Abandoned daughter reborn, legitimate son is resourceful

"If anything happens to me in the future, you don't have to be sad, just live well."

Nan Jinming's eyes were full of smiles, and he seemed to be telling a joke, just to ease the current atmosphere.

"You don't have to worry about the cloth shop. I will teach you slowly. After you have mastered it, I will hire some accountants to help you. In the future, you will be the boss of these shops. In Yuecheng, no one will dare to bully you."

Chu Xiaoran seemed to have heard the hidden meaning of Nan Jinming's words. His eyes were still red and tears couldn't stop falling.

But his personality made it difficult for him to cry out loud. He just sobbed quietly with a sour taste in his nose, like a kitten that was about to be abandoned by its owner.

"What do you mean? Why do you say you...will not be here anymore? Are you going to leave me? But we just got married not long ago, why are you leaving so soon? Why can't you take me with you? But I don't want to be separated from you."

Chu Xiaoran felt more and more aggrieved as he spoke, and his tears couldn't stop flowing.

There were already traces of tears on the originally fair face, and now two more tears flowed down. Nan Jinming felt a pain in his heart as he looked at it.

But there is nothing that can be done about it. She will have to face them eventually, face the storm. She cannot let Chu Xiaoran face it with her, it will only hurt him.

Chu Xiaoran doesn't care about these. The only person he can trust in the world is Nan Jinming. If even Nan Jinming doesn't care about him, is there any point for him to live?

Nan Jinming was also deeply aware of this. Chu Xiaoran was very dependent on him. No matter how persistent and stubborn he had been in the past, with his unconditional trust, Nan Jinming also felt that his responsibility was gradually increasing.

Chu Xiaoran still chose to give himself to me wholeheartedly. I'm afraid he will be angry in the future and ask why he gave up on me. But now, nothing can stop Nan Jinming from wanting to protect his family.

In this life, I only escaped from my country by faking my death. In my previous life, as a general, I fought for the king and the people, and had countless battles. I suffered all kinds of pain at a young age. This time, I live for myself, to be more selfish and free.

As soon as the news of Murong Beitang's faked death came out, some people couldn't wait to start fighting for power. What happens next?

If they knew that I was still alive, those people would only be more afraid of my existence. Living is already a very tiring thing.

For Chu Xiaoran, Nan Jinming is his everything. If even his spiritual support is taken away, Chu Xiaoran will quickly give up his desire to survive.

"Ran'er, I'm just saying...if."

"There are no ifs. I won't let anything happen to you. Is it because of me? Am I too cowardly?"

Chu Xiaoran thought that he was good for nothing and had always been dependent on Nan Jinming. He thought that he would live like this for the rest of his life, at the mercy of others in a deep mansion.

"No, I...how should I tell you..."

Nan Jinming knew that couples should not speculate and fear each other, but how to tell him that she was reborn? Would it scare him? Or maybe she died young, but marrying him took all her courage and required a huge gamble with God.

"I know you have a lot of secrets, but I don't care. Don't push me away. Let me face them with you, okay?"

Chu Xiaoran raised his arms, hugged Nan Jinming's neck with his arms, pulled him into his arms, and tears fell uncontrollably.

"It's really nothing. I'm always by your side. Don't think too much, okay?"

Nan Jinming felt the strength of Chu Xiaoran's hand, and he hugged his neck even tighter. Now he was really scared, afraid that he would suddenly lose everything he had.

"But I always feel like you're hiding something from me."

"Xiao Ran, you know my true identity. I am Murong Beitang, and Murong Beitang's destiny is death. If... I mean, if one day, I die."

"No, I won't let you die."

Chu Xiaoran straightened up suddenly, pushed Nan Jinming away, and looked straight into her eyes: "I won't let you die."

Chu Xiaoran seemed to have made up his mind. Nan Jinming wanted to protect him, but he also wanted to protect her, even if it meant risking everything.

"But that's the way fate works."

Chu Xiaoran listened to Nan Jinming's words and fell into deep thought. So, did everything he dreamed about really happen?

"My...previous dreams were...real."

Chu Xiaoran was not asking a question, he was confirming his guess. If all this was true, would he really become one of them?

"What dream? What's real or fake?"

Nan Jinming thought Chu Xiaoran was confused, but saw him with his eyes lowered, looking sad.

So what? Is all this true?

"I dreamed that you were on the guillotine... and your head was chopped off."

Nan Jinming felt as if she had been struck by a bolt from the blue. Her mind was filled with Chu Xiaoran's sorrowful voice. It took her a long time to come back to her senses. She looked at Chu Xiaoran crying in front of her and could hardly utter a complete sentence.

"That... is all fake, it's just a dream..."

Nan Jinming let out a long sigh, but she still couldn't get over it. The pain of having her head severed seemed to still be there, causing a sharp pain in her neck. It was so real, how should she respond?