Chapter 298: Chapter 298

Ding Fan hadn't expected Ye Ningbing to seek him out, especially since he had killed Ye Qingyun, which meant he and the Ye Family were sworn enemies.

He hesitated for a moment, but ultimately decided to meet with Ye Ningbing.

Following Elder Mu, Ding Fan arrived at a lakeside, a common resting place for the soldiers. As they were busy training, there was no one else around.

After escorting Ding Fan there, Elder Mu left.

Approaching the lake, Ding Fan saw Ye Ningbing from a distance.

This was the second time Ding Fan had seen Ye Ningbing. The first had been when Ye Chenming nearly ran over a child with his car.

Ye Ningbing was as aloof as ever, her tall figure clothed in drifting white garments, her beauty enough to overthrow cities, but now with a touch more indifference, she seemed unreachable, like a giant from afar.

"What's the matter?" Ding Fan approached Ye Ningbing.

"There's a cafe outside the military compound. Let's talk there," said Ye Ningbing.

Ding Fan nodded slightly, thinking how he had been surrounded by beautiful women these past few days, and now with Ye Ningbing seeking him out, there would surely be more talk among the soldiers.

Thereupon, Ding Fan and Ye Ningbing walked together out of the military compound. Not far from the gate, there indeed was a cafe.

On the way, neither of them spoke a word. Ye Ningbing led the way, with Ding Fan following her directly into the cafe.

The cafe was quite renowned, and Ye Ningbing promptly reserved a private room.

"Isn't that Miss Ye, Ye Ningbing from the Ye Family?" As Ding Fan and Ye Ningbing were about to enter the private room, a nasally voice spoke up.

Ding Fan looked towards the voice, seeing a man in his mid-twenties, whose clothes were quite ostentatious, clearly someone of importance. Behind him stood four burly bodyguards.

Ye Ningbing glanced at the man, frowning deeply.

"Miss Ye, I've heard that your family has fallen. It's really a tale of fortunes reversing. Who could have imagined that the Ye Family, one of the Four Great Families, would collapse overnight?" the nasally voice continued.

Ding Fan looked at Ye Ningbing, who had a slight frown, but soon regained her composure. Since his rebirth, Ding Fan had long understood that the world was lacking in those who help others in their time of need, and full of those who add luster to what is already glorious. The Ye Family had declined, and this man with the nasally voice had clearly come to kick them while they were down.

Ye Ningbing clearly did not want to deal with the man, and turned to enter the private room.

However, just then, two of the bodyguards with the nasally voice walked over and blocked Ye Ningbing's path.

Ye Ningbing's eyebrows furrowed. She turned to look at the man. "An Quan, what are you trying to do?"

"Miss Ye, the Ye Family is done for, and you still try to put on airs of a lady in front of me?" An Quan, the man with the nasally voice, snorted coldly. He then glanced at Ding Fan. "Miss Ye, so the mighty Ye Family has fallen, and now you lower yourself to dating a poor guy... You must be really desperate," he taunted.

After An Quan finished speaking, Ye Ningbing's face turned extremely unpleasant. "An Quan, watch your words."

"Oh, watch my words? And what if I don't? What can you do about it?" An Quan said provocatively, with an obnoxious look on his face.

At this moment, many from the cafe stuck their heads out from their rooms to see what was happening outside.

An Quan continued, "Ye Ningbing, there was a time when I pursued you, and I had no choice at the time. Your Ye Family was powerful, and you looked down on me. Remember that dance, when you rejected my proposal in front of so many people? Fine, you were proud, your Ye Family was proud, and I bore it... But now, the heavens have eyes, your proud Ye Family has finally fallen!

What grounds do you have to act like a lady in front of me now?"

"Are you finished? If so, please leave, or I'll call the police," Ye Ningbing said coldly.

"Call the police? You can try. I would like to see if there's a policeman in Yanjing City who dares to arrest me!" An Quan snorted. "Ye Ningbing, you were the proud one, but now you no longer have the right..."

Having said this, An Quan waved to his followers. "Please, ask Miss Ye Ningqing to visit my West Mountain Villa..."

After An Quan finished his statement, the few thugs beside him revealed hints of lewdness.

Upon hearing "West Mountain Villa", Ye Ningqing became nervous. An Quan was notorious in high society as a 'Demon' of lust. Any woman he took a fancy to would end up at his West Mountain Villa, where, according to An Quan, he 'kept beauties' for his own pleasure.

The women he'd taken included career achievers, campus beauties, and even top celebrities... However, An Quan, relying on his family background, acted with impunity in Yanjing City, and no one dared to touch him.

