Chapter 412 - Cold War

Ye Fan watched as Qiao Feixuan entered the departure hall and disappeared from sight.

Withdraw his gaze, he turned to look at the breathtaking beauty of Li Zhaojun’s face.

Li Zhaojun also turned her face to look at Ye Fan.

The two stared at each other in silence for a while, clearly feeling a significant chilliness that had risen between them compared to the day before.

“Let’s go,” Ye Fan said flatly.

Li Zhaojun didn’t speak and simply turned to walk away.

Once in the car and on the way back to Li Zhaojun’s villa, neither of them spoke, and Ye Fan felt somewhat oppressed.

Halfway there, Ye Fan’s mobile phone suddenly rang, and Li Zhaojun immediately looked over at Ye Fan with a sense of heightened sensitivity.

Ye Fan took out his phone with his right hand, saw that it was Song Hongbing calling, and then switched the phone to his left hand to take the call farther from Li Zhaojun.

Seeing this, Li Zhaojun couldn’t help but frown slightly, turned her head back to face forward while straining her ears to listen.

“Ye Fan, I’ve arranged the visa and plane ticket you asked for.

The flight is at 2:25 PM for Seattle.

Please arrive at the airport half an hour before the flight to pick up your visa and ticket,” Song Hongbing said over the phone.

Ye Fan responded simply, “Okay, understood,” and then hung up.

Although Li Zhaojun tried hard to listen, the phone was kept far from her, and with only those four words from Ye Fan, she couldn’t make out the content of the conversation.

Seeing that Ye Fan was still avoiding her, Li Zhaojun couldn’t help but feel the pinnacle of disappointment and, with a sense of cold resignation, leaned back into the seat and closed her beautiful eyes.

Although Ye Fan noticed Li Zhaojun closing her eyes, he thought she was just tired from the drive and was resting her eyes.

Back at the villa, it was twelve o’clock.

With not much time left, Ye Fan didn’t rest but went straight to the second floor to pack a couple of sets of clothes.

Li Zhaojun, because of her bad mood, also went straight upstairs to her room.

Both entered the bedroom together.

Li Zhaojun thought Ye Fan might have something to say to her or perhaps was ready to acknowledge his mistake and ask for her forgiveness.

Instead, what she saw was Ye Fan walking straight to the wardrobe, opening it to pack his clothes.

“That’s right, his mother’s gone, and he’s going to move out,” she thought as she sat down at the dressing table, watching herself in the mirror, silently, not looking at Ye Fan packing.

After a while, Ye Fan packed up two sets of clothes, then turned to Li Zhaojun and said, “I need to leave Hua Hai for a few days on business.

Take care of yourself during these days.”

“Just an excuse, right?” mocked Li Zhaojun to herself, but she didn’t voice it out loud.

Seeing that Li Zhaojun wasn’t talking, Ye Fan sighed inwardly, walked over, and stood behind her, looking at the reflection of Li Zhaojun and himself in the mirror.

Through the mirror, after looking into each other’s eyes for a moment, Ye Fan said, “I don’t really understand why your attitude has suddenly changed.

Is it because I ignored you when I took the call?”

“I don’t want to hear any of your explanations!” Li Zhaojun replied coldly and defiantly.

Ye Fan closed his mouth, nodded, then turned and walked away, carrying his luggage as he left the bedroom.

Descending the stairs and leaving the villa, Ye Fan carried his luggage as he walked toward the complex’s main gate.

Since he was about to take a flight, he didn’t drive out.

He planned to hail a taxi to the airport outside the community’s main gate.

Li Zhaojun’s villa was about a seven to eight-minute walk from the entrance of the gated community.

After leaving the villa, Ye Fan thought he should say goodbye to Lu Xiaoman, Zhao Lina, and Tantai Wanrong.

So, he took out his phone, and suddenly remembered Zhao Tianya, so he called her first.

After the craziness of last night, Zhao Tianya fell asleep, and he just left straight away.

Now, thinking about it, he felt quite ashamed.

The call connected quickly.

“Wuwu, heartless man, you finally thought to call?!” As soon as the phone connected, Zhao Tianya’s fake crying and coquettish complaints came through.

Ye Fan laughed awkwardly and said, “Are you okay?”

“Not okay!” Zhao Tianya immediately responded, “I’m lying in bed almost starving to death.

Hurry up and bring me some food!”

Ye Fan chuckled bitterly, “Are you still at the hotel?”

“Of course, I’m still at the hotel.

When I woke up and didn’t see you, I thought you had gone out to buy breakfast.

I foolishly thought it was so sweet, but after waiting two hours, you still hadn’t come back,” Zhao Tianya said with a hint of grievance.

Ye Fan apologized, “I’m sorry.

I had something come up and had to leave early.

I don’t have time to bring you food now.

I’m about to board a flight and will be leaving Hua Hai City for a few days.”

“You’re leaving Hua Hai City?” Zhao Tianya exclaimed in surprise, her tone becoming more serious as she thought about the frenzy Ye Fan unleashed on her last night, “Why do you have to leave Hua Hai City at this time?

Did something bad happen?”

“Indeed, there’s a small matter I need to handle personally.

But it’s just a few days’ affair.

When I get back, I’ll take you out to eat, okay?” Ye Fan said.

Zhao Tianya replied, regretfully, “Alright then.”

Their relationship had just taken a new turn, and she thought she’d be spending a few clingy days with Ye Fan.

But she hadn’t expected that Ye Fan would have urgent business that would cause him to leave Hua Hai City for a few days.

Although last night’s event was a bit sudden, she and Ye Fan had known each other for several months, moving from acquaintance to dating and then familiarity.

Especially over these months, her life had undergone major changes—she got divorced.

It was precisely with Ye Fan’s encouragement that she found the strength to start anew.

In her interactions with Ye Fan, she felt joyful and, without realizing it, had developed many fond feelings for him.

To some extent, Ye Fan filled the emotional void left by her divorce.

Recently she had bought Ye Fan a brand name watch and given him a customized car worth over a million, all willingly spent on him.

Of course, she had no intention of marrying Ye Fan.

Firstly, after her divorce, she had developed a phobia of marriage.

Secondly, she felt Ye Fan, being several years younger, did not meet her criteria for a partner.

Moreover, the event from last night was also spurred by impulsion.

Right before she had texted Ye Fan last night, she had just watched a particularly romantic movie, which inspired her to ask Ye Fan out to the Tianfei Night Club for drinks and conversation.

She hadn’t expected Ye Fan to directly ask her to meet him at a hotel, and in a moment of impulsiveness, she agreed.

Naturally, she didn’t regret last night’s impulsiveness now.

After ending the call with Zhao Tianya, Ye Fan then called Lu Xiaoman, Zhao Lina, and Tantai Wanrong to tell them he had to leave Hua Hai City temporarily for a few days due to some matters.

After he finished his calls, Ye Fan had already walked out of the community and got into a taxi.

Not long after he ended his calls, another call came in—it was from Mo Xiaoyan.

“Brother-in-law, you’re leaving Hua Hai City for a few days?” Mo Xiaoyan asked on the phone.

“Yes.” Ye Fan replied with a light laugh, jokingly saying, “Haha, are you going to see me off?”

“Not at all!

You’re leaving but didn’t even call me, that’s not cool!” Mo Xiaoyan huffed proudly.

Ye Fan laughed and said, “Now you know, don’t you?”

“It’s not the same!” Mo Xiaoyan huffed, “Humph, I’m not talking to you anymore, stinky brother-in-law, stinky Ye Fan!”

With that, she hung up the phone.