Invincible Young Master in the City
Chapter 434 - 434 430 Understanding the Details

434: Chapter 430: Understanding the Details 434: Chapter 430: Understanding the Details 5:30 in the afternoon, inside a booth of an elegantly decorated restaurant.

Having not seen her for a while, Qin Mengyao had visibly changed—she was honestly dressed in her neat school uniform, her hair was no longer a buzz cut, nor was she wearing a wig, instead sporting a tomboyish hairstyle.

The tomboyish hairstyle, complemented by her exquisite and pretty face, along with the innocent student outfit, was quite eye-catching.

Anyone unaware would think she was a diligent student dedicated to her studies.

Sitting face to face and after ordering food, Qin Mengyao looked at Ye Fan with a giggle, “Brother Fan, how long has it been since you’ve treated me to a meal?”

“I have no reason to treat you to a meal when there’s nothing going on,” Ye Fan replied irritably.

Qin Mengyao snorted coquettishly, “You don’t understand people’s thoughts!”

“You’re just a greenhorn,” Ye Fan glared and said.

Qin Mengyao puffed up her chest forcefully, trying to highlight that certain area which was not small at all, and huffed, “Where am I inexperienced?”

Ye Fan couldn’t be bothered to argue with Qin Mengyao and asked, “How’s your studying going?

Seems like you’re in twelfth grade now.

If you don’t get into college, Aunt Tantai’s face will surely be lost because of you!”

“Of course, I’ve been making rapid progress,” Qin Mengyao said proudly, “Just look at how intelligent I am.

An hour of my studying is worth a whole day for those dull-witted fools.

In the exam last week, I was already ranked twenty-third in the class.”

“How many students are in the class?” Ye Fan asked.

Qin Mengyao’s pretty face turned slightly red as she said, “Forty.”

Ye Fan burst out laughing.

“Hey!

Hey!

Don’t laugh!” Qin Mengyao called out a bit annoyed, “I improved by ten places in one go, which is a significant achievement.

My aunt praised me for it!”

Ye Fan barely stopped his laughter and said, “The way you speak, it’s like you’re outstanding, but it turns out you’re just a middling student.”

“I’m just starting to exert myself, the best is yet to come,” Qin Mengyao retorted, “Besides, do you think getting twenty-third place in the class is easy?

The total score was 550 points!”

Ye Fan suddenly realized that the school Qin Mengyao attended was not an ordinary high school, but one of the top prestigious middle schools in the city, full of top students.

Nonetheless, Ye Fan had no intention to praise Qin Mengyao.

Not being praised already made her smug—wouldn’t praising her make her head swell even more?

After a while, their food arrived, and the two bantered while eating.

Towards the latter half of the meal, during a lull, Ye Fan asked, “Tell me more about Aunt Tantai being forced into matchmaking.”

Qin Mengyao immediately put down her chopsticks, took a sip of tea to rinse her mouth, and then spoke earnestly, “A few days ago, some jerk must’ve fed my grandfather some kind of potion because he managed to make my grandfather happy, and then my grandfather agreed to set him up with my aunt.

He wants my aunt to date and then marry that jerk.”

Ye Fan frowned slightly, “It can’t possibly be that frivolous.

What’s the name of this jerk in your story, and what’s his background?”

“His name is Yang Chengze, he’s very bad, the worst,” Qin Mengyao said.

“He even had the nerve to ogle me lewdly that day.”

Feeling a headache coming on, Ye Fan said, “Focus on the important part!”

Qin Mengyao pouted and said, “He’s the Executive Deputy Head of Organization Department of the city, the Yang family has a lot of influence in the province.”

“Yang Zecheng’s personal information,” Ye Fan said.

“He seems to be thirty-one or thirty-two years old, decent looking, but his eyes always seem to be wandering.

Divorced once, has a daughter, but the daughter lives with his ex-wife,” Qin Mengyao said, then couldn’t help but grumble bitterly, “I have no idea what grandpa is thinking.

How could he make aunty marry a divorced man, especially when she’s so outstanding and perfect!”

“Not only that, but both of my uncles actually say that aunty should marry Yang Chengze.”

“At the very least, if aunty is going to marry, she should marry a clean man who’s never been divorced!”

“It’s infuriating!”

Listening to her, Ye Fan felt quite angry as well.

In his eyes, how could Tantai Wanrong, so perfect and noble, possibly marry a man who had been divorced and had children?

And that man was, in most aspects, surely inferior to Tantai Wanrong.

However, although he was furious, he also understood in his heart that this was most likely a political marriage.

Hua Hai was a directly-controlled municipality that geographically was surrounded by the province where the Steelworkers Provincial Administration is located.

Although Hua Hai had a significant impact on the Steelworkers Provincial Administration, the province conversely infiltrated Hua Hai.

“Yaoyao only knows so much, it’s limited and not comprehensive.

I should really investigate Yang Chengze’s background thoroughly,” Ye Fan thought to himself, determined to interfere with this political marriage to the end.

Qin Mengyao continued, “Fan, you must figure out a way to make aunty refuse to date that Yang guy.

Aunty thinks highly of you, and she will definitely take your words into serious consideration.”

“Don’t you think the problem lies with your grandfather or perhaps the entire Tantai family?” Ye Fan said.

“Of course, I know,” Qin Mengyao said.

“But my grandfather simply won’t listen to me.

And you, even less so.

We can only work on aunty, make her resolutely refuse to marry that Yang, and directly cut off any association with the Yang family.”

Ye Fan neither agreed nor denied.

Qin Mengyao’s thoughts were indeed naïve, but she couldn’t be blamed.

After all, she was still a high school student, and her mind was usually preoccupied with how to have fun, so her depth of thought was limited.

However, her method wasn’t entirely wrong.

After all, Tantai Wanrong, as the Executive Deputy Mayor of Hua Hai, certainly held a nonnegligible position in the Tantai family and had a significant say.

If she steadfastly refused to marry Yang Zecheng, even to the point of confronting the entire family, the Tantai family likely wouldn’t go as far as to tie her up and force her into marriage.

“Rest assured, aunty won’t marry Yang Zecheng.

And you, don’t nag her about it every day.

It annoys her,” Ye Fan said.

“I’ll work something out with Yang Zecheng.”

Qin Mengyao’s eyes immediately lit up, exclaiming, “Right, drive that Yang guy away!”

Then, her beautiful eyes showed a fierce determination as she said, “If all else fails, we’ll just castrate him!

Let’s see how he can get married then!”

“Heh, that’s a possibility,” Ye Fan said with a light smile.

However, he wasn’t joking at all because he didn’t rule out the use of such drastic measures.

Qin Mengyao wanted to continue discussing how to drive away Yang Zecheng, but Ye Fan didn’t feel like wasting his breath talking about it any further.

He had contacted Qin Mengyao to gain a deeper understanding of the forced blind dates imposed on Tantai Wanrong, but the information Qin Mengyao knew was still too limited.

He needed to collect information again.

After they finished eating, Ye Fan took the opportunity to drive Qin Mengyao back to school for her classes.

After dropping off Qin Mengyao, Ye Fan drove to the Heroic Bar to return the car to Lu Chengqiang.

He stayed in the Heroic Bar for about fifteen minutes, then came out and hailed a taxi.

“Master, please take me to Imperial Forest Bay Villa District,” Ye Fan told the taxi driver.

As the taxi set off, Ye Fan took out his mobile phone and called Li Zhaojun, “You’re at home, right?

I’ll be at your villa to pick up my stuff and the car in about thirty or forty minutes.”