215 I Love You, But I Donst Dare to Let You Know 16 (2/2)

Jin Qingyan immediately pulled her into an embrace.

Wrapping his arms around her tightly, he exclaimed, ”You've scared me.”

An Xiaoning remained still and answered coldly, ”Thank you for rushing to make your way here, there wasn't a need to though.”

She freed herself from his embrace and walked towards the car.

Pursing his lips, Jin Qingyan gave Byron a pat on his shoulder to express his gratitude for the latter's help.

He then proceeded to chase after An Xiaoning.

They boarded a plane back to S Nation.

Feeling a little jealous about the fact that she had eaten and quenched her thirst, Jin Qingyan lamented, ”You've had your fill but I'm still hungry.”

”I didn't stop you from eating.”

”You're the only thing that can satiate me,” he answered suggestively.

”I'm sorry then,” An Xiaoning rejected as she laid down to sleep right away.

Noticing that she had fallen asleep, Jin Qingyan picked up a blanket and laid it over her body.

An Xiaoning was a light sleeper who awakens easily, even by the slightest movement. Thus, she was aware that he had covered her with a blanket.

However, she simply could not bring herself to give him a passionate hug and tell him that she could feel all of his love. She was very tempted, yet she just could not reciprocate with her actions.

It was almost evening by the time they arrived back in S Nation.

An Xiaoning was greatly worn out and exhausted after the string of catastrophic events she had experienced the past few days.

As soon as she alighted from the airplane, An Xiaoning hailed a cab and made her way towards Dongpo Road right away.

She arrived at the store only to witness an ongoing commotion and argument between Xu Jingwen and Mei Yangyang. Meanwhile, Zhang Li was holding them back in a bid to get them to stop arguing.

”What happened? Why are you guys arguing?” asked An Xiaoning.

Upon the sight of An Xiaoning, Mei Yangyang hurriedly scampered towards her to give her a hug. ”Sis, where did you go? You've made me so worried!” Mei Yangyang exclaimed in agitation.

”We'll talk about that later. Yangyang, what were you arguing about with Jingwen?”

Appearing to have calmed down a little, Mei Yangyang explained, ”Jingwen has really gone overboard. While we were away at the boot camp, she falsified and tampered with the accounts. I tallied the records this afternoon and discovered that there is a total of 30 thousand dollars missing from our profits. I contacted the supplier, and he told me that they've been instructed to minimize the production costs of our clothing since a few months ago. Compared to the pieces we've brought in previously, the new ones are really poor in quality, and the costs have been reduced by half. Hence, this resulted in a great loss of customers.”

Mei Yangyang began to grow angrier and continued, ”Sis, she's even gotten involved with Chi Rui'er, who had been visiting our store frequently. She did pay for the clothes she bought the first few times, but she stopped paying completely for the subsequent visits. Jingwen even allowed her to do so by voiding the receipts. I made her compensate for the loss of 30 thousand dollars from her own pocket, but she refused to admit to it no matter what. That's how we started arguing.”

A sullen expression formed on An Xiaoning's face upon understanding the situation.

”Is what Yangyang said true?” An Xiaoning questioned, glaring at Xu Jingwen.

”Sis Xiaoning, I didn't pocket any funds.”

”Then where did the money go? The records don't tally or match the ones we've talked about over the video conference. You've falsified the accounts,” said Mei Yangyang.

Xu Jingwen pouted her lips and remained silent.

There was nothing left for An Xiaoning to ask, for it was clear what had happened and Xu Jingwen was already blown out of the water. The latter must have taken the chance to commit the act during the time that Mei Yangyang and An Xiaoning were too busy to tend to the store.

She sat down at the desk and looked up at Xu Jingwen. ”Putting the embezzlement of funds aside, who gave you the authority to allow Chi Rui'er to purchase the clothes without paying?” she questioned.

”I… I thought you and Sis Rui'er got along well since you are sisters-in-law.”

”Did you really think I'd be on good terms with someone who tried to kill me?” An Xiaoning snapped, glowering at her.

”Well… I really didn't know.”

”Putting that aside, you ought to give me an explanation for the money you pocketed.”

”Sis Xiaoning, since you're so affluent, could you please just let me off this time? I've spent all that money, I don't have much left on me now,” Xu Jingwen admitted.