"Miss, Miss Yan An, your kinship is confirmed."
Yan An looked up from the materials, took the kinship report, and flipped directly to the last page.
After confirming, she quickly picked up a pen and wrote, "Where is my little aunt? Take me to see her quickly!"
An Yan fell silent for a few seconds before replying, "My mother passed away eighteen years ago. Poisoned! And the person who poisoned her was named Gu Shifang; he was the one who taught Li Yanluo how to invade other people’s minds with memories.
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Now, we can only track their whereabouts through Gu Xiu, hoping to catch them all in one go. The only issue is, while I’ve calculated Gu Xiu fled southeast, the area is vast, and our people haven’t found him yet."
Yan An wrote quickly, "Understood, I will do my utmost to track him down."
As she spoke, Yan An became immersed in the research, completely ignoring the fact that she still had injuries in her mouth.
An Yan checked the time, then took out two pills and handed them to her, "This one is a Qi-boosting Blood-replenishing Pill, which can restore lost qi and blood. This one is a Cultivation Pill. Take them together, and they can repair some minor issues in your body."
Yan An looked at the pills in her palm with surprise, "These, and that hemostatic and tissue-generating one you gave me earlier, did you make them all?"
Yan An reached out, took the pills, and put them in her mouth.
Then she picked up the pen and wrote, "It seems that people in our family, even if we don’t live together, still end up on the path of medicine."
"My eldest and second brothers didn’t follow this path," An Yan said.
"Eldest brother and second brother? So Little Aunt had three children?"
"Mm," An Yan nodded. "The eldest brother is named An Yaoluo. The second brother is named An Duxuan."
"An Yaoluo, An Duxuan, and you’re An Yan! So your names are from the line of poetry, ’While all other flowers wither and fall, one alone blooms bright and beautiful’?"
An Yan nodded, "Correct."
Yan An picked up the pen and wrote again, "My grandfather’s name is Yan Cheng. He was one of the first group of government-sponsored students to study abroad during the late Qing Dynasty. My father’s name is Yan Guitu, and my aunt’s name is Yan Yuyan. Their names mean ’on the return journey, words bring peace.’
My grandfather named me so the family wouldn’t forget my little aunt. He used her name directly, just omitting the middle character ’Yu’ to differentiate us!"
An Yan was probably so young when she was abducted that she couldn’t speak clearly, leading her kidnapper to misremember her name as Yang Yu! But it’s also possible they deliberately changed her name to Yang Yu so her family couldn’t find her! Regardless, whoever abducted my mother back then deserves to die!
"I have one older brother and one older sister. My elder brother is named Yan Sīguī, and my second sister is named Yan Sinian."
"An Yan, after we find those bad people and bring them to justice, you, along with my first and second cousins, should move to Shangjing City."
"My parents said that they would also move back here later."
Yan An proudly pointed outside, then continued writing, "This house is worth five hundred million. Our family owns very profitable companies overseas. It’s called Lukang! I don’t know if you’ve heard of it.
So, if you don’t like living with me, I can also buy several more houses for you. You and my first and second cousins can pick whichever you like!"
"Also, do you want to be a powerhouse executive? Do you want me to transfer my two companies to your name? You’d just need to share the profits with me monthly."
Is this cousin of hers actually a naive and sweet girl?
Yan An looked at An Yan with anticipation in her eyes!
She wasn’t naive and sweet. Rather, this incident had shown her An Yan was a capable person! That’s why she was willing to trust her completely. Of course, the most important thing was that she wanted to take things easy herself and focus on doing what she loved!
"Cousin, don’t rush. We can talk about this later. Right now, the most important thing is to find Gu Xiu and the others first."
Yan An nodded, "Alright, let’s find them first!"
The files were thick, and Yan An couldn’t get through them all at once. She needed a quiet place to think, so she simply took the files to the study.
As for An Yan and the others, she only wrote one line for them, "The house is big, make yourselves at home!"
Her cousin didn’t seem wary of her at all.
Watching her enter the study, An Yan could only accept it. "Luolie," she instructed, "take a few people and stay here with the young miss. If you get any leads on Gu Xiu, apprehend him immediately."
As An Yan left the courtyard house, she threw the Insect Repellent Medicine into the green belt. A dense swarm of insects crawled out.
An Yan gathered them in one place and set them on fire, burning them to ashes.
Upon exiting the alley, An Yan quickened her pace and got into the car.
In the car, Li Tianyao was once again dealing with emails.
She grabbed his hand, "You heard just now, right? Yan An is my cousin, and she can track people too! My maternal family’s company is actually Lukang! You’ve heard of it, right?"
Li Tianyao’s lips twitched slightly as he nodded.
He had done more than just hear about it. Years ago, that company had dabbled in gene editing. It was he who intervened, forcing the project to be shut down, causing Lukang heavy losses. At the time, to prevent Lukang from restarting the project, he had even planned to acquire the entire company. Who would have thought the head of Lukang somehow found out his whereabouts, intercepted him, and pleaded for mercy. What did he say at the time? It was something like: "Please revere life! Do not use the technology in your hands to do something that will destroy all of human civilization!" What is human civilization? Human civilization refers to the material and spiritual civilization established by humans! The cornerstone of this civilization is humanity! Having lived for a thousand years, his own team was also conducting gene research. Yet, over all these years, his team members hadn’t even unraveled the principles behind Gu Shifang’s memory immortality. Perhaps he stood in the rain for so long that he didn’t want others to follow in his footsteps. He personally halted Lukang’s gene editing project, bombed the laboratory, and destroyed all the data within. Fortunately, he didn’t annihilate Lukang at that time, otherwise...
Li Tianyao glanced at An Yan guiltily.
Thankfully, the other party had agreed without hesitation back then. Since then, they had never touched genetic research again, nor had they released any gene-related drugs!
An Yan, unaware of his thoughts, continued with her own train of thought, "Now, I think you can go to the quarantine zone without worry! With my cousin’s help, I believe we’ll soon catch Gu Xiu and the Buddha figure backing him."
An Yan’s only thought now was to send Li Tianyao away. As long as Li Tianyao left, it meant that even if his condition flared up, he would no longer harm the people close to him, nor become a vulnerability for others to exploit. This was the best solution for him, given that she couldn’t cure him yet.
Li Tianyao lowered his eyes, his fingers paused beside her ear, and he said softly, "Little girl, Li Yanluo has escaped."