Chapter 163 : The Embarrassing Plight of Wen Wan
Chapter 163: The Embarrassing Plight of Wen Wan
Facing Ding Dian's ridicule, Chen Fan did not get angry.
Instead, he said seriously: "Success depends on the person, you have to try it to know if it works or not."
Ding Dian shook her head.
"Anyway, I don't think it will work out."
"What's your budget?"
Chen Fan thought for a moment, then gritted his teeth.
"300,000 yuan."
"300,000 yuan?"
Ding Dian laughed.
"That money is probably not enough to hire even one person."
Chen Fan explained: "I didn't say I would sign everyone on the list for endorsement. Besides, I don't need so many celebrities to endorse for this small place."
"I'm just casting a wide net to try. If even one of them agrees, then I've made a profit."
Ding Dian shook her head in amusement.
"Alright. Just dreaming of the good things in life."
Chen Fan glared at her, pretending to be angry.
"Stop mocking me for being impatient."
"Okay, okay, no more jokes. Let's talk business."
Ding Dian explained with a smile: "Actually, I do know a friend who might be able to help."
"He's an old classmate from when I was studying abroad. He's crazy about Sun Yanzi and just went to Taiwan to attend her concert."
"If you're determined, I can ask him if he can help."
"But let me say upfront, I'll just make the connection. Whether it succeeds or not, you'll have to discuss with him yourself."
Chen Fan nodded, "No problem."
"Is your classmate male or female?"
"Male."
Chen Fan immediately showed a gossipy expression.
"Could he be your ex-boyfriend?"
Ding Dian immediately showed a dangerous smile.
"You guessed right, he did pursue me back then abroad, but I never agreed."
"Why not?"
"We didn't have chemistry."
"This thing needs chemistry?"
"You don't understand."
"Okay, you know best."
Seeing that Ding Dian was about to get angry, Chen Fan hurriedly ran off.
"Hurry up and call to ask, and let me know his contact information later."
Before leaving, he also found Feng Pojun, who was currently training more than a dozen newly recruited young men through military drills.
If you didn't know better, you'd think this was some kind of military base.
But since the club hasn't opened yet, everyone had nothing much to do, so Chen Fan just let Feng Pojun do his thing.
After telling Feng Pojun about getting the advertisement billboards, Chen Fan left the construction site.
In the afternoon in the dorm, Ma Xiaoshuai excitedly told Chen Fan that he had chosen a great course for them.
"This course is in very high demand. If we weren't lucky, we wouldn't have been able to get in."
Chen Fan casually asked: "What course is it?"
"Appreciation of Classic Foreign Films and TV Shows."
Chen Fan was speechless, what's so good about that?
But Ma Xiaoshuai just gave him a disdainful look.
You don't understand anything. Do you think I signed up just to watch movies?
It's because of the professor teaching this course, rumor has it she's an extremely gorgeous beauty.
Not just an ordinary beauty, but one with classical elegance and charm.
Last semester, many upperclassmen went to great lengths just to get into her class.
"Class officially starts next week. I'll take you to see the beauty then."
Chen Fan had zero interest.
"Come on, even if she's beautiful, to become a professor she must be at least thirty or forty, right?"
"And if she's married and had kids, no matter how well she takes care of herself, how beautiful can she really be?"
Ma Xiaoshuai looked at him disdainfully.
"You don't understand anything. Beauty transcends age, you know?"
"There's a kind of beauty called classical beauty. Elegance, elegance, do you understand?"
"Yeah, you should say that to your Linlin next time."
"Oh shut up, old man."
Chen Fan didn't go anywhere that afternoon, just hanging out and chatting with the brothers in Qingshui.
In the evening, he went to the cafeteria with Ma Xiaoshuai and Han Xu for dinner.
Ma Xiaoshuai suggested going to check out the place where Chen Fan was renting, but Chen Fan flatly refused.
Ma Xiaoshuai then mischievously guessed that this guy must be hiding a beauty.
Chen Fan just smiled without explaining.
Which made Ma Xiaoshuai even more annoyed.
