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Chapter 113 - 107 [The First Promise]

Chapter 113: Chapter 107 [The First Promise]

The night was deep, and Jiuxi Rose Garden was peaceful, the lights in Su Family’s No.2 Villa were brightly lit.

In the ground floor hall, Mrs. Su checked the time and found it was close to midnight. She then turned off the TV and went upstairs.

In the study on the second floor, Su Yuxin sat at her desk as usual.

Unlike before, however, she wasn’t focused on her work tonight but propped her chin with one hand. She appeared to be looking at the documents, but in reality, she was lost in thought, in a clear case of being physically present but mentally elsewhere.

Creak!

The sound of the door opening brought Su Yuxin back to reality. She looked up and was startled to see Mrs. Su standing at the study door.

"Yuxin, Doctor Ye said your health hasn’t fully recovered yet, and you shouldn’t stay up late. Go to sleep now," Mrs. Su said affectionately.

Su Yuxin forced a smile, "Mom, I’m not sleepy yet. You go ahead."

"Are you waiting for Doctor Ye?" Mrs. Su glanced at the documents on the desk, saw that Su Yuxin hadn’t flipped through them at all, and understanding what was happening, she asked with a bitter smile.

"Yes."

Perhaps because of the sudden outbreak of her illness last time, which Doctor Ye had fully witnessed in her frazzled state, Su Yuxin was no longer as reserved in her relationship with Ye Fan as before. Seeing Mrs. Su’s inquiry, she didn’t hide it.

"Alright then."

Seeing Su Yuxin admit it, Mrs. Su was surprised and then nodded with a bitter smile before gently closing the study door.

What is he doing?

After Mrs. Su left, Su Yuxin sat up abruptly, questioning herself. She then picked up her phone, hesitated for a moment, and finally did not call Ye Fan’s number but instead got up and walked to the window.

The evening breeze blew, lifting her hair freshly washed after her bath. She stood quietly by the window in her pajamas, looking out the front door of the villa.

Her anticipatory look resembled that of a wife waiting for her husband to return home.

Could it be... he’s coming back?

Suddenly, as Su Yuxin watched, a light flashed in the distance, and a car came from far to near, heading toward Su Family’s No.2 Villa.

Soon, as Su Yuxin watched eagerly, the car slowly approached the villa and finally stopped at the front door.

Using the light, Su Yuxin could see that it was a Volkswagen Touareg, not the Audi A6L driven by Ye Fan.

This discovery left Su Yuxin a bit disappointed and curious about who would visit their home in the middle of the night.

Soon, under Su Yuxin’s scrutiny, a burly man in black got out of the car and exchanged a few words with the approaching bodyguard, Hu Jun, before handing him an envelope.

After this, the man in black got back into the car and left the way he came, while Hu Jun, holding the envelope, quickly walked into the villa’s courtyard, heading towards the main building.

Watching this scene, Su Yuxin felt it somewhat eerie.

"Knock, knock..."

A few minutes later, someone knocked on the study door.

"Come in." Su Yuxin turned and looked toward the study door as Hu Jun, holding an envelope, pushed the door and entered.

"Brother Hu, who was that man just now?" Su Yuxin asked without waiting for Hu Jun to report: "What did he give you an envelope for? What’s inside it?"

"Miss, that man claimed to be from Nanqinghong."

As a bodyguard of the Su Family, Hu Jun had some understanding of the underworld, and his tone became more serious. "The envelope he gave me contains a life-and-death contract!"

"A life-and-death contract?"

"Yes."

Hu Jun nodded and explained, "This is a common contract in the underworld and Jianghu. It is signed by two martial artists before they engage in a duel, including to the death. This way, even if someone gets injured or dies during the fight, the police won’t get involved."

"Why would someone from Nanqinghong give you that?"

Su Yuxin knew very little about the underworld, and she was completely unfamiliar with Jianghu. After hearing Hu Jun’s explanation, she first froze, then suddenly realized something and exclaimed, "Could it be for Doctor Ye?"

