Chapter 1136: Xiao An: This Time I Won’t Let You Go
Chapter 1136: Chapter 1136: Xiao An: This Time I Won’t Let You Go
Gu Jin walked to the gate of the Zhen Family, came to the car parked outside, and someone had already opened the door for her.
Linda followed behind, holding Zhen Jie in her arms.
"Gu Jin!"
Behind her came Zhen Youzhi’s shout.
Gu Jin stood in front of the car and turned back, looking at him calmly.
"What is it?"
Zhen Youzhi didn’t know why, but now he was extremely afraid of Gu Jin, he didn’t even dare meet her eyes.
But his son was following behind her, so he swallowed and said, "Tomorrow the Old Master and Lingling will be buried. Zhen Jie has to be there."
Otherwise, once it gets out, people will be pointing at Zhen Jie’s spine behind his back.
"Got it."
Gu Jin understood all this. Zhen Jie was the Old Master’s own grandson. If he didn’t show up, she didn’t know how many people would condemn him.
She turned and got into the car.
The door closed, and everything outside was shut away from her.
Linda carried Zhen Jie into the escort car behind.
The motorcade drove off quickly.
...
Time flashed by; three days passed.
Zhen Jie had already been living in the courtyard house on East Gate South Street in Beijing for three days.
These three days, Gu Jin somehow got hold of a huge wooden tub, and every day Zhen Jie had to soak in it for two hours.
Gu Jin said it was a medicinal bath, with medicine inside to treat Zhen Jie’s leg injuries.
It was clearly as clear as water, with no smell of medicine at all, yet every time Zhen Jie soaked in that tub, the pain that flooded his whole body made him grit his teeth and tear up.
It hurt too much!
Back when his leg was broken, when Qin Zihao sent people to beat him up, it hadn’t hurt this badly.
But the effect was actually very good.
These past few days he’d already regained sensation in his leg.
He could even walk a couple of shaky steps on his own without a crutch.
That day, after finishing his medicinal bath, Zhen Jie, supported by Linda, came into the spacious living room.
Gu Jin was on the phone with An Mingji.
Supported onto the sofa, Zhen Jie watched Gu Jin not far away, her brows and eyes soft, face full of laughter, speaking gently to the person on the other end of the line.
It was the first time he’d seen Gu Jin treat someone so tenderly.
When Gu Jin noticed Zhen Jie, she only glanced over and then withdrew her gaze.
Whatever was said on the phone, she sighed helplessly and said, "Got it. I’ll deal with things here as soon as I can and wait for you to come back."
A couple of days ago, An Mingji had called her first, and only then did she know he’d gone to Kunlun.
Today he was going into Death Valley; apparently there was something inside that was attracting him.
"A-Jin, tomorrow I’m taking people into Death Valley. I might not be able to get in touch with you for a while after that."
An Mingji sounded pitiful, his tone full of reluctance.
"You really have to go in?" Gu Jin’s delicate brows tightened slightly.
Thinking of the danger in Kunlun Death Valley last year, worry surfaced on her face.
The other end of the phone fell silent.
After quite a while, An Mingji’s faint voice sounded.
"I have to go. I want to see what’s really in there."
For something to make An Mingji this persistent, it showed there really was something inside drawing him in.
"Xiao An, did you run into something in Death Valley last year?"
"Mm." An Mingji answered softly through his nose.
Gu Jin asked, "What did you encounter?"
"A-Jin, can I tell you when I get back?"
An Mingji didn’t want to lie to her, but before he figured things out, he didn’t know how to explain.
Gu Jin naturally wouldn’t press him.
She said gently, "Okay. You absolutely have to be careful. Whatever happens, don’t put yourself in danger. I’ll worry."
"Got it." An Mingji laughed.
He really enjoyed the feeling of being kept in Gu Jin’s heart.
All of a sudden, An Mingji asked, "A-Jin, do you miss me?"
Gu Jin instinctively looked at Zhen Jie sitting opposite, and saw him staring at her curiously with wide eyes.
Even though she knew Zhen Jie couldn’t hear An Mingji’s voice, the tips of her ears still felt slightly hot.
She gave a small cough, and said solemnly into the receiver, "We’ve only been apart for four days."
"But I miss A-Jin already." An Mingji straightforwardly voiced his longing for Gu Jin: "Do you miss me?"
It was way too blunt.
With Zhen Jie sitting right there, Gu Jin really didn’t know how to answer.
It made her heart pound even more than when she’d heard An Mingji confess to her.
"A-Jin?"
When he didn’t get a response, An Mingji called her again, his low voice teasing and hoarse.
"Mm." Gu Jin answered with a barely audible sound.
"What does ’mm’ mean?" An Mingji wasn’t about to let her off so easily.
"What do you think?" Gu Jin ground her teeth.
A delighted laugh came from the phone.
"A-Jin, you miss me too, don’t you?" An Mingji reined himself in, his voice gentle, asking with clear expectation.
"Mm." This time Gu Jin didn’t hesitate at all.
An Mingji was satisfied and let out another happy laugh.
"I knew A-Jin missed me too. When I get back to Beijing, we won’t go to Dali first—we’ll move house, Jin’an Manor is all ready."
"Okay, I’ll wait for you to come back." Gu Jin’s voice was soft, agreeing to him without reservation.
Right before hanging up, An Mingji suddenly said, "A-Jin, I dreamed of you last night."
Gu Jin thought he was about to flirt with her again, and the corners of her lips curved up.
The smile on her face was scattered by what An Mingji said next.
"I dreamed that we got married, and we had a baby."
On that last sentence, An Mingji’s tone overflowed with longing, laced with an indescribable intimacy and huskiness.
Before Gu Jin could respond, the call was hung up.
Gu Jin’s hand was still holding the phone to her ear.
After a while, she lowered the phone, looked at the ended call on the screen, her beautiful eyes flickering with shifting emotions that finally settled into a helpless smile.
An Mingji was blatantly teasing her.
He didn’t even particularly like children.
Him saying he dreamed they were married and had a baby was clearly pointed.
There hadn’t been any "further step" between them—how could there possibly be a baby?
That last sentence, with all its suggestiveness, just sounded wrong no matter how you heard it.
If Gu Jin’s guess wasn’t off, An Mingji was basically... asking for intimacy.
Gu Jin let out a low laugh, full of helplessness and indulgence.
Even so, she wasn’t angry.
An Mingji was an adult now; he understood between men and women.
Him wanting intimacy was normal too.
Back when they’d stayed together in Yazhou,
how could she not have noticed those uncontrollable reactions whenever An Mingji got close to her?
She knew all too well about those times he’d gone to take a cold shower.
"Ding!"
The chime for a text message sounded.
Gu Jin opened it; it was from An Mingji.
"JieJie A-Jin, I really miss you. When I get back, this time I won’t go soft and let you off again."
Gu Jin read that message over and over several times.
The smile at the corner of her mouth was impossible to suppress.
This damn kid was getting more and more brazen!
If An Mingji were in front of her right now, she’d definitely flick him hard on the forehead.
So in need of discipline, daring to say anything that came to mind.
Even so, gentleness filled Gu Jin’s brows and eyes, with a hint of doting light in them.
As if, no matter what An Mingji did, she would always indulge him.