Chapter 76: What Book Is Sister Xi Reading

"Yang Fan, coming to see Sister Xi, huh!"

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On the way, he saw a few people. By now, everyone in the Special Police Unit knew Yang Fan. He had eliminated Redemption, but refused to take credit for it. Actually, everyone understood—this was a hallmark of the Tianning City Special Police. Yang Fan’s identity as a company president was the perfect disguise. Not acknowledging the achievement publicly didn’t mean it wasn’t reported.

Yang Fan waved at everyone and said, “I’m here looking for my little sweetheart!”

Everyone broke out in cold sweat. There he goes again, ruining Sister Xi’s reputation.

Yang Fan didn’t care, standing at the edge of the training ground and waving at the pair.

Huo Xinxi and Wang Yun came over...

“Boss, you’re inviting me to noodles again?” Yang Fan said.

“Can’t you change up your phrase? Tonight, you’re treating!” Huo Xinxi retorted.

Yang Fan pouted. Your best friend comes to see you, so what if you treat her to dinner?

Huo Xinxi kicked at him. How dare you hesitate? Wang Yun rarely visits!

Wang Yun rolled her eyes, as if ready to toss everything aside when the fun was over.

“Are you treating or not?” Huo Xinxi asked.

“I am, but I have no money. Boss, maybe lend me some first?” Yang Fan was exasperated. He didn’t want this, but it was true.

“Where’s your money?” Huo Xinxi pressed.

“Confiscated!”

“And your card too?”

“Yes, that was taken as well! My phone balance is zero, I’ve got nothing on me. Truly, if I didn’t have a phone to contact someone for a ride, I’d have to walk home!”

“Sounds like you’re living pretty miserably,” Huo Xinxi laughed.

Wang Yun gave him a solid kick...

“Why are you kicking me?”

“You tell me!” Wang Yun gritted her teeth, the more she thought about it, the angrier she got.

Would it kill you to call me?

“What she means is, as a grown man, you have no money—how are you supposed to support the two of us? After all, the three of us are lovers, aren’t we?” Huo Xinxi couldn’t help but curse.

Once life settled down, both she and Wang Yun would reminisce about certain moments—sometimes even chuckle to themselves—but mostly, it felt like something precious had been lost.

“I have no money, but you do! You treat tonight.”

“Fine, noodles—eat your fill!” Huo Xinxi declared, just as Yang Fan’s phone rang again. He glanced at it and handed it to Huo Xinxi.

She answered directly...

“Hello, Yang Fan’s not here, he’s showering!”

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“What? Who am I? I’m his wife!”

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All this was the trouble Redemption had caused. Now, Yang Fan’s phone rang every so often—if it wasn’t staff from Huanjiang and Tianning, it was people on the road.

“Don’t tell me, when I call, you have someone else answer too?” Wang Yun asked.

“Of course not, am I that kind of person?” Yang Fan replied.

Wang Yun snorted coldly. As if you aren’t!

“Then why didn’t you answer when I called?”

“I was busy, big sister. During work hours, Wu Qian mostly has my phone. At night, sometimes I’m asleep, so someone else answers.”

“And you couldn’t return my call?”

“I did! You didn’t answer. Right, you didn’t answer.”

“You’re the one who didn’t answer!” Wang Yun glared, accusing him of lying with his eyes wide open.

“Wait!” Yang Fan pulled out another phone and showed the call log. “See for yourself, I called you!”

“Then why didn’t I get it?” Wang Yun wondered.

“How should I know?”

Wang Yun looked for a while and wanted to throttle Yang Fan. Her phone’s last digit was six, but he wrote nine—how could he justify this?

“My last digit is nine?” Wang Yun tossed her phone to Yang Fan. He took one look and realized it was Ai Xiaomei’s doing again.

Pitfalls everywhere...

Because Ai Xiaomei had copied the number.

“I copied it wrong, forgive me!” she pleaded.

“No forgiveness.”

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Huo Xinxi finished her call and tossed the phone back to Yang Fan.

“All your fault—you ruined a perfectly good couple. You gave the girl a phone and wanted to support her, but now they’ve broken up and you don’t want her anymore...”

Yang Fan was distressed. When did I ever want her?

“All Redemption’s fault!”

The three chatted for a while. People came and went across the training ground; anyone passing by stopped to exchange a few words with Yang Fan.

As for the relationship between Yang Fan and Huo Xinxi—whether he supported her or she supported him—it was always casual banter. Lovers in the drama, but outside the drama, who could say?

Soon it was time to leave work. The three said their goodbyes, and as usual, they piled into the off-road vehicle—Huo Xinxi always drove.

As she put it herself, she was being “kept” by Yang Fan. If there was nothing between them, would a man spend tens of millions for a woman?

She made no effort to hide it now. Even in her dress—she wore what she liked, without a care. Once a cool, aloof police beauty, now she was noble and cold, a real femme fatale. Just her clothes and earrings made her unattainable for most men.

“Sister Xi, where are we going?” Wang Yun asked, unfamiliar with Tianning.

“To my place! I’ll cook noodles for you both.”

“We’re really having noodles?” Yang Fan laughed. With these noodles, everyone would eat their fill.

“What else would we eat? I have no money either!”

“Big sister, what about the salary you got the other day?” Yang Fan asked.

“I’m saving it. You’re supporting me, so why should I spend my own salary?” Huo Xinxi said as she drove.

“But I have no money left, mine was confiscated!”

“That’s why we can only eat noodles!” Huo Xinxi laughed.

Yang Fan was frustrated; Wang Yun was still angry, and he didn’t dare provoke her.

Huo Xinxi’s home was a villa, bought by Yang Fan when they played a couple. They had spent several nights here, so the place was full of memories. As for the house and car Redemption had given her, she sold them all and donated the proceeds to the Women’s College. In reality, it was Yang Fan’s money making its way back to her.

Now, she had only the villa and a car. When they entered, the interior was stunning.

“Wow, Sister Xi, your house is huge!”

“My lover bought it for me—why not live here?” Huo Xinxi tossed the car keys onto the table.

“Are you eating noodles or something else?”

“Don’t you only have noodles?”

“I eat noodles every day!” Huo Xinxi rolled her eyes.

“Alright, sit for a bit, I’ll cook. Tonight, the three of us should really enjoy ourselves. Since the Redemption incident, I see Yang Fan every day, but he never sees me, and Wang Yun hasn’t come to Tianning to hang out with us.” Huo Xinxi said, and it was true.

She went to cook, leaving Wang Yun and Yang Fan sitting on the sofa.

“Hey, stop being angry. I’ll fix your number, alright?”

“No, give me back my first time.”

“Big sister, forget the first time—we’ve already been through it twenty or thirty times. How am I supposed to give it back?”

Wang Yun kicked Yang Fan. All these police beauties have a fiery temper! She spotted a book in the corner of the sofa.

“Hmm, what’s Sister Xi reading?”

While Yang Fan glanced at his phone, Wang Yun picked up the book and opened it...