603: Chapter 599: There is a Fair Lady in Seclusion 603: Chapter 599: There is a Fair Lady in Seclusion Ye Fan walked Wenwen home, and all along the way, Wenwen stayed close to Ye Fan’s side, trying to get him to agree to be her cousin in the remaining ten-plus minutes of their journey.
“Cousin, what do you do for work?” Wenwen asked.
Ye Fan replied, “I can’t tell you right now.”
“Cousin, when you were fighting that ‘Brother Fei’ earlier, it was so cool!” Wenwen continued.
“If only I were as tough as you, even just one percent.
Cousin, do you know martial arts?
Will you teach me, please?”
Ye Fan spoke calmly, “Why should a girl learn to fight?
It’s most important to study seriously.”
“But if I don’t know how to fight, I’ll be bullied, just like today,” Wenwen said.
“One week from now, what happened earlier won’t happen again,” Ye Fan said.
“Cousin, do you have a girlfriend?” Wenwen sought another topic.
“You’re so strong and so cool, you must have one, right?”
During the entire walk, Wenwen constantly looked for topics to talk about, seeking closeness with Ye Fan.
But Ye Fan always kept his responses flat and unemotional.
Finally, they arrived at the foot of her apartment building.
Wenwen’s family’s building was neither particularly nice nor particularly bad, just ordinary.
“Cousin, won’t you agree to be my cousin?” Standing at the bottom of the building, Wenwen looked up at Ye Fan with her pretty little face and pleaded once more.
Ye Fan shook his head gently and said, “There’s really no need for that.”
Seeing Ye Fan’s stubborn refusal, Wenwen’s big watery eyes filled with disappointment.
“Remember, you’ll go back to school a week from now,” Ye Fan reminded her.
Wenwen hung her head and said, “Yes.”
Seeing Wenwen with her head down and looking saddened, Ye Fan felt a compassionate stir in his heart and couldn’t help saying, “Actually, if you’re in danger, you could call your family, like your dad.
You have a mobile phone, right?”
Ye Fan inadvertently saw her biting her tender lower lip in the dark, her expression forlorn, looking quite pitiable.
I’ll give you my mobile number.
If you encounter any danger in the near future, call me,” Ye Fan said, softening.
Suddenly, he thought of the hooligans and bad students who might show up near Wenwen’s home.
After all, her place wasn’t far from No.
3 Middle School, and it was possible that some of the troublemakers knew her address.
Upon hearing this, Wenwen looked up suddenly, her pretty face filled with excitement and joy, and she exclaimed, “Thank you, cousin!
Just as Ye Fan was about to give a mild smile, he suddenly noticed under the dim light that there were two shining trails of tears on Wenwen’s delicate little face.
The girl had actually been crying.
Ye Fan’s smile froze; how could he smile now?
Ye Fan empathetically thought about it.
What seemed like mere ants to him, easily crushed with the flick of a finger, were demonic beings to Wenwen, a delicate girl of only sixteen or seventeen, who perceived them as insurmountable and unresisting devils that could rip her apart and devour her at any moment.
Wenwen, realizing that something was off with Ye Fan’s expression, immediately turned her back, wiped away the tear streaks quickly, then turned around and asked, “I was just so happy.
Cousin, what’s your mobile number?”
As she spoke, she took out an ordinary smartphone, opened it, and waited for Ye Fan to tell her his number.
Ye Fan recited, “138XXXXXXXX.”
Wenwen quickly entered Ye Fan’s number and then pressed the call button.
Soon, Ye Fan’s phone rang in his pocket.
Ye Fan took out his phone, and by this time Cui Wenwen had already hung up carefully, meticulously adding Ye Fan’s mobile number to her contacts.
Ye Fan also stored Cui Wenwen’s number in his phone.
“Cousin, you’re really kind!” Cui Wenwen exclaimed, “When I finish my studies and start working, I will definitely repay you!”
Although he did not expect any reward, hearing Cui Wenwen’s sincere words made him quite pleased.
“Then you should study hard and get into a good university in the future,” Ye Fan encouraged.
Cui Wenwen nodded vigorously: “Mhm!”
“Alright, you should head up now.
I’m going to leave too,” Ye Fan said with a smile.
“Goodbye, cousin!” Cui Wenwen called out somewhat reluctantly, waving her pale, delicate hand.
“Goodbye,” Ye Fan said, turning and leaving.
Cui Wenwen watched Ye Fan go before she turned to go upstairs.
She lived on the fourth floor.
Being a girl light and full of vitality, and now that her safety was finally guaranteed, she climbed up to the fourth floor in just a moment, took out her key, and opened the door to her home.
Upon entering, she turned on the living room light to find that, although not very spacious, the living room was well-organized and elegantly simple.
The floor was spotlessly clean, a few well-maintained pots of flowers and plants added a fresh and fragrant air, refreshing one’s spirit.
Cui Wenwen closed the door and after changing her shoes, she saw light coming from the study and called out, “Mom—I’m back!”
She called out, walking toward the study.
As she arrived at the study’s entrance, a tall, slim, and graceful figure emerged from within.
“Mom, you haven’t gone to sleep yet,” Cui Wenwen said to the stunningly beautiful young woman who had come out of the study.
Cui Wenwen’s mother had a very pretty face, bearing a strong resemblance to Cui Wenwen but even more radiant and possessing an elegant and noble demeanor.
Her eyes held a touch of melancholy that made her seem all the more endearing.
Though she was Cui Wenwen’s mother, she looked more like her sister on the outside, appearing to be only in her late twenties.
In fact, her age wasn’t that great, not yet thirty-five.
Cui Wenwen’s mother reached out and gently touched Cui Wenwen’s hair, revealing a tender and serene smile as she said softly, “How could I sleep before you returned?”
“Mom, you can relax, I won’t be in any trouble,” Cui Wenwen said sensibly.
Cui Wenwen’s mother withdrew her delicate white hand and suggested, “Go wash your hands and face, and then have some supper.
Otherwise, it will be too late.”
“Mhm!” Cui Wenwen nodded and turned toward the bathroom.
After washing up, Cui Wenwen came out to find her mother already seated at the dining table, which was set with a bowl of hot century egg and lean meat porridge, steam rising from it, and a white porcelain soup spoon inside.
Cui Wenwen walked over lightly, and her mother turned to look at her, smiling and saying, “Come and eat before it gets cold.”
Sitting down before the bowl of century egg and lean meat porridge, Cui Wenwen said to her mother, “Mom, you should eat too.”
“I’m not hungry,” Cui Wenwen’s mother said with a gentle smile, shaking her head softly.
Her every smile and gesture brimming with captivating charm.
Looking at her, Cui Wenwen couldn’t help saying, “Mom, you’re really beautiful!”
“Little flatterer!” Cui Wenwen’s mother said, showing a pleased smile, and teased with a light laugh, “Eat your porridge.”
Cui Wenwen giggled and began to eat her porridge.