Just as An’an was about to ask, she woke from the dream.
Opening her eyes, she saw it was still dark outside. Mumbling a few words, she fell back asleep.
At the same time, everyone in the Gu family had a dream.
Gu Mingshan looked at the underworld officers before him. Just as he was about to ask them to be lenient, one of them spoke: “Gu Mingshan, do you have a granddaughter named Gu Nian’an?”
Gu Mingshan nodded. “Yes, esteemed sirs. May I ask what this is about? She is still a child. If you need a life, take mine instead.”
The other underworld officer held a thick ledger, made a few marks, and nodded. “Gu Mingshan, ten years added to your lifespan.”
Gu Mingshan was startled and was about to ask something when he was pushed out of the dream.
“Father, are you asleep?”
Outside the door came Gu Tingjun’s voice.
Gu Mingshan threw on his robe and opened the door to find all three of his children there.
Realizing why they had come, he asked them to wait while he tidied up. The four of them gathered in the study, looking at each other in silence.
It was Gu Yi who finally broke the silence. “Father, did you have a dream?”
As soon as she spoke, everyone turned to look at Gu Mingshan.
Gu Mingshan pondered for a moment before speaking slowly. “Did you all have that dream too?”
They all nodded simultaneously.
“Father, adding years to one’s lifespan… isn’t that too unbelievable?” Even the usually carefree Gu Tingjun couldn’t help but sound cautious.
Gu Mingshan nodded. “It does sound unbelievable, but if it’s An’an, then perhaps everything makes sense.”
Everyone was stunned. Yes, they had all dreamed it, and the underworld officers had specifically asked about An’an.
“Marquis, the eldest young master and his wife request an audience.”
After the two entered, Gu Chen spoke. “Your grandson and Qingxi both had a dream.”
Judging by the situation, it seemed everyone in the Gu family had their lifespans extended.
“Remember this: An’an is the great benefactor of our Gu family. Everything must be prioritized for An’an!” Gu Mingshan declared.
“Yes,” everyone replied in unison.
The next day, as soon as An’an woke up, she saw a bunch of big heads gathered around her. “Huh? Mother? Mother?”
Gu Yi picked up An’an and kissed her little cheek. “An’an’s awake? Let’s go now…”
In a flash, Gu Yi noticed a Koi jade pendant that had suddenly appeared on An’an. She touched it and asked, “An’an, what’s this…?”
“Mmm, a good friend gave it!” An’an grinned from ear to ear.
Gu Yi figured it was probably another gift from some extraordinary friend and helped straighten the cord. “Alright~ then An’an must keep it safe.”
An’an tugged at the Koi jade pendant around her neck, wondering when she would see Little Koi again!
At the same time, in the residence of Minister of Rites Xue An.
In a daze, Liu Mei heard a voice as if coming from afar.
“Liu Mei, in your previous life, you accumulated virtue and performed good deeds. In this life, you are granted a pair of sons. Treat the noble one with kindness.”
Liu Mei jolted awake from the dream, feeling a warm, comforting heat in her lower abdomen.
Xue An tightened his embrace around his wife, and the two fell into a deep sleep.
A few months later, Liu Mei excitedly came to see Gu Yi.
Looking at little An’an in Gu Yi’s arms, she couldn’t resist kissing An’an’s cheek. “An’an, Auntie thanks you!”
With that, she took out a pair of delicate bracelets and, without another word, put them on An’an.
“Thanks to that medicinal herb at our An’an’s first birthday banquet, Yi’er, I’m pregnant! It’s already been three months!”
Liu Mei beamed with joy.
Gu Yi was astonished, “This is truly…”
“Unbelievable, isn’t it?” Liu Mei said with a smile, “It’s all thanks to An’an. This is Auntie’s thank-you gift, An’an must accept it!”
Gu Yi remembered the grayish thing An’an had given Liu Mei to eat at the first birthday banquet and was also surprised. However, seeing her friend’s appearance, she was genuinely happy for her.
Gu Yi had previously been saddened by her inability to conceive a child. Now that she had An’an, that scumbag Yang Yan could just go to hell!
“Mother, Mother.” An’an reached out, showing Gu Yi the bracelet on her hand.
Gu Yi smiled and said, “Since your Aunt Mei gave it to you, keep it.”
“Yi’er, why don’t you let An’an take a look? This child was given to me by An’an,” Liu Mei suggested.
Although she was glad Gu Yi had gotten rid of that shameless Yang Yan, Liu Mei felt it was better to be cautious about one’s own health.
An’an tilted her little head. Mother’s body was very healthy.
“Mother, Mother, good; bad person, weak, weak.” An’an still couldn’t speak fluently. Despite trying very hard to learn, she couldn’t yet form longer sentences smoothly.
An’an: So angry!
Gu Yi heard An’an speak again, but this time, An’an expressed herself more clearly.
Thinking of a possibility, Gu Yi’s eyelids twitched: Could it be?
“An’an, that bad person, can’t have babies?” Gu Yi asked uncertainly.
As soon as she said this, even Liu Mei widened her eyes.
“Yes! Bad person, bad!” An’an nodded in confirmation.
Liu Mei covered her mouth in surprise, then looked at Gu Yi and asked, “Yi’er, did you ever have the family doctor examine Yang Yan before?”
Gu Yi shook her head.
She had always thought it was her problem, having drunk countless medicinal soups. The family doctor had said her body was healthy, and perhaps the child just hadn’t come yet.
She had never suspected Yang Yan.
The more she thought about it, the more plausible it seemed. If that were really the case, then… Yang Yan’s son…
“Pfft, haha!” Liu Mei laughed so hard she couldn’t catch her breath, holding her waist.
Gu Yi couldn’t help but laugh too, “Be careful, you’re someone with a child now.”
“Hahaha, Yi’er, I really can’t help it, hahaha. That Yang Yan, in the end, he’s happily wearing such a big green hat!”
Now that he couldn’t even perform, if he knew his only “son” wasn’t even his own, who knows how amusing his expression would be!
“Hahaha, what a pity, what a pity. Yang Yan is now locked up in prison, otherwise, I’d really like to pay a good visit to Lord Yang!”
Liu Mei laughed.
The two of them laughed together. An’an looked at her mother, then at Aunt Liu, and giggled along foolishly.
Unlike the joyful atmosphere in the Gu household, the Yang family was now shrouded in gloom.
“It’s all your fault, you wretched thing! Yan’er is in prison, what are we going to do now!”