Ch. 3: An Annoying Clown

After contemplating a little, Jiang Churan assumed that she disliked the situation because Chen Fan was bothering Xu Rongfei. She was still unaware of her rapidly changing feelings for Chen Fan, or in other words; she was still in denial.

Jiang Churan was about to stop Chen Fan, but Zhang Yumeng's voice took everyone's attention.

"Oh? Yang Chao is here! Come on! Let the party begin!"

After storing her cell phone in her handbag, Zhang Yumeng walked out in a hurry. The rest of the group decided to follow the blond-haired girl at a calmer pace.

When they were outside, Zhang Yumeng immediately headed to a red-haired boy wearing a black beanie, ear piercings, a red scarf, a white t-shirt under a brown leather jacket, and jeans who was leaning against a red racing car.

"Darling!" Zhang Yumeng shouted before hugging the boy and kissing his cheek. The red-haired boy hugged her back affectionately.

'So, this clown is Yang Chao,' Chen Fan thought.

When the rest of the group drew near, Yang Chao turned his head to them. However, he was surprised when his view landed on Chen Fan, who was too handsome; he immediately felt inferior and frustrated but didn't let it show on his face.

"Mengmeng, who's that guy?" Yang Chao asked his girlfriend in a low voice and then heard his girlfriend's reply.

"Oh, that's Chen Fan, the son of Ranran's mother's friend. It looks like Ranran's mom wants to match her with him."

After that, Yang Chao approached Chen Fan and leaned forward slightly, and offered his hand. "I'm Yang Chao. My family runs a five-star hotel. You dare to go after Miss Jiang, our campus belle, so you must have an extraordinary background, right?"

"Chen Fan." Chen Fan deadpanned at Yang Chao, but inwardly he was retorting strongly in exasperation…

'Why the hell did you tell me about your family's hotel? Do I look like I care about whether your hotel has five stars or five thousand stars?'

When looking at Chen Fan's deadpan, Yang Chao's face twitched. Then, Yang Chao started talking with malicious glints in his eyes. "You've got some nerves, huh? We'll see what happens with us since we're in the same school."

When the girls heard Yang Chao's poorly veiled threat, they had different reactions.

Zhang Yumeng acted as if nothing had occurred. Although she had a better impression of this Chen Fan than the original one in the original story, she was still Yang Chao's girlfriend, so she would take Yang Chao's side.

Meanwhile, Jiang Churan and Xu Rongfei looked worried. They had heard how a guy had offended Yang Chao in the past, and Yang Chao had the whole basketball team beat him up and break his leg. The guy had even dropped out of the school after that.

They turned their heads to Chen Fan, but they saw his easygoing smile as if he wasn't bothered by the threat.

'Is he smiling? Why is he smiling? What an idiot, he's oblivious of his doom!' Xu Rongfei criticized Chen Fan silently before entering Yang Chao's car.

And funny enough, despite calling Chen Fan oblivious, she was oblivious of her reddening cheeks. She had been affected by Chen Fan's smile.

On the other hand, Jiang Churan was concerned about Chen Fan. However, after seeing Xu Rongfei's reaction, she forgot about it for a moment and turned her face downwards to hide her tight expression. There was an unpleasant feeling in her chest from seeing Xu Rongfei's reaction.

"Ranran? What are you waiting for? Let's get in the car!"

Xu Rongfei's voice returned Jiang Churan to her senses. Jiang Churan immediately put on a normal expression as if nothing happened and then followed Xu Rongfei into the car.

Back to Chen Fan, he kept his easygoing smile after hearing Yang Chao's poorly hidden threat.

Inwardly, he was not amused.

In his anger, he planted a time bomb in Yang Chao's mind. It wouldn't blow Yang Chao's head off from the inside, but it would still do something that resulted in his suffering.

Unaware of the suffering that awaited him, Yang Chao turned around and talked to his friends. Then, he turned to Chen Fan and pretended to be surprised.

"Oops! We forgot Chen Fan! But our cars are full!"

Yang Chao's friends, or to be precise, leeches that suck up to him, start laughing in agreement and calling Chen Fan with cheap insults like bumpkin or something similar. However, Chen Fan didn't let it bother him.

Afterward, Yang Chao grabbed Chen Fan's shoulder but quickly withdrew his hand as if he'd just touched scalding hot water. The reason why Yang Chao quickly withdrew his hand was because of the horrible feeling he felt while holding Chen Fan's shoulder for a moment. It gave him chills that made his whole body extremely cold.

