Chapter 144 - 144 140 The Biggest Secret

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144: Chapter 140 The Biggest Secret 144: Chapter 140 The Biggest Secret Leaving Zhao Lina’s place, she had walked him down to the entrance. As he stood in front of the car, Ye Fan faced Zhao Lina, a smile playing on his lips as he took in her stunningly beautiful face and her whole figure. Zhao Lina seemed to have forgotten the incident in the corridor outside the restroom. As Ye Fan looked her up and down, she tilted her chin up, speaking in a casual tone, “Why are you ogling me like that? Don’t tell me you’re thinking about freeloading another meal at my place?” “In principle, I wouldn’t want that. However, should your parents extend their invitation again, it would put me in a difficult position,” Ye Fan said with a light smile. “I have always held great respect for my elders.” “That’s not going to happen,” Zhao Lina replied coolly. “In three days, I will tell my parents that you and I have ‘broken up’ due to incompatible personalities.” “Ah, that’s a pity,” Ye Fan said, spreading his hands. “Honestly, even though talking to your dad killed quite a few of my brain cells, it was quite rewarding. He must hold quite a high-ranking position, right?” “What business is it of yours how high-ranking my dad’s position is?” Zhao Lina said, her eyes showing a hint of wariness as she scrutinized Ye Fan. Her father did indeed hold a high position, and she had to guard against Ye Fan shamelessly trying to latch on just because of her father’s stature. Ye Fan shook his head with a smile, aware of Zhao Lina’s thoughts. But with his own background, did he need to latch on to anyone? It was others who clung to him. He opened the car door, then turned back to say, “My mission is complete. You can’t bother me with your family matters anymore. Goodbye.” With that, he got into the driver’s seat. His hand rested on the car door handle, about to close the door when Zhao Lina suddenly called out, “Wait!” Ye Fan paused his action of closing the car door and looked back at Zhao Lina. She spoke with a softened expression, “Thank you for your help today. I’ll treat you to a meal in a few days.” “A candlelit dinner?” Ye Fan teased with a chuckle. Annoyed, Zhao Lina said, “Candlelit dinner? Haven’t you troubled me enough? It’s going to be a street-side food stall! No, a bowl of spicy hotpot from a roadside stand!” “Spicy hotpot?” Ye Fan’s expression immediately brightened. Spicy hotpot was a legendary and enigmatic dish. The online allusion was that treating a girl to a six-yuan bowl of spicy hotpot could lead to thirteen rounds in one night. Zhao Lina evidently knew this internet tale and, despite being puzzled by Ye Fan’s strange reaction, she firmly said, “Yes, that’s right, spicy hotpot it is.” “Hehe, if it’s spicy hotpot, then you don’t have to treat me—I’ll treat you,” Ye Fan said with ill intentions. Though Zhao Lina didn’t understand the implication behind spicy hotpot, she could guess from Ye Fan’s expression that it represented something unpleasant. Thus, she quickly changed her offer, “Forget the spicy hotpot. It’s the roadside food stall, after all!” “Then let’s not bother,” said Ye Fan, feigning disappointment before adopting a more serious tone. “You don’t need to worry about treating me to a meal; didn’t I already eat at your house? That’s all, then. Goodbye.” As he was about to close the door again, Zhao Lina called out once more, “Wait!” “What is it now?” Ye Fan responded, slightly exasperated. Zhao Lina hesitated, then finally asked tentatively, “Why are you so good at Go?” This question had been swirling in her mind all evening. “This…” Ye Fan’s gaze unintentionally fell on Zhao Lina’s chest. He suddenly smiled mysteriously and said, “That is the biggest secret of my life. I never casually tell anyone. Do you want to know?” “Of course I want to know,” Zhao Lina immediately became extremely curious, “tell me quickly, I promise not to tell anyone.” “Lean in and I’ll whisper it to you,” Ye Fan said with a mysterious expression. Unable to resist the itch of curiosity, Zhao Lina hesitated for a moment, but still approached the cockpit and said, “Go on, there’s no one else here.” “No way,” Ye Fan shook his head, “The law must not enter both ears; it must only enter yours. This secret is just too important to me.” Zhao Lina had no choice but to lean down and tilt her delicate and pretty ear close to Ye Fan. Ye Fan chuckled inwardly at how a woman’s curiosity could kill a cat as his gaze immediately became wandering. Zhao Lina waited and waited, but Ye Fan didn’t speak, prompting her, “Hurry up and tell me.” “The secret is—I’m very smart,” Ye Fan said earnestly. I’m very smart? I’m very smart?! Since when has being smart become a person’s biggest secret? Zhao Lina froze for a moment, then immediately realized she had been played by Ye Fan. She abruptly stood up in a fury and kicked out. But Ye Fan had already prepared himself, swiftly grabbing Zhao Lina’s kicking ankle. Uh, it was quite slippery; he had to use some strength to hold on. “Hey, gentlemen use their mouths and not their hands. Besides, I didn’t lie to you, you based on the…” Ye Fan shouted, but his words trailed off suddenly without a sound. After a while, Ye Fan couldn’t help but mutter under his breath, “…it’s actually red.” Zhao Lina paused for a moment, then let out a scream that shattered the night sky, “Ah—” and tried all her might to withdraw her leg. Woken up by the ear-piercing scream, Ye Fan quickly let go of Zhao Lina’s bare foot, and she uncontrollably flew backward. Fortunately, she was agile and reacted quickly, avoiding landing butt-first on the sand. Even so, she had retreated three or four meters away. Ye Fan knew he had committed a grave offense, and an enraged Zhao Lina might very well shoot him, so he quickly slammed the car door shut, started the car, and shouted, “Goodbye, Captain Zhao,” driving away from the scene at a breakneck speed, disappearing in an instant. Zhao Lina glared angrily at the direction of Ye Fan’s escape, her hands clenched tightly, her veins popping out on the backs of her clenched fists due to overwhelming anger. “Ye Fan, you wretched, annoying jerk, I, Zhao Lina, will never let this go!” she cursed through gritted teeth, “Shameless! Vulgar! Pervert! …” Having smoothly exited the gate, Ye Fan breathed a sigh of relief as he looked back at the entrance and saw no one chasing after him. “Good thing she didn’t think to call security directly to intercept me, otherwise, I’d have had to ditch the car and run,” he muttered to himself. Then, thinking of Zhao Lina’s boundless rage, her eyes practically spitting fire, he felt a twinge of regret as he lamented, “I’ve offended a policewoman, and not just any, but the head of the detective squad with formidable connections. Life is going to be tough from now on. Sigh, I was stupid at that moment. I looked, why did I have to speak out loud? Truly brought this misery on myself!” “I can’t handle this; I’m too shocked, I need to go to the bar and have a couple of drinks to calm my nerves,” Ye Fan talked to himself while driving, “But where to? Got it, to Tianfei Night Club! I’d be best off running into Tianya Zhao and Xiao Fu Deng, let these two beauties soothe my nerves.” With that, he drove towards Tianfei Night Club. Seventeen or eighteen minutes later, Ye Fan entered the grand hall on the first floor of Tianfei Night Club and the temperature dropped sharply, quickly driving away the stifling heat from outside. Listening to the elegant and pleasing piano music, like moonlight flowing over water, Ye Fan felt his heart calming down instantly. His gaze sharply scanned the entire hall, searching for the seductive figures of Tianya Zhao and Xiao Fu Deng. Before long, he smiled and strode towards a seating booth up ahead.

Chapter 144 - 144 140 The Biggest Secret

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