The Prince Wants to Assassinate Me Every Day-Chapter 787 - 373: An Ning, The Truth of Surviving (First Update)
"An Youyou!" An Luming called out angrily.
She just wouldn’t buy into her nonsense.
"You don’t believe me?" An Youyou’s eyes reddened with grievance.
An Luming bit her lower lip.
Every time her younger sister would win with this tactic.
It never fails!
"I really saw a handsome guy just like you. If you don’t believe me, I’ll take you to see him right now," An Youyou said enthusiastically.
"Mom told us to stay at home and learn to read and write, not for you to run around and play," An Luming said, sounding wise beyond her years.
"That’s what mom told you to do," An Youyou retorted.
"Mom also told you to learn medical skills to carry on the family legacy."
"I don’t like that," An Youyou said, disgruntled.
"You don’t like it yet you get excited at the sight of a corpse?" An Luming exposed her.
"...But I need to rest too, right? Would you be happy staring at dead bodies every day?" An Youyou retorted.
An Luming could never win an argument against her sister.
"I’m tired, I’m going back to my room to sleep," said An Youyou, deciding not to argue with her brother anymore and heading back to her room with her little short legs.
Just as she was about to leave, she suddenly let out a big burp.
An Luming frowned, "Did you eat chicken legs behind mom’s back again?"
An Youyou stayed silent.
"Mom said you’re so fat now, you can’t eat anymore and need to diet."
"I must not be her biological child!" An Youyou puffed up in anger, "Which mother tells her own daughter to diet? Isn’t it nice to be chubby?!"
"..." An Luming was once again left speechless by An Youyou.
Chubby and soft, indeed it’s quite adorable.
"Hmph," An Youyou huffed, displeased, as she walked past An Luming.
Clearly, she was the one in the wrong for sneaking out, but she acted as if she was the one being wronged.
An Luming was always helpless when it came to his sister.
And their mother was too busy to spend much time with them.
Working hard every day to provide for them, and occasionally secretly treating some incurable patients, she truly had it tough.
He wanted to take on more responsibility to help his mother, but his sister never seemed to cooperate.
An Luming furrowed his brow, looking every bit the little adult he was, and went back to his room to study.
As for their mother, whom they depended on to grow up.
She was currently sitting in the best brothel in Xuzhou, Anji Qingfeng Building.
She was drinking, delightfully watching the exquisite courtesans on stage play music and recite poetry.
The ones attending to her were also two stunningly beautiful men.
One had an enchanting appearance, his eyes and eyebrows filled with allure, rivaling any woman in beauty.
The other looked cool and aloof, with well-defined features, dressed in white, a gallant young man.
"Boss, here are this month’s accounts for Guilai Inn for you to review," said a woman in green clothes as she came forward, handing over a ledger.
An Ning shifted her position.
She glanced at it and said, "This month’s profits for Guilai Inn are less than last month’s."
"That’s correct. I’ve informed the manager, too. He said there haven’t been many travelers coming to Xuzhou recently, resulting in fewer guests and thus, lower revenue. However, he mentioned that today a wealthy young master arrived with an impressive air, and he will work hard on sales," the woman promptly reported.
"That’s one aspect. Another is to organize some promotional events. Arrange for it and let the staff think of something. I want your plans in three days," An Ning instructed.
"Yes."
"How are the other shops doing this month?" An Ning continued to inquire.
"They all met our targets for this month, so I didn’t present them to you individually. I will summarize and show you all together when ready."
"Good," An Ning stretched lazily.
The Yan Jinyao before her had taken a full two years to train.
She could pretty much take on all issues regarding the accounts.
An Ning stretched again, "Time to go back."
Time to check on the two little divine beasts at home.
"I’ll take you there," Yan Jinyao hurriedly offered.
"No need, just do what I’ve arranged and manage the people below well."
"Yes."
An Ning left the Qingfeng Inn, sat in the luxurious sedan, and went home.
It’s been five years since she came to Xuzhou.
To be precise, four and a half years.
Back then, she never imagined that jumping off such a high city wall, shackled by Xiao Jinsen, would leave her with any chance to survive.
The very moment she really jumped.
Xiao Jinsen cushioned her fall with his own body.
Even more so.
She could feel him using all his inner strength to protect her, preventing her from a severe impact.
She watched as Xiao Jinsen was smashed to pieces, his blood splattering everywhere.
She thought.
The phrase "I will make you remember me for a lifetime" that Xiao Jinsen said as he held her and jumped, was merely because they would be together in death as they were embracing in life, and she never felt that Xiao Jinsen would ever let her go.
She didn’t know whether her heart trembled or her eyes reddened as she looked upon Xiao Jinsen’s unrecognizable and gruesomely disfigured face.
After all, falling from such a height, a concussion led to her dizziness and eventually, she fainted.
When she woke up again.
She had already left the border.
She was escorted through a secret passage to Gujiang City on the border of the Daxuan Kingdom by Xiao Jinsen’s trusted confidants.
At that time, the Daxuan armies were still fighting in Muge City, and she wasn’t discovered by anyone.
The confidant said, the King of Chu had ordered her to be safely escorted here; from here on out, the choice of her path was hers to make.
Which meant.
If she wanted to return to Xiao Jinxing’s side, then she should go back.
If not.
He gave her the chance to escape.
Xiao Jinsen truly wasn’t a good person.
He resorted to all means, indiscriminately murdering the innocent.
He murdered Xie Ruotong’s grandmother, abandoned his own birth mother, and slaughtered his own father for the sake of power, a true despicable villain beyond redemption.
And yet, in that moment, An Ning’s eyes reddened with tears because of that bit of conscience Xiao Jinsen had shown her.
She never thought that the one who truly saved her life and gave her freedom would be the super-villain of the story.
And it seemed he was the only one who truly understood her heart.
She had told Xiao Jinxing many times that she was willing and eager to leave, to live a carefree life on her own, but Xiao Jinxing always seemed to think that she was just pretending.
But Xiao Jinsen.
The time she had spent with him was not much; not just that brief encounter in Muge City, or on that ’night of doom,’ when Xiao Jinsen came to see her late at night, asking what she desired the most, and she mentioned freedom—he just believed her.
Only said it once.
It was worth more than the dozens of times she had said it to Xiao Jinxing.
When parting with the confidant.
The confidant also gave her a bundle.
Heavy. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞
Only upon opening it did she realize, it was all gold.
Xiao Jinsen had even thought that she would need money while wandering the world.
All the things Xiao Jinxing had promised to do for her, Xiao Jinsen had done them all.
She thought.
Xiao Jinsen was still clever.
He said he would make her remember him for a lifetime.
And perhaps, she really will.