'What the fuck was that?' Yang Chao asked himself in confusion and fear.

It was the coldness of death!

Yang Chao just experienced Chen Fan's killing intent. It was only a fraction, but it was enough to scare him so much.

"Darling? What's the matter? Why do you look pale?"

Zhang Yumeng's voice returned Yang Chao to his senses.

Yang Chao gave his girlfriend a fake confident grin and shook his head dismissively.

At this moment, Xu Rongfei spoke up. "Chen Fan, come and sit next to me. We can make room."

After hearing Xu Rongfei's voice, Chen Fan turned around and headed to the car. Behind him, Yang Chao looked at his back.

'Was it his doing? But how?' Yang Chao wondered before shaking off the matter.

After that, Yang Chao joined the rest inside his car. The girls were in the backseat while Chen Fan settled on the seat beside the driver's seat, which was taken by Yang Chao. Then, they headed to their destination.

After experiencing Yang Chao's reckless driving, they arrived at the Royal Entertainment Karaoke. They get out of the car and enter the luxurious establishment. After entering, they are greeted by attractive female receptionists wearing pink cheongsam. Then, Yang Chao with Zhang Yumeng latching on him like a limpet approached a male staff member wearing a dark blue business suit, a white shirt, and a red tie.

"I want your biggest room!" Yang Chao ordered the male staff.

In return, the male staff bowed and said, "We're sorry, sir. However, the biggest room, the King's Hall, is unavailable. It is used to entertain distinguished guests. What about the Queen's Hall? It's of high grade as well, I assure you!"

"Alright, then. Lead the—" Yang Chao stopped suddenly when his friends started making a ruckus.

"Distinguished guests? Aren't we distinguished enough for you? Give us the King's Hall!"

"Do you want to disappoint our Brother Chao?!"

"Our Brother Chao is the king! Give us King's Hall!"

Yang Chao glared at them from over his shoulder while cursing them in his heart, 'Those damn troublemakers! Whatever hall it is, it's fine if it's big enough, right?'

"Darling?" Zhang Yumeng looked at Yang Chao.

When he saw Zhang Yumeng's hopeful expression, Yang Chao wanted to show off to keep his reputation with his girlfriend and friends. He turned to the staff and said, "Come on, do me a favor. My father runs a five-star hotel. I'll owe you one in the future."

"Well, I'm afraid I can't. I'm sorry, sir. How about the Queen's Hall? It is also very good!" The staff member apologized again and offered the Queen's Hall, but one of Yang Chao's friends, the one with bleached blond hair, approached the staff and bitch-slapped him until he was thrown to the floor.

Yang Chao and the rest of the group, except for Chen Fan, were surprised…and started panicking.

Chen Fan, meanwhile, raised his eyebrow. 'So, this world does follow the comic instead of the novel.'

The scene where the blond-haired friend of Yang Chao slapped the staff only occurred in the comic. On the other hand, the web novel progressed differently; the problem only started when the girlfriend of Yang Chao's friend was molested in the bathroom and her boyfriend attacked the molester, after which everything snowballed from there.

Regardless, Chen Fan watched everything progress silently. Then, he heard Jiang Churan's voice.

"Should we move to another place?"

Chen Fan turned to Jiang Churan and saw her worried look.

Zhang Yumeng suddenly hugged Jiang Churan's hand. She had returned to the group after getting away from her boyfriend and the staff who got hit by her boyfriend's friend. "Don't worry, Yang Chao's father has many connections. Even if we get into a problem, his father can bail us out," Zhang Yumeng tried to reassure her best friend.

"Well…" Jiang Churan looked unsure and glanced at Chen Fan.

"If you want to leave, then I have no problem," Chen Fan replied calmly.

Zhang Yumeng looked at Chen Fan with a glare. "Are you trying to take Ranran away before the party even begins?"

"Mengmeng!" Jiang Churan reprimanded her friend. She didn't know why but she wanted to defend Chen Fan.

Suddenly, Yang Chao spoke up. "You can leave if you want, but you need to let our sweet Miss Jiang decide by herself!"

Chen Fan turned his head to Yang Chao. Yang Chao flinched slightly when his eyes met Chen Fan's but quickly gathered his courage to look back.

'This annoying clown,' Chen Fan thought as he looked at Yang Chao in exasperation.