Invincible Young Master in the City
Chapter 868: 864: Farewell

Chapter 868: Chapter 864: Farewell

“No, what exactly happened to Zhao Jun?” Qiao Feixuan demanded.

Ye Fan said, “Zhao Jun went to a mysterious place.”

“What place? Is it the Amazon rainforest in America? Or Antarctica?” Qiao Feixuan immediately asked, “Why did Zhao Jun leave? Did you two have a fight? Did you bully her?”

Faced with Qiao Feixuan’s barrage of questions, Ye Fan could sense his mother’s concern for Li Zhaojun.

He shook his head and said, “None of those. She went to a place completely unknown to ordinary people, including you.”

Zhuo Junwu had warned him not to let unrelated people know too much, including his relatives. Because knowing would create karma and bring disaster to them.

Although Ye Fan was an atheist, he also felt that unrelated people knowing too much would do them more harm than good.

He didn’t plan to continue on the path of cultivating immortality forever; he only wanted to enter the Pan Gu secret realm to find Li Zhaojun and then return to ordinary life.

So, he truly didn’t want to involve his family.

“What kind of place? Don’t play games with me!” Qiao Feixuan said angrily, “Spill it!”

Ye Fan shook his head firmly and said, “But don’t worry, I will definitely bring Zhao Jun back.”

“You really can’t say?” Qiao Feixuan was incensed.

Ye Fan pleaded, “Mom, please don’t ask where it is anymore. If I could say it, how could I possibly hide it from you?”

“By the way, before Zhao Jun disappeared, she transferred all her assets to me through a lawyer,” Ye Fan said to divert Qiao Feixuan’s attention, “I will be away for a while, can you help me manage the Emali Group?”

Qiao Feixuan couldn’t help but ask, “Did Zhao Jun really transfer the Emali Group to your name?”

“Yes.” Ye Fan nodded.

Qiao Feixuan sighed, “It seems you really didn’t have a fight. And Zhao Jun’s disappearance was premeditated. You two kids really don’t let me rest easy.”

“What exactly happened between you two?”

Ye Fan said nothing.

Seeing Ye Fan refuse to speak, Qiao Feixuan slapped Ye Fan angrily, scolding, “Do you think you’ve grown wings? You won’t say what’s going on or where she went, just a word and she disappears—do you still see me as your mother? Also, Zhao Jun disappeared, how should I explain this to your mother-in-law? She raised Zhao Jun all by herself through hardships, and she suddenly disappeared without knowing her whereabouts. How is she supposed to accept this, huh?”

Ye Fan endured Qiao Feixuan’s scolding and waited until she was out of breath and silent before he said, “Mom, I’m exactly worrying about how to speak with Zhao Jun’s mother. Please accompany me to talk to her.”

“I don’t care about you! If you don’t treat me as your mother, why should I treat you as my son?!” Qiao Feixuan said, turning her body away as if she was too lazy to deal with Ye Fan.

Ye Fan found it a bit amusing.

After pleading courteously for a while, Qiao Feixuan reluctantly said, “Truly, I must owe you from a past life.”

Stopping for a moment, she seriously asked, “You say you’re going to look for Zhao Jun, but is the place dangerous? And how long will it take?”

“There won’t be any danger,” Ye Fan assured Qiao Feixuan, “You also know that your son is a cultivator of ancient martial arts, my self-defense abilities are top-notch. Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you, I’ve already reached the inner strength level.”

Hearing that Ye Fan reached the inner strength level, Qiao Feixuan felt much at ease.

Though she was not a cultivator of ancient martial arts, she knew how strong they could be. Aside from those extremely rare cultivators on the grand journey of embracing Dan, inner strength was the strongest individual force she knew of in this world.

“How long do you think it will take to find Zhao Jun?” Qiao Feixuan asked.

Ye Fan said, “Within two years.”

Earth’s two years would be twenty years in the Pan Gu secret realm, which should be enough. Even if he couldn’t find her, he would return home once within two years, then re-enter to search. Family ties were the feelings he valued most, and he couldn’t possibly ignore them.

