As a result, Gu An'an ignored Jiang Mingyi for a long time.

Forget that this young man is actually only a boy under eleven years old. When the original owner was abusing these children, he had to do his best to protect his younger siblings.

Jiang Mingyi never dared to relax in order to keep his younger siblings alive.

Even after Gu An'an replaced the original owner and turned over a new leaf, Jiang Mingyi kept a watchful eye on her for a period of time, not daring to relax his guard at all.

Of the four children, Jiang Mingyi is the oldest and also the one who works the hardest.

And he was just a child who was not even eleven years old.

A child who, even if burdened by immense injustice, would never complain, shed tears, or whine.

Gu An'an stepped forward and embraced the young man. "It's my fault. Let me apologize to Mingyi, okay?"

The sudden action made Jiang Mingyi instinctively wary, but when he realized it was an extremely friendly hug, all of the young man's defenses crumbled.

In that instant, tears welled up unnoticed, like snowflakes, wetting the front of Gu An'an's clothes.

Jiang Mingyi allowed himself a little indulgence and quickly replied in a clear voice, "I don't blame Mother, you're doing this for my own good."

Seeing this scene, Jiang Mingzhu was inexplicably moved to tears. Looking at Gu An'an wiping away her tears, she felt an impulse welling up inside her and wanted to go over and wipe away her tears for her.

However, Gu An'an didn't want Jiang Mingyi to see her in such a disheveled state. She consciously wiped away her tears, then let go of the person in her arms and stretched out her finger, "Okay, let's pinky swear to confirm this. From now on, no one is allowed to bring up the past, otherwise... he will be punished by not being allowed to eat for a day."

So naive.

Only Bao'er would be so enthusiastic about pinky promises, but he still reached out his hand.

"A pinky swear mark is never to be repeated..."

The cheerful sounds were interrupted by a voice coming from the doorway, "What are you all doing out here in this freezing weather?"

The smile on Gu An'an's face vanished instantly, replaced by a look of seriousness.

The visitor turned out to be Jiang Yongshan, the eldest son of the Jiang family.