Chapter 493: This City
"What does it mean - what does it really mean? Can’t you clarify things?" Gu Fan was utterly confused, but the old man had already walked too far for him to follow, so he simply headed back home.
Before he knew it, night had fallen. As soon as Gu Fan entered his house, after a tiring day, he immediately fell asleep.
However, in Gu Fan’s mind, images kept flashing of the old man touring the city, and the story about how six families got lost at sea, eventually drifting here and establishing a fishing village, among other things.
Initially, Gu Fan thought, who cares about all this? Isn’t it great that he was born in this city, that Queen Qianye reincarnated as Lin Xi here, even that the big boss built his power base here by some stroke of luck...
"Wait! Could it be that Du Changhui and others knew in advance about Queen Qianye’s reincarnation in this city, and that’s why Du Changhui established his business here?" Gu Fan suddenly opened his eyes, feeling that something was amiss.
Getting out of bed, he found his breathing heavy and his mind a little chaotic. An ill feeling welling up inside him made him shiver. "Something more terrifying than the big boss - something more terrifying than Shennv Xuanhui is coming," he speculated.
"Hocus Pocus, I hope I’m overthinking this." Gu Fan quickly shook his head, trying to cast off these messy thoughts and resume his sleep. But he couldn’t control his thoughts and ended up tossing and turning restlessly.
Suddenly, Gu Fan remembered his childhood when his grandfather would take him to the seaside. Every so often, he’d see his grandpa staring fixedly at the ocean as if something beyond the waves was beckoning him.
So Gu Fan opened up to his grandfather one day, "Grandpa, why do you always look at the ocean?"