?69: Chapter 065: Reconciliation 69: Chapter 065: Reconciliation Hearing the soothing, elegant voice laced with a hint of coquetry from the phone,

    Ye Fan couldn’t help but exclaim “Ah!” in surprise; he hadn’t expected Tantai Wanrong to call him again.

    He thought their connection had ended after that day’s misunderstanding.

    So, he hurriedly walked toward the stairwell at the end of the corridor, cheerfully saying, “Haha, it’s Auntie Wanrong.

    Sorry, I didn’t look at the caller ID just now.

    No hard feelings, no hard feelings.

    Haha…”

    Tantai Wanrong on the other end of the line huffed and rolled her enticing eyes, clearly unconvinced.

    “Why haven’t you called these past few days to explain?” she asked accusingly.

    “Are you really feeling guilty?”

    Since calming down last Saturday, she had believed that Ye Fan had bumped into her unintentionally.

    She had been waiting for Ye Fan to call and explain, but he never did and even deleted her number from his phone; it was infuriating—she was the one at a disadvantage, and yet, paradoxically, she was the one who had to appease him.

    Ye Fan laughed joyfully, “Does that mean you believe it wasn’t intentional?

    That’s great, thank you, Wan… sister.”

    “Don’t call me sister, you must call me aunt!” Tantai Wanrong deliberately put on a senior’s air, “You little slicker!”

    “Really?

    Isn’t ‘sister’ much better?

    It suits your young and beautiful unbeatable image,” Ye Fan said.

    Tantai Wanrong giggled slightly, scoffing, “Nice try!

    It has to be ‘aunt,’ no negotiating!”

    “Alright then,” Ye Fan droned.

    Tantai Wanrong laughed heartily, “That’s more like it.”

    Listening to her triumphant laughter, an image of a noble and graceful Tantai Wanrong trembling with laughter surfaced in Ye Fan’s mind.

    After laughing for a bit, Tantai Wanrong said, “Ye Fan, do you really have a girlfriend?

    Answer me seriously.”

    “No,” Ye Fan immediately replied.

    Tantai Wanrong said with a smile, “Hehe, that’s good.

    Didn’t aunt promise to introduce you to a beautiful, gentle girlfriend?

    I’ve already found an extraordinary girl.”

    After the previous incident where Ye Fan had accidentally entered the bathroom, and once she realized that day had been a misunderstanding, she was more determined to introduce a girlfriend to Ye Fan to avoid awkwardness between them.

    “No!

    No!” Ye Fan exclaimed in dismay, “Let’s not talk about introducing girlfriends; I can find one myself.”

    He was incredibly embarrassed; he had thought the introduction was just a casual suggestion, but Tantai Wanrong took it to heart.

    “Why?

    Feeling shy?

    Come on, you were quite thick-skinned just now,” Tantai Wanrong laughed.

    “Hehe, thank you for your care and love, Aunt Wanrong,” Ye Fan said awkwardly, trying to smooth things over, “Actually, I do have a girlfriend.

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    “Really?

    Where is your girlfriend?” Tantai Wanrong asked skeptically.

    “In Hua Hai city,” Ye Fan replied.

    “Giggles…” Tantai Wanrong laughed coyly, her voice tinged with teasing charm, “You little slicker, you’re always dishonest.

    You’ve been in Hua Hai city for less than a month; how could you already have a girlfriend?”

    Previously, because Ye Fan had given her a fake phone number, when she looked up Ye Fan’s number, she naturally checked his “profile” too and knew that Ye Fan had only recently started working in Hua Hai city after his military service.

    Of course, from that “profile,” she couldn’t see that Ye Fan was already married.

    After all, marrying Li Zhaojun was a big deal, and Ye Fan had used his real ID for the marriage.

    “What, can’t my charm and skill in winning girls over do the trick?” Ye Fan argued.

    Tantai Wanrong laughed, “Alright.

    Auntie knows you’re shy.”

    Then, she spoke in an undeniable tone, “But that girl is really nice, I have spoken to her already, you cannot let Auntie down.

    Friday night, let’s have dinner and meet.”

    “I can’t do Friday night.

    I’ve already made plans to go to KTV with colleagues, and I’m the host,” Ye Fan said, trying to get out of it.

    “Then how about tomorrow night?” Tantai Wanrong suggested.

    “Do I really have to go?” Ye Fan asked gloomily.

    “You must go.

    Otherwise, you don’t acknowledge me as your aunt,” Tantai Wanrong responded.

    “Then I’ll acknowledge you as my sister instead,” Ye Fan cheekily replied.

    “Go on, if you keep calling me sister, I’ll really get angry,” Tantai Wanrong warned.

    “Alright then.

    But I want it clear beforehand that if I don’t think it’s suitable, I have the right to refuse,” Ye Fan conceded.

    “Haha, I know what you’re trying to pull,” Tantai Wanrong confidently said, “But that girl is really outstanding.

    Once you meet her, you’ll probably be begging to date her.”

    She continued, “By the way, for the blind date with the girl, you should pay attention to your dress; you can’t be as casual as usual.”

    “Spending a few hundred bucks on a new outfit for a blind date that might not even work out doesn’t seem worthwhile,” Ye Fan muttered under his breath.

    This blind date was meant to fail; he really wasn’t interested in spending time shopping for clothes.

    “Clothes once bought can be worn again, can’t they?

    You must dress decently and not disgrace your aunt,” Tantai Wanrong insisted immediately.

    “Got it,” Ye Fan replied wearily.

    Tantai Wanrong chuckled, “That’s more like it.

    Alright, your aunt is busy with work, I won’t chat anymore.

    Goodbye.”

    “Goodbye.”

    After ending the call, Ye Fan had a smile on his face.

    Even though he was depressed about being forced into a blind date, he was happy to reconcile with Tantai Wanrong.

    …

    …

    In the Hua Hai office, Wang Siyan handed a document to Li Zhaojun, then said, “The hidden major stockholder of Changhua Risk Investment Fund is the influential businesswoman Qiao Feixuan, and behind Qiao Feixuan is the Ye family, the political giant.”

    “The Ye family?” Li Zhaojun murmured, slightly lost in thought.

    The next moment, she snapped back to reality and told Wang Siyan, “You go attend to your work.”

    Wang Siyan obeyed and left the office.

    As Li Zhaojun looked over the research material on Changhua Investment Fund, she pondered aloud, “Could it be that he knew of my predicament and asked his mother to help me?

    Or did his mother inadvertently find out about my situation and decided to help?

    Or did the management of Changhua Investment Fund learn about Emali Group’s situation and think it profitable to invest?”

    She thought for a while and, considering Ye Fan’s typically lazy and unreliable demeanor, which never involved caring about her, leaned more towards the second and third speculations.

    However, considering how respectfully the representative of Changhua Investment Fund had treated her during their meeting, readily agreeing to her requests, she strongly presumed the second possibility.

    “No matter how, the Ye family has supported me from behind, helping me through this difficulty,” Li Zhaojun mused somewhat dreamily, “Grandfather, is this the reason you insisted I marry Ye Fan?”