Chapter 103 - 103 099 Dinner Date

103: Chapter 099 Dinner Date 103: Chapter 099 Dinner Date After getting changed, Ye Fan saw Tantai Wanrong already standing in front of the changing room with another set of clothes in her hand. Of course, Qin Mengyao was also there. “Why did it take so long?” Tantai Wanrong asked, while handing the clothes she was holding to Qin Mengyao, then stepped forward and gently adjusted Ye Fan’s collar before smoothing out the wrinkles in his clothes. Ye Fan gave a couple of vague responses. Tantai Wanrong had just asked casually and didn’t really mind. She stepped back a few steps, looking Ye Fan up and down to see the effect of the new clothes. “Mmm, not bad. You look quite handsome,” Tantai Wanrong smiled and said. Ye Fan turned around to look in the full-length mirror and saw that the clothes not only looked expensive, but also enhanced his extraordinary aura dramatically, making him look even more dashing and suave. Tantai Wanrong slightly turned and asked Qin Mengyao, “Yaoyao, what do you think?” Qin Mengyao’s bright eyes scanned Ye Fan from head to toe, and she smiled, “Hmm—, very handsome!” Ye Fan glared at Qin Mengyao. Qin Mengyao laughed delightedly and winked at Ye Fan. … … After spending over an hour at Wanda Mall, Ye Fan bought two sets of clothes, then headed back to Hailan Home and picked up four more sets. By that time, it was four o’clock. Tantai Wanrong had other matters to attend to, so she left in a hurry. Qin Mengyao didn’t leave with Tantai Wanrong but stayed behind. She approached with a smile, slipping her hand through Ye Fan’s arm, and suggested, “We’ve finished shopping for clothes, so should we find a place to rest for a bit and then have dinner together?” Ye Fan glanced at Qin Mengyao and said, “Stay away from me.” Giggling, Qin Mengyao laughed all the more and hugged Ye Fan’s arm even tighter. Speechless, Ye Fan temporarily couldn’t do anything about her and walked toward the parking lot without another word. Naturally, Qin Mengyao continued to cling to Ye Fan’s arm as they walked together. After putting the purchased clothes in the trunk of the car, they got in, started the vehicle, and slowly exited the parking lot. “Are you going straight home, or should we find a casual dining restaurant?” asked Ye Fan as he drove. “I have something to do later and won’t have time to treat you to a meal.” Qin Mengyao turned to look at Ye Fan and asked, “Brother Ye, are you really mad?” “No, I’m not. Being kissed by a little brat who’s still wet behind the ears isn’t a big deal to me,” Ye Fan said. “Oh, I have a little girl living next door, too. She always likes to call me ‘uncle, uncle’ and then kiss me when I hold her.” He had accidentally been kissed by Qin Mengyao in the changing room earlier, which really felt like bad luck. Qin Mengyao, angered, sat up straight, ready to retort, but then she giggled and relaxed back into her seat, choosing not to argue with Ye Fan. “Are you really too busy to have dinner with me?” she asked. Ye Fan replied, “I really am. I’m not lying to you about that.” “Alright then. You can drop me off at Juwei Xuan on Xinghu Road. I’ll ask Yiyi to come out and have dinner with me,” Meng Yao said. After speaking, she took out her phone to call Liu Yiyi. Ye Fan navigated to Juwei Xuan on Xinghu Road and then drove there. Once they arrived at Juwei Xuan, and as Qin Mengyao was about to get out of the car, Ye Fan said, “Wait.” Meng Yao thought Ye Fan had changed his mind and decided to have dinner with her, but then Ye Fan took out a thousand yuan from his wallet and handed it to her, saying, “Here, take this. Although I don’t have time, I did help you with the shopping.” “Hehe.” Qin Mengyao happily accepted the money. She wasn’t short on cash; each month, her divorced parents would deposit twenty to thirty thousand yuan into her bank account for her to spend. … … Ye Fan drove back to the Yu Lin Bay villa complex, and by then it was already 5 p.m. After he had put away his clothes and sat down on the sofa in the lobby to rest for a while, Zhao Lina’s call came through. “Ye Fan, are you ready to go out?” Zhao Lina asked over the phone, “Do you want Western or Chinese