1236 I Want to Make You Stay 114 (2/2)
”I will, I will. Don't worry. I'll definitely send him home.”
”Alright. Let's all go back now.” Henry took An Xiaoning's umbrella, and the two were about to leave together.
But a crisp and clear voice stopped her. ”Ms. An.”
She turned back. ”Yes?”
”We'll meet again.”
An Xiaoning had originally thought that they would not possibly meet each other anymore. But hearing him say this, she answered, ”I hope that the next time I see you, I'll be able to know what your name is.”
”You don't have to wait 'til next time. I can tell you what my name is right now. I'm Zong Jingyi.”
What a willful boy! When she asked him, he wouldn't tell her. Now that she was no longer asking him, he simply revealed his name just like that.
An Xiaoning looked at him and replied, ”Alright, I'll remember it. Thank you for today.”
Henry had remained rather quiet throughout, but when they got into the car, the first thing he said was, ”Who was that Zong Jingyi?”
”I met him in the tomb. He went in because he was curious. He had entered from another entrance and helped me quite a lot. If not for him, when I fell from a great height, I would have either died or become paralyzed. It was all thanks to him that I escaped unscathed.” An Xiaoning drew the curtains and started to remove her wet clothes without saying anything further.
”What are you doing…?”
”Removing my clothes.”
”Can't you do that when we reach home?”
”It's simply too uncomfortable.” Her movements were so rapid that when Henry took out his car keys, she had already removed all her clothes. Luckily, when she had come out earlier, she had prepared clothes in advance. Otherwise, she would have had to return in her wet clothes.
Henry had simply taken a glance, in an unlit environment furthermore, and already felt himself becoming flushed from head to toe. He then immediately retracted his gaze.
After a minute or two, the car went through the rain and was driven away.
The police car followed behind them and left as well.
Zong Jingyi, who was sitting in the police car, looked out the window and watched as the Mercedes-Benz drove away. Turning his head over, he asked, ”Is that man Ms. An's boyfriend?”
”Don't you know who Mr. Jin is?” Pan Zhenghui was rather surprised. Never would he have expected that there was actually someone who didn't know who Jin Qingyan was. ”Did you not take a closer look just now?”
”I never use the internet or watch television. Even if I read the papers, I only pay attention to matters related to the military, so…” His face was turned toward the glass of the car window so that no one would be able to notice his eyes.
”I see.” Pan Zhenghui readily educated him, ”Whether Mr. Jin is Xiaoning's boyfriend or not, it's not easy for us to say. After all, Xiaoning doesn't tell us about her personal matters. But Xiaoning lives in Mr. Jin's house, so they should still be together. One thing we can say for sure, though, is that he's Xiaoning's ex-husband.”
”Ex-husband?”
”Correct, ex-husband. They've been married twice altogether and got divorced twice as well.” Pan Zhenghui only explained this much to him. ”Where's your house?”
”You can just send me to Mingyuan Road.”
”Alright.”
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On the way back home, An Xiaoning explained the whole process of her entering the tomb and meeting Zong Jingyi to Henry.
He listened to her quietly and made no mention of him entering the tomb to find her.
But while he did not mention it at all, An Xiaoning was curious to find out.
The two sat at the dining table. An Xiaoning picked up a glass of milk and finished it in one go. Even though she had already drunk a bottle of mineral water on the way back, she still felt very thirsty.
Placing the glass down, she asked, ”Can you tell me the whole process of you entering and coming out of the tomb? I want to know.”
”You really want to know?”
”Yes, I really do.”
”If you sleep on the sofa tonight and let me have the bed to myself, I'll tell you.”
”I won't need to sleep on the sofa, I'll sleep in the guest room tonight. So, tell me.” She didn't think it was that big of an issue and was simply too easy a request to fulfill. She then picked up her chopsticks and started to eat.
Seeing her agree to it so readily, Henry started to pick up his chopsticks to eat as well. With food in his mouth, he replied, ”You went in for half an hour and still had not come out, so I simply went in. I brought a torch and a phone with me when I went in to find you, but the torch ran out of battery later on. My phone battery ran out as well. Since I couldn't find you, I just came back out.”