1097 Perplexed and Smitten 157 (1/2)
”Ah, I'm really ashamed of myself. I'd originally thought that I can be considered quite pretty. Who would have thought? After seeing pictures of these women, I find that I really can't hold a candle to them. Isn't that right, Mr. Xiao?”
Her efforts were, however, completely unnecessary in the eyes of Xiao Chenyang.
”You must be hoping that I'll pick one of these participants. Because then, you'll be free, right?”
”Of course I hope… that you'll find someone you truly like.”
”I think you want to go on Mount Wanyan to live and never get out of there.”
When she heard his words, Fang Erlan's heart went to her mouth. That damn place, she never wanted to return there!
”No, no, no. Definitely not. Alright, alright. Let's not look at these pictures anymore. What's there to see? They're just a bunch of ordinary grass, how could they possibly catch the eye of our Mr. Xiao? I'm afraid, amongst so many people, there'll probably be hardly any woman who can capture the attention of Chief Fan.”
With that, Fang Erlan took her phone back from him and laughed dryly.
Xiao Chenyang remarked, ”Today's a special occasion. Get changed into your prettiest outfit and doll yourself up. We'll be going to the museum.”
”What on earth are we going there for? Is there another new exhibition at the museum?”
He did not answer her but stood up and went back into the bedroom.
Seeing how he was insistent on going, Fang Erlan knew there was no way she could stop him. She had no choice but to switch off her phone and stand up as well.
Glancing at the clothes in her wardrobe, Fang Erlan cast a side glance at Xiao Chenyang and remarked, ”All my clothes are pretty to me. Pick one out for me, then.”
He went forward and browsed through them casually, then finally took out a long white dress to pass to her. ”This one.”
Fang Erlan took the dress from him and pointed to the door. ”You, go out first. I'll change.”
”Do you think I won't know how your body looks like just because I'm outside?”
Fang Erlan's mouth was agape. ”You're despicable! Get out!”
He turned and actually went out, closing the door behind him.
Fang Erlan went to lock the door from the inside and could finally rest assured and change into her dress.
After forty minutes, she finally emerged from the bedroom. Xiao Chenyang was watching the television, and Fang Erlan had thought that his eyes would brighten upon seeing her all dolled up. However, he did not even cast a single glance at her.
Yet, she did not take it to heart as well. ”Aren't we going to the museum? What are you waiting for? Come on, let's go.”
Xiao Chenyang turned to look at her. ”I'll go and change as well. You're more than welcome to join me to see the whole process.”
”No… I don't care for it at all…”
As compared to her dolling up process, which lasted for forty minutes, he took a mere three minutes to re-emerge from the bedroom.
Fang Erlan watched him in an alarmed manner and had her hand placed on her chin as she asked, ”Brother, it's 34 degrees Celsius today. Are you sure you're going out in this red robe…? Do you really not feel warm?”
With an indifferent look, he replied, ”No, I'm used to it.”
”…”
Fang Erlan did not think too much of it either, since it had been more than just one or two days since she had been around this unusual man.
When they went downstairs together, she watched as he headed toward a white luxury car and hurriedly shouted to him, ”Why are you going to someone else's car? My nanny van is here.”
He paused in his tracks and replied to her, ”Come here, this is my car.”
”When did you buy it?”
”Two hours ago.”
Fang Erlan went to the front of the car and saw a temporary license plate placed there. There were red ribbons tied onto the rear mirror and car wheels.
”What car is this?”
”It's an Aston Martin.”
”How much did it cost?”
”4.56 million dollars. Hop on.”