1122 Perplexed and Smitten 182 (2/2)
”I'll help you.” She moved a chair into the washroom and allowed him to support himself against the chair, after which she filled the basin with some lukewarm water. ”Lower your head,” she said.
He obediently did as he was told. An Xiaoning then poured some shampoo into her palm and lathered it before helping him scrub his scalp.
She was extremely gentle when massaging his scalp with her tiny hands, making him feel exceptionally comfortable.
”You've got some great skills.”
”Yes. I can ace anything as long as I put my heart into it.”
”You're not in the least bit modest at all.”
She smiled and continued shampooing his hair.
After she rinsed the shampoo off his scalp, she dried his hair with the hairdryer. When helping him out of the washroom, she said, ”We'll have to film a video of you later.”
”What video?”
”A declaration video.”
He instantly understood what she meant. ”No wonder you were so kind as to give me a hair wash. Turns out you had an ulterior motive.”
She did not deny it and took out an eyebrow blade that she then extended toward him. Henry retreated backward and said, ”What are you doing?”
”I'm going to trim your eyebrows for you. You don't need any makeup anyway. Your eyebrows will be neater with a little trim.”
”Don't cut me…”
She cupped his face with one hand and said, ”I won't cut you. I'll just slice off some of your flesh.”
”…”
Staring at the flawless face in front of her, An Xiaoning nodded and said, ”You're all set. You deserve to be called my man. You don't even need any makeup since you already look so handsome.”
”Who's your man…”
”You.”
Fan Shixin arrived at the hospital with a lunchbox at 6:50 am.
”Is it a small steamed bun again? I don't want to eat that,” said Henry.
”Be thankful that you get to eat. Why are you still so picky?” said Fan Shixin, who then opened the lunchbox and took out some steamed prawn dumplings and vegetarian buns. He continued, ”There's porridge underneath this. Wait for it to cool before you eat it.”
”I'm not in a hurry to eat. How's the Weibo saga going?”
”Hu Xin has hired a bunch of keyboard warriors who have been commenting and reposting the video as soon as we delete them. The situation is getting out of hand. I think you guys need to make a clarification to placate things.”
”I thought so too, so…” She then said to Henry, ”It'll depend on what you say.”
Henry picked up the mobile phone and held her in his arms. ”Let's begin.”
”To the culprit who had hired our doppelgangers and added your own sound effects to create this false video, I don't know what your purpose for doing this is, but I'll definitely pursue this matter and take legal actions against you. There are all sorts of comments online, but I don't want this matter to affect the person whom I care for. That's all I have to say.”
He then kissed An Xiaoning on her forehead and asked, ”Do you have anything to say about those empty vessels online?”
”I won't make any comment. You've already answered on my behalf, haven't you?”
He smiled at her affectionately and said, ”What a lazy bum.”
As soon as they stopped filming, the smile on his face vanished and he retracted his arm. ”Disseminate this video clip to the media.”
Fan Shixin grabbed Henry's mobile phone and forwarded the video clip to himself. He then returned the mobile phone to Henry and left without uttering another word.
”Fan Shixin is getting more and more aloof and haughty. Don't you think so?” Henry asked An Xiaoning.
”Sorry, but I don't.” She got out of bed and walked toward the chair, where she sat down and began eating.
Noticing that she was eating the prawn dumplings, he quickly said, ”Let me have that. You have the buns instead.”
She handed him her half-finished prawn dumpling and said, ”There you go.”
”Is this how you treat the person who just helped you filmed the video?”
”Isn't that what you're supposed to do?”
”…”