18以下岁禁止1000部x

[This chapter is dedicated to Marcey_Elizabeth! This sort of like my birthday gift to her since she said that June is her birth month! Happy birthday! I\'m grateful to be blessed with such a good reader like yoU~! :D]

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"Tell me everything you know and why you want to know about her. You\'re lucky I\'m willing to stay tonight in the living room."

With that said, Shu Xian stared straight into the eyes of Wang Lei. With him smelling like alcohol as well, it was evident to Shu Xian that he is not like Pan An who is out cold—probably drank less than his best friend.

Wang Lei sat down on the couch, Wan Wan sniffing him as his hand was on his lap, the man now patting the dog\'s head.

"On second thought, do prepare tea. Since we\'re talking, it\'s only appropriate, no?"

With Wang Lei giving a wink as well, Shu Xian gave him a small smile, giving him a small bow as well as he thanked Wang Lei formally.

"Thank you for staying. Sorry for stopping you all of a sudden."

Wang Lei blinked his eyes at the young lady a few times. With a scoff coming from him, he playfully rolled his eyes at her, remembering that she is the same age as his sister, Shi Lian.

"Don\'t worry. You don\'t have to be so formal. See me as your big brother, too," Wang Lei told her, Shu Xian, smiling at Wang Lei.

"Thank you. Anyway, I thought that I\'d rather stop you and talk to you this time while Pan An is sleeping. I\'ll take advantage of this," she added, Wang Lei, nodding as he now understood why he was suddenly stopped.

"Alright. Now I understand."

"Wait a bit," Shu Xian replied, already making way to the kitchen. "Let me heat up the kettle for the tea."

"En."

With Wang Lei following Shu Xian to the kitchen, he sat on the kitchen chair instead, initiating a conversation with Shu Xian while she was preparing the water in the kettle.

"Let\'s talk here instead. Tell me… how you know Ruo Xi. I take it that it\'s not only because Pan An called out to you with the wrong name?"

Hearing this, Shu Xian couldn\'t help but blush, embarrassingly looking at Wang Lei with her shy eyes.

"Oh, geez… he told you about that?"

"Yes," Wang Lei said, letting out a soft chuckle. "You see, he admitted to me that he remembered some parts—it\'s just too embarrassing to say, he says."

With that told, Shu Xian put the kettle on the stove, sighing as she now sat on the kitchen chair across Wang Lei.

"Alright… putting this aside," she started, already getting down to business. "You see, Ma talked to me about her—saying that she\'s back and that she wants me to help Pan An forget all about her because she wants her out of her son\'s life."

Hearing this, Wang Lei couldn\'t help but arch a brow at Shu Xian, grinning ear to ear as he didn\'t expect what he has heard.

"Wait, wait, wait… by this, you mean… you have talked to Ma\'am Cai Li and then call her Ma… and she requested this herself from you?"

"Yes."

Shu Xian answered flatly, her single answer enough to answer every question that escaped from his mouth.

"Now, tell me… she has told me that you know about her doings and that she has been involving herself with your other friend. I thought it was you, turns out it was another."

"Oh, how rude!"

Wang Lei exclaimed, feigning a feeling like he\'s broken hearted as he put his hand on his chest.

"I know I\'m flirtatious, but I\'m not one to do such things that would offend my friend! Getting another girl of another man is a wrong move, girl! Not my thang!"

With Wang Lei talking like this, Shu Xian couldn\'t help but playfully roll her eyes at him, seeing that the siblings share something in common.

Their humor.

With his reaction pushed aside, Wang Lei now suddenly became serious, letting out a small sigh then told Shu Xian what she needed to know.

"You see, this friend of ours, since he has been caught red-handed by Pan An\'s mother that night, he immediately left before Pan An could even see him with her. But during the party, I saw him getting away—a kiss mark on his neck."

"My!"

Shu Xian put both of her hands in front of her mouth, silent for a while before she spoke, her voice muffled against her hands.

"So, is he still in the city?"

"No," Wang Lei shook his head, his facial expression now serious as he felt slightly angry with him brought up in the topic but Shu Xian needed to know this.

"He made a reason saying that he needs to settle things abroad for many years. Pan An bought it. I told him that he is not our real friend and that he has more than his eyes for Ruo Xi, but my explanation fell on deaf ears because there are no evidences found."

With Shu Xian sighing as she found that Pan An is somehow stupid not to trust both his mother and his best friend, she couldn\'t help but wonder who this best friend is, Shu Xian, asking his name.

"Well, this guy… what is his name?"

"Hao Jiao Long."

"Hao Jiao Long?"

Shu Xian cocked her head to the side, not familiar of the name.

"If he is in the business industry or whatever, I\'m not familiar of him."

"Yes, it\'s actually a small company. But we three are friends back in business school. He didn\'t have any friends, but Pan An and I talked to him. Though, he has made quite the reputation for their company and is quite known now. If you\'re familiar—Jiao-Jiao Enterprises?"

"Oh, yes!" Shu Xian nodded, "This rang a bell. I remember."

"Yes. So… anyway… even though he is now quite known, he left the country and had established companies outside in fear that his name might be branded of something, you know? Since Cai Li and I know about what had happened."

Shu Xian furrowed her brows, not liking what she is hearing at all.

"But then again… if we can\'t look for anything, how are we going to convince Pan An of everything?"

"I don\'t know," Wang Lei said honestly, sighing. "With Ruo Xi back too, I wonder if she has something up her sleeves. I\'m thinking why she has the audacity to come back—after the threats she got from Ma\'am Cai Li."

With both of them silent, they were drowning in their thoughts, thinking about what would happen next with her back in the picture.