Chapter 1367 - I Only Want You (1/2)

Just as she was sulking in hopelessness, the elderly man began walking toward An Xiaoning. She straightened her back and yelled again, “Uncle, can you hear me?”

At this moment, the elderly man raised his head slowly and said, “Lass, I can hear you.”

Upon the sight of his face, An Xiaoning’s eyes widened in shock and she exclaimed, “Uncle, it’s you!”

The elderly man was the same one whom An Xiaoning and Fan Shixin had visited in the woods to seek help from when Jin Qingyan went missing after the tsunami.

He smiled at her and walked straight into the house…

An Xiaoning could not get out no matter how hard she tried, and yet he could enter so effortlessly.

“Yes, it’s me. We haven’t met in a while. How are you doing?” the elderly man asked after removing his cloak.

“Terrible. Uncle, I’ve been trapped here for days and I can’t leave at all. I have no idea what’s going on in the world outside right now, and I’m very worried but there’s nothing I can do.”

He said, “I’m relieved to see that you are fine. The world outside is peaceful and well. You’re worrying for nothing, so just put your mind at ease.”

An Xiaoning asked in surprise, “Peaceful and well? How could that be?”

She didn’t think that it would be peaceful at all.

He smiled and said, “It’s all been settled. How could I possibly allow that troublemaker to snatch my family’s precious heirloom and harm my family member? I came here to pick you up.”

An Xiaoning was greatly taken aback. I clearly heard him say ‘my family.’ Is he a member of the Jin family?

“Uncle, pardon my ignorance, but I don’t know who you are in the Jin family. Could you enlighten me?”

“Qingyan already knows who I am. You may ask him when we get back. Let’s go.”

An Xiaoning nodded and left together with him.

To her bewilderment, he brought her out of the house effortlessly without chanting any spells or performing any rituals.

Once they exited, she turned around to take a look, only to discover that the house had magically disappeared.

Although her mind was flooded with questions, she decided not to get too eager or impatient. It was a blessing to be able to make it out of that hellish place.

Shortly after, she caught sight of a helicopter on a bare land and of Jin Qingyan, who was dressed in a black suit and was waiting for them.

An Xiaoning teared up the instant she saw that he was safe and sound. She was clueless as to what had happened in the outside world throughout the two weeks that she had been inside the house.

However, she was certain that he must have gone through a battle.

Upon reaching the helicopter, she chided, “How could you let Uncle go and pick me up alone? Why didn’t you go?”

She was blaming him for letting the elderly man go on his own and for not picking her up himself.

Jin Qingyan said in a gentle voice, “He didn’t want to let me go. He said that this place is full of spells.”

“Enough, hurry and leave this place. It’s time for me to go too,” the elderly man urged.

An Xiaoning exclaimed, “Uncle, why don’t you go back with us?”

He waved and said, “Nah, I’m used to living a carefree life in solitude. I don’t like going to crowded places at all. It’s a wonderful thing to be free. I’m leaving now. We’ll meet again if fate allows it. If not, there’s no need to force it.”

He then turned around and walked along a narrow path. He was quick in his step and soon vanished in the drizzling rain.

An Xiaoning and Jin Qingyan got inside the helicopter. The moment the helicopter soared up into the sky, An Xiaoning shifted her gaze onto the direction that the elderly man had walked to, only to discover that he had gone missing.

“How strange. He told me that he’s a member of the Jin family. Just who is he?”

Jin Qingyan remained silent and cupped her face in his hands while staring at her closely.