Chapter 56 - Compensation

The next morning, Ye Fan unusually got up early.

He propped himself up and looked at the stunningly beautiful face beside him, feeling a bit of a headache.

He grabbed a cigarette and lighter from the bedside table, put a cigarette in his mouth, and then lit it.

He took a deep drag, brooded for a long time, then exhaled a ring of smoke.

Last night, she insisted on having sex with him, and to his surprise, she turned out to be a virgin.

“She’s actually a virgin.

Should I take responsibility for her?” Ye Fan hesitated.

He considered himself a responsible man, but he knew nothing about her, not her name, background, character, let alone having any feelings for her.

He took a few more deep drags, pondering his decision.

After thinking for a while, Ye Fan felt the urge to urinate and got up to go to the bathroom.

After he had finished and came out of the bathroom, he found that the young woman had woken up and was sitting elegantly on the bed in a white nightgown.

“You’re awake?

Sorry if I disturbed you,” Ye Fan said as he walked over, dragging a chair to sit in front of the bed.

The young woman looked up at Ye Fan but didn’t reply immediately.

Ye Fan’s gaze fell on the young woman’s beautiful face.

He said, “I’m sorry, I didn’t know you were a virgin.”

“You don’t need to feel uneasy.

This is one of the compensations I’m offering you.” The young woman’s tone had a bit of a superior air.

“Compensation for me?” Ye Fan caught the different implication in those words.

The young woman nodded, stretched out her fair arm, and took her red LV purse from the red-brown bedside table on her side.

Waiting for the young woman’s explanation, Ye Fan watched as she leisurely took out a checkbook from her purse and began quickly filling out a check.

“Is she actually planning to pay me?” Ye Fan was even more surprised.

“Isn’t this a double windfall?

Isn’t my luck a bit too good?”

After a moment, the young woman stopped writing, tore out the check, and handed it to Ye Fan, saying, “This is one million yuan.

It’s also to compensate you.”

Ye Fan didn’t take it, frowning as he asked, “When you say compensation, what exactly do you mean?”

The young woman didn’t rush to push the check into Ye Fan’s hand and said, “Compensation, of course, for the risks you’ve taken, and even the threat of death you’re about to face.”

She adjusted her sitting position, facing Ye Fan directly, “My name is Nie Yuling.

My father was the late boss of the Qingmu Gang, which is entrenched in Xinyang District.

So, I’m also the boss of Qingmu Gang.

However, I might not be in a few days.”

“You’re an underworld boss?

Do you engage in drug trafficking?

Do you force women into prostitution?” Ye Fan’s expression turned serious as he asked sternly.

Seeing Ye Fan seriously questioning her, Nie Yuling took an interested glance at him, then chuckled, saying, “Are you planning to turn me in to the police?

Don’t worry, ever since my father’s time, Qingmu Gang has steered clear of those things.

The Qingmu Gang mainly deals in bars, discos, KTVs, and nightclubs.

So, you, a soldier, don’t need to moralize at me.”

Ye Fan let out a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

After all, no one wanted to lay a violent hand on a woman, especially one he had just been intimate with.

“I took over the Qingmu Gang after my father died.

But some of the veterans there refused to accept me.

They complained that the money was coming in too slowly and that we were earning too little, so they wanted to scrap the money-laundering path my father had set.” Nie Yuling said, “Last night, they finally colluded with the Qing Wolf Society and rebelled.”

“If it weren’t for you last night, I would have been caught by them; it would’ve been a matter of life and death,” she continued.

“You messed up their ‘good deeds,’ so now they hate you.

It’s not just those traitors but also the Qing Wolf Society.

If they find you, your end will be very grim.”

As she spoke, she kept her gaze fixed on Ye Fan’s face, noticing that he remained calm and not at all frightened, which made her curiously ask, “Aren’t you afraid?”

“What’s there to be afraid of?

Aren’t they just a bunch of bad guys who can’t stand the light of day?

If they dare to cause me trouble, I’ll just call the police,” Ye Fan said with a scoff, “Good has always triumphed over evil since ancient times, let alone in today’s society.”

Nie Yuling laughed, finding Ye Fan naive and simple, and shook her head, “You’re oversimplifying things.

Perhaps the Qingmu Gang traitors won’t take your life, but the Qing Wolf Society is definitely ruthless and inhumane.”

“That’s why I suggest you leave Hua Hai today and go into hiding in a northern city or a city in the two Guang provinces,” she said as she stuffed a check into Ye Fan’s hand.

“Here’s one million.

It should be enough for you to settle down in a foreign city.

Oh, and you should cash it soon.

In a few days, it might not be valid anymore.”

Ye Fan set the check aside and asked, “What about you?”

“I’m of course going to gather my men and eliminate those traitors.

Those loyal to my father and me are still dominant in the gang,” Nie Yuling responded.

“However, the biggest variable is the Qing Wolf Society.

I might fail, I might get killed.”

Ye Fan frowned and said, “Then why don’t you leave Hua Hai?

China is so big, they definitely won’t be able to find you if you’re determined to hide.”

“I can’t leave,” Nie Yuling said firmly.

“The Qingmu Gang is my father’s many years of hard work, and the brothers in the gang trust me so much.

If I shrank back and left, the Qingmu Gang would be destroyed in the hands of those traitors, and those brothers who have trusted and followed me will be purged; their end will definitely be very miserable.”

Ye Fan felt a touch of admiration for Nie Yuling’s courage and sense of responsibility and said, “Maybe I can lend you a hand.”

“Thank you for your kindness.

However, you were innocently dragged into this; there’s no need for you to take risks with me,” Nie Yuling said.

“I know you’re an ex-soldier and might be able to fight, but gang conflicts are not just about being able to fight.

No matter how strong your martial arts are, you’re still vulnerable to a kitchen knife, hidden guns, and secret arrows.

Plus, once you get involved, they won’t just target you, but they’ll also go after your family and relatives.”

Just as Ye Fan was about to speak, Nie Yuling waved her delicate white jade hand and said, “Maybe you think that because I was with you last night, you have a responsibility towards me, but I am not your woman.

You’re being over-romantic, am I supposed to accept that?

Remember, what happened last night was just me simply compensating you, with no emotions involved—it was purely a transaction, just like you paying for a prostitute.

Or like if I went to a male escort, and afterward he said he wanted to be responsible for me, how could I possibly accept?”

Hearing Nie Yuling say this, Ye Fan nodded and replied, “Alright.

You’re right.

It was just a transaction.”

After a pause, he continued, “I’ll take the check.

Oh, and since you’re a decent person, how about you leave your number?”

He didn’t care much for the million, but since Nie Yuling made it clear it was a transaction and wanted to clear their involvement, naturally, he would accept the money so that they would owe each other nothing.

“Sure,” Nie Yuling hesitated briefly but then agreed.

And so, they exchanged phone numbers.

After saving Nie Yuling’s number, Ye Fan said earnestly, “Regardless of what you think of me, I consider you half a friend.

If you’re really in trouble, you can try calling me; there might be a surprise.”

“Heh, thank you,” Nie Yuling said with a faint smile, not taking it seriously.

In her view, Ye Fan, dressed in cheapskate clothes and barely beyond his twenties with nothing special about him, was just an ordinary ex-soldier who might work as a security guard in some company or neighborhood—what help could he possibly offer her against the powerful and inhumane Qing Wolf Society?

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