Translator: Timothy_ Editor: GlobeGlotter
"Lailin is different from me - Iâm just a rich second generation, but heâs a true social elite. If it wasnât because of an emergency, he wouldnât have come to Tan Du today. But now that he came, I need to fulfil my duty as the landlord. Haha, I didnât think Iâd be able to see Young Master Rang at the Golden Pearl today. Letâs eat together, let it be my treat tonight," Han Dan quickly said.
Zhi Rang patted his head and immediately reached out his hand to Zhang Lailin, "Of course, I remember! You were the number one student of 2004. Your dad, Zhang Zhiguo, is the Secretary of Ning Hai City. Compared to you, Han Dan and I really are just rich second generations, haha!"
Zhang Lailin quickly reached out his hand and said, "Those are just some minor achievements, nothing worth mentioning. Itâs my honour to meet Young Master Rang."
The few got close very quickly and walked into a room.
As they talked, they got to the topic of An Ning wanting to go to Luo Yue. Han Dan knew that that was his opportunity to shine.
"If itâs Luo Yue weâre talking about, then I really might have a way. A cousin of mine is living at Luo Yue right now, and she has quite a big place," Han Dan said pridefully. This immediately caught the attention of the people there, and even Zhang Lailin was interested.
Luo Yue was different from China. Even if you were the head of China himself, you still wouldnât be able to casually make requests to Luo Yue. So no matter what status you had in China, there was no use in trying to go to Luo Yue through relations.
Han Dan felt pretty satisfied seeing that everyone was listening to him intently and continued slowly, "Iâll tell you a secret: the head of Luo Yue and my great-grandfather are truly close friends. Do you think my cousin could stay at Luo Yue permanently otherwise? Iâm not bluffing here. If I wanted to go to Luo Yue, I would only need to tell my great-grandfather."
Han Dan actually was bluffing. Although his grandfather Han Zaixin could get him into Luo Yue if he wanted, considering his grandfatherâs character, he wouldnât help out for sure.
"Then Han Dan, can you help me? I wish to move to Luo Yue," An Ning couldnât resist it and stood up to ask.
Only An Ning herself knew that if it werenât for her truly wanting to go to Luo Yue so much, she would never ask a rich second generation such a request the first time she met him.
But she really didnât have a choice. She didnât know anyone who could get her into Luo Yue, and she wanted to go to Luo Yue more and more every day.
Han Dan hadnât expected An Ning to actually ask him for help but now that he had said so much, he couldnât just admit that he had been bluffing. He clenched his teeth and replied, "Of course, Iâll ask my grandfather as soon as I get home. I trust that he wonât reject me."
He didnât have any confidence that his grandfather would agree as he knew his grandfather all too well, but he couldnât lose face in front of An Ning.
"Thank you, Han Dan. This is my name card - if you can, please call me on first notice." An Ning heard Han Danâs promise and felt much happier about the whole dinner. She actually got to meet someone as powerful as Han Dan. She had taken out another name card of hers.
Zhi Rang had seen An Ning give out two name cards, yet none of them had been for him, and he didnât feel happy. But he really had no way to help An Ning. If it was something in China she needed, he would be able to help her properly for sure, but in Luo Yue, he really didnât have that power.
But even good friends canât just appear in the middle of the evening and steal away your girl, so Zhi Rang said bitterly, "Han Dan, your grandfatherâs character is rather stubborn, I think this promise youâre making might be quite hard to fulfil."
Han Dan knew that Zhi Rang was telling the truth, but he had already made his promise, so he could only say, "Iâll do my best to make my grandfather agree to my request."
But even Zhang Lailin could hear the not-really-confident tone with which Han Dan was speaking.
An Ning could of course also discern it, and she felt like she had been too impetuous. She got up and said to Han Dan, "Young Master Han, if it proves impossible, I understand. Now if I may excuse myself to the ladiesâ room, you guys go ahead and keep talking."
Seeing An Ning walk out, Zhi Rang smiled, "Han Dan, this time you bluffed too much. I really doubt your words. Your great-grandfather agreeing? Hehehe."
Han Dan knew Zhi Rang was right and felt disappointed. If it wasnât that he couldnât contact his cousin, he would rather ask her for help instead.
Walking out of the room, An Ning suddenly felt it was funny how naïve she was. She had believed something so casually and given her name card.
She had given out two name cards that day, yet most of the time she wouldnât give out even one in half a year.
"Iâve been too desperate-" An Ning murmured and suddenly stopped. In the trash can next to the door, she could see her name card.
She picked it up - it was that guyâs without a doubt.
For the first time, An Ning felt truly angry and clenched her teeth. She wanted to drag that guy out and also throw him into that bin.
She rarely gave out her name card yet today, it had been thrown into a bin. That was intolerable.
She didnât think any further before just pushing open the door to Ye Mo and Chong Yuanyuanâs room.
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Meanwhile, Ye Mo and Chong Yuanyuanâs food had arrived. Ye Mo wasnât overly passionate about food, but he had to admit that the food there was really good. But Ye Mo still felt like it was too pricey.
The two ate and talked as time passed by quickly. At some moment, Chong Yuanyuanâs phone sounded, and Ye Mo stopped immediately. He wanted to know if it was Tang Beiwei calling.
Chong Yuanyuan spoke a few sentences and hung up. She looked strangely at Ye Mo and said, "It was Jingwen. Sheâs looking for Beiwei too and just got off the plane. She didnât find Beiwei at school, and she heard you were here, so sheâs coming over."
Su Jingwen? Ye Mo thought, âShe was in Ning Hai only a few hours ago, how is she here all of a sudden?â
Suddenly, the door was pushed open.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Seeing An Ning with an unhappy face, Ye Mo was bewildered. Why did that woman suddenly appear? Ye Mo thought of the name card he had thrown away and scanned his spirit sense out - the card was gone indeed.
"Is there something wrong?" Chong Yuanyuan got up and asked normally.
She didnât believe that An Ning would be that interested in Brother Ye. Brother Ye had a certain indescribable temperament to him, but it wasnât to the degree where it would make women like An Ning actually chase him.
"You really arenât a gentleman are you? I gave you my name card, and itâs fine if you donât want to call me, but why would you throw it into the garbage can?
Ye Mo blushed. He felt awkward and sighed to himself, âWhy didnât I just throw the card into my ring? Who knew this girl liked checking out garbage cans!â
"Um, maybe I dropped it accidentally," Ye Mo said, but he immediately regretted it. Why was he even trying to find an excuse.
"Oh, apparently youâre really environmentally friendly dropping things too!" An Ning sneered. Ye Mo suddenly thought, âIt was just a name card. So what?â He had thrown away Mo Kangâs name card too, with the only difference that he had memorized the content first.
"An Ning, what are you doing there?" a voice sounded.