CHAPTER 985: CHAPTER 981: ALONE WITH TANTAI WANRONG

Ye Fan stood at the door of a regular room on the third floor with the room card in hand. Before he could push the door, it opened. Tantai Wanrong, in the same clothes as before, had slightly tidied her hair and opened the door for him.

"Come in!"

Tantai Wanrong’s attitude improved slightly when she saw there was no one else like Li Zhaojun following him at the door, and she gestured for Ye Fan to enter.

After Ye Fan entered the room, she closed the door.

"No need to look; I don’t live here, and my luggage is elsewhere." Tantai Wanrong said with some annoyance, "So tell me, what’s going on between you and Zhao Jun? Don’t try to hide anything from me, or else... you know what happens when I get angry!"

Ye Fan smiled bitterly and said, "Meeting Aunt Rong, do I have to speak with this kind of attitude?"

"What attitude should I take then?" Tantai Wanrong’s lips curved up slightly. "You know everyone is worried about you, and you didn’t even let us know where you went. Now, if it weren’t by chance on TV that I saw you, I’d think something happened to you. Before Zhao Jun, just what exactly happened that made you desperate to find her? And how did you reunite with her?"

Ye Fan thought for a moment and then shook his head, "Zhao Jun is back safely now. Some things... I can’t explain to Aunt Rong in detail."

"Alright, Xiao Fan, I still considered you one of us all the time, and now it looks like you don’t have a place for me in your heart. Meng Yao even asked me about you, hmph, how would I know about your matters? Do you know how embarrassed that makes me feel, that I couldn’t even keep track of you?" Tantai Wanrong said angrily.

Ye Fan sat down on the chair and said, "Doesn’t Aunt Rong feel that our relationship has actually become quite estranged?"

"Estranged? Hmph, you know it’s estranged. Now I don’t care about anything else. If you don’t want to talk about the past, then I won’t bring it up either." Tantai Wanrong said, referring to the craziness and tenderness between her and Ye Fan that night, but in the end, it remained a regret, "Let’s forget the past. This time, you and Zhao Jun will return to Hua Hai City with me. Even if anything happens to you in the future, I’ll help you as much as I can. In short... I won’t let anything happen between you and Zhao Jun again!"

Ye Fan shrugged, showing some helplessness, but he did want to return to Hua Hai City once to find Lu Xiaoman.

After returning, he had only called Lu Xiaoman to let her know he was safe, and right now, Lu Xiaoman actually needed his comfort.

Tantai Wanrong walked over and sat next to Ye Fan, "I have a meeting that I must attend today, and in the afternoon... I should be free. Tonight’s flight is back to Hua Hai City, and you and Zhao Jun will travel with me. I’ll have someone book you a ticket."

"No need... I can actually go back by myself." Ye Fan thought, at night he could fly faster than a plane and also enjoy some warmth with Zhao Jun and Min Shang, why go with her on a plane?

Tantai Wanrong bit her lip and said, "Continue to brush me off, will you? I’ve always treated you well, but you insist on making me angry. If you don’t want to return, then simply never return in your life!"

The noble beauty seemed as if Ye Fan had rejected her, turned around angrily, and felt something was wrong when it suddenly became quiet behind her. She turned her head to say something, and her lips happened to press against Ye Fan’s face.

"You!" Tantai Wanrong angrily stood up from the chair and shouted, "What are you doing?"

As she spoke, she touched her own mouth. Although she didn’t reject this feeling, she felt it was a setup by Ye Fan.

Ye Fan looked innocent and said, "I just wanted to get a little closer to see if Aunt Rong has lost weight these days, and then Aunt Rong turned her head, where could I hide in time?"

"Naughty Xiao Fan, you’re teasing your Aunt Rong. Just you wait!" Tantai Wanrong seemed very angry, but while turning away to the restroom to wipe her mouth, a smile inevitably appeared at the corner of her lips, muttering softly, "Naughty boy, taking advantage of me."

She thought her voice was as soft as a mosquito’s and that only she could hear it, but in fact, Ye Fan heard it clearly too.

Ye Fan actually wanted to spend some more tender moments with Tantai Wanrong, but she didn’t give him the chance to continue misbehaving. When Tantai Wanrong returned from the restroom, she had resumed her noble and unapproachable demeanor and said, "I have to go back to prepare for the meeting, accompany me for a while."

"Aunt Rong, Zhao Jun, and a few friends are still upstairs," Ye Fan said.

"What friends? Are they more important than me? Bring Zhao Jun along, this girl, I haven’t seen her in a while." Tantai Wanrong realized that calling Ye Fan to the room would arouse suspicion from Li Zhaojun, her good sister, over time. It was better to take Ye Fan out sooner and travel together with Li Zhaojun to her place, allowing her to ask about their recent events during the ride.

Tantai Wanrong’s primary concern, in fact, was how Ye Fan and Li Zhaojun’s relationship was progressing. At this thought, she felt a bit lost.

The two left the room, and the hallway was empty. With an odd smile, Tantai Wanrong said, "Zhao Jun really trusts you, not afraid I’d eat you up?"

Ye Fan laughed, "I wish you would."

"You say you wish, yet you haven’t done anything, sigh!" she said, remembering that night when nothing had happened, but their tacit understanding was to never mention it, "Based on Zhao Jun’s appearance, she seems a bit frail. Haven’t you taken her to the hospital?"

"It’s nothing, just over-fatigue, I suppose. We’ve been traveling all over the place these past few days," Ye Fan thought aloud.

Tantai Wanrong pressed the elevator button, speaking with a hint of irritation, "You know you love to wander around, but once you bring everyone back, settle down quietly in Hua Hai City... Ah!"

Just as she said this, Tantai Wanrong’s foot slipped and twisted, her body falling directly into Ye Fan’s embrace.

Ye Fan didn’t dodge, instead holding her waist and pulling her into his arms, feeling soft and warm to the touch.

"It’s these shoes. Rushed out and didn’t even wear socks, and the shoes feel a size too big... Oh, it hurts, don’t let go, or Auntie would fall, hold onto me!"

For an ordinary woman, being "taken advantage of" would mean immediately stepping away, but Tantai Wanrong not only didn’t avoid it, but also reminded Ye Fan to hold her tighter.

Tantai Wanrong leaned against Ye Fan’s body, one foot off the ground, inspecting her shoe before angrily flinging them away, not keeping the other pair either, "No more wearing them. Help me up, find some medicinal wine to rub on me!"

"Upstairs? Back to the room... isn’t that alright?" Ye Fan said awkwardly.

"What, afraid Zhao Jun will get jealous?" Tantai Wanrong retorted, "The room is empty with nothing in it. If you leave, where can I find you? Help me upstairs, stay with Zhao Jun, and I don’t believe Xiao Fan would leave me and Zhao Jun both behind without coming back!"

Indeed a clever woman, she thought through everything thoroughly.

Tantai Wanrong had probably detected his plan to leave with Zhao Jun and others, suspecting him of using the pretext of finding medicinal wine to never return. Knowing she couldn’t pursue him with a twisted foot, she had to stay with Li Zhaojun to prevent Ye Fan from disappearing again.