1102 Perplexed and Smitten 162 (1/2)

At this moment, she felt like she was finally released and freed.

She no longer had to go through painstaking effort to hide the truth from Yan Ge or worry about how he would perceive her. She no longer had to be afraid of spilling the beans accidentally.

Because the truth was about to be revealed.

”That's right, he's not my cousin,” Fang Erlan said while feeling a huge sense of relief.

”Is he your boyfriend, then? Is he… the reason you were unwilling to be my girlfriend? You could've just told me the truth back then. Is there really a need to hide? Don't tell me you're planning to keep me on the hook as your backup plan in case your relationship with him doesn't work out?”

”No, I'm not in a relationship with him, and neither do I treat you as my backup plan. I really… do fancy you.”

”What's your relationship with him, then? Tell me, how are you related to him? If there's nothing between you two, why would he be living with you? Why would he become your bodyguard when he's affluent enough?” Yan Ge questioned, boiling with fury. One of the main reasons he had broken up with Yu Caiwei back then was that she had too many close friends of the opposite gender. He didn't like that she was hanging out too intimately with them. Yet, this Fang Erlan…

”I don't know what's between us but we're definitely not lovers. I don't fancy him at all. He was the one who moved into my house all of a sudden and refused to leave. I'm telling the truth. I asked him why he was behaving that way but he refused to tell me the reason. However, I really haven't met him before and I didn't know him at all.”

”Why don't you call the police?”

Pursing her lips, Fang Erlan said, ”Call the police? If calling the police really worked, I would have done that long ago. He's different from us. The police can't do anything to him at all.”

”How is he any different from us? Isn't he human too? Or does he have a family member from the Autumn Palace?”

”What do you think? Even Sis Xiaoning can't deal with him. I was both overjoyed and worried at the same time when you asked me to be your girlfriend. I actually didn't need the extra time to think, like what I had told you. I was just waiting for him to come back so that I could negotiate with him and make him leave my life. However, I failed and hence I had to reject you, because… I didn't want to implicate you and let you get hurt. However, I couldn't tell you these directly back then. I was afraid that you wouldn't believe me and instead despise me. But since you've already found out, there's no need for me to hide it from you any further.”

Yan Ge stared at her, trying to deduce if she was telling the truth.

”Do you really fancy me?”

”Yes, I really do.”

”Let's ignore the rest. What matters is we're fond of each other, isn't it?” He stood up and grabbed her wrist to pull her out of the house.

Fang Erlan thought that he was going to bring her to her apartment and immediately tried to struggle to break free. ”What are you trying to do?”

”Don't worry, I'm not going to look for him. I'm taking you somewhere.”

Fang Erlan expressed assent. Her stomach twisted into a knot, for she was afraid that she would bump into Xiao Chenyang at the door. She was afraid that he would really confine her to Mount Wanyan. That would really be…

Fortunately, they did not bump into him. When they exited the apartment, Xiao Chenyang was watching a movie with the volume turned up loudly.

Once she got inside Yan Ge's car, she said, ”I told him that I would be back in a while.”

He reached a hand out to help her put on her safety belt before saying, ”I just want to verify if you truly fancy me.”

Fang Erlan had no idea what he meant. Is there a need to verify that? I've already told him so explicitly.

The next thing she knew, he had already driven out of the estate.

To her surprise, he did not drive to a nearby place and instead sped toward the expressway.

”Senior Yan Ge, where are we going?”

”The beach.”

Fang Erlan asked in astonishment, ”The beach?”

”Yes.”

She dared not say anything else, for fear that she would provoke him further. However, if she was away for too long, Xiao Chenyang would…

She dared not let her imagination run wild.

Will he kick Yan Ge's door open…

He doesn't use mobile phones and doesn't have my number either.