1048 Perplexed and Smitten 108 (2/2)
\”No, no, I just wanted to ask you if he's on bad terms with his parents and brother?\”
\”His parents and brother?\”
\”Yeah, his biological parents and brother.\”
\”He doesn't have any parents or a brother.\”
Gripping her mobile phone tightly, Fang Erlan asked, \”Are you serious? Sis, does he really not have any family members?\”
\”He really doesn't.\”
\”Did he just hide them from you?\”
An Xiaoning asked, \”Erlan, why would you ask such a question?\”
\”I don't know if I should be telling you this.\”
\”Don't you trust me? Just tell me whatever's on your mind. Stop hemming and hawing.\”
\”Well, a really handsome man came by just now, claiming to be Xiao Chenyang's brother.\”
The first person that came to An Xiaoning's mind was Xihou Jiaping. She frantically asked, \”What did he say to you?\”
\”He came to ask about Xiao Chenyang's whereabouts, claiming that he and his parents could not contact Xiao Chenyang. He asked me if I knew where he had gone, but I said that I had no idea.\”
\”Apart from that, did he ask any other questions?\”
\”He did ask a few other questions, like whether or not I'm Xiao Chenyang's girlfriend, where I had hired him, and some other stuff.\”
\”Erlan, are there surveillance cameras in the living room?\”
\”Yes.\”
\”Okay, send me the footages from the surveillance cameras. Wait for me at home, I'll be there in a bit.\”
\”Alright, I'll wait for you.\”
An Xiaoning ended the call and hurriedly headed to the bathroom to freshen up before proceeding to the wine cellar, barefaced. She put on her mask while walking along the secret passageway and left Wei Ni Estate.
She then hailed a taxi to Qingyuan Estate.
When she arrived at the estate, she removed her human skin mask and put on a surgical mask before striding toward Block C.
\”Sis, you're here.\”
\”Yes, where are the footages?\”
\”Here. This is that man,\” said Fang Erlan, handing the laptop to An Xiaoning.
An Xiaoning scanned the man's face to confirm that her guess was correct. She immediately placed the laptop onto the table.
She looked at Fang Erlan and said, \”Erlan, tell me everything that he said to you from the moment he entered the house. Don't leave anything out, alright?\”
Seeing how stern she was, Fang Erlan nodded earnestly and told her exactly what Xihou Jiaping had said.
After hearing her words, An Xiaoning looked at her in admiration and grabbed her hand. \”Erlan, you did the right thing. Did you know? You managed to get yourself out of danger by answering him in the way that you did.\”
Fang Erlan asked, \”Sis, is he really Xiao Chenyang's brother?\”
\”No. Not only is he not Xiao Chenyang's brother, he also has a feud with him. Think about it, had you made any slip-ups or said anything wrong earlier, he'll have discovered that you're Xiao Chenyang's Achilles' heel. That would be extremely disadvantageous to you and Xiao Chenyang.\”
\”It may be disadvantageous to me, but not to him. I'm not that important to him.\”
\”That's just what you think, actually…\” An Xiaoning could not quite figure out how she should break it to her. She continued, \”Actually, you don't know Xiao Chenyang that well, Erlan. Although I don't know him very well yet, I still know more about him than you do. Wealthy and powerful people like Xiao Chenyang wouldn't be so passionate about a random woman for no reason all of a sudden. You may not think that you're important to him, but you are his weakness and his kryptonite. You have the ability to make him surrender to his enemy when his enemy threatens him by putting your life on the line.\”