BXBX NOVEL Chapter 117 - How Could You Not Develop Something
As Pan An was talking about Shu Xian to Wang Fang, she had a series of facial expressions coming to her face. To shock, to smiles, to frowns… she couldn\'t help but show these expressions to Pan An as she thought that there is no need to mask it.
Of course, Pan An didn\'t tell her the part that he came from an affluent family. He may trust Wang Fang, yes… but he wouldn\'t want to tell details about him and his family.
When Pan An told her about his mother setting him up in blind dates, it was taken normally as it is indeed normal for parents to set up their children in such dates especially if they are nearing their 30s and want them to have a family.
When Pan An told Wang Fang that Shu Xian is helping him ward his mother off, she couldn\'t help but shake her head, crossing her arms in front of her chest.
"Poor Shu Xian," she commented, her eyes on Pan An as she arched a brow at him. "You know that she has never fallen in love with anyone and then you are taking this opportunity from her?"
Pan An furrowed his brows and said, "Wang Fang… you\'re making me feel guilty now."
Wang Fang shrugged, "As you should be! Shu Xian is a young girl! Of course, she\'s doing things for you because you have done her favors. She\'s a good girl so she\'s willing to do it!"
Pan An couldn\'t help but mumble, but still enough for Wang Fang to hear.
"But I want my mother to stop her incessant setting me up in blind dates…"
"I know you want to stop it," Wang Fang said, sighing. "But Shu Xian obviously hasn\'t fallen in love with someone else. Like you said when you teased her, there is a possibility that she may like you with both of you faking the relationship sometimes."
With that said, Pan An bit his bottom lip, glad that he is having this talk with someone who is open-minded and mature.
"So, what do you think I\'d do?"
Wang Fang shrugged and answered, "I don\'t know. To be honest, this is the dilemma. You are helping her, too. With her not getting money yet for her own place and with her studying here for free tuition, then maybe you\'d wait until she earns from the monthly allowance?"
"Hmm…"
With Pan An looking at Wang Fang as she was now putting on her eye glasses in preparation to continue typing her document, he made a suggestion, further surprising her.
"Can\'t you take Shu Xian with you?"
"I beg your pardon?"
With Pan An making the suggestion, he sighed, hearing Wang Fang\'s reaction, too.
"Yeah… it may be too much to ask from you, huh? I mean… it\'s gonna get difficult soon—with us living near the university, too. What if the students see us?"
"Hmm…"
With Wang Fang contemplating for a while, she crossed her arms in front of her chest, nodding slowly to what he said.
"Yes… that could make some trouble for you two," Wang Fang commented, Pan An, arching a brow at her.
"So… what you\'re saying… are you willing?"
"Well…" Wang Fang nodded, a smile appearing on her face. "I could help the girl. I could help you, too! It would mean that I\'m hitting two birds in one stone. Sure! She seems to be a good gal—I can keep this a secret, too!"
"Wow! You accepted it in a heartbeat…" Pan An commented, furrowing his brows. "I thought you wouldn\'t like it."
"Why not? You sound disappointed," Wang Fang said, narrowing her eyes at him and teased him. "Don\'t tell me… that you\'re going to miss Shu Xian once she\'s away?"
"Wh-what?"
With Wang Fang teasing him and with Pan An stammering on his words, she couldn\'t help but smirk, proceeding to type her document.
"No! It\'s not that I\'m going to miss Shu Xian. It\'s just that I\'m glad that someone is willing to help, too! I mean… she is indeed a good girl and it would only make things difficult for us as we continue to stay with each other. It might make rumors when people see us accidentally and—"
"Relaaaax," Wang Fang interrupted, laughing at the same time. "Goodness, Pan An. You\'re so defensive!"
"You were thinking differently so… can\'t help it."
Wang Fang rolled her eyes at him. With her tapping her fingers on the table, she further talked to him, asking him a question.
"Now that you told me about the girl, is this what you\'re worrying about, or is there something else?"
"Well, there is something else," Pan An started, sighing. "You see, my friend, the one I called a while ago, stayed the night after we were drinking. This morning, he had a secret conversation through a wink with Shu Xian. And then when I asked her, she said something... and…"
Wang Fang arched a brow at him.
"You\'re acting like a child. So what she said, you didn\'t like it?"
"Yes," Pan An answered, narrowing his eyes at her. "And sorry for acting like a child."
With Wang Fang letting out another laugh, she further gestured her hand to ask Pan An what it is that is bothering him, making her widen her eyes with what she heard next.
"I asked her what they were talking about. At first, Shu Xian didn\'t want to tell me, but when I forced her, telling her that she would be late in class, she said that she asked my best friend on how to attract men."
Wang Fang had it—she tipped her head up, laughing like a seal as she was clapping her hands, too, finding Pan An funny. Seeing her this way, Pan An furrowed his brows, her reaction something opposite to her calm and beautiful demeanor.
"Oh, Pan An… you\'re such a child. I know that I am in no position to tell this since I am no expert in love, but hey… this is enough to tell me that you being irritated by it, you don\'t like her to attract any man at all!"
With that said, Pan An scoffed in disbelief, rolling his eyes at Wang Fang.
"What? So absurd…"
"Oh, really?" Wang Fang shook her head. "You\'re starting to fancy the girl, Pan An."
"What? I—"
"Come on. Be mature on this," Wang Fang interrupted, further typing on her keyboard once more. "With you two always together and with you two acting like a couple, how could you not develop something towards her, even the slightest?"