1128 I Want to Make You Stay 6 (1/2)
Seeing such a leisurely scene before him, Xiao Chenyang asked Henry, ”Do you recognize me?”
”Do I know you?”
Xiao Chenyang's heart sank as he told An Xiaoning, ”You should send two bodyguards to keep watch over Erlan.”
”I've already done so.”
Xiao Chenyang went forward and sat at the bedside, staring at Henry. ”I'm Xiao Chenyang.”
”Nice to meet you.” Henry reached out and shook his hand.
Xiao Chenyang shook his hand and exerted slightly more force, pulling Henry closer to him. The two had their faces at an extremely close distance and, at the thought of Long Tianze, Henry felt disgusted and immediately pushed him away. ”What are you doing…?”
”I wanted to get closer to you…”
”There's… no need.”
Xiao Chenyang turned to look at An Xiaoning. ”Come out and have a talk with me.”
”Alright.” An Xiaoning put away her mahjong tiles and walked out of the ward with him.
They went to the ward next door, which was unoccupied.
She then explained to him in detail about Jin Qingyan's schizophrenia.
”You're saying Jin Qingyan doesn't know that you know about this?”
”Yes. So you'll have to keep this secret temporarily.”
”Don't worry, I will.” Xiao Chenyang hesitated before adding, ”Right, during the call, you said you saw Xihou Jiaping?”
”Yes. When I was taking out the trash and passing it to the bodyguard, I saw him sitting on a bench in the corridor.”
Xiao Chenyang remained silent for a moment before asking, ”He didn't speak to you?”
”No.”
”What on earth is he up to…” Xiao Chenyang thought aloud, uncertain about Xihou Jiaping's intentions.
”You're not using your previous phone anymore?” she asked as she looked at the new phone in his hand. ”The one that you used to send those messages to us previously.”
”I didn't send you those messages using a phone.”
”Then, what did you use?”
”A tablet.”
An Xiaoning asked, ”Then, why have you suddenly bought a phone?”
”Because I need to use it.” He sat there, his expression turning sullen.
An Xiaoning noticed this and asked, ”Are you in a bad mood?”
”Yes.”
”Want a drink?” She went on with a grin, ”There's wine inside the ward.”
”Get your men to prepare a foldable bed. I'll sleep inside the ward with you two.”
”Alright,” An Xiaoning agreed with a nod.
When they returned to the ward, Henry asked, ”Who is he?”
”He's asking you a question.” An Xiaoning urged Xiao Chenyang to answer it himself.
”I'm your…”
He had yet to finish answering when An Xiaoning hurriedly cut in, ”Love rival!”
Xiao Chenyang gazed at An Xiaoning, his jaw dropping, and watched as she shot him a warning glance, obviously perplexed by the situation.
”Love rival?” Henry was furious upon hearing this and immediately berated An Xiaoning harshly, ”Are you mad? Why did you call Jin Qingyan's love rival here? You want to use it to agitate me, right? Don't you know that it's completely useless?”
It was only now that Xiao Chenyang witnessed what An Xiaoning had told him earlier in the ward next door.
But this was really…
”Ningning, don't bother about him. He's just a patient. Get the wine here, let's drink.”
”Alright.” An Xiaoning took the wine bottle and glass, then passed the bottle to him. ”There's only one glass, do you want to use it or should I use it?”
”You use it. I'll use the wine bottle.”
”Alright.” An Xiaoning poured more than half a glass of wine for herself, then passed the wine bottle to him. ”Come, cheers.”
”Cheers.”
While the two sat cross-legged on the bed to drink, Henry was almost bored to death.
Yet, he could not express this frustrating feeling bottled up inside him. As such, he could only pretend like he was using his phone to read the news when his focus actually remained on the two.
The bodyguard then opened the foldable bed and placed it properly by the window.
With that, the two changed the location of their battlefield and moved to the single foldable bed to continue drinking.