Seeing such a leisurely scene before him, Xiao Chenyang asked Henry, “Do you recognize me?”
“Do I know you?”
Xiao Chenyang’s heart sank as he told An Xiaoning, “You should send two bodyguards to keep watch over Erlan.”
“I’ve already done so.”
Xiao Chenyang went forward and sat at the bedside, staring at Henry. “I’m Xiao Chenyang.”
“Nice to meet you.” Henry reached out and shook his hand.
Xiao Chenyang shook his hand and exerted slightly more force, pulling Henry closer to him. The two had their faces at an extremely close distance and, at the thought of Long Tianze, Henry felt disgusted and immediately pushed him away. “What are you doing…?”
“I wanted to get closer to you…”
“There’s… no need.”
Xiao Chenyang turned to look at An Xiaoning. “Come out and have a talk with me.”
“Alright.” An Xiaoning put away her mahjong tiles and walked out of the ward with him.
They went to the ward next door, which was unoccupied.
She then explained to him in detail about Jin Qingyan’s schizophrenia.
“You’re saying Jin Qingyan doesn’t know that you know about this?”
“Yes. So you’ll have to keep this secret temporarily.”
“Don’t worry, I will.” Xiao Chenyang hesitated before adding, “Right, during the call, you said you saw Xihou Jiaping?”
“Yes. When I was taking out the trash and passing it to the bodyguard, I saw him sitting on a bench in the corridor.”
Xiao Chenyang remained silent for a moment before asking, “He didn’t speak to you?”
“No.”
“What on earth is he up to…” Xiao Chenyang thought aloud, uncertain about Xihou Jiaping’s intentions.
“You’re not using your previous phone anymore?” she asked as she looked at the new phone in his hand. “The one that you used to send those messages to us previously.”
“I didn’t send you those messages using a phone.”
“Then, what did you use?”
“A tablet.”
An Xiaoning asked, “Then, why have you suddenly bought a phone?”
“Because I need to use it.” He sat there, his expression turning sullen.
An Xiaoning noticed this and asked, “Are you in a bad mood?”
“Yes.”
“Want a drink?” She went on with a grin, “There’s wine inside the ward.”
“Get your men to prepare a foldable bed. I’ll sleep inside the ward with you two.”
“Alright,” An Xiaoning agreed with a nod.
When they returned to the ward, Henry asked, “Who is he?”
“He’s asking you a question.” An Xiaoning urged Xiao Chenyang to answer it himself.
“I’m your…”
He had yet to finish answering when An Xiaoning hurriedly cut in, “Love rival!”
Xiao Chenyang gazed at An Xiaoning, his jaw dropping, and watched as she shot him a warning glance, obviously perplexed by the situation.
“Love rival?” Henry was furious upon hearing this and immediately berated An Xiaoning harshly, “Are you mad? Why did you call Jin Qingyan’s love rival here? You want to use it to agitate me, right? Don’t you know that it’s completely useless?”
It was only now that Xiao Chenyang witnessed what An Xiaoning had told him earlier in the ward next door.
But this was really…
“Ningning, don’t bother about him. He’s just a patient. Get the wine here, let’s drink.”
“Alright.” An Xiaoning took the wine bottle and glass, then passed the bottle to him. “There’s only one glass, do you want to use it or should I use it?”
“You use it. I’ll use the wine bottle.”
“Alright.” An Xiaoning poured more than half a glass of wine for herself, then passed the wine bottle to him. “Come, cheers.”
“Cheers.”
While the two sat cross-legged on the bed to drink, Henry was almost bored to death.
Yet, he could not express this frustrating feeling bottled up inside him. As such, he could only pretend like he was using his phone to read the news when his focus actually remained on the two.
The bodyguard then opened the foldable bed and placed it properly by the window.
With that, the two changed the location of their battlefield and moved to the single foldable bed to continue drinking.
“I want to wash up now.”
He was completely ignored.
Henry repeated himself, “I want to wash up now, An Xiaoning.”
“You can crawl there yourself.”
Henry was seething with rage. “Don’t go overboard, I’m telling you.”
“Can’t I even joke with you?” An Xiaoning placed her glass down and helped him to the toilet to wash himself up.
When they were inside the bathroom, he warned her under his breath, “I’m telling you, you better chase that Xiao away. This is my ward.”
An Xiaoning watched how enraged he was and couldn’t bear to tease him any longer. “I was lying to you. He’s not your love rival, he’s someone protecting us.”
He looked confused as he asked, “A bodyguard?”
“If he’s unwilling, you wouldn’t be able to hire him with any amount of money. He’s actually your junior.”
“Junior?”
“Yes. You don’t need to know anything else, just that he not only won’t harm you, but he will also protect you.”
