1121 Perplexed and Smitten 181 (1/2)
Two minutes later, the two of them lay beside each other without uttering a single word.
An Xiaoning kept her eyes open while waiting for a call from the Yin family. She wanted to see if they would actually call her. On the other hand, Henry felt extremely awake all of a sudden, despite being rather sleepy at the start.
”Why aren't you saying anything? Aren't you usually very chatty?” he asked.
”I don't feel like talking.”
”Are you upset because of this incident?”
”Would you be over the moon to hear that I'm upset?”
”…”
Noticing that he did not reply, she turned over to face him and said, ”I suddenly feel like meeting my friends.”
”Go ahead and look for your friends, then. I'll be happy to enjoy the peace by myself when you're gone.”
”Another day, perhaps.”
”Boss, that fellow is calling you again!” An Xiaoning's ringtone cranked loudly, greatly startling Henry.
She finally received the call that she had been waiting for.
An Xiaoning grabbed her mobile phone and answered, ”Hello.”
”Ms. An, I'm Yin Shi. Grandpa has something to say to you.”
”Alright, please get him on the line.”
Old Mr. Yin immediately answered, ”A mysterious man visited us with a huge sum of money, and he wants us to include Yin Cun's name again in the ancestral records and move his ashes back to the ancestral graveyard. He even threatened me and made me choose between dying and abiding by his orders.”
An Xiaoning asked, ”How did you answer him, then?”
”I… turned him down.”
”Oh? Didn't you try and stall for time instead? I want to hear the truth.”
”Ms. An, why would I lie and hide things from you at this juncture? I actually trust you more than that man. So, Ms. An, we'll cooperate with you, but you must protect the Yin family. We barely have any descendants left…”
”Rest assured, that man won't lay a finger on your family.”
The patriarch asked, ”How are you so sure, Ms. An?”
”Just trust me. Don't worry,” said An Xiaoning.
”Alright, it's settled, then.”
”Okay.”
Regardless of whether the man was Yin Cun or Xihou Jiaping, he definitely wouldn't lay a finger on the Yin family.
An Xiaoning was extremely certain about that.
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At about eight o'clock in the evening, it began drizzling and the temperature became much cooler. The breeze made the weather much more chilly.
Fang Erlan finally saw Yan Ge.
She had heard about Yan Ge's arrival ever since she checked into the hotel.
However, she had never bumped into him.
She finally met him when all of the main and supporting cast had to sit together to rehearse their lines.
He sat in between Fang Erlan and Yu Caiwei.
Although Fang Erlan was holding the script in her hands, she was completely distracted.
She would occasionally glance and observe him using her peripheral vision.
However, he never looked at her and was instead focusing all his attention on the lines. Upon realizing that she did not have much time left, Fang Erlan quickly focused on memorizing her lines and developing her emotions.
Two hours had passed since eight o'clock in the morning.
When the actors and actresses were dismissed, Yan Ge stuffed a written note into her hand.
Fang Erlan looked at him and found that the piece of paper felt unusually warm in her hands.
She did not bring her mobile phone with her when she left the hotel.
Was that why he stuffed me a note?