King of Technology: A Fresh Start in 1983

Seeing that Zhan Yiling was determined to resist, He Fan looked dejected and had no choice but to give up.

His rising desire was abruptly extinguished, leaving him feeling extremely agitated.

He angrily said to Zhan Yiling, "I'm asking you, is it that you can't accept Zhang Wei breaking up with Shu Nan, or that you can't accept Zhang Wei finding another girlfriend?"

Zhan Yiling frowned, not understanding He Fan's meaning, and asked in return, "No, what's the difference between the two?"

"Of course there is! The difference is huge!"

He Fan widened his eyes. "In my opinion, your current absent-mindedness is less because Zhang Wei broke up with Shu Nan, and more because he has a new girlfriend. Am I right?"

Zhan Yiling still didn't understand the implied meaning in He Fan's words.

Continuing to follow his own line of thought: "Yeah, what's wrong with that?"

"If Zhang Wei and Shu Nan have indeed broken up, this is a fait accompli, and I have no choice but to accept it, even if I don't want to."

"But no matter what, I don't want to see Zhang Wei and Lin Yidan getting together so quickly."

"Hey, so you're saying you'd be hoping Zhang Wei never finds a girlfriend?"

"That's not necessarily true, you can't say that, but it shouldn't be this fast, right?"

"Why? What do you mean it shouldn't be this fast?" He Fan pressed.

"Isn't it obvious? If Zhang Wei stays single, at least I can work on them, and Shu Nan will still have a chance to get back together with him."

"If Zhang Wei is confirmed to be with Lin Yidan, Shu Nan will have no chance anymore."

"Hmph! I'm afraid you'll never have another chance, will you?!"

He Fan glared at Zhan Yiling and said coldly.

Zhan Yiling frowned again, pondering He Fan's words...

Suddenly realizing what was happening, she jumped up from the bedside, glaring angrily at He Fan, her chest heaving.

He said through gritted teeth, "He Fan, this joke of yours has gone too far!"

He Fan stubbornly insisted, "I'm serious, I'm not joking."

"Is that really what you think? Is this what you truly believe?"

Zhan Yiling pointed her finger at He Fan's nose, "You have to explain yourself clearly today, you have to apologize to me!"

He Fan had never seen Zhan Yiling like this before, and he was immediately frightened.

He muttered to himself, "I didn't hit you or yell at you, why should I apologize?"

"Because you insulted me, insulted my character, and insulted my feelings for you!"

"Let me tell you, He Fan, if there's anyone who's going to apologize, it's you who's ever wronged me, Zhan Yiling, never me who's ever wronged you, He Fan!"

He Fan was startled. He looked at Zhan Yiling, trying to decipher her expression: "Explain yourself clearly. How have I wronged you?"

What you just said was an insult to me!

He Fan chuckled awkwardly, "I thought you were going to say that I did something to wrong you..."

"The nature of this is equally serious! Don't you know how I've treated you these past few years?"

"Are my feelings for you the same as my feelings for Zhang Wei? Can they be compared?"

"How could you say that to me? You really are..." Zhan Yiling tried hard to say that word, but in the end she still couldn't bring herself to say it.

He Fan immediately lowered his head: "I know what you're trying to say. I can be quite a jerk sometimes."

"Yi-ling, it was my fault. I'm so sorry, I deserve to die!"

"I wanted to do *that* with you just now, but you wouldn't, and I couldn't take it anymore. I guess I just got carried away with my lust..."

"How disgusting!"

Zhan Yiling was so angry at He Fan's words that she laughed, and repeated, "Disgusting!"

...

During this period, He Fan mentioned countless times that he wanted to treat Zhan Yiling and Zhang Wei to a big meal.

Moreover, naming names is absolutely necessary to get rid of the "three cuts and one axe".

He Fan's "three best restaurants" are Mingzhu Seafood, Da Sanyuan Restaurant, and Gangcheng Food City.

Zhan Yiling, however, said that Da San Yuan is a genuine old brand from Guangdong Province and does not belong to Yi Dao.

Therefore, she concluded that the third knife should be the hot pot restaurant on Luomashi Street, north of the Oriental Hotel.

As for that "one axe," it is undoubtedly the Shanfu Restaurant at the Xinjiekou gap and the shore of Xihai Lake.

However, Zhan Yiling has always avoided the fumes from barbecues, while He Fan has never liked spicy food and is particularly averse to Korean kimchi.

Therefore, the axe was decisively eliminated.

Zhan Yiling said dismissively, "Actually, the three of us can just find anywhere to eat. Why do we have to stick our necks out and get ripped off?"

"Only nouveau riche and rich fools go to places like that. You, He Fan, don't need to show off your wealth or save face in front of me and Zhang Wei."

"That's not quite right. The stock market has been doing poorly for the past few months. Of the three of us, I'm the one who most needs to put on a brave face."

"I can't compare to you. You're making a lot of money at a foreign company, and now you have a young and promising intern working under you. You're about to become a senior executive."

"I'm nowhere near as good as someone else."

As He Fan finished speaking, he glanced sideways at Zhang Wei and said, "Although he doesn't earn much money, he already has over a hundred henchmen under his command."

"Wherever they go, they're always surrounded by a large entourage, making quite a grand entrance, but every time they enter our house, they act all high and mighty and complain about being poor."

"I just want to set an example for someone: you should spend the money you earn; you can't make big money if you don't know how to spend it."

Zhang Wei didn't even lift his eyelids, replying, "I didn't ask you to invite me. Do you think I want to be a third wheel?"

Zhan Yiling quickly smoothed things over, saying, "Alright, He Fan, since it's your treat, you can go wherever you want. We're not picky."

"Then let's go to Da San Yuan. Didn't you say it's not one of the Three Swords? Going there won't make me seem too showy."

He Fan was about to ask Zhang Wei if they should invite Lin Yidan, but then he thought better of it.

Zhang Wei was only accompanying Zhan Yiling, as he had originally intended to spend money to please her.

We can't let Zhan Yiling be unhappy just to take care of Zhang Wei.

This Sunday, the three of them took a taxi to Da Sanyuan on Jingshan West Street.

Although He Fan was treating, it was Zhan Yiling who ordered the food.

Because He Fan had never actually experienced a high-end banquet in his life, he didn't know how to order food and was afraid of showing his ignorance.

Zhan Yiling ordered crispy suckling pig, roast goose, Australian scallops, a stew for each person, and several dim sum dishes.

Zhang Wei suddenly said, "Do you have stir-fried beef noodles? Give me a plate."

As soon as he finished speaking, he couldn't help but recall the time in Shenzhen when Zhao Xiaobo treated him to stir-fried beef noodles...

While sipping his chrysanthemum and pu-erh tea, He Fan said, "I plan to spend a lot of money to buy a computer."

Zhan Yiling teased, "Why did you buy a computer? To play poker or Minesweeper?"

"Don't look down on me like that, okay? I have important things to do."

He Fan continued, "You think making money in the stock market is all about luck? You're sorely mistaken. I bought the computer to analyze market trends and price movements..."