Just as she was sulking in hopelessness, the elderly man began walking toward An Xiaoning. She straightened her back and yelled again, "Uncle, can you hear me?"
At this moment, the elderly man raised his head slowly and said, "Lass, I can hear you."
Upon the sight of his face, An Xiaoning's eyes widened in shock and she exclaimed, "Uncle, it's you!"
The elderly man was the same one whom An Xiaoning and Fan Shixin had visited in the woods to seek help from when Jin Qingyan went missing after the tsunami.
He smiled at her and walked straight into the house…
An Xiaoning could not get out no matter how hard she tried, and yet he could enter so effortlessly.
"Yes, it's me. We haven't met in a while. How are you doing?" the elderly man asked after removing his cloak.