He reached out and poked her forehead. “You’ll really be the death of me!”
“I was just teasing you.”
“I don’t need that.”
An Xiaoning pouted her lips and remarked, “Hurry, I still want to go out to drink.”
——
“Who are you guys looking for?” Fang Erlan asked the two muscular and burly men before her.
“Ms. Fang, we’re bodyguards sent here by Young Madam to protect you.”
“Young Madam? Sis Xiaoning?”
The bodyguard nodded. “That’s right.”
“Then, why didn’t she tell me about it?” Fang Erlan felt that the two men were rather suspicious.
“Why don’t you ask our Young Madam later? Then you’ll know. We’ll be going to rest first.”
Fang Erlan nodded, then closed the door shut and hurriedly called An Xiaoning.
“Sis, did you send bodyguards here?”
“Yes, that’s right. I sent two over.”
Fang Erlan was perplexed. “Where’s Xiao Chenyang?”
“He’s busy with things, so we sent two bodyguards over to protect you temporarily.”
Hearing this, Fang Erlan couldn’t help but answer in an exhilarated voice, “Got it.”
After hanging up the phone, she leaped onto the bed and exclaimed in joy, “This is great!”
Without Xiao Chenyang by her side, she had much more freedom and would not have anyone watching her all the time, as if she had a surveillance camera installed on her.
However…
While she was filled with joy, she couldn’t help but think of something.
Why did he leave without saying anything when they were eating inside the restaurant and he was only a few steps away outside?
Besides, he ate very little during the meal as well.
He seemed rather different from how he was before they arrived at B City.
Then again, since she was not related to him in any way, he had no reason to tell her. She wasn’t even paying him for being a bodyguard for her…
Despite this…
Fang Erlan still felt a need to call him to ask.
But what if he were to pick up and feel that she was worrying about him?
Forget it…
After washing up, she lay down on the bed and took out her phone unknowingly, eventually deciding to call him.
When she had called him before, no one picked up. This time, his phone was completely switched off.
Completely switched off…
Fang Erlan somehow felt that he had something bothering him.
She called Xiao Yue, who was about to sleep and was shocked awake by her call. “Is Cousin back?”
“No, he left because he had something to attend to. Sis Xiaoning sent two other bodyguards here. Xiao Yue, I wanted to ask you, did you sense that Cousin was out of sorts when we were eating?”
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Seeing such a leisurely scene before him, Xiao Chenyang asked Henry, “Do you recognize me?”
“Do I know you?”
Xiao Chenyang’s heart sank as he told An Xiaoning, “You should send two bodyguards to keep watch over Erlan.”
“I’ve already done so.”
Xiao Chenyang went forward and sat at the bedside, staring at Henry. “I’m Xiao Chenyang.”
“Nice to meet you.” Henry reached out and shook his hand.
Xiao Chenyang shook his hand and exerted slightly more force, pulling Henry closer to him. The two had their faces at an extremely close distance and, at the thought of Long Tianze, Henry felt disgusted and immediately pushed him away. “What are you doing…?”
“I wanted to get closer to you…”
“There’s… no need.”
Xiao Chenyang turned to look at An Xiaoning. “Come out and have a talk with me.”
“Alright.” An Xiaoning put away her mahjong tiles and walked out of the ward with him.
They went to the ward next door, which was unoccupied.
She then explained to him in detail about Jin Qingyan’s schizophrenia.
“You’re saying Jin Qingyan doesn’t know that you know about this?”
“Yes. So you’ll have to keep this secret temporarily.”
“Don’t worry, I will.” Xiao Chenyang hesitated before adding, “Right, during the call, you said you saw Xihou Jiaping?”
“Yes. When I was taking out the trash and passing it to the bodyguard, I saw him sitting on a bench in the corridor.”
Xiao Chenyang remained silent for a moment before asking, “He didn’t speak to you?”
“No.”
“What on earth is he up to…” Xiao Chenyang thought aloud, uncertain about Xihou Jiaping’s intentions.
“You’re not using your previous phone anymore?” she asked as she looked at the new phone in his hand. “The one that you used to send those messages to us previously.”
“I didn’t send you those messages using a phone.”
“Then, what did you use?”
“A tablet.”
An Xiaoning asked, “Then, why have you suddenly bought a phone?”
“Because I need to use it.” He sat there, his expression turning sullen.
An Xiaoning noticed this and asked, “Are you in a bad mood?”
“Yes.”
“Want a drink?” She went on with a grin, “There’s wine inside the ward.”
“Get your men to prepare a foldable bed. I’ll sleep inside the ward with you two.”
“Alright,” An Xiaoning agreed with a nod.
When they returned to the ward, Henry asked, “Who is he?”
