Name of a close friend.
Lan Jingtang stepped back to a safe distance, because only in this way could the girl speak freely without any burden.
An Yuan'er asked uncertainly, "What secret?"
Lan Jingtang said sincerely, "I wonder if I would be so fortunate as to hear about Yuan'er's past and present life."
An Yuan'er's eyes widened in surprise: "You knew?"
"I guessed. I overheard your nightmare by chance."
There was a long silence in the room.
The fifteen years after her rebirth were a past that An Yuan'er never told anyone, including Yi Chenli.
After some time of consideration, An Yuan'er realized that Lan Jingtang was someone she could confide in and trust, and she was willing to let him be the first person to know.
only.......
An Yuan'er said worriedly, "You saved me from Gu Chuzhi, which has already offended him. If I tell you everything, I'm afraid it will be detrimental to you and harm you."
Lan Jingtang firmly replied, "No matter how turbulent the waves or how fierce the storm, Jingtang is fearless."
"Yuan'er, those who bully you will never be friends of my Blue Realm Hall, but only lifelong enemies."
Lan Jingtang's eyes sparkled, his gaze shifting, a girl residing within him, and in his heart as well.
An Yuan'er gradually lowered her guard. She spoke slowly and tried to tell the story of her past life in a calm tone.
Occasionally, when she gets emotional, she will shed tears.
Lan Jingtang was a gentle and patient listener. He never interrupted or disturbed her, but only handed An Yuan'er a handkerchief to wipe away her tears when the time was right.
They talked from morning until night.
This story has finally come to an end.
After listening, Lan Jingtang felt as if he was still in the story. It turns out that people really can be reborn, and some destinies are preordained in the previous life.
He always thought that what he lost to Yi Chenli was the entirety of An Yuan's childhood, but little did he know that he also lost to his previous life, or even the life before that, which even An Yuan herself was unaware of.
The girl initially came to repay a debt of gratitude, but who could have known that two people who seemed to have little interaction in their past lives would fall deeply in love with each other?
As for the others, they can only be passersby in their story.
An Yuan'er recounted the fates of many people from her past life: Yi Chenxuan was brutally murdered by the tyrant Yi Chenli, his head hung in the market for seven days and seven nights; Yi Chenqi lived a life of unfulfilled ambitions, dying in depression; Gu Chuzhi fled in panic, never to return to Shengjing... and then there was Yuan'er herself, who was protected by Yi Chenli and survived for a time in the palace. But ultimately, she couldn't overcome her inner demons, her affections were misplaced, and she fell ill and quietly passed away.
Lan Jingtang asked, "Yuan'er, what was my fate in my past life? You mentioned so many people, why did you leave me out?"
An Yuan'er hesitated before speaking: "Many people have different endings. This life will definitely not be like that."
Lan Jingtang, however, was quite frank: "It's alright. I'm a fortune teller myself, not a superstitious person. You can speak freely."
Lan Jingtang insisted, so An Yuan'er had no choice but to speak: "In your past life, you always helped Yi Chenxuan and upheld the ancestral teachings of your Lan family. After Yi Chenxuan was killed, for some reason, the tyrant did not implicate you, but instead spared your life."
"However, I only heard that a young servant accidentally knocked over the stove in the Heavenly Pavilion that night, and the fire spread throughout the entire pavilion. Everyone else in the pavilion escaped, but Lord Lan, who was supposedly at a crucial moment in refining pills, did not escape and in the end... perished in the sea of fire."
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