Chapter 1239: I Want to Make You Stay (117)
“I only woke up a few days ago. After that, I was busy finding the way out of that place. I haven’t seen anyone there. Although I haven’t seen anyone, I always felt there was someone inside.” He remarked honestly, “It feels like a sixth sense.”
“There should be someone inside. Otherwise, that archeologist wouldn’t have died like that and the amulets I pasted wouldn’t have disappeared for no reason. Your matter has implicated quite a lot of people. Even to me, it’s very challenging. Moreover, so many years have passed. It would be difficult to find any evidence as well.”
Her words had just landed when the man opposite her simply knelt down before her. With his back straight and upright, and his expression unchanging, he said, “I have nothing left to my name already. All I have left is this life of mine. As long as you’re willing to help me, my life will belong to you in the future. As long as you give me an order, I’ll carry it out with no hesitation. I’ll treat you as my everything and serve you for the rest of my life.”
An Xiaoning gazed at him in astonishment. Ever since she had seen him in the tomb, the impression he gave her was someone who was not apt to talk and who did not reveal his emotions. But, deep inside his bones, he seemed to be someone obstinate and unyielding.
An Xiaoning would never have expected him to be willing to kneel down just to beg her for help.
“A real man shouldn’t kneel down so easily. Please get up.”
“Ms. An, I’ll agree to everything that you ask me to do. Please help me. I really have no way out now. I don’t want to live the rest of my life in a resigned manner or get discovered and executed again.”
“Let me think about this matter properly. After all, it isn’t a small matter and I still have to verify the truth of it. Otherwise, how would I know whether you’re telling the truth? So, get up. I’ll give you an answer after I’ve thought through this properly.”
He slowly got up. “Okay.”
“This hotel belongs to my brother’s family. I’ll tell the front desk later, so you can just stay here temporarily for now. Right, can you write out your name here for me?” An Xiaoning took out pen and paper from her bag for him.
He nodded, then swiftly wrote out his name for her.
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It was the next day.
An Xiaoning was awoken by a kiss.
Looking at the handsome face that was inches away from hers, her gaze flickered for a moment as she reached out to touch it. After she was sure of it, she called out, “Qingyan.”
“Hmm?”
“You’re finally back.” An Xiaoning kissed him multiple times before she had enough. “Henry didn’t let me kiss him at all. I couldn’t even touch his hand.”
“Idiot, couldn’t you do it forcefully?”
“I’d wanted to before. Look here, do you see this?” She pointed to her forehead. “This was caused by him. He used all his strength and flung me toward the wall.”
As the lights were not on and the curtains were not pulled open either, it was rather dark in the room and Jin Qingyan did not notice this. After hearing her words, he immediately switched on the lights and carefully looked at the injury on her head.
“Does it hurt?” he asked as he touched it lightly while frowning deeply.
“It doesn’t hurt anymore.”
“What did I do yesterday? My legs are aching really badly.”
“It’s a long story. I’ll tell you slowly as we eat.” She sat up and added as she pointed to her clothes, “Bring them to me. I’m getting up now.”
“You’re not sleeping a while more?”
“How could I get back to sleep anymore? Anyway, I feel like eating.”
He took her clothes to her and put them on for her.
An Xiaoning enjoyed the privileged treatment she received from him where she did not have to use her own arms and legs. After helping her put on her clothes, he carried her upstairs on his back to wash herself up, and then carried her down again, placing her on the chair safely.
Throughout the whole of breakfast, it was basically her sharing and explaining the details of what had happened yesterday.
An Xiaoning was parched from saying so much in one go.
She did not leave out a single detail and told him everything.
After hearing her speak, Jin Qingyan replied, “Zong Jingyi’s matter isn’t something that’s easy to interfere in. It’s rather complex and has many people involved in it. Without sufficient evidence, it’s easy to create trouble too. But, from what you have described, I feel that this person isn’t someone who’s completely incapable. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to bring you out of the tomb. Just because of this, I think you can give it some consideration. As to where the owner of that tomb went, he or she will definitely leave a trace be it dead or alive. However, you shouldn’t enter that tomb so hastily anymore next time. You should at least go in there with me. I’m talking about me, not my second personality. If something were to happen to you, I wouldn’t want to live anymore.”
An Xiaoning was amused by the last line he said. “You make it sound like it’s really happening.”
“You don’t believe me?” He looked at her in a serious manner. “You are my life. Without you, will I still be able to live on?”
An Xiaoning bit her lip and laughed. “Why are you doing this? You’re making me feel touched so early in the morning.”
“That’s why you need to take care of yourself before you do anything. Promise me, okay?”
“I promise you. I’ll promise you everything okay?”
Jin Qingyan’s eyes were brimming with happiness. “Promising me is the first step. You have to actually carry it out.”
“Of course. When are you going to the company?”
“I’m not going today, I’ll stay home to keep you company.” With that, he lowered his voice and added, “I’ll make it up to you properly.”
His last line was full of meaning.
An Xiaoning broke into an exaggerated grin. “I have serious matters to handle today. We can only do it tonight…”
“This is a serious matter too, we can’t wait ’til tonight.” His tone was firm, leaving An Xiaoning with no room to argue.
After eating, he carried her upstairs on his back again. After the two brushed their teeth, they slumped back onto the bed.
Gazing at each other, they basked in the warm glow in each other’s eyes.
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When she was heading to the police station, An Xiaoning took her phone and saw a missed call when she unlocked it.
As she stared at the display screen, her face fell.
It was the mysterious call again that came everyday at 5:08 am.
She had slept too soundly last night and had not heard her phone ringing.
She placed her phone in her bag and drove to the police station.
“Ms. An, we’ve got the results.” A police officer showed his screen to An Xiaoning immediately. “Although Zong Jingyi’s household register was written off, we have a file of it inside. It was written off 16 years ago, on the 12th of June.”
“Print out his personal and family information for me.”
“Alright, please give me a moment.”
A minute later, she took the information out from the household registry room and ran into Pan Zhenghui. “Xiaoning, when did you arrive?”
“I just came. I was about to go and find you.”
“Let’s talk in my office.” Pan Zhenghui said as they walked, “This morning, Captain Wang called me and said that the staff member who died suffered a horrible death. He showed me pictures of it too.”
“I know. If he had died of hunger or thirst, it wouldn’t have been the case. It was definitely an unnatural death.”
“That means…” Pan Zhenghui’s throat constricted and his voice lowered. “There’s really something dirty inside?”