Chapter 73: Li Rang and Qiao An
Qiao An was getting vexed by Li Rang who seemed to have no intention to get away from her and Amy Shen.
She had spent her morning trying to get rid of Jin and any other male from trying to join their outing. Having Li Rang, whom Qiao An did not even want to see, hanging around them, made Qiao An lose her composure.
If Qiao An wanted man to tag along with her 'girls outing', she could just invite Shen Jun Shan or Jin to come with her. She knew both men and it would be a hundred times better than having the ex.
Li Rang was like a leech, he did not want to leave the girls alone even though Qiao An had been giving him a cold reception. That made Qiao An think about whether Li Rang had always been that shameless.
Amy Shen did not know about Li Rang being the ex-boyfriend of Qiao An but she knew that Qiao An felt uncomfortable with the man around. Amy Shen felt uneasy too because the man whom Qiao An called Li Rang was looking at her in a way that made her hair stood up.
"Ah! The earring!" Amy Shen gathered her things and lifted her handbag. "The earring you asked them to carve your initials. I think it should be done by now."
Amy Shen could not shot Qiao An a knowing look because Li Rang had his eyes on her the whole time but she tried hard to make her expression real like she was really just remembered about the earring.
"Oh my god! I almost forgot about it." Qiao An shot Amy Shen a thankful look. It was easier for her to do so since Li Rang did not pay attention to her. "The jewelry shop will close in about…" Qiao An pretended to look at her watch. "Ten minutes."
Of course, Li Rang knew that the girls were just bluffing. It was obvious that they wanted to dine in when he came to approach them but since he sat down, suddenly they wanted to go somewhere. He is not that dense to not know about cheap tricks like this.
He smiled and did not press further as it was not him who will starve out of hunger. If the girls can go so far to avoid him, then be it. He can always find them later on. With that in mind, Li Rang stood up. His girlfriend should be done in the hair salon by now.
"Then you must go as the jewelry of Miss Qiao An should not be an ordinary one." Li Rang dragged the word ordinary on his lips. That sentence from him earned him a curious look from both Qiao An and Amy Shen. "To go as far as carving on earring, it must be special."
Amy Shen knew she messed up. People do not really carve their earring but that was what came out to her mind in her desperate attempt to help Qiao An escaped from the man.
Qiao An paid no attention to Li Rang. She pulled Amy Shen away without looking back at Li Rang.
"See you around." Li Rang shouted at Qiao An and Amy Shen but the girls never turn back to look at him.
Li Rang smiled mockingly. After all these times, Qiao An still acted the same way as a few years ago. She never turned back to look at anyone. Even when he sent her back to her hostel building, Qiao An never once turned her back to look at him before entering the building.
He thought that girls usually feel reluctant to part away with their boyfriend. Therefore, they could not help but turned around to look at their loved ones when they were about to part way, but Qiao An never did.
That was one of the reasons why Li Rang readily took the money that had been offered to him. Since he could not make sure whether Qiao An was really in love with him or not. Another reason was that there was another girl, a rich girl who was interested in him.
If only he knew about Qiao An's background, he will continue to stay by her side no matter how cold she is. At least, she is beautiful enough for him to flaunt to her friends and family. Not to mention, she is rich.
When Li Rang knew about Qiao An's background, he was furious at first. He thought that Qiao An purposely deprived him of the knowledge about her true identity. It made him feel lose out to access of wealth that he might gain if he ever got married to Qiao An.
Now that Qiao An is in front of him again, he was not in love with her anymore. Cold girl with poker face was not really his style now. Li Rang prefers a beautiful girl with a warm smile like the girl with Qiao An just now.
Even so, he could not just forget the fact that he felt cheated by Qiao An and he felt insulted by Qiao An's brother. But he did not have to do it this time. Li Rang thinks about Joel who will do his bid and smiled while walking towards the hair salon where his girlfriend was.
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"An An, that is…" Amy Shen could finally ask Qiao An when they were far enough from the man who came unannounced to their table.
"Ex-boyfriend." Qiao An answered swiftly.
Amy Shen looked back to see that the man disappeared. Of course, compared to her brother, the man could not rival her brother's look. But why did Qiao An feel uncomfortable? Is it because she still has feelings for that guy?
As if knowing was on Amy Shen's mind, Qiao An had to elaborate more. "I never realized this before but his gaze is making me edgy. Just the fact that he looks at you with such intensity and slyness, it makes me uneasy."
Amy Shen agreed with Qiao An.
"He must have some design on you." Qiao An snorted, and it made Amy Shen laughed because it was so unlike Qiao An to snort because of man.
As both of them walked towards the jewelry store, Qiao An's phone rang. Thinking it would be Shen Jun Shan who was yet to appear, Qiao An pressed the answer button without even looking at the caller's ID.
"You're late. We are going to eat without you." Qiao An tried to sound like she was upset. She was about to say more but the too-familiar chuckling sound coming from the caller made her shiver in cold.
"I didn't know you are waiting for me. I guess I'll see you around then." The caller hung up before Qiao An could say anything.
Right after the call got disconnected, Qiao An snapped her head back, trying to see if anyone she knows was tailing her and Amy Shen. The laughing sound she used to love in the past few years made her goosebumps now.
Li Rang must be a stalker or he might be a goddamn hacker. Qiao An changed her numbers last year. There is no way Li Rang would be able to know her number now.
Qiao An could not pinpoint her own feeling but she felt a sinister aura coming from the chuckling sound she heard; and it made her terrified for some unknown reason.
"We better go home." Qiao An grabbed Amy Shen's hand and led her towards the exit.
