sbdcsierra Chapter 554 Time Machine
Chapter 554 Time Machine
To be honest, Lan Fenghuang does look to be only about twenty-one or twenty-two years old.
Lan Fenghuang laughed and said, "How can I compare to Chairman Chao!"
Chao Bufan shook his head and smiled, saying, "President Lan, you didn't call me here just to talk about these boring things, did you?"
"of course not."
As she spoke, Lan Fenghuang stood up from her leather chair, walked around the desk, and said, "Chairman Chao, please sit down."
Chao Bufan naturally didn't stand on ceremony. The two sat on a light red leather sofa, and Chao Bufan, looking very casual, said, "President Lan, we don't seem to know each other, do we?"
Lan Fenghuang laughed and retorted, "Don't you recognize me now?"
Upon hearing this, Chao Bufan shook his head and smiled, saying, "Speak, why did you call me here?"
Lan Fenghuang calmly brewed tea and said, "Chairman Chao, do you know why I know you?"
Chao Bufan smiled slightly and said, "How would I know? Maybe it's because I'm too famous!"
The "fame" he referred to was his sudden rise to fame during Qi Minghao's wedding in June or July. He couldn't think of any other reason why Lan Fenghuang knew him.
Lan Fenghuang smiled and said, "Chairman Chao is indeed a very famous person. I, Lan Fenghuang, am truly honored to have invited Chairman Chao here today!"
Chao Bufan smiled faintly and said, "Hey President Lan, you wouldn't happen to have taken a liking to me, would you?"
Upon hearing this, Lan Fenghuang was visibly taken aback, then smiled faintly and said, "I really didn't realize that Chairman Chao is such a witty and humorous person! It's just a pity that I met Chairman Chao too late! Otherwise, I might have really fallen for him."
"Extraordinary" was just a joke. Although his heart skipped a beat when he first saw Lan Fenghuang, he didn't have any particular thoughts. After hearing Lan Fenghuang's words, he laughed and said, "So President Lan is already taken. That's such a pity for me."
The tea was ready, and Lan Feng said with a smile, "Chairman Chao, please have some tea."
"Thank you!" Chao Bufan said.
“Chairman Chao,” Lan Fenghuang smiled faintly, her smile always so charming, “you seem to already have a wife, don’t you?”
Chao Bufan picked up his teacup, took a small sip, and then laughed, "So what if you have a wife?"
"Aren't you afraid I'll tell your wife?" Lan Fenghuang laughed.
"I'm not afraid," Chao Bufan said with a slight smile.
"Why?" Lan Fenghuang feigned surprise, because they both knew in their hearts that it was just a joke.
"Men are always looking for something better than what they have," Chao Bufan said casually, then raised an eyebrow and added, "Besides, how many men wouldn't be tempted by a young and beautiful woman like President Lan?"
Upon hearing this, Lan Fenghuang's face flushed instantly. She quickly lowered her head and pretended to be nonchalant, laughing, "Men are all the same, it seems that saying is true."
Chao Bufan laughed and said, "No man is good to begin with. Who wouldn't want to smell the fragrance of wildflowers occasionally? Besides, there's no such thing as a cat that doesn't eat fish."
"So, you must have quite a few women!"
"What do you mean 'should have'? I already have a lot of women, enough to build a harem."
Lan Fenghuang thought Chao Bufan was joking, so she didn't take it seriously and quickly changed the subject, saying with a smile, "Chairman Chao, I've taken the liberty of inviting you here tonight because there's something I'd like to ask you for a favor."
"You want my help?" Chao Bufan was slightly surprised, then smiled faintly, "Then I wonder what kind of help President Lan wants from me?"
Lan Fenghuang hesitated for a moment, then stood up and said, "Chairman Chao, please wait a moment while I go get something to show you."
As she spoke, she took a file out of her desk drawer and handed it to Chao Bufan, saying, "Chairman Chao, please take a look."
Chao Bufan opened the file and saw an invitation from the Lan family, inviting him to be their guest. He asked suspiciously, "Inviting me to be their guest? Why?"
Lan Fenghuang's expression turned serious as she said, "Chairman Chao, it's like this. Our Lan family has lived in the Western Regions since the Western Han Dynasty, which is now the X region. We have never left. Since then, our Lan family has been collecting all kinds of martial arts techniques from all over the world, hoping to compile a history of martial arts."
"Then what does this have to do with me?" Chao Bufan asked.
“Chairman Chao,” Lan Fenghuang replied, “Ever since we saw those two dances you performed on TV, we have been convinced that Chairman Chao must possess extraordinary skills. Therefore, we have always wanted to invite Chairman Chao to our home so that we can learn a thing or two from you.”
Chao Bufan smiled slightly and said, "President Lan, I'm afraid you've come to the wrong person. I'm just an ordinary person. I don't have any special skills as you say. I can only dance. If I really have any special skills, how about my ability to woo girls?"
Lan Fenghuang smiled slightly and said, "Chairman Chao is too modest. Actually, inviting you to our Lan family is mainly at the behest of the country's leader."
"Who?" Chao Bufan was slightly startled and asked, "Boss?"
Lan Fenghuang grunted in agreement and said, "Last month, our boss came to our X region for an inspection and happened to stay at our home. After learning about the history of our Lan family, he told our elders about you, which is why we invited you to visit our Lan family."
Upon hearing this, Chao Bufan frowned, pondering for a moment before saying, "So, in that case, your Lan family can also be considered a martial arts family."
Lan Fenghuang nodded and said, "Our Lan family ancestors created a unique and extraordinary technique during the Eastern Han Dynasty. However, our descendants did not have the talent for it and could only learn one or two moves before stopping. It was from that time that our Lan family ancestors began to collect all kinds of martial arts from all over the world. In fact, our Lan family ancestors even invented a time machine."
"A time machine?" Chao Bufan was surprised again.
"This time machine can turn back time." Lan Fenghuang seemed to ignore Chao Bufan's surprise and continued. However, when Chao Bufan heard the words "can turn back time," he immediately frowned.
Lan Fenghuang continued, "Ever since our Lan family invented this time machine, we have sent one or two people to the past every hundred years to search for those martial arts techniques that have been lost. Unfortunately, none of the people we sent to the past have ever returned."
"Why?" Chao Bufan asked quickly.
Lan Fenghuang said, "Because this time machine can only send people to the past, not to the future. In other words, it can only travel in one direction."
Upon hearing this, Chao Bufan frowned again, and after a moment said, "President Lan, you invited me to be a guest, you don't mean to send me back to the past, do you?"