"..."

Upon hearing Xu Fan's words, Xia Yanyu felt a tingling numbness on her scalp.

If it weren't for Xu Fan's reminder, she would have almost forgotten that she was sitting nearly naked in front of Xu Fan.

After zoning out for a moment, her cheeks flushed with redness, Xia Yanyu frantically grabbed something off the table and hurled it at Xu Fan, who had already reached the door.

"Get lost, you pervert!"

The folder that flew out fell to the ground halfway to its target, and as Xia Yanyu watched the firmly shut door that Xu Fan had passed through, she couldn't help but cover her face, flush with mortification.

Everyone in Jinling said she was like an iceberg beauty, cordial as the high heavens, yet just now, she had undressed and conducted business with a scoundrel…

Gazing at her slender hand that Xu Fan had taken liberties with, Xia Yanyu was lost in thought for a long time before snapping back to reality.

She hurriedly dressed herself with the clothes she had thrown on the floor, checked herself in the mirror over ten times to make sure nobody could detect anything amiss, and then picked up the phone from her desk.

"Xiaomin, come to my office. There's a contract I need you to revise for me."

...

It had been many years since he last drove personally, but now, driving for Xu Fan, Su Shouzi felt quite pleased.

Standing outside the whole time, he had no idea what kind of Divine Skills his boss had employed to make the other party concede a 20% profit margin.

After all, that 20% wasn't a small sum of money.

But he couldn't shake off a sense of doubt, especially because Xia Yanyu's "Get lost" seemed to cast some suspicion on the credibility of Xu Fan's claim of having settled the negotiation.

"Su Shouzi."

"Eh, master, your command."

Xu Fan, sitting in the passenger seat, opened his eyes, and Su Shouzi responded respectfully.

"Once I get home, have someone deliver a copy of this prescription to me."

"Ah?"

Upon hearing Xu Fan's request, Su Shouzi was startled and wondered what Xu Fan wanted with the prescription…

"I want to examine it and consider whether it can be improved."

"What? Master, you…"

Xu Fan calmly revealed his intention to Su Shouzi, who was so shocked that his eyes widened in surprise.

He thought, 'Master, aren't you bluffing a bit too much…'

The research staff at their biological and medical institute were High Level talents poached from advanced foreign medical companies, and the prescription was collaboratively developed by them.

You think you can find a flaw in it?

"What, don't you believe me?"

Xu Fan raised an eyebrow and looked towards Su Shouzi, saying, "Or shall I first make you sick, and then you can witness my skill in medicine?"

"Cough, cough, let's, let's pretend I didn't say anything..."

Su Shouzi shivered subconsciously under Xu Fan's gaze and hurriedly changed his tune.

Previously, when dealing with the Dongying people, Xu Fan had given Hu Busan a prescription. Although he didn't know what the medication was, he heard from Hu Busan that it was probably not anything pleasant.

Su Shouzi wanted to live a few more years and certainly did not wish to be the guinea pig for Xu Fan's experiments.

"I'll, I'll have it delivered to you right away."

Hearing Su Shouzi agree, Xu Fan nodded.

It wasn't that he didn't trust the people at Su Shouzi's institute, but this time they were collaborating with the military, so they had to take it seriously.

The development of a drug and putting it on the production line are two different matters.

The military needs a large quantity of quality drugs; if the drugs produced at that time don't meet the standards, a fallout with the military could mean losses far beyond what Xia Yanyu would face.

With his own abilities, Xu Fan believed that he could still discern a few things.

If possible, Xu Fan didn't mind helping Huaxia's military to improve the drug formula, as it would also count as his personal contribution to the nation.

Soon, Su Shouzi had driven him back home.

He hadn't returned to school for several days, and it was time to go back tomorrow. Now, with only half a day of vacation left, Xu Fan called Mu Qingyan shortly after arriving home.

Long before, he had already promised Qingyan to cure Duoduo's deaf-mutism.

However, delayed by a pile of trivial matters until now, Xu Fan didn't want to disappoint Qingyan. He pondered and decided to start treating Duoduo that day.

From then on, he'd make time for treatment after school every day—it should take less than half a month to cure her completely.

However, delaying for so long before making contact also had its advantages.

The last time he went with Qingyan to Duoduo's school for a parent-child event, Qingyan drank too much in her excitement. He ended up in bed with her, nearly making a big mistake.

After such a long time apart, seeing each other again would help forget the awkwardness of that incident.

The busy tone of the phone lasted for a while before the connection went through.

"Hello, Xu Fan?"

"Yeah, Qingyan, it's me. Are you at the store right now?"

From the other end of the phone, it was clear that Mu Qingyan was currently busy at her shop as she responded with a hum, saying, "Mhm, I'm quite busy."

"What's up? You haven't contacted me for a long time. Is there something wrong?"

Xu Fan felt a hint of loss in Mu Qingyan's voice, and awkwardly grimacing, he explained, "The thing is, some issues came up recently, and I haven't had the time, so I didn't contact you."

"Are you free tonight? I'll come to see you."

"Tonight... "

Having not heard from Xu Fan for a while, Mu Qingyan had felt a bit sulky, but now hearing him say he wanted to visit her, she couldn't help but soften her tone.

That night, although she had been too drunk to remember what exactly happened, waking up naked in bed the next day gave her a good guess.

"Xu, Xu Fan, isn't it a bit too soon..."

The word "night" made Mu Qingyan truly sensitive; she didn't know how to refuse this young man who had repeatedly taken care of her.

If it hadn't been for the alcohol, she would never have done such a thing.

"Too soon?"

Xu Fan was startled by her response, worrying that his delay in treating her might lead them to think he didn't keep his word...

"Qingyan, it's been such a long time, and I've been wanting to see you since that night."

"Why are you... why are you in such a rush..."

Mu Qingyan's cheeks flushed with heat listening to Xu Fan's urgent tone, feeling conflicted as his eagerness also seemed to express his fondness for her.

"But Duoduo is at home, wouldn't it be a bit inconvenient..."

In Jinling, Mu Qingyan had no other relatives, and allowing Xu Fan to visit tonight was seemingly like inviting a wolf into the house.

If they got involved in a real fight and Duoduo accidentally found out, wouldn't that be setting a bad example for the child...

"Not at all."

Upon hearing Mu Qingyan's concern, Xu Fan couldn't help but chuckle. He was going over tonight for the sake of treating Duoduo, wasn't he?

"Qingyan, of course Duoduo has to be there. I'm coming over tonight specifically for Duoduo."

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