"Everything's fine, we all miss you. Boss sends someone back every month to deliver a letter," Sun Ergou said.
“Li Xingran can already talk. My little nephew is simply a child prodigy. He could write and compose poems when he was just over a year old. He could recite things like ‘Heavenly King covers the Earth Tiger’ and ‘Pagoda suppresses the River Demon’.”
"Huh?" Li Ruo almost choked on her own saliva, her eyes widening in surprise.
Could it be that kid...?
"Yes, Grandma, I thought there was some hidden meaning in what he said. I asked if the Taoist priest wanted to build a Dragon King Temple next to the Dragon Head Canal to suppress the river demon so that there would be no more floods. The Taoist priest said there was no need. His Majesty is benevolent and there will be no more natural disasters like this in the future."
Li Ruo smiled through her tears, glanced at Xie Xiao with a meaningful look, and said, "He does know how to talk, which means he's still alive."
Xie Xiao had been staring at her, and now he sneered, "I did want to kill him, but wouldn't it hurt me to kill the person you're willing to risk your life to protect?"
It's weird and sarcastic.
Li Ruo also scoffed at him, "Who was it that kept his secret about his background from me back then? And who knew I took him in but didn't object and even made him my assistant? I haven't settled the score with you for keeping it from me yet."
If it weren't for the past year, during which all her anger had been suppressed by longing, she certainly wouldn't be as calm as she is now.
A hint of unease flashed across Xie Xiao's dark eyes. "I just felt it wasn't necessary."
"How could it be unnecessary? I treat him like a trusted confidant. Aren't you afraid he'll betray me and you?"
"He won't."
"Why?"
Xie Xiao smiled and said, "I know him quite well."
"Really? I'm curious, how close were you two back then, before you discovered his identity, that you trusted him so much?" Li Ruo asked, "Did you know in your dream that he wouldn't betray you? What else do you know? What kind of existence am I in your dream? And what about Mu Sisi, and what kind of existence is she?"
This question had been on her mind for a year, and she had to get to the bottom of it.
Xie Xiao's eyes darkened, and he pressed his tongue against his cheek. "You can't get over this, can you?"
"When Mu Sisi was seriously injured at Yutai Temple, she thought she was about to die and said some very strange things to me. I couldn't help but care." I had to find out the truth, otherwise there would always be a thorn in my side.
Xie Xiao's expression seemed to tighten, and he stared at her, gritting his teeth, "So, what does this have to do with me?"
"Mu Sisi said she dreamed about you too. In her dream, she liked you and even confessed her feelings to you. She also dreamed about the Battle of Yutaiguan. She said that after the battle, you agreed to marry her. What exactly happened? She said those experiences felt so real, like she had actually gone through them."
Xie Xiao told Sun Ergou and the others to step back a bit, but Ergou was reluctant and grinned, "Boss, I want to hear it too."
"Get lost, this is none of your business."
Sun Ergou had no choice but to awkwardly lead his men away a little.
Xie Xiao looked at Li Ruo, his expression constantly changing, as if he didn't know where to begin. "Do you believe in the reincarnation of the human soul?"
Li Ruo's heart skipped a beat, and her voice trembled, "I believe you."
Xie Xiao looked at her for a while and saw heartache and pity in her eyes. He smiled and said, "In the previous life... let's talk about the dream. The reason I agreed to marry her in the dream was because the Sifang family died in the battle between Yutai Temple and Jiangning King. Before he died, he said that Mu Sisi liked me very much and asked me to marry her, otherwise he would not be able to die in peace. So I agreed."
Li Ruo: Was the original plot really this melodramatic? Since we're on the topic, she decided to ask one more question, "So, did you get married later?"
"No. In the battle at Yutai Temple in my dream, Chu Yunji and I perished together, and my brothers almost died as well. Later, I found myself alive again, six months before the flood."
Xie Xiao's eyes darkened slightly. "Although I still took Mu Sisi in this time, I haven't seen her at all. It's to bring her and the Fourth Master together. Didn't you notice?"
"This time, without my presence, Mu Sisi did not fall in love with me, but instead developed feelings for the Fourth Master."
"Perhaps it's because before I died with Prince Jiangning, I told Mu Sisi that I agreed to marry her as requested by the Fourth Master before his death, so in this life, she chose the Fourth Master."
"What I said to Marquis Xinyang on New Year's Eve was to give Mu Sisi the freedom to choose on the day things are done. I also hoped that she and the Fourth Master could be together forever. This is the only thing I can do for her."
He looked at her intently, "Who told me that my heart has already been taken by a woman?"
Li Ruo was deeply shocked.
So that's how it is.
She didn't really steal Mu Sisi's life. That life is over. If she gets a second chance, why can't she make other choices?
Who decided that she and General Li's family should become cannon fodder? In this life, she has turned the tables and become the leading lady.
"But I was already unconscious when you came back, right?"
"Yes, I was thinking why I didn't come back sooner. Maybe I could have stopped you from marrying Song Zhijing, and you wouldn't have been knocked unconscious, and you wouldn't have implicated Grandma and the others."
My plan was to take Grandma, my sister-in-law Li Yi, and you (who was unconscious) away when the flood was about to come. I wanted to take action the night Song Zhijing remarried; I had already arranged the men, but who knew you would wake up.”
Li Ruo was shocked again. Now everything was connected. Why did they keep meeting? Maybe this guy did it on purpose.
She thought it was a coincidence.
There are hardly any coincidences in this world.
Li Ruo looked at him with sparkling eyes, "What if I said that the person who married Song Zhijing wasn't me?"
Xie Xiao's pupils seemed to split open. "What do you mean?"
Li Ruo looked around and saw that the camp was set up.
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