Reborn in 1993, Dark Sea

The successive blows finally caused Chen Shuifen to fall ill.

An Xiaohai was terrified. He put aside everything else and stayed by Chen Shuifen's bedside every day.

Fortunately, Chen Shuifen was not seriously injured. She was just a little too sad and exhausted. After more than half a month of rest, her body gradually returned to normal.

Fortunately, during this time, Lin Xuan'er, Pan Zhuangzhuang, and Kunji stayed by An Xiaohai's side, which greatly relieved his anxiety.

This experience also made An Xiaohai realize more deeply how difficult it must have been for Chen Shuifen to stay by his bedside while he was suffering from a long illness in another time and space.

With this realization, An Xiaohai decided to temporarily stop thinking about other things and focus on staying at home with Chen Shuifen and his grandparents.

I should have spent more time at home with my grandma, but this regret can never be made up for.

No one else bothered An Xiaohai during this time. To outsiders, An Xiaohai must be immersed in grief after losing his father and grandmother, two of his closest relatives, and it was not appropriate to disturb him.

"Xiao Hai, time is passing so slowly. I really wish I could graduate tomorrow..." Lin Xuan'er murmured as she lay on the beach.

Two months passed in the blink of an eye, and school was about to start again. Lin Xuan'er was extremely reluctant to leave.

"It's only been two years, it'll be over in the blink of an eye," An Xiaohai said with a smile, stroking Lin Xuan'er's ponytail.

"Yeah, I thought you'd be locked up for another year, but you're out in the blink of an eye. You even dared to hide it from me, humph!"

"Isn't it because I'm worried about affecting your studies?"

"snort!"

Actually, I'm afraid you'll be in danger if you're with me.

"Fine, you can have it!" Lin Xuan'er turned to the side and hugged An Xiaohai's neck.

"I'm your woman. Whether I live or die, I'll be with you. Hiding from me won't change anything. If anything happens to you, I'll go with you. Hiding won't help, do you hear me?!"

"Yes, ma'am!"

"My God! I'm so sick of you two being so mushy! Ugh!" Pan Zhuangzhuang couldn't take it anymore and jumped up, shivering dramatically.

Lin Xuan'er rolled her eyes at Pan Zhuangzhuang: "Envious, aren't you? You're so jealous! Why don't you find one too? Maybe you'll be even more mushy than us!"

"Forget it! I don't want to. Women are the most troublesome thing, so fussy and indecisive!"

"Hmph, so stubborn, just saying it's sour grapes because you can't have them!"

"Xiao Hai, I heard a theme park recently opened in the city. How about we go there tomorrow? We've been cooped up in the village for over a month, let's get out and about."

"Xiao Hai, I think Xuan'er's idea is good. We should go out for a walk!" Pan Zhuangzhuang echoed.

"Pan Zhuangzhuang, shut up!" Lin Xuan'er glared at Pan Zhuangzhuang.

"Fine, I'll shut up. What have I done to offend you, Miss Lin?"

"Pan Zhuangzhuang, stop pretending! Don't think I don't know your little tricks with Xiao Hai. When you call each other by name, one word means affirmation, two words mean negation, and three words mean danger!"

"It's been so many years, do you all think I'm really stupid? I just haven't said it out loud!"

Oh, it turns out the deception was exposed all along...

Pan Zhuangzhuang shrugged helplessly, completely speechless. Theme parks were the worst; he'd rather stay home and watch TV.

"I'm not going," An Xiaohai shook his head. "Xuan'er, I just want to spend more time with my family these days. It's good that you're here too. Anyway, it's the same for us wherever we are, as long as we're together, right?"

"That's right!" Lin Xuan'er glared at Pan Zhuangzhuang again, then wrapped her arms around An Xiaohai's neck once more.

"Let's skip it this time and wait until next summer vacation. We can go to Honggang then and have some fun there."

"Really?!" Lin Xuan'er's eyes widened in surprise. Her eyes were already big, but they looked even bigger when she stared like that.

