Chapter 65: I Am Not a Pervert

The driver was taken away by the police. Ye Fan and Zhang Tielan managed to salvage their luggage and the wooden box from the water, and were then escorted by the police to Huaqiangbei, where they checked into a hotel.

Along the way, they received a strict lecture advising them never to hail unlicensed cabs again.

Ye Fan was utterly depressed and swore that once he made some money, buying a car would be his top priority!

All three of them were completely soaked. Upon reaching the hotel, they quickly booked two rooms—one for Li Yaoyao and Zhang Tielan, and another for Ye Fan.

Ye Fan escorted Li Yaoyao and Zhang Tielan to their room. Seeing that all three of them were dripping wet, Ye Fan said, "Let's all take a hot shower first, then wrap ourselves up in the blankets so we don't catch a cold!"

With that, he secretly winked at Li Yaoyao, picked up the wooden box, and headed back to his own room.

Seeing Ye Fan close his door, Zhang Tielan said, "Yaoyao, you should shower first!"

Li Yaoyao quickly shook her head. "Sister Xiaolan, you go first! You still have an injury on your head. Once you're done, I'll re-bandage it for you before I wash up!"

After some polite demurral, Zhang Tielan realized she couldn't out-insist Li Yaoyao, so she had no choice but to go first.

As soon as she saw Zhang Tielan step into the bathroom, Li Yaoyao stealthily slipped out of the room and knocked on Ye Fan's door.

"You're here!"

Ye Fan pulled Li Yaoyao into the room and whispered, "All our luggage is soaked, and you girls don't have a change of clothes. I'll go back and grab a few sets for you. Just wait here while I pass them through!"

"Ah? Do you have any there?"

"Yes!" Ye Fan nodded and said, "Worst case scenario, you can wear mine first!"

Li Yaoyao's face flushed slightly, and she urged, "Then you'd better hurry! Sister Xiaolan will be done with her shower soon!"

"Just tell her I went out to buy clothes!"

Stripping down to his underwear, Ye Fan muttered "Wait for me" and jumped straight into the box.

Emerging in the Chunjiang Yueming villa, Ye Fan hastily threw on a pair of shorts and dashed out the door.

Chen Shuting had gone back to her parents' house, and since there was no one else in the villa, he could have streaked naked and nobody would have noticed.

He went straight to Chen Shuting's bedroom, pulled open the wardrobe, and began searching.

Li Yaoyao was rather slender, so he picked out a long-sleeved sweatshirt and a pair of jeans. Zhang Tielan, on the other hand, was taller, and Chen Shuting's pants probably wouldn't fit her, so he grabbed a long dress and an outer jacket instead. These clothes were just for temporary use; once their own outfits dried, they could return them.

Just as he was about to leave, his eyes caught sight of the lingerie inside the wardrobe. His heart skipped a beat. Should he grab a couple of pieces too?

Chen Shuting's underwear was all quite alluring, and Li Yaoyao would definitely look stunning in them... As Ye Fan pondered this, he reached out to make his selection. At that exact moment, the door flew open!

"???"

With a piece of lingerie still gripped in his hand, Ye Fan looked up to find Chen Shuting staring at him in furious disbelief!

"Weren't you out making money? What are you doing in my room?!"

Chen Shuting was on the verge of losing her mind. To think that a grown man like her tenant would sneak into her bedroom to steal clothes while she was away!

And underwear, no less!

"You perverted bastard!"

Chen Shuting lunged forward, claws out, aiming straight for Ye Fan's face!

"Director Chen, wait, don't!"

Ye Fan scrambled to block her, crying out in pain, "Didn't you go back to the Chen family? How did you get back?"

"Why wouldn't I be able to come back?!"

Chen Shuting roared in rage.

She had foolishly thought Ye Fan was a man of high moral character—she had even tried to seduce him before, and he had remained as steady as a mountain. Never in her wildest dreams had she expected him to be a pervert!

"Director Chen, please calm down!"

Ye Fan forced a bitter smile. Glancing at the bloody scratch marks on his arm, he thought to himself that he was completely doomed now—he couldn't use the box for transmission if he had open wounds!

If he couldn't get back to Li Yaoyao's side, how was he going to make two hundred million?

It seemed he had no choice but to reveal the secret of the box. Besides, he had originally planned to find someone trustworthy to guard the box on this side anyway.

