Cheng Huaijin was aware of this situation. He never resented the Gu family. Even without the Gu family, his Cheng family would have been implicated by his maternal grandfather's side sooner or later. What his parents had done was enough to warrant the confiscation of their property and the extermination of their clan.
He thanked Gu Shouxin and Lu Zheng for giving him and Xiaoyu a second life.
Gu Yingxue held Cheng Huaijin's hand and said softly, "Brother Jin, all of that is in the past. Sister Xiaoyu's Princess Shrine is also in Gaozi. You can go to Gaozi whenever you miss her. People traveling between the Western Lands and our Great Zhou will all pass through Gaozi and go to pay their respects. I believe that Sister Xiaoyu will be healthy and carefree in her next life. Brother Jin, your parents and siblings are gone, but you still have us, our whole Gu family. You are also a young master of our Gu family."
Cheng Huaijin nodded: "Yes, I understand."
"Xue'er, I want to rest." Cheng Huaijin suddenly said, "After I go to sleep, you should go back to your room and sleep too. Apply some ointment, otherwise your eyes will be red and swollen tomorrow morning."
Gu Yingxue got up and helped Cheng Huaijin lie down to sleep: "Okay, Brother Jin, I'll watch you sleep. Once you're asleep, I'll go back to my room."
Cheng Huaijin lay down and closed his eyes.
Soon, even breathing could be heard.
Gu Yingxue made sure Cheng Huaijin was asleep before getting up to leave, giving some instructions to the servant outside.
Only after Gu Yingxue's voice disappeared and the sound of the servant's footsteps approached did Cheng Huaijin open his eyes.
"Does the young master need anything?" The servant was startled. Miss Xue'er had clearly said that the young master had fallen asleep, but his eyes were wide open, and he didn't look asleep at all.
"You can rest now, I don't need anything. I'll call you if I need anything," Cheng Huaijin said.
"Yes, young master, I'll sleep here." The servant withdrew and settled down on the recliner beside him.
Cheng Huaijin didn't care about anything else. He stared at the ceiling with his eyes open, not knowing what he was thinking.
Perhaps it was because he had just mentioned his family to Gu Yingxue that he remembered his childhood.
He misses his parents and brothers, and he misses Xiaoyu.
In fact, since he fled with Xiaoyu, he rarely thought about his parents and brothers. After learning that his parents, brothers, and maternal grandfather's family had been beheaded in the capital, he thought about them even less.
There was nothing he could do but pray that they would be reborn into a better family in their next life, be good people, and not think about becoming bad people again, but be kinder to others.
This was all he could do.
Now that this matter has been brought up with Gu Yingxue, Cheng Huaijin can't help but wonder if his parents would have...
No, it won't.
A strong conviction ran through him: from childhood to adulthood, his parents always favored his older brother; he was the child who was left to his own devices.
Whether in the Cheng family or his maternal grandparents' home, he wasn't actually that well-liked, and because he wanted to protect his younger sister, he offended many relatives of the same age.
He used to be aimless and his mind was empty. Looking back now, he realizes that he was happy at that time, but it came at a price: when something really happened, he was so powerless to do anything about it!
Cheng Huaijin closed his eyes, trying to stop thinking about it.
People should not dwell on the past, but look forward. The future is full of possibilities and all the impossibilities. He will cherish this second life and will definitely live better and better. He will not live for anyone else, but for himself.
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