"An Quan, you dare! Even if the Ye Family has fallen, it's not something you can covet," Ye Ningbing said trying to appear calm.

"Fuck! Do you even believe yourself when you say that?" An Quan sneered. "Let me tell you plainly, even if the Ye Family knew I was taking you to West Mountain, they wouldn't make a peep not to offend our An Family! You're also from a great family, so you should understand the games played between great families, right?"

Ye Ningqing naturally knew that what An Quan said was true. The Ye Family was going through troubled times, a moment of crisis, where they dared not make more enemies. The Ye Family only sought to protect itself now.

"Please, Miss Ningbing, get in the car. What are you hesitating for?" An Quan said somewhat impatiently to his subordinates.

"Miss Ye, please..." Two bodyguards walked straight toward Ye Ningbing.

At this moment, Ye Ningbing felt an overwhelming sense of despair. The An Family had a very powerful background in Yanjing, and if An Quan were to use force today, the police indeed wouldn't dare to do anything. The Ye Family would not offend the An Family for her sake... But if she were really taken away by An Quan to West Mountain, her purity and her entire life would be ruined!

Ye Ningbing kept retreating, and the two bodyguards pressed her into a corner, and then they reached straight out to grab Ye Ningbing's arms.

"Help..." Ye Ningbing finally lost her composure. After all, she was just a woman...

An Quan snorted coldly from the side. "You can scream all you want; who dares to meddle in An Quan's affairs!"

At this moment, the two bodyguards were about to grab Ye Ningbing's arms, and a deep sense of desperation crossed her eyes...

Just then, a figure stepped in front of Ye Ningbing. With a couple of kicks, he sent the two bodyguards, who were trying to grab her, tumbling to the ground.

Ye Ningbing, who was in utter despair, saw someone standing up for her and hid behind him like a drowning person grasping at a lifeline.

However, when she got a clear look at the person's back, Ye Ningbing was taken aback. The person who saved her was none other than Ding Fan.

The Ye Family had fallen because of him, and the Ding Family had also fallen because of her in the past... There was enormous hatred between her, Ding Fan, and the Ding Family. At this moment, when she was bullied, Ye Ningbing did not expect Ding Fan to stand up for her.

Ding Fan stood tall, and though he did not wear any cologne, a pleasant scent wafted from him.

Standing up close with Ding Fan, Ye Ningbing could sense the extraordinary aura rolling off him...

"Fuck. Can't believe there's an idiot who's willing to stand up for Ye Ningbing!" An Quan looked coldly at Ding Fan. "You motherfucker, do you know who I am? Are you fucking tired of living? Let me tell you, if you offend me, An Quan, you fucking won't be able to get by in Yanjing!"

Ding Fan looked coldly back at An Quan.

What happened to Ye Ningbing actually had nothing to do with Ding Fan, but he couldn't stand the sight of a defenseless woman being abused and bullied.

"If you don't want to die, scram!" Ding Fan said coldly to An Quan.

An Quan, rather than getting angry, glanced at Ye Ningbing. "Miss Ye, you really do have a charm about you, now that there's even an idiot willing to die for you."

With that, a frosty look suddenly crossed An Quan's eyes. "Break that idiot's legs!"

The two bodyguards Ding Fan had knocked down got up, and together with two more, all four charged at Ding Fan.

In An Quan's eyes, his four bodyguards, all towering figures, would break Ding Fan's legs in a matter of minutes.

An Quan's eyes did not stray from Ye Ningbing for a moment; he wanted to see what her expression would be after they broke Ding Fan's legs.

"Charge!" It was unclear who shouted, but suddenly all four men rushed toward Ding Fan with fists and feet flying at him.

Ye Ningbing, having always lived a sheltered life, saw such a scene for the first time, and with the tension, her face turned pale.

Deep in her heart, Ye Ningbing naturally hoped Ding Fan would win, but at the same time, she faintly wished that Ding Fan would have his legs broken by these men...

After all, the Ye Family had fallen because of Ding Fan... But if Ding Fan's legs were broken, her own situation would be dangerous again. Ye Ningbing's heart was in turmoil.

Bang, bang, bang, bang...

The men reached Ding Fan, who didn't bother to speak, just unleashed a barrage of punches and kicks. In the blink of an eye, all the men were knocked to the ground.

The four men lay there groaning, clearly not getting up anytime soon.

An Quan was dumbfounded. There was just one person, and he was so slender at that, yet his four hefty bodyguards...

How did they get beaten so easily that they couldn't get up...