Chapter 377: Chapter 377

The sect Su Qi belonged to was called the Wuhe Sect, the most powerful sect in the Northwestern Province.

This time, the Wuhe Sect came to Longxi for two reasons: first, to attend the auction event, and second, to allow the young disciples within the sect to gain some exposure.

Su Qi and Ruo Xin were fellow disciples. Su Qi was the only daughter of the Sect Master Su Wanghai, while Ruo Xin was among the outstanding youths of the sect. In the Wuhe Sect, he was considered a genius.

However, compared to Ding Fan, the title of "genius" could not be applied to Ruo Xin anymore. He was the one who ended up crying and howling miserably from being kicked around. What kind of genius would end up in such a state?

Meanwhile, Ding Fan, young as he was, seemed to be barely over twenty. He was the true definition of a genius, truly extraordinary and stunning.

"Thank you for saving me..." Su Qi, with eyes swollen like walnuts, said to Ding Fan while performing the martial artist's salute.

Su Qi knew that if Ding Fan hadn't appeared today, both she and her unborn child would have been doomed.

Ding Fan didn't say much, casually tossing a healing pill to Su Qi before turning to leave.

Saving someone was barely manageable, but consoling someone, especially a woman, was beyond Ding Fan's experience. Thus, it seemed better to leave and let her calm down in peace.

"Benefactor, I haven't even asked your name... My Wuhe Sect will surely repay your great kindness," said Su Qi, hurrying to speak as she saw Ding Fan turning to leave.

"If fate wills it, we shall meet again... There's no need to remember names..." With these words, Ding Fan shook and vanished before Su Qi's eyes.

Su Qi stared blankly in the direction where Ding Fan had disappeared...

Indeed, he was a hidden hermit...

After leaving Su Qi, Ding Fan found Su Maner behind a giant rock a hundred meters away.

Concerned that Su Maner might get hurt, Ding Fan had hidden her there.

The two had planned to wander around the mountain, but after such an incident, they were no longer in the mood to stroll.

They then proceeded to walk down the mountain along the small path.

After descending the mountain, Ding Fan intended to take Su Maner back to her hotel. To his frustration, Su Maner had just arrived at the auction event today and hadn't booked a hotel yet.

With no other choice, Ding Fan accompanied Su Maner in searching for a few hotels, hoping to find a place for her to stay.

But due to the auction event, all the hotels in Longxi were fully booked, making it very difficult to find a room for Su Maner.

Having no other option, Ding Fan had to take Su Maner back to his own hotel.

Fortunately, Ding Fan and Cheng Bufan had previously opened three rooms, although now with Mu Zi and Su Maner added, Ding Fan already had a plan.

He decided to let Mu Zi and Su Maner share one room, he and Cheng Bufan share another, and Qi Luomei stay in one by herself. Thus, the housing issue seemed to be resolved.

Though the plan was sound, what irritated Ding Fan upon returning was that after coming back from the auction, Qi Luomei and Cheng Bufan had not returned to the hotel. Mu Zi had also gone off to play madly with them.

With all room cards with Mu Zi, Ding Fan had no choice but to ask a service attendant to help open the hotel room door.

However, letting a service attendant open the hotel door wasn't so easy either; identity verification and registration were required. It was quite troublesome...

While Ding Fan and Su Maner waited by the door for the attendant to help them open it, Fang Ruo unexpectedly came over.

Ding Fan was somewhat surprised as just yesterday, Fang Ruo—who kept calling him a scoundrel—suddenly sought him out voluntarily today.

Fang Ruo came alone; her master Jing Yi did not accompany her.

When Fang Ruo saw Ding Fan with Su Maner at the hotel, her brow subtly furrowed without reason.

If a man brought a woman to a hotel and said they were just staying there, who would believe that?

Previously, Jing Yi had already investigated Ding Fan, who was known to indulge in pleasures and dissipation. Now, arriving at a hotel with a beautiful woman, Fang Ruo could easily guess Ding Fan's intentions.

"Ding Fan... I have something I want to ask you...," Fang Ruo said, struggling to maintain her composure as she spoke to Ding Fan.

After a moment of hesitation, Fang Ruo finally spoke, "Do you know someone named Ruo An?"

Ding Fan was inwardly startled. The other party coming to ask if he knew Ruo An certainly meant that he had inadvertently revealed something about himself, leading them to him.

