683 A Million Times for You 45 (2/2)
Looking at the name on the display screen, his face turned very ugly.
”Give it to me.”
He immediately slid the ”answer” button and placed the phone by his ear. ”Hello.”
An Xiaoning went forward to snatch the phone from him, but Jin Qingyan nimbly switched the phone to answer with his other ear. ”Speak.”
”I'm looking for Xiaoning, pass the phone to her.”
”Alright, wait a moment.” He then passed the phone to An Xiaoning.
An Xiaoning glared at him ferociously before answering, ”Hi, it's me.”
”Are the two of you together?”
An Xiaoning darted a glance at Jin Qingyan beside her and replied, ”I'm at Teacher's place. He came over on his own.”
These words were not soothing to Jin Qingyan, so he purposely added, ”Look at how you've made my face full of lipstick marks, I have to wash it away.”
An Xiaoning got annoyed and threw a kick at his leg. She only chatted briefly with Ji Yu before ending the call quickly.
”What do you want?”
”I don't want anything. I just don't want to see you talking to other men apart from me.”
”Is this something you can interfere with?” She started chasing him away. ”This place is not somewhere you should be, you should go if there's nothing else.”
However, Jin Qingyan kneeled down again instead and started folding the paper gold ingots quietly.
Seeing him like this, An Xiaoning did not say anything further as well.
When the rain outside gradually became lighter, it was already two hours later.
An Xiaoning got her men to remove the plastic wrap over the burial hole and properly lower the coffin into the grave.
Finally, they covered the coffin with soil.
She watched as the soil slowly covered the coffin until it could no longer be seen.
At last, the grave was finally made.
When her mentor was alive, she had said that death was like a lamp being extinguished. As such, she saw no need for graveyard-keepers to watch over her grave since the location was already isolated.
She had enjoyed peace for the latter half of her life and, hopefully, after her death, she would be able to continue enjoying this peace.
An Xiaoning helped her fulfill her wish by allowing her to rest quietly in her own home.
After burying the elderly lady, she took away the thick book she had given her.
She locked the main gate and drove out of the place.
The two cars left Beijia Bay one after another.
An Xiaoning returned to the Gu residence while Jin Qingyan returned to Wei Ni Estate.
She placed the book in her room and took a nice warm bath. After changing into a new set of clothes, she went downstairs and had dinner with the rest.
After dinner, Lin Mingxi dragged her into her bedroom, presenting to her the clothes and shoes that were arranged nicely on her bed. ”Dang dang dang dang! Quick, look, these are specially prepared for you.”
An Xiaoning took a closer look. There was a bright red fur coat, a pair of black leather pants, and wine-red high heels.
”They're getting married, and you're asking me to wear such a bright red color? I'll steal the limelight away from them.”
Lin Mingxi laughed, ”Red symbolizes prosperity. I really think you look great in red. Other people may look flashy in it, but I think you look elegant.”
”You're praising me to the skies like that, what if I get blown into outer space?” [1. ”Praise” and ”blow” have the same pronunciation in Chinese.]
”I'm serious about it. Quick, try it on.”
An Xiaoning tried on the coat, and it was absolutely fitting.
Lin Mingxi remarked as she touched her chin, ”Beicheng and I have good judgment indeed. You look absolutely stunning in it.”
Gu Beicheng came in at just this moment and, seeing that she had tried it on, chimed in, ”It looks nice indeed.”
The pants brought out the perfect proportions of her legs as well. As for the shoes, An Xiaoning pointed to them and said, ”These are too high, I really don't like wearing high heels.”
”But it's absolutely ugly if you don't wear high heels with a coat.” Lin Mingxi pointed to the shoes. ”I've tried on these shoes. They don't hurt your feet at all. It's very steady when you walk as well. Try it on if you don't believe me.”
An Xiaoning listened to her and put on the shoes while sitting on the sofa.
With the high heels on, she felt like she had grown taller. She walked a few steps and found that they were indeed comfortable.
”Not bad.”
”Of course.”
”I appreciate it. Our Majesty hereby thanks our beloved Consort.” She changed her shoes back. ”Let me tell you both a piece of good news.”
”What good news?”
An Xiaoning said in a low voice, ”All of us know that it's very likely that the one who changed your fate was Yuan Mingzhu. After all, Gu Dongcheng is cooperating with your sister, Mingxi. Gu Dongcheng and his wife gave Yuan Mingzhu so many rewards, it was obvious enough already. Now, Xu Youran…”