864 A Million Times for You 226 (2/2)
”Are you afraid to see me? It's not like you haven't seen me before,” he said with a chuckle.
”There's no need for us to meet again.”
”Why do I feel like it's necessary?”
An Xiaoning gripped her phone tightly and said, ”Must you really do this?”
”Mmm-hmm.”
”It's raining cats and dogs right now. Another day.”
”No, I'd like to feel the thrill of hunting my prey that has escaped.”
An Xiaoning's heart sank the moment the call ended.
She hurriedly asked the elderly man, ”Is there a secret passageway in here? My enemy is on his way right now to hunt me down.”
”This used to be a warzone so there are secret passageways here.”
”Great, but do many people know about the passageway?”
”The residents at the foot of the mountain are all aware of this.”
She nodded and hurriedly instructed No. 5 to carry Gu Beicheng while No. 8 held onto Rong Yan's hand. Meanwhile, Xiao Bai was in charge of carrying the medicine and books given by the elderly man, who then led them through the secret passageway.
An Xiaoning was the only one who stayed behind.
The reason was clear.
If she had left together with him, Pei Yi would definitely find out about the secret passageway from the residents nearby and, hence, they would not be able to escape.
She was the one he wanted to meet.
With her newly-acquired powers, it was a piece of cake for her to escape from him.
The elderly man returned to see that there were several cars parked outside the house.
Donning a fedora and a pair of shades that hid his eyes, Pei Yi alighted from the car.
”I thought you would escape. You never fail to surprise me.”
”Are you surprised? Wow, Master Pei, you're still as dashing as ever. Are you trying to blind everyone with your stunning good looks?” An Xiaoning gibed with a smile.
”Does everyone include you?” he asked with a smirk.
”You wouldn't believe me if I said yes.” After a moment of silence, she continued, ”Master Pei, you insisted on coming here to see me despite the heavy rain. Just what is your purpose?”
He walked toward her and removed his shades. Glaring at her coldly, he said, ”I was infuriated about the fact that you were rescued.”
”And then? Are you going to punish me for escaping?”
”No, I just didn't take enough safety precautions. After all, you probably would have been killed by my people even if you didn't escape. I really want to be a good host, so I came here to personally invite you to my place,” he said with his hands behind his back.
An Xiaoning nodded and said, ”Could you not put this elderly man in a spit, and…”
The intelligent Pei Yi could already guess what she wanted to say next. ”I'm not interested in your bodyguards and Gu Beicheng, who have all escaped. Gu Beicheng didn't die thanks to his own fate.”
She was apprehensive about his words.
”I believe you're not one to say one thing and do another, Master Pei. Let's go.”
She got inside his car and sat beside him in the backseat.
Just as the car began moving off, An Xiaoning looked at him while smiling, as if she were really going to visit his house as a guest. ”Master Pei, what have you been busy with lately?”
”I've been thinking about which man you're smiling at every day, you liar.”
”…”
He handed her two photos and said, ”Didn't I say before that you're only allowed to smile at me and that no one else has the right to see you smile at all? Why have you gone back on your words so soon? Not only did you break your promise, you also even stayed over at Jin Qingyan's place every now and then. Are you planning to get married to him again? Is it because he saved you? Or is it because you've never stopped loving him?”
An Xiaoning stared at the photos in her hand, only to discover that one of them was a photo of her talking to Fan Shixin and the other was of her speaking to Jin Qingyan…