Two sedans sped down the highway. Lu Fan and Bai Xuemei drove separate cars. Lin Fang and several other girls sat in the two cars, enjoying the scenery along the way.
Xu Yang sat in Lu Fan's passenger seat, not looking at the scenery but at Lu Fan the entire time.
"Xu Yang! You should be in Sister Xuemei's car. You're her bodyguard," Lu Fan said with a helpless expression.
"She gave me to you!" Xu Yang replied.
"When I said we were a good match, it was just a joke. You can't take it seriously." Lu Fan felt like his head had spun a few times. Why was his mouth so glib! Why joke around and flirt for no reason!
"But I took it seriously! And I also think we're a good match!" Xu Yang said, refusing to back down.
"Alright! Actually, you could look at the scenery ahead..." Lu Fan said.
"You are the best scenery!"
"..." Lu Fan was utterly speechless.
Bai Xuemei drove, pouting. Her overtures had been rejected by Lu Fan! And her bodyguard had been snatched away this morning! Hmph!
"Yueyue! Do you think sister is pretty?" Bai Xuemei asked the girl beside her.
"Sister Xuemei is beautiful! You're the most beautiful and elegant woman I've ever seen!" Yueyue said earnestly beside her.
"I think so too! But why do I suddenly lack confidence? Sigh!" Bai Xuemei said dejectedly.
...
Yan Menghan and Yan Mengxi waited at the villa's main entrance. Seeing the two cars approaching in the distance, they hurried to meet them.
"Lu Fan!" Seeing Lu Fan, Yan Mengxi excitedly rushed forward.
"Mengxi! Brother Yan!" Lu Fan also quickly greeted them, introducing Bai Xuemei and the others to the two.
"Lu Fan! Let Mengxi take Miss Bai and the others to the hotel to get familiar with the environment and the hotel staff," Yan Menghan suddenly said.
"Alright!" Lu Fan nodded, knowing Yan Menghan likely had something he wanted to discuss with him.
As expected, after Yan Mengxi took Bai Xuemei and the others to the hotel, Yan Menghan immediately said, "Lu Fan! I've found out about Fourth Master Jian you asked me to investigate. Let's go inside and talk."
The two entered the villa and sat in the living room. Yan Menghan took out a photograph. It was of a middle-aged man wearing glasses, with a scholarly air.
"This is Jian Wushuang's fourth uncle, Jian Jingshu! He's a leader in a cultural and educational bureau," Yan Menghan said.
"He's a man of culture. Why would he care about matters of the martial world?" Lu Fan frowned slightly. This seemed unexpected. Why would a scholar let his nephew seek him out for revenge?
"I had someone investigate secretly. This person seems to be an adopted son of the Jian family. Therefore, the Jian family's head never allowed this person to interfere in some of the family's business matters," Yan Menghan continued.
"The Jian family's adopted son? He has a connection with A'ping. A'ping's list of four characters, Ya Chu, the Soul Slaying Plan..." Lu Fan connected several words, his eyes suddenly narrowing. Soul Slaying... If it doesn't mean killing, what else could it mean?
"Oh, right. Could the people in the cultural and educational system have a connection with that textbook by Zhantai Ruomei?" Lu Fan suddenly remembered Zhantai Ruomei's elementary school textbook. His eyes lit up.
"What textbook?" Yan Menghan asked, confused.
Lu Fan immediately explained the matter of the textbook.
"I'll have someone investigate this further. If it's really related... Hmph!" Yan Menghan's expression also turned cold. This matter seemed to exceed his imagination. This was no mere martial world dispute!
"Lu Fan! There's one more thing I need to tell you. My family's ancestor has reached the Transformation Realm!" Yan Menghan suddenly said.
"Really! Can I meet the ancestor?" Lu Fan's eyes lit up. He really wanted to know how strong the Yan ancestor's transformation realm was.
"Alas! No! The ancestor is gone!" Yan Menghan shook his head.
"Gone? Where to?" Lu Fan was surprised. How could the Yan ancestor be gone?
"Let me tell you, actually, my family's ancestor is not the only one who has ascended to the Transformation Realm. However, once one reaches this realm, they will be taken away by a special organization. They are not allowed to participate in the martial world anymore," Yan Menghan said.
"There's such an organization?" Lu Fan was surprised. He... didn't seem to have encountered any organization approaching him.
"This organization is related to the country. It's very mysterious. The ancestor only left a letter and departed. We don't know how he left. And he also took Mengxi's mother with him. He said he didn't want a Ya Chu to influence Mengxi's sense of right and wrong," Yan Menghan said.
"Mengxi's mother is a Ya Chu!?" Lu Fan was a little surprised, but not entirely. He should have expected this, but because of his relationship with Yan Menghan, he had been self-deceiving and didn't want to think about it.
"That hotel was originally my Yan family's property. I'm giving it to you. You just need to change the name to open for business," Yan Menghan added.
"Then thank you, Brother Yan! I'll consider the hotel as Brother Yan's investment, and I'll give you shares," Lu Fan immediately said.
"Good! Then I won't be polite with you, brother," Yan Menghan nodded.
Lu Fan stayed in the capital for two days. With the care of the Yan siblings, the hotel smoothly got on track. Lu Fan then returned to the provincial capital.
"Brother Lu Fan! A friend of mine is critically ill. The hospital has issued several critical illness notices. It's a very important person..." As soon as he arrived in the provincial capital, Lu Fan received a call from Jiang Chao.
"Address!" Lu Fan said before Jiang Chao could finish.
"Hahaha! I knew you'd give me this face! I'll send you the address!" Jiang Chao immediately burst into laughter.
Lu Fan parked his car in the parking lot outside a private hospital and walked towards the hospital's inpatient entrance.
Jiang Chao and a beautiful middle-aged woman were standing at the entrance, looking around.
"Brother Jiang!" Lu Fan called out and walked over.
"Hahaha! Brother! You're giving me face, that's very kind!" Jiang Chao immediately came over and grabbed Lu Fan's hand.
"Brother, let me introduce you. This is Hu Lijun. The one who is ill is her husband, the top boss in the underworld, Hong Chengwu, Brother Hong! You can also call her Sister-in-law," Jiang Chao said, introducing Lu Fan.
"Hello! I didn't expect the little miracle doctor to be so young!" Hu Lijun extended her hand to shake Lu Fan's.
"Hello, Sister-in-law!" Lu Fan shook her hand politely.
"Brother Hong is in the ward. Shall we go take a look?" Jiang Chao said.
"Okay!"
Lu Fan followed Jiang Chao and Hu Lijun into the hospital.
Outside a high-class ward, four burly men in suits stood guard. Hu Lijun led the two inside.
Lu Fan glanced around. The ward was very large, with only one hospital bed. A man in his late fifties lay on the bed. Two doctors were examining the patient, while two other men, over fifty and appearing somewhat arrogant, stood nearby, seemingly waiting for the doctors' results.
Seeing Hu Lijun and Jiang Chao bring in a young man in his twenties, the people inside showed expressions of disdain.
"Jiang Chao! Is this the little miracle doctor you were talking about? Hmph!" One of them snorted coldly, his tone laced with mockery.