novelraw Chapter 474 : Long Time No See
Chapter 474 : Long Time No See
Chapter 474: Long Time No See
Chen Fan was not a man who was obsessed with women.
He didn't have the desire to fall in love with every beautiful woman he saw.
But he swore that he definitely had an impression of the beautiful woman in front of him.
He had at least seen her somewhere before.
He just couldn't remember exactly where at the moment.
The woman was standing less than 5 meters away from Chen Fan.
She looked to be about the same age as Chen Fan.
She was wearing a tight-fitting T-shirt on top and a pair of form-fitting jeans on the bottom.
The T-shirt was short, exposing her slender waist and little belly button.
Her skin had a healthy tan color, and her long hair was tied up in a high ponytail. She wore a white sun hat on her head.
Her figure was proportionate and graceful, full of power, like a beautiful little leopard.
The girl stood in place holding a gun with both hands, the muzzle pointed downward, her body slightly bent, preparing for shooting.
Beep!
As the timer started, flying discs began soaring into the air.
The beauty suddenly moved, her body full of explosive power, raising the gun and firing without needing any time to aim.
Bang bang bang...
Accompanied by a series of crisp sounds, the clay pigeons shattered in the air one after another.
The whole process was fluid and highly entertaining to watch.
All targets hit.
A burst of exclamations arose from the surrounding area, and some people even applauded.
However, the beauty maintained a calm expression, seeming indifferent to everything around her.
After verifying her gun, she turned and walked to the rest area to sit down and start drinking water.
"Boss?" Feng Pojun reminded softly.
"Want to try another round?"
Chen Fan shook his head, feeling a bit embarrassed.
Especially since a girl had just hit all the targets, while he had only hit half and was still feeling proud of himself.
"Let's stop for now, take a break."
Chen Fan turned back to the rest area, his gaze sweeping to the side.
The girl seemed to sense someone watching her and glanced up in this direction.
Their eyes met for an instant before quickly looking away.
Chen Fan suddenly became interested and beckoned to Feng Pojun, instructing him in a low voice.
"Go check the system and see what this woman's name is."
Feng Pojun understood and turned to leave.
Soon, Feng Pojun returned with a piece of paper.
Chen Fan took it and glanced at it.
"Tong Yao?"
"Just one name?"
Feng Pojun explained, "She's a Gold Card LV7 member. And this card in her possession isn't the original one, but one bought from someone else."
"When the staff updated the information in the system, they only registered one name."
Chen Fan fell into deep thought.
"Tong Yao... Tong Yao..."
"Damn!"
Chen Fan suddenly sat up straight, his eyes instantly brightening.
He remembered who this girl was.
In 2004, Yunhai's new leadership team took office, the old mayor retired, and a new mayor was directly appointed from above.
Tong Haoran.
This girl was the daughter of Yunhai's new mayor.
No wonder Chen Fan found her face familiar.
Because in his previous life, he had dealt with Mayor Tong many times and had seen Tong Yao several times at some public banquets.
Chen Fan secretly glanced at Tong Yao sitting not far away, his mind starting to work.
Of course, he wasn't interested in the girl herself.
He was interested in her father.
With memories from his previous life, he knew that Mayor Tong was a man who got things done. They had interacted many times and could be considered to have some connection.
Unfortunately, this mayor was too upright and unyielding, offending many political enemies in the official circles. He only served one term in Yunhai before being pushed out by his colleagues.
Moreover, because of his temperament, he was sabotaged by his political enemies in the year when he had the most hope for promotion, directly missing the best opportunity.
In official circles, it's all about timing and age limits.
One misstep leads to falling behind at every step.
Because of that sabotage, coupled with his age, Mayor Tong was later only laterally transferred to another city, where he served two more terms before reluctantly retiring.
If he could get to know Mayor Tong through Tong Yao and then help him overcome that difficult period...
Wouldn't that be considered an enormous favor for the other party?
And with the mayor's connection in Yunhai, wouldn't Chen Fan have gained a powerful backer?
In the future, when encountering the likes of the Zhao family or Li family, it wouldn't be much of an issue, at least not as troublesome to deal with as before.
The more Chen Fan thought about it, the more excited he became.
He had been wondering how to find good connections in Yunhai.
He never expected heaven to deliver a connection right to his doorstep.
But how could he establish a connection with Tong Yao?
Directly going up to greet her definitely wouldn't work.
Judging by this girl's attire and demeanor, she clearly belonged to the cold and unapproachable type.
If he were to rashly go up and greet her, she might think he was some kind of pervert or scoundrel.
Leaving a bad first impression would be terrible.
For a moment, Chen Fan felt like he was facing a mountain of gold with no way to get at it.
Next, they both went up to shoot two more rounds respectively.
It was evident that Tong Yao must have learned shooting and was very proficient at it.
She could basically hit all targets in every round of shooting.
As for Chen Fan, in the later rounds, because he had something on his mind, his performance was even worse than his first trial shot.
There was one time when he only hit 3 clay pigeons, causing Tong Yao to glance over, her eyes full of exasperation.
Chen Fan felt a bit sheepish, and as he was hesitating whether to go over and say hello,
The girl had already packed up her things and left.
Chen Fan wasn't too disappointed. Since he knew she was a member of this club, there would be plenty of opportunities to meet in the future.
For the next few days, Chen Fan went to the club every morning to exercise.
He would first spend an hour in the equipment hall, then go to the shooting range to practice.
He didn't like stationary targets, preferring to shoot moving clay pigeons.
During these few days, Tong Yao didn't appear once, but Chen Fan's shooting skills improved rapidly.
Even Old Feng was surprised, exclaiming that Chen Fan had talent.
Although Tong Yao hadn't shown up for several consecutive days, Chen Fan actually grew to enjoy the feeling of this sport.
Especially after exercising when he was drenched in sweat, then taking a shower, his whole body felt incredibly comfortable.
Chen Fan secretly decided to dedicate at least three days a week to exercising at the club in the future.
On this day, Chen Fan was sweating profusely as usual in the gym, then dragged his tired body with Feng Pojun to the shooting range.
As soon as they entered the hall, Chen Fan saw Tong Yao, who hadn't shown up for several days, from a distance.
As Chen Fan was hesitating whether to go over and say hello this time, he suddenly noticed another girl walking up to chat with Tong Yao.
She had come with a friend.
As he got closer, Chen Fan suddenly froze.
Because Tong Yao's friend was someone he was all too familiar with.
He never imagined that her friend would be someone he knew.
At this moment, the two girls had their backs to him and were chatting and giggling, completely unaware of Chen Fan nearby.
"Didn't you say you knew the owner of this club? How come you still need to pay to get in?"
Tong Yao, annoyed by her companion's incessant chatter, couldn't help but retort.
The girl immediately gritted her teeth in response.
"It's all my fault for being careless, I actually forgot to ask him for a membership card back then."
"Next time I see him, I must make him compensate me with a VIP card, at least..."
As she was saying this, the girl's gaze casually swept over in this direction.
She suddenly froze, rooted to the spot.
"Ah..."
"When... when did you get here?"
Chen Fan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Hi! Long time no see!"