bookcurios Chapter 148 Fooled
Chapter 148 Fooled
Chapter 148 I was tricked
The next day, Lin Fan took Xiao Xinran to school and Su Ruowei to work.
It was only 9 a.m. when he finished, and he was bored again. Luckily, he had "Understanding the Past and Present" in his car, so Lin Fan took the book and planned to read it in a coffee shop all day.
At the same coffee shop, the owner saw Lin Fan come back with the book he bought yesterday.
Yesterday, the owner tried to persuade me, saying that this is a coffee shop, not a bookstore, and the books are just decorations, provided for reading but not for sale.
But Lin Fan insisted on buying it and offered several times the price, so the shop owner couldn't persuade him otherwise and sold it.
The shop owner was puzzled. This book was sold in the bookstore, so why did this person insist on spending extra money to buy it from the coffee shop? What was even more puzzling was that he came again today, looking like he wanted to read a book in the coffee shop.
That's a truly baffling move.
Lin Fan ordered a latte and found a corner to start reading.
"Om-"
At 10:30 a.m., my phone vibrated; it was an unknown number.
Lin Fan slid the answer button, and Ren Siyao's voice came from the other end: "Lin Fan, come to the sect ceremony, at No. 87 Shancheng Road."
Lin Fan wanted to refuse, but then he remembered that the girl was Gao Xuan's daughter: "Okay, I'll come right away."
The coffee shop owner watched Lin Fan leave with the book, feeling a pang of emotion.
Why would this person need to buy this book?
Following the navigation, Lin Fan drove to No. 87 Shancheng Road.
It turned out to be a hot pot restaurant.
Is the Huayun Sect's sect ceremony being held so hastily, right here?
Lin Fan entered the store with questions in his mind and found Ren Siyao sitting by the window with a hot pot and some ingredients in front of her.
"Just you alone? Is there no one else?"
Lin Fan stepped forward and stood beside Ren Siyao, puzzled.
"Sit down, let's eat first." Ren Siyao waved her hand, gesturing for Lin Fan to sit down: "It's my treat, you can eat as much as you want."
Lin Fan sat down opposite Ren Siyao and vaguely sensed that he had been tricked.
"Will anyone from the sect be coming today?" Lin Fan asked tentatively.
Ren Siyao turned her head away, not daring to look Lin Fan in the eye: "Um, there should be a few people coming today, right?"
Lin Fan smiled, picked up a piece of meat and put it into the pot: "Isn't today the sect ceremony? What sect holds its ceremony in a hot pot restaurant?"
"Uh, no." Ren Siyao looked embarrassed. "You saved me, can't I treat you to a meal?"
"I'm eating right now," Lin Fan smiled, then put the cooked meat into his mouth.
Ren Siyao was about to speak when she was suddenly startled.
She immediately lowered her head and slid down, trying to hide.
Three young men strode arrogantly into the hot pot restaurant.
The blond-haired leader shouted at the front desk, "The usual! The best private room, Tingyuxuan!"
The shop assistant greeted him respectfully, "Young Master Sun, please come upstairs!"
The blond-haired guy's name was Sun Tianqiang, a member of the Huayun Sect, and a level 7 Body Refinement cultivator. However, he was too pretentious, and Ren Siyao disliked him.
Sun Tianqiang, however, liked Ren Siyao and kept pursuing her relentlessly.
As Sun Tianqiang and his two companions went upstairs, they happened to run into Ren Siyao near the stairwell.
"Siyao, what are you doing here!" Sun Tianqiang was overjoyed to see his goddess.
But then he caught sight of Lin Fan opposite Ren Siyao: "Siyao, who is this?"
"My friend." Ren Siyao looked bitter, regretting that she had eaten in the lobby. If she had known she would run into this guy, she should have gone to a private room.
"Hello, my name is Sun Tianqiang, and I'm Siyao's boyfriend." Sun Tianqiang made up a story while extending his hand, putting on a smiling face but his eyes revealed a hint of probing.
