Chapter 368 IOU
A black Audi drove along the road. In the car, Ning Xi looked at Ye Fan who was getting closer and closer, her small hand pressing against his chest with slight force.
Ye Fan felt the pain, looked at Ning Xi aggrievedly, smiled wryly: "Xiao Xi, when did you learn to pinch people?"
Ning Xi turned away her flushed red face, "You forced me!"
Although she said so, a trace of worry flashed deep in her eyes.
After waiting for a few seconds, seeing Ye Fan didn't speak, she said weakly: "Does it hurt a lot? Sorry…"
Ye Fan chuckled secretly. He knew the girl would react like this, climbed up the pole. Frowning, he said: "It hurts a lot, not only the flesh hurts, but the heart hurts even more!"
Ning Xi rubbed the place she had pinched just now, flustered, said pitifully: "I really didn't mean to, you insisted on bullying me, I had no choice…"
"Haha..."
Ye Fan couldn't hold back anymore, threw his head back and burst into laughter.
Hearing the commotion, Zhuang Li chose to automatically ignore it. Although this freshly baked dog food (internet slang for PDA) was very delicious, if eaten every day, for a man like him approaching forty, it was truly a torment.
Turning a blind eye was the best choice!
Ning Xi also reacted, understood Ye Fan was teasing her just now, glared at him angrily, threatened fiercely yet cutely: "Don't laugh!"
"Not laughing, not laughing."
Ye Fan blinked, the smile on his face dissipated, the doting affection in his eyes grew richer, asked gently: "Xiao Xi, is there any birthday gift you want?"
Feeling Ye Fan's affectionate gaze, the shame and anger in Ning Xi's heart instantly disappeared. She couldn't help but want to fall into it. When she realized this thought of hers, she couldn't help but curse herself in her heart for being so useless.
But cursing was cursing, yet her pair of bright, clear eyes kept staring at Ye Fan, ripples spreading.
"I, I want to see fireworks… can I?"
As soon as the words came out, Ning Xi quickly waved her small hands, smiled apologetically: "Sorry, let's change it to something else…"
Setting off fireworks in the Imperial Capital?
Fundamentally impossible!
Precisely because the Imperial Capital strictly prohibits fireworks, Ning Xi, who grew up in the Imperial Capital, had never seen a real-life fireworks feast, only watched videos online.
"No need to change, just fireworks!"
Ye Fan gave a sunny smile, said: "Xiao Xi, you deserve all the beauty in the world."
The atmosphere, following the sound of this sentence, instantly became romantic.
"Cough cough——"
Just at this crucial moment, Zhuang Li coughed repeatedly, his voice carrying displeasure, "Ye Fan, don't take advantage of Miss's innocence to deceive her. You fundamentally can't see fireworks in the Imperial Capital. Even Mr. Ning can't do it, this is a strict regulation!"
"Also, can you consider my feelings? Can you and Miss restrain yourselves a bit? I'm single right now!"
The first part of the sentence was a reminder, the latter half was completely a complaint.
At this moment, Ning Xi covered her face with both hands, the scorching temperature, unknown whether it came from her palms or her face.
Ye Fan wasn't angry either, smiled and said: "I have my own ways for the fireworks. As for whether I can restrain myself a bit, sorry, can't do it."
Zhuang Li: "…"
Too arrogant!
"Hmph, shameless boasting. Fine, I'd like to see what ways you have!"
Ye Fan smiled without speaking.
Isn't it just fireworks? Just let Zhuang Li see what is called a science student's romance.
Returning to the villa, Ye Fan spent over an hour. Using information looked up online, he sorted out the instrument list, and finally found Ning Xiangtian in the study.
Walking into the study, seeing Ning Xiangtian was reading, Ye Fan proactively spoke: "Uncle, do you have time now?"
Ning Xiangtian looked up upon hearing the voice, put down the book in his hand, pointed at the seat opposite, said: "Sit, what do you need me for?"
Ye Fan wasn't polite either. After sitting down, he took out the sorted instrument list from his pocket and placed it on the desktop, "Uncle, this is the list of instruments needed for researching superconductivity."
Ning Xiangtian raised an eyebrow, picked up the list and looked at it, "Efficiency is quite fast, huh? Sorted it out so quickly?"
"As it should be."
Ye Fan quickly replied, a trace of embarrassment appearing on his face. Hesitating for a moment, he said: "Uncle, the price of this batch of instruments is a bit expensive, hope you don't mind. At worst, consider this money as me borrowing from you, I can write an IOU."
"Oh?"
Ning Xiangtian looked at Ye Fan with a half-smile, waved the list in his hand, said: "Totaling less than twenty instruments, how expensive can they be? What, are you deliberately teasing me?"
"N-no."
Ye Fan shook his head repeatedly, his Adam's apple moved slightly, "Uncle, according to the online quotes for this batch of instruments, the total price should be around one hundred eighty million to two hundred million. Of course, this bit of money is nothing to Uncle."
"How much?!"
Ning Xiangtian's eyes widened, the corners of his mouth twitched continuously.
Just these few instruments need nearly two hundred million?
emmm...
This time, he finally understood the meaning behind Ye Fan's words just now, clearly setting a trap for him deliberately!
"Two hundred million…"
"Write an IOU!"
"…"
Seeing Ye Fan's face stiffen, a trace of amusement flashed in Ning Xiangtian's eyes.
Fighting with him?
This kid is still a bit too green!
Ultimately, Ye Fan really wrote an IOU according to Ning Xiangtian's dictation: one hundred million, to be repaid in ten years, no interest to be paid.
After writing, Ning Xiangtian opened a drawer, took out an inkpad, said lightly: "Press a fingerprint, only then will it have legal effect."
Ye Fan: "…"
Is this for real?
Originally, he was just thinking of being polite with Ning Xiangtian, never ever expected…
"Uncle, didn't you say before that you'd be responsible for the related instruments?"
Hearing Ye Fan's question, Ning Xiangtian replied: "I did say that before, but at that time I thought it was just a matter of hundreds of thousands or millions. Who knew it would actually need two hundred million? Such a large sum of money far exceeds my acceptable range."
Ye Fan was caught between laughter and tears, could only obediently press his fingerprint.
Perceiving the bitterness in Ye Fan's expression, the amusement in Ning Xiangtian's eyes grew even stronger. He said: "You kid, don't speak ill of me in your heart either. This is two hundred million. It's only because I promised before that I'm willing to take out this money. If it were anyone else, it would be impossible to invest two hundred million in a young man who just turned eighteen."
Ye Fan took a deep breath, said seriously: "Uncle, this kid understands. Rest assured, this money, I will definitely repay you as soon as possible. But why did you only let me write one hundred million on the IOU?"
Ning Xiangtian smiled beamingly, "The remaining one hundred million, consider it as my investment share. I will take a thirty percent stake in this research project, you take seventy percent. Any more problems?"
Ye Fan nodded readily, "None."
Ning Xiangtian put away the IOU, said: "If there's nothing else, I need to continue reading. I will arrange for people to purchase the instruments."
Ye Fan bowed slightly, turned and left.
After the study door closed again, a smile appeared on Ning Xiangtian's face. He took out the put-away IOU and looked at it, muttering to himself: "Kid, with this IOU in hand, if you ever dare to bully Xiao Xi in the future, just see how I'll deal with you!"
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