Chapter 172: Intending to Matchmake
"Ah!!! Murder! Murder has happened!"
Two women panicked and then retreated along the path, leaving the scene.
But as soon as they turned around, they were stopped by Lin Yifan, "Stop!"
Startled by the command, the two women stopped immediately.
With so many obstacles on the path, they knew they couldn't escape from this murderous man, so their only option was to obediently comply if they wanted to save their lives.
After calling out to the two women, Lin Yifan stood up from the ground and step by step moved behind them.
Hearing the footsteps getting closer, one of the women was terrified, her body shaking, and she said in a tremble, "Don't come closer! Don't come closer! Sir! I didn't see anything, please don't kill me!"
"Kill your head!" Lin Yifan said irritably.
This frightened the two women even more: "Ah!!! Don't kill my head! Don't kill my head!"
In an instant, Lin Yifan's forehead was covered with cold sweat, speechless: Am I that terrifying?
He then said, "Alright! Alright! Stop screaming! Come on, turn around and claim your bags."
On hearing the order, the two women didn't dare to disobey, so with trepidation, they slowly turned around.
"It's you!" The woman with the flowing hair said in surprise upon seeing Lin Yifan's true face.
She had only seen Lin Yifan's side profile and the cold body on the ground before, so she didn't know that the murderer was Lin Yifan.
"Yes, it's me!" Lin Yifan replied.
He had recognized her long ago; she was the long-haired beauty nurse from the Guiyuan City People's Hospital.
"You two know each other?" the other trembling woman asked in surprise.
"Hmm, we've met a few times," the long-haired beauty nurse answered her friend, and then asked Lin Yifan, "What are you doing here?"
"Chasing down the robber for you guys!" Lin Yifan replied.
"You killed him?" the long-haired beauty nurse continued to ask.
If that was true, she found Lin Yifan to be truly terrifying; he had only committed robbery, why take his life?
"He tried to kill me but ended up killed by me instead. That's all. If you think I'm heartless, there's nothing I can do," Lin Yifan said nonchalantly, shrugging his shoulders.
After hearing this explanation, the long-haired beauty nurse dropped her negative opinion of Lin Yifan; if things were as Lin Yifan described, then his actions were faultless. However, without seeing it with her own eyes or having evidence to back it up, she still reserved some doubt in her mind.
"I never thought this thief would be so vicious, to think of murdering when he couldn't escape; handsome, you did the right thing! I support you!" the friend of the long-haired beauty nurse said vehemently.
Her thoughts weren't as meticulous as the long-haired beauty nurse's, so she quickly believed Lin Yifan's words.
"Thanks for the support!" Lin Yifan felt somewhat relieved and then asked, "Which bag is yours?"
"The teal one!" the friend of the long-haired beauty nurse replied sweetly, seemingly having a good impression of Lin Yifan.
"Here you go!" Lin Yifan handed the teal bag to the woman wearing the light teal dress.
Taking the bag, the woman said gratefully, "Thank you."
"Don't mention it!" Lin Yifan responded, then handed another bag to the long-haired beautiful nurse.
After taking the bag, the long-haired beautiful nurse also expressed her thanks.
"Helped you twice now, when are you going to treat me to a meal?" Yifan asked playfully.
The long-haired beauty's everyday attire was always a black lace dress, seemingly having a special fondness for black lace. Moreover, tonight she was wearing black stockings, exuding a full sense of temptation, which gave him an inexplicable urge.
"I'm sorry, I don't have the time," the long-haired beauty declined directly without any consideration for his feelings.
She wasn't particularly interested in Lin Yifan, the ladies' man surrounded by beautiful women; therefore, she wasn't about to give him any chance to get close to her.
"Xiangmei sister, aren't we off work today? We do have the time, right? Why not treat him to a meal? He just risked his life to help us get our bags back!" The woman wearing a light blue dress asked, puzzled and confused.
"Xiaoqing, there are many things you don't understand," Li Xiangmei answered.
"Since this lady is so guarded against me, then forget it." Yifan was just joking and didn't mean much by it.
But sometimes, misunderstandings happen just like that.
"No! If Xiangmei sister won't invite him, I will!" the girl named Xiaoqing said.
Although she didn't know what the relationship between Xiangmei sister and this handsome man was, it was clear to anyone that this man was interested in Xiangmei sister; so, she wanted to interfere, lest Xiangmei sister miss out on such a good man.
"Xiaoqing, stop being silly," said Li Xiangmei.
"Xiangmei sister, how am I being silly? He risked his life for us, we should at least treat him to a meal, right? What's wrong with that?" Xiaoqing rebutted.
"Okay! Okay! Then let's do it," Li Xiangmei agreed reluctantly.
If she kept refusing, she would look ungrateful and like a villain in the eyes of others.
"So, that means you will join us, right, Xiangmei sister?" Xiaoqing glanced at Li Xiangmei, asking curiously.
"If you say so, would it be polite for me not to go?" Li Xiangmei asked, clearly annoyed.
"Oh yeah! Xiangmei sister finally agreed to go together!" Xiaoqing was ecstatic, then said to Lin Yifan, "Tomorrow night at seven, meet you at Yue Xianglou."
"OK!" Lin Yifan gestured with his hand.
He then made a call to Zhao Dabing to have him handle the situation.
After giving a simple statement, he left the scene with the long-haired beauty Li Xiangmei and Xiaoqing.
"Where are you two heading? I can give you a lift!" Lin Yifan offered as they stepped onto the sidewalk.
"No need! We can walk by ourselves," Li Xiangmei declined, seemingly not wanting to owe Lin Yifan too many favors.
"We are going to Le Tian Plaza; handsome guy, please give us a ride there," Xiaoqing interjected, clearly willing to help Lin Yifan.
Looking at this young girl, Lin Yifan shook his head helplessly. In fact, he just wanted to kindly offer them a ride since a portion of the road ahead was pitch dark and rarely had any pedestrians; he was worried that the two fragile women might get mugged again, or experience harassment of the like. Little did he expect that Xiaoqing would misinterpret his intentions as wanting to get close to Li Xiangmei. That was enough to make anyone dizzy.
If in the end he did get along with Li Xiangmei, it would definitely be thanks, in no small part, to Xiaoqing.
"Xiaoqing..." Li Xiangmei was about to reprimand her, but then Xiaoqing took over the conversation.
"Ah! Xiangmei sister, it's not often we get a free ride, why wouldn't we take it? Besides, Le Tian Plaza is still quite a distance from here. Even if you're not thinking of yourself, you should consider me, your sister. What if we run into bad guys again? What would we do then?" Xiaoqing inquired.