1298 I Want to Make You Stay 176 (1/2)

The old patriarch definitely knew more than the old lady.

And this despite them being husband and wife.

In such a family, there was a severely ingrained inequality between both genders, and it was needless to say that the status of women was exceptionally low in R Nation. Although the old lady probably knew about some things, her knowledge of things was probably incomplete.

Donggong Lianzhi stood there with his back stiffen, frightened at the thought of his grandparents suddenly awakening. After all, the elderly were commonly known for having light sleep.

But his worries were unnecessary, for An Xiaoning successfully hypnotized the old patriarch.

Her method was extraordinary, which left him rather dumbfounded.

She had done so by inducing him.

The old patriarch loved to smoke, but Old Mrs. Donggong disliked him doing so. As a result, he avoided smoking in front of her and only did so privately.

The reason An Xiaoning had decided to start from this topic was that when she was about to cover the tile on the roof, she had noticed the old patriarch laying his fingers on the cigarette box a few times but eventually removing them.

Hence, this was what she had deduced.

After she had gained his trust, which allowed the two of them to get nearer to his bed, Donggong Lianzhi remembered clearly that this was the first time in his life that he stepped inside his grandparents' bedroom.

While he surveyed the room with a pair of night vision spectacles on him, he recalled a memory of his cousin Nineteen, who was his grandparents' favorite, proudly bragging to him about their grandmother calling him into this bedroom and then secretly passing him a kind of food that they were not commonly able to eat. Although that incident had happened so long ago, he still remembered vividly the pair of sparkling eyes his cousin had when he was bragging to him. It was as if his cousin was high up in the clouds while he was trapped on the ground in a mud pit.

”Why did the Donggong family change their surname?”

She already had a clear answer inside, as it was the only possible reason the Donggong family would take such a risk to attempt to kill her.

”Because it was claimed that our ancestors were wiped out and many of them died. Eventually, the rest of them had no choice but to leave their homes and migrate elsewhere. For the sake of future generations and to prevent such annihilation from occurring again, our ancestors had no choice but to forbid their descendants from practicing witchcraft and black magic, as well as to stop passing on the knowledge regarding this area. Until today, no one in the entire family knows witchcraft and black magic, and we have lived peacefully until now.”

These words were definitely not what An Xiaoning were expecting to hear.

It was by chance that she had discovered that this was the Wu family clan, and she was beyond excited because it meant that she had a way to remove the curse.

Yet, now…

It was indeed not good news for her.

However, she did not give up just because of this.

”What have your ancestors left for you that is more important than money?”

”Other than money and rules, they didn't leave anything for us.”

”…”

By this point, An Xiaoning had no more desire to continue asking him questions.

”Why did you try to kill Donggong Lianzhi and An Xiaoning?”

”It is Lianzhi's greatest honor to sacrifice himself for the family clan. As for An Xiaoning, we fear that she may come to us for revenge, so we decided to make the first move on her.”

”How did you find out that An Xiaoning was going to find your family for revenge, and why would she want to do so?”

”Because, a very long time ago, our ancestors once put a curse on An Xiaoning and Jin Qingyan, preventing them from being together for an eternity. As to how I know this, I was informed by an elder.”

Upon hearing this, An Xiaoning asked, ”Who… is this elder?”

”He's the most respectable and authoritative figure in our clan, and he has lived for many years. No one knows his age, apart from himself.”

”Why is he able to live for so many years?”

”If we had known the reason behind it, we would have used it to allow ourselves to live this long as well.”

An Xiaoning exchanged glances with Donggong Lianzhi before asking further, ”Where does he live now? What is his name?”