Seeing the bracelet, Lin Damei was uncertain: "You're going to give it to Fanfan, you won't go back on your word, will you?"
Yan Xiaoxiao was also surprised: "Isn't this the last gift your most beloved woman left for you?"
He usually treasured the bracelet so much that he wouldn't let her touch it, saying that the bracelet had a spirit and would recognize its owner if touched. She was jealous about this several times, but Yun Shu, that heartless man, never once coaxed her.
Ming Yunshu was also startled: "Who said this was left to me by the woman I love most?"
He was so wronged. He remembered that sometimes Xiaoxiao would look at him with a complicated expression, which seemed to be both restraint and anger. He wondered if Xiaoxiao was having her period and her mood was so unpredictable.
He could only try to coax her, but she wouldn't say anything when he asked. Luckily, she wasn't petty, otherwise he really wouldn't have been able to coax her.
Yan Xiaoxiao felt wronged: "You said yourself that the girl who gave you the bracelet is very important to you, and you will remember her for the rest of your life."
To tell her to her face that he'd be thinking about another woman for the rest of his life, what did he take her for? Did he think that because she pursued him, she deserved to be ignored, and that he hadn't divorced her because he felt the child couldn't be without a father, and that he couldn't bear to leave his mother?
Ming Yunshu quickly explained, "This bracelet was given to me by a little girl who was five or six years old at the time. I'm not an animal, how could I possibly have any thoughts about a little girl?"
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were surprised. He always acted like he couldn't have the woman he loved. They had even discussed what to do if he really had someone else in his heart. Could it be that they would really get a divorce? In the end, they still couldn't find a good solution. Today, he told them that they had been overthinking things. The thing they had been worried about for years didn't exist at all.
Ming Yunshu quickly explained, "Back when I was fighting guerrilla warfare, I wanted to make a name for myself, so I went alone to wipe out the Japanese devils. But the intelligence was wrong, and there were too many of them. I was almost captured. I was badly wounded while escaping, and I met a little girl who was only five or six years old..."
He almost fell into a coma at the time, and only managed to warn her that there were Japanese soldiers ahead and that she should run away quickly. After that, he lost consciousness. When he woke up, they were in a cave. The little girl said that her family knew medicine and cured him, but he needed to rest well.
He realized his own insignificance for the first time, because all the places where he was seriously injured had disappeared, even the scars were gone. The little girl told him that she was from Miao territory, and her parents had been murdered. Before they died, they told her to escape quickly to the Central Plains, where resources were plentiful and she could survive.
The little girl ran over on her own just because of one sentence. She had met many people who wanted to do bad things to her, so she kept running away. She thought he was a good person, so she took a gamble and treated his injuries.
He felt he was healed and could continue walking, but the little girl said that the Gu she used only accelerated the external healing process, making him look fine, but the internal injuries were still severe, and he needed to rest and recuperate for a while.
He didn't have much time to waste and made the resolute decision to continue killing Japanese soldiers. The little girl had nowhere to go and followed him around. He couldn't bear to watch a little girl eat grass roots and clay, so he had to hunt for food to take care of the child while searching for Japanese soldiers.
He treated the little girl like a little sister, especially since she was his benefactor. After a few days, the little girl became more and more dependent on him. After learning of the whereabouts of the Japanese soldiers, he decided to take a gamble and entrusted the little girl to a kind-hearted family. In case he could not return, the little girl would have a home. The people in that family were very kind.
However, he had overestimated himself. When he was captured and almost stabbed to death with a bayonet, all the poisonous snakes, centipedes and rats on the ground appeared and attacked the Japanese soldiers, but he was unharmed. He took the opportunity to escape. When he escaped, he saw a little girl. The little girl was pale, so he quickly took her away.
The moment the little girl opened her mouth, her hair turned completely white and her wrinkles deepened, instantly making her look like an old woman on her deathbed. He was shocked by what he saw.
The little girl forced a smile: "Thank you for not disliking me. I am very content and happy. This is the first time in my life that someone has been kind to me without any ulterior motives."
Only after the little girl finished speaking did he realize that she was a holy maiden of Miao territory. She had been exploited by her people since childhood, and even her own parents had never treated her well. She was bled every day and was bitten by Gu worms every day. She was in so much pain that she couldn't bear it anymore and killed the people guarding her to escape.
She had heard along the way that the Central Plains was a good place, which is why she fled all the way there. Who knew that all she saw were ruins? She had lost the will to live. Meeting him was an accident. She wanted to do one last good deed before she died. She had heard that if you do good deeds, you will be reborn as a happy person.
Ming Yunshu continued, "She has worn this silver bracelet since birth. It was passed down to her by the previous Holy Maiden. She told me that the bracelet could protect its owner and that there was a secret treasure inside. However, the previous Holy Maiden passed away before she could say anything about it. I have always treasured it as a keepsake. If it weren't for A'ou, I would have perished in that incident."
The little girl was named A'ou. After A'ou died, he went to the place where the Japanese soldiers were gathered. It was a terrible sight. Everyone was dead, and some of them had blackened skin, which looked like they had been poisoned. He buried A'ou and then joined Uncle Zhu to continue fighting the enemy, but he no longer dared to act alone.
Lin Damei cried. It was her fault. She hadn't protected her son. He had taken the risk because he wanted to prove himself, and she had almost lost him.
Yan Xiaoxiao suddenly felt relieved and sincerely apologized: "I'm sorry, I thought you had someone you liked, and I pinched you after you fell asleep when I was angry. I won't do it again."
Ming Yunshu: ...Does she know that martial artists are very wary? Her little bit of force wasn't even enough to tickle him.
Yan Xiaoxiao steeled herself and stretched out her arm: "Go ahead and take your revenge, I won't fight back, but... please be gentle."
Lin Damei and Ming Yunshu: ...
After a pause, Ming Yunshu said, "Wife, I'm not angry. It's not good for you to keep things bottled up inside. If you want to hit me in the future, you don't have to do it secretly. I won't fight back. I haven't been able to help you take care of the children, which is my dereliction of duty as a father. You've worked hard."
Yan Xiaoxiao's eyes welled up with tears at those words. Everything she had done had been seen and remembered, and she was happy to have received recognition. She was so annoyed that today always made her eyes well up with tears.
Ming Yunshu hurriedly said, "Wife, I'm sorry, you've been wronged. I'll make sure to explain things to you clearly in the future, and I'll never let you misunderstand."
Yan Xiaoxiao smiled through her tears and said reproachfully, "You're so annoying!"
Lin Damei was disgusted by the cloying affection. They were practically an old married couple, and her eyes were getting increasingly sticky. She quickly took Fanfan away so the two of them could go off and be lovey-dovey to the side.
Although Ming Yunshu tried to please his wife, he still wouldn't let go of the child in his arms. He also adored his daughter. What was wrong with his mother looking at him for a little while every day? Holding her didn't stop him from explaining.
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