<h4>Chapter 1112: Perplexed and Smitten (172)</h4>


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    After Li Shuangshuang left, Xiao Yue put Fang En’s suitcase down and unzipped it. She then hung all the clothes that Fang En had brought onto hangers. “Why do I feel like this production has a tighter budget than the one that Sis Xiaoning had invested in?” Xiao Yue remarked.


    “I heard that the investors had pumped in quite arge sum of funds. However, it’s right that they scrimp and save whenever possible. This room is good enough. If you find your room ufortable, you may move in with me.”


    Xiao Yue waved her hands profusely and said, “No, no, I’m your assistant. It won’t be appropriate to share the same room as you.”


    “How so?”


    “I appreciate your kind offer, Sis En, but I’d better stay in my own room. The suite has to be shared amongst four people, right? It’ll be fun once I get to know my roommates better. Hey... Sis En, why did you bring so few clothes? Is this one of the costumes for filming?”


    Xiao Yue picked up Xiao Chenyang’s robe. Fang En hurriedly stopped her and said, “These are Cousin’s clothes. Just leave them inside the suitcase and get him to bring it back to his roomter. By the way, give him a call now. He should being up soon.”


    “Did Cousin buy himself a mobile phone?”


    “Yes, he did.”


    “Sis En, hurry and give me Cousin’s mobile number.”


    “Give me a minute.” Fang En gave Xiao Chenyang a call. Less than two minutester, the doorbell rang.


    Xiao Yue zipped the suitcase and whipped out her mobile phone. “What’s his number?” she asked eagerly.


    Staring at her mobile phone screen, Fang En read Xiao Chenyang’s mobile number out loud, after which Xiao Yue hurriedly saved it in her contacts list. She then said to Xiao Chenyang gleefully, “Cousin, I have your mobile number now. Let’s keep in touch frequently from now on.”


    Xiao Chenyang brushed her off bluntly, “There’s no need for us to contact each other unless it’s rted to work,” said Xiao Chenyang.


    “Cousin, what are your QQ and WeChat ount numbers? Give them to me so that we can chat online in the future.”


    “I don’t use those tforms.”


    “If you don’t wish to tell me, so be it,” said Xiao Yue, who thought that he was merely unwilling to let her have his ounts.


    “He really doesn’t have those ounts. He just bought his mobile phone a while ago. How could he have registered an ount on those tforms so soon?” said Fang En.


    “Cousin, are you a caveman?” Xiao Yue asked.


    Xiao Chenyang instinctively shot Fang En a nce. She frantically shook her head in a bid to imply that she had never divulged anything to Xiao Yue.


    “Caveman... what do you mean?”


    “It means you’re primitive and you can’t keep up with the times...” Xiao Yue exined. She then chuckled and continued, “Even kindergarteners own mobile phones these days. I can’t believe you actually just started using one. Do you stay away fromptops andputers too?”


    He immediately retorted, “Who said so? I do useptops, of course. However, I just never felt the need to carry a mobile phone with me since there was no one that I had to contact anyway.”


    “Oh, I see. Cousin, Cousin, we both stay on the ninth floor. My room number is 907 while yours and the chauffeur’s is 908. It’s a suite that’sposed of four adjacent rooms.”


    “You only needed to tell me what my room number was. I’m not interested in yours.”


    He was once again being a wet nket that dampened Xiao Yue’s feelings. Noticing how dumbfounded Xiao Yue was, Fang En decided to give her an out. However, before she could even do so, the smitten Xiao Yue gazed at Xiao Chenyang and eximed, “Ah, Cousin, I just fancy how cool and aloof you are. You’re so suave!”


    Xiao Chenyang was speechless. “What an idiot...” he murmured. He looked at Fang En and gibed, “Don’t you put the applicants through an IQ test before deciding to hire them as your assistant?”


    “...”


    Xiao Yue stormed off in a huff and made her way to the ninth floor with her luggage. Fang En chided, “Can’t you... be more tactful with your words?”


    “Why must I be tactful?”


    “There are different ways to put your message across to her. If you change your tone slightly, others will feel morefortable.”


    “That’ll cause more problems. I don’t like mincing and sugarcoating my words when ites to someone I don’t fancy or care for.”


    “Here, the suitcase contains all of your clothes. Mine are already hung up in the closet. ce it inside your room on the ninth floor and we’ll go for lunch afterward. I’m famished,” Fang En said while pushing the suitcase toward him.


    “Nah, just leave it inside your room. When I need to change...”


    Before he could even finish, she interjected, “No, that won’t do. Didn’t I already tell you that there are surveince cameras everywhere along the corridor outside? If you enter my room and exit in a different outfit... it’s uneptable.”


    Noticing how she seemed to be in a difficult position, he conceded, “Got it, I’ll bring it downter.”


    “I’ll go with you. At the same time, we can ask Xiao Yue and the chauffeur along for lunch.”


    “The chauffeur came upstairs with me. He’s been waiting outside.”


    “Okay, let’s go.”


    To their astonishment, they were greeted with the sight of a familiar face the moment they opened the door. “Jing Shui? Why are you here?” Fang En asked.


    “Of course I’m here. I’m staying in room 1030, right next to yours.”


    “Huh? Are you filming nearby too?” Fang En asked in puzzlement.


    “Yes.”


    “Is it a production that you’re directing by yourself?”


    Shaking his head, he answered, “No, I’m partaking in the same production as you are.”


    “We’re acting in the same television series? Don’t you specialize in directing films and television series? Why have you started acting?” asked a dumbfounded Fang En.


    “I decided to give it a try, just for fun. I want to gain some fresh experience too. The co-director of this series is my friend.”


    “Which role are you ying, then?” she asked.


    “A minor... supporting role.”


    “Why would you be staying in the room beside mine, then?” Fang En asked, utterly confused.


    “I paid for the room with my own money.”


    “...”


    Xiao Chenyang dragged the suitcase out of the room, closed the door, and began walking toward the elevator. At the sight of him leaving, Fang En said to Jing Shui, “Let’s talk another time. I’m going downstairs now.”


    “Wait, let’s go together. I was nning to go downstairs too.”


    “We’re going to the ninth floor so that my cousin can ce his suitcase inside his room. You may take your leave first,” Fang En said tactfully.


    “Alright, then.”


    They entered the elevator together and descended to the ninth floor.


    The four of them, including the chauffeur and Xiao Yue, headed to a noodle restaurant for lunch.


    It was a restaurant with many specialities.


    However, during lunch, Xiao Chenyang forbade the chauffeur and Xiao Yue from sitting at the same table as him and Fang En. Instead, he made them sit at the table next to theirs.


    “What are you doing? Why didn’t you let them sit with us?”


    “Because I have something to say to you in private.” He leaned forward and said softly, “That Jing Shui has an ulterior motive. He’s a co-director and yet he ignored his profession and joined the production unit as an actor. He even forked out the money to pay for a room beside yours. Psht...”


    “Don’t be too quick to judge others...”


    “You know whether or not I’m judging and making a wild guess,” he said, staring at her sternly.


    Fang En ignored him. “Pass me your mobile phone,” she said as she extended her hand toward him.


    He ced it on her hand and asked, “What’s wrong?”


    “I’ll help you register an ount on aworking site. You may use the site tomunicate with others online when you don’t have your mobile phone with you.” She then set up a new social media ount for him and asked, “You’ll need a username. What username do you prefer?”


    “ILoveFangEn.”


    “Something else...”


    “Thereisapigletathomewaitingtobeughtered.”


    She typed the username in and asked, “How would you like your friends’ settings to be?”


    “Add your ount to my friends list and then block all other friend requests.”


    “...”