"Uh! Wild girl?" Lu Fan felt a pang of embarrassment. There really was a wild girl. But it was better not to let others know about this.
"You two are practicing so early! Let me see how you're doing?" Lu Fan changed the subject and said.
"Hmph! You must be biased towards Ruyan and giving her special treatment! Ruyan is much better than me now!" As soon as Shen Xinyi heard about practice, she pouted angrily. She had been practicing for over ten years, and now she wasn't as good as Liu Ruyan, who had only been practicing for a few days. It was truly infuriating.
"Heh heh! Ruyan is naturally intelligent!" Lu Fan chuckled.
Liu Ruyan's cultivation talent even made him envious. She had a naturally extreme yin constitution. Who could compare?
"Tch! Your Ruyan!? Ruyan's status and position are not something you can hope for. You should give up on that idea as soon as possible!" Shen Xinyi said with a curl of her lip.
"Xinyi!" Liu Ruyan quickly called out from the side. She didn't want Lu Fan to know about this. In her opinion, she was already Lu Fan's person. She had decided to dedicate her life to Lu Fan, no matter the obstacles.
"Xinyi! You're going to be transferred to the town soon!" Shen Xinyi said helplessly from the side. Liu Ruyan was her best friend, and she knew what a family meant! One person's stubbornness could harm more than just herself.
"Even if I'm transferred to the capital, I still have the right to choose!" Liu Ruyan said stubbornly.
It wasn't that Liu Ruyan was truly stubborn. In the past few days, Liu Ruyan could feel the changes in her body. She knew that even ordinary strong individuals in her family were no match for her now. She didn't want her future to be controlled by her family.
"Sigh... Alright! I guess I said too much!" Seeing how stubborn Liu Ruyan was, Shen Xinyi turned and walked into the room helplessly.
"Ruyan! When... when are you leaving?" Lu Fan asked after taking a deep breath.
"I'm not leaving. I'm just being transferred to the town to be the town mayor! It's just that there might be a lot of things to do in the future. I won't have as much time to come back to take care of this home and the villagers. But my heart will stay here," Liu Ruyan said, her eyes slightly reddening.
Lu Fan's heart immediately warmed. Liu Ruyan already considered herself part of the Lu family. How could he let Liu Ruyan suffer any grievance?
Swish... Lu Fan took out the Flowing Cloud Treasure Sword. "Ruyan! Keep this sword by your side."
"Xiao Fan..." Liu Ruyan threw herself into Lu Fan's arms.
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Provincial Capital. Bai family's hotel opened for business. Lu Fan and Bai Xuemei arrived in the provincial capital together.
The Yixiangge chain store opened five branches in the provincial capital. Old Master Bai specially hired several retired traditional Chinese medicine doctors to preside over the medicinal cuisine hall.
However, before the hotel even opened, the medicinal cuisines prepared by the old doctors using various methods could not achieve the same effects as Lu Fan's. This made Old Master Bai admire Lu Fan's skills and his own foresight. He felt he had indeed found a treasure.
As expected of a renowned prominent family in the provincial capital, the Bai family made a grand affair of the hotel's opening. Celebrities from all walks of life in the provincial capital came to congratulate them. Bai Xuemei, as the general manager of the hotel, was busy with a whirlwind of activities, from welcoming guests to giving speeches at the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Lu Fan, on the other hand, sat by Old Master Bai's side, drinking tea and chatting with the two elders, Yang Xiu and Yang Qian. This made many people wonder. With Old Master Bai's status, it was difficult for many to even strike up a conversation. Yet this young man, dressed so impeccably, was receiving such treatment. Who was this fellow?
Bang... A loud sound came from a nearby table.
Lu Fan turned his head and saw Lin Xiaohu staring at him with an angry expression. He slammed a stool hard onto the ground. Sitting beside him was a white-haired old man. The old man had a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, and his eyes darted around at Yang Xiu and Yang Qian, who were by Old Master Bai's side. Beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. He could clearly see that either of these two elders was much stronger than him.
"Holy crap! Do you have a grudge against me? Why are you looking at me like that?" Lu Fan snorted coldly. This trip to the provincial capital was not for Old Master Bai's birthday. Bai Xuemei's status had been restored, and he had fewer concerns. Damn it! If you act tough with me, believe it or not, I'll beat you into a pulp!
"Kid! I do have a grudge against you! Remember this, I, Lin Xiaohu, will never let you off!" Lin Xiaohu pointed at Lu Fan and roared. He also had a super expert beside him, who was no less inferior to the two elders by Old Master Bai's side. Haha! He felt incredibly proud.
Of course, he didn't notice that the expert beside him was already sweating at the temples and wished he could crush him with his own hands: Damn it! You bastard, even though you asked me to protect you from death, you can't court death yourself! You're going to implicate me!
Last time, at Old Master Bai's birthday, Lin Xiaohu lost face, which had been bothering him ever since. Now, with the Bai family's hotel opening and Bai Xuemei suddenly becoming the head of the Bai family, managing five large hotels, his son's marriage prospects were completely dashed. Thinking about it made him furious.
However, Lin Xiaohu didn't know that his son had repeatedly hired experts to eliminate Lu Fan, but these experts had all disappeared. If he knew, even with an expert by his side, he wouldn't dare to be so arrogant.
"Hmph! You won't let me off? I think that's a sentence I should be saying." A fierce glint flashed in Lu Fan's eyes. The Lin family had caused him trouble many times, and he had long wanted to settle the score with them. It was just that Lin Quan was too cunning, and he always managed to escape. Hmph! Today, he would settle the score with his father first.
"Lu Fan! Today is a grand day for our hotel's opening," Old Master Bai said faintly just as Lu Fan was about to stand up and teach Lin Xiaohu a lesson.
"Don't worry! Nothing will happen!" Lu Fan's lips twitched. It was indeed not suitable for fighting on the hotel's opening day. However, he had many other methods besides fighting. Hmph! He didn't believe he couldn't deal with him!
Whoosh... A barely discernible white light flew towards Lin Xiaohu. Then Lu Fan sat down again.
Huh! Lin Xiaohu suddenly felt a mosquito bite on his left chest. It stung for a moment and then felt nothing.
Lin Xiaohu paid no attention to it. Seeing that Lu Fan had only stood up and then sat down, he thought the kid was scared and became even more arrogant.
"Kid! Anyone who dares to offend my Lin family cannot live for long! It's a miracle that you've lived this long. However, I dare say you won't live for three days!" Lin Xiaohu glared at Lu Fan and said.
"Hmph! I don't like talking to someone who is about to die!" Lu Fan merely glanced at Lin Xiaotian and said coldly.
"Hmph! I'm about to die? I'll live a long life! As long as I don't want to, even Yama wouldn't dare to take me!" Lin Xiaohu roared angrily.
His roar immediately attracted many people's attention. Just now, many people were watching the guests speak on stage, and few had noticed the tense situation here. But with this roar, almost everyone looked over.
"Holy crap! This is going to be a fight!"
"Damn it! That's Lin Xiaohu from the Lin family! What is he shouting about?"
"Is it going to be a fight again?"
The people around them started to discuss.
"Ah...!" Suddenly, Lin Xiaohu let out a miserable cry. He reached out and clutched his chest, his face instantly turning pale! His body crashed onto the table in front of him with a thud.
The thin old man beside him suddenly stood up and supported Lin Xiaohu. However, upon seeing Lin Xiaohu's face, he also panicked!