It's a common phenomenon for a beauty to have pursuers. Plus, with the guy's gentle nature, there were a lot of people pursuing her, so it was inevitable for the beauty to put on some airs.

"How could this be possible, I still have classes to attend, I..."

Before Zhang Guanguan could finish her sentence, Zhu Bufan immediately turned around, patted the desk beside him, and said to the girl in that seat: "Babe, are you free? Let me treat you to a meal."

That's just how casual he was!

Zhang Guanguan hadn't outright rejected him, and this guy turned around and moved on to someone else. What a piece of work, leaving Zhang Guanguan in extreme awkwardness. If people didn't know better, they'd think she had been the one rejected. Zhang Guanguan felt furious inside, but what could she do at this point?

Next time Zhu Bufan asked her out, she'd either accept on the spot or reject him outright.

The girl in this seat, in terms of looks, wouldn't be considered a top beauty, but she was definitely pleasant to look at. Although she had a couple of suitors, they were just low-level "fanboys", and today, finally a Prince Charming was pursuing her, so she immediately felt like the happiest person in the world.

"Sure, I'm free today anyway, let's go out together," the girl accepted Zhu Bufan's invitation without any hesitation. Even skipping class that was about to start.

"Great, then let's go," said Zhu Bufan, and he reached out his arm towards the girl.

"Dinglingling..." Right as Zhu Bufan had just grabbed the girl's wrist, an abrupt ring from his phone in his pocket made him hurriedly retract his hand to answer the call.

"Hello, good day..."

"Uncle Zhu? It's Xiaoyan here." A childish voice came through from the other end of the call. Wasn't this kid always calling me 'Daddy'? All of a sudden she changed her tune, which was a bit hard to get used to.

Zhu Bufan promptly replied, "Xiaoyan, do you need something? I'm still in class; how about I come to play with you after class, okay?"

Zhu Bufan's response was a complete brush-off. Xiaoyan was just too much of a hassle to deal with. He would rather not get entangled with her at all, remembering the ordeal from this morning left Zhu Bufan with a headache.

"Uncle Zhu, my mom said she was too rude to you just now and asked me to apologize to you on her behalf. Uncle, I'm sorry," Zhu Bufan didn't know why, but Xiaoyan's apology sounded extraordinarily sincere to him.

"Er, heh heh..." Zhu Bufan gave a dry laugh and quickly said, "It's okay, it's fine. I didn't take that little thing to heart. I'll come over and play with you when I have time."

At this moment, Zhu Bufan's mind was finally a bit more at ease. Although it was not Su Bingshan personally apologizing, for Xiaoyan, such a young girl, to call him surely meant that it was orchestrated by Su Bingshan herself.

Xiao Yan continued, "That's right, Uncle Zhu, my mom said you should come over for dinner at our place after class. She'll cook a few dishes for you herself, as a way to apologize."

"Brat, if you blabber again, I'll smack your mouth!" Su Bingshan's angry and embarrassed voice came from the phone clearly indicating that this was not something she had suggested, but rather something Xiao Yan had improvised on her own.

"Hehe, Mom, you told me to say so. Uncle Zhu is a good man; he won't go around spreading it everywhere. He'll keep it a secret for us!"

"Scram, you little brat! Just blabber away, I don't care about you, hmph, I'm off to cook now."

Surprisingly, Su Bingshan didn't snatch the phone away; instead, she just let Xiao Yan, this little chatterbox, continue blathering on. A wave of gossip surged in Zhu Bufan's heart. Could it be that Su Bingshan really... had some feelings for him? Otherwise, she wouldn't let Xiao Yan spout nonsense on the phone like that.

Children's words are without malice, that's understandable, but what Xiao Yan said was in front of her adult mother, without a denial, wasn't that tacit approval?

In the end, Xiao Yan was making such a fuss that Zhu Bufan had no choice but to agree to go to Su Bingshan's place right away to help "cook". Toward this little chatterbox Xiao Yan, Zhu Bufan's admiration wasn't just plain respect anymore, it bordered on worship.

This little girl was already thinking about matchmaking her mom and me at such a young age? That's really something. Just because I'm strong, she approves? In the world of children, it's all about being strong. Strength is always their favorite, including Zhu Bufan himself, who also liked strong people when he was little.

When Zhu Bufan was very young, he didn't live with Zhu Dayou, but was taken in by Widow Zhao. Later, once Widow Zhao formed a relationship with Zhu Dayou, knowing that he had considerable skills, she had Zhu Bufan recognize Zhu Dayou as a master and then as a godfather.

Later on, they all became one big family. When Zhu Bufan first recognized Zhu Dayou as his godfather, it was because of Zhu Dayou's strength. In his early years, Zhu Bufan was often bullied by other kids because he didn't have a father. Widow Zhao, despite being protective, was still a woman after all. She couldn't give Zhu Bufan a sense of safety.

It was not until Zhu Bufan realized how strong Zhu Dayou was, that things... just turned out that way.

Zhu Bufan was preoccupied with the thought of Su Bingshan's illness; he had no time to dine with an affectionate girl. He had just gotten her, and immediately he let go of her arm, apologizing, "Sorry, miss Xiao Yue, I've got something urgent. Let's reschedule for another day..."

Zhu Bufan cut himself mid-sentence when he noticed Xiao Yue's complexion turning exceptionally ugly. He immediately realized he had gone too far, which was obviously tantamount to teasing her.

After a moment's hesitation, Zhu Bufan pulled out two hundred-yuan notes from his pocket and handed them to Zhang Guanguan, specifically instructing, "Guanguan, I have something urgent. Could you entertain Xiao Yue for me? I'll be back soon, you two go ahead, goodbye!"

With that, he didn't wait for Zhang Guanguan to respond and dashed out of the classroom. He left behind two stupefied beauties, standing there, not knowing what to do. You leave us, two girls who aren't that close, to go dine together—what a scheme you've hatched, you rascal.

Indeed, Zhang Guanguan did take Miss Xiao Yue to eat. Let's put their story aside for now. Back to Zhu Bufan, he sprinted all the way and quickly arrived at Su Bingshan's office door. But there was no need for him to knock, as Xiao Yan was eagerly waiting at the door for Zhu Bufan to show up.

Seeing Zhu Bufan's arrival, the little girl immediately ran towards him, flapping her small mouth while shouting loudly, "Daddy, you finally came! Save me, Mom is going to beat me up!"

Geez, not to mention your mom wanting to smack you, even I feel like smacking you right now, you gossiping brat. 'Daddy' isn't a term you can just throw around! With so many people listening, how is your mom supposed to show her face later?

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