the side.

Boom...

The black Santana crashed head-on into a nearby streetlamp, the front of the car crumpled, and white smoke billowed from the entire vehicle. Then two men in black got out of the car. The one leading wore a black felt hat and hung a gold chain around his neck.

"Damn, he dodged it!" cursed the man with the gold chain. "The car is wrecked."

"Second Brother, hurry up." The other man, tall and muscular, pointed towards Xiao Han and Chen Zihan in the green strip and said, "Quickly mess up that woman. Slash her face so she won't have the face to see anyone for the rest of her life!"

"Sure thing!" the man immediately nodded.

Just as the man with the gold chain was about to head over to the green strip to find them, Xiao Han was already standing up from inside the green strip with Chen Zihan in his arms. That was a narrow escape; had Xiao Han not reacted in time, they both might have been crushed under the car. Xiao Han's face was filled with rage, and Chen Zihan was trembling uncontrollably, her body shaking continuously, her entire being quivering with fear in her eyes.

In that split second, she had felt death brush past her, realizing how fleeting life could be at that moment. If not for Xiao Han's timely reaction, she might no longer be in this world.

Xiao Han, despite the menacing look of the adversaries, was more concerned about Chen Zihan, "Zi Han, are you okay?"

"I'm fine," Chen Zihan shook her head.

"That's good," Xiao Han nodded, then asked, "Do you know them?"

Chen Zihan glanced up, then urgently shook her head, saying, "No, I don't."

At this moment, the man with the gold chain sneered, "Kid, run while you can. Otherwise, we're going to take care of you too."

"You're not here for me?" Xiao Han was slightly surprised.

"Heh, what are you, a spring onion?" the man looked at Xiao Han with disdain and then said, "I've said it, if you're smart, just scram. Otherwise, we'll settle you too. You believe me?"

Hearing this, Chen Zihan froze even more. They weren't targeting Xiao Han; could it be her they were after? But she didn't know them at all, nor did she have any enemies. Chen Zihan hurriedly said, "I don't know you. You might have the wrong person, right?"

The two men chuckled and replied, "We wouldn't get the wrong person, don't worry."

"You..." Chen Zihan was even more panic-stricken.

At that moment, the man with the gold chain flicked a dagger from his sleeve and then smiled, "Don't worry, I'm not here for your life today. I just took someone's money to ruin your face, so rest assured, I won't take your life!"

"Ah!" Chen Zihan was shocked upon hearing this.

For a woman, the importance of her face is obviously greater than that of her life, so she trembled, looking at Xiao Han with shaky eyes and said, "Xiao Han, I... I'm scared!"

"Don't be scared!" Xiao Han quickly shook his head, then declared, "With me by your side, no one can hurt you, not even the Heavenly King!"

"Okay!" Hearing this, Chen Zihan's heart immediately felt much safer. With Xiao Han by her side, her fear was alleviated, and she felt a sense of security. She hid behind Xiao Han's back, feeling how safe his presence was.

"Kid, get lost!" the man with the gold chain roared.

"Hmph, want me to scram? It's not that easy!" Xiao Han looked at him disdainfully and said, "If you're capable, just come at me and see."

Seeing Xiao Han's defiance, the man with the gold chain stepped forward with a sneer, "Kid, my knife doesn't have eyes. Don't cry if you get stabbed later."