"Yes, Miss!" Hu Jun nodded: "Someone has issued a challenge to Doctor Ye!"

"Bring it here, let me see," Su Yuxin urged quickly.

Hu Jun didn’t dare delay and quickly stepped forward, handing over the envelope containing the life-and-death contract to Su Yuxin.

Upon receiving the envelope, Su Yuxin opened it without delay and saw the content of the challenge letter—Hongwu Sect Disciple Yang Qing will engage in martial arts with Ye Fan at 18:00 on September 20, 2018, at West Lake Club. Having discussed with Ye Fan and agreed as follows: The martial arts duel is a mutually agreed upon act. If one is less skilled and gets injured or dies during the fight, no responsibility will be pursued against the opponent.

Beneath the text was Yang Qing’s scribbled signature, and space was left next to it specifically for Ye Fan—if Ye Fan accepted the challenge, he would need to sign his name there.

Once this is done, should the Yanhuang Organization investigate, the winning party could use this proof to avoid legal responsibility.

After reading the contents of the challenge letter, a worried expression emerged on Su Yuxin’s beautiful face, her gaze firmly fixed on the words "injured" and "dies."

"Miss." Seeing Su Yuxin fall silent, Hu Jun hesitated a moment before calling out.

Su Yuxin took a deep breath and adjusted her emotions before looking up at Hu Jun.

"The person claimed if Doctor Ye doesn’t accept the challenge, he shouldn’t step out of Jiangnan, or he would have nowhere to bury his corpse!" Hu Jun spoke again, his tone even heavier.

Swipe!

The blatant threat changed Su Yuxin’s expression dramatically, her concern deepening as her eyebrows knitted tightly together, "I understand. You may leave now."

Upon hearing this, Hu Jun didn’t say more, turned around, and left, while Su Yuxin immediately picked up her phone to dial Ye Fan’s number.

The call was quickly connected, and without waiting for Ye Fan to speak, Su Yuxin asked eagerly, "Where are you?"

"I just entered the complex with Xiao Yu. What’s up?" On the other end of the phone, Ye Fan was driving by hand into Jiuxi Rose Garden, heading towards Su Family’s No.2 Villa.

"Let’s talk when you get back," Su Yuxin said, deciding it was better to discuss it in person after hearing Ye Fan’s response.

About ten minutes later, an Audi A6L entered the courtyard of Su Family’s No.2 Villa, and Ye Fan was startled to see Su Yuxin standing next to the garage in her pajamas, looking worried.

"It seems your sister knows," Ye Fan remarked, thinking that Su Yuxin had found out about Su Jindi’s racing tonight.

"She was bound to find out sooner or later, better sooner than later," Su Jindi laughed casually. "Now that she knows, maybe she won’t have the heart to scold me when she sees me all bruised up."

Ye Fan didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when he heard this.

Shortly after, Ye Fan parked the car, and as soon as he got out, Su Yuxin came up to him, about to tell him about the challenge letter, but then she saw the injured Su Jindi in the passenger seat and her pupils dilated as she exclaimed, "Jindi, what happened to you?"

"Got into a fight," Su Jindi replied, his head hanging low like a child who had done something wrong.

"What happened?" Su Yuxin continued to ask.

Seeing Su Yuxin determined to get to the bottom of it, Su Jindi didn’t hide anything and recounted the events of the evening in detail. When he talked about how Ye Fan had slapped Xie Yin away and defeated Wang Dong easily, he got so agitated that he aggravated his wounds and winced in pain.

"You... why won’t you ever listen?"

Initially, Su Yuxin had been curious about the baffling challenge letter, wondering why someone would challenge Ye Fan. Now, learning that it was all trouble caused by Su Jindi, she trembled with anger. "Do you realize the serious trouble you’ve caused for Doctor Ye?"

"What trouble?"

Su Jindi, already bracing himself for a scolding from Su Yuxin, pressed on upon hearing that he had caused trouble for Ye Fan.

"People from Nanqinghong want to take revenge against Doctor Ye, to the extent that they sent the challenge letter to our home!"