"Hello, my name is Lin Fan." Lin Fan smiled, surprised that Gao Xuan's daughter was so precocious.
Just as Lin Fan was about to reach out and shake hands with Sun Tianqiang, he heard Ren Siyao shout, "Sun Tianqiang, don't talk nonsense! Who's your girlfriend!"
The suddenness of the event startled Lin Fan.
Sun Tianqiang grabbed Lin Fan's hand and shook it: "Don't take it personally, Siyao and I are friends, we always joke like this."
"Shameless—" Ren Siyao snorted softly.
She had to save face for Sun Tianqiang for now, as she would still need him for Lin Fan's initiation ceremony in a few days.
The Huayun Sect's initiation ceremony requires a vote from 10 of the top 20 members, and Sun Tianqiang is one of them.
Several of the top 20 disciples of Huayun Sect have a very close relationship with Sun Tianqiang. If they offend him now, they might be tripped up again later.
"Why bother with a face? You still have to wash it off." Sun Tianqiang joked, "Siyao and this handsome guy have a rather unusual relationship."
Sun Tianqiang thought to himself that Ren Siyao usually ignored these kinds of jokes, but this time she denied it as if she had been stepped on.
The relationship between the two is self-evident.
"Brother, could this Lin Fan be the live-in son-in-law?" the henchman whispered behind him.
Sun Tianqiang scoffed: "There are so many people in this world named Lin Fan. Besides, how could Siyao possibly be friends with a good-for-nothing?"
Clearly, Sun Tianqiang was also aware of Lin Fan's deeds.
Lin Fan smiled and said, "That's right, I'm the Lin Fan that guy was talking about."
Sun Tianqiang was taken aback, not expecting that Ren Siyao had a penchant for sleeping with married men.
He had mixed feelings, but he remained calm: "Well, we've met a celebrity today, so let's go, Brother Lin! Let's go to the private room for a drink."
"I'm driving, so I can't drink," Lin Fan waved his hand. "Besides, I have to pick my wife up from get off work tonight."
"Picking up my wife from work—"
"That's really the style of a live-in son-in-law!" The two underlings couldn't help but cover their mouths and mock.
Sun Tianqiang turned around and glared at him: "What? Is it that funny!"
"You two stop drinking, you'll be Brother Lin's designated driver tonight!"
The two henchmen looked at each other, saying, "Brother Qiang, this isn't a good idea."
"Don't I keep my word?!" Sun Tianqiang retorted angrily.
"Yes, it's up to Brother Qiang," the two underlings replied timidly.
Sun Tianqiang smiled at Lin Fan and said, "The driving issue is resolved. Brother Lin, would you do me the honor of joining us in a private room?"
"Then I shall respectfully accept your offer," Lin Fan chuckled.
He felt a bit more favorably toward Sun Tianqiang; after all, the young man was Ren Siyao's friend, so it was only right that he give him face.
Seeing that Lin Fan had agreed, Ren Siyao couldn't refuse anymore, so she had no choice but to bite the bullet and go to the private room with them.
As for the original ingredients, Ren Siyao asked the waiter to pack them up so she could take them home.
Once inside the private room, Sun Tianqiang waited for Lin Fan and Ren Siyao to sit down before taking his own seat, appearing extremely polite.
Ren Siyao sat down next to Lin Fan, and Sun Tianqiang sat down next to Ren Siyao.
The two younger men sat by the door, where they were not allowed to drink alcohol and were content to perform their service duties.
After ordering, Sun Tianqiang started a conversation:
"Brother Lin, how did you and Siyao meet?"
Lin Fan didn't know Sun Tianqiang's identity and didn't know how to answer for a moment.
Ren Siyao said, "Lin Fan saved me a few days ago."
"Just met?" Sun Tianqiang asked, puzzled. "Siyao, are you in trouble?"
Lin Fan observed secretly and realized that Ren Siyao was able to tell the truth, which meant that she must have a good relationship with Sun Tianqiang.