860 A Million Times for You 222 (2/2)
She watched as the lights outside went out gradually.
Just as she was overwhelmed with terror and panic, Jing Shui appeared.
”Erlan, can you manage on your own?”
”Um, could I trouble you to stay here with me for tonight? I'm scared.”
Jing Shui got inside the car and said, ”I figured out that you must be frightened. I was really horrified too. Sure, I'll accompany you.”
”Thank you.”
”Don't mention it, that's what friends are for.” After a moment of silence, he said, ”I wasn't there during the kiss scene. I heard from my brother that he'd added it at the last minute.”
”Yes. Did you see that girl who was with Yan Ge on set today?” she asked.
”Are you referring to her?” Jing Shui asked, showing her the profile picture of a contact on his mobile phone.
”How did you… do you guys know each other?”
Jing Shui answered with a nod, ”Her name is Xin Min, she's my former classmate. I saw her today. She's here for a blind date with Yan Ge.”
”A blind date?” Fang Erlan asked in astonishment.
”Yeah. According to her, her mother and Yan Ge's mother used to be from the same dance troupe. Yan Ge's mother was the one who arranged this blind date so she dropped by to take a look.”
Fang Erlan nodded in acknowledgment and asked, ”She looks pretty young. Aren't you 29 years old this year?”
”She's 28. She just came back from studying abroad too. We both graduated with a doctorate degree. She does look younger than her age.”
”I thought she was at most 25 years old. She's really pretty and comes from an affluent family too. What a great match for Yan Ge.”
”She instructed me not to tell anyone about this, but you're the only person I'm going to reveal it to. Don't spread this around, okay? Yan Ge's mother holds high standards for her prospective daughter-in-law. It just happens that Xin Min meets her expectations. Everything seems to be going well, and Yan Ge seems to be pleased with her too. Xin Min is not from the showbiz industry and comes from a wealthy family. She's really talented too. I reckon it'll definitely work out between them.”
Fang Erlan agreed, ”Yeah, I think so too.”
However, she could not help but feel an inexplicable feeling of dejection and disappointment deep down.
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An Xiaoning returned to Wei Ni Estate and lay in bed while Jin Qingyan gave her a massage.
However, he never massaged her in the right spots.
For example, his hands would unknowingly wander toward her hips whenever she got him to massage her back.
An Xiaoning smacked his hand back several times.
”In my eyes, you're now just like an emergency firetruck. You'll rush to render help immediately whenever someone needs you. Aren't you going to tire yourself out if you keep doing this?”
”What can I do? I invested in this television series. I'm going to take a loss if there are any casualties. How can I leave them in the lurch?”
Jin Qingyan stopped massaging her and asked, ”Would you like to take a shower?”
”I don't feel like moving.”
”I'll help you.”
”Let's just not shower today. It won't hurt not to shower for a day,” said An Xiaoning, turning over and closing her eyes.
”I haven't gotten intimate with you in so long…”
”Who's the one who did it with me last week, then?”
”…”
He picked her up in his arms and said, ”I don't care, I must shower you. You may play dead, it doesn't bother me.”
”I'm really going to sleep,” said An Xiaoning, who closed her eyes and dozed off.
Once he was done bathing her, Jin Qingyan realized that she had really fallen asleep.
Noticing how fatigued she was, he decided to abort his plan and hugged her to sleep until daybreak.