766 A Million Times for You 128 (1/2)
Jin Qingyan looked down at her and asked An Xiaoning, ”Which floor are you staying on?”
”The second floor.”
Jin Qingyan went toward the staircase, in a bid to check out the second floor.
An Xiaoning followed behind him. As soon as she opened the bedroom door, she was greeted with the sight of him patting the bed and saying, ”This bed is bad.”
”It's not too bad, it's very comfortable for me.”
He glanced at her and said, ”It's too soft, it won't be comfortable for your knees when you kneel on the bed.”
An Xiaoning began blushing red with shyness. ”It's used for sleeping, why… why… would I be kneeling for no reason?”
He knew that she enjoyed asking the obvious and did not retort. Instead, he darted his eyes around the room and said, ”The soundproofing effects are bad too.”
”…”
”We still have to make a trip down to the old mansion. I'll come over again later.”
”You… you're coming again? Don't,” she refused.
He did not answer and instead walked out of the room while An Xiaoning followed him downstairs.
Jin Yiheng was displeased about having to leave so soon even though they had just arrived. ”Daddy, I want to stay with Mommy,” he said with a frown.
”I'll let you play with Mommy all day tomorrow.”
”I wanna be with Mommy tonight too.”
Jin Qingyan tried to tempt him by saying, ”How about I take you to play with firecrackers? I don't usually allow you to light up firecrackers.”
”Well…” said Jin Yiheng, seemingly stuck in a dilemma. After hesitating for a long while, he looked up and said earnestly, ”Mommy, I'll come and look for you again tomorrow.”
An Xiaoning nodded and said, ”Okay, Mommy will be waiting for you at home tomorrow.”
”It's a deal then!”
Jin Qingyan and Jin Yiheng got inside the car and left.
An Xiaoning returned inside the living room and had a festive dinner with her subordinates to celebrate the upcoming New Year.
She then lay in bed to read a book.
It was the book her mentor had left her.
She read it through carefully and paid attention to the content for four hours straight.
Feeling a little tired, she put a bookmark in the book and placed it back inside the drawer.
It was past eleven o'clock at night.
She switched off the lights and heater before drifting off to dreamland.
Just as she was about to fall asleep, she felt as if her body was floating in the air.
An Xiaoning tried to open her eyes with all her might. However, the supposedly simple action seemed extremely painstaking and difficult.
The sounds of firecrackers cackling faded, and voices began to fill her ear.
”There's so much blood, why is the blood not stopping…”
”What do we do? What do we do…”
”She's had a miscarriage, is she going to die…”
”I don't know, do we call the physician…”
”No, that'll cost us money. Who's going to pay for it? It's none of my business anyway. I'll just pretend that I don't know…”
”Hurry, let's leave, quick. I don't want to stay here anymore. Let's just leave, lest we get implicated…”
”…”
The sounds were loud and incessant. An Xiaoning wanted to tell them to stop, but she could not seem to make a single sound.
She tried to open her eyes again; this time, she succeeded with much more ease.
She was greeted with the sight of a few women leaving. She felt a sudden acute pain in her stomach and struggled to sit up straight while trying to bear with the pain. As soon as she tried to move, the unbearable pain caused her to feel almost on the verge of death.
She took deep breaths and gasped for air while coughing continuously, causing her wound to ache even more.