Chapter 173: 173. Niece Xia, don’t mess around!

“You haven’t been back in seven years, have you? Go take a bath first, then change your clothes.”

CREAK!

Before long, the car came to a halt before the gates of the Xia Family Mansion, which were guarded by two sentries. Mr. Xia Sr. clutched Lin Fan’s hand tightly, striding inside with a beaming face, as if afraid the young man would sneak away the moment he let go.

“Bingbing always kept your room for you. She stubbornly refused to let us touch it. I can’t even imagine how overjoyed she’ll be to see you…” the old man droned on, completely ignoring Lin Fan’s helpless expression and bitter smile.

After a short while, the group arrived at the residential area deep within the compound. The members of the Xia family they passed all froze in their tracks, staring at Lin Fan in utter shock.

Someone in the crowd gasped, stammering, “Y-Ying…!”

“His name is Lin Fan! Don’t you get it wrong!” Mr. Xia Sr. glared, his rebuke allowing no room for doubt.

Hearing this, the gathered Xia family members nodded in understanding. “Right, right. Mr. Lin, this way, please. I’ll take you to your room,” an elderly maid said, stepping forward and courteously escorting Lin Fan away.

Mr. Xia Sr. then went into the study with Tie Hao. The old man finally couldn’t hold it in any longer and let out two hearty laughs. He then pulled out his constantly buzzing cell phone and argued with the big shots from the Imperial Capital War Zone until his face was red.

At this moment, Lin Fan had arrived in the familiar room. He let out a long breath, took off his clothes, and soaked in the warm water of the bathtub. In the past, whenever he returned to the Imperial Capital to visit his mother during the holidays, he would also stay at the Xia family estate for a few days. Even after so many years, everything in this room remained exactly as it was.

CREAK.

The door outside the bathroom was pushed open quietly. Lin Fan’s eyes flickered, and he turned his head to call out, “Mrs. Wu, just leave the clothes on the bed.”

The next moment, the faint sound of footsteps didn’t retreat. Instead, they gradually approached the bathroom.

Damn it! Mrs. Wu has been a widow for years. Could she have developed some… peculiar fetish?

Lin Fan listened intently, a corner of his mouth twitching as he stared at the frosted glass door of the bathroom. One second, two seconds, three… more than five minutes passed. The hazy silhouette stood outside for a long time, as if it had finally made up its mind.

As Lin Fan’s eyes widened, he saw the doorknob slowly turn, followed by a slender, pale wrist reaching through. Their eyes met. Lin Fan jolted, and his face turned green.

“Ahhh! It’s you! It’s really you!”

Outside the glass door, a stunningly beautiful figure was crouched in an eavesdropping pose. A white, form-fitting tank top tightly hugged her perky, round chest. Beneath a pair of pink hot pants, her two straight, long legs were fair and smooth, glowing like white jade. Xia Bingbing’s eyes, rimmed like a panda’s, were wide with excitement. She jumped up and down before suddenly lunging forward, completely oblivious to Lin Fan’s flabbergasted expression and shattered composure.

SPLASH!

The beautiful figure landed in the tub, sending water everywhere. Xia Bingbing was instantly drenched, her thin clothes becoming nearly transparent and revealing her fiery figure in stunning detail. Yet, her pretty face was brimming with a smile of pure happiness, even though her pounce had missed its target.

“Niece Xia, don’t be reckless!”

In the blink of an eye, Lin Fan’s figure flickered, and he dodged to a corner of the bathroom. With a speechless look on his face, he hurriedly wrapped a bath towel around his waist, covering his vitals.

Speaking of which, his seniority in relation to her was rather awkward. Although they were the same age, Lin Fan and Mr. Xia Sr. were like teacher and friend, and Lin Fan was a soldier the old man had personally trained. Just like that, he was a full generation above Xia Bingbing.

“What… what did you call me?” Xia Bingbing’s pretty face froze, and her chest heaved with indignation. She stared hard at Lin Fan, struggling to keep the frustrated tears from spilling from her eyes.

“Bingbing, don’t be like this. We can’t act so recklessly…” Lin Fan sighed silently, a touch of pity in his eyes. Holding the towel with one hand, he reached out with the other to wipe the tears from her face.

“You bastard! I’ve waited for you for seven years! Do you have any idea how many seven-year periods a girl gets?” Xia Bingbing cried, hammering Lin Fan’s chest with her small fists.

“Even if you waited another seven years, in terms of seniority, I’d still be your uncle,” Lin Fan murmured gloomily, the corner of his mouth twitching.

“I don’t care! That’s between you two! Why should I have to call you my uncle?”

RIP!

