Yang Fan still politely declined Old Zhou's enthusiastic attempt to keep him from leaving.
Even though what had just happened with Zhu Shanshan was involuntary, he had still, after all, cuckolded Old Zhou with a brightly colored cap.
At this time, even if Yang Fan had been more thick-skinned, he would still have felt uncomfortable sitting down and having a meal with Old Zhou.
However, Zhu Shanshan seemed to have gone somewhere else; she hadn't returned by the time Yang Fan left.
After biking away from the Herb Market, just as Yang Fan was rounding out from the small gate of the market, he heard a sharp cry for help, as well as the swearing of several men.
Yang Fan hadn't intended to meddle, but suddenly he heard someone shouting about making the girl pay off her debts with her body and selling her, which made him stop his bike.