food?” “Obviously Chinese food,” Ye Fan replied without any pretense. “Meet me at Bai Zhen Building on Tianyuan Road, Liu Jia Hui,” Zhao Lina said. “Okay, I’ll be there in half an hour,” Ye Fan responded. After hanging up the phone, Ye Fan stood up, left the villa, and drove off to the dinner. Bai Zhen Building was an upper-middle-class restaurant with a pretty good environment. Since it was the weekend and dinner time, the customer flow was bustling, the place was noisy with voices, and business was booming, which suggested the dishes there must have a good reputation. Ye Fan drove into the parking lot of Bai Zhen Building and found a spot to park. As he got out of the car, he called Zhao Lina, “I’ve arrived, where are you?” “Second floor dining hall, Area A,” Zhao Lina answered. A few minutes later, Ye Fan went up to the second floor, entered the dining hall in Area A, and looked for Zhao Lina. Despite the crowd and the nearly full house, Ye Fan’s gaze quickly swept through the room, and he immediately spotted Zhao Lina. It was inevitable; although Zhao Lina was no longer in her striking police uniform, her beautiful face and extraordinary aura still made her stand out like a crane amongst chickens and were very eye-catching. When Ye Fan saw Zhao Lina, she also noticed him and waved at him with her fair, delicate arm. As Ye Fan walked over, he took the opportunity to survey Zhao Lina and noticed that her lustrous black hair was now let down, draping naturally behind her head, and she was wearing a black T-shirt with white polka dots and a low round neckline. The lower half of her body was blocked by the dining table and couldn’t be seen. When Ye Fan approached, Zhao Lina stood up to greet him. “Haha, here I am. Are you ready for a full Man-Han banquet? I’ve been starving myself for two whole days just for this meal,” Ye Fan said jokingly. “If you can eat everything without wasting, I don’t mind ordering every dish in the restaurant,” Zhao Lina said. “Alright, it seems I won’t be having the full Man-Han banquet after all,” Ye Fan said with a smirk. “But don’t you think that a handsome guy and a beautiful woman having a meal should really be sitting in an elegant, quiet, and romantic candlelit restaurant?” “Mm-hmm, agreed. However—” Zhao Lina nodded, then started looking around and said, “Where’s the handsome guy? I don’t seem to see him anywhere?” Ye Fan felt a bit frustrated and said self-deprecatingly, “Okay, you win. The ‘ugly guy’ is right here.” Zhao Lina’s face, spirited in every way, showed a touch of a smile as she said, “Please, take a seat.” Once seated, Zhao Lina began to order their dishes. After choosing four or five, she said to the waiter, “And a bowl of white rice, that’ll be all.” “Don’t you want two bottles of red or one bottle of white wine?” Ye Fan asked. Zhao Lina turned to look at Ye Fan and inquired, “Did you take a taxi here?” “No, I drove,” Ye Fan replied. Zhao Lina said with a stern face, “No drinking and driving, and don’t drive if you have to drink.” Then, she dismissed the waiter. Ye Fan just shrugged his shoulders, feeling powerless. A silence fell between them, and they stared at each other for a while. After a bit, Zhao Lina broke the silence, “Have the people from Qing Lang Gang been troubling you recently?” “Why would they trouble me? It was their fault to begin with, I just defend myself, righteous and bold. It should be me who’s bothering them,” Ye Fan said calmly. Zhao Lina frowned and said, “The Qing Lang Gang is a pretty vicious and troublesome dark force. Even though you are skilled, I’d still advise you to be careful. They are capable of stooping to any low.” “It’s strange,” Ye Fan said with a bit of sarcasm, “Since you know the Qing Lang Gang is a malevolent force, why don’t you police just eliminate them? Instead of having me, an ordinary civilian, always on edge and on guard?” Zhao Lina’s pretty face showed a tinge of embarrassment as she sighed and said, “Of course, we’d like to get rid of them, but their leader is very cunning. We haven’t been able to gather any decisive evidence against them.” At that moment, the waiter began bringing in the dishes, and the two temporarily stopped their conversation.