With Longxi currently brimming with formidable experts, Ding Fan dared not carelessly reveal his true capabilities. The night he had severely injured the Fifth Grade Earth Level Myriad Ghosts Holy Monarch had been a fluke within a fluke.

Without absolute power, Ding Fan had no desire to expose himself to the public eye.

The early bird gets the shot, whoever stands out first will die!

"I'm not familiar with Ruo An, but if you're talking about some lady, I'm afraid I do know a few, like Ruo Xian, Ruo Qing, Ruo Zi..."

At that moment, Ding Fan's expression suddenly changed, his originally deep gaze becoming frivolous as his eyes blatantly swept across Fang Ruo's neckline.

Fang Ruo's eyebrows furrowed. "Just as I thought, some men never change! Jerk!"

After dropping those words, Fang Ruo left without looking back.

The reason Fang Ruo came to find Ding Fan today was that ever since she was saved by Ruo An, she couldn't erase the handsome image of Ruo An from her mind. However, she had been searching for him all day at the auction and had recognized almost everyone there, but she didn't spot Ruo An anywhere.

Amid her growing disappointment, she suddenly remembered her previous conversation with Ding Fan, specifically the silhouette of Ding Fan's back.

The silhouette of Ding Fan's back was very similar to that of Ruo An that night.

Although she knew that Ding Fan, that jerk, couldn't be Ruo An, Fang Ruo still decided to try her luck by approaching Ding Fan.

To her dismay, she ended up being harassed by that jerk.

Now, Fang Ruo really regretted why she even bothered to find Ding Fan, how could this jerk have anything to do with Ruo An...

Su Maner, seeing Fang Ruo angrily leave Ding Fan, became somewhat curious.

Although Su Maner had misunderstood Ding Fan before, after Ding Fan had risked his life for her, she knew that Ding Fan could never be a despicable man.

But she didn't understand why Ding Fan had put on such a lecherous appearance.

Though puzzled, Su Maner did not ask further; she understood that Ding Fan had his own boundaries in doing things.

After around five minutes and a verification of identity, the room where Ding Fan was staying was opened. Since Cheng Bufan and the others hadn't returned, there was nowhere else for Ding Fan to go at that moment, so he could only stay in this room with Su Maner.

Upon entering the room and finding it empty, Su Maner wanted to continue discussing her previous misunderstanding of Ding Fan.

This issue had always been a knot in Su Maner's heart; Ding Fan had kept reminding her to protect her and Qinger, but she kept misunderstanding him.

When the situation became unmanageable, Ding Fan had swapped places with her once again.

Earlier, on the mountain path, Su Maner had wanted to thank Ding Fan, but then the incident with Su Qi occurred. Now with no one around, she wanted to sincerely thank Ding Fan.

But before Su Maner could speak, something extremely embarrassing happened to her.

Her period, which should have arrived a day later, unfortunately came a day early.

And, annoyingly, the flow was very heavy this time. The blood immediately soaked through Su Maner's pants. Because it had always been regular before, Su Maner was unprepared...

Su Maner sat on the bed, at this point not knowing what to do, her face as red as a ripe apple.

Alone in a room with a man, how could she explain? Should she say she got her period and ask him to step out for a while? Should she tidy up?

Without even speaking, Su Maner felt her face burning. For someone like her, highly educated, how could she possibly say such things.

Dick Fan noticed something off about Su Maner sitting next to him.

Ding Fan wanted to ask what was wrong, but then, sensing the smell of blood, he realized she must be on her period.

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Watching Ding Fan leave, Su Maner finally took a deep breath, rushed to the door, and locked it, then dashed into the washroom.

She took off her pants and underwear, initially just wanting to clean her lower body, but since she was already undressed to that extent, Su Maner decided to take off her top as well.

Luckily, the water in the bathroom was hot. After cleaning herself, she pulled a panty liner from her bag... finally, Su Maner found a bathrobe to put on.

After tidying up and seeing that Ding Fan hadn't returned yet, she washed her pants and underwear as well.

This trip to Longxi was meant to be brief, so she hadn't packed many clothes. If she didn't wash them, she would have nothing to wear the next day.

After hanging the pants and underwear to dry in the bathroom, there came a knock at the room door.

Su Maner quickly adjusted her bathrobe to make sure she wasn't exposing anything, then went to open the door.

But when she opened the door, Su Maner's face instantly turned red.

Outside, Mu Zi was standing with wide eyes and an open mouth, staring at Su Maner.

"Brother Fan, that escalated quickly..."