"Of course it's true. When have I ever lied to you?"

"That's great!" Lin Xuan'er was very happy. She quickly touched An Xiaohai's face with her lips, then hugged An Xiaohai tightly and buried her face in his neck.

"That sounds good! Hai, I heard there's a shooting range in Honggang. We can go shooting then! Hehe!" Pan Zhuangzhuang finally got excited and stopped lying down. Instead, he stood up and started to stretch his body.

An Xiaohai could only smile wryly. This guy was going to sing again; his singing was just too torturous...

"Boss, boss, there's a phone call!" Just then, Kunji rushed over holding An Xiaohai's mobile phone, followed by Lezai and Wangcai.

An Xiaohai took the phone and saw that the call was from Wang Tiejun. An Xiaohai frowned.

What happened?

An Xiaohai gave Pan Zhuangzhuang a wink, and Pan Zhuangzhuang immediately understood. He pulled Kunji and Lezai aside to play, and Lin Xuan'er joined them.

An Xiaohai smiled and dialed Wang Tiejun's number.

"How are you? Can you get out of here yet?" Wang Tiejun's voice was full of exhaustion.

"Okay, what's wrong? This isn't our agreed-upon time to contact each other. Did something happen?"

"Well... this is not something I can talk about over the phone. Are you free tomorrow? If you are, come to the city center so we can talk in person."

"No problem, time and place."

"Okay, I'll tell you the time and place. Come alone, and it's best not to let anyone know."

"clear."

"Make a note of this..."

Wang Tiejun told An Xiaohai the time and place of their meeting, and An Xiaohai carefully wrote it down.

See you tomorrow.

"See you tomorrow."

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Meanwhile, Haizhou International Building

"An Zhehao! Don't tell me you were behind those two incidents in Dongdao City and Apojiao Village!?" Song Xiangyong roared on the other end of the phone.

"How did you even think of me? Mr. Song, that's going a bit too far. You're terrifying."

"I'm scary? You're the scary one! Are you really insane?! One is your own brother, the other is your own mother, how could you do that?"

"I never said I did it, you're framing me."

"Come on, Ahn Cheol-ho! Don't think you can hide anything from me! I know you too well! No, I thought I knew you too well, but actually I know you far from enough!"

You are a devil, a complete and utter devil!

After finishing speaking, Song Xiangyong hung up the phone without waiting for An Zhehao to say anything more.

An Zhehao smiled helplessly.

Why do humans enjoy living in chains? ...Shouldn't the soul be free? Why would they rather wear so many chains? ...

Family ties, friendships, and romantic love are all chains, chains that bind us for life! Only by severing all these chains and completely freeing our souls can their true nature be revealed!

"What did you do this time to make President Song so angry?" Jiang Ting asked casually from the sofa.

"I didn't do anything. He made himself so angry. It has nothing to do with me," An Zhehao shrugged. "But what's wrong with you? I rarely see you looking so listless."

"It's nothing. My old rivals have been watching a few places. They have a really keen sense of smell!"

"Stop, stop! I have no interest in what you're in charge of, nor is it my place to know. Don't say any more."

"Why are you so nervous? Even you, Ahn Cheol-ho, are afraid?"

"Of course, what I fear most is trouble."

"For example, women are a lot of trouble, aren't they?"

"Yes," An Zhehao nodded, "but not including you. You're a huge problem, more troublesome than ten women combined!"

"Ha! Thank you for such a high compliment. Would you like to experience what it's like to have ten women at the same time?"

"Thank you, but I can't accept that!"

An Zhehao waved his hand, then frowned: "Jiang Ting, for the sake of our years of acquaintance, I advise you not to get too close to those drug lords."

These people are difficult to control. Although they are trustworthy and can help you, they can also create a lot of extra trouble for you, and may even expose our existence.

Contact is fine, even taking advantage of each other is acceptable, but don't get too close.

"Understood, thank you for your advice, I will remember it!" Jiang Ting nodded, her expression unusually serious.