Chapter 335 - Xiao Yichen Courting Death

“Tonight wasn’t too bad, keep it up, who knows, if you work hard for eight to ten years, I might actually consider agreeing to be your girlfriend.”

Lina stood proudly at the entrance of her home, her pretty face lifted, her eyes sparkling with vivacity, and her beautiful gaze shimmering as she looked at Ye Fan with a light laugh.

Originally, Ye Fan had only planned to walk Lina to the main entrance of the neighborhood, as getting in and out required registration, which was quite troublesome.

But Lina insisted on having Ye Fan walk her right to her building, which led to Lina standing there, saying these words to Ye Fan.

Ye Fan, with a grin, said, “Eight to ten years is too far away, and you said I did pretty well tonight, what’s the reward for the current stage?”

Lina’s shiny black eyes twinkled as she turned to Ye Fan with a sweet smile, “Hmm, there’s a reward.

Come a little closer.”

Lina’s look made Ye Fan’s heart race, and he immediately took two steps closer; they were less than a meter apart, almost able to hear each other’s breathing.

“Is she going to hold my hand?

Or give me a hug, or even a kiss…” Ye Fan wondered, “Should I reject her?…”

Just as Ye Fan was getting carried away, Lina suddenly lifted her foot and kicked at Ye Fan’s shin.

“Ah!”

Ye Fan immediately let out a loud cry of pain, hopping around on the spot while clutching his shin.

Lina’s kick was definitely a sneak attack, and for fear that she would miss as she had in the past, she kicked fiercely, inevitably using quite a bit of strength.

Of course, the main reason Ye Fan hopped in pain wasn’t simply because of the kick but because Lina had struck him with the pointed tip of her high heels.

Seeing she had finally managed a true sneak attack, Lina was triumphantly smug, snorting, “You had to mention a reward, and I almost forgot to pay you back for earlier!”

With that, she tossed her shoulder-length hair, picked up her spoils from the evening’s shopping, and sashayed her sexy hips towards the stairwell.

As Lina’s silhouette disappeared behind the stairwell, Ye Fan put his leg down, looked toward the stairs with a smile, then got into his car and left Baiyun Neighborhood.

Just after leaving Baiyun Neighborhood, his cell phone suddenly rang.

Thinking it was Lina, he picked it up, only to find unexpectedly that it was Nie Yuling.

“Yuling, what’s up?” Ye Fan asked with a smile.

Nie Yuling said, “Brother Ye, the person you had me keep an eye on, Xiao Yichen, he’s made a move.”

“Oh?” Ye Fan replied, “What does he want to do?”

“Xiao Yichen has been in contact with a low-tier hoodlum group called Loyalty Gang, asking them to cooperate with him in kidnapping Emali Group’s chairman, Li Zhaojun,” Nie Yuling said.

Ye Fan responded, “Can you guys make contact with that Loyalty Gang?”

“Yes.

If someone from the Qingmu Group showed up at Loyalty Gang, they would have to treat them like royalty,” said Nie Yuling.

Ye Fan said, “Have someone approach Loyalty Gang, asking for more money to get them to have another conversation with Xiao Yichen about kidnapping Li Zhaojun, and record the conversation.

Then send the recording directly to Li Zhaojun herself.”

“Alright,” Nie Yuling said.

He paused, then Nie Yuling asked softly, “Ye Fan, how have you been lately?”

“Pretty good.

How about you?

Has the Qingmu Gang started getting back to business?

It seems like the city’s crackdown is winding down.” Ye Fan asked.

Nie Yuling replied, “We resumed business two days ago.

During our period undercover, I discussed with the elders of the gang the idea of establishing a real company.”

“Oh, that’s good.” Ye Fan said, “How did the talks go?”

“The brothers in the gang all support going completely legit.

We are preparing to invest five billion in capital to start a business and establish the Qingmu Group.” Nie Yuling said.

Ye Fan couldn’t help but laugh, “So it sounds like you’re about to transform into an entrepreneur.”

“Hehe, Ye Fan, don’t make fun of me.” Nie Yuling chuckled.

After a pause, she continued, “Of course, running entertainment venues is still the main business of Qingmu Gang.

The gang has grown quite a bit by capitalizing on the vacuum left after the Qinglang Association was eliminated.

It’s estimated that in a year, our influence will be more than double what it was at our peak.”

“I don’t care about how the Qingmu Gang grows, but you must remember, you absolutely cannot engage in illegal activities like drug trafficking or forcing women into prostitution, and you cannot become another Qinglang Association.

Otherwise, once I find out, I will personally take you down, without mercy!” Ye Fan warned sternly.

Nie Yuling promised seriously, “Ye Fan, please rest assured, as long as I’m with Qingmu Gang, we will never commit the illegal acts you mentioned!”

After hanging up the phone, Ye Fan shook his head with a cold chuckle, thinking disdainfully, “This grasshopper of autumn can’t sit still already, and the Same Overflow Group hasn’t completely fallen apart yet.

Well, if it wishes to die so early, then it might as well go to prison earlier to serve a few years, and stop annoying me with its presence.

Ugh, this tender-skinned one, going to prison without money to smooth things over, the tyrants there must be eagerly awaiting…”

Driving back to the Dingsheng International Hotel, he entered the presidential suite and took a short rest.

Afterward, Ye Fan drank down the nourishing medicinal soup he’d prepared earlier with a frown, and then began to practice with all his might.

The maid he wanted to hire had already posted the job listing online at 58.com’s city portal, but to actually find the right candidate, he’d have to wait a bit longer.

After practicing intensively for over two hours, Ye Fan suddenly stopped, pressed down with palms aligned with his eyebrows, and exhaled a stream of white vapor.

The vapor did not scatter but surged three meters away.

Opening his eyes, a gleam of delight shown through as he muttered to himself, “Finally reached the mid-stage of the dark energy.

With a bit more effort and refining a few more pounds of replenishing ingredients like ginseng and Lingzhi, reaching the late stage of dark energy before the year’s end shouldn’t be a problem.”

The next afternoon, after three, Li Zhaojun suddenly called Ye Fan to her office.

Knocking on the door and entering Li Zhaojun’s office, Ye Fan saw her seated on the sofa in front of the coffee table, with a white envelope lying on the table.

Ye Fan walked over, sat down on another sofa, and asked, “Director Li, what’s the matter?”

Li Zhaojun looked at Ye Fan intently; he was somewhat unused to it and even felt a bit of pressure, forcing a smile, “Why are you looking at me like that?

Do I look particularly handsome today?”

Li Zhaojun withdrew her gaze, picked up the white envelope, and tipped out an orange USB stick, asking, “A stranger just had it delivered to me, and I’ve listened to its contents.”

“Oh,” Ye Fan acknowledged, guessing that the USB probably contained the recorded negotiation between Xiao Yichen and the Brotherhood on the ransom for kidnapping Li Zhaojun.

Li Zhaojun looked at Ye Fan and asked, “This was done by someone you sent, right?”

“Yes,” Ye Fan readily admitted.

“I didn’t expect that in less than four months in Hua Hai City, you managed to gain quite a bit of power.

It seems I’ve been underestimating you all along,” Li Zhaojun said with a hint of sigh.