Jian Ning thought about it and agreed. Ding Youtian needed a few good helpers around him, so he nodded and said, "Okay, since you trust him, keep him. When I came back, I heard people on the street talking about Princess An Ning. Was it you who did this?"
Ding Youtian gave her a look that showed he understood, then glanced at Guoguo, "Madam, please put some medicine on Guo'er's back. It hurts just looking at it. Don't indulge that flat-haired beast of yours too much."
"Your health preservation is Guo'er, and mine is a flat-haired beast? With your attitude, you still want me to apply medicine for it? Dream on!" Jian Ning raised his left arm and whistled, and the white-browed cat flapped its wings and flew up.
Jian Ning stroked its back and said, "If you need to treat someone, give it to my White Eyebrow first. Look at how badly you've scratched his head. If you dare to bully him again, I'll kill you!"
She glanced at Guoguo, and Guoguo was so frightened that he raised his front paws to cover his eyes, which made her burst out laughing.
"Come up." Jian Ning pointed at the table, and Guoguo leaped up. She supported Baimei with her left arm and crossed her right arm at her waist. A medicine box suddenly appeared on her shoulder. This wasn't the first time Ding Youtian had witnessed a miracle, and he couldn't help but sigh. Suddenly, his eyebrows raised, "By the way, Madam, didn't you say that you only believe in science? Then what about your master? Since you don't believe in immortals, how do you explain your master's supernatural powers?"
Jian Ning applied potion to Guoguo and Baimei without looking up. "Feudal superstition was discouraged after the founding of the People's Republic of China, but later I heard that the end of science is metaphysics. When my master gave me Baicaojian, I was also very surprised. But I was not very old at that time, only sixteen."
"Sixteen is not young. My wife married me when she was a little over seventeen, and gave birth to Baoer before she was nineteen."
Jian Ning glared at him sideways. "When we were sixteen, she was still a minor. I had just entered high school at that time, and I didn't dare ask Master why there was such a magical space. It was like magic. Even if I asked, Master might not tell me. If she wanted to tell me something, she would tell me even without me asking."
"Then tell me, could your master really be a deity? Otherwise, how could she be childless and have no relatives at all?"
Jian Ning shook her head. "No, she was born in 1943, the second year of the Anti-Japanese War. I once found a black-and-white photo in an ancient book my master gave me. It was taken in 1948. It was a photo of my master when he was young and with a young officer. My master must have been sixteen years old at the time. She was very beautiful, with big, bright eyes and curly hair, which was the most fashionable at that time. She was also wearing a Western dress. She must have been from a wealthy family. Her relatives either went to Taiwan or are no longer around. War is very cruel."
At this point, Jian Ning straightened up and said, "War means separation of flesh and blood, and separation of loved ones. I hope that no matter what time and space, there will never be war!"
Ding Youtian was born in the sixth year of the Yongping reign, a peaceful era. Although he hadn't experienced wartime, he had heard stories from Blind Liu about the past dynasties, read them in his own vernacular novels, and repeatedly read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms given to him by Jian Ning. He had also heard much about it from the elders in his village as a child. Even if he couldn't fully grasp the cruelty of war, he knew it was no joke.
He held Jane Ning's hands, enclosing them in his own. "Don't worry, my lady. Wars have been inevitable throughout history. Even if there's no internal strife in the Great Yan Dynasty, there are still many barbarian tribes around. If you don't fight them, it doesn't mean they won't fight you. Even if a war breaks out, your husband will always be with you. If the sky falls, I'm taller than you, I'll hold it up for you. You just need to take the children and escape."
He spoke these words with great emotion and sincerity. Jane Ning was touched, but also angry and amused. She gouged his eyes, pulled her hand out, and punched him in the chest. "Are you stupid? Without you, what hope do the children and I have left to live? If we die, we die together as a family!"
"Pfft, pfft, pfft!" She spat three more times before looking up at Ding Youtian and saying sternly, "I don't want to die, and I won't let you die before me. If I die in my seventies or eighties, I'll only allow you to live a year or six months longer than me. You can't live forever. I'm just that stingy. There's no room for negotiation on this. You have to agree to this."
Ding Youtian gently scratched her nose and said with a smile, "That's unreasonable. If I could live to be a hundred, and you were old and dead in your seventies, would you want me to kill myself and go to the underworld with you? You know I cherish my life!"
"I don't care. I just want you to promise me that I won't let you live alone for that long after I'm gone. You'll marry someone else then, and I won't let you. Promise me, promise me..."
She pounded her hands on his chest. He grabbed her hands and said with a smile, "If I marry someone else, won't you be so angry that you'll die?" He pulled her into his arms, lowered his head, and whispered in her ear, "Jian Ning."
Um?
Jian Ning raised her eyes and asked, "Why are you calling me by my real name?"
His phoenix eyes were full of smiles. "Give Bao'er another brother. With a younger brother, the second and third sisters will become older sisters. I believe they will be sensible and stop fighting, okay?"
"No!" Jian Ning pushed him away with her shoulder and rolled her eyes at him. "The child didn't come just because I wanted him to. I didn't use any contraception. Maybe you have something wrong with you now."
"Oh, then please ask Madam to treat me. Whatever is wrong, treat it." He smiled and stretched out his hand to hold Jane Ning's shoulder, but she slapped his arm. "Are you going to die? It's broad daylight. Call them and find a place to eat."
Baimei and Guoguo were still left behind to guard the luggage. In fact, Jian Ning could put those bags in Baicao Room, but she felt that it was too eye-catching to always carry a few spiritual pets around in the city, so she left them and the two little silver foxes in the inn.
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