Rebirth at the Start: This Fate is Too Explosive!

Chapter 305 Can you lend me some first?

Go back to dorms.

Holy crap! Son! You finally decided to come back?!

Li Yifeng was sprawled in his chair playing video games when he saw Ye Fan. He immediately took off his headphones and started yelling, "You didn't reply to my messages! I thought you'd been kidnapped by some spider demon and forced to be her husband! I was almost ready to go to Flower Fruit Mountain for help!"

Ye Fan casually tossed his phone onto the bed, expertly opened a drawer, took out half a pack of "Rain Flower Stone" cigarettes, and flicked one out to each of the guys in the dorm: "Do you think your dad can be like you? Staying cooped up in the dorm all day like a shut-in? There are so many girls outside drooling over you, don't you know what a time management master is?"

Li Yifeng took the "Rain Flower Stone" cigarette, curled his lip in disgust, and said, "What a piece of junk! Smoke mine!"

He casually slammed a freshly opened pack of thick-pack Zhonghua cigarettes onto the table, and said generously, "Come on, have a smoke of this! Just bought it, it's piping hot!"

A pack of cigarettes costing fifty yuan is definitely a status symbol among students.

Ye Fan remembered that when he was in college in his previous life, most students smoked cigarettes like Frosted Monkey, Red Pagoda Mountain, and Blue Wolf.

Ye Fan joked, "Wow! Feng-ye, you've struck it rich? You're even smoking Huazi now."

Li Yifeng's face instantly switched to a bewildered expression that conveyed "understated luxury and sophistication." He then casually waved his hand, but the smugness in his eyes and brows was impossible to hide: "Hey, it's nothing. I just got lucky a couple of days ago and hit two limit-up stocks. I made a small profit, um, about two thousand yuan."

"What the heck? The daily limit up? What's that for?" Xiao Ji, who had just climbed out of bed, was chewing on a cigarette and looked completely bewildered. He was clearly a complete academic failure who had missed all his classes.

Li Yifeng: "..."

He nearly choked on his smoke, staring speechlessly at Xiao Ji: "Stock market! Stocks! Dude! Aren't you afraid of failing your final exams?"

Xiao Ji doesn't attend any classes at all. Even someone who doesn't play the stock market knows that he's going to fail his final exams again.

Xiao Ji chuckled, sidled up to Li Yifeng, and rubbed his hands together: "Brother Feng! Brother Feng! You have a way to make money, how about you mentor your brothers?"

Li Yifeng rolled his eyes: "Bring my ass! This thing requires initial investment! Do you have the money?"

"I don't have any money!" Xiao Ji said matter-of-factly. "Can you lend me some first? I'll pay you back with interest once I make money, and I guarantee it'll be higher than bank interest!"

This logic was so bizarre that Ye Fan couldn't help but laugh out loud, giving Xiao Ji a thumbs up: "Awesome! Your skill in getting something for nothing, you're something else!"

Li Yifeng was completely exasperated by Xiao Ji: "Damn it, get the hell out of here, go play your game!"

He hadn't expected Li Yifeng to hit two consecutive daily price limits. His luck was truly incredible. He hadn't checked their accounts for several days.

But this stuff might be lost again tomorrow, so to Old Li, it's only temporary.

He didn't say anything, just let him do whatever he wanted.

A moment later, Li Yifeng went out mysteriously to make a phone call. When he came back, he pulled Ye Fan into the hallway and, with his back to Xiao Ji, whispered, "Old Ye, it's my treat tonight! Let's go out to eat!"

Ye Fan raised an eyebrow: "Wow? Mr. Feng is really generous today! Where are we going?"

Li Yifeng had a "let me show you the world" look on his face: "Junlin International! That idiot Lin Yufei rented a place there and moved out to live like a big shot."

"Wow! I have to go!" Ye Fan was intrigued.

Lin Yufei's family is well-off and can easily afford it.

After going downstairs, Li Yifeng pulled out a slightly dilapidated electric scooter from some corner, patted the back seat, and said, "Get on! Dad will give you a ride!"

Ye Fan looked at the wobbly little electric scooter, his lips twitched, but he still got on.

The two rode this "luxury vehicle" and sputtered all the way to Junlin International Apartments, which was not far away.

As soon as he entered, he heard Lin Yufei yelling, "Damn it! Get Fan Ge out of here! We couldn't contact him when we were moving, damn it, and now he's showing up during dinner."

Ye Fan retorted, "Serves you right! Who told you not to call me? I'm busy picking up girls, I don't have time to check your messages. Don't you know what prioritization is?"

"Damn! That's a pretty good reason?"

Lin Yufei, dressed in casual shorts and slippers, pointed at Ye Fan and said, "Fine! You've got guts! Don't leave after dinner, come up to the rooftop terrace, we're going to play mahjong! We'll beat you until you're crying for your parents, and you'll lose all your cigarettes!"

When a group of friends played mahjong or video games in the dorm, they would use cigarettes as stakes; whoever lost had to pay for the cigarettes.

Ye Fan chuckled and cracked his knuckles: "With your lousy card-playing skills? Just don't be begging for mercy on your knees later!"

Lin Yufei jumped up and down: "Damn it! You're taking advantage of me again! Isn't having one son like Old Li enough?"

"roll!"

"You're the one who should get lost!"

In the kitchen, Li Yifeng, wearing an apron, was already busy at work, with pots and pans clattering and the range hood whirring.

He poked half his head out and yelled, "You two idiots, shut up! Come over here and help me peel garlic! Don't you want to eat?!"

Ye Fan rolled up his sleeves and grinned as he darted into the kitchen: "Coming, coming! Chef Li, how about a few hearty dishes today?"

......

After a hearty meal, the dishes and cups were left in disarray.

The crowd was shouting that they were going to the terrace for a "bloody battle" of mahjong.

Ye Fan glanced at his phone, which had been silent for a long time. The screen lit up, and several unread WeChat messages were prominently displayed—from that female student from the Normal University named Jiang Wanyi.

He then realized that he seemed to have an appointment with this girl.

Upon opening the message, several lines of text appeared, conveying a cautious probing and a sense of anticipation:

[Ye Fan? Are you done with your work?]

Still socializing?

It's okay, I'll be waiting for you~

Ye Fan's lips curled into a slight smile, and his fingers flew across the keyboard as he replied: 【Sorry, I just finished. I'm at Junlin International.】

The message was replied to almost instantly: "It's okay! Shall I come find you now?"

Ye Fan hesitated for a moment: "Okay."

After replying, he immediately transformed into a death knell, yelling at Lin Yufei and the others who were still dawdling, "Hurry up! The mahjong table! Anyone who chickens out is a dog!"

Lin Yufei immediately jumped up and down: "Damn it! Who's a coward? Tonight I'll win all the cigarettes out of your pockets! Let's see how arrogant you are!"

Ye Fan scoffed: "You're all talk and no action! You're the most indecisive one!"

"Depend on!"

......

On the terrace, a gentle night breeze rustled through the air, accompanied by the crisp sound of mahjong tiles clattering together.

However, the course of the game made Lin Yufei's face turn increasingly green.

More than an hour later, the "cigarette money" in front of him had visibly shrunk, while Ye Fan and Li Yifeng had piled up a small mountain in front of them.

"Hahaha!" Li Yifeng slammed his fist on the table, laughing wildly. "What goes around comes around! Heaven's fire burns chicken feathers, serves you right, Boss Lin! Serves you right for being so cocky!"