642 A Million Times for You 4 (1/2)

After leaving the martial arts academy, Long Tianze suggested, ”Ms. An, come to my place for lunch.”

”I can't make it today. I have something to attend to later. Let's postpone it to another day,” she declined politely.

”Sure, another day then. We'll get going now,” said Long Tianze, interlocking fingers with Mei Yangyang.

”I'm leaving too,” said An Xiaoning, walking toward her car with her car keys. She then opened the door and got inside her car.

Actually, she had been wanting to make a trip to M Nation to visit her mother. However, it seemed that there was no chance to do so tonight.

With Shi Xiaoyu's men shadowing her every day, boarding a flight would immediately expose her desired destination.

She had no choice but to communicate with them over the phone.

Besides, she could not make time at all since she had a pile of work to do.

She eagerly wanted to strengthen herself and continuously make herself more powerful.

She did not say a single word to Jin Qingyan at all when she sent her son off to the boot camp.

He did not try to stop her from leaving the academy either.

An Xiaoning could depart smoothly.

While on her way home, she received a call from Madam Xu.

Madam Xu sounded rather anxious and pleaded to see An Xiaoning, despite the latter claiming to be unavailable.

Although An Xiaoning reiterated that there was nothing she could do to help Xu Baizhi, Madam Xu still insisted on meeting her.

The destination An Xiaoning was headed to happened to be near the Xu family mansion. Thus, she decided to just drop by.

Less than twenty minutes later, she arrived at the entrance of the Xu family mansion.

Military Commander Xu and Madam Xu were already waiting for her by the door.

”Ms. An, thank you for making a trip down here. It wasn't appropriate to tell you this over the phone earlier, but I'll tell you straight now. The elderly fortune-telling lady in Beijia Bay says that she'd like to see you.”

”What has this got to do with altering your daughter's fate?” An Xiaoning asked in puzzlement.

”The elderly lady said that she'd have to meet you before deciding whether or not to help me.”

”…”

Thinking that the elderly lady must be more skilled than she was at fortune-telling since she could accurately pinpoint Madam Xu's biological daughter's whereabouts, An Xiaoning decided that there would be no harm in meeting her. ”Hop inside my car.”

”Thank you, Ms. An, thank you so much. Please give me a moment,” Madam Xu thanked profusely in agitation.

Madam Xu then hurriedly walked toward the backyard and returned soon after with Xu Baizhi and Xu Yang.

The family of four got inside the car, after which An Xiaoning began driving toward Beijia Bay.

”How many times have you visited the elderly lady?” An Xiaoning asked.

A frown creased Xu Baizhi's forehead the moment she heard An Xiaoning's voice. ”Your voice sounds so familiar. You sound so much like a woman I know,” she said.

”There are many people who share similar looks, what more voices?” An Xiaoning answered composedly.

Xu Baizhi took a look at her face and agreed with her.

”We've visited her thrice,” Madam Xu answered truthfully.

”Why does that elderly lady want to see me? Did you guys tell her about me?” An Xiaoning questioned, despite already knowing the answer.

”Yes. I told her that we had no choice but to resort to seeking her help since you can't help us even though you're so skilled. The elderly lady then asked us about you,” Madam Xu explained, appearing ill at ease.