After hearing these two short sentences, Jian Ning's chest suddenly tightened, as if it was being gripped by a big hand, causing severe pain.
Dabao is mature beyond his years. Like Sanniu, he likes to process everything quietly. Unlike Daniu and Erniu, especially Erniu, Dabao will come to her first to tell her whether she is happy or worried.
When the eldest daughter came to Jane Ning, she usually only talked about her happiness or confusion. The second daughter talked about everything. It was the Dabao and the third daughter who always had to endure it alone that made Jane Ning feel even more distressed. She hadn't realized that Dabao was still obsessed with Ah Man. It was her carelessness. She blamed herself deeply. Since she had Ding Qian, her focus had unknowingly been on him.
However, Dabao is a bit like her in this respect. Jian Ning recalled her own feelings towards Team Wu in the past, which she also buried deep in her heart. She never dared or was willing to tell anyone about it easily.
But love is a very mysterious thing. She used to feel that no man in the world could win her heart except Wu Dui. But now she was asked to choose between Wu Dui and Ding Youtian, she chose Ding Youtian without hesitation.
When you are young, liking someone is more of a teenage restlessness, especially for those who are not good at expressing emotions. If someone around you shows kindness to you, you will easily fall into it and magnify the other person's good points infinitely, without considering whether the two of you are really suitable.
Jian Ning went to the martial arts training ground. Under the moonlight, Dabao, whose height had caught up with Ding Youtian, danced with a spear in his hand with great force. He used the same spear technique that Huo Jincheng was used to. It seemed that Dajun taught him this.
Hidden in the dark, Jian Ning watched Dabao silently. She originally wanted to watch for a while and then leave quietly. After discussing with Ding Youtian, she would find another time to counsel him properly. However, she didn't expect that Dabao saw her when he jumped.
"Mother, do you have something to tell me?" After Dabao finished his move, he slowly exhaled and looked at Jian Ning with a slight smile on his face.
"I went to your study to look for you." Jian Ning was afraid that he would be embarrassed and originally did not intend to mention Ah Man to him, but seeing that he was practicing Huo Jincheng's spear skills, she could not help but said it directly.
Dabao's eyes darkened. He lowered his brows and pondered for a moment. When he looked up again, a smile was already in his eyes. "I already know what you want to say, mother. Don't worry, mother. I am indeed thinking about Ah Man. I have thought carefully. If I still can't forget her in another two or three years, I will go find her."
"My son will go to her in person to ask for clarification. If she truly changes her mind towards me and insists on becoming her saint, I will give up on her. From now on, I will leave the marriage to you, mother, without hesitation."
His tone was very calm, and he said it would be in another two or three years, which showed that it was a decision he made after careful consideration.
Jian Ning looked up at the night sky, recalling what Ah Man had said to her. She said quietly, "Why did Ah Man leave and no longer call me mother? Have you ever thought about the reason?"
Dabao followed her gaze toward the night sky. "I initially suspected she'd become estranged from us because Uncle Huo went to save Mom, but now it seems that's not the case. If she really had, she wouldn't have loved Xiao Qian'er so much. I can't figure it out. Mom once told Dad that if you have questions, you shouldn't keep them to yourself and sullenly confront them. The more I think about it, the more it makes sense. So I decided to ask her in person. Once I get the answers, I'll have no regrets."
Jian Ning sighed inwardly. She retracted her gaze and fell on Dabao's face, which still had a bit of childishness. She wanted to tell him what Ah Man had said, but she was afraid that he would go to find Ah Man immediately after hearing it.
Regardless of whether Ding Qian is the reincarnation of Huo Jincheng, the past has long since become a thing of the past, and there is no trace of the old Huo Jincheng on Ding Qian's body.
She didn't think so, and even suspected that what Ah Man saw was all her imagination. But just over a month later, Mrs. Huo suddenly came to tell her a strange story.
Ever since Ding Qian was kidnapped from the palace by Ding Youtian, Ding Youtian never brought him to the palace again. He spent all his time playing with Xu Dali and Erlangzi's son in the mansion, and had long forgotten the agreement he had made with the Sixth Prince.
It was not until more than half a month later, when he was peeing in the mud with his two little brothers again to make clay figures, that he suddenly remembered what he had promised the Sixth Prince.
But no matter how much he cried, Ding Youtian refused to take him into the palace again. It was Erniu who gave him some advice. Because Jian Ning recognized Mrs. Huo as her godmother, Erniu and Sanniu continued to study and learn to read in the Huo family school.
Erniu said that Ding Qian was stupid and that if he wanted to enter the palace he just had to ask Madam Huo for help. Ding Qian took it to heart and the next day, before Erniu and Sanniu went to Huo's house, he slipped onto the carriage and hid in the couch and followed them to Huo's house.
The little thing was quite clever. When he saw the old tutor and Madam Huo, he knelt down immediately, calling out "grandfather" and "grandmother", and clearly recounted the agreement between himself and the Sixth Prince, begging Madam Huo to take him into the palace.
When Mrs. Huo heard that he wanted to see the Sixth Prince, she naturally disapproved. He stood up immediately, his face tense as iron, and said firmly that a real man should not go back on his word.
As he said this, he slumped his shoulders and elbows, glaring sideways at Madam Huo, his chin slightly raised, his face a look of stubbornness. Madam Huo glanced over, her gaze landing on his face, and she was startled. She rubbed her eyes quickly, because in that instant, she saw the same expression on Huo Jincheng's face when he married Ah Man's mother.
Mrs. Huo said, holding Jian Ning's hand, tears glistening in her eyes, "I saw it clearly, you say it's strange, it's not strange, at that moment he really looked like Cheng'er, but when I looked closely, it was exactly little Ding Qian. I always feel uneasy. If you think about it carefully, you got pregnant with him not long after Cheng'er passed away, right?"
"Is it true that people can be reincarnated after they die?"
Jian Ning was secretly surprised, but because of the dream she and Ding Youtian had before she became pregnant with Ding Qian, and Ah Man's words, she was mentally prepared for this. She herself was a time traveler, so what bizarre thing was there that she couldn't accept?
But she still thought as she had before. Even if Huo Jincheng was reincarnated, it was already a thing of the past. So she shook Madam Huo's hand and comforted her softly, "When a person dies, it's like a light goes out. How can the living know whether they can be reincarnated again? But regardless of whether they can or can't, whether it is true or not, it is Qian'er's blessing to have his godmother's love."
"If it can comfort my godmother, then I might as well treat him as my own."
Old Madam Huo's tears fell and she nodded several times. Jian Ning's ambiguous words made her give up the possibility that Ding Qian was the reincarnation of Huo Jincheng.
After seeing off Old Madam Huo, Jian Ning was about to go to Duan Xinyan's courtyard to see if she had brought Ding Qian back. As soon as she passed through the hanging flower gate, her brows twitched. There seemed to be some movement in the armory of Baicaojian. She quickly walked to the pavilion and sat down inside. She slipped into Baicaojian and went to the armory again. The electronic screen that had disappeared for a long time appeared again.
"Captain Wu, are you back?" Jian Ning quickly muttered to the electronic screen.
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