1055 Perplexed and Smitten 115 (2/2)
\”In the future, I welcome your vengeful heart to act up frequently toward me.\”
She grabbed a cushion and threw it at him. \”Dream on.\”
\”How long do you need to think about it?\”
\”This is a big decision, I need to think about it properly and not act rashly.\”
\”So, how long would it take?\”
\”How about two months?\”
Yan Ge was stunned. \”Why don't you take two years to think about it?\”
The thing is, she didn't know when Xiao Chenyang would return!
When he did, she would still have to take some time to deal with him.
It was best if he would stop annoying her and never appeared in front of her ever again.
\”One month?\”
\”I can't wait that long, I'll give you half a month at most,\” he responded as he stood up from the sofa. He'd really thought that given her character, she would agree to it on the spot. It never occurred to him that she would need time to consider it.
\”Half a month it shall be, then.\”
....
As she lay down in bed, Fang Erlan felt that everything seemed like a dream to her. She stretched her legs and rested her arms behind her head, immersed in happiness while fretting at the same time.
Indeed, she had wanted to immediately agree to date him tonight.
However, the stress Xiao Chenyang was giving her overwhelmed such thoughts. She didn't know if he would return in half a month. If he didn't, she would have to make her own decision.
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When An Xiaoning was eating breakfast, Fan Shixin passed the morning paper to her.
The headline printed on the paper was the news of Commander-in-chief Jin's retirement.
The way An Xiaoning saw it, it was a pretty clever move, stepping down from power in time and living a peaceful life.
\”Their whole family is moving to a city farther away to live.\”
\”But the newspaper didn't report that.\”
An Xiaoning placed the newspaper down. \”Last night, the new master of the Autumn Palace gave me a call.\”
Fan Shixin suddenly understood. \”I see.\”
\”Are No. 5 and No. 8 here?\”
\”Not yet. They usually arrive here at a little past seven. It's not seven yet.\”
\”Okay. You should go and have breakfast. It'll be another busy day today.\”
\”I've eaten already. Young Madam, you have your breakfast. I'll go out to do some inspection.\”
\”Alright.\”
After she was done with her breakfast, she went upstairs to get her bag and phone. She suddenly realized that she had a few missed calls, all from No. 5.
While going downstairs, she started to return his call.
Before her call went through, a figure came running into the living room.
\”No. 5, I was just about to return your call. If you can't reach me, you can call Chief Fan directly.\”
\”I called you when I was almost here. Since I was already closeby, I didn't try calling the Chief. Sister, No. 8 is missing.\”
\”What do you mean No. 8 is missing? A huge man like him…\” An Xiaoning paused for a moment before continuing, \”Is missing?\”
\”He lived at Ms. Mo's place every day. We usually start eating breakfast at around 6:30 am. He wasn't there at 6:45 am, so I thought he could have woken up late and waited ten more minutes for him. Since he still didn't appear, I went to the 32nd floor of the opposite building to find him. But Ms. Mo said she received No. 8's text last night saying that he wouldn't be returning because he went to handle some matter with Sister. Ms. Mo thought he was probably busy so she didn't call him to confirm. Yesterday, we came back from the office with you. I even saw him entering the stairway when we arrived back at Sanqiao. How was it possible that he didn't return?\”
He managed to explain the whole situation in an exceptionally quick pace, but An Xiaoning understood every word he said perfectly.
\”You said the two of you went back yesterday night and that you saw him enter the stairway. But Mo Li said she received his text last night saying that he would be handling some matter with me. So, in reality, he didn't return?\”