768 A Million Times for You 130 (1/2)
An Xiaoning was sitting in between Jin Qingyan and Jin Yiheng on the couch while having her bowl of dumplings. Both father and son vied with each other for her attention and demanded her to feed them.
In the end, she only got to have a morsel of the dumplings for she had fed the rest to them.
”Mommy, you don't have to feed him anymore, he's already had his breakfast!” Jin Yiheng protested.
”You've already eaten too, haven't you?” Jin Qingyan bellowed, warning him not to be a troublemaker.
”I'm not full yet. Mommy, look, he's glaring at me!”
”…”
”Auntie Chen, please prepare another bowl of dumplings, we don't have enough…”
”Alright.”
After breakfast, An Xiaoning decided to bring Jin Yiheng to the Gu, Jin, and Lin families' homes to pay them a visit to celebrate the New Year. However, Jin Qingyan instructed her to leave first and meet up with them at a later time outside.
”What's the difference?”
”The difference is huge, come with me.” Jin Qingyan grabbed her wrist in a bid to pull her away. Yet, An Xiaoning was stopped by her son, who pulled her other wrist.
”Daddy, where are you taking my Mommy?”
”Let go,” Jin Qingyan said sternly.
”No.” Jin Yiheng closed his eyes, pretending not to notice his expression.
”Yiheng, I have to go settle something with Daddy. Wait for us here, we'll meet again later,” said An Xiaoning.
Jin Yiheng then let go of her and watched as his father brought his dearest mother away.
Jin Qingyan took An Xiaoning to the wine cellar in the house.
”What are we here for?”
He smiled and kept quiet. He then gave one of the shelves a little push, after which an opening to a passageway appeared all of a sudden. Jin Qingyan held his torchlight up and led her inside.
They made their way down the stairs slowly and An Xiaoning discovered that there was a whole new world in the basement.
It was a secret passageway.
Anyone could tell.
”Where does this passageway lead to?”
”Outside of Wei Ni Estate. No one else knows about this secret passageway. You may come in from here when you miss me in the future.”
”Who'd miss you?”
He was in high spirits and felt as if their relationship had returned to the way it was during their blissful days.
An Xiaoning followed closely behind him as they paced out of the passageway.
After about twenty minutes, they finally made it out.
He gave one of the bricks in the seamless wall a little push to open the hidden door, which led to a washroom that was used as a facade.
However, the washroom was dead silent and required a passcode to be accessed.
If she didn't witness it with her own eyes, she wouldn't have known that the washroom was an opening to a secret passageway.
After exiting the washroom, An Xiaoning scanned her surroundings to see that it was extremely near Sanqiao Estate. We must've walked for such a long distance because we had to pass by Wei Ni Estate, she thought to herself.
The washroom was facing the main road.
An Xiaoning walked back to her mansion to change into a fresh set of clothing and put on some makeup. Jin Qingyan then drove to Sanqiao Estate again, bringing Jin Yiheng along this time.