619: Chapter 615: See Again?
619: Chapter 615: See Again?
Chapter 615: Goodbye?
It was Wednesday, and the major cleanup activities around the campus had essentially ended.
Interrogating the ruffians and collecting evidence was relatively easy; all that remained was to wait until next week to send them to court for trial.
Ye Fan also basically had some free time.
However, the atmosphere in the police station was unsettled and chaotic.
Both the top leaders were about to be transferred, and everyone in the police station who had any hope was going crazy, constantly looking for support and trying to trip each other up.
Since Ye Fan was relatively new, everyone regarded him as someone to win over.
Nevertheless, Ye Fan kept himself completely out of it; he took no sides, so after being harassed continuously for a while, he eventually became completely free.
At around four o’clock in the afternoon, having finished the day’s work, Ye Fan remembered that he had promised to invite Su Mengchen to dinner.
So, Ye Fan picked up his phone and called Su Mengchen.
However, the call was quickly dismissed; she might have been in class.
After five o’clock, when Ye Fan was preparing to leave work, his phone rang, and it was a callback from Su Mengchen.
“Ye Fan, did you need something?” Su Mengchen’s pleasant voice came through the phone, “Sorry about earlier, I was in class and couldn’t answer the phone.”
Ye Fan smiled, “It’s fine, I understand.
Are you free tonight?
I’d like to treat you to dinner.”
“Mm, okay,” Su Mengchen replied.
They had agreed on this last week.
“Heh, should I come pick you up at school, or shall we meet at the restaurant?” Ye Fan asked.
He considered picking her up might cause her unnecessary attention at the school, thus he asked.
Su Mengchen said, “I’ll come out myself.”
“Alright,” Ye Fan said, “Jinze Restaurant on Taiji East Road, don’t stand me up.”
About fifteen minutes later, Ye Fan drove to Jinze Restaurant, chose a booth near the window, and then texted the table number to Su Mengchen.
After waiting for over ten minutes, Su Mengchen arrived, a smile on her pretty face.
As he stood up to invite Su Mengchen to her seat, Ye Fan couldn’t help but take an extra glance at her, noticing her painted like eyebrows, her big eyes clear in the division between black and white, and her graceful, pure demeanor that was quite attractive.
They sat down face to face, ordered their dishes, and started chatting casually.
The dinner was enjoyable, and the conversation flowed easily.
After dinner, it was seven o’clock, and the evening had already arrived, but the weather was clear and the wind was mild, perfect for a walk.
Su Mengchen thought that Ye Fan would take the opportunity to invite her for a walk, but she ended up disappointed.
As they left the restaurant, Ye Fan said, “Let me take you back.”
“Thanks, but I don’t want to go back to school so soon,” Su Mengchen said, “I feel like taking a walk.”
I’ll drop you off at Yinxing Avenue,” Ye Fan said.
He could tell that Su Mengchen had wanted him to join her for the walk, but his invitation to dinner had been purely cordial, so he didn’t want to get too involved.
Su Mengchen, deeply disappointed, could only nod quietly.
Subsequently, Ye Fan drove her to Yinxing Avenue.
Yinxing Avenue wasn’t far, just a short while away.
As Ye Fan stopped the car on Yinxing Avenue, Su Mengchen no longer felt like shopping and said, “Ye Fan, I suddenly feel a bit unwell, I don’t feel like walking anymore.
Please take me back to school.”
Did you eat something bad?” Ye Fan asked with concern.
“No, just a bit dizzy.
I’ll be fine after some rest,” Su Mengchen replied.
Ye Fan responded and then turned the car around to drive Su Mengchen back to school.
Throughout the ride, Su Mengchen remained silent, not speaking, and Ye Fan, knowing he had rejected her insinuation, didn’t say much either.
Upon reaching the crossroads where they had accidentally met last time, Su Mengchen suddenly said, “Ye Fan, just stop the car here.
I can walk back by myself from here.”
“Alright,” Ye Fan replied and pulled the car over to the side of the road.
When the car stopped, Su Mengchen didn’t get out immediately; instead, she smiled slightly and said, “It seems like I met you here last time, right?”
I was investigating a case here at that time,” Ye Fan nodded, “Thanks for making it convenient for me.”
Su Mengchen smiled, didn’t say anything, unbuckled her seat belt, opened the car door, and said, “I am going now, goodbye.”
After saying that, she got out of the car.
“Goodbye,” Ye Fan said.
He probably understood what Su Mengchen meant—they would hardly see each other again.
He watched as Su Mengchen’s slender and tall figure moved away about ten meters, then he started the car, left the crossroads, and headed home.
About thirty or forty meters away, Su Mengchen looked back at where she had just alighted and saw that it was empty; Ye Fan’s car had left seconds after she disembarked.
She inhaled the cold air; her pretty face looked a bit sad yet somewhat relieved.
It was good this way, without any forced feelings.
Ye Fan drove home, bathed, and then sat on the living room couch reading “Seeking Truth.” The replay of “News Broadcast” was still half an hour away.
Wei Ziling, meanwhile, knelt on the couch behind Ye Fan, skillfully rubbing his shoulders and back, while watching the TV.
Ye Fan finished an article, checked the time, a few minutes shy of “News Broadcast,” but not enough to finish another article.
“Ziling, I’m going back to Hua Hai this weekend.
Do you want to go back to Hua Hai?” Ye Fan asked as he enjoyed Wei Ziling’s shoulder massage.
Wei Ziling shifted her gaze from the TV to Ye Fan and replied, “Hmm, I want to go home too.
It’s my first time being away from home for so long.”
She had attended university in Hua Hai, so it truly was her first time away from home for so long.
“Heh, I really put you on the spot,” Ye Fan chuckled, “Alright, you don’t have to massage me anymore.”
Wei Ziling stopped, crawled out, and then sat down next to Ye Fan.
I had a really happy month,” Wei Ziling said sweetly.
Yet, Ye Fan didn’t quite buy it.
Wei Ziling was a fashionable girl who grew up in a bustling metropolis; how could she really be happy in a small county town?
Ye Fan took out his phone and used mobile banking to transfer thirty thousand yuan to Wei Ziling’s bank account.
Although Wei Ziling saw Ye Fan fiddling with his phone, she did not lean over to look and did not know that Ye Fan was transferring money to her.
She heard her phone, placed on the coffee table, beep with a message tone, reached for it, and saw it was a bank deposit notification for thirty thousand yuan.
Ye, did you just transfer money to me?” she turned and asked Ye Fan.
Ye Fan replied with a smile, “Yes.
You can’t go home empty-handed since it’s your first time away for so long.
Buy something for your parents to make them happy.”
“But wasn’t it agreed that my salary would be five thousand a month?” Wei Ziling asked.
Ye Fan smiled and said, “That wasn’t your salary; that was a bonus.
You’ve worked hard lately, handling everything.
Without you, I would have been a mess.”
“I didn’t really do much,” Wei Ziling replied, somewhat embarrassed, “Thank you.”
Ye Fan laughed heartily.