After leaving the cafeteria, Chen Fan parted ways with the two and headed straight for the school gate.
He timed his departure because normally Wen Wan would be back around this time.
After waiting around ten to fifteen minutes at the school gate, sure enough, he saw a taxi stop at the entrance.
Then he saw Wen Wan open the door, about to get out.
Chen Fan hurried over and pushed the driver aside.
"Let me, let me."
Wen Wan was a bit surprised, not expecting Chen Fan to be here.
She had deliberately not informed Chen Fan.
"Didn't you say to call when you're back?"
Chen Fan said as he helped her out of the car, then took the crutch from the trunk.
He also paid the taxi driver.
"Here, use this first."
Chen Fan gave the crutch to Wen Wan, then went to push his bicycle over.
Seeing this, Wen Wan hesitated for a moment but didn't refuse.
Sitting on the back of the bicycle, Wen Wan gingerly held onto a corner of Chen Fan's clothes with one hand, trying her best not to have any physical contact.
When going upstairs back home, Wen Wan insisted Chen Fan not carry her, stubbornly hopping up to the third floor on her own with the crutch.
After entering and taking off his shoes, Chen Fan said, "In the future, just call me in advance. I'll ride over on my bike to pick you up. Otherwise, it's troublesome for you to use the crutch to come back alone, it would take at least an hour."
Wen Wan blushed and didn't speak.
Chen Fan continued, "Have you eaten?"
Wen Wan finally opened her mouth: "There's instant noodles in the fridge, I'll just eat that."
Chen Fan sighed.
"These days I've seen you just eating instant noodles when you get back, that won't do."
"Even if it's delicious, you can't just eat instant noodles all the time."
"Here's what we'll do, you wait here. I'll see if there's any vegetables left in the fridge and cook something for you."
Before Wen Wan could refuse, Chen Fan had already gone into the kitchen.
He swiftly stir-fried two dishes and a soup. Coming out of the kitchen with chopsticks, he smiled and explained:
"The vegetables in the fridge had gone bad. I just made something simple with what was still edible and threw out the rest."
"I'll go buy some fresh ones tomorrow."
Wen Wan sat on the opposite sofa, looking at the food on the coffee table.
Facing Chen Fan's hospitality, she wanted to refuse but through the past two days of interaction, she realized Chen Fan wasn't someone with ill intentions towards her.
So Wen Wan chose to accept his kindness.
"Thank you."
She then took out an envelope from her pocket.
"This money is for the registration fee, cast, and medicine from the hospital today."
"Also, how much is the crutch? Let me pay you back."
Instead of politely waving it off, Chen Fan took the envelope.
"I'll accept this money, but the crutch is my gift to you."
"Eat it while it's hot."
Seeing that Wen Wan seemed a bit ill at ease sitting here, Chen Fan considerately stood up.
"Take your time eating, I'll go back to the study."
"Oh, and just leave the bowls and chopsticks there when you're done, I'll wash them later."
After Chen Fan went into the room, Wen Wan looked at the rice bowl in front of her. She hesitated for a moment before picking it up and taking a bite.
Her eyes immediately turned red.
During this period, in order to pay for her mother's medical treatment, her savings were depleted and she had spent her entire salary.
Her life had been very strained, to the point where she had no choice but to rent out her house.
To save money for her mother's treatment, Wen Wan had been eating only instant noodles.
It had been a long time since she last had a hot meal.
...
In the study, Chen Fan received a call from Ding Dian.
"Did you get in contact with him?"
"Then give me his number?"
"What? He doesn't have a phone number?"
Chen Fan was speechless.
"Sister, how am I supposed to contact him if he doesn't have a phone number?"
Ding Dian's voice came through the phone.
"He has a QQ number, add him as a friend. You two can chat about the rest."
After hanging up, Chen Fan entered the QQ number Ding Dian gave and searched for it. It popped up.
"Wandering Wolf."
Interesting name, Chen Fan smiled and clicked on the profile picture, immediately freezing.
Isn't this Ding Dian's photo?
This guy actually used Ding Dian's photo as his profile picture.
Heh, it seems these two really do have a secret.