s. She had woken up the moment she was picked up. Xiao Hei, lying on the floor, looked at his owner and then at the departing Yang Feng, bewildered by their actions.

With a small jump, Xiao Hei leaped onto the bed. Xue Ying petted the dog as her mind wandered until she fell back into her dreams. 

Yang Feng, no longer overthinking, went to his room and quickly fell asleep after a tiring day. In his dreams, he saw a white dragon and recalled the scenes from before. Suddenly, he understood why he had come back to life—it was due to the white dragon using its energy to sustain him, but at the cost of its own existence. The realization pained him, and he cried out in his sleep.

Dream over! It was just a dream, but it felt so real. Perhaps that is truly what happened?

"Yang Feng, what's wrong?"

Xue Ying, hearing his cries from outside, hurried into his room. She saw Yang Feng sitting up in bed, drenched in sweat, looking confused.

"Nothing," Yang Feng said, regaining his composure and smiling foolishly at her.

"Woof woof~" 

Xiao Hei’s barking echoed through the courtyard, indicating the presence of strangers. The two rushed out to see seven or eight burly men with fierce expressions standing in the yard. They were clearly troublemakers.

"Li Tianyou, you again!" Xue Ying shouted at a man in a suit. "I told you, I won't marry you. Give it up!"

"It's an honor that my master fancies you," a thug sneered. "Don’t refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit!"

Yang Feng figured out that they intended to abduct Xue Ying in broad daylight. "This guy looks dignified but is actually a despicable scoundrel," he thought about Li Tianyou.

"Get her!"

Under their master's orders, the thugs advanced towards Xue Ying. Xiao Hei was kicked to the ground and lay motionless.

"How dare you act like this?" Yang Feng shouted. "This is a society governed by law! Aren't you afraid of legal consequences?"

"The law?" Li Tianyou laughed. "Here, I am the law. Beat him! Don't let any escape."

A thug swung at Yang Feng, who instinctively blocked with his arm, sending the thug sprawling. 

"Have I gotten stronger since being reborn?" Yang Feng wondered, feeling as if he was dreaming. His entire body felt powerful.

"All of you, get him!" Li Tianyou commanded.

Surrounded by thugs, Yang Feng felt nervous. He had never fought before and didn't know what to do.

"Be careful!" Xue Ying shouted anxiously.

Drawing on memories from action movies and fighting games, Yang Feng improvised. His moves, though clumsy, were effective enough against the untrained thugs. One by one, they fell, groaning on the ground.

Two of the thugs took Xue Ying hostage, trembling as they held knives to her throat, clearly inexperienced with killing.

"I never ordered you to hurt her," Li Tianyou warned, wor

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