960 Perplexed and Smitten 20 (1/2)
The mask on her face almost fell off too.
An Xiaoning took out her rope. Upon the sight of the weapon, he panicked and asked, ”What… are you trying to do?”
”What do you think?” She knelt onto the bed and inched closer toward him bit by bit.
Henry got off the bed immediately, leaving An Xiaoning alone on the spacious bed.
He opened the door and realized that there were guards on standby. He then headed to the balcony, only to realize that there were guards below too.
Boiling with fury, he returned inside the room and lay down on the couch.
An Xiaoning goaded, ”Ah… how comfy is it to lie on this soft, spacious, and cooling bed.”
He rolled his eyes at her in response.
”Mr. Henry, would you like to have some liquor?”
”No.”
”Mr. Henry, shall we have a chat?”
”I have nothing to say to you.”
After a moment of silence, she said on purpose, ”Remember not to fall asleep. If you do, you'll become Qingyan again once you wake up.”
He widened his eyes and said, ”I definitely won't fall asleep.”
”That'd better be the case,” she said with a smirk.
After switching off the lights, she closed her eyes.Time crawled by.
Henry refused to sleep, for fear that he would lose his identity once he was asleep. He did not wish to fall asleep so soon, since he rarely got the opportunity to come out. Feeling bored out of his wits, he finally broke his silence and asked, ”Hey, damned woman, are you asleep yet?”
”Scoundrel, I was about to fall asleep.”
”Let's have a chat.”
”Didn't you say that you have nothing to say to me?”
He said, ”Let's ask each other questions that we must both answer. How does that sound?”
”I'll ask you first,” said An Xiaoning.
”Go ahead.”
”Why do you detest me?” she asked, turning over to lie on her side while facing him.
”No reason, I just detest you naturally. In fact, I don't even want to see your face.”
”You detest me so much and yet you're still chatting with me. Must be tough for you.”
”My turn,” he asked in a tone that was much colder than Jin Qingyan's.
Even when they first met, Jin Qingyan's tone was rather mellow and gentle, unlike the way the aloof Henry was speaking.
”Go ahead and ask away.”
”Do you think Jin Qingyan loves you?”
His question was easier to answer than she had expected.
”Must you really ask? Those who have eyes to see can tell that he loves me. He loves me because I'm gentle, knowledgeable, uniquely beautiful, cultured, capable, opinionated, driven, brave… and many others. I have so many attributes that I can't even count them myself.”
”Why don't I see any of those attributes in you at all?”
”That's why I said, those who have eyes can see. You're blind, of course you can't see them.”
”You're really sharp-tongued.”
”Thank you for the compliment.”
”I hope you'll answer my question truthfully. Otherwise, our conversation will just be pointless. Please answer my question again seriously.”
”In his eyes, all women are the same, except me. Will that answer do?”
”Forget it, it's just a one-sided answer on your part. Your turn to ask me.”