Chapter Thirty-Five: The Rumored Fiancée (2/2)

Padapada.

Yan Jin poured all the sugar cubes into the coffee cup. Thankfully, the sugar cubes were those quick-dissolving types, otherwise the coffee would have spilled.

Fan Xiaoge had been observing Yan Jin and she puzzledly asked, “Mr. Yan, don’t you think you’ve added too much?”

“I did.” Yan Jin raised his cup: “Would you like to try?”

“N-no thanks.” Fan Xiaoge had no idea what Yan Jin was up to. She was feeling nervous because she felt that things were slipping out of her hands — It was as if something was interrupting her well-prepared strategy.

“You really don’t want a sip?” Yan Jin acted like he was really concerned with that cup of coffee.

“I-I’m flattered.” Cold sweat started to form on Fan Xiaoge’s forehead as she seemed to understand what Yan Jin was hinting at: “I don’t like fattening things.”

Yan Jin smiled.

“True. No matter how amazing the coffee is, adding too much sugar would make it too fattening for anyone, just like telling too many lies. Don’t you agree, Miss Fan?”

Fan Xiaoge’s facial expression instantly cringed a little.

Did he just say that she was disgusting? He said she was disgusting!

How dare he, how dare he!

Her body shivered in anger, yet she had no choice but to act like she was innocent: “I-I don’t understand what you’re trying to say. I-I really like you…”

Bzzzbzzzbzzz.

The sudden buzzing sound that came from a phone vibration interrupted what Fan Xiaoge was about to say. She subconsciously went to check her phone.

It wasn’t hers.

Fan Xiaoge shifted her stiff gaze onto the relaxed Yan Jin, only to see him reject the call when he saw the caller’s name: “I apologize. I forgot to set it to silent mode. It’s a little urgent, may I respond with a message?”

“N-no worries. I don’t mind, please do.” Fan Xiaoge replied in a panic.

Yan Jin smiled as he replied to the message. Ten minutes later, he received a huge chunk of replies. Yan Jin promptly glanced through the responses and turned his gaze onto Fan Xiaoge as he hid all his smiles.

“Miss Fan, I shall put it bluntly.” Yan Jin stared into her eyes as he continued:

“I won’t marry you. I don’t even like women.”

Fan Xiaoge panicked. Her focus was on Yan Jin’s first sentence, completely oblivious to the fact that the second sentence was actually the main point.

Yan Jin’s attitude was too straightforward. It seemed like sweet talking wasn’t enough, so she decided to use her trump card.

“Mr. Yan, this marriage has been arranged by our families. If you reject it outright, neither side will have it easy. Why not go along with the flow for now? I promise you that I really won’t create any problems for you.”

Fan Xiaoge knew better than anyone else about why she was chosen by the Yan family – They needed a chip that could allow them to control Yan Jin, and they had to have it before the family lost all control over Yan Jin. As for her, she needed a chip as well – A chip to get rid of her family’s control.

Nothing was more secure than a relationship maintained by making use of one another as the value of both parties were on par.

Yan Jin chuckled: “No, you’re wrong. You’re the only one who’s in trouble. As for me – “

“I’ve never been threatened by anyone, not even the Yan family.”

……

Chu Ge listened to the story once again and was amazed by Fan Xiaoge’s shamelessness. He used that chance to reflect on how much of an idiot he was to be taken advantage of back then.

He dated Fan Xiaoge for almost half a year. It was to the point that he even had thoughts of marrying her.

As a lover, Fan Xiaoge was simply too professional. She never asked for expensive gifts, and would never act clingy with him. No matter how late his emergency calls were, or how busy the hospitals were, she would never complain about it and she would even often remind him to take care of his health.

Back then, he thought that it was because Fan Xiaoge was a nice person. Now he realized that all those acts were simply because her goals did not include him to begin with.

When Yan Jin first saw Fan Xiaoge, he immediately thought that she looked familiar. He immediately connected the dots and realized that Chu Ge’s girlfriend was a Chu as well. Just in case, Yan Jin even took a picture of her to let Chu Ge confirm.

It was just as he had expected.

Chu Ge just broke up with his girlfriend two days ago. A car accident that occupied him for days didn’t even allow him time to convey the news to Yan Jin and his friends.

And that was when the doctor received Yan Jin’s message. After going through that message, he was shocked beyond words.

The ex-girlfriend that broke up with him less than a week ago had now become Yan Jin’s fiancée?!