409 The Secret About the Past 27 (2/2)
Madam Lin was no longer in the mood to continue socializing at the gathering. Just as she was about to leave with Lin Shishi, she coincidentally bumped into Madam Xu and Xu Youran.
Xu Youran completely ignored the presence of An Xiaoning and Mei Yangyang when she saw them.
Madam Xu approached them to say hello. ”Hey, Madam Lin, are you leaving already?”
”Yes, something cropped up at home. Enjoy the rest of your night, Madam Xu. My daughter and I shall take our leave first.”
Madam Jin followed suit and left as well. So did An Xiaoning and Mei Yangyang, who found no reason to stay any longer.
Noticing that Madam Lin was leaving in a hurry, Mei Yangyang asked, ”Sis, what's wrong with the Chief-of-Staff's daughter?”
”She's about to meet with a calamity, but I fortunately managed to discover it in time. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to get closer to them that easily. I instructed them to move in with me for a week, mainly to pull them closer to me and also to make it easier for me to break her daughter's curse,” An Xiaoning explained while buckling her safety belt.
”Sis…” Mei Yangyang rested her head on her shoulder and continued, ”Great, if you manage to become associated with the two big shots, the Chief-of-Staff and the Commander-in-Chief, you wouldn't have to worry about Military Commander Xu anymore.”
”Madam Lin said she would take me as her Goddaughter if I could help her daughter survive this calamity.”
Mei Yangyang lit up in surprise and sat up straight quickly. ”Really? That's awesome!”
”Yeah, wait for my news at home.”
Little did An Xiaoning expect that Madam Lin and Lin Shishi would not proceed to Wei Ni Estate as agreed upon.
Madam Lin gave An Xiaoning a call to tell her that she had just received a lashing from her husband for believing in such superstitions, and he forbid her daughter from leaving the house the entire week.
An Xiaoning did not get worked up or worried and instead said, ”Since Chief-of-Staff is bent on proving me wrong, I shall wait patiently for your call, Madam Lin. I believe you'll definitely call me again within the next week.”
Madam Lin was filled with panic upon hearing how confident and composed An Xiaoning sounded. She could not fall asleep at all for the rest of the night after ending the call.
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Since Jin Qingyan was heavily injured, Bu Xianxian had been taking meticulous care of him the entire time with no complaints at all. She did not mind the fact that he was filthy or that it was a hassle to take care of him. Clearly, she adored him to bits.
After spending the past few days with her, Jin Qingyan began to feel touched by her kindness. After all, it was indeed noble of her to be taking care of someone completely unrelated to her for no special reason.
She provided him assistance even when he had to answer nature's call.
She would help him out of the tent slowly and turn away while he was getting on with his business.
Once he was done, she would then help him back inside the tent.
Both of them could not fall asleep that night, especially Jin Qingyan, who was bedridden most of the time and could not get to do anything strenuous that would deplete his energy.
”Look, there are so many stars tonight. The weather should be great tomorrow.” Bu Xianxian turned to the side and continued, ”Once you've recovered, I'll bring you to the mountains to gather some medicinal herbs and sell them for money. We'll then use the money to buy you some meat. Do you like eating meat?”
”No.”
”What do you like to eat then? I'll satisfy your cravings when we're a little less cash-strapped.”
”I don't know either.” After some thought, he asked, ”Do you have a mobile phone?”
”My father has a retro-style mobile phone, but there's no power supply here on the mountains so he stopped using it. What's the matter?”
”I'd like to put my photos up online. If my family sees them, they'll come here to look for me.”