With that thought, Ye Fan dropped the clothes, pointed toward his own room, and said, "Director Chen, come with me. I'll tell you a secret!"

Looking utterly guarded, Chen Shuting demanded, "What secret can't be told right here?"

"Fine, whatever..." Ye Fan scratched his head. "I have a box—the very one you saw last time—that connects to another parallel world!"

Hearing this, Chen Shuting looked at him with sheer suspicion. "Ye Fan, are you under too much stress? Have you lost your mind?"

"Agh! No, I haven't!" Ye Fan slapped his forehead in exasperation.

Headache!

"This might sound a bit unbelievable, but it's the absolute truth. If you don't believe me, just come and see for yourself!"

With that, Ye Fan walked back into his room, while Chen Shuting, half-doubtful and half-curious, stood cautiously at the threshold.

"Watch this!"

Ye Fan grabbed a piece of sheet paper and wrote: "Yaoyao, give me an electronic watch!"

Having finished writing, he tossed the note into the box.

Li Yaoyao's mobile phone had gotten water-damaged, and since he didn't have a spare phone on hand, he had to revert to communicating via notes.

Not long after, an electronic watch and a fresh piece of paper appeared inside the box.

"Look!"

Ye Fan picked up the watch and handed it to Chen Shuting.

Still skeptical, Chen Shuting asked, "Does this box really connect to another world?"

"It really does!" Ye Fan said anxiously. "To make a long story short, I've been going to that world to make money these past few days. Today, I accidentally fell into the water, so I came back to grab a few changes of clothes!"

"Then why were you taking my clothes? Are you a woman over there?"

"They're for a friend on the other side..."

After a long and frantic explanation, Chen Shuting finally agreed to let him take her clothes across—though she drew a hard line at her underwear.

Ye Fan didn't dare to push his luck further. He left a note for Li Yaoyao and closed the box.

...

"Huh? Where is Mr. Ye?"

Back in the other room, Zhang Tielan finished her shower and, noticing Li Yaoyao was missing, wandered into the adjacent room just in time to catch Li Yaoyao staring blankly at a pile of clothes.

"Whose clothes are these? They're so pretty!"

Attracted by the garments in Li Yaoyao's arms, Zhang Tielan walked over happily and picked one up to examine.

Li Yaoyao placed the remaining clothes on the bed, her expression a mix of sullenness and discontent. "Ye Fan was picked up by his family members. When they came, they brought him a few sets of clothes."

"Oh!" Sensing Li Yaoyao's heartache, Zhang Tielan apologetically put the clothes back down and asked, "Does Mr. Ye come from a very powerful family? Did the police contact his relatives?"

"More or less..." Li Yaoyao replied dejectedly, her mind replaying the final note Ye Fan had left her.

"These clothes belong to Director Chen; she's back from her parents' home. I have to stay busy over here for a while, so stay in the hotel and don't go anywhere."

The moment Chen Shuting returned, Ye Fan had rushed to accompany her. Li Yaoyao couldn't shake the stinging sensation of being abandoned.

"Yaoyao, what's wrong? Go take a shower before you catch a cold."

"Ah? Oh, right!"

Lost in a whirl of anxiety and disappointment, Li Yaoyao drifted into the bathroom.

Meanwhile, back in the villa, Ye Fan meticulously explained the whole mystery of the box to Chen Shuting. Having calmed down and grasped the situation, Chen Shuting no longer held any ill will toward him.

"So, you're planning to transport goods from this side and trade them for antiques over there?"

"Exactly!" Ye Fan nodded. "It's just a pity that the box is limited in size."

"Actually, it's not that small." Chen Shuting's pretty eyes flashed as she suddenly asked, "Why must it be antiques?"

"Antiques are valuable!" Ye Fan stated matter-of-factly. "If I pick up a lost treasure and bring it back, I can make two hundred million right on the spot!"

As he spoke, he pulled out his phone. "I've already checked the records. This very month, an auction house in Hong Kong will feature a blue-and-white porcelain vase. Historically, it sold for two million, but nowadays, it can fetch at least two hundred million!"

"And this one too..."

Ye Fan pulled up several other artifacts. As long as he successfully secured just one, he would make enough money to last a lifetime!

Chen Shuting thought for a moment, then smiled. "Ye Fan, why obsess over buying antiques? Actually, the simplest and most foolproof method is to buy gold!"