1107 Perplexed and Smitten 167 (2/2)

The sky in B City began to turn dark gradually.

No. 5 squatted on the balcony and looked through the telescope. That was all that he had been doing for the entire day.

Since the night had arrived, it was time he returned inside the apartment.

After checking that the cable was secured tightly to An Xiaoning, Fan Shixin began maneuvering it.

An Xiaoning made an OK sign with her hand and leaped off while Fan Shixin controlled the system. Once she landed on their target area, he walked toward the telescope and watched as An Xiaoning removed the hook from her body. She still had not entered the Yin family home.

He dared not step away from the telescope and instead monitored the situation closely.

An Xiaoning successfully entered the yard.

The cushioned sports shoes that she was wearing on her feet allowed her to walk without making a sound.

She was dressed in black from head to toe and was wearing a pair of night vision goggles. She successfully managed to prevent herself from being captured by the surveillance cameras and arrived at the mansion of the patriarch of the Yin family.

It was a standalone house.

Although she had yet to enter, she had already discovered something unusual with the house.

There was a spell in the yard.

Just like she had expected.

The moment she heard footsteps approaching, she quickly dodged and hid behind a tree.

An Xiaoning stuck her head out to see that it was Yin Shi, old Mr. Yin's second grandchild.

According to the information she had obtained, Yin Shi was one of the top lawyers of a prestigious law firm.

Upon the sight of him entering the yard, An Xiaoning quickly climbed up the tree and watched Yin Shi from afar as he entered through a door.

The lights were clearly on near the main door.

Shouldn't the patriarch be at the main mansion now?

She took out her binoculars and scrutinized the layout in the house as well as the ornaments inside.

She discovered that the patriarch was rather peculiar. He did not have a single bodyguard or servant in the yard at all, perhaps because he was too confident and satisfied with his spell.

She instantly thought of a strategy to counter the issue.

The 77-year-old elderly patriarch was sitting cross-legged in his room with a small square table in front of him on which there was a tea set and some piping-hot tea.

Yin Shi removed his shoes and sat in front of him. ”Grandpa.”

”I asked you here because I have something important to tell you.”

Noticing the sullen expression on his face, Yin Shi asked, ”What's wrong? Grandpa, please tell me.”

”I heard from elsewhere that An Xiaoning is checking up on us.”

”An Xiaoning? You mean Jin Qingyan's ex-wife, An Xiaoning?”

”Yes, her.”

”Why? Our family has always kept a low profile, and I don't remember us ever offending Ms. An or Jin Qingyan,” Yin Shi said in puzzlement.

”That's why I asked you to come here.”

”I'm all ears.”

”What did our ancestors do for a living?” said the elderly patriarch, who remained calm and composed.

”Every member of the Yin family is aware of that.”

”Well then, do you know why our ancestral sermon was changed suddenly three centuries ago?”

”Well… there isn't a definite answer to that, but haven't we always been forbidden from talking about these stuff at home?” said Yin Shi.

”Three centuries ago, we moved from G City to B City. It was a decision made by our ancestors for a reason, of course. The reason is, there was an issue with our ancestral graveyard and we had to move it elsewhere. That was the furthest we've ever relocated the grave and the first time we moved all the coffins to another location.”

”Grandpa, what happened to the graveyard back then?”

”Back then, the elders discovered a letter and two paintings in the coffin of one of our ancestors, Yin Cun. It was written in the letter that Yin Cun had committed a ton of huge mistakes and sins and ended up killing thousands of lives. Although he was just following orders from the Emperor, he had, nonetheless, committed major sins that could never be atoned for. We believe everything written in this letter because it was placed inside the coffin, which had never been opened before they discovered it. After some discussion amongst the elders, who compared the handwriting of the ancestors, they reached a consensus and all agreed that it must have been handwritten by Ancestor Yin Cun himself. Apart from that, there was no explanation for the two portraits either.”