Chapter 1175: I Want to Make You Stay (53)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“You really don’t have to void the bill. You may go out. I can’t waste the food. I’ll wait for him here.”
“Alright, I’m really sorry.”
“It’s alright.”
The manager exited, leaving Fang Erlan alone in the room.
She shifted her gaze onto the spot the waitress had been standing on, only to discover that there were still a few drops of fresh blood on the ground.
The mere few drops of blood seemed like a pool of blood to Fang Erlan.
She felt as if the entire ground had been stained crimson.
She felt a sudden fear and panic that arose from within.
If the waitress could threaten to kill herself because of Yan Ge today, someone else might just try and kill me another day.
It suddenly dawned upon her that it was a foolish decision to instruct Xiao Chenyang not to deploy the bodyguards.
She picked up her chopsticks again with trembling hands. The food began to taste bland and horrid all of a sudden.
However, her stomach was rumbling and she was famished. Thus, she wolfed the food down quickly and watered it down with some tea. She finally felt much less afraid and anxious.
Why…
Why don’t I feel joy and bliss after announcing our relationship status? Why do I feel oppressed and intimidated instead?
This was not what she wanted at all.
“Ms. Fang,” greeted another waitress, who opened the door abruptly.
Greatly taken aback, Fang Erlan sprung up from her seat. “What’s the matter?” she asked, feeling extremely stressed.
“Our manager wanted me to ask you if there are any more dishes that you’d like to eat. They’ll be on the house as well.”
“No, thank you,” she answered, keeping her guard high up, for fear that the waitress would harm her.
“Alright.” The waitress closed the door again.
After recovering from the shock, she whipped her mobile phone out to call Yan Ge. He picked up soon after.
“Where are you now? Is she alright?”
“I’m on my way back. She’s fine. Go ahead and eat. I’ll be there soon.”
“Alright.” Fang Erlan put down her mobile phone.
As expected, he returned not long after.
Fang Erlan hugged him and said, “I’m sorry.”
“Why are you apologizing?”
“It’s all my fault for agitating your fan.”
Yan Ge sat down while holding her in his embrace. He said, “It’s my personal choice to date you. They tend to get easily confused and blur the lines between my onscreen characters and my private life. Did you get a huge fright tonight?”
“It wasn’t too bad.”
“Have you eaten?”
“Yes, I have. Hurry and eat, the food is getting cold.”
He picked up the chopsticks and began eating unhurriedly. He finally popped the question that he had been pondering over. “Erlan, do you think it’d be too soon for us to get married right now?”
Fang Erlan stared at him, at a sudden loss for words. “Married?”
“Yes. Actually, I don’t feel secure at all even though we’re dating each other. I’m afraid that someone else will snatch you away. Let’s get married.”
She could not help but recall what Xiao Chenyang had said to her in G City, wherein he forbid her from marrying someone else.
It would seem they had to face yet another obstacle.
“Xiao Chenyang said… that he’s not going to allow us to get married.”
Yan Ge paused in his actions and put his chopsticks down. Staring at her earnestly, he asked, “Would you want to marry me? I just want to hear your answer. Will you marry me?”
His intense gaze made her feel compelled to answer him. She thought that she would want to marry him because she was incredibly fond of him.
“Sure.”
“As long as you’re willing, we don’t have to care about the rest,” said Yan Ge, who felt much more insecure because he had no idea just what Xiao Chenyang meant.
He ordered a bottle of liquor and poured them a glass each. He slid the glass to her and said, “Let’s have some drinks.”
Fang Erlan took it from him and raised her head to take a few sips. She discovered that the alcohol did not burn her throat.
When it was time to get the bill, Fang Erlan insisted on paying, despite the restaurant manager offering to void their bill.
They left the restaurant and returned to the hotel. Instead of stopping on the tenth floor, they boarded the elevator all the way to the twelfth floor.
The two of them entered his room together.
The moment they closed the door, Fang Erlan felt like she could no longer think straight.
She had no idea why she would follow him into his room.
It’s already so late.
That just means I won’t be returning to the tenth floor tonight.
But this man is my boyfriend.
It’s not like I haven’t slept next to Xiao Chenyang on the same bed before.
Yan Ge hugged her and asked softly, “Do you want to shower together?”
Fang Erlan froze in shock and shook her head. She spluttered, “No… I don’t…”
“Alright.”
He let go of Fang Erlan and headed straight to the bathroom.
Fang Erlan sat on the bed as a whirlpool of emotions filled her.
She happened to see a bottle of expensive liquor and some wine glasses on the headboard.
There was still more than half of the liquor left inside the bottle.
She poured herself a glass, thinking to herself that she barely had any to drink at the restaurant and that it was time she drank a bit to calm her nerves.
However, this liquor was much stronger than the one at the restaurant.
After downing the liquor, she felt a strong, burning sensation in her throat.
However, she found that it did help her relax a little and, hence, she decided to take a few more sips.
She was still holding the glass in her hand when Yan Ge came out of the shower. She smiled at him and said, “This liquor is pretty good.”
“It’s very high in alcohol content. Watch your intake.”
“I’ll be fine…” She put the glass down and lay down. Staring blankly at the ceiling, she teared up and murmured, “Yan Ge…”
“Yes? What’s wrong?” he asked while wiping his hair with a towel, not sensing anything unusual about her.
“I’m really afraid.”
Upon hearing that she was sobbing, he put down the towel and walked toward her. “What are you afraid of?”
“I’m afraid that your fans will kill me…” She turned to the side and lay on her stomach.
“They won’t. Why don’t I assign a few more bodyguards to chaperon you? Only a small number of fans are as extreme as that one today. The majority of them are very rational,” he said, caressing her hair.
Fang Erlan turned to face him and said, “I’m also afraid of Xiao Chenyang…”
She sounded a little tipsy and appeared to be in a daze with her eyes glassed over.
“I’m not afraid, so you shouldn’t be either.”
“You’re not afraid because you have no idea just how invincible he is. You don’t understand him at all, that’s why you don’t know what’s there to be afraid of. It’s different for me. When we were in G City, he told me clearly that he’s not going to allow us to get married,” Fang Erlan said, sniffing with sobs.
“Why do we need his approval to get married? We don’t need it,” he said, moving his face closer toward her. They could feel each other’s breath.
“I’m suspecting that I’ve lost a portion of my memory.”
“Why do you say so?”
“Xiao Chenyang said that we had met each other a long time ago, but I don’t recall ever seeing him. However, I also think that he makes sense. If we never knew each other before, why would he show up in my life all of a sudden? I really don’t know when I had seen him in the past. I tried to recall carefully but I just can’t. I still remember things from my childhood, but why can’t I remember him at all?”