“He’s asking you a question.” An Xiaoning urged Xiao Chenyang to answer it himself.
“I’m your…”
He had yet to finish answering when An Xiaoning hurriedly cut in, “Love rival!”
Xiao Chenyang gazed at An Xiaoning, his jaw dropping, and watched as she shot him a warning glance, obviously perplexed by the situation.
“Love rival?” Henry was furious upon hearing this and immediately berated An Xiaoning harshly, “Are you mad? Why did you call Jin Qingyan’s love rival here? You want to use it to agitate me, right? Don’t you know that it’s completely useless?”
It was only now that Xiao Chenyang witnessed what An Xiaoning had told him earlier in the ward next door.
But this was really…
“Ningning, don’t bother about him. He’s just a patient. Get the wine here, let’s drink.”
“Alright.” An Xiaoning took the wine bottle and glass, then passed the bottle to him. “There’s only one glass, do you want to use it or should I use it?”
“You use it. I’ll use the wine bottle.”
“Alright.” An Xiaoning poured more than half a glass of wine for herself, then passed the wine bottle to him. “Come, cheers.”
“Cheers.”
While the two sat cross-legged on the bed to drink, Henry was almost bored to death.
Yet, he could not express this frustrating feeling bottled up inside him. As such, he could only pretend like he was using his phone to read the news when his focus actually remained on the two.
The bodyguard then opened the foldable bed and placed it properly by the window.
With that, the two changed the location of their battlefield and moved to the single foldable bed to continue drinking.
“I want to wash up now.”
He was completely ignored.
Henry repeated himself, “I want to wash up now, An Xiaoning.”
“You can crawl there yourself.”
Henry was seething with rage. “Don’t go overboard, I’m telling you.”
“Can’t I even joke with you?” An Xiaoning placed her glass down and helped him to the toilet to wash himself up.
When they were inside the bathroom, he warned her under his breath, “I’m telling you, you better chase that Xiao away. This is my ward.”
An Xiaoning watched how enraged he was and couldn’t bear to tease him any longer. “I was lying to you. He’s not your love rival, he’s someone protecting us.”
He looked confused as he asked, “A bodyguard?”
“If he’s unwilling, you wouldn’t be able to hire him with any amount of money. He’s actually your junior.”
“Junior?”
“Yes. You don’t need to know anything else, just that he not only won’t harm you, but he will also protect you.”
He reached out and poked her forehead. “You’ll really be the death of me!”
“I was just teasing you.”
“I don’t need that.”
An Xiaoning pouted her lips and remarked, “Hurry, I still want to go out to drink.”
——
“Who are you guys looking for?” Fang Erlan asked the two muscular and burly men before her.
“Ms. Fang, we’re bodyguards sent here by Young Madam to protect you.”
“Young Madam? Sis Xiaoning?”
The bodyguard nodded. “That’s right.”
“Then, why didn’t she tell me about it?” Fang Erlan felt that the two men were rather suspicious.
“Why don’t you ask our Young Madam later? Then you’ll know. We’ll be going to rest first.”
Fang Erlan nodded, then closed the door shut and hurriedly called An Xiaoning.
“Sis, did you send bodyguards here?”
“Yes, that’s right. I sent two over.”
Fang Erlan was perplexed. “Where’s Xiao Chenyang?”
“He’s busy with things, so we sent two bodyguards over to protect you temporarily.”
Hearing this, Fang Erlan couldn’t help but answer in an exhilarated voice, “Got it.”
After hanging up the phone, she leaped onto the bed and exclaimed in joy, “This is great!”
Without Xiao Chenyang by her side, she had much more freedom and would not have anyone watching her all the time, as if she had a surveillance camera installed on her.
However…
While she was filled with joy, she couldn’t help but think of something.
Why did he leave without saying anything when they were eating inside the restaurant and he was only a few steps away outside?
Besides, he ate very little during the meal as well.
He seemed rather different from how he was before they arrived at B City.
Then again, since she was not related to him in any way, he had no reason to tell her. She wasn’t even paying him for being a bodyguard for her…
Despite this…
Fang Erlan still felt a need to call him to ask.
But what if he were to pick up and feel that she was worrying about him?
Forget it…
After washing up, she lay down on the bed and took out her phone unknowingly, eventually deciding to call him.
When she had called him before, no one picked up. This time, his phone was completely switched off.
Completely switched off…
Fang Erlan somehow felt that he had something bothering him.
She called Xiao Yue, who was about to sleep and was shocked awake by her call. “Is Cousin back?”
“No, he left because he had something to attend to. Sis Xiaoning sent two other bodyguards here. Xiao Yue, I wanted to ask you, did you sense that Cousin was out of sorts when we were eating?”
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