541 The Secret About the Past 159 (1/2)
”Okay.”
After hanging up the call, Mrs. Gu immediately started packing up some belongings into a suitcase while calling Mr. Gu. She mentioned only that she would be going to Wei Ni Estate to accompany Xiaoning and did not say anything else so that Mr. Gu would not have a knot in his heart as well.
When she arrived at the entrance of Wei Ni Estate, Fan Shixin welcomed her politely, ”Auntie, Young Madam has already called to inform me. Come with me.”
”Alright. Thank you, Chief Fan.”
”No worries, I'm just doing what I should.” Fan Shixin arranged a room for her, then told her, ”Auntie, if you need to contact anyone, you can use the phone in the living room. You can rest assured when you call anyone, the phone is very safe to use.”
”Umm. Xiaoning's too considerate.” Mrs. Gu's heart was finally more at ease and, after a while, she used the phone in the living room to give Gu Beicheng a call.
Gu Beicheng sounded worried when he picked up. ”Mother, I've heard from Xiaoning.”
”Then, did you get Xiaoning to read for you and Mingxi?”
”She's helped us read our fortunes as well. All should be well in a month. Mother, listen to Xiaoning. Don't go out for one month and stay at Wei Ni Estate. She says it's rather dangerous.”
”Beicheng, help me to tidy up my clothes at home.”
”Don't worry, there are surveillance cameras everywhere at home. Anyone who touches them can be easily spotted.” Gu Beicheng tried to soothe her worries. ”Mother, did you call Xiaoning first?”
”Umm. I called her first. My heart felt oddly ill at ease and I was rather anxious, so I called her to read my fortune. Xiaoning is busy too and can't possibly take care of everyone. Her mother-in-law also had a death curse put on her, did you know that?”
Gu Beicheng replied, ”Umm, I know about that.”
”If Xiaoning's mother-in-law had gotten her to read her fortune beforehand, she might have escaped by a close shave. It was probably beyond anyone's expectations, and that was why the other party could take advantage of the opportunity. I feel like such spiritual things are too scary.” Thinking back to the incident at the ancestral hall, Mrs. Gu was still shuddering with fear.
”It's just like what you said, Xiaoning's very busy and can't possibly take care of everyone. Moreover, reading others' fortunes harms her body, she can't possibly read it for everyone. I suddenly understand Grandfather's words.” Gu Beicheng was suddenly enlightened upon the thought of those words. ”'The Gu family would definitely need Xiaoning's help in some way or another in the future.' Grandfather wouldn't have said this back then. It was Xiaoning's Master who'd told Grandfather that, it could not have been wrong.”
”I really don't dare to think anymore. Beicheng, Mother has no other wishes but for you and your father to be well. It's the biggest wish in my whole life.”
”Don't worry, Mother, I'll be fine. Rest assured and stay well there. I'll make time to visit you.”
”Okay.”
After he hung up the call, a look flashed on Gu Beicheng's eyes and his expression turned dull.
He felt that the danger that Xiaoning claimed his mother was facing was certainly related to someone.
There were some things that he knew even without saying them out loud, but it did not mean that he would continue bearing with it.
He was only waiting for an opportune moment to show his trump card.
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As An Xiaoning came down, Tuoba Danxue asked, ”Why did you take so long just to use the toilet?”
”I had a stomach upset and I picked up a call from my mother.” An Xiaoning asked politely, ”Your Highness, next month, may I take a day off?”
”Why, did something happen to your family?”
”My mother hasn't been in good health so, since I have a day off next month, I was thinking if I could use it to pay her a visit.”