Xia Bingbing yelled and suddenly grabbed the towel around Lin Fan’s waist, viciously yanking it off. “I can’t wait any longer! I’m going to become your woman today!”

Damn, when did this girl get so strong?

Lin Fan felt a sudden chill below his waist, and his face turned green again.

WHOOSH!

His figure flickered, and he instantly appeared beside the bed in the bedroom, wrapping a thin blanket tightly around himself.

“Xia Bingbing, you’re shameless!” Lin Fan growled, his expression dark with frustration.

“Hmph, you think you can escape? I had Mrs. Wu lock the door from the outside ages ago!” Xia Bingbing wiped away a tear and walked over in her fluffy white rabbit slippers, sitting triumphantly on the edge of the bed. “Ying Bufan, you have to submit to me today!”

“…That’s enough. Can you please stop messing around? My time is precious. I can only stay in the Imperial Capital for three days.”

“What? Three days and three nights?” Xia Bingbing’s beautiful eyes lit up, and her face instantly flushed red. “Well, can you handle that? As for me… I don’t mind…”

PFFT!

Lin Fan stared blankly for a second before he understood, nearly choking hard enough to spit up blood. “I’m here on serious business! Can you please stop letting your imagination run wild?”

He walked to the door and pressed his hand against the lock. An invisible surge of Qi Force flowed silently from his palm.

SNAP.

The lock’s bolt was forcibly broken, and Lin Fan pulled the door open.

“Get out. I need to get dressed,” Lin Fan said, his heart steeled as he pointed expressionlessly out the door.

“No! I won’t!” Xia Bingbing flopped onto the bed spread-eagled, shaking her head like a rattle drum.

“If you won’t leave, then I…” Lin Fan’s scalp tingled. He didn’t dare stay a moment longer. Wrapping the thin blanket around himself, he turned to leave, only to have his entire body freeze in shock.

Outside the door stood a dense crowd of Xia family members, all staring with their jaws about to hit the floor.

“Xia Bingbing, you did this on purpose, didn’t you?”

BANG!

Lin Fan slammed the door shut with a dark face, glaring at Xia Bingbing, who was giggling uncontrollably on the bed.

“Yes, I did it on purpose,” Xia Bingbing said, sitting up with a sly, triumphant glint in her eyes. “We’re a man and a woman, alone in a room together, and everyone outside saw. Whether you’re willing or not, our relationship can never be explained away now, hmph!”

“…Why are you doing this to yourself? As the distinguished young lady of the Xia family, you can have your pick of any talented young man in the Imperial Capital,” Lin Fan said after a moment of silence. He shook his head and pulled a chair over to sit down. “And I… I’m just a lonely ghost who’s lost everything. I’m not worthy of your attention.”

He spoke in a low voice, a flicker of sorrow in his eyes.

“Hmph, I don’t care if you were Ying Bufan before or Lin Fan now.” Xia Bingbing jumped off the bed, walked over to Lin Fan, and stared down at him. As their eyes met, the determination in hers melted into a deep, sweet tenderness. “If you didn’t have feelings for me, why would you have used the Qianqiu Airlines 3S-level Supreme Platinum Card I gave you?”

“I used that out of desperation. If you misunderstood, you can have the card back.” Lin Fan exhaled sharply, gritted his teeth, and stood up, tossing the blanket aside. Steeling himself, he ignored her completely and began to change into the new set of clothes on the bed.

“Ahhh! You pervert!” Xia Bingbing was stunned, apparently not expecting Lin Fan to be so bold. She stomped her foot and screamed, quickly covering her face with her hands. A moment later, however, she couldn’t resist peeking through her fingers, her heart pounding and her face blushing as she stealthily sized him up.

“AHEM. Lin Fan, there’s news from Zhang Ao. He says the person you’re looking for has been frequenting a place called the Extreme Speed Taekwondo Gym. We have the address.” Just then, a heavy cough sounded from outside the door, followed by Tie Hao’s deep voice.

“Extreme Speed Taekwondo Gym… Good. Thank Zhang Ao for me,” Lin Fan said from inside the room, his eyes glinting as he finished dressing.

He turned around and shook his head helplessly at the eagerly waiting Xia Bingbing. “You want to come along too, right? Go change. You can drive me there.”

“Mhm, mhm! Wait for me! You have to wait for me!” Xia Bingbing nodded excitedly like a chick pecking at grain, then scampered off in her slippers.

“Like hell I’ll wait, I’m not an idiot,” Lin Fan muttered with a bitter smile, not daring to delay. He immediately opened the door and urged Tie Hao, whose cheek couldn’t stop twitching, “Brother Tie! Please arrange a car for me. Let’s go now!”

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