423 The Secret About The Past 41 (1/2)
”I won't find it tiring at all.”
An Xiaoning followed the lady boss to a room on the fourth storey.
There were two large windows in the room, one facing the ocean and the other facing a range of mountains.
The climate there was much warmer compared to S Nation.
The weather happened to be breezy that day. Thus, An Xiaoning decided to open the windows and allow the wind to cool the room.
An Xiaoning placed her luggage onto the bed and stood in front of the window to gaze at the ocean from afar.
Beneath the calm and peaceful expression on her face laid a growing worry and anxiety.
Realizing that it was still early and that the summer sun would only set much later in the day, An Xiaoning decided it would be a good time to go out and reconnoiter around the area.
She brought her personal belongings and important items with her and left her clothes and luggage inside the inn.
Despite not knowing if Jin Qingyan was still in the area, she still went ahead with searching for him mindlessly.
She asked the residents of every single house she came across and even checked their rooms, one by one.
By the time the sun had set and the sky had turned dark, she still made no progress.
Several days had passed since An Xiaoning moved into the inn and searched the houses near the beach.
Just as she was about to leave to search in another area, the lady boss of the inn asked, ”Have you gone to search in the mountains?”
”The mountains?”
”Yeah, a lot of people have moved to live in the mountains because they're afraid that a tsunami would strike again. Thus, many families have settled down in the mountains where they rebuilt their homes.”
An Xiaoning decided to go have a look.
She headed to the mountains that afternoon.
Indeed, she caught sight of an abode after walking for just a short while.
However, she still could not find him.
He was nowhere in sight, despite having searched the houses one by one like she did at those near the beach.
Her legs had begun to ache from treading through the mountains painstakingly and searching everywhere by foot the past few days.
She sat down on a large rock and took a few sips of water from her bottle of mineral water.
Just as she twisted the cap back onto the bottle, An Xiaoning caught sight of a middle-aged woman who was panting heavily and walking in her direction while carrying a bag of items on her shoulders. She also had a bandage around her arm.
An Xiaoning stood up and offered to help, ”Auntie, let me give you a hand.”
”It's alright, I can manage,” Mrs. Bu politely declined.
”Your arm is injured. Let me help you,” said An Xiaoning as she took the initiative and carried the bag.
”Thank you so much then,” Mrs. Bu thanked her smilingly.
”No problem. Where do you live?”
”I live just above there, not too far away from here,” Mrs. Bu answered, pointing at a spot nearby.
”Alright. Auntie, how did your arm get injured?”
”I went on the mountains to gather some firewood yesterday and fell down accidentally. My arm got injured in the process, but it's nothing too serious. You don't sound like a local, Miss,” Mrs. Bu said.
”I'm indeed a foreigner. I'm here to look for my family.”
”To look for your family? Did your family member go missing here?” Mrs. Bu asked.
”Yes, but I haven't been able to find him,” An Xiaoning said with a wry smile.
”May I ask how your family member's related to you?”
An Xiaoning had initially wanted to say that it was her husband. However, she suddenly remembered that she was wearing the human skin mask and thus answered, ”He's my brother.”
Mrs. Bu's expression changed upon hearing her answer. ”How old is your brother?”
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The tension within Mrs. Bu eased, for she thought that Nick appeared way younger than 32 years old and thus would not likely be An Xiaoning's brother.