Chapter 80

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Protagonist:

Lin Xiyu

"Don't misunderstand, I wasn't following you."

Wang Fan explained hurriedly: "Qu Peng told me. He and his father went to the Night Market last night to eat mutton skewers, saw you there, and saw you were busy, so they didn't feel right coming over to say hello."

Lin Xiyu was startled: "He was at the barbecue stall too?"

"The one across the street..."

Wang Fan sold out his childhood friend without any guilt: "He saw you get into a conflict with a drunkard."

"If I'd known his father was there, we wouldn't have been afraid."

Lin Xiyu silently counted herself lucky; fortunately, Uncle had pulled her away, otherwise she wouldn't have beaten that person up in public.

Otherwise, with Grandma's constant reminders to act delicate and win sympathy, her "little white flower" persona wouldn't hold up.

"Even if Qu Peng's father is a police officer, it doesn't help; he doesn't have jurisdiction over that area."

Wang Fan, unaware of what she was thinking, deliberately showed off: "If you want to sell clothes at the Night Market, tell me. I'll find you a suitable spot, guaranteeing a great location where no one dares to cause trouble."

"You?"

Lin Xiyu looked doubtful: "Can you do it?"

"Study Committee Member, you're really underestimating me."

Wang Fan felt a bit stung: "No matter what, I grew up in the Old City District; this small matter is nothing..."

"If you can really pull it off, I'll have my female cousin thank you."

A good thing delivered to her door shouldn't be wasted; she might as well let him try. Anyway, thanking him was just a matter of flapping her lips for her female cousin—easy as pie.

Lin Xiyu thought about it and stopped declining, readily agreeing.

"Is your female cousin pretty?"

Wang Fan's next words made her feel a surge of anger again.

"What do you mean? Are you saying you won't help if my female cousin isn't pretty?"

"No, no, that's not what I mean?"

Wang Fan thick-skinnedly defended himself: "I just thought that since the Study Committee Member is so pretty, your sister probably isn't bad either, and I genuinely wanted to compliment you both."

"Smooth talker!"

Lin Xiyu didn't want to waste more words on him; she went around the motorcycle and walked toward Count Zixiang.

"Hey, hey, where are you going?"

Wang Fan didn't care about his motorcycle anymore and trotted after her.

"I'm going to the Supply and Marketing Cooperative. Why are you following me?"

Lin Xiyu gave him a disdainful white eye and put some distance between them.

"We haven't decided where to meet tonight?"

Wang Fan found an excuse: "What time are you setting up your stall? Give me a definite answer."

"I can't say exactly what time."

Lin Xiyu saw he was talking about business and couldn't chase him away again: "We have to go to my female cousin's classmate's house to change a batch of goods first. Probably around eight o'clock before we can get to Quancheng Road."

"Eight o'clock..."

Wang Fan deliberately pretended to think, wanting to drag it out a bit longer and talk to her more.

"Forget it if it doesn't work."

Lin Xiyu couldn't stand him putting on airs and gave him another white eye in annoyance: "We're still setting up at the same place as yesterday."

"Fine, definitely fine."

Wang Fan dropped the act and patted his chest to guarantee: "Study Committee Member, rest assured, I'll definitely handle this properly for you. It's settled: eight o'clock tonight, we meet at the doorway of Xinhua Bookstore..."

Lin Xiyu was stunned for a moment: "You can't set up a stall at the doorway of Xinhua Bookstore."

"I know..."

Wang Fan raised his eyebrows smugly: "Isn't there a sporting goods shop next to the bookstore? It's run by a buddy of mine. It's our own turf; we can do whatever we want. If you think it's okay, I'll call him and give him a heads-up..."

"You still need to trouble someone else?"

Lin Xiyu hesitated a bit.

"It's no trouble."

Wang Fan smugly showed off: "Just a word..."