Seeing Lin Fan hang up the phone, Yun Qingyao shot him a scumbag look from the side, because just now Lin Fan had hidden from Loli the fact that they were opening a hotel room.

"You’re so dishonest. You men really can’t be trusted." Yun Qingyao shook her head and came to a conclusion.

Lin Fan said, "You’re overthinking it. I just don’t want her to overthink. There’s nothing between you and me, you’re the one who begged me to come get a room."

Yun Qingyao snorted. "If I get the chance in the future, I’m definitely going to tell your girlfriend to her face that you lied to her tonight. But that’s on the premise that you can walk out of Southern Yunnan alive this time. I’m telling you, my clansmen are nothing like me. They won’t be softhearted. Giving me that billion is still your best way out. I’m being nice here."

Lin Fan said, "No need. But you did get one thing right. Lily just told me those two of yours committed suicide."

Yun Qingyao sneered. "I knew it."

Lin Fan chuckled. "Your people are dead and you don’t seem sad at all. You’re clearly not as kind as you claim to be."

Yun Qingyao said, "First of all, they’re not my people. Second, I have zero emotional attachment to them. Like you told me, they almost beat Ye Tianyu to death and nearly hurt your girlfriend too. If I’d been there, I would’ve crippled them myself."

From Lin Fan’s observation, this really was what Yun Qingyao thought in her heart.

After chatting with Yun Qingyao tonight, Lin Fan’s impression of her had changed a little. At least throughout the whole Ye Tianyu incident, she really hadn’t killed anyone. But he still wouldn’t forgive Yun Qingyao for kidnapping Loli, and his objective for this trip wasn’t going to change.

"Alright, it’s late. Go to sleep, I’m going to take a shower." Lin Fan put his phone aside, stood up, and walked toward Yun Qingyao.

Yun Qingyao looked at Lin Fan coming over, unhappy. "You’re going to restrain me again."

Lin Fan said, "What else? What if you run off while I’m in the shower? I don’t feel like going out to look for you in the middle of the night. Don’t think that just because you told me a few heartfelt things I’ll start treating you like a friend."

As he spoke, Lin Fan had already taken out the Silver Needle. With a few deft moves, Yun Qingyao was lying on the bed, unable to move.

Yun Qingyao couldn’t help cursing, "Bastard!"

Lin Fan ignored her and turned around to enter the bathroom.

Yun Qingyao was frustrated. She tried to move, but it was like she’d been hit with a Body-Freezing Skill—no matter what, she couldn’t move at all. Lin Fan’s technique was downright terrifying.

"And he says he’s not from the Hidden Sect. I believe your bullshit..."

She couldn’t move, and she wasn’t sleepy either, so she could only stare blankly up at the ceiling, listening to the sound of water from the bathroom. She didn’t know why, but Yun Qingyao’s face suddenly went a bit red. This was the first time in her life she’d been alone in a room with a guy like this.

Even though this guy was super annoying and her enemy, with a lone man and a lone woman like this, the atmosphere was inevitably ambiguous... In fact, when she first suggested getting a room, it was to stall for time, to give her people enough time to prepare a rescue. But now that they were actually alone in a room, up to this moment, she’d started to feel a little strange.

She comforted herself in her heart that this was definitely just a normal reaction, that it had nothing to do with who the other person was and everything to do with gender. After all, men and women are different, and shouldn’t casually touch. Lin Fan is a man, that’s all there is to it.

"Hmph, sleep..." Yun Qingyao tried to hypnotize herself into falling asleep right away, sleep till dawn and have nothing happen.

But people are weird that way: the more you want to fall asleep, the more you can’t. Even though Yun Qingyao had her eyes closed and was trying hard, she still couldn’t sleep.

After a while, she heard Lin Fan complain from inside the bathroom.

"Hey, you asleep yet?" Lin Fan’s voice came out.

Yun Qingyao wasn’t asleep, but she didn’t want to respond to Lin Fan, so she stayed silent. Then she heard the bathroom door open.

Lin Fan came out of the bathroom bare-chested, muttering, "Got a whole patch wet, gotta dry it."

Turned out that when Lin Fan was showering, he’d accidentally gotten his clothes wet. Just now when he called out to Yun Qingyao in the bathroom, he’d been asking if she was asleep—if she wasn’t, he’d have reminded her to look away because he was about to come out shirtless.

But since Yun Qingyao hadn’t answered, Lin Fan figured she was asleep, so he came out.

Once out, Lin Fan went to the desk, picked up the hair dryer, and started blow-drying his clothes.

On the bed, Yun Qingyao secretly opened her eyes and snuck a glance at Lin Fan. In an instant she saw his bare upper body—perfect figure, perfect muscles: not as intimidating as some big hulks, and not as flimsy as some weak, skinny guys. Just right.

It wasn’t like Yun Qingyao had never seen a shirtless man. In fact, among the Yun Clan, men going bare-chested was very common.

But a figure as perfect as Lin Fan’s, this was the first time she’d seen one. So a man’s body could look this good too...

More importantly, Lin Fan also had a sunny, handsome face.

Yun Qingyao actually forgot to be shy for a moment. Her gaze greedily fixed on Lin Fan; even she didn’t realize she was being drawn to him, and her heart unconsciously began to beat faster and faster.

Lin Fan seemed to sense something off and suddenly turned his head, catching Yun Qingyao staring straight at him.

Lin Fan broke into a cold sweat and hurriedly said, "Sorry, I asked you just now and you didn’t answer, so I thought you were asleep."

As he spoke, Lin Fan didn’t bother waiting for his clothes to fully dry and hurriedly put them on. He wasn’t trying to act like a perv, and he didn’t want Yun Qingyao to think he was. In truth, he had no interest in acting like a perv in front of an ugly girl.

Hearing Lin Fan speak, Yun Qingyao finally snapped out of it. Her face was so red you could see it even through the mask. Mortifying—he’d actually caught her staring at him!

She immediately shut her eyes and said nothing. In that moment, she just wished she could pass out. It was too embarrassing.

Looks like that strange feeling of hers wasn’t just because Lin Fan was male, but because the person was Lin Fan. This man was just too handsome...

Suddenly, Yun Qingyao sensed Lin Fan walking to her side. She hurriedly opened her eyes and saw Lin Fan standing by the bed, looking down at her. Nervously, she said, "What are you going to do?"

Damn it, was this bastard Lin Fan suddenly having bad thoughts? Are all men like this—see a woman and just want to do that? She regretted it now; she shouldn’t have come to get a room with Lin Fan. Right now her body couldn’t move at all, completely at his mercy!

Lin Fan said, "I’m helping you turn off the bedside lamp. What did you think I was going to do?"

With that, Lin Fan reached out and turned off Yun Qingyao’s bedside lamp. "Hurry up and sleep."

Then he turned and walked to his own bed.

Yun Qingyao was stunned for a moment. So Lin Fan wasn’t trying to do that to her; she’d misunderstood him. This guy... While she felt relieved, for some reason she also got a little angry. This bastard really didn’t have that kind of interest in her at all. What did that mean, was she not attractive enough? Outrageous, who’s he looking down on!

Bastard...

She was genuinely angry now.

Pa pa pa!

Just then, someone suddenly knocked on the door, and they heard a voice outside shout, "Open up, police room check!"

What?

Hearing that, Yun Qingyao’s expression changed. Trouble had arrived!