It wasn't that they suddenly drifted apart, but rather they slowly drifted apart because of various different factors.
For one, it was because people had kept comparing the two of them and as beautiful women, naturally they had their own pride.
Both of them were beauties, but they were different kinds of beauties.
Qiao Yi Fei was one of those mature beauties who had a perfect body along with her perfect looks.
As for Mao Tao, she had a body that was more like a child's, but she definitely didn't lose in terms of beauty to Qiao Yi Fei since she was like a little doll.
Then along with all kinds of other things, they slowly drifted apart even though deep down they wanted to get closer to each other again. After all, they had been quite close to each other when they were younger.
After glaring at each other and leaving a few snide comments, Mao Tao came over to Lin Fan and said, "Little brother Lin, let's go. There's no need to care about this woman."
This was the one time that she was willing to appear older since she was older than Lin Fan, even if she didn't look like it. Being older naturally had its advantages and this was one of the cases where it played in her favour, so she didn't mind calling him "little brother".
When Qiao Yi Fei heard this, she suddenly remembered that Lin Fan was standing on the side. She turned to Lin Fan with a cold look, but then she forced herself to reveal a smile and say, "Lin Fan, you're back. Let me guide you back to the Seekers Union."
For some reason, she was annoyed when she saw Lin Fan walking with Mao Tao even though she didn't know why.
Lin Fan had been trying to keep silent, but the moment that the two of them turned their attention to him, it made him reveal a bitter smile.
All he wanted to do was silently leave this place and prepare to find a space for his store, but now that dream had been completely dashed.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtSo Lin Fan cupped his hands and gave a slight polite bow as he said, "Miss Mao, miss Qiao, I think there's no need for that. I have some other business to take care of first, so I'll be leaving now."
With that, he started to head to the exit of this portal room, but before he could take more than two steps, Qiao Yi Fei stepped up right in front of him. She looked at him with cold eyes and said, "You're trying to ditch the two beauties who are willing to take time out of their busy schedule to spend time with you? Do you know how many people would beat you up if they heard this?"
Lin Fan revealed a bitter smile as he thought, "Then you should just call them here instead of me."
But of course, he didn't say it out loud.
Instead, Lin Fan said, "Miss Qiao, I apologize, but I really am busy with something else right now. Perhaps we can talk another time?"
Qiao Yi Fei's pride didn't let her back down. After all, she had even taken the initiative to approach Lin Fan this time, which was something that she had never done before. Not to mention that Lin Fan even had the nerve to reject Mao Tao who even she wanted to hug and squeeze!
Mao Tao felt a bit of warmth in her heart when she had heard what Qiao Yi Fei said and she knew why Qiao Yi Fei said this, but what was between them couldn't be fixed that easily.
Instead, she came up and said in a gentle voice, "Little brother Lin, perhaps we can help you with what you're busy with. After all, three heads are better than one."
Qiao Yi Fei immediately latched onto this and said, "That's right, we can definitely help you. That is unless you're looking down on us."
Lin Fan shook his head with a bitter smile, but he still said, "How could I possibly waste your time with my small problem? Miss Tao, miss Qiao, it's better if I just take care of this myself. Now, if you'll excuse me."
After saying this, Lin Fan once again cupped his hands to bid them farewell before moving to the door.
But what he never expected was that they wouldn't let him off at all as they began following behind him. Just like this, the two of them kept pace with him as he moved through the Hunters Organization branch.
As they moved through the halls, naturally with how they were walking, people could see that there wasn't a normal relationship between them. Also as they were well known because of their beauty and their status in the Hunters Organization, there were plenty of people who recognized them.
For both of these women to follow a single man like this, just who was he?
When the gossipers saw Lin Fan's face, they couldn't help thinking that perhaps he was worthy of this, but the die hard fans of these two girls wanted to go all out with him. However, they couldn't just fight him in front of these two girls and they didn't know who he was, so they wouldn't take the risk of challenging him to a fight that quickly.
Still, even if they couldn't fight him, that didn't mean that they couldn't take pictures and spread this news.
It didn't take long before the picture of Lin Fan and these two girls had spread across the forums of Harmony City.
It even reached the watch of a certain person who had been waiting outside the Hunters Organization branch. She had appeared the moment that she had sensed Lin Fan's aura back in the city and she had instantly appeared.
However, the moment that she appeared, she had attracted the gazes of everyone around her. Then later on, when she saw the news that came from her watch, everyone immediately felt a chill that froze them to the very core of their bones.
Not a single person was able to approach her even though they wanted to.
To her side, the person with white hair revealed a smile as he had also seen the posts on the forum.
He knew that there was no truth behind them and this was all the imagination of the people watching, but he was also here to watch the show now since he found all of this funny.
It didn't take long before the doors of the Hunters Organization branch opened to reveal the person that she had been waiting for.
The moment that Lin Fan had walked out, he immediately felt the chill around him and he knew what happened. After all, currently behind him were the two girls who were still following him.
Even after he had walked out of the Hunters Organization branch, they still followed right behind him chirping along. But of course, they naturally felt the chill the moment that they came out as well. In fact, the chill that they felt was even colder because it was almost as if this chill was aimed at them.
They immediately stopped talking and looked around them for the source of this chill that they were feeling. It didn't take long before they noticed that girl in pure white that was standing there in front of them.
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But that also confused them because they didn't understand why this woman was glaring daggers at the two of them.
Lin Fan revealed a bitter smile when he saw this, but he didn't say a thing because he knew that saying anything would make it much worse.
Angela looked at the two of them for a bit before turning her gaze to Lin Fan.
She brought her hand up and made a hooking motion with her index finger for Lin Fan to follow her before turning to leave.
Lin Fan didn't bother saying anything to either Mao Tao or Qiao Yi Fei as he directly followed her.
Just like that, the two of them disappeared.
It was clear by the way that they acted who was the one in charge in that relationship, so people couldn't help feeling sorry for Lin Fan.
Of course, that also dissuaded all of the rumours that had been posted on the city forums. There were many different posts that contained pictures of Lin Fan meekly following behind Angela that appeared in the comments of the first posts which immediately dispelled those rumours.
But the fact that they had been posted on the forums had also established Lin Fan's fame as a whipped man.
Momonga came forward to say to the two girls with a smile, "Don't worry about him, he'll be fine. But I'd watch your back for the next couple of days, just in case."
Then without saying another word, Momonga had also disappeared.
Qiao Yi Fei wanted to say "Diabolis", but she didn't get a chance to say anything.
The two of them just looked at each other and this time, they didn't start fighting. Instead, they both looked at each other with bitter smiles before turning to go their separate ways.
In their minds, they only thought one thing. They were praying for Lin Fan.