Chapter 1282: I Want to Make You Stay (160)
“Wasn’t there anyone to look after the tomb?”
“No.”
“Did you tell anyone about this? Your mother?”
“My mother is the only one who knows about this. However, I found out a few days later that He Yi had trespassed on my family’s ancestral burial ground. If he hadn’t ntioned that he was friends with you and Jin Qingyan, I wouldn’t have guessed that you guys were associated with him. Hence, I decided to use him to my advantage. However, I was afraid that you guys will hold it against if my plan were to backfire. Should that happen, I would be punished by the law. Hence, I decided to tell him that the owner of the tomb was a mber of the Pei family.”
Everything seed to be starting to make sense.
An Xiaoning did not expect him to be so honest with her. If what he had said was true, he would have proven himself to be sincere enough. However, she was afraid that he was lying.
She knew that she had to keep her guard up against strangers and never trust them easily.
“According to your description, you don’t seem to have seen before. However, the truth is you must have t prior to this and you strongly believe that I have so recollection of you. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have said ‘Long ti no see.’ Mr. Donggong, can you clear my confusion?”
“Would you believe if I said that I too was appalled after sending that text ssage? I don’t rember ever seeing you before, but I just had a feeling that we know each other. I found you very familiar-looking too. In fact, I still feel that I had made the correct decision to invite you here,” said Donggong Lianzhi, who did not sound like he was lying at all.
“Why did you want a sample of my hair?”
He gasped in shock and lost his composure for the very first ti. An Xiaoning kept her eyes fixed on him and waited to hear his answer.
“Please pardon for being unable to answer that question of yours.”
“Alright, I’ll find out myself,” she said, finding that the situation was starting to get interesting.
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Donggong Lianzhi was surprised to see Fan Shixin and Xiao Bai. He asked, “Did you only bring two bodyguards?”
An Xiaoning smiled and said, “What’s wrong with that? What’s the point of bringing so many bodyguards with when I go out? I don’t need that many people to protect . Let’s have lunch before heading there.”
He was shocked to hear how confident she was.
Staring at An Xiaoning, Donggong Lianzhi could not help but find that her aura was too domineering for soone so gorgeous and petite.
Just like she had intended, they had a al together before heading to Donggong Lianzhi’s car.
The airport was rather near the city, and they decided to go to his private residence first.
“Ms. An, I have a suggestion.”
“Feel free to speak.”
“What do you say the two of us head there alone while our bodyguards stay behind?”
Fan Shixin objected imdiately, “No way, we’re not here for fun. We can’t let Young Madam follow you there alone.”
“You may co along, then. Your colleague shall stay.”
An Xiaoning agreed, “We’ll do just that, then. Shixin, pack the luggage and hand the rest over to Xiao Bai.”
“Sure.”
Although her bag was stuffed with lots of items, it was not heavy at all. Donggong Lianzhi offered, “Let carry it for you.”
“No, thank you. I can manage on my own.”
He did not insist further because he knew that she did not trust him yet.
The three of them got inside the car and set off to Donggong Lianzhi’s residence together.
It would take a short amount of ti to arrive if they were to take the route along the Donggong family ancestral burial ground. However, Donggong Lianzhi chose a different route instead.
He parked the car in the woods, after which they alighted together and walked toward a house nearby.
After scanning his surroundings, Donggong Lianzhi took out his keys and said, “This is a newly-replaced lock that’s identical to the one before.”
He unlocked the door and pushed it open before entering.
An Xiaoning and Fan Shixin followed closely behind.
After entering, Donggong Lianzhi closed the door and pointed at the photo fra on the wall behind the door. “This is the photo fra that I was talking about.”
“Okay.”
He took a few steps back and moved the photo fra with his hands, after which a hole ford in the ground imdiately.
He took out his torchlight and plunged in, followed by An Xiaoning and Fan Shixin.
The hole was not too deep and was much shallower than the one in Shen Jia lake.
It had a depth of about four ters.
The tunnel wasn’t long either, and they reached the mural within minutes. “There, it’s this one.”
An Xiaoning and Fan Shixin shone their torchlights at the wall to see that it was an extrely vivid and realistic-looking mural of her.
She leaned closer toward the wall to scrutinize the mural, only to discover that it did seem a little aged. There was so slight discoloration, and the paint was no longer vibrant.
“Can you tell if this is you or soone else?” Donggong Lianzhi asked.
She looked at him and answered, “I can’t. Where’s the coffin?”
“Up there.”
An Xiaoning looked up to see that the coffin was covered in cent. “Is it empty?” she asked.
“Yes, it should be a coffin, but it’s already been covered in cent. I can’t be sure if there’s a corpse inside or not. I suppose soone must have entered within the past year.”
“Can we open this up?”
“Do you really want to?” Donggong Lianzhi asked hesitantly.
“Yes, since we’re already here, we must open it up to take a look.”
“But we don’t have tools.”
“I’ve brought the necessary tools with . However, you must close your eyes because I can’t let you see them.”
He agreed with a nod, “Alright.”
He turned around and closed his eyes.
Less than a minute later, he heard the sound of an explosion. Just as he was about to turn around, Fan Shixin pressed his shoulder and said, “Wait a mont.”
Donggong Lianzhi paused in his actions and only turned around after Fan Shixin let go of him. The cent had already shattered, and An Xiaoning was standing a ter away from him with nothing in her hand.
Bewildered, he wondered to himself, Just how did she break the cent with her bare hands?
“What is that?” Donggong Lianzhi asked while trying to move the cent away.
“Move the cent pieces away and we’ll find out.”
An Xiaoning then bent forward to move the pieces away while the two of them followed suit.
Given her imnse strength, she was undoubtedly a whole lot faster than them. They moved the cent pieces away to reveal the true appearance of the corpse inside the coffin.
It was a corpse that was bandaged in white fabric. She could tell from the shape and size of the corpse that it belonged to a man. However, she could not see its features because of the bandages.
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