While they were preparing dinner at their resting place, An Shuyi gave Xia Hua a look, then turned to find her father, "Dad, I need to talk to you about something."
An's father was just thinking about something when he heard his daughter calling him, which surprised him greatly. These past few days, his daughter and Xia Shi had stopped going out to eat together like before and had been eating with the family every day.
He was worried that it was because of what he said that day that the two of them were afraid to go out to eat. But now that his daughter had come to see him, he wondered if they wanted to get rid of him. After all, she wasn't his daughter. Although they had been on good terms before, now that he had discovered their secret, wouldn't he be silenced?
If only he hadn't revealed it that day, and had just pretended it never happened, then even if they knew she wasn't their daughter, they wouldn't have tried to silence her. But what can he do now?
"Shuyi, is there something you can't say here?"
"Dad," An Shuyi said, looking at her father. "I just want to say a few words to you. I'll be back soon. My sister-in-law has saved some dinner for you. It'll be ready in a bit." She then gave him a wink.
This made An's father even more frightened.
Seeing that he didn't speak, An's mother came over and said, "Dad, if Shuyi asks you to go, just go for a while. It won't take long. Even if you come back late, I'll save food for you."
"Alright, you guys eat first, Shuyi and I will go take a look around." Although Mr. An looked reluctant, his wife had already spoken, and his son and daughter-in-law were watching, so he couldn't refuse.
Seeing that her father had agreed, An Shuyi went with him to find Xia Hua. They then headed towards a secluded spot in the distance, which was the most hidden place they had found, and it was some distance from their resting place.
As he walked further and further away, with his daughter on his left and Xia Shi on his right, and him walking in the middle, An's father's worries reached their peak, and his mind began to wander.
Once they reached the secluded spot they had chosen, Xia Hua took out the items.
Seeing Xia Hua's actions, An's father closed his eyes and hurriedly said, "Don't kill me. I can tell you my secret. This is my third life. Now you know my secret. Don't kill me."
An Shuyi and Xia Hua exchanged a glance, their eyes initially filled with confusion, then shock, and finally returning to normal. Looking at their father with his eyes closed, they now had a reasonable explanation for the things they hadn't understood before.
After waiting for a long time without being killed and with no sound around, An's father quietly opened his eyes and saw his daughter and Xia standing in front of him. In Xia's hand was a basin with food inside, but he didn't recognize any of the food except for chicken.
"So you weren't going to kill me after all. You should have explained it earlier. You scared this old man to death." The person standing in front of him now, although in his daughter's body, he dared not shirk his role as a father.
An Shuyi sighed, "Father, we just haven't eaten meat for several days. We thought you knew we had good food, so we invited you to join us. How could we have thought we wanted to kill you?"
“You are my father. Although my soul is not your daughter, my body is. I would never do such a thing to kill my father. But you can tell us what this third life means.”
It's unbelievable. If I hadn't invited this old man out for dinner tonight, I wouldn't have known about this. This is the third life. If I'm not mistaken, the previous two lives were about the female lead.
"Hehe," Father An chuckled guiltily. "Daughter, what are you saying? I don't understand." He realized now how stupid he had been. Wasn't it better to discover other people's secrets? Even if he used them to threaten them, they wouldn't dare kill him. Now he had directly exposed his secrets. How incredibly stupid of him.
Seeing him feigning ignorance, Xia Hua said unhappily, "Grandpa, we're all in the same boat now. It would be better if you told us what's going on. Besides, we know more than you do in your three lifetimes."
Looking at Xia Shi, who was speaking, and then at his daughter, An's father said helplessly, "I don't want to hide it from you, but this is no small matter...!"
Hearing that the matter was serious, Xia Hua hurriedly stopped him, "Since it's serious, let's not talk about it. Just pretend we didn't ask, and we'll treat each other as before."
They were already exhausted enough. This old man had lived three lives, yet he was so easily exposed. He probably wasn't a very smart person. If what he said was serious, then it must be serious. So it was better not to say anything. They didn't want to cause any more trouble for themselves.
An's father's voice stopped abruptly, as if he was stuck between a rock and a hard place, but he was still at a loss for what to do. "No, don't you want to know what happened in my previous two lives?"
"No, sir, that's your problem. We already have enough troubles, and we don't want to cause any more."
“You don’t want to hear it, but I’m going to tell you anyway,” Father An glared at her. “This is my third life. The time I woke up was the same day I talked to you last time. I was killed by Song Youqing. My grandson, son, and even my great-grandson were with me.”
Hearing this, An Shuyi looked up and was surprised to see her father looking at her as well. "You heard right, it's my grandson. Shuyi, you're the mother of my grandsons now. You won't abandon them, will you?"
“I didn’t want to say this. I just wanted to find a place to spend my old age once we were settled down. But I never expected that I would expose these things to you in just a few days.”
"This is my third life. Do you know how happy I was when I woke up and found my daughter and family alive? Even though I know you are not my daughter, I am still happy."
"Can you tell me how you died in both your lives?" An Shuyi asked. She wanted to know how her father's family and her sons died. In the novel, they had no connection with the female lead, so why did her father say that the female lead killed them?
An's father nodded and explained how he died in his first life, how he stayed by Song Youqing's side for many years after his death, how he came into contact with the female lead in his second life, and how he was eventually murdered.
After hearing this, An Shuyi found it hard to accept. It seemed that in her previous two lives, the people of Linjia Village, and even her sons, had no good endings.
Xia Hua said, "Grandpa, so you only met that woman when you went to the capital, but you still thought about avoiding her. But you should know that some things are destined and you can't avoid them."
What you need to do is become powerful before that woman becomes the Crown Princess or the Empress, so powerful that even if she becomes the Crown Princess or the Empress, she won't dare to lay a hand on your family.
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