Hi everyone, HealingUnicorn here. I am still alive, a bit sad and depressed, but still alive.
I am missing for quite some time because something unfortunate happened to me and I got really depressed. It took me a while to pick myself up again.
During my period of absence, I had thought to delete my Webnovel account, but thank God I did not succumb to the impulse.
I am thinking of writing a new story as a form of therapy, but let's see how that goes. If you ever feel sad and depressed, remember to try to reach out to your loved one.
Stay safe, everyone.
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Capítulo 72: Chapter 72: Truth
Shen Jun Shan brought Joel to the coffee shop near their apartment complex.
From there, Joel told Shen Jun Shan everything he meant when he said that Qiao An could be in danger and how he came into the matter. Shen Jun Shan was not stupid to trust people blindly, so he asked a lot of questions.
By the end of his 'discussion' with Joel, Shen Jun Shan was sure that the man who ordered Joel to do this and that would have bad intention towards Qiao An.
"Who's the man?" Shen Jun Shan asked Joel.
"Li Rang. Qiao An's ex-boyfriend." Joel answered readily.
"The fitness junkie?" Shen Jun Shan remembered that last time Qiao An told him and Amy Shen that her ex-boyfriend was a fitness junkie and not bodybuilder.
Joel nodded. "Both Li Rang, and I live in City L. His family is in this loan shark business. My father borrowed a small sum of money from them without telling my mother or me. You know how the interests for loan shark can be quite absurd sometimes. My father was not able to pay his debt on time. The interest accumulated up to the point that impossible for him to pay."
Shen Jun Shan had no sympathy towards people who borrowed from a loan shark, but he said nothing. He waited for Joel to finish his story.
"As the heir to such business, Li Rang came and met me to 'discuss' term with me. Since we went to the same university and lived near to each other, Li Rang wanted to help me at first. But I never expected things to turn out this way. This is all my fault. Involving Qiao An in this was my fault."
Joel sighed and seeing that Shen Jun Shan did not disturb him. He continued with his explanation.
"Li Rang came to my house uninvitedly the day after I went out for dinner with Qiao An. Earlier that time, I sent a message to Qiao An to ask if she was free the next day. Who knew that Li Rang saw her name because I simply saved her number as Qiao An. Li Rang questioned me if Qiao An is the same Qiao An of his ex-girlfriend? I denied at first, but Li Rang always has his way to get things done, I had no choice but to tell him the truth."
"Li Rang laughed evilly after he knew that. He told me that he had a way for me to pay for my father's debt. I only have to follow his instruction. I tried telling him to leave Qiao An out of this, but he threatened to crippled my parents' leg if I disobey him." Joel stopped talking; he took a deep breath to calm his heart.
"My father is the one who borrowed the money, but now, my mom was involved in this too. I can't let him do anything to my parents. I have no choice, aren't I?" Joel stared at Shen Jun Shan as if to wait for him to say 'yes.'
"What did he ask you to do?" Shen Jun Shan leaned back and asked Joel.
"Since Li Rang's new girlfriend is working in the management office, he asked his girlfriend to take the original key of Qiao An's house unit. At first, the two of us went into her house when she was not around. Li Rang asked me to find anything expensive from the house, but we found nothing."
Shen Jun Shan frowned. "Did you try her bedroom?" Shen Jun Shan saw Qiao An's jewellery when he entered her room last time.
"No. We could not enter her room. The locked had been changed into a new one." Joel shook his head.
Shen Jun Shan remembered last time Qiao An told him that she made the landlord changed the lock to her room because it was a bit problematic. It could be the reason why nothing changed position in Qiao An's room. "Is that all?"
"Li Rang made me enter the house for the second time to see if I could use any clue from the house to find out about Qiao An's interest so it would be easier for me to make her fall in love with me. After that, I'm not sure how many times Li Rang attempted to enter the house. I told him not to do that anymore, but Li Rang was too consumed by his anger towards Qiao An's brother."
"Why?" Shen Jun Shan was curious why Jin would be involved in this as well.
"I'm not sure what happened between Li Rang and Qiao An's brother, but Li Rang mentioned once that the brother humiliated him back in university day. The brother came to meet Li Rang and offered money to have him breaking up with Qiao An. He threatened Li Rang with a few things so, at the end of the day, Li Rang took the money and broke up with Qiao An."
"At that time, Li Rang did not know about Qiao An's identity as the daughter from the Tang family. He came to know the news just a few months earlier. When he knew that Qiao An's brother offered him that small amount of money, Li Rang felt that Qiao An's brother looked down on him."
"One thing Li Rang could not stand is being looked down upon by people. But at that time, no matter how much he hated Qiao An's brother, he was just a small-time loan shark in City L. He did not have a big connection to find out and locate the brother of his ex-girlfriend. But when he knew that Qiao An was here, he came up with a lot of ideas for his revenge. After this, I'm not sure what he will do. So, please make sure that Qiao An is safe no matter what."
Joel was honestly requesting that and Shen Jun Shan could feel it from Joel's words that he genuinely cares for Qiao An.
This will be something new to Shen Jun Shan. He did not expect Jin to do that behind her sister. Is he about to face the same thing too? Shen Jun Shan was sure that Jin would have difficulty if he were trying to offer money to Shen Jun Shan to break up with Qiao An.
Because Shen Jun Shan does not lack money, he will not break up with Qiao An just because of that.
Jin can go to hell if he tries to break them apart.
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Hi everyone, I'm back.
I had a lot of things going on these few days, and that explains the lack of update.