Supreme Hidden Dragon in the City-Chapter 454: Pawn

An Lan didn’t expect Chen Fan to actually agree, and a trace of disbelief appeared in her large eyes. She guessed it must be the medicine Wang Zhi gave that made Chen Fan unable to endure any longer, so she nodded shyly and left the room.

Chen Fan quickly closed the door and locked it.

Standing outside, An Lan had a puzzled look, "Why did this guy lock the door?"

But she wasn’t worried. Now that she was the only woman here, she was sure Chen Fan would come to her once he couldn’t withstand the effects of the medicine.

She waited in front of the door, both excited and nervous, imagining what might happen later.

In her view, this was not the first time for her and Chen Fan; it was just that Chen Fan refused to admit it.

This time was different from the last, without the influence of Illusion Technique. Once they were in too deep, no matter how much Chen Fan argued, he would have to admit the fact.

"Oh no, we don’t have protection. What if something happens later?" An Lan started to worry about other issues.

After a long wait, An Lan grew impatient outside the door, and Chen Fan still had not come out.

"Did this guy suffocate inside?" An Lan frowned, feeling she couldn’t wait any longer, and went to knock on the door.

Just then, the door opened from the inside, Chen Fan came out calm and collected.

Seeing this, An Lan quickly said, "Why did it take you so long to open the door? I was almost worried to death. Let’s go inside and get down to business."

Chen Fan looked at her and asked, "What business?"

An Lan said, "Of course, that matter. You’re just playing dumb, which is really annoying."

Chen Fan said indifferently, "Madam, there are many meaningful things in life. Why must you indulge in such lowly pleasures? With this time, we could read more books, do more good deeds, and make our lives more meaningful."

An Lan was dumbfounded, "You... what happened to you? You sound like a monk?"

Chen Fan replied seriously, "I deeply regret the mistakes I’ve made in the past. Now that I’ve repented and turned over a new leaf, I’ve decided to start a new life. I hope you can do the same and spend your time and energy on meaningful matters."

An Lan quickly felt Chen Fan’s forehead, which was surprisingly cool, and urgently asked, "Don’t you feel uncomfortable?"

Chen Fan said, "Of course not. On the contrary, I feel very good now. I do feel some guilt inside, but that won’t stop me from becoming a bright, optimistic, and upward-looking person in the future."

An Lan was stunned. Judging by Chen Fan’s appearance, the effects of the medicine seemed to have completely dissipated.

"The old man said not even an Immortal could counteract his medicine, and there was only you in the room. How on earth did you do it?" An Lan asked, frustrated and angry.

Chen Fan didn’t answer her question. "I’m going to practice in the yard."

Afterward, he started walking towards the yard.

An Lan was somewhat unable to accept it. Logically, this guy should have pounced on her the moment the door opened. How did he suddenly become so detached?

To figure out what exactly Chen Fan did in the room, she quickly walked inside, but after looking around, she saw nothing amiss.

In the end, her eyes fell on the trash bin by the bed. She walked over and saw the used tissues inside. She instantly understood what had happened.

Grinding her teeth and stomping her feet, she was furious.

"Chen Fan, are you even a man! With a living person like me here, you chose to do this instead. You definitely have some problem!"

An Lan’s shouting was loud, but Chen Fan in the courtyard pretended not to hear and continued to practice his punches.

An Lan stormed out, glaring at Chen Fan for a long time before she finally turned around with a look of reproach and went back to her room.

Only then, Chen Fan breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself, "I finally escaped a disaster..."

Two days later, Wang Zhi came again to treat Chen Fan and asked with a teasing tone how he and An Lan had been getting along these past days.

Chen Fan simply said they got along well, telling him not to worry.

Wang Zhi looked puzzled, saying this wasn’t the outcome he had expected. After getting together, both should be in a state of pain, complexity, and entanglement. Chen Fan’s demeanor as if nothing had happened was very unsatisfying to him.

He asked if An Lan had really been conquered.

Although An Lan was reluctant to cooperate with Chen Fan, to prevent the old geezer from making more unreasonable demands, she had to say against her will that she had been conquered.

Wang Zhi clicked his tongue in wonder, suddenly feeling that Chen Fan was not such a good person after all. Having been intimate yet remaining so composed proved he was a hypocrite.

Of course, Chen Fan was not going to argue with the old geezer. Apart from the treatment, he didn’t want to have any interaction with him.

As time passed, Chen Fan’s body continued to recover steadily.

Soon, his inner strength had restored to half of what it was before. As long as he didn’t encounter any powerful Divine Realm masters, ordinary people couldn’t trouble him.

Since the Heavenly Creation Pearl did not contain any Spiritual Medicine or treasures that could nourish the spiritual soul, and the black-robed man’s palm strike had the effect of shattering the spiritual soul, he was still unable to use his Divine Sense for the time being.

This afternoon,

Chen Fan was practicing in his room to recover, while An Lan was thinking about how she and Chen Fan had been staying at Wang Yao’s home for so long. Wang Yao’s parents had never complained, and she felt she should really thank them properly.

So she walked towards Wang Yao’s parents’ room.

