"I hope so," Lin Fan showed a bitter smile. Although he was forced to sully his hands with some unpleasant things, as long as he did not stray from his original intentions, that was enough.
"You definitely will, at the very least, you have more conscience than Old Hou. I just hope that on the road ahead, you won’t forget this original intent."
Chen Jiayi draped her graceful legs over Lin Fan’s, her voluptuous body pressing tightly against his.
Lin Fan smiled as he hugged the two women tightly. No one knew what temptations lay ahead, but he always remembered the saying, "When rich, help the world; when poor, look after oneself." Before, he could only take care of himself, but now, perhaps things could change.
"Ding-a-ling-ling..."
The next day at noon, just as Lin Fan had gotten out of bed, he heard the phone ringing. To his surprise, the caller ID showed his ex-aunt, Li Huifang, so he pressed the answer button and immediately heard her silvery voice on the phone.
"Brother-in-law, aren’t you coming back to the city this weekend?"
"I’m back, but I’ve been busy with some stuff. What’s up?"
Lin Fan stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, watching Zhao Jiaqi in yoga pants and a crop top, sitting cross-legged on the stone slab, while Chen Jiayi sat nearby, cuddling a book, immersed in the indulgences of a lazy life.
"What do you think? After getting a girl’s body, you stop caring about her, huh? You didn’t even think to look for me when you came back."
Li Huifang immediately retorted with pique.
"There are still tasks from the organization, do you really think I’m a student that doesn’t have things to do during holidays? However, I am free this afternoon, I can come to pick you up. Where do you want to go?"
Lin Fan lit a cigarette with a smile and sat on the balcony.
"Well... you know, I played pretty hard last week, my clubmates heard I got a boyfriend and now they want to meet you."
Li Huifang’s request made Lin Fan reveal a sly smile. She truly embodied the spirit of a young girl in spring, yearning to show off her relationship to the whole world. Quite reasonable, in fact.
"No problem, why don’t I treat you to dinner tonight? It can give you a bit of face."
"That would be too extravagant, a cup of milk tea is enough."
Li Huifang muttered softly.
"Don’t worry, you have to put on a good front for these things, don’t think about the rest. I’ll get ready and head out. Wait for me at school."
Lin Fan hung up and went downstairs. Upon seeing him get up, the two ladies quickly approached him. Although in their early thirties, their faces were tender like blossoming flowers, after some cozy moments, Lin Fan drove off in the Land Rover that the women had gifted him, leaving the beautiful golden house he had been hiding in, and headed straight to University City.
An hour later, Lin Fan’s car stopped at the gates of the Medical School, and Li Huifang, who was waiting at the gate, immediately waved at him excitedly, then ran over like a butterfly, but Lin Fan’s eyes were drawn to several beautiful girls following her.
They were all wearing blue jeans, complemented by various styles of crop tops, each tall and youthful, their faces full of collagen, radiating sunny smiles. Though Li Huifang was still the most beautiful among them, the others weren’t far behind.
"Brother-in-law, these are my clubmates."
Li Huifang was the first to settle in the passenger seat, and the other excited girls piled into the seven-seater Land Rover.
"Your psychology club... are they all this good-looking?"
Lin Fan glanced at the five young, beautiful girls in the rearview mirror, which was quite different from his expectation.
"Psychology is an elective. I’m talking about the club, we’re all from the dance society."
Li Huifang rolled her eyes at Lin Fan.
Lin Fan pressed the accelerator, and the Land Rover roared towards the city. Listening to the chirpy, playful laughter in the car, he felt like he had returned to his college days. However, as a poor student, except for meeting such beauties during cultural festivals, he never had the chance to interact with them in life.
"Ah, money is really wonderful!"
At the bustling hotpot restaurant, Lin Fan sat in the prime seat with Li Huifang beside him. The other five girls huddled together, chatting non-stop since they had left home, and impressively, they all unanimously called Lin Fan "brother-in-law" because of Li Huifang’s seniority.
"Why can’t we just pick a place with private rooms to sit in?"
Lin Fan looked around the crowded hall. The hotpot restaurant had no private rooms, everyone had to dine in the hall, and it was incredibly noisy.
"This hotpot place has the best flavor, you can’t find this taste anywhere else. Just bear with us young folks."
Li Huifang wore a joyous smile; this hotpot restaurant was their celebration spot after every semester end performance. The per person cost of one hundred matched what they received as a reward, bringing a small change to their lives.
"Alright, I guess I really am getting old."
Convinced by her, Lin Fan smiled wryly and shook his head. Recently, he had been dining and drinking in upscale restaurants, suddenly forgetting that just last month, he still frequented food stalls to improve his life. Perhaps Chen Jiayi was right, holding onto your original intentions is tough.