People like Nan Zhiyun, without support, no one could protect her. The Empress Dowager would never be at ease. After much thought, neither she nor Nan Su could accompany her for a lifetime, hence the decision.
Although Yu Jingchen had done many things, if he could truly become Nan Zhiyun's support, it would be the most stable and secure.
"Yu Jingchen... it wasn't heaven that made you reborn, but Nan Yin. Moreover... this isn't truly rebirth, merely a parallel world. In the original world, tragedy had already unfolded and was continuously repeating itself, an endless cycle of sorrow."
"In another world, you were still worse than pigs and dogs, with a heart of wolf and lungs of dog, blinded, abused, and filled with hatred for those who genuinely cared for you." Gu Yin's tone clearly intensified.
"Having committed so many wrongdoings, why are you so fortunate? Why are you so easily let off the hook? Do you know that Yin'er has nightmares almost every night? She relives the memories of those two lifetimes every single day. Those memories torment her, she repents daily, blames herself daily, feels guilty daily, regrets daily! She feels she is to blame! She believes it's because of her that such consequences occurred! Yu Jingchen, how can you have a clear conscience?! How?!" Gu Yin's emotions became agitated