Zhao Changdu's entire body was filled with lifeless silence. He lowered his eyes and glanced at the child, and suddenly a mysterious smile appeared at the corner of his lips. "Ah Chi, is there any way to save him?"
Ye Qingchi felt a chill down his back. "What are you trying to do?"
Zhao Changdu narrowed his cold eyes slightly and said expressionlessly, "Killing him would be too gratifying. This time, I will take revenge for Ah Ying in her place."
Ye Qingchi clicked his tongue twice and said, "That's all I need to hear from you."
Behind him, Huai An came up carrying Jin Lin's severed head and shouted, "Master—”
Ye Qingchi interrupted him. “What are you doing?”
Huai An said, “I’m here to claim credit!”
Ye Qingchi curled his lips slightly. “You have no sense at all? Now is not the time. Don’t go disturb their family reunion. Be careful or you'll lose your life."
Huai An glanced at his master’s tall back and swallowed his saliva. “Then I’ll go next door and tie up Jiang Ling'er and Jiang's mother.”
...
Gu Ying was very tired, but when she saw the child, her eyes were filled with twinkling stars.
"Hold him, Ah Ying."
Gu Ying looked up, clasping her eyes helplessly. She was covered in blood and did not dare to hold the little Nian Bao.
The little one had cried all the way until finally quieting down at the moment he saw his mother. He stared at her with his big round eyes, unblinking.
"Mmm mmm mmm!"
Seeing that his mother was reluctant to come and hold him, the little one stretched out his two white tender arms high and swayed them in the air, as if inviting her to hurry up and hold him and kiss him!
Flustered, she wiped her hands on her skirt and stared at the pink cheeks of the little milk ball. The corners of her mouth raised slightly as she stammered, "Ah Du, our Nian Bao is so cute."
As soon as she finished speaking, tears filled her eyes again.
Her chest was filled with unknown happiness.
Zhao Changdu clamped his big hand on the back of her neck, stroked her soft long hair, and said indulgently, "Hold him, he misses you very much."
"Okay..."
She finally hugged the soft little body of the little one. Smelling the milky fragrance on him, the hostility around her calmed down.
She had passed out after giving birth to him and had not had a chance to look at him yet.
Seeing him now, this little dumpling's whole body was soft. She didn't dare to use any strength at all, for fear that the slightest carelessness would crush the little one.
"Ah Du, do you know?" Her eyes lit up as she lifted her eyelids. "He is our child from our previous life."
Zhao Changdu was shocked and narrowed his long eyes. The usually cold and unfeeling Crown Prince revealed a hint of astonishment in his eyes.
Gu Ying sighed, "In our last life, after I remarried Jiang Yin, we did not consummate our marriage. Then one time in the other courtyard, you were drugged by Princess Yueyan, and we accidentally had an encounter. It was that time that I became pregnant with your child."
Zhao Changdu's fist suddenly clenched tightly. "Then what happened?"
Gu Ying turned her head, her eyes as clear as a spring. She pulled up the corners of her lips and said calmly, as if talking about something unrelated to her, "Then the child was killed by Jiang Yin. When he was one month old, Jiang Yin forced me to drink a bowl of medicine to induce miscarriage. At that time I didn't understand anything, so I just blindly lost Nian Bao like that."
"So in this life, I was determined to give birth to Nian Bao no matter what."
The young girl's voice was gentle and pleasing to the ear. Her light tone was as if she was talking about something completely unrelated to herself.
Zhao Changdu listened with a sinking heart and unbearable hidden pain.
The more calm she was, the more his heart ached.
He leaned over to wrap her fragile shoulders and lowered his head to kiss her face. He said heavily, "Ah Ying, I'm sorry."
"It's all good now." Gu Ying's cheeks were slightly flushed. She happily shed tears and said, "Nian Bao has finally come to my side safely. I want to protect him well. No one can hurt him anymore."
Zhao Changdu's heart ached badly. He wanted to know so much about his entanglement with the young girl in their previous life.
But looking at the calm, smiling eyes of the young girl, he couldn't bear to ask too much.
He held her and the child tightly in his arms and swore in his heart.
In this life, he would never let Gu Ying down.
...
A month after Jiang Yin's death, with the Crown Prince accompanying her day and night, Gu Ying's irritable mood finally calmed down completely, and she truly reconciled with her previous life.
A month later, they returned to Bianjing City again.
She saw the old Duke again, and also saw her old father whom she hadn't seen in two lifetimes.
At that time, when she lay helpless in the broken temple and heard of her father's death, she hated that she could not follow him. Looking back now, the biggest regret in her previous life was that she had not seen her father with her own eyes, and told him in person how bad she and her younger brother were at home, and how much they missed him.
