Chapter 408 Late Night Call
At this crucial moment, Ning Xi reacted, her jade hand quickly covered Ye Fan's mouth, her face red, reproached coquettishly: "What are you thinking? Mom is still at home!"
Saying this, she pushed Ye Fan away, quickly pulling away.
Having suffered losses so many times, the girl had also figured out a principle, which was that when with Ye Fan, one must maintain distance.
Otherwise, she would definitely be eaten by this bad guy until not even dregs were left!
Ye Fan scratched his head, chuckled lowly: "Xiao Xi, if Sister Lan isn't at home, then can I kiss?"
"Kiss your big-headed ghost !"
The blush that had just receded from Ning Xi's face reappeared. Angrily, she warned: "Don't just think about these things all day. When dating, it's okay to do some intimate actions, but it's not just these. You… be a bit normal!"
"This can't be blamed on me either, who let you be so beautiful."
"…"
Facing Ye Fan's rhetoric, Ning Xi didn't know whether to cry or laugh, proactively changed the subject, "You still haven't answered the question from just now."
"What question?"
"You…"
Ning Xi stomped her foot. Helplessly, she had to repeat what she said just now again.
After listening, Ye Fan chuckled and sat beside Ning Xi, lifted the teapot and poured himself a glass of water, took a large gulp, said: "The person I met today was Secretary-General Lu Honghai. That Grandpa had urgent matters and didn't come."
"The talk was very pleasant. I wasn't that nervous. Answer complete. Any more questions?"
"None."
Ning Xi's delicate head lightly shook, "Gege, when I was on the phone with Sister Ziyi during the day, she said she invited us to join the Qihai team, so we can participate in the professional competition this October."
Ye Fan frowned, instinctively wanted to refuse. But thinking of the current domestic competition restrictions, if one doesn't join a professional Weiqi team, there are almost no competitions to participate in.
Letting Ning Xi join alone, he wasn't at ease.
After quickly considering various factors, Ye Fan asked gently: "Who is the team leader of this Qihai team?"
"Sister Ziyi."
"Okay, then let's join."
Hearing this answer, Ye Fan had no more worries, nodded in agreement.
Ning Xi beamed with a smile, leaned closer to Ye Fan's ear and said softly: "Sister Ziyi said you definitely wouldn't agree to join, she miscalculated!"
"No, she didn't miscalculate."
Ye Fan chuckled lowly continuously, spoke lightly: "Under normal circumstances, I definitely wouldn't join any so-called professional team. You also know, I'm not interested in Weiqi. Learning Weiqi back then was just to practice with you."
"But didn't you just say…"
"Because you are joining."
Ye Fan tapped the girl's forehead, "I'm not at ease with you alone, naturally have to join along."
"…Oh."
A trace of sweetness rose in Ning Xi's heart. The faint dimples appearing on her lips carried astonishing beauty, looking exactly like a little girl fallen in love.
After dinner.
Ye Fan pulled Ning Xi into his own bedroom, took out a simple chessboard and placed it on the bed. Blinking at the dazed Ning Xi, he smiled and said: "What are you standing there dazed for? About to join a professional team, naturally have to seize the time to improve Go strength. Otherwise, when the competition comes, you can't cry."
"Who's crying?!"
Ning Xi huffed, took off her slippers, clumsily climbed onto the bed and sat opposite Ye Fan, said unconvinced: "I am now a professional player, very strong, don't look down on people!"
"Strong, strong!"
Ye Fan smiled and nodded, his perfunctory appearance not concealed at all.
Ning Xi puffed her cheeks angrily, pounded the bedsheet with her fists, threatened with wide eyes: "Can you be any more perfunctory?"
"Can."
"…"
Towards Ning Xi's fiercely cute appearance, Ye Fan never tired of looking, "Alright, don't be angry anymore. Actually, it's not that I'm being perfunctory with you. Those participating in professional competitions are all professional players, you wouldn't be unaware of this point, right?"
Ning Xi: (⊙o⊙)…???
Wow!
Seems like I forgot this point!
Awkward...
Seeing the girl's reaction, Ye Fan already had the answer in his heart, helplessly rubbed his temples, "Xiao Xi, at that time the players you face might be professional 2-dan, 3-dan; if you don't practice hard now, don't blame me for not reminding you when you lose the competition."
Ning Xi lowered her head guiltily, said weakly: "Isn't it enough if I practice?"?
"That's a good girl."
Ye Fan's large hand ruffled the girl's head. In no time, her originally soft black silk hair was messed up by him.
Regarding this, Ning Xi cast a resentful look.
"Haha..."
Accompanied by Ye Fan's laughter, Go practice officially began.
It is said that when with someone you like, time passes very quickly.
These words are not false at all!
Whether Ye Fan or Ning Xi; both still felt they had only practiced Go for a short while, yet four hours had already passed. The time reached a little past eleven in the evening.
When Ye Fan saw the clock on the wall, his first reaction was that the clock was broken. He took out his phone to check the time, helplessly accepted this fact.
Ning Xi's small hand supported her chin, her fine brows slightly furrowed, her eyes staring at the chessboard.
Her appearance of deep in thought made Ye Fan chuckle secretly. He reached out and waved his hand in front of her eyes, "Xiao Xi, let's stop practicing here for tonight. It's getting late, time to go back and sleep."
"Hmm?"
Ning Xi raised her head in confusion, looked towards the clock, instantly froze, rubbed her eyes adorably , muttered in a small voice: "Am I hallucinating? Didn't we just start not long ago? How is it already past eleven in the evening?"
"Maybe too focused."
Ye Fan smiled and explained: "Under normal circumstances, when a person is focused, they don't feel the passage of time."
"Is that so?"
Ning Xi nodded, put on her shoes, tilted her head and blinked playfully, spoke with a giggle: "Gege, goodnight."
"You too."
After saying goodnight to each other, Ning Xi left.
Ye Fan went to the bathroom to take a shower, then picked up a miscellaneous notes book and started reading.
The midnight alarm clock rang. Turned off the lights and went to sleep.
Just as he was about to fall asleep, he was awakened by a phone ringing.
The call was from Ye Xian. Seeing the caller ID, Ye Fan was quite surprised.
Mother rarely called him this late, could it be something happened?
Finishing the thought, he quickly pressed the answer key, "Mom, calling so late, is there something urgent?"
On the phone, Ye Xian's voice came through, "Nothing particularly urgent."
Ye Fan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes carrying a trace of concern, asked: "Still not sleeping so late? Are you having insomnia?"
"No."
Ye Xian's voice was mixed with a bit of unnaturalness, "Xiao Fan, Mom has something to tell you."
"Go ahead, I'm listening."
"Um… Xiao Li's family has returned from abroad. Do you want to find some time to come back to Linhai for a trip?"
"Xiao Li?"
Ye Fan paused for two seconds, tentatively asked: "Mom, are you talking about… Shen Li?"
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