Just as she reached the door, she heard Wang Yao’s father, Wang Dequan, sighing inside, "Could you not be so irritable, please? It wouldn’t be nice if others heard us."

"They have been living in our house for nearly two months. I won’t say anything about eating, as it’s just two more pairs of chopsticks, but the money Chen Fan initially used for the hospital visit and later for buying medicine was all covered by our family. Recently, Chen Fan has been undergoing Matched Hua Tuo’s treatment, and the cost isn’t low. An Lan has already borrowed money from me several times, and there has been no hint of her intending to repay it. You know our family’s situation. Now that Yaoyao is about to start school again, we will soon need to pay her tuition. If this continues, we might not be able to afford Yaoyao’s tuition at all," Liu Fang, Wang Yao’s mother, said anxiously.

Hearing this conversation, An Lan’s smile immediately froze on her face, and she stood still at the doorway.

Because the appearance of the man in black was so sudden when he took her away, she hadn’t brought any money with her, and she didn’t even know where her phone was lost during the fall into the valley. Her bank cards were all left in the hotel.

Chen Fan was initially burned clean of everything except for two beads and a small sword. In her view, he certainly had no money either.

So during this time living at Wang Yao’s home, she had always been borrowing money from Liu Fang.

Due to past spending habits, she felt that the money she borrowed from Liu Fang wasn’t too much, and the Liu family probably wasn’t in a hurry to use it.

Originally, she planned to wait until Chen Fan was fully recovered and then pay back all the money she had borrowed, plus some extra, as a reward for the Liu family’s long-term care for her and Chen Fan.

But she hadn’t expected that borrowing money from Liu Fang would cause them such great trouble.

A feeling of self-reproach and guilt immediately filled her heart, making her deeply regret borrowing money from Liu Fang so frequently.

At the same time, she began to reflect; although her past living conditions were good, not everyone had the same resources as she did. The money she borrowed might have been negligible to her, but to the Liu family, it could possibly be all their savings.

She pinched herself hard, feeling that not considering the situation from the Liu family’s perspective was a mistake. The current troubles of the Liu family were all caused by her own actions.

The voice of Wang Defa rose again, "I know you’re anxious, but Chen Fan has just recovered his life, and the two of them are in a difficult spot. I really can’t ask them to repay the money at this time."

Liu Fang followed with a sigh, and then the room fell silent.

An Lan felt a complex mix of emotions as she listened to this sigh, and then she seemed to make a decision. She turned and walked back to her and Chen Fan’s room.

She came to the bedside, searched for a while, and found a beautifully delicate watch.

This was a Hermès wristwatch. When she bought it, it was worth over eighty thousand. To someone of her status, it wasn’t expensive. But she bought the watch with the prize money she won after designing her first fashion set and winning an international award. It had great significance to her, so even though she could afford to buy much more expensive watches to reflect her status over the years, she always wore this one.

She planned to sell this watch to repay the money owed to Liu Fang’s family.

She carefully packed away the watch and then said to Chen Fan, "I’m going out for a bit."

Chen Fan looked at her, puzzled, and asked, "What for?"

An Lan didn’t respond to him and hurried out of the house.

After a short while, An Lan arrived at the busiest part of the county.

Here was a Qianda Mall, which was the commercial center of Jade River County.

An Lan entered the mall and after wandering around for a while, she found a pawnshop in a corner.

She approached the counter and saw a middle-aged man with a mole on his corner of the mouth dozing off in a reclining chair.

"Hello, I want to sell something," An Lan said.

The middle-aged man opened his eyes, glanced at An Lan, and seeing that a beautiful woman had come in, he immediately perked up, walked over with a smile, and asked, "Beauty, what do you want to sell?"

An Lan handed over her watch, "I want to sell this watch. How much can you offer for it?"

The middle-aged man took the watch, examined it closely, and smiled, "Ah, a Hermès watch, huh? The craftsmanship suggests it’s genuine. This watch retails for over eighty thousand, but there are scratches on it. If you want to sell it, I can only offer you fifty thousand."

An Lan thought for a moment, feeling that fifty thousand was already quite a lot, so she nodded and said, "Fifty thousand it is then. Please give me the money quickly."

The middle-aged man saw how eager An Lan was and with a calculating look, asked, "Did you bring the receipt?"

An Lan replied, "I bought this watch several years ago. The receipt is long gone, as long as the watch is authentic, that should suffice. What do you need the receipt for?"

The middle-aged man laughed, "Beauty, if there’s no receipt, I can only offer you thirty thousand for the watch at most. Who knows where you got this watch from?"

An Lan frowned, "What are you implying? Do I look like someone who would steal others’ belongings?"

The middle-aged man said with a smile, "Don’t get upset, beauty. In this day and age, you never know about people. I have to be cautious, but if you think my offer is too low, I can consult my boss to see, given there’s no receipt, how much he is willing to offer."

An Lan said with a cold face, "Then go consult."

The middle-aged man turned and went into a room inside. He took out his mobile phone and dialed a number.

"Mr. Qin, there’s a great piece that just came in. She looks like she really needs the money, seems like an easy target. You might want to come take a look?"