Happy Little Farmer
Chapter 609

Chapter 609: Chapter 609

Yang Fan and Wang Daqiang had been waiting until dusk came, yet Huo Xiaorou still hadn’t returned.

"Great, now we’ve got to house-sit for her," Yang Fan said with a wry smile.

He was somewhat bored.

It wasn’t like you could just lie down wherever you wanted in someone else’s house, so he simply took a seat by the door again.

"Looks like we’re paying the price for a big meal," Wang Daqiang joked with a laugh.

Yang Fan nodded in agreement, "For a good meal, the things we do aren’t easy."

The two of them chatted by the doorway like this until around eight o’clock at night, when it had just gotten completely dark, Huo Xiaorou finally came back.

This time, however, her attitude was very good, and as soon as she got off the car, she immediately apologized to Yang Fan and Wang Daqiang, "I’m sorry, I’m sorry, for keeping you waiting so long, there were some procedures to go through at the temple, and there was a lot to carry, which caused quite a delay."

"I’ve already booked a restaurant on the way here, shall we go straight there?"

"I’m fine with it, if your front door wasn’t wide open, Old Wang and I would definitely have already gone out to eat," Yang Fan said.

He was indeed hungry.

He had formed the habit of eating dinner around six o’clock, and once that hour passed, his stomach would be the first to protest.

"I’m really sorry, I didn’t expect it to take so much time," Huo Xiaorou said apologetically.

Her attitude now was so good it was like she was a completely different person from before.

It made Yang Fan somewhat uncomfortable, as if she had changed her soul or something.

"Let’s head out now, do you want to ride with me or drive your own cars?" Huo Xiaorou asked.

"We’ll drive our own, otherwise we’ll have to come back for them," Yang Fan said.

"Hmm, alright."

In the vast night, Yang Fan and Wang Daqiang followed Huo Xiaorou’s car into the city.

By a coincidence, the restaurant Huo Xiaorou had booked was actually the same one Old Zhou had booked before, although it wasn’t in the same private room. As soon as Yang Fan got upstairs, the sharp-eyed waiter recognized him and provided an exceptionally warm welcome.

"Do you come here to eat often?" Huo Xiaorou asked curiously.

The consumption here wasn’t low by any means, it was considered a high-end restaurant in Xin’an.

Even if the meal was modest, it would cost several hundred per person.

Yang Fan shook his head, "Not often, just that I happened to have come a little while ago."

Old Zhou had boldly ordered so much Maozi that he definitely would have left a significant impression on the waitstaff.

"Look at that, turns out you’re a rich guy after all," Huo Xiaorou said teasingly as she pulled out a chair for Yang Fan to sit down first.

Yang Fan chuckled lightly, "Where do you see that I look like a rich guy? I’m so poor I’m almost living like I’m down to my underwear. I was a guest then; I definitely wouldn’t come here on my own dime, I think a 15 yuan boxed lunch outside is way better than this."

"Then shall I take you out for a boxed lunch?" Huo Xiaorou teased.

"Sure, I’m okay with anything, as long as I’m fed," Yang Fan said nonchalantly.

When it came to food, he really didn’t have any particular desires or dietary restrictions.

Huo Xiaorou chuckled softly, "If I really did that, you’d probably be cursing my ancestors eighteen generations back. Order whatever you like, anything on the menu, you can even order the whole thing."

Yang Fan handed the menu to Wang Daqiang, "Old Wang, you pick, I’m good with anything."

After some back and forth, Wang Daqiang and Huo Xiaorou finished ordering the dishes.

While waiting for the dishes to arrive, Huo Xiaorou took out two stacks of red bills from her small bag and placed them in front of Yang Fan, "I need to sincerely apologize to you first. I’m sorry for what happened before; my personality and temper aren’t the best, please forgive me."

"Besides that, I need to sincerely thank you, thank you, you are our family’s benefactor!"

Yang Fan was a bit dazed by this sudden development.

He raised his hand to interrupt Huo Xiaorou, saying, "Let’s wait a moment, you want to apologize first, right? Then let’s start with the apology, let me see what your attitude is like?"

Huo Xiaorou paused for a moment, then suddenly bent at a ninety-degree angle in a serious bow before Yang Fan, solemnly saying, "I’m sorry!"

Yang Fan suddenly stood up, moving away from the direction of Huo Xiaorou’s bow, "That’s a bit too formal."

"Is this what you were looking for?" Huo Xiaorou asked with a grin.

Yang Fan nodded, "I truly see the attitude, but I was also a bit startled. Your apology was very earnest, can you really do something like this?"

"I think you have a serious misunderstanding of me; I am actually a person who clearly distinguishes between gratitude and grudges," Huo Xiaorou said.

Yang Fan nodded, "I really didn’t see that in you."

"It doesn’t matter if you don’t see it now, you will definitely see it in the future," Huo Xiaorou said with a smile, "So... can I thank you now?"

"Go ahead, give your thanks," Yang Fan was still somewhat skeptical.

This woman not only understood manners now, she was almost too excessively polite.

Without another word, Huo Xiaorou executed another ninety-degree bow.

Fortunately, Yang Fan reacted quickly, sidestepping early to avoid this rather overly solemn gesture.

"Thank you!" Huo Xiaorou said sincerely.

At this moment, Yang Fan’s mind was full of question marks; the things he did didn’t seem to warrant all this from Huo Xiaorou, did they?

In plain terms, when he helped Huo Xiaorou with the family issues, it was a business deal, and he was to be paid for it.

It wasn’t done for free.

"You couldn’t have experienced such a turn of luck so soon, could you?" Yang Fan asked uncertainly, "Although I am extremely certain that what I did would be effective, even so, it shouldn’t be immediate, not to this extent."

Huo Xiaorou stood upright and shook her head, "It’s not that I’ve had a turn of luck, but my dad’s condition has improved significantly."

"Yesterday, he was supposed to be transferred to the intensive care unit for observation, but for some reason, it didn’t happen. Just now my mom called me, saying he doesn’t need to go there after all, and all his indicators are recovering. This means that from yesterday, when he was about to be admitted into intensive care for emergency treatment and the hospital was about to issue a critical condition notice, suddenly his data began to recover, and his condition has improved."

"In this span of time, nothing else happened—only one thing, which is that I believed what you said and had you come over to our house. There can’t be any other reason; this is definitely your doing!"

"That’s not necessarily the case; your dad was being treated in the hospital, so the hospital’s effort should definitely be considered first," Yang Fan said.

Huo Xiaorou continued, "My mom told me that when the check-up was finished, those doctors were all astonished."

"If they themselves were taken aback, how could it be their doing? There’s no other possibility for this. But why are you suddenly being so modest? Shouldn’t you be well aware of what the results would be?"