1219 I Want to Make You Stay 97 (1/2)
The pair of father and daughter stood up and headed to the kitchen to bring the dumplings out. The girl placed the dumplings in front of him and said, ”Brother Qingyan, these are for you.”
”Alright, they look delicious.”
An Xiaoning watched as Jin Qingyan picked up a pair of moldy chopsticks and a yellow and rusty metal bowl.
Seeing how relaxed he was while eating, she could not help but think, Is he the same person who despised Mount Heyuan and found it too filthy?
The middle-aged man placed some dumplings in front of her and said, ”Ms. An, have some, too.”
”No, thank you, I've already had my meal before leaving the house. You guys go ahead. I've really already eaten. I don't lie,” said An Xiaoning, who then placed the bowl in front of him.
”You really have?”
”Yes.”
The middle-aged man did not insist any further. An Xiaoning initially thought that Jin Qingyan had stayed for lunch because he had something important to discuss with them about later. To her astonishment, he actually planned to leave after the meal and had even decided to bring the girl along.
An Xiaoning was dumbfounded and bewildered. However, she found it too embarrassing to ask him for the reason in front of the girl's parents. Thinking that he must have his own reasons, she did not say anything else and instead just paid the taxi driver and told him to drive away. They then entered her car one after another.
While they were on their way back, she desperately wanted to ask him about it. However, he still did not take the initiative to explain it to her. Besides, the girl was around too. Hence, An Xiaoning curbed her curiosity and proceeded all the way to Wei Ni Estate.
Fan Shixin had yet to go to the office. Upon the sight of Jin Qingyan and An Xiaoning returning with a girl, Fan Shixin asked, ”Young Sir, who's this?”
Since Fan Shixin had already asked the question that she was dying to ask, An Xiaoning decided to listen to his answer calmly.
”You don't have to care about who she is. Give her a position in the office.”
Fan Shixin squinted and asked, ”Young Sir, what position?”
”Do as you deem fit. A receptionist or secretary would be fine. We'll let her get familiar with the environment today and report to work officially tomorrow.”
”Okay.”
Fan Shixin left with the girl, allowing An Xiaoning and Jin Qingyan to be alone. An Xiaoning finally bombarded him with all the questions that she had been keeping to herself, ”Who is she? What were you doing at her house? Why did you leave via the secret passageway instead of the main entrance? Why did you bring her home? Please answer my questions.”
”Can I not answer them?”
An Xiaoning squinted and said, ”I want to know.”
”But I don't want to tell you.”
He then turned around and left. Staring at his back view, An Xiaoning squinted and said, ”Henry.”
He stopped in his tracks. An Xiaoning recalled the dream she had last night, which was now proven to be a premonition.
She scurried toward him to stop him from leaving. Staring at him with a mirthless smile, she gibed, ”You two are just the same person. Wow, I actually couldn't tell straight away that you were pretending to be him. If it weren't because of your attitude that give it all away, I would've been duped by you. I suggest you explain everything about this girl to me. Otherwise, I can't guarantee what I won't do to you.”
”I'm not going to explain it to you. What can you do about that?”
”In that case, I'm sorry, but that girl is not going to get a job at the office. Who do you think Fan Shixin would obey? Me or you?”
”You really haven't changed a single bit.”
An Xiaoning humphed, ”I'm better than you… you're clearly the second personality and yet you still pretend to be someone else.”
”Didn't you say that we're the same person? How is that pretending, then? How things are going to be handled all depends on me.”