Gu Guanhai paused slightly as he left, without looking back.

Yu Mingxiang pursed her lips.

"if……"

She opened her mouth, then hesitated before saying, "If you get hurt again while you're out there, then... then you should come back!"

"Come back, I'll heal you again!"

Gu Guanhai exclaimed upon hearing this: "!!!"

Taking a deep breath and resisting the urge to turn around, I said, "Thank you, but... no need."

He doesn't always make it home alive after being injured.

this……

That's also why she rejected him, isn't it?

Upon hearing this, Yu Mingxiang exclaimed, "!!!"

His eyes widened in disbelief, and his eyes even turned a little red.

Last night, he suggested leaving, and she said he still needed to take medication, which was already a veiled attempt to persuade him to stay...

They are all adults.

They are all intelligent people.

She knew that Gu Guanhai understood what she meant.

But.

He didn't respond to her last night, but today...

And he left so resolutely.

Yu Mingxiang's heart ached inexplicably.

"Gu Guanhai!"

She took a step forward instinctively and said in a deep voice, "Don't you really understand what I mean?"

All she wanted was for him to come back alive!

When she rejected him with that, he gave up on her without hesitation.

Now.

She gave him another chance.

If he agrees to her small request, they can continue.

Thinking of this, Yu Mingxiang looked at Gu Guanhai with a hint of expectation in her eyes.

Gu Guanhai was speechless upon hearing this.

He couldn't help but turn around and look at her.

Their eyes met.

His eyes were filled with pain and inner turmoil.

"I understand what you mean."

He mumbled, "But I can't lie to you!"

"I'm sorry, I can't give you the promise you're asking for."

After saying that, Gu Guanhai closed his eyes tightly, and then...

Turn around.

He left without looking back.

Upon seeing this, Yu Mingxiang exclaimed: "!!!"

A bitter smile tugged at the corners of his mouth.

so.

Even if you gave him another chance to choose...

His choice remains unchanged.

Qin Weiguo and his wife, along with Qin Xiangdong, saw their mother's injured expression and couldn't hide their worry as they called out to her in a low voice.

"Mom, are you alright?"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Yu Mingxiang snapped out of her daze and shook her head. "I'm fine."

She's really okay.

She admitted that she was somewhat attracted to Gu Guanhai, but...

It was just a fleeting attraction.

Having lived through past and present lives, her heart, while not exactly tempered by countless trials, is certainly capable of some degree of restraint and forbearance.

At least, he won't do any worse than Gu Guanhai.

Yu Mingxiang gave the children a reassuring look, then turned and went back to the courtyard, heading into the pharmacy to organize the medicinal herbs needed for the day.

It's good that Gu Guanhai is gone.

She didn't think her demands were excessive.

She has already experienced the pain of losing a husband and been branded as a jinx.

She just didn't want to repeat the same mistake, is that wrong?

She did nothing wrong.

Gu Guanhai was not wrong either.

Gu Guanhai's choice only shows that, in his heart, she was not as important as his persistence.

Since that's the case.

Then there's nothing to worry about.

He didn't like her that much, and she didn't necessarily have to remarry.

They parted ways, each wishing the other well.

Perhaps, this is the best outcome.