The Beauties Help Me Become the No.1 Official
Chapter 566: The Mysterious Girlfriend

Chapter 566: Chapter 566: The Mysterious Girlfriend

Lin Fan picked up his phone and saw that the last conversation he had with Chu Shihan was before he came to Provincial City.

Ever since arriving in Provincial City, he had greeted her several times, but his messages were like stones sinking into the sea.

Originally, he had wanted Boss Qi’s help to investigate yesterday, but with one of three questions wasted and no time to find another way, Chu Shihan suddenly appeared in front of him. The group of men in black suits by her side were clearly not average bodyguards, and the elderly man sitting in the wheelchair, with his white hair and Tang suit, had a calm and steady countenance.

"Today, I must clear things up."

Chu Shihan’s bizarre behavior aroused Lin Fan’s suspicions. He hurriedly pushed open the car door and got out. Instead of calling out, he followed the group as they proceeded along a corridor towards the rear mountain.

As a child from the countryside, Lin Fan was particularly familiar with the woods. After observing his surroundings, he quickly chose a shortcut and made his way to the front of the procession.

After dusting off the leaves that had fallen on him, Lin Fan strode towards the group as nonchalantly as if he were strolling down a street. Sure enough, as he reached the front, Chu Shihan noticed him. She didn’t speak but only looked at Lin Fan with longing eyes.

"Excuse me, sir. Could you please step aside?"

Before he could get close to the group, two bodyguards at the front blocked Lin Fan’s way. He stepped to the side with a smile, his eyes scanning Chu Shihan and the old man in the wheelchair.

As their eyes met, the old man gave a kind smile, yet his gaze held authority. Even though he was smiling, he exuded a certain deterrence. As for Chu Shihan, she hadn’t said a word from beginning to end but pushed the wheelchair ahead, her eyes expressing an unmistakable urgency.

"Could this old man be the ’senior leader’ Guo Baoming referred to?"

Watching the retreating figures of the group, Lin Fan’s mind raced. From Chu Shihan’s eyes, it was obvious she wanted to acknowledge him, but she didn’t dare, all because she feared the old man in the wheelchair. In other words, this old man had confined Chu Shihan and taken away all her means of communication with the outside world, causing her disappearance.

According to Guo Baoming, he had also been instructed to ruin Lin Fan’s relationship with Li Huizhen. As to who had given the orders, there was no need to say. Then the question arose: Chu Shihan had spent half a year taking classes in Jiangning for his sake. If her family hadn’t agreed or supported it, she never could have done that, so why restrict her now and prevent their meeting?

Now that it was clear Chu Shihan hadn’t been intentionally avoiding him, Lin Fan knew he had to find out the truth quickly. Since he had serendipitously run into her here, it must have been God giving him a chance. He trailed them from a distance to the location behind the mountain.

According to the direction sign, the white building standing in the wilderness ahead was the auction house and also a high-end restaurant. The lotus flowers in the surrounding ponds were in full bloom, and in the lake, there was a natural cave on the mountainside, with speedboats occasionally coming in and out. As Ke Yunan had mentioned before, this was the largest auction venue in Provincial City, and the huge cave served as the site of the auction house’s vault.

Fortuitously, there was an auction today, so there were others coming and going, allowing Lin Fan to blend into the crowd without drawing the attention of Chu Shihan’s bodyguards. Chu Shihan, who kept glancing back, also noticed Lin Fan in the crowd. Her smile seemed to convey a sense of relief.

Entering the auction venue, the auction had not yet started, and snacks such as fruits, cakes, and drinks served as pre-bid nourishment for the guests. Lin Fan, holding a beverage, watched Chu Shihan’s every move from a distance. After she threw a disposable cup into the trash bin and glanced at Lin Fan, he understood the hint immediately, pretending to throw away his own cup but instead keeping it in hand.

"It feels like a spy rendezvous."

Looking at the few words written in lipstick on the cup, Lin Fan immediately crumpled it and walked out of the auction house towards the back, along the Lotus Pond, quickly finding the restroom Chu Shihan had mentioned. He waited there for her.

About fifteen minutes later, footsteps sounded, and then Chu Shihan’s voice came from outside the restroom, "Feng, are you there?"

This was Chu Shihan’s only term of endearment for him and the pen name Lin Fan used when he was active in forums. Lin Fan hurriedly opened the door and pulled Chu Shihan inside, embracing her delicate body with both arms: "You little rascal, you made me search everywhere for you."

"I’m sorry, Feng... Grandfather locked me up and wouldn’t let me contact you!"

Chu Shihan hugged Lin Fan’s waist tightly and rested her head on his chest.

"Why?"

Everything was as Lin Fan had surmised, so he curiously asked.

"Because... he wouldn’t let me stop you from taking up the post in Red Flag County. You mustn’t go; it’s dangerous and people could get killed!"