Chapter 88: It's a Problem

By the next day, when Yang Fan got out of bed, it was already afternoon. Lin Ruo was at home, Ai Xiaomei was at home, Lin Xi and Xu Zihan were both there too, and the house was filled with the barking of a puppy.

Yang Fan was still half-dazed from sleep when the door opened and Ai Xiaomei’s little head peeked in again.

“Get out. I don’t want to talk to you!”

“Tsk, I don’t want to talk to you anyway. I’m here to talk to you!” Ai Xiaomei completely ignored his fury and walked straight in.

“If you’ve got something to say, say it. If not, get out and play by yourself.”

“I’ll give you two thousand.”

“You’d be that kind?” Yang Fan couldn’t help saying.

“Really. I’m definitely not lying this time. You help me look after my puppy for one day tomorrow, and I’ll give you two thousand.”

“Then what are you doing tomorrow?”

“We’re going out to have fun. Tomorrow’s the last day of the holiday, so we’ll play one last day,” Ai Xiaomei said, swinging her legs.

“And who are you going with?”

“We’re all going. Think about it—Sister Yu Fei is exhausted every day. Don’t you want her to relax for a day? Can you bear to say no?” Ai Xiaomei said.

“Cut the nonsense. You’re the one who wants to go play.”

“Well, I’m just going along. So tell me, do you agree or not? Two thousand to watch her for a day.”

“So what you mean is, I’m being abandoned again?”

“We’re all girls. It’s inconvenient to take you, a grown man!”

Yang Fan curled his lip. Clearly, it was just that they didn’t want to take him...

“So, agree or not?”

“Agree. Pay first!” Yang Fan said. Once you give me the money, I’ll find someone to take the puppy tomorrow. Since you’re all leaving tomorrow, I’ll go spend the day at the girls’ academy.

That was pure profit, and he could even make two thousand on top of it. Where in the world could one find such a good deal?

“Then wait here. I’ll get it for you!” Ai Xiaomei said cheerfully as she went to fetch it. Yang Fan waited, but when he saw the sheet of paper in her hand, he froze.

“Two thousand, then it’s happily settled!”

“Ai Xiaomei, that’s an IOU!”

“Exactly. It’s still money, isn’t it? Anyway, I’ve already paid you, so you’re not allowed to go back on it!”

“Ai Xiaomei, I’m never believing you again!” Yang Fan collapsed back onto the bed, too defeated to move.

“Go wash my bedsheets first!”

“They’ve already dried on their own!”

...

In the evening, at Night Flame Hotel, everyone gathered here for a banquet. Liu Mingfeng and the others were still at the resort, so only the people from Fanmei Company were present.

Another year had turned, and this was their way of welcoming the New Year.

Those who had followed Yang Fan from the very beginning now had savings, houses, cars—everything they could want. Even ordinary employees earned far more than people outside.

Who wouldn’t want to join such a company? But in December, Fanmei stopped recruiting from outside, because in just two months, its performance had reached heights many companies would never even dare to imagine.

A company with such high standards naturally demanded more social experience, ability, and education. The company began establishing a series of procedures and screening layers.

Those who could get in were among the rarest of the rare, so everyone who had come before felt honored.

“I say, Wang Xin, Sister-in-law Zhang Meng, has your families still not reached an agreement?” Yang Fan asked, unable to hold back.

“By now, the two of us are already settled. You should be worrying about Old Ye and his secretary Xiao Yu!”

“Oh? There’s such a thing? Then Old Ye, you’d better treat us!” Yang Fan said. During this time he had been too busy with outside matters to know anything about the romantic tangles in the company.

“Definitely. I’ll treat everyone!” Ye Xiao said with a laugh. Xiao Yu at his side was already blushing; this was the first time it had ever been made public.

“It’s no use treating him. You should be treating me. If I hadn’t assigned Xiao Yu to be your secretary, who knows whose she’d be now!” Zhang Chen said.

“Then by that logic, you and your secretary are almost there too!” Yang Fan laughed.

“You think we’re like you? Something comes up and...” Xu Tao cut himself off abruptly. There were secretaries at the table too.

At another table sat a whole cluster of women—well, Lin Ruo and the others, except for Wu Qian.

“What are they talking about?” Xia Yu Fei asked.

“Talking about secretaries,” Zhao Jing said with a smile.

“A bunch of indecent people!”

Over there, someone was calling Xia Yu Fei. It was Li Susu and the others; Zhao Mengnan had gone to the resort, where she was the leading actress of Reincarnation Cigarettes.

“I’m going over to chat with Susu and the others!” Xia Yu Fei waved to everyone and went over.

At the table by the entrance, Ah Ming and the others were drinking.

That night marked the sixth month since the super-powered little sister Ai Xiaomei had come to Yang Fan’s side. In just half a year, Yang Fan’s life had already changed completely.

“I’m taking my dog for a stroll in the kitchen!”

Yang Fan immediately dragged Ai Xiaomei back. If you let her into the kitchen, would they still be able to eat...

At ten that night, Yang Fan happily followed everyone to the River-Loop Club.

It had been several months since he had enjoyed this kind of treatment.

After the massage, he slept soundly beside Wu Qian and Xia Yu Fei. Since the Rescue had been wiped out, he still hadn’t touched Xia Yu Fei.

Yu Fei was simply too busy, and Yang Fan couldn’t bear to press her.

But Xia Yu Fei herself was more than willing. Wu Qian on the left, Xia Yu Fei on the right—throughout the whole night, he was truly overjoyed.

“In another month, it’ll be New Year. I’m going home for a few days!”

“I’m going back too!” Wu Qian said as well.

Yang Fan truly wanted to say that he had no ability to split himself in two!

“You’re going back too?”

“I should go home for two days as well. Better to go earlier. As for the girls’ academy, I need to stay here a bit longer. Once their situation improves, I’ll be less worried about leaving—otherwise, they’ll be afraid I’m going to abandon them again.”

“Then we’ll come back as soon as possible to keep you company.”

“Fine.” Yang Fan said it with a smile. For New Year, he would send Ai Xiaomei home for a couple of days, so she wouldn’t stay here every day finding new ways to trick him.

After a night of bliss, the next day Yang Fan woke up again in the late morning. They really had gone out to play.

After a bite to eat, he took the two dogs and went with Liu Haoyu to the girls’ academy.

Because they had not seen Yang Fan in person for several days, the girls were excited the moment he arrived.

They were like a group of children no one wanted—he was the only owner they had left.

Even all the staff felt that the smiles they wore at that moment were the most genuine smiles of all.

Because their usual smiles were like a kind of duty, a course, a job, a tool for pleasing others.

It was, after all, a kind of dependence...

Yang Fan truly spent the entire day there and nowhere else, keeping them company from morning to night, since he was off duty anyway.

Rarely, not a single phone call came in, and Huo Xinxi did not disturb him either. The next afternoon, it would be time to set off for the resort.

He would also go to Sky Sea to keep Wang Yun company and discuss how to repay someone’s first time.

That was the problem.