Gu Changzheng's voice was very gentle.

Lu Huaijiao looked up at him and saw the tenderness in his eyes. Being especially sensitive during her pregnancy, her eyes reddened again.

"Gu Changzheng..."

She choked out her words, only managing to utter Gu Changzheng's name before she couldn't continue. She nuzzled her head against his shoulder, wiping away her tears.

"I'm fine."

“Baby, you’re in so much pain, and you’re still telling me you’re fine?” Gu Changzheng felt both heartache and helplessness as he listened to Lu Huaijiao’s choked voice.

His wife is sometimes incredibly spoiled, but other times she's stubborn. Now that something's happened, she actually knows to keep it to herself and not let him know.

This made Gu Changzheng very unhappy.

His wife should be happy, and nothing should affect her mood.

"Are you unhappy about coming back to the village? Or are you unhappy because you thought of Lu Zhengde? Shall we go back to the city now? I'll deal with Lu Zhengde when we get back."

Gu Changzheng gently cupped her cheeks and softly kissed away the tears on her face.

His affectionate and tender gaze made Lu Huaijiao's eyes redden even more, and her heart ached even more.

He was such a good person, yet he suffered such a fate in his past life...

"Waaaaah..."

Lu Huaijiao grabbed Gu Changzheng's arm and cried heartbrokenly, "I'm sorry, Fourth Brother, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry..."

Her repeated apologies were unclear; it was unclear whether she was addressing Gu Changzheng in his present life or in his past life.

But no matter who she told, Gu Changzheng was extremely unhappy to hear it.

"What's wrong? Honey, I remember I told you not to say sorry." In Gu Changzheng's eyes, Lu Huaijiao could do anything for him without needing to apologize.

“We are husband and wife, the closest people in the world. The closest people don’t need to say sorry.”

He gently wiped away a tear that had just rolled down her cheek with his fingertip, his gaze fixed intently on her eyes.

"So, honey, what exactly happened? Tell me, okay? Let's figure out a solution together, alright?"

"It makes me feel bad to see you keep your worries to yourself like this."

If it weren't for the fact that men don't easily shed tears, Gu Changzheng would have cried along with his beloved wife.

It's so painful. Seeing her cry is more painful than tearing my own heart out.

"Um……"

Lu Huaijiao calmed down a bit, then looked up and asked Gu Changzheng to come back to her room so they could talk there.

"good."

Inside the room.

Gu Changzheng was dumbfounded after listening to Lu Huaijiao recount her past life with red eyes.

I was truly dumbfounded.

"So, my dear wife, in your past life, were you killed by them? Killed at such a young age?"

This man knew perfectly well that he had also died a violent death in his previous life, but his first concern was for Lu Huaijiao's death.

Lu Huaijiao hummed in agreement.

Looking at Gu Changzheng, she felt extremely guilty.

"I'm sorry, I must have been out of my mind in my past life..." She really found it hard to talk about what she had done to Gu Changzheng in the past.

But Gu Changzheng didn't care.

"Honey, it's alright. You said it yourself, in your past life you were controlled by the system, so your actions were not your own decisions."

"Aren't you angry with me? Leaving you all alone to go back to the city for university..."

"You're silly, how could I blame you? You were originally a city girl, and coming to the village to marry me is already a blessing I've accumulated over eight lifetimes."

Gu Changzheng didn't know what his situation was in his previous life, but he knew that no matter what choice Lu Huaijiao made, he wouldn't blame her.

“He worked hard driving cars, hoping to earn more money to visit you…” Although they were talking about his past life, Gu Changzheng still referred to him as “him.”

When Lu Huaijiao heard him say that he didn't blame her, she blinked and tears welled up in her eyes again.

"Gu Changzheng, how can you be so good to me? So good that I can't bear to leave you."

She hugged Gu Changzheng and sobbed.

Gu Changzheng frowned slightly.

"Wife, do you still want to leave me?"

The man, who had just been filled with heartache, now began to speak in a dangerous tone.

"Want to hear what that 998 said? Go back to your past life and find that man?"

His deep voice was laced with a strong sense of jealousy.

Lu Huaijiao was actually quite conflicted. She definitely wanted to go back to her past life to save Gu Changzheng, but she couldn't bear to part with Gu Changzheng in this life.

"Gu Changzheng..."

She looked up at him, her eyes red-rimmed, her tearful eyes filled with countless thoughts, yet all of which were clear to anyone who looked at her.

"I won't agree."

Gu Changzheng refused without hesitation.

"I died in my past life, but not in this life. I'm alive and well, so don't even think about leaving me."

“But…you have children…and a job, and parents…” Gu Changzheng has everything in this life, but Gu Changzheng had nothing in his previous life.

He died alone outside.

This was extremely cruel for both Gu Changzheng in his previous life and Lu Huaijiao.

Now that she has the chance to go back and change the outcome, she wants to go back.

Gu Changzheng's face grew even uglier.

Are those people more important than you?

The man asked.

Lu Huaijiao was speechless.

"Wife, after you go back and save him, you want to be with him again?" Realizing that his attitude might have been a bit too harsh, he softened his tone, hugged her, and whispered, "Wife, I can't live without you."

The thought of losing her, even knowing that she would be living well with another version of himself in another time and space, still made him feel terrible and he couldn't accept it.

"Wife, if you really want to leave, then kill me first."

Gu Changzheng then started acting like a child.

His face darkened, and he snorted, holding the girl tightly and refusing to let go, but he still acted spoiled, telling her to kill him before leaving.

Lu Huaijiao: ...

I feel utterly helpless.

If she were willing to let Gu Changzheng die, she wouldn't have thought of going back to save Gu Changzheng from her previous life.

She wanted to go back to save Gu Changzheng because she couldn't bear to leave him, so that nothing would happen to him in her previous life.

Gu Changzheng saw through Lu Huaijiao's thoughts.

He was both touched and amused by his wife's affection for him.

He reached out and pinched her cheek.

“Silly wife, let out that thing called 998, I’ll talk to it.”

"In my mind, it's just a ball of light and shadow, without any physical form, and I don't know how to release it."

Lu Huaijiao really didn't know how to call out 998.

However, she can first let it out of the dark room.

Under Gu Changzheng's watchful eye, Lu Huaijiao released 998 from the small dark room. 998, who had expected to stay for a while longer, was quite surprised to be released so quickly.

What happened?

"I have something to ask you."

Because Gu Changzheng was present, Lu Huaijiao's conversation with 998 was no longer just a mental exchange, but a vocal one.