Arvin carefully told Angela again, "I know my mother very well. You just need to blame all the things on me, do you understand?"
Angela nodded unconsciously. "Alright."
"Well, by the way, my mother likes quiet girls. You can have a try."
... Angela looked out of the window in confusion. "Try what?"
Arvin was nearly about to spit blood because of Angela's stupidity. "Try to be quiet. Just to see if my mother would like you more."
"Why should I try to make her like me more?" She had no intention to be his mother's good friend.
"... Bye, Angela!" Arvin hung up the phone intentionally.
When Arvin thought about it again, he realized that if Angela would became a quiet and gentle lady... She would be dull.
Arvin took out his phone and quickly dialed Lily's number. "Grandma," he said.
"What's up, Arvin?"
"Grandma, my mother talked to Angela."
"Don't worry about that. Sorry, but I'm in a hurry now. I will talk to Angela later." Lily was really busy. She hoped her daughter-in-law would not hurt Angela.
"..." Arvin was speechless.
At Les Cafes De La Rive Gauche
Angela was looking at the scenery through the window when Teresa found her. She looked quiet and pretty. Teresa smiled at Angela joyfully. "Hi, Angela."
Angela turned around, got up from her chair and greeted her politely, "Oh, hello Teresa! Please sit here!"
'Quiet! Gentle!' She reminded herself. 'How did Nancy teach me?
To smile without showing teeth, to be educated and reasonable, and to keep my impatient temperament under wraps...
Oh, God! I can't even do any of them!'
Teresa ordered a latte as usual. After the waiter left, she looked at the girl who seemed a little nervous. "Everything's good at hospital?"
"Yeah, great!" Everything was great except for some people that acted very hateful from time to time.
"Are you living with Nancy Dong now?"
"Yes..." Considering she asked this question, Teresa had probably knew her relationship with Arvin. So Angela chose to confess to her, "Well, I didn't live with Nancy these days, because... I was with Arvin."
Teresa was very satisfied with her honesty. She nodded slightly and sighed. "Oh, Angela, why are you so silly?"
"Am I?" Angela looked at her doubtfully.
"So far your relationship with Arvin was unspeakable. Our family was the friend of the Si family. I don't know how to tell your father about it."
'Unspeakable? She's right.' Angela felt upset but she had managed to surpress her disappointment. She said reluctantly, "You're right. But it was Dr. Gu... It was him who forced me to live with him. He also had threatened me! And I couldn't reject him. So, I..."
Really? Arvin forced her to live with him?
Angela seemed anxious and her mind debated whether what she said was reasonable. Teresa was sort of convinced by her.
Angela thought about it carefully. It was really Arvin who asked her to go and live with him. She had no choice but to agree with him! Thinking of this, Angela felt relieved. She was finally in a better mood.
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