1089 Perplexed and Smitten 149 (1/2)
The nine police officers stepped forward to arrest Sister Zhang and her four underlings, then brought them out of the ward.
After she realized that her plan had backfired and that she had shot herself in the foot, a sullen expression formed on her face.
However, there was nothing she could do now and nothing she said mattered anymore.
After they were brought away, No. 5 said, ”Just what happened?”
No. 8 looked at him and said, ”They're here to cause trouble.”
”People like her ought to be taught a good and hard lesson. She's asking for it!”
”I've already told Sis about this. No. 5, I want to go home. Help me settle the administrative procedures to get me discharged.”
”Okay.”
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As soon as An Xiaoning ended the call with Pan Zhenghui, she received a call from Pei Yi.
She asked, ”What is it?”
”What are you doing in Y Nation?”
”I went out to take a breather. What's wrong?”
”Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to return home after going abroad?” Pei Yi gibed in a low voice.
”Not at all. Just what did you call me for?”
”Nothing much, I just wanted to see you. Coincidentally… I'm in Y Nation too.”
”I don't feel like seeing you. I'm hanging up now if there's nothing else.”
”Wait a minute! Why are you so impatient when talking to me over the phone?” Pei Yi questioned, slightly peeved.
”I just feel like there's no need for us to talk on the phone, unless it's for something major. What do you want to tell me?”
”I'm not the only one who's here. Like I told you before, there's someone who wants to kill you and Jin Qingyan. That someone is here too. Are you still not bothered by his presence?”
Xihou Jiaping?
An Xiaoning looked at Jin Qingyan and asked, ”How are you so clear about his whereabouts? Doesn't this just prove that you and he are indeed in cahoots with each other?”
”Regardless of whether or not we're in cahoots, he's different from me. I don't want to kill you. Isn't that so?”
An Xiaoning agreed with that point he had made. If Pei Yi had wanted to kill her, she would have died in his hands long ago.
She mellowed her tone and said nicely, ”Since he's in Y Nation too, I doubt I'm going to get to have any fun. I'm heading back to S Nation.”
”Do you think you can hide from him if he really wants to kill you?”
”Heaven shall decide. I'm going to have my meal soon. I'm hanging up right now,” said An Xiaoning. Every single time she spoke to Pei Yi over the phone, she would hang up before he even gets to reply.
He would never call her back either.
”Pei Yi said that Xihou Jiaping is here too. Shall we head home today? Tianze and Yangyang may stay since they'd like to have some fun. They're not Xihou Jiaping's targets anyway.”
”I really can't figure out what this Pei Yi is thinking,” he said, handing her a plate over the table.
An Xiaoning grabbed it and picked up a fork to place a piece of cake into her mouth. ”Do you find him to be very peculiar?”
”If he's in cahoots with Xihou Jiaping, there's no reason for him to leak the news to you, unless… he's doing it for his own selfish reasons.”
”Shall we go back today?”
”Don't change the subject. We're talking about Pei Yi.”
Pursing her lips, An Xiaoning said, ”I don't wish to talk about him. Who cares what reasons he's doing it for? I don't care.”