Chapter 434 - Understanding the Details
Chapter 434 of "Invincible Young Master in the City" starts with: 5:30 in the afternoon, inside a booth of an elegantly decorated restaurant.Having not seen her... Continue exploring!
5:30 in the afternoon, inside a booth of an elegantly decorated restaurant.
Having not seen her for a while, Qin Mengyao had visibly changedâshe was honestly dressed in her neat school uniform, her hair was no longer a buzz cut, nor was she wearing a wig, instead sporting a tomboyish hairstyle.
The tomboyish hairstyle, complemented by her exquisite and pretty face, along with the innocent student outfit, was quite eye-catching.
Anyone unaware would think she was a diligent student dedicated to her studies.
Sitting face to face and after ordering food, Qin Mengyao looked at Ye Fan with a giggle, âBrother Fan, how long has it been since youâve treated me to a meal?â
âI have no reason to treat you to a meal when thereâs nothing going on,â Ye Fan replied irritably.
Qin Mengyao snorted coquettishly, âYou donât understand peopleâs thoughts!â
âYouâre just a greenhorn,â Ye Fan glared and said.
Qin Mengyao puffed up her chest forcefully, trying to highlight that certain area which was not small at all, and huffed, âWhere am I inexperienced?â
Ye Fan couldnât be bothered to argue with Qin Mengyao and asked, âHowâs your studying going?
Seems like youâre in twelfth grade now.
If you donât get into college, Aunt Tantaiâs face will surely be lost because of you!â
âOf course, Iâve been making rapid progress,â Qin Mengyao said proudly, âJust look at how intelligent I am.
An hour of my studying is worth a whole day for those dull-witted fools.
In the exam last week, I was already ranked twenty-third in the class.â
âHow many students are in the class?â Ye Fan asked.
Qin Mengyaoâs pretty face turned slightly red as she said, âForty.â
Ye Fan burst out laughing.
âHey!
Hey!
Donât laugh!â Qin Mengyao called out a bit annoyed, âI improved by ten places in one go, which is a significant achievement.
My aunt praised me for it!â
Ye Fan barely stopped his laughter and said, âThe way you speak, itâs like youâre outstanding, but it turns out youâre just a middling student.â
âIâm just starting to exert myself, the best is yet to come,â Qin Mengyao retorted, âBesides, do you think getting twenty-third place in the class is easy?
The total score was 550 points!â
Ye Fan suddenly realized that the school Qin Mengyao attended was not an ordinary high school, but one of the top prestigious middle schools in the city, full of top students.
Nonetheless, Ye Fan had no intention to praise Qin Mengyao.
Not being praised already made her smugâwouldnât praising her make her head swell even more?
After a while, their food arrived, and the two bantered while eating.
Towards the latter half of the meal, during a lull, Ye Fan asked, âTell me more about Aunt Tantai being forced into matchmaking.â
Qin Mengyao immediately put down her chopsticks, took a sip of tea to rinse her mouth, and then spoke earnestly, âA few days ago, some jerk mustâve fed my grandfather some kind of potion because he managed to make my grandfather happy, and then my grandfather agreed to set him up with my aunt.
He wants my aunt to date and then marry that jerk.â
Ye Fan frowned slightly, âIt canât possibly be that frivolous.
Whatâs the name of this jerk in your story, and whatâs his background?â
âHis name is Yang Chengze, heâs very bad, the worst,â Qin Mengyao said.
âHe even had the nerve to ogle me lewdly that day.â
Feeling a headache coming on, Ye Fan said, âFocus on the important part!â
Qin Mengyao pouted and said, âHeâs the Executive Deputy Head of Organization Department of the city, the Yang family has a lot of influence in the province.â
âYang Zechengâs personal information,â Ye Fan said.
âHe seems to be thirty-one or thirty-two years old, decent looking, but his eyes always seem to be wandering.
Divorced once, has a daughter, but the daughter lives with his ex-wife,â Qin Mengyao said, then couldnât help but grumble bitterly, âI have no idea what grandpa is thinking.
How could he make aunty marry a divorced man, especially when sheâs so outstanding and perfect!â
âNot only that, but both of my uncles actually say that aunty should marry Yang Chengze.â
âAt the very least, if aunty is going to marry, she should marry a clean man whoâs never been divorced!â
âItâs infuriating!â
Listening to her, Ye Fan felt quite angry as well.
In his eyes, how could Tantai Wanrong, so perfect and noble, possibly marry a man who had been divorced and had children?
And that man was, in most aspects, surely inferior to Tantai Wanrong.
However, although he was furious, he also understood in his heart that this was most likely a political marriage.
Hua Hai was a directly-controlled municipality that geographically was surrounded by the province where the Steelworkers Provincial Administration is located.
Although Hua Hai had a significant impact on the Steelworkers Provincial Administration, the province conversely infiltrated Hua Hai.
âYaoyao only knows so much, itâs limited and not comprehensive.
I should really investigate Yang Chengzeâs background thoroughly,â Ye Fan thought to himself, determined to interfere with this political marriage to the end.
Qin Mengyao continued, âFan, you must figure out a way to make aunty refuse to date that Yang guy.
Aunty thinks highly of you, and she will definitely take your words into serious consideration.â
âDonât you think the problem lies with your grandfather or perhaps the entire Tantai family?â Ye Fan said.
âOf course, I know,â Qin Mengyao said.
âBut my grandfather simply wonât listen to me.
And you, even less so.
We can only work on aunty, make her resolutely refuse to marry that Yang, and directly cut off any association with the Yang family.â
Ye Fan neither agreed nor denied.
Qin Mengyaoâs thoughts were indeed naĂŻve, but she couldnât be blamed.
After all, she was still a high school student, and her mind was usually preoccupied with how to have fun, so her depth of thought was limited.
However, her method wasnât entirely wrong.
After all, Tantai Wanrong, as the Executive Deputy Mayor of Hua Hai, certainly held a nonnegligible position in the Tantai family and had a significant say.
If she steadfastly refused to marry Yang Zecheng, even to the point of confronting the entire family, the Tantai family likely wouldnât go as far as to tie her up and force her into marriage.
âRest assured, aunty wonât marry Yang Zecheng.
And you, donât nag her about it every day.
It annoys her,â Ye Fan said.
âIâll work something out with Yang Zecheng.â
Qin Mengyaoâs eyes immediately lit up, exclaiming, âRight, drive that Yang guy away!â
Then, her beautiful eyes showed a fierce determination as she said, âIf all else fails, weâll just castrate him!
Letâs see how he can get married then!â
âHeh, thatâs a possibility,â Ye Fan said with a light smile.
However, he wasnât joking at all because he didnât rule out the use of such drastic measures.
Qin Mengyao wanted to continue discussing how to drive away Yang Zecheng, but Ye Fan didnât feel like wasting his breath talking about it any further.
He had contacted Qin Mengyao to gain a deeper understanding of the forced blind dates imposed on Tantai Wanrong, but the information Qin Mengyao knew was still too limited.
He needed to collect information again.
After they finished eating, Ye Fan took the opportunity to drive Qin Mengyao back to school for her classes.
After dropping off Qin Mengyao, Ye Fan drove to the Heroic Bar to return the car to Lu Chengqiang.
He stayed in the Heroic Bar for about fifteen minutes, then came out and hailed a taxi.
âMaster, please take me to Imperial Forest Bay Villa District,â Ye Fan told the taxi driver.
As the taxi set off, Ye Fan took out his mobile phone and called Li Zhaojun, âYouâre at home, right?
Iâll be at your villa to pick up my stuff and the car in about thirty or forty minutes.â