With a resentful tone, Su Yuxin lamented, her eyes faintly reddening, whether from anger at Su Jindi or deep concern for Ye Fan.

"This isn’t Jindi’s fault."

Seeing this, Ye Fan sighed, "On the one hand, tonight’s event wasn’t his fault—they pushed him too far! On the other hand, my feud with Nanqinghong and Hongwu Sect was bound to confront me sooner or later!"

"You... Are you going to accept the challenge?" Upon hearing Ye Fan say this, Su Yuxin stopped blaming Su Jindi and asked him, full of worry.

Su Jindi also turned his gaze toward Ye Fan.

Sensing their concern and care, Ye Fan felt a warmth in his heart. "Let’s read the challenge letter first."

"The challenge letter is in the study," Su Yuxin cursed herself inwardly for her forgetfulness, "Let’s head upstairs first."

Ye Fan nodded and followed Su Yuxin into the main building along with Su Jindi, then after a moment, he said to Su Jindi, "Jindi, you should go to bed."

"Brother Ye, I..." Su Jindi looked remorseful and worried.

"I’ve said it before, this isn’t your fault," Ye Fan assured him. "Besides, you’ve seen my skills; even if I accept the fight, I’ll be fine."

"Alright."

Reassured by Ye Fan’s words, Su Jindi recalled how Ye Fan had previously fought with members of the Yanhuang Organization, Zhu Gang and Quick Blade Wang Dong, feeling considerably less worried.

Later, Ye Fan and Su Yuxin entered the study and saw the challenge letter.

There were two copies of the challenge letter; Yang Qing had signed them both.

"Are you going?" After Ye Fan finished reading the challenge letter, Su Yuxin asked anxiously.

"Yes."

Ye Fan’s answer was decisively straightforward.

On the one hand, he was very clear about Yang Qing’s capabilities through information provided by Situ Chen. Moreover, he already had enmities with Nanqinghong and Hongwu Sect, and it was inevitable to settle them sooner or later.

More importantly—he was the direct disciple of Evil Emperor Chu Xuanji!

This identity meant he represented not only himself but also Chu Xuanji.

If he chose to be a coward and back down, not only would the martial arts world belittle him, but he would also disgrace Chu Xuanji.

Chu Xuanji had raised him, taught him everything, and went all out to enable him to learn more martial arts and skills.

All of this made Chu Xuanji not only a master but also a father to Ye Fan in his heart—he would never bring shame to Chu Xuanji!

"Since the other party boldly issued a challenge, they must be confident. I fear that you..."

Unaware of all this, Su Yuxin spoke softly, her face filled with even more concern. She didn’t mention words like injury or death, but instead said with self-blame, "I’m sorry, it’s all because of me. If you hadn’t been treating me, you wouldn’t have come to Hanghu. Without coming to Hanghu, you wouldn’t have encountered all this..."

"This has nothing to do with you," Ye Fan shook his head, "Some things are destined, and we can’t avoid them."

"Are you really going to be okay?" Su Yuxin raised her head, looking at Ye Fan with deep affection and concern, and asked softly.

Hearing Su Yuxin’s caring words and seeing her worried expression, Ye Fan felt an urge to embrace her.

However—

Before Ye Fan could act on his impulse, Su Yuxin couldn’t help herself and threw herself into his arms, hugging Ye Fan tightly, her head against his chest, murmuring, "I and our Su family owe you so much, so much that I don’t know how to repay you. You can’t get hurt; otherwise, I’ll never be able to repay this debt of gratitude..."

With her delicate body in his arms, her fragrance in his nostrils, and listening to Su Yuxin’s emotional words, Ye Fan paused for a moment, then reached out and stroked Su Yuxin’s hair, saying, "I’ve told you, no need for repayment..."

"Promise me you’ll come back safe and sound."

Su Yuxin, hearing this, raised her head, placed her delicate hand gently on Ye Fan’s lips, and stopped him from speaking further.

"Mhm."

Without grand declarations, Ye Fan simply nodded gently.

He had made the first promise of his life.

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