In This Life, I Will Extremely Pamper My Short-Lived Husband-Chapter 221: Do You Believe That I’m Reincarnated?

Xu Jinzhi’s heart was beating very fast, fast enough to prove the panic she felt at the moment. She looked at the old monk and didn’t know what he would say next.

After a long wait, the old monk said with a somewhat hoarse voice, "Benefactor, what are you afraid of? Hasn’t everything already started over?"

"Hasn’t everything already started over?" This simple sentence struck Xu Jinzhi’s heart fiercely.

Xu Jinzhi couldn’t clearly describe her feelings at the moment, she just felt incredulous.

Did the monk in front of her know that she had been reborn?

Did he know everything?

Xu Jinzhi opened her mouth but couldn’t utter a word, she could even clearly feel herself trembling.

Seeing this, the old monk couldn’t help but heave a sigh, seemingly a bit melancholic, "Don’t be afraid, everything has already started anew."

"You are blessed."

Xu Jinzhi swallowed hard, no longer dwelling on why the other person knew she was reborn.

After all, rebirth itself was a baffling thing, but that was the reality. Therefore, if someone knew about it, it didn’t seem that strange.

Xu Jinzhi tried to steady her emotions, her voice trembling as she asked the old monk, "Won’t I repeat the same mistakes?"

Actually, Xu Jinzhi wanted to ask more directly, "Xie Yanchuan won’t die, right?"

But she couldn’t bring herself to ask it out loud.

The old monk still smiled, "Everything has already started over."

Xu Jinzhi was silent for quite a while before she softly said, "Thank you."

The old monk just smiled.

A gust of wind came by, causing Xu Jinzhi’s long hair to become somewhat disheveled. In a trance, she seemed to come back to her senses.

The old monk was still in front of her without leaving, only saying in a gentle voice after Xu Jinzhi came back to her senses, "Go back, there’s no need to dwell on the past."

After the old monk finished speaking, he bowed slightly to Xu Jinzhi, then walked straight ahead without glancing aside.

Xu Jinzhi turned to watch the monk’s receding figure, tears glimmering in her eyes. After a long moment, Xu Jinzhi took a deep breath and started walking back the way she had come.

Only when Xu Jinzhi reached the stairs leading down the mountain did she couldn’t help but look back one more time.

The old monk had already disappeared. Xu Jinzhi murmured softly, "Everything has already started over."

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Xu Jinzhi returned home before five o’clock.

Xie Yanchuan asked in surprise, "Haven’t you eaten?"

She said she was going to go shopping with Song You, and by all accounts, she should have come back after having dinner together. Coming back at this time obviously meant she hadn’t eaten.

Xu Jinzhi stared at Xie Yanchuan for two seconds, then smiled, "She had other things to do, so I came back first."

"I see," Xie Yanchuan didn’t ask further, "Then I’ll have Auntie prepare two dishes you like."

Xu Jinzhi hadn’t intended to come back for dinner, so there were no dishes she liked prepared in the kitchen at that moment.

"Mm," Xu Jinzhi nodded slightly, without saying much.

It wasn’t until after dinner that Xie Yanchuan took Tuantuan back upstairs to take a bath.

Xu Jinzhi returned to the bedroom first, and Xie Yanchuan just gave her a glance. It was only after bathing Tuantuan that he returned to the bedroom.

By then, Xu Jinzhi had also finished her bath. Xie Yanchuan went to get a hairdryer to dry Xu Jinzhi’s hair.

Throughout the whole process, neither of them spoke a word, but their gazes met several times in the mirror.

Not until the hairdryer stopped did the bedroom become completely quiet.

Yet, they continued to look at each other through the mirror.

"Jinzhi..."

"Xie Yanchuan..."

Both spoke at the same time.

Then Xie Yanchuan said, "You go first."

Xu Jinzhi didn’t refuse, but she stopped looking at Xie Yanchuan through the mirror. Instead, she turned around, slightly tilted her head up to look at Xie Yanchuan in front of her, "Do you remember me telling you that I have a secret?"

Xie Yanchuan was startled for a moment and then nodded his head, "I remember."

She said she had a secret, she hadn’t told him, but he knew that Xu Jinzhi was pained by that secret.

Xu Jinzhi reached out to hug Xie Yanchuan, burying her head in his abdomen.

And Xie Yanchuan, being hugged by Xu Jinzhi, could feel her holding on tightly, clearly in a state of unease.

Xie Yanchuan couldn’t help but raise his hand, stroking Xu Jinzhi’s smooth hair, and softly comforted her, "I’ve said, don’t be afraid. No matter what it is, I’ll face it with you."

"Xie Yanchuan, do you believe in ghosts and gods in this world?"

"Do you believe someone could die and then return to the past?"

Xu Jinzhi’s voice was very soft, as if she were afraid her words would frighten Xie Yanchuan.

This time, Xie Yanchuan didn’t respond promptly. The hand that had been stroking Xu Jinzhi’s head paused for a moment and then resumed its gentle motion after a short while.

Then Xie Yanchuan continued, "As long as you’re the one saying it, I believe."

He would believe her, no matter how ridiculous the matter, no matter how much it defied science.

Xu Jinzhi’s tears silently slid out from her eyes, her voice hoarse as she said, "Then let me tell you, I have been reborn. Do you believe that?"

"I believe," Xie Yanchuan said very firmly.

"Do you want to know what our past life was like?" Xu Jinzhi asked.

Xie Yanchuan said, "If you’re willing to tell me, I’m ready to listen. If you don’t want to, that’s fine too, that’s all in the past."

A trace of sadness flickered in Xu Jinzhi’s eyes, and she couldn’t help but close them.

A moment later, Xu Jinzhi continued, "In my past life, I was originally engaged to Xie Linchuan. I was supposed to marry Xie Linchuan."

Hearing this, Xie Yanchuan’s movements paused again, and he even involuntarily trembled slightly, with a look of astonishment in his eyes, as if he had not expected this.

"But later, due to some events, my engagement with Xie Linchuan was called off, but our two families were already tied together."

"I had no choice but to marry you."

Thinking of this made Xu Jinzhi extremely uncomfortable, and she wondered, why didn’t she like Xie Yanchuan at that time?

Hearing the soft sobs of Xu Jinzhi, Xie Yanchuan’s hand again rested on top of her hair, stroking gently, obviously comforting her.

"What happened later?" Xie Yanchuan asked.

Xu Jinzhi continued, "We got married, but our relationship wasn’t good at the beginning. It wasn’t just bad, it was because I didn’t like you and was angry at the Xie Family, so naturally, I treated you poorly."

"Then we had Tuantuan. You loved Tuantuan very much, and, and you loved me too."

"You treated me very well, better than anyone else. It seemed like no matter what I did, as soon as I thought of you, you would definitely be there."