"Oh? I'm so scared, Yueyue. Then I'll just have to wait and see, won't I?"

Xu Fan playfully teased Qin Mengyue with a dance of his eyebrows. Qin Mengyue wanted to find a boyfriend just to spite him? Well, she'd need his approval first, wouldn't she?

After Qin Mengyue had stormed out and slammed the door, Xu Fan lay on his bed and logged into his QQ account, which he hadn't used for several days.

As expected, just as he had guessed, his account had amassed quite a few messages from Qin Mengyue over the past few days.

Given Qin Mengyue's fiery temper, being mocked by him like that, she would have died from anger if she didn't seek revenge.

Her personality wasn't one to randomly pick a man to pretend and deceive him. If she really wanted to get back at him, she'd likely have no choice but to involve him.

Now, he was browsing through the messages Qin Mengyue had left him with great interest. Before long, Qin Mengyue sent him a message.

"You finally came online..."

Yearning for the stars and the moon, she finally saw him online, and Qin Mengyue sent a message with a sad emoji.

Heaven knows how much she missed him...

"Sorry, I've been busy with some stuff lately and haven't had time to come online. Actually, I've missed you too."

Xu Fan made up a reply and sent it to Qin Mengyue.

"Really? It's actually okay. Being busy is what makes a man, right? You're way better than some jerks who do nothing but bicker with women all day long."

Achoo!

Seeing Qin Mengyue's sweet message, Xu Fan couldn't help but sneeze.

This tigress, praising someone while not forgetting to step on me? Isn't that a bit too mean?

Who's the jerk that bickers with women all day?

Collect some karma, will you!

"Hehe, thanks. By the way, did you contact me because you need something?"

After muttering to himself for a bit, Xu Fan sent a message to Qin Mengyue.

"Yes, yes! I actually need to ask you for a favor!"

Qin Mengyue, sounding anxious, sent him a voice message directly; Xu Fan laughed as he listened, thinking the tigress had finally taken the bait.

"Sure, what do you need? If I can help, I definitely will."

Xu Fan's eyes twinkled as he replied to her, and soon he saw Qin Mengyue's response.

"Actually, I have this friend who is quite annoying, always saying I don't have a boyfriend, calling me a single dog. So, could you do me a small favor and pretend to be my boyfriend for a bit? Just to piss him off, and afterward, I will treat you to a meal! We haven't officially met yet, so it'll be a good chance for us to meet, okay?"

Seeming a bit shy, Qin Mengyue quickly explained herself.

What she said made sense—in a way, they indeed hadn't met in person yet.

Xu Fan tapped his screen and sent her a reply.

"No problem. I'm actually in Jinling these days, so just let me know when you need me to help, and I'll be there. It's too bad it's only pretending to be your boyfriend..."

"Hehe, good things take time. I'm just worried that you might not like me..."

It seemed that Qin Mengyue was still somewhat reserved from the last time Xu Fan had seen her and then disappeared without a trace.

After they had set a time and place to meet, Xu Fan found an excuse to end the conversation.

Up next, everything would have to follow Xu Fan's script.

Now that he had agreed, Xu Fan supposed Qin Mengyue would immediately bring her dream lover to show affection in front of him.

But when the time came to stand her up, what could Qin Mengyue show off then?

It seemed that upon thinking about Qin Mengyue's embarrassing scenario in the future, Xu Fan couldn't help but smirk mischievously.

Hehehe, serves her right...

He had barely eaten a few bites of his meal just now and, after deceiving Qin Mengyue, he felt hungry again, and his stomach started to growl.

He casually placed his cellphone on the nightstand before getting up and leaving the hospital room, planning to have a simple meal in the hospital cafeteria.

After leaving the inpatient building and having a quick bite in the cafeteria, Xu Fan walked alone toward the inpatient department building.

The VIP care wards were located on the twelfth floor of the inpatient building. After taking the elevator up, Xu Fan was ready to go back to his room.

Just as he stepped out of the elevator, he brushed past someone wearing a hat.

The person looked sneaky, and Xu Fan couldn't help but glance at him.

This guy obviously wasn't a patient at the hospital, nor did he seem to be visiting anyone...

Could it be that he was here to steal something?

Just as he was about to catch the person and question him, the elevator doors had already closed.

Xu Fan sighed, maybe he was just being overly worried.

Now that he was staying in this hospital, he believed that Zhou Zhanlong and his associates had already spread the word; during this period, it was unlikely that any lowlife would dare to cause trouble here.

Most likely, he was just being paranoid...

After returning to his room, his cellphone was still lying on the nightstand, untouched, making Xu Fan chuckle to himself.

It seemed he really was being paranoid...

"Hey, weird?"

At that moment, when he turned on his phone, Xu Fan couldn't help but frown; he remembered that he had left the phone on the QQ app, so why did it open straight to the home screen?

"Probably just overthinking again..."

The phone was the same one Xiao Lan had given him, and Xu Fan himself had not yet fully figured it out. He thought it probably auto-returned to the home screen, shook his head, and stopped worrying about it.

After lying in bed and letting his meal settle, Xu Fan pondered about calling Zhou Keren to chat and explain the lunch misunderstanding.

But the woman was being stubborn and ignoring him completely.

Left with no other choice, Xu Fan decided to let it go.

As he lay in bed with nothing to do, he heard a knock at the door.

"Come in."

Not knowing who had come to see him, Xu Fan, still lying in bed, called out and saw the person from outside walk in.

"Lan Sister, why are you here?"

The visitor was not only Xiao Lan but also Zhou Zhanlong, Su Shouzi, Hu Busan, and He Si, all following behind Xiao Lan.

Most likely, Xiao Lan had heard about his injury from them and had come to visit him.

"How are you? Feeling better?"

Xiao Lan probably already knew about what happened last night, but she didn't inquire the slightest bit.

Now that she had entrusted Lingyan Pavilion to Xu Fan, she trusted him completely.

No matter what decisions Xu Fan made, she would have no objections.

"Oh, Lan Sister has something for you."

After chatting for a while, Xiao Lan reached into her bag.

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