41: Chapter 41 It's Not Easy Being a Shield

Yang Fan looked at the items before him; they were all brand new and unused.

They must have been taken directly from the armory; they were sealed perfectly and arranged very neatly.

Yang Fan opened a few at random, finding a barrett, a Gatling Gun, and an assault rifle.

He started playing with target practice in the space; after all, what man doesn't love guns?

By the end, his shoulders were numb!!

At 6 PM, Yang Fan and the two women arrived at the VIP room of the Jiahe Auction House.

Upon entering, he saw Long Aotian and nodded to him, knowing that Ye Qingcheng must have already arrived.

When he entered, he saw Ye Qingcheng sitting inside.

Beside her was a young man wearing a red suit with dyed yellow hair; his face looked just like a girl's, and he kept talking to her.

At that moment, Ye Qingcheng was frowning, her face full of impatience.

Seeing Yang Fan approach, she let out a sigh of relief, stood up, and said:

"You're here. Sit."

Ye Qingcheng took the initiative to stand up and invite Yang Fan to sit.

Yang Fan felt a bit helpless; was she trying to divert trouble to him?

But Yang Fan wasn't afraid; he sat down with the two women.

Tian Zian frowned as he watched the three people Ye Qingcheng had come to greet. Who was she supposed to greet? Even he hadn't received such treatment.

"Kid, whose family are you from? You look very unfamiliar."

As he spoke, he looked at the two beauties beside Yang Fan. Good lord, with one on each side, could he even handle it at night?

If not for Ye Qingcheng being there, he would have wanted to go over and get to know them. It was a real waste for one person to occupy so many high-quality resources.

"I'm just a farmer's son. Isn't it normal that you don't recognize me?"

He picked up his tea and took a sip.

Tian Zian wasn't stupid; no one who could come to the VIP room had a low status.

"Brother, one woman is enough. Look at these two beside you; you've already reached the peak of life. Isn't it a bit inappropriate to interfere with my business?"

"Do you know that if you reach your hand out too far, it's easy to get it chopped off?"

"Oh?"

"I'm so scared. Should I go find my dad and have him fight your dad?"

"However, I don't have a good dad, but who told me to have such great personal charm? Women all love to throw themselves at me."

As Yang Fan spoke, he stood up, walked over to sit beside Ye Qingcheng, and put his arm around her waist, pulling her into his embrace.

"Look, when dealing with women, you have to be a bit domineering. Look at these damn hormones of mine; I've conquered this woman in an instant."

However, Yang Fan felt a sharp pain in his waist; Ye Qingcheng was already pinching his flesh hard.

But it didn't matter. She was using him as a shield, so how could he not collect some interest?

Yang Fan hooked his finger at Tian Zian.

"Come on, show me."

Tian Zian's chest heaved with anger. If not for the fact that Ye Qingcheng was truly stunning, and his father insisted on him marrying her for the sake of his career, would he suffer such humiliation?

Otherwise, he could change women every day; why bother trying so hard to please one woman?

"Kid, you just wait."

He said, took his phone, and went out; he was probably going to make a call.

Seeing Tian Zian leave, Ye Qingcheng shook off Yang Fan's hand.

"You brat, I asked you to be a shield, not to touch me!"

Yang Fan put his hand under his nose and sniffed; it still smelled fragrant.

Ye Qingcheng slapped his hand away.

"Be careful. His dad is the police chief of Shanghai. His dad and my dad are on very good terms and grew up playing together. I couldn't be too ruthless, so it's fortunate you came."

"Heh, he's just a playboy; he poses no threat to me at all."

"Besides, no matter how much influence his family has, it's not as much as yours. You started this, so if he keeps bothering me, I'll come to you."

Yang Fan didn't care. His dad wouldn't dare come at him openly since Ye Qingcheng was there.

If they tried anything underhanded, he had his Gatling Gun, and he could just throw it back into the space after using it. Who would know?

Ye Qingcheng also sensed the change in Yang Fan that Long Aotian had mentioned; this time, her feeling was even more obvious.

Confidence.

He had become more confident than when they last met, but they hadn't seen each other for just an afternoon. She didn't know where Yang Fan's confidence came from.

She had also asked Uncle Tian to investigate, and everything seemed fine.

But no problems were the biggest problem. Why could a poor kid have billions in funds in half a month and have so many precious items from the Zhenguan era?

"I won't help you. You helped me once just now, and I helped your good sister get registered this morning. We're even."

"All things considered, you've actually taken advantage of me!"

At this moment, Li Yang walked in.

"Everyone, let's enter the venue; the auction is beginning."

Yang Fan also stood up to see if there was anything he liked.

"Let's go."

The auction venue was very large. Yang Fan glanced around; there were many older people in the front row. It seemed they were all people who loved calligraphy and painting.

There were also many people holding phones, broadcasting the situation at the scene in real-time.

Yang Fan and the three women were seated in the first row. The guy surnamed Tian from earlier and a few other young people were in the second row.

Tian Zian frowned as he looked at Yang Fan. How was this kid qualified to sit there? And his two women were also sitting in the first row.

He had just sent people to investigate. This kid was just a village boy who had somehow gotten hold of two copies of the preface to the poems composed at the orchid pavilion and had just gotten lucky.

Even this was enough to qualify as Ye Qingcheng's shield? Tian Zian sneered.

The auction had officially begun, and the host had already started his passionate opening speech.

"Brother, I think this necklace looks very nice, and this... is it called an ear stud? It also looks very nice."

Li Anlan patted Yang Fan and pointed to the two items.

Everyone had already received photos of the items to be auctioned today. The two women were also looking at the pictures, and the reference values were provided below.

Li Anlan didn't understand the specific value of money here; she just pointed at whatever she liked.

Jiang Lan was different; although she liked things, she wouldn't say so because she couldn't bring herself to ask.

Most of them were jewelry worth tens of millions, and even the cheaper ones were millions!!

Yang Fan took a look; they were all jade and diamonds, quite beautiful.

"Alright, I'll buy them for you in a moment."

"Hubby, you're so kind!"

Li Anlan hugged Yang Fan's arm and started acting like a spoiled child.

Yang Fan got goosebumps. What had this girl learned since she started surfing the internet?!

Yang Fan gently pushed her away.

"Alright, we'll talk about it when we get home. There are so many people here!"

Yang Fan thought to himself that this way of thinking didn't seem like it was from ancient times.

Yang Fan turned his head to look at Jiang Lan. Seeing that she was looking this way, she lowered her head again when he looked over.

Yang Fan could understand this girl; she had a bit of an inferiority complex. Children who lacked love growing up were all like this.

"Do you have anything you like?"

Jiang Lan shook her head.

"I don't like wearing jewelry."

"It's fine, I'll buy it for you. You can just keep it in your jewelry box. When you have children in the future, it'll be a form of security for your children, won't it!"

Jiang Lan didn't want it, but he couldn't not buy it. After all, Yang Fan was someone who had also "walked in the rain"; he knew that people who lacked love were extremely insecure.

Therefore, Yang Fan was determined to give Jiang Lan enough security.

At this moment, the auction had started. It began with calligraphy and paintings. The first item was a copy of the preface to the poems composed at the orchid pavilion by Yu Shinan.

It seemed there was another one at the very end; they were planning to warm up the crowd with this one.

The auctioneer had already started a passionate introduction.

The provided guide price was 600 million to 1.5 billion.

"The starting bid is 300 million, with increments of no less than 10 million. Let's begin!"