831 A Million Times for You 193 (1/2)

”Who would've known about this if the anonymous sender hadn't mentioned it? The point is, he knows about our past lives, and he even knows my name in my previous lifetime. Qingyan, I'm suspecting something.”

Jin Qingyan voiced her thoughts, ”He knew us in our previous lives? That's pretty obvious.”

”He knew us in our past lives, but why does he still have memories of the previous lifetime? The two of us barely know much about it, and all our knowledge is based on the occasional dreams we have. I've deduced from the messages that the sender seems to know everything. Did he reincarnate with the memory of his previous lifetime or is he a wandering soul who's possessed a human, or did he become immortal? The Second Brother said that he's so invincible that no one in this world is a match for him. Qingyan, I guess I truly understand what it means for there to always be someone who's far greater than one is.”

”You killed his subordinates, yet he didn't kill you at all. Instead, he simply gave you a warning and a reminder. Clearly, he's not quite out to annihilate you. You don't have to care or think about who the sender is, as long as he's not trying to kill you. We don't have to think about whether it's a male or a female. It has nothing to do with us,” Jin Qingyan comforted.

An Xiaoning closed her eyes while in his embrace and said, ”I really wish to live a life of peace and simplicity. Whenever I recall those few years I had spent in M Nation, I never fail to think of Yiheng. When Yiheng was first born, he was so fair and chubby. I raised him single-handedly, and I could not help but be reminded of you whenever I looked at him.”

”You silly. Why didn't you come and find me directly? I ended up missing the years of his childhood.”

”Qingyan, from now on, let's not hide anything from each other, alright?”

Noticing that he was not answering, she looked up to discover that he had already dozed off and was breathing rhythmically.

He must be exhausted.

An Xiaoning smiled and pinched his pronounced nose bridge, filled with joy and contentment.

She looked down and hugged his waist tightly before closing her eyes to sleep.

The dim, yellow light from the lamp filled every corner of the room. Jin Qingyan then opened his eyes once An Xiaoning had fallen asleep.

Jin Qingyan stared at the shadow of her long lashes that was cast on her face, an immense agony in his eyes.

——

It was two o'clock in the afternoon.

An Xiaoning was already on her way to the Autumn Palace in B City.

She'd received a timely call from Tuoba Gucheng in the morning, right after her return. He'd agreed to meet her immediately without hesitation.

She felt that he was so quick to agree because he was certain that she was going to surrender.

In fact, An Xiaoning had guessed correctly.

That was exactly what he was thinking.

Tuoba Gucheng's eyes lit up the moment he saw her.

She was dressed in a pink woolen blazer matched with a black pleated skirt and a pair of black-colored high heels. She entered slowly with her bag in her hands.

He had specially requested to meet her in the garden.

They held each other's gaze, and all Tuoba Gucheng could feel from her gaze was her icy cold aloofness.

”Have a seat.”

An Xiaoning sat down on a chair beside her, not in the mood to appreciate the flowers and lush greenery around her at all.