After her mother died, he left Bianjing and did not return for more than ten years.
She didn't know where in the barren mountains on the border his corpse was buried.
Seeing her father alive and well standing in front of her, Gu Ying couldn't help but feel infinite emotions.
"Ah Ying! Daddy's good girl! You're finally back alive!"
Ever since Gu Ying disappeared, he had been looking for her. It was just that in his anxiousness, he was misled by the false information given by the Jiang family and went in the opposite direction of Taohua Town.
Fortunately, the despicable Zhao boy had brought Ah Ying back intact.
Otherwise, even if he was immediately beheaded, he would have no face to meet Zhuo Zhuo underground...
Gu Ying's eyes turned red, and tears couldn't help spinning in her eyes. She smiled and said, "Why does it sound so unpleasant to hear Father say that?"
"Who cares! As long as Ah Ying is alive and well, I won't be angry with the Zhao boy."
Gu Boqing picked her up and spun her around just like when she was a child. Gu Ying put her arms around his neck shyly and asked him to put her down quickly.
"Father, your daughter is grown up now, and is already a mother. Aren't you childish?"
Gu Boqing scratched his head shyly and said, "Oh, I forgot!"
He patted his forehead and said, "I still thought Ah Ying was as little as when I left, when you had twin buns in your hair and were only as tall as my waist. After all these years, my little girl has grown into a young woman. But I have to say, how could you get married without telling your father a word?"
He lowered his voice dissatisfiedly, "Ah Ying, why did you choose Zhao Changdu? I don't like him. Men who are too handsome are unreliable."
The man was very chatty. Gu Ying smiled at the corner of her mouth and suddenly jumped into his arms. "Father is also very handsome."
Gu Boqing was pleased and said, "Can I compare?"
Gu Ying smiled. It was a smile of true joy.
Gu Boqing was extremely happy, but before he could be happy for long, he saw the despicable Zhao boy expressionlessly take his Ah Ying out of his arms.
When he reached out to hold her back, the Zhao boy slapped his hand back.
"Father-in-law, it doesn't matter if you don't like me." Zhao Changdu said with lowered eyes, revealing a faint smile. Then he turned to Gu Ying and complained, "Ah Ying, Yan'er is hungry and wants his mother."
"Oh, how is Yan'er hungry again? Where's Yin Lan?"
"Yin Lan is waiting outside. Yan'er is also there."
"Then let me go see."
Zhao Changdu's entire body was filled with lifeless silence. He lowered his eyes and glanced at the child, and suddenly a mysterious smile appeared at the corner of his lips. "Ah Chi, is there any way to save him?"
Ye Qingchi felt a chill down his back. "What are you trying to do?"
Zhao Changdu narrowed his cold eyes slightly and said expressionlessly, "Killing him would be too gratifying. This time, I will take revenge for Ah Ying in her place."
Ye Qingchi clicked his tongue twice and said, "That's all I need to hear from you."
Behind him, Huai An came up carrying Jin Lin's severed head and shouted, "Master—”
Ye Qingchi interrupted him. “What are you doing?”
Huai An said, “I’m here to claim credit!”
Ye Qingchi curled his lips slightly. “You have no sense at all? Now is not the time. Don’t go disturb their family reunion. Be careful or you'll lose your life."
Huai An glanced at his master’s tall back and swallowed his saliva. “Then I’ll go next door and tie up Jiang Ling'er and Jiang's mother.”
...
Gu Ying was very tired, but when she saw the child, her eyes were filled with twinkling stars.
"Hold him, Ah Ying."
Gu Ying looked up, clasping her eyes helplessly. She was covered in blood and did not dare to hold the little Nian Bao.
The little one had cried all the way until finally quieting down at the moment he saw his mother. He stared at her with his big round eyes, unblinking.
"Mmm mmm mmm!"
Seeing that his mother was reluctant to come and hold him, the little one stretched out his two white tender arms high and swayed them in the air, as if inviting her to hurry up and hold him and kiss him!
Flustered, she wiped her hands on her skirt and stared at the pink cheeks of the little milk ball. The corners of her mouth raised slightly as she stammered, "Ah Du, our Nian Bao is so cute."
As soon as she finished speaking, tears filled her eyes again.
Her chest was filled with unknown happiness.
Zhao Changdu clamped his big hand on the back of her neck, stroked her soft long hair, and said indulgently, "Hold him, he misses you very much."
"Okay..."
She finally hugged the soft little body of the little one. Smelling the milky fragrance on him, the hostility around her calmed down.
She had passed out after giving birth to him and had not had a chance to look at him yet.
Seeing him now, this little dumpling's whole body was soft. She didn't dare to use any strength at all, for fear that the slightest carelessness would crush the little one.
