An Ge nodded lightly and said, "Don’t worry, unless absolutely necessary, I never want to see him again in my life."
After leaving the Huo Group building, An Ge contacted the owner of the internet café from before.
Half an hour later, An Ge received her monthly wages for working as a network administrator at the internet café.
It wasn’t much, just five thousand yuan.
After taking the money, An Ge asked the boss with dyed yellow hair, "Brother Ye, I see your internet cafés have expanded into dozens of chain stores, you probably know a lot of big shots, right?"
The yellow-haired boss’s full na was Xiao Ye. He started his internet café business because he wanted to play online gas without lag. To his surprise, the café business bood, and now even his always-disapproving father no longer called him a good-for-nothing.
Xiao Ye had an eye for beauty, and it was An Ge’s pretty face that made him overlook her background as a forr convict and hire her.
Over the past month, the two had developed a decent friendship.
Being straightforward, Xiao Ye quickly replied, "Got sothing going on?"
An Ge explained her need to hire a private detective to Xiao Ye, saying, "Do you have any connections? It’s urgent."
Of course, the notorious troublemaker of the Xiao Family had plenty of connections.
Xiao Ye was very interested in uncovering the scandalous stories of Superstar An. Excitedly, he said, "An Baoying is really your half-sister? Never would’ve guessed. She’s always posing as so jade-like woman in the entertainnt circle, didn’t realize she’s that kind of person. Alright, you’ve co to the right person for this. Leave it to ."
Hearing this, An Ge’s eyes lit up, and she quickly asked, "Brother Ye, what’s the charge? Is it expensive? You know, I... I don’t have much money."
As she spoke, Xiao Ye circled around her and said, "I won’t charge you anything. But you need to do a small favor."
An Ge hesitated, "Uh... small favor?"
"Yeah. My old man and grandma are pushing to go on arranged dates every day, it’s driving crazy. Pretend to be my girlfriend and co ho with tomorrow."
An Ge hesitated, saying, "Deceiving the elders like that... isn’t it wrong?"
Xiao Ye rolled his eyes and said, "What’s wrong with it? You’re not married, and I’m not married, maybe we might even make a real couple. Anyway, either you help out, or your issue is off the table."
Anxious to get a hold of so dirt on An Baoying, An Ge had no choice but to agree, saying, "Alright then. But, let warn you first, if this goes south, you can’t bla . Plus, the investigation about An Baoying must remain confidential."
Xiao Ye flicked An Ge’s forehead lightly and said, "Don’t worry, you still don’t trust your Brother Ye? Let’s et at the internet café at eleven tomorrow. Is that okay?"
An Ge considered it and said, "I can’t do tomorrow."
Tomorrow, she had to donate blood to Young Master Huo. Afterward, she anticipated feeling dizzy and suspected that even walking might be difficult.
Her response greatly displeased Xiao Ye, "No way. It has to be tomorrow—by tomorrow evening at the latest."
Tomorrow night would be his grandmother’s 80th birthday, and she would surely arrange a bunch of annoying socialites to force him into matchmaking.
Just thinking about those chirpy scenes made Xiao Ye thoroughly uncomfortable.
In light of this, Xiao Ye emphasized strongly, "By tomorrow evening at the latest, or else I’ll go straight to An Baoying and tell her you’re plotting against her behind her back."
An Ge was so frustrated that she was speechless for a long while before she said, "You... you rogue!"
Seeing her flushed face from being angered, Xiao Ye was in an exceptionally good mood.
He pinched her cheek playfully and said, "I’m a rogue, so what? Will you agree or not?"
An Ge, of course, had to compromise.
After leaving the internet café, An Ge went to the hospital to accompany her mother, Ms. Wen.
Ms. Wen only woke up in the evening.
As the sun slanted down in the late afternoon, the frail woman stared blankly at the ceiling above.
Her voice muttered as if she were saying sothing. An Ge leaned in close and listened for a long ti before making out the na she was calling.
She was saying "Shengsheng."
An Ge gripped her hand tightly, trying to awaken her normal consciousness.
"Mom, it’s , I’m An Ge. I’m out of prison. Do you rember ?"
The woman’s eyes shifted because of An Ge’s voice, and she finally focused her gaze on her face. After a long pause, she reached her hand out to touch An Ge’s face.
"Are you Shengsheng? Shengsheng, you didn’t die, wonderful... just wonderful..."
She rambled on incoherently.
"Shengsheng, don’t worry, I hid your daughter, bad people... can never find her."
"Your daughter is so cute, just as cute as mine."
"But... but my daughter will never co back. She’s dead."
"Woo woo..."
As she reached the end of her words, the woman suddenly broke down emotionally and cried uncontrollably.
An Ge couldn’t make sense of what her mother was saying.
In response, she just leaned over and embraced her mother, soothing her over and over again,
"Mom, I didn’t die. I’ve always been alive and well. I promise you, I’ll never leave you again. Please don’t be sad, don’t cry, alright?"
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