Opening a store

After coming back from his shock, An Wei quickly said, "Father, what do you mean? You're saying that I was wrong for getting beaten up by that piece of trash?"

Of course An Wei hid what he had done before Lin Fan beaten him up because he knew that it wouldn't help him if his father knew.

But An Xian's face twisted again as he said, "You still don't know what you did wrong? You think I don't know about what you tried to do with that girl?"

An Wei trembled when he heard this.

An Xian saw this and gave a sigh before saying, "Forget about taking revenge for what happened. That person has an organization that even I can't mess with behind him and they are adamant on protecting him."

An Wei couldn't accept it when he heard this as he said, "But father, I was the one that was beaten up! How can you let it end just like this!"

An Xian's face filled with anger again as he looked at An Wei and began raising his hand, but before his hand could fall, his wife had grabbed him to stop him.

An Xian looked at his wife and after a long pause, he gave a sigh and said to An Wei, "You're no longer my successor."

Then without even waiting for An Wei to respond, he turned and walked out of the room. All that was left behind him was An Wei and his mother sitting beside him with shocked looks on their faces.

An Wei was the only son of An Xian, but An Xian had actually removed him from his successor position. This told him just how serious the matter was this time.

He couldn't help wondering, just who was Lin Fan?

At the same time, he couldn't help feeling a bit of regret.

Seeing the look on his face, his mother patted his hand and said, "Xiao Wei, don't worry about it. Your dad is just being emotional and he's saying things that he doesn't mean. I'll have a talk with him later, so you just rest up for now."

An Wei gave a nod when he heard this as a bit of hope appeared in his eyes.

At the same time, his heart was still filled with ideas of taking revenge on Lin Fan.

This humiliation that Lin Fan had caused him would definitely be paid back.

…

Lin Fan went back to the inn after leaving the Mercenary Guild and he went into the room that he got for Yue Lan.

After all, it would be too crowded if Yue Lan were to stay in the room that he and Xiao Yue had stayed in, so he got an extra room for her.

Xiao Yue had been in the room with Yue Lan, comforting her over what had just happened.

When Lin Fan came into the room, both of them were surprised, but then they looked at him with expectant looks that also had a bit of worry in it. They still didn't know if this matter had been taken care of, but for Lin Fan to come back this quickly, it meant that it was either good or bad.

He either hadn't found a solution and they would need to leave this place or he had found a way to deal with this.

So they just waited for him to speak first to see which one it was.

Lin Fan saw this and could guess what they were thinking, but he didn't say anything right away. Instead he kept them in suspense for a bit before finally saying, "It's taken care of. The Mercenary Guild said that they already contacted the An Family to settle this matter."

When the two girls heard this, they both let out sighs of relief.

As people native to this world, they naturally knew what kind of influence the Mercenary Guild had and if the Mercenary Guild was handling this matter, there shouldn't be anything to worry about.

After taking a moment to let their emotions recover once all the stress disappeared, Yue Lan looked at Lin Fan with a guilty look before saying, "I have something that I have to tell you."

Lin Fan just shook his head with a smile and said, "I knew since the beginning, you weren't fooling anyone."

Yue Lan revealed a look of complete shock when she heard this. Then after a moment of hesitation, she asked, "Then why did you do all of that?"

Lin Fan looked right into her eyes and said, "I feel for your beauty and I decided at that moment that you were my woman, so I didn't care and let you think you were using me. After all, that at least gave me a chance to talk to you, didn't it?"

When Yue Lan heard this, her face turned completely red.

[Yue Lan's heart has been melted by your words. Affection has increased by 20.]

[Target for taming has been detected. Does the host wish to tame Yue Lan?]

Lin Fan silently said "yes" in his mind.

There was the same light that appeared around Yue Lan before it disappeared and then her information appeared in his system interface, but it wasn't time for that now.

Yue Lan then said, "Well, since you've already bought me, I belong to you now."

There really wasn't a need to say this, but she felt that she should say it just to affirm it.

Lin Fan didn't say anything in response before patting her on the head.

[Yue Lan's heart has been melted by your action. Affection has increased by 10.]

Lin Fan was surprised that a simple head pat would do this, but still, affection was affection.

After taking another minute to calm her heart, Yue Lan asked, "What are you planning on doing now?"

Lin Fan awkwardly explained how he wanted a harem. He felt that it was important to be upfront with the girls that he brought in after Xiao Yue since it wouldn't take much for them to find out about the others. Especially since he traveled around with them.

Yue Lan wasn't surprised by this at all since she had already seen how Xiao Yue followed Lin Fan around and already knew that she was the second girl. Since this was already a fact, there was no need for her to go against it.

Not to mention that she needed to depend on Lin Fan after everything that had happened.

At the very least, she knew that Lin Fan would be good to her, so she wasn't worried.

So Yue Lan said, "Not that, I meant what are your plans for the future."

Lin Fan just gave a shrug and said, "I don't really have any plans for the future."

Yue Lan knitted her brows and asked, "What about money? Don't you need to make more money?"

Xiao Yue also focused on Lin Fan's response when she heard this. After all, they had spent most of their money paying off Yue Lan's debt.

She didn't feel like there was a need to give them this money after everything that had happened, but she couldn't stop Lin Fan since he was determined to do so.

Lin Fan realized that he hadn't told them about what happened at the Mercenary Guild, so he quickly gave them a summary before taking out some of the gold as proof.

Xiao Yue revealed a joyful look when she heard about this, but Yue Lan's reaction was different. She revealed a thoughtful look as she just stood there silently thinking for a bit.

After a while, she said, "Since you have all this money, there really is no need for you to put yourself in danger by going out to do more missions for a while…But since you have all this money, have you ever thought about opening a store?"

Lin Fan was surprised as he said, "A store? Why would I open a store?"

Yue Lan replied, "Well, it's not like your money will last forever and with this amount of money, you should be able to buy a decent store that you can earn quite a bit of money from."

Lin Fan gave a nod in response to this since it seemed reasonable.

Yue Lan then said, "As you know, I'm the daughter of a merchant. Even though my father's business failed, I still have experience from when he ran that business, so I can help you run the store."

Lin Fan could tell that she wasn't suggesting this just because it was a good idea, but also because of her personal feelings as well. He could tell that she really wanted to open this store.

Of course, her idea was right since even if he had all this money, it wouldn't last forever because both him and Xiao Yue were cultivators. This money was barely enough to get them any cultivation resources at all, so they would need money in the future.

Even if they had the Daoist Seed helping with their cultivation, they still needed resources if they wanted to become stronger.

So opening this store was a pretty good idea.

There was also the fact that Yue Lan was the perfect person to open this store.

Yue Lan was his woman now and while he was content on letting her lie around, he knew that she wouldn't want that. Plus he had taken a peek at her stats and saw that she wasn't suited for cultivation, but her skills were very suited for business.

Mental Calculation, Business Insight, and Bargaining, those were all skills that she had and they were all at least at level 8.

With these skills, there was no doubt that she would make a very good merchant.

So Lin Fan gave a nod in the end, agreeing to Yue Lan's request to open a store.