696 A Million Times for You 58 (2/2)
Twenty minutes later, Gu Beicheng arrived downstairs with Lin Mingxi.
”Aren't you going to sleep for a while longer?”
”I've thought about it. I think it's better that I tag along with you guys. Although I'm really timid, there's nothing… nothing to be afraid of with you two around,” said Lin Mingxi.
An Xiaoning gave her a pat on her shoulder and said, ”Don't force yourself.”
”I'm not… I'll go with you guys. I can't be scared since you two aren't.”
”Don't end up crying because you're too scared. I won't be giving you any tissues when that happens,” An Xiaoning teased with a smirk.
”Let's go, I'm not such a coward.”
The trio set off to the mountain by car.
While on the way there, An Xiaoning glanced at Gu Beicheng, who was driving, and said, ”Don't you wanna know what I dreamed about last night?”
”Tell us about it.”
An Xiaoning told them exactly what she had dreamed about.
Gu Beicheng then said, ”It sounds like they're visiting you in your dreams to tell you something.”
Lin Mingxi inched forward and remarked, ”I'm getting goosebumps from hearing what you said.”
An Xiaoning answered calmly, ”No matter what it may be, I'll just go take another look. Perhaps I'll find something different this time. By the way, Mingxi, has your sister's relationship with your parents improved yet?”
Shaking her head, Lin Mingxi answered, ”No, she has never once returned to my parents' home since the tiff. She's ruthless enough to try and take my life. Why would she care about my parents? I'm sure she's being serious about severing ties with them. She's hurt them deeply and broke their hearts. But my parents simply refuse to believe that she would harm me because we're still sisters at the end of the day.”
”Well, she's still their biological child after all. Your parents must be devastated.”
”It's all my sister's fault for being too greedy. She was planning to pocket everything else and just give me a little benefit. What rights does she have to do that? I'm my parents' daughter too. We ought to split the assets equally.”
”Your parents are very fair, though. That's very remarkable,” said An Xiaoning.
”Yeah, but my sister still thinks that my parents are biased toward me.”
An Xiaoning checked the weather forecast on her mobile phone and said, ”The weather forecast mentioned that it would snow yesterday but it didn't. It's predicted to snow again today, but I wonder if it really will.”
”I think it will. It's been snowing for the past few days.”
As expected, it began snowing when they were halfway through the journey.
It was already past six o'clock by the time they arrived at their destination. The sky had turned bright, and the three of them alighted after parking the car at the foot of the mountain.
An Xiaoning carried a black plastic bag in her hand and proceeded along the path toward the mountain together with them.
”This road is too uneven and narrow,” Lin Mingxi criticized.
”It's not very high either, we should reach the top soon enough.”
Noticing that Lin Mingxi was walking on an unsteady gait, Gu Beicheng grabbed her wrist and walked together with her slowly.
By the time they arrived at the peak, the sky was already brightly lit at past seven o'clock.
However, it was still pitch dark in the cave.
An Xiaoning whipped out a torchlight while still carrying the bag of items and walked toward the cave opening slowly. ”Sorry to disturb, but I came here this time because I had a dream about you last night. I came here with the hope of communicating with you. Are you willing to show yourself?”
She was not sure if she would get a response and was merely trying her luck.
Lin Mingxi held her breath and grabbed onto Gu Beicheng's arm with her trembling hands, not daring to move an inch at all.
A cool breeze blew past, after which a male voice said calmly, ”Please come in, Miss Jin.”
Gu Beicheng and Lin Mingxi stared at each other in astonishment as they both simultaneously recalled An Xiaoning's description of her dream, for that was exactly the way they had addressed her.
An Xiaoning was bewildered and could not tell if she was dreaming or not.
Lin Mingxi grabbed her arm and said softly, ”Everyone who went inside ended up dead. You'd better not go in.”
An Xiaoning was stuck in a dilemma. It was understandable for her to be petrified since she was only human after all.
”I believe they won't harm me.”
It was just her gut feeling, which made her feel particularly at ease.
Lin Mingxi refused to let go of her arm. ”What if…”
An Xiaoning pushed Lin Mingxi's hand away and entered the cave slowly without uttering a word.