novelraw Chapter 475 : A Married Man, Rejecting Flirtation
Chapter 475 : A Married Man, Rejecting Flirtation
Chapter 475: A Married Man, Rejecting Flirtation
"Hey, long time no see."
Chen Fan spoke with an odd expression on his face as he greeted her.
Across from him, Fang Ling was visibly stunned, her beautiful eyes widening instantly.
"Ah..."
The woman let out an excited scream and suddenly spread her arms, rushing towards Chen Fan.
Chen Fan was startled and quickly stepped back, skillfully avoiding the beauty's embrace.
Fang Ling stopped in her tracks, pouting and glaring at Chen Fan unhappily.
"What's the meaning of this? Can't old friends share a warm hug when they meet?"
Chen Fan coughed dryly: "Sorry, we're in public, men and women should keep their distance."
"Tch! After not seeing each other for so long, you're still so boring. I don't mind, but you're being all coy. You're more of a woman than a woman."
Chen Fan smiled and quickly changed the subject.
"What brings you here?"
"What? Am I not allowed to come?"
Fang Ling glared with her big eyes and snorted coldly.
"You're really not a good friend. The club reopens and you don't even call to let an old friend know. Looks like you don't consider me a friend at all."
Chen Fan sighed, realizing this girl had come with a temper.
"Well... I changed my phone recently and lost all my contacts."
Fang Ling stared at Chen Fan with a cold smile, "Keep going. I want to see how you continue to make this up."
She then reached out her hand, "Give me your phone, I want to see."
Chen Fan was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly.
"Alright. I apologize."
"It wasn't intentional to keep it from you. Actually, I didn't want to trouble anyone for the previous opening."
Fang Ling stared at Chen Fan for two seconds, then suddenly burst into laughter.
"Look at how nervous you are..."
"Fine. I forgive you."
Chen Fan promptly changed the subject.
"By the way, where have you been since graduation? It's been a long time since I've heard from you."
Fang Ling snorted again.
"Where else could I go? My family sent me abroad for further studies. I've been bored to death for this past year."
Chen Fan smiled and cupped his hands: "Congratulations, so you went to study abroad. I wish to have such an opportunity."
"Hypocrite. I can't see any sincerity of congratulations on your face."
Chen Fan: "Am I not sincere enough?"
"Not at all!"
Fang Ling stepped closer: "After not seeing each other for so long, you don't even care about how I've been living abroad? Whether the food is good, if I've adjusted to living there, if I've been bullied by foreigners. If I've missed you..."
"Ahem..."
Chen Fan coughed dryly and quickly waved his hands to stop her.
"Sorry. I'm a married man, please refrain from flirting."
Fang Ling pursed her lips, about to say something when Tong Yao, who had accompanied her, walked over.
"It's your turn to shoot."
Fang Ling immediately linked arms with her: "Yaoyao, let me introduce you to a friend."
"This is Tong Yao, my elementary school classmate and good friend, although she moved away later and just returned to Yunhai this year."
"This guy is Chen Fan, he's the owner of this club."
Tong Yao raised an eyebrow and looked Chen Fan over, seemingly surprised that the owner of such a large club was such a young man.
Of course, she remembered Chen Fan.
Just yesterday, this young man had come to the shooting range with a middle-aged man to practice.
As for his shooting skills, in Tong Yao's view, they could be summed up in two words.
Terrible.
Fang Ling, arm in arm with Tong Yao, grinned as she introduced them: "This guy went to the same school as me, he's like my junior. A particularly boring person."
"Boring?"
"Yes, boring, extremely old-fashioned and conservative, like a coy little woman."
Fang Ling deliberately glanced at Chen Fan, "You saw it just now, he wouldn't even dare to hug an old friend when we met."
Tong Yao nodded: "He does seem quite hypocritical."
Fang Ling immediately widened her eyes and whispered a reminder: "Isn't that... going too far?"
Tong Yao was bewildered: "Didn't you just call him hypocritical?"
"Did I say that?"
"You did, just 3 minutes ago."
"Ah? Then I take back that assessment. You're not allowed to say that about him either."
Tong Yao looked at her friend with a strange expression.
"Don't tell me you two..."
Fang Ling wasn't shy at all and admitted frankly.
"That's right. I liked him for a long time before and even pursued him. But he didn't give me the time of day."
Now Tong Yao's interest was piqued, her eyes full of curiosity.
She knew her good friend quite well.
Despite appearing outgoing and easygoing on the surface, she was actually quite proud and arrogant inside. If she looked down on someone, she wouldn't even bother to give them a second glance.
Fang Ling's personality was just like that, daring to love and hate, and when she liked someone, she would say it out loud.
So she didn't mind her friend's gossipy look at all, and instead said proudly.
"Although I haven't succeeded yet, sooner or later I'll make him my boyfriend."
"Ahem..."
Chen Fan couldn't bear to listen anymore and coughed dryly.
"Ladies, I'm still here."
Fang Ling glared at him: "So what if you're here? It's none of your business if I like you!"
Tong Yao stood by with a smile, corners of her mouth upturned, as if she had discovered something very interesting.
Chen Fan knew he couldn't out-argue Fang Ling, so he pretended not to hear and turned his gaze to Tong Yao.
He extended his hand.
"Hello. I'm Chen Fan."
Tong Yao looked at Chen Fan's outstretched hand, hesitated for a moment, then reached out her own.
Their palms touched lightly and quickly separated.
Chen Fan understood, she was also proud at heart.
Fang Ling teasingly said with a grin: "Just now, Tong Yao was saying that your club is barely passable, but the fees are too high, it's like deliberately ripping people off."
Tong Yao glared at Fang Ling but didn't defend herself.
Chen Fan wasn't angry at all, instead he smiled and explained.
"You get what you pay for. If you ladies want to experience shooting balloons at a roadside stall, it's cheaper, and I'll treat you."
Tong Yao glanced at Chen Fan imperceptibly, thinking this guy was quite interesting to talk to.
Fang Ling, on the other hand, seized every opportunity to banter with Chen Fan.
"Oh, so you're offering to treat us to a few-yuan game at a roadside stall. Why don't you offer us some membership cards for your club?"
Chen Fan smiled.
"It's all small stuff. I'll tell the staff later, from now on you two can play here for half price."
Fang Ling pouted.
"Just half price."
Chen Fan laughed helplessly: "Beautiful lady, I need to make a living too, you know."
"How about this, if you stop mentioning being my girlfriend in the future, I can give you a lifetime free pass."
Fang Ling glared at him angrily.
"Do you dislike me that much?"
Chen Fan shook his head and explained seriously.
"It's not that I dislike you. It's that I have a girlfriend, and I love her very much."
"Like I said before, I'm a married man, please refrain from flirting."
"Hmph!"
Fang Ling turned around angrily and walked away, going over to pick up a gun and start shooting at clay pigeons with a bang-bang-bang.
It seemed she was imagining all those clay pigeon targets as Chen Fan, but unfortunately her aim was poor, and after shooting for a long time, she didn't hit a single one.
Finally, she stomped back angrily and slammed the gun on the table.
"I'm done. This isn't fun at all."
Tong Yao watched this scene with interest, glancing at Chen Fan beside her.
"You've upset her."
Chen Fan shrugged.
"It's fine, she'll get used to it after being upset a few times."