230: Chapter 230: Where is Your Family?
230: Chapter 230: Where is Your Family?
Shift gears?
How did his hand end up on her thigh, Lan Kexin’s face blushed as she looked at Ning Fan.
“You’re touching me?!”
Lan Kexin exclaimed like a startled little rabbit.
Realizing she was a traditional girl, Ning Fan quickly gave an awkward smile and explained, “Uh…
hehe, you’ve misunderstood.
I just saw a damn mosquito creeping on your thigh, so I smacked it!”
Ning Fan said it with a righteous face, without a hint of blush or skip of a heartbeat.
Lan Kexin: “…”
“Buckle up, let the old driver show you what real driving skills are!”
Ning Fan’s gaze hardened, and his aura changed drastically, as if he was driving not a sedan, but a race car!
The car under them seemed to sense Ning Fan’s mood and even started buzzing.
“Stop playing, you’ll ruin the engine!”
Lan Kexin looked at Ning Fan with eyes on the verge of tears.
This was not a race car, and they were not going to a racetrack for a race.
“Alright, alright, I’ll stop teasing.
Shall we go straight to your place?
You guide the way!”
Ning Fan shrugged his shoulders, started the car, and drove towards the exit of the underground parking lot.
“First, let’s go to the supermarket, help me buy groceries.”
Lan Kexin tilted her head, speaking with a hint of delight.
Tonight, she wanted to personally cook dinner for Ning Fan.
Lan Kexin didn’t invite Ning Fan to eat at a restaurant outside but at her home, and she planned to cook herself.
“So, you haven’t bought the ingredients yet…”
“Buying them now, fresh!”
Sensing a flicker of astonishment on Ning Fan’s face, Lan Kexin puffed her cheeks like a young girl and offered a slight explanation.
“Hahaha, your way of inviting someone to dinner is pretty unique, not even the groceries are prepared…”
Ning Fan chuckled awkwardly.
Lan Kexin cooking for him was an honor indeed, but was there any guarantee on the cooking skills?
“Cooking yourself seems like too much trouble, why don’t we eat out instead?”
Ning Fan looked at Lan Kexin with apparent concern, as if he sympathized with her and feared that she might tire herself out.
However, Lan Kexin looked back at him skeptically, shaking her head, “Eating outside is not clean, and I’m quite confident in my cooking skills.
What, don’t you believe me?”
To tell the truth, Ning Fan was indeed a bit worried.
Not every pretty girl had great culinary skills, and if he ended up with some sort of culinary disaster, he might as well kiss his life goodbye at the dinner table.
But seeing Lan Kexin’s confident face, and her claims about how unhealthy and wasteful outside food was, Ning Fan was somewhat taken aback.
“Eating out is such a waste of money, spending so much and still not getting full, plus it’s not as delicious as what you make yourself…”
Lan Kexin’s thrifty nature was as if she was the little wife of a household, but this behavior did not make Ning Fan uncomfortable; instead, it warmed his heart.
The HR Manager of Xu Corporation, just by the title, was someone who seemed high and mighty, but this corporate beauty was a low-key and introspective presence, not a bit arrogant and nothing like some gold-diggers.
Ning Fan didn’t think Lan Kexin was being petty; on the contrary, he believed that whoever married such a virtuous woman was truly blessed with good karma from several past lives.
Not only was Lan Kexin beautiful and a highly paid corporate elite, but she was also humble and kind to everyone, especially with her virtuous nature, it made Ning Fan start daydreaming about how wonderful it would be if his future wife were like her!
“Whoever marries you would be lucky for eight lifetimes!” Ning Fan couldn’t help but praise.
Lan Kexin’s snow-white face flushed with a shade of pink, she responded with a shy voice, “It’s not as exaggerated as you say!”
Her shy demeanor, coupled with the subconscious act of hitting Ning Fan’s arm, was like a cute little wife acting coquettish.
Ning Fan couldn’t help but compare her to Xu Ruolan.
In comparison, the differences between the two women were striking: one was a workaholic with an icy demeanor, deeming even a few extra words in conversation a luxury.
But Lan Kexin was different.
If you married her, she would be the epitome of a good wife.
Having such a partner as a man is truly heartwarming.
“Since it’s a beauty’s kind gesture, as a gentleman, I naturally can’t turn it down.
Let’s go now!”
Now, Ning Fan was not only no longer worried that whatever Lan Kexin might make could be “dark cuisine,” but he actually began to look forward to it.
Lan Kexin wanted to show off her skills; Ning Fan, respectful if enigmatic, was particularly excited in his heart.
Driving out of the underground parking lot, Ning Fan followed Lan Kexin’s directions, cruising down the main road.
Ning Fan hummed a tune Lan Kexin had never heard before, while she cautiously observed him from the corner of her eye, hesitant to speak.
“Um, Ning Fan…”
At last, Lan Kexin mustered her courage, her cheeks blushing slightly as she softly called Ning Fan’s name.
“Hmm?”
“Are you alone?”
“What?”
Ning Fan did not understand and turned to look at Lan Kexin in confusion.
Lan Kexin bit her enticingly full lips, took a deep breath, and explained, “I mean, are you alone in Zhonghai?”
“Uh…” Ning Fan scratched his head, “I guess so!”
He lived with Xu Ruolan and Xu Xiaoqing, a fact he naturally couldn’t share with Lan Kexin, so he told a little fib.
“Just you alone, without a girlfriend to take care of you?”
“Heh, I wish.
Unfortunately, I haven’t met someone like you yet!”
On Lan Kexin’s end, upon hearing Ning Fan’s response, a nearly imperceptible flicker of joy passed through her eyes.
Ning Fan was alone, which meant he did not have a girlfriend!
After confirming this, Lan Kexin felt a wave of excitement, her face growing even redder.
“What did you do before?” Lan Kexin asked.
This felt like a census investigation…
Ning Fan smiled wryly to himself, but still answered, “Not to hide it from you, I used to be a doctor.”
“A doctor?”
Lan Kexin looked incredulous, sizing up Ning Fan, who seemed to have nothing in common with the profession of a doctor.
“You were a doctor before, so why not stick with that instead of running over to our Xu Corporation to be a security guard, and you also seem to be…
with President Xu…”
Remembering the people from the class reunion who addressed Ning Fan as “Ninth Master,” Lan Kexin felt that this man was shrouded in mystery.
Being a former doctor and now a security guard at Xu Corporation, he seemed to be on good terms with their president.
Lan Kexin grew increasingly curious about Ning Fan.
Ning Fan was full of secrets, and the more curious Lan Kexin became about him, the deeper she fell…
“So, your family, they aren’t in Zhonghai?”
After asking this question, Lan Kexin immediately regretted it.
Ning Fan’s expression suddenly stiffened.
His face, which had been radiant with a smile, instantly became reserved, and he didn’t answer her, instead looking out the window.
The word “family” was unfamiliar to Ning Fan.
Ning Fan didn’t know if he had one; it might exist only within his lost memories, but for now, it was a very distant concept.
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