“Mom, two years won’t be long. Just think of it as me going abroad for a mission,” Ye Fan said.

Upon hearing this, Qiao Feixuan could only sigh helplessly. Ye Fan had been away from the country for years, and she was used to it.

In the evening, when Ye Fan’s father Ye Guohua returned, Ye Fan told him about the situation.

Ye Guohua’s reaction was much calmer than Qiao Feixuan’s. After a moment of silence, he said to Ye Fan, “Since Zhao Jun herself disappeared, you should indeed look for her. But how much time to spend, it’s up to you.”

“You’ve grown up, you need to take responsibility for yourself,” he added.

Ye Fan nodded and said, “Thank you, Dad.”

“However, you need to inform the old man,” Ye Guohua said.

Ye Fan nodded, “Tomorrow I’ll go see the old man.”

The next morning, Ye Fan went to see the old man.

The old man didn’t say much, only two words, “Go ahead.”

Leaving the old man’s residence and returning home, after a brief rest, Ye Fan and Qiao Feixuan went to find Li Zhaojun’s mother, Ning Huwen.

Upon learning of Li Zhaojun’s disappearance, Ning Huwen couldn’t accept it and fainted on the spot.

Fortunately, Ye Fan, being an expert in inner strength, didn’t need to send her to the hospital, and quickly revived Ning Huwen.

Ye Fan and Qiao Feixuan accompanied Ning Huwen until the third morning before she accepted the reality.

“Mom, don’t worry, I swear I will definitely bring Zhao Jun back. And it won’t be long,” Ye Fan promised Ning Huwen.

Ning Huwen clung to Ye Fan’s hand, pleading, “Xiao Fan, you must bring Zhao Jun back.”

Being young and losing her husband, struggling for half her life to raise her daughter, only to suddenly disappear—that was her only hope in this life! Anyone would be unable to bear it.

In the afternoon, Ye Fan and Qiao Feixuan took a plane to Hua Hai City.

It took a day, but Ye Fan successfully handed over the Emali Group to Qiao Feixuan.

Next was saying goodbye to Lu Xiaoman, Tantai Wanrong, Shen Yan, Zhao Tianya, and others.

After all, he expected to be away for one or two years.

He successively met with Tantai Wanrong, Zhao Tianya, Shen Yan, and made a call to Mo Xiaoyan.

Since Lu Xiaoman had learned about his ambiguous relationship with Mo Xiaoyan and was hurt by their breakup, Ye Fan rarely met Mo Xiaoyan.

The meeting with Lu Xiaoman was left for last.

Since that day, Lu Xiaoman left the Huayang Martial Arts Hall and found a new job.

Now, she was working seriously and diligently in a foreign-funded enterprise, earning a good salary, and had moved out of the rundown neighborhood she had previously rented.

“Xiaoman, I’m sorry, I’m afraid I must temporarily break my promise,” Ye Fan said guiltily, “Zhao Jun disappeared, and I must find her first.”

“Li Zhaojun disappeared?” Lu Xiaoman asked, concerned, “When did it happen? Did you report it to the police?”

Ye Fan said, “It’s been a month and a half. No, her situation is quite special; she went to a place almost unknown to others.”

He then said, “Xiaoman, my promise to you is always valid. I won’t be long, at most two years. Will you wait for me?”

Lu Xiaoman was silent for a while, then shook her head and said, “I don’t trust you.”

“Why?” Ye Fan asked instinctively, then smiled wryly, “I really don’t have the right to ask you to trust me, let alone wait for me for two years…”

Ignoring Ye Fan’s words, Lu Xiaoman continued, “Unless you promise me one condition.”

“What condition?” Ye Fan asked with renewed hope, “Tell me, I’ll do it even if it kills me.”

Lu Xiaoman said, “I can’t say for now. Where are you staying? Can you take me to see it?”

As she said this, her pretty face suddenly flushed with embarrassment.

Seeing Lu Xiaoman’s face suddenly turn red, Ye Fan immediately understood Lu Xiaoman’s condition.