Chapter 148: Li Muwan’s Confusion

Chapter 148: Chapter 148: Li Muwan’s Confusion

"What do you want?!"

"Let me tell you, we’re not in the same league. You have no idea how much power I have behind me!"

"We can wipe the slate clean for what happened before. But if you actually lay a hand on me, there’ll be no place for you in all of Yang City!"

"Don’t think I’m joking. Not even Yin Ruxue can protect you!"

"I’ll give you a piece of advice: stay away from her. She’s about to have a hard time protecting even herself."

Jiang Fan couldn’t help but laugh. He found this Li Fengming to be a fucking idiot, but an amusing one at that.

"Is that so? She can’t protect herself? Why?"

"I don’t know."

Li Fengming’s eyes darted away as he shook his head like a rattle drum.

"Looks like you’d rather do this the hard way."

Jiang Fan squatted down and backhanded him across the face. "Now do you know?"

"You fucking dare to hit me? Let me tell you, being a good fighter is useless in this society!"

With a soft chuckle, he slapped the other side of his face. "Can you tell me now?"

"Xuerong recently ran a promotion and took over a lot of the market from its competitors. On top of that, Xuerong’s rapid growth has put them on alert, and now they want to team up to apply pressure."

Li Fengming said without hesitation.

The tough fear the ruthless, and the ruthless fear those with a death wish.

In Li Fengming’s eyes, Jiang Fan was exactly that kind of person.

’I shouldn’t provoke him now. Once I get away, he’ll get what’s coming to him!’

"See? You knew all along. If you’d just said so earlier, you wouldn’t have gotten slapped twice."

Jiang Fan shook his head slightly.

He did, however, take the matter to heart and planned to tell Yin Ruxue about it at the right time.

"This is the first and last time. You should be glad you live in a society ruled by law. If I ever catch you again, I guarantee you’ll have it ten thousand times worse than this."

Jiang Fan didn’t even give a second thought to a little piece of trash like Li Fengming.

Standing up and dusting off his hands, Jiang Fan casually walked away, completely ignoring Li Fengming’s resentful glare.

He went to the supermarket, picked out a few vegetables that Sun Yanzi could eat, and returned home.

"What took you so long to buy groceries?"

Sun Yanzi asked as she took the vegetables from Jiang Fan’s hands.

"It’s nothing, I just walked a little slowly. Put the vegetables in the fridge, I’m going to take a shower."

"I’m dead tired today, and I have to go to work again tomorrow."

Jiang Fan stretched wearily. He felt like he’d killed 800 times more brain cells this afternoon than ever before.

Sometimes, mental exertion was indeed more exhausting than physical labor.

"Okay."

Sun Yanzi agreed, then went into the room to get Jiang Fan’s pajamas.

"I already washed your pajamas. You can wear these."

After placing them in Jiang Fan’s hands, Sun Yanzi went to put the vegetables away in the refrigerator, sorting them as she did.

He glanced down at the clothes in his hands, then at Sun Yanzi’s busy back. A flicker of warmth touched Jiang Fan’s heart before he turned and walked into the bathroom.

When he came out drying his hair, he found Sun Yanzi sitting on the sofa watching TV.

"Aren’t you going to shower and go to bed?"

"It’s fine, I’ll watch for a bit longer. Do you need help drying your hair?"

Sun Yanzi turned her head and gave him a gentle smile.

"No, it’s okay. I can do it myself."

After drying his hair, Jiang Fan sat on the sofa and stared at the soap opera on the TV.

The boring plot made him doze off without even realizing it.

Most importantly, he had fallen asleep with his head in the girl’s lap.

Sun Yanzi gently stroked Jiang Fan’s hair and pulled a small blanket over him.

Her eyes were full of tenderness.

She found herself growing more and more addicted to this peaceful, tranquil, and heartwarming life.

After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Fan shifted, opened his eyes, and realized that Sun Yanzi had fallen asleep leaning against the sofa.

She had been holding the same position for a long time.

"Hey, wake up. Go sleep in the bedroom."

Jiang Fan said apologetically as he gently shook her awake.

"How are you awake?"

Sun Yanzi rubbed her sleepy eyes.

"Are you silly? You could have just woken me up when you saw I was asleep. Why did you stay sitting on the sofa? That must have been so uncomfortable."

"Hurry up and go sleep in the bedroom."

Sun Yanzi stood up, nodded, and naturally took Jiang Fan’s hand, leading him toward the bedroom.

"Wait, wait, what are you doing?"

Jiang Fan realized what was happening after taking a couple of steps.

"Huh? Going to sleep."

Sun Yanzi looked at Jiang Fan, still groggy.

Jiang Fan flinched slightly but let her lead him into the room.

Sun Yanzi was already exhausted and fell asleep as soon as she lay down on the bed.

Just as Jiang Fan lay down, Sun Yanzi snuggled up to him and gave him a light kiss on the cheek. The two of them then drifted off to sleep.

「The next morning.」

Jiang Fan opened his eyes, feeling refreshed after a good night’s sleep.

Sun Yanzi was also awake, blinking her eyes as she gazed at him.

"You’re up so early?"

Jiang Fan looked at her gently.

"I’m well-rested. But you’re not a very well-behaved sleeper."

Sun Yanzi said with a pout.

"Huh? I’m not? No way!"

Jiang Fan was immediately unconvinced.

"Look, what is your hand doing right now?"

She lifted a corner of the blanket. Jiang Fan immediately saw it—his right hand had, at some point, scaled the peak.

"Ahem, ahem."

Jiang Fan quickly pulled his hand away. "An accident, just an accident."

"Then is this also an accident?"

Sun Yanzi said playfully, pointing under the blanket.

"That’s... normal."

Jiang Fan’s face turned beet red.

"Don’t, Yanzi."

Jiang Fan grabbed her hand, stopping Sun Yanzi from diving under the covers.

"What’s wrong? Is it because you mind that I’ve been married?"

Sun Yanzi’s expression immediately fell.

"I’ve been married and divorced. I’m really not good enough for..."

"No, that’s not what I meant."

"I just think..."

Before he could finish, she had already dived under.

He sucked in a sharp breath.

"I don’t care what you think, I only care what I think. And I don’t want to listen to you~"

Sun Yanzi’s muffled voice came out as she took a brief rest.

...

After breakfast, Jiang Fan arrived at the office and plopped down on the sofa with a perfectly composed look, which left Li Muwan utterly confused.

He was like a completely different person from yesterday.

"Is your proposal finished?"

Li Muwan finally couldn’t resist asking.

"What’s the rush? It’s not a life-or-death situation."

Jiang Fan replied without even looking up.

"Excluding today, you have five days left."

"Oh."

His lukewarm response made Li Muwan furious inside.

She had waited at his door for over ten minutes this morning, but he never came out.

’And now this is his attitude?’