The youthful, concerned voice pulled Gu Jin back from mories of her past life.
She looked up, her expression vacant, gazing at An Mingji.
Then, she slowly lowered her head, looking at his legs.
The legs were still there, intact and unhard.
In her past life, the elegant man who sat in a wheelchair was handso, of noble birth, and carried an air of regal sophistication, wielding imnse power.
However, the only regret was his legs, which could never stand again.
If asked for the reason Gu Jin was reborn, it would be to repay a debt.
To repay An Mingji, who in her previous life, even when collecting her body, had given her the supre noble identity.
She would erase all the hardships of his life.
With her presence, no one would dare harm him in this lifeti.
She wouldn’t say she lived solely for An Mingji, but he would undoubtedly be the most important person in her life, occupying the foremost position before herself.
She promised the young man would no longer experience the hardships of the past life.
Gu Jin was unaware at the mont that her eyes were frighteningly vacant.
"Sister Ajin, what’s wrong? Don’t scare —"
An Mingji shook her arm, his voice growing increasingly uneasy.
Feeling her emotions sowhat uncontrollable, Gu Jin lowered her gaze and concealed the multitude of expressions in her eyes.
When she looked up again, her gaze was clear and gentle.
"It’s nothing, just rembering so... old things."
Old things from the experiences of the previous generation.
As Gu Jin returned to normal, An Mingji breathed a sigh of relief, yet the worry in his eyes remained unhidden.
Glancing at the Jade Ring on the table, Gu Jin took the box along with the ring in her hands.
Gazing at the Jade Ring in the box, she then looked at the phoenix pattern on the ring finger of her right hand.
Sure enough, the phoenix pattern on her finger was identical to the golden pattern on the Jade Ring.
One could say it matched perfectly.
She did not touch the Jade Ring; it was too precious.
Rembering when she was in a soul state in her past life, she realized this Jade Ring symbolized the identity of the An Family matriarch.
In dreams, An Mingji always safeguarded the Jade Ring.
Even when village children beat and cursed him, leaving him bloodied, he gritted his teeth and never relinquished the Jade Ring.
She reached out to touch the Jade Ring but stopped as her finger was about to make contact.
In her past life, she had used this object; in this life, it would no longer belong to her.
It should belong to An Mingji’s partner when he grew up.
Gu Jin raised her eyes to the young man before her and asked softly, "Why did you take it out?"
An Mingji, unaware of her thoughts, removed the Jade Ring from the wooden box, lifted Gu Jin’s hand, and said seriously, "I want to give it to Sister Ajin."
Without stopping his hand, he attempted to slip the Jade Ring onto the phoenix-patterned ring finger of Gu Jin’s right hand.
Seeing his actions, Gu Jin swiftly withdrew her hand from his palm.
"Little An, this item is too precious."
Seeing her "disdainful" expression, a glimr of hurt flashed in the young man’s eyes.
He asked, "Sister Ajin doesn’t like it?"
Gu Jin steadied her emotions and shook her head softly, "No, Little An, it’s too precious; you can’t give it away so easily."
An Mingji was puzzled, "But I want to give it to Sister Ajin."
Listening to his words ward Gu Jin’s heart.
Yet she still refused, "Little An, you should keep it, to give to the right person when you grow up."
What the right person ant, An Mingji didn’t understand.
He only knew that Gu Jin had given him many things, things that couldn’t be asured by money.
She made sure he was well-fed and clothed, gave him a place to belong, and brought him from a small village to this grand city.
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