"Ah Du, do you know?" Her eyes lit up as she lifted her eyelids. "He is our child from our previous life."
Zhao Changdu was shocked and narrowed his long eyes. The usually cold and unfeeling Crown Prince revealed a hint of astonishment in his eyes.
Gu Ying sighed, "In our last life, after I remarried Jiang Yin, we did not consummate our marriage. Then one time in the other courtyard, you were drugged by Princess Yueyan, and we accidentally had an encounter. It was that time that I became pregnant with your child."
Zhao Changdu's fist suddenly clenched tightly. "Then what happened?"
Gu Ying turned her head, her eyes as clear as a spring. She pulled up the corners of her lips and said calmly, as if talking about something unrelated to her, "Then the child was killed by Jiang Yin. When he was one month old, Jiang Yin forced me to drink a bowl of medicine to induce miscarriage. At that time I didn't understand anything, so I just blindly lost Nian Bao like that."
"So in this life, I was determined to give birth to Nian Bao no matter what."
The young girl's voice was gentle and pleasing to the ear. Her light tone was as if she was talking about something completely unrelated to herself.
Zhao Changdu listened with a sinking heart and unbearable hidden pain.
The more calm she was, the more his heart ached.
He leaned over to wrap her fragile shoulders and lowered his head to kiss her face. He said heavily, "Ah Ying, I'm sorry."
"It's all good now." Gu Ying's cheeks were slightly flushed. She happily shed tears and said, "Nian Bao has finally come to my side safely. I want to protect him well. No one can hurt him anymore."
Zhao Changdu's heart ached badly. He wanted to know so much about his entanglement with the young girl in their previous life.
But looking at the calm, smiling eyes of the young girl, he couldn't bear to ask too much.
He held her and the child tightly in his arms and swore in his heart.
In this life, he would never let Gu Ying down.
...
A month after Jiang Yin's death, with the Crown Prince accompanying her day and night, Gu Ying's irritable mood finally calmed down completely, and she truly reconciled with her previous life.
A month later, they returned to Bianjing City again.
She saw the old Duke again, and also saw her old father whom she hadn't seen in two lifetimes.
At that time, when she lay helpless in the broken temple and heard of her father's death, she hated that she could not follow him. Looking back now, the biggest regret in her previous life was that she had not seen her father with her own eyes, and told him in person how bad she and her younger brother were at home, and how much they missed him.
After her mother died, he left Bianjing and did not return for more than ten years.
She didn't know where in the barren mountains on the border his corpse was buried.
Seeing her father alive and well standing in front of her, Gu Ying couldn't help but feel infinite emotions.
"Ah Ying! Daddy's good girl! You're finally back alive!"
Ever since Gu Ying disappeared, he had been looking for her. It was just that in his anxiousness, he was misled by the false information given by the Jiang family and went in the opposite direction of Taohua Town.
Fortunately, the despicable Zhao boy had brought Ah Ying back intact.
Otherwise, even if he was immediately beheaded, he would have no face to meet Zhuo Zhuo underground...
Gu Ying's eyes turned red, and tears couldn't help spinning in her eyes. She smiled and said, "Why does it sound so unpleasant to hear Father say that?"
"Who cares! As long as Ah Ying is alive and well, I won't be angry with the Zhao boy."
Gu Boqing picked her up and spun her around just like when she was a child. Gu Ying put her arms around his neck shyly and asked him to put her down quickly.
"Father, your daughter is grown up now, and is already a mother. Aren't you childish?"
Gu Boqing scratched his head shyly and said, "Oh, I forgot!"
He patted his forehead and said, "I still thought Ah Ying was as little as when I left, when you had twin buns in your hair and were only as tall as my waist. After all these years, my little girl has grown into a young woman. But I have to say, how could you get married without telling your father a word?"
He lowered his voice dissatisfiedly, "Ah Ying, why did you choose Zhao Changdu? I don't like him. Men who are too handsome are unreliable."
The man was very chatty. Gu Ying smiled at the corner of her mouth and suddenly jumped into his arms. "Father is also very handsome."
Gu Boqing was pleased and said, "Can I compare?"
Gu Ying smiled. It was a smile of true joy.
Gu Boqing was extremely happy, but before he could be happy for long, he saw the despicable Zhao boy expressionlessly take his Ah Ying out of his arms.
When he reached out to hold her back, the Zhao boy slapped his hand back.
"Father-in-law, it doesn't matter if you don't like me." Zhao Changdu said with lowered eyes, revealing a faint smile. Then he turned to Gu Ying and complained, "Ah Ying, Yan'er is hungry and wants his mother."
"Oh, how is Yan'er hungry again? Where's Yin Lan?"
"Yin Lan is waiting outside. Yan'er is also there."
"Then let me go see."
