She couldn"t help but turn back to look at Ye Sijue.

However, Ye Sijue was no longer there.

Where did he go?

Annie suddenly panicked. Could Ye Sijue have gone with the secretary? They couldn"t be…

She instinctively freed herself from Chris"s hand as she wanted to find Ye Sijue.

However, Chris easily grabbed her hand again. "Annie, what"s the matter with you?"

"He… I want to look for him…" Annie sounded like she were crying

Chris frowned, "Him? That Ye Sijue?"

He looked up and around the banquet hall. He saw Ye Sijue holding his secretary as they headed upstairs.

Looking in the same direction, Annie caught sight of Ye Sijue.

Why was he going upstairs?

"Chris, I… I have something to tell him." She gave Chris an appealing look.

Chris sighed. He looked into her eyes and asked, "What is your relations.h.i.+p with him? When you were in China, were you guys a thing?"

Annie paused for a moment, "I…"

She didn"t know how to answer him.

They seemed to have been a thing.

However, they had never confirmed their relations.h.i.+p. So even she didn"t know what their relations.h.i.+p was.

Chris had never seen her so anxious before.

His gaze deepened as he looked at her. "If you want to go to him, then I"ll take you to him, but you need to be clear about this, Annie."

Be clear about this?

Annie realized what he meant as she looked at him.

"I…"

Chris laughed bitterly. "Sigh. You can"t always rely on others to make decisions for you. There are many things that you need to decide on your own."

Annie"s little head drooped down.

She knew Chris was right. She wasn"t as decisive or as brave as Xiaoxiao.

She was always confused.

Ever since she was young, people had always planned things for her.

In the past, she had never thought about doing anything of her own free will. She had never thought that having others do everything for her was wrong.

However, after meeting Xiaoxiao, she realized that it was wrong.

Xiaoxiao was always so energetic, bold-spirited, and weird. Xiaoxiao always had her own original way of looking at things.

Instead, she was…

G.o.d knew how much courage it took for her to finally decide to go to China to find Xiaoxiao, because she wanted something to change for once.

Chris looked into her eyes and asked, "Tell me now. Do you want to go to him?"

Annie nodded. "I want to."

"Well, then I"ll take you to him." Chris laughed and held her little hand as he took her to the stairs.

In the large banquet hall, the second floor had a circular corridor that allowed people to overlook the whole hall. There was also some open lounges for guests to rest or talk privately.

Currently there weren"t too many people on the second floor.

When Chris took Annie upstairs, they didn"t see Ye Sijue and his secretary anywhere.

Annie"s heart was tense as she looked around. "Could they have entered the room?"

Would Ye Sijue really do that?

The look that he gave her earlier seemed to imply that he would do the exact opposite of what she expected him to do.