1294 I Want to Make You Stay 172 (1/2)
”We're going back again tonight?”
”Yes, I'll stay at your family mansion temporarily tonight. I must get closer to your family in order to find the answers I need in the quickest time possible.” An Xiaoning added, ”The most dangerous place is often the safest. Your family would have never expected that we would return.”
”What if we get exposed? There are surveillance cameras everywhere in the yard.”
”We won't be discovered easily if we're careful. I'm very experienced in being stealthy.”
Seeing how composed she was, Donggong Lianzhi said, ”There's still such a long way to go from now until tonight. What do you plan to do while waiting?”
”There's nothing inside the refrigerator. Let's go to the supermarket together. We still have to eat lunch after all.”
”We can always order takeout.”
”Do you actually still dare to eat takeout food at such a critical juncture? Aren't you afraid that you'll be poisoned?”
Donggong Lianzhi took a look at the time on his watch and said, ”Shall we head to the supermarket downstairs now, then? The groceries are fresher in the morning.”
An Xiaoning agreed, ”Sure. But can you cook?”
”Yes.”
”I can put my mind at ease, then. Most men nowadays are better cooks than women.”
Donggong Lianzhi blurted without hesitation, ”You… can't cook?”
”Of course… I can. The food I make is just not that delicious.” An Xiaoning combed her wig, put on a pair of flats, and headed to the supermarket with him.
They bought four large bags of groceries, each carrying two in their hands.
When they were about to approach the corridor, An Xiaoning asked softly, ”Is that woman here to look for you?”
Donggong Lianzhi answered coldly, ”Just ignore her.”
Seemingly having guessed who the woman was, An Xiaoning continued to walk forward alongside him.
Just as they were about to walk past the woman, she finally said, ”Is this what you want?”
Donggong Lianzhi ignored her and headed straight inside the corridor. The girl scurried toward him and stopped him from proceeding. ”Donggong Lianzhi, I'm asking you a question. You fell out with your family and broke off your engagement with me all because of this woman. Is this what you really want?”
”Yes, this is what I want. Is that enough?”
Seething with exasperation, the woman rebuked, ”You… are your brains fried? Do you know how many benefits I can bring you if you marry me? These are advantages that she won't be able to give you. How could you…”
”So what if you can bring me those benefits? You can't hold a candle to the woman I love,” he said before turning to gaze at An Xiaoning affectionately.
”News about what you had done is now spreading around our social circle. You've completely disgraced me and my family by breaking off the engagement. How much longer do you think this woman can live?”
Donggong Lianzhi looked up at her and said, ”I'll be happy even if we only have one day left with each other.”
He managed to shut her up.
Instead of following them into the elevator, the woman exclaimed in disgruntlement, ”Donggong Lianzhi, you'd better not regret this!”
He responded to her words with an icy cold stare.
In reality, Donggong Lianzhi knew clearly how terrible of a predicament he was in currently. He had been insulted and belittled in the Donggong family for so many years. His family's attitude toward him only improved slightly after he gained the affection of Jin Miaomiao.
Yet, he had chosen to give up everything and return to square one.
However, those superficialities no longer mattered to him.