1168 I Want to Make You Stay 46 (1/2)

After the other three had left, An Xiaoning grabbed Fang Erlan's hand and said, ”There must be an uproar on the internet right now. We must hurry and try to salvage your reputation, no matter what it takes. We'll give you a portion of the 50 million dollars, according to the percentages that were agreed upon in the artist contract.”

”Sis, 10 million dollars is enough for me. I know that they only agreed to compensate us with 50 million dollars on account of your connections and authority. I'm already content enough to have my innocence be proven. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to afford an apartment that costs more than three million dollars. Sis Xiaoning, I wouldn't be where I am today without you. I'll accept the good and the bad that comes with this career choice. So, 10 million dollars is really more than enough for me.”

”The very fact that you're grateful just goes to show that I wasn't wrong about you. However, what's yours is yours. Yangyang and I are not going to be greedy and shortchange you.” She paused and continued, ”I'm afraid Xiao Chenyang is definitely going to hit the roof. Try and placate him. He should be arriving at the hotel soon.”

”Sis Xiaoning, did you contact him?”

”No.”

”How did you know that he's almost here, then?” Fang Erlan asked in puzzlement.

An Xiaoning patted her hand and said, ”He probably already found out about it when he arrived in A City, so I'm guessing that he must be reaching the hotel soon. You're extremely important to him. Although he didn't mention anything when you were whipped previously, I can tell that he felt really sorry for you.”

Filled with perplexion and a mix of emotions, Fang Erlan said, ”I don't get it. Why did Yu Caiwei hack my Weibo account and announce my relationship to the world when she's so bent on getting back together with Yan Ge?”

”Why don't you get it? She probably thought about it carefully and realized that it's really impossible between her and Yan Ge. Hence, it's not that strange for her to expose your relationship in such a manner. Her ultimate goal is to make Yan Ge's fans berate you, since you were the one who exposed it first. After all, you're nowhere as famous as Yan Ge. On top of that, she had probably been devising a plan to frame you for stealing for a really long time. Actually, 50 million dollars is not that much to her. To my knowledge, Yu Caiwei was paid more than 50 million dollars for each television series that she had starred in in the past two years.” An Xiaoning continued in a gentle voice, ”Get your feelings sorted out. It's alright, it's all over now.”

The door was swung open forcefully. Upon the sight of Xiao Chenyang, An Xiaoning stood up and said to Fang Erlan, ”I'll go out to settle the rest of this matter. You talk to him about it.”

Fang Erlan nodded and watched An Xiaoning leave. After the door was closed, she shifted her gaze onto him.

”Weren't you returning to A City to handle some matters?” she asked, despite knowing that he probably didn't get his things done.

”Have you guys found out who the culprit is?”

”It's… Yu Caiwei.”

Xiao Chenyang turned around to leave while Fang Erlan stopped him immediately. ”Where are you going? Sis Xiaoning has already settled this issue. Yu Caiwei is going to compensate us with 50 million dollars.”

Noticing the fear and worry in her eyes, he answered, ”I'm not going to do anything. I'm just going to go have a chat with her. She clearly said that she's not going to do anything funny to you again, yet she's still so unrepentant.”

Fang Erlan pulled him toward the bed and said, ”Don't. We'll just leave things as they are now. After all, we still have to continue acting alongside each other and I'll be seeing her very often. I doubt she'd dare to do anything to me again.”

”Why do things always happen to you once I'm away? Seems like I must bring you with me everywhere, just to be safe.”

Thinking that he was just joking, Fang Erlan said, ”What do you take me for? Your shadow?”

He ignored her and said, ”Yes… it's decided, then. You shall follow me wherever I go.”

Seeing that he was serious about it, she frantically said, ”No, that can't do. I won't have my freedom anymore in that case.”

An austere expression formed on Xiao Chenyang's face and he said sternly, ”This time, you're not allowed to have a say.”

Fang Erlan said, ”What am I supposed to do if you're returning to A City today? I still have work to do here…”

”I won't be going back today.”

”I have a full day of work tomorrow too…”

”How about the day after tomorrow?”

”Ditto… it's going to be the case for a very long time…”

”We'll return to A City when you're free, then.”