Best Young Master
Chapter 259 - 230: The Most Charming Scenery

Chapter 259: Chapter 230: The Most Charming Scenery

Who on earth is this Ye Fan?

Seeing the once haughty Ouyang Lingfeng and his entourage acting like rats who had just seen a cat, all of them terrified, their faces drained of color and collapsing on the ground, the ordinary students were filled with curiosity about Ye Fan’s identity.

For a moment, the hall became quiet once more, and the atmosphere turned somewhat eerie.

Previously, Ye Fan had declined to arrive at the party in the Rolls-Royce Phantom Presidential Edition, fearing it would affect the mood of the gathering. Now, seeing this scene, he thought for a moment and, under everyone’s gaze, swiftly walked toward Ouyang Lingfeng.

"I’m so... sorry, Mr. Ye, I was blind and failed to recognize Taishan. I beg for your generosity to not lower yourself to my level," Ouyang Lingfeng, frightened to his core with his body shivering, plead in terror as he saw Ye Fan approaching.

As his voice fell, Ouyang Lingfeng completely cast aside his pride as if to feed it to the dogs, and with knees bending, he made as if to kneel in submission and apologize to Ye Fan!

"I don’t know you. You might have mistaken me for someone else."

Upon seeing this, Ye Fan first reached out to grasp Ouyang Lingfeng, preventing him from kneeling, and then hinted with intentional nonchalance.

Misidentified?

When they heard Ye Fan’s words, those young masters who had collapsed on the ground, drenched in cold sweat, froze in place, staring at Ouyang Lingfeng in shock, their expressions seeming to ask: What in the world is Ouyang Lingfeng doing?

Ouyang Lingfeng himself was stunned, his thoughts racing as he replayed the recent events. Upon catching Ye Fan’s meaningful look, a realization struck him: It wasn’t that he had mistaken someone else, but that Ye Fan simply didn’t deign to hold him accountable!

"Sorry, I mistook you for an old acquaintance of the Ouyang Family. He too is named Ye Fan, an eminent hermit who once did our family a great service."

It must be said that Ouyang Lingfeng’s quick-witted response was quite adept. Realizing Ye Fan’s intent, he not only followed suit but also provided a gracious way out for himself and discreetly flattered Ye Fan with the high praise.

Upon hearing Ouyang Lingfeng’s words, the young masters snapped out of their astonishment, quickly stood up, and looked as if they were about to lash out at Ye Fan.

Ouyang Lingfeng, seemingly having anticipated this reaction, winked repeatedly at the young masters.

Noticing Ouyang Lingfeng’s gesture, the young masters understood that he was signaling them to keep quiet and forgo the thought of retaliation against Ye Fan, but confusion filled their hearts: Hadn’t it been a case of mistaken identity? Why then was Ouyang Lingfeng stopping them from disciplining this guy? Could it be for fear of offending Su Jindi?

Without answers, the young masters exchanged perplexed glances, their expressions the epitome of bafflement, while Ouyang Lingfeng secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing that the situation had calmed down, Ye Fan, inwardly admiring Ouyang Lingfeng’s shrewdness, chuckled and said, "Jin Emperor was just joking earlier; don’t take it to heart. That pill only provides a bit of help to one’s body."

"Ah... right, I was just bragging, everyone. Don’t mind me, don’t mind," agreed Su Jindi, catching on that Ye Fan did not want to spoil the atmosphere of the gathering, and then turned to Su Liuli and said, "Sister Liuli, everyone is waiting to eat your cake. What are you dawdling for?"

"Yes, Liu Li, we’re all starving," Ouyang Lingfeng added with a smile, though his smile looked incredibly awkward, as if it were more pained than a cry.

"Sorry for keeping you all waiting."

Seeing that the atmosphere had returned to normal, Su Liuli first looked at Ye Fan with gratitude, then carefully handed the antique box to the bodyguard. Accompanied by Situ Ruoshui, she returned to the center of the dance floor, and the bodyguard wheeled the cake trolley out from the restaurant.

"Ling Feng, big brother, what’s going on?" Seizing the opportunity, the young master who was on good terms with Ouyang Lingfeng asked in a hushed voice.

Although his voice was quiet, it was still overheard by several other young masters nearby, who all turned to look at Ouyang Lingfeng, waiting for his explanation.

"I didn’t recognize the wrong person."

Ouyang Lingfeng explained with a face full of belated fear, "It’s just that he disdains to stoop to our level, and moreover, he doesn’t want to ruin the atmosphere of the birthday party."

"Uh..."

Even though several young masters had considered this possibility, they were once again stunned upon hearing Ouyang Lingfeng’s explanation.

"Then... then why did he come here by taxi?" After being stunned, one young master asked, puzzled.

"That’s called being low-key."

Another young master quickly responded, "No wonder my dad told me that in today’s society, the rich like to play it down, while the pretenders love to flaunt wealth. It seems to be true."

"He probably didn’t intend to come by taxi. It’s just that he encountered an elderly person who had fallen on the road, and he had his men send the fallen elderly to the hospital. He was left without a car, so he had to take a taxi here," said Ouyang Lingfeng, recalling what Ye Fan had told him earlier. He understood something, but doubts arose in his heart: Rumor had it that this Ye Family young master was arrogant and ruthless; how could he do such a kind deed?

There was no answer, but based on what had just happened, Ouyang Lingfeng could see that the real Ye Fan was very different from the rumors!

As Ouyang Lingfeng came to understand this, the bodyguard pushed the cake cart into the center of the dance floor, and Su Liuli, with Situ Ruoshui’s help, inserted twenty candles onto the cake and lit them one by one.

Whoosh!

As the candles were lit, the lights in the hall suddenly went out, leaving only the flickering candlelight, casting a charming glow on Su Liuli’s face.

"Happy Birthday to you..."

Soon after, excluding Ye Fan, everyone was clapping their hands and keeping the beat, singing the birthday song for Su Liuli.

"Does this guy not know how to sing the birthday song?"

Su Liuli had been glancing at Ye Fan out of the corner of her eye the whole time. Seeing that Ye Fan was just dumbly clapping along without opening his mouth to sing, she guessed something.

Indeed, just as Su Liuli had assumed, Ye Fan really didn’t know how to sing the birthday song. He had never celebrated a birthday from childhood to adulthood, and he didn’t even know when his own birthday was!

Once, when he first stepped out of the mountains and came to the bustling city, passing by a restaurant where he saw a couple celebrating their child’s birthday, he stood frozen like someone had cast an immobilization spell on him, enviously watching from outside the restaurant’s glass window, until the restaurant’s security guard chased him away thinking he was a beggar.

After that day, he had more than once fantasized that one day he, too, could celebrate a birthday like that child.

With the warm birthday song ringing in his ears and thinking back to his wish from those days, combined with the reality of his current situation, Ye Fan lowered his head and gave a bitter smile. His normally proud stature suddenly seemed to stoop.

"He really doesn’t know how to sing."

Seeing Ye Fan lower his head, his originally erect posture becoming somewhat hunched, Su Liuli thought about how Ye Fan had once been an orphan, raised in the mountains, and immediately confirmed her guess. At the same time, she felt as if her heart had been pricked by a needle, very painful... very painful!

The pain made it hard for her to breathe!

The pain gave her an urge to rush down and pull Ye Fan into her embrace!

"Sister Liuli, it’s time to blow out the candles and make a wish,"

Shortly after, without waiting for Su Liuli to turn her impulse into action, Situ Ruoshui by her side tugged at her evening dress, reminding her.

"Oh."

As if she had just awoken from a dream, Su Liuli’s heart stirred, and she suddenly picked up the microphone and said, "Actually, today is not just my birthday, but also the birthday of a friend of mine."

Hmm?

When Su Liuli said this, there was a stir in the crowd.

"He is also here today," Su Liuli said with a smile.

"Who is it?"

Someone in the crowd asked, and people began to look around, trying to find the person that Su Liuli was talking about.

"Now, let’s all sing the birthday song together for our other birthday star—Mr. Ye Fan!" Su Liuli revealed the surprise.

Whoosh!

Because of the earlier incident, Ye Fan had already become the focus of attention that evening, and now as Su Liuli spoke, people’s gazes once again gathered on Ye Fan.

"Uh..."

Even Ye Fan, an Innate Mage with a heart as steady as rock, was startled by this sudden turn of events and looked at Su Liuli with a full face of bewilderment.

"Happy Birthday to you..."

Amid flickering candlelight, Su Liuli watched Ye Fan with a smile, slightly opening her sensual lips to lead the singing of the birthday song, her eyes shimmering as if communicating something to Ye Fan.

"Happy Birthday to you..."

With Su Liuli taking the lead, the crowd once again clapped and sang the birthday song in time.

Click!

Hearing the warm birthday song again and seeing the smiles and well-wishes of the people around him, an emotion called ’touched’ silently surged into Ye Fan’s heart, making it quiver.

In the dim candlelight, he stood as if bound in place, motionless, his expression dreamy, as if he were in a dream.

Is this a dream?

"Mr. Ye Fan, what are you dazing for? Come up here and blow out the candles with me, make a wish, and then cut the cake for everyone to eat," Su Liuli invited him with a smile as the birthday song came to an end and Ye Fan stood there in a daze.

Hearing Su Liuli’s voice by his ear, Ye Fan opened his mouth as if to say something, but found his throat was a bit dry.

Gulp!

His Adam’s apple moved as he swallowed, and in the end, without uttering a word, he silently walked towards the center of the dance floor.

One step, two steps, three steps...

That short distance felt as if it were tens of thousands of miles long to Ye Fan.

Finally, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Ye Fan walked to the center of the dance floor and stood shoulder to shoulder with Su Liuli.

"Thank you."

Ye Fan turned his head and said softly to Su Liuli.

"Thank a big-headed ghost, hurry up and make a wish," Su Liuli replied with a smile, then she closed her eyes, leading the way in making a wish, her eyelashes trembling slightly, revealing a gap on purpose to steal a glance at Ye Fan to see if he was making a wish.

Lit by the candlelight, her charming face was brimming with smiles, filled with sweetness and happiness.

That sweet and warm smile was like a Spiritual Imprint, deeply etched into Ye Fan’s soul.

In that moment.

He suddenly felt that Su Liuli was the most enchanting scenery in this world, beautiful enough to intoxicate.

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PS: I really like this Chapter, what do you guys think?

Um... I have to take a bus back tonight, so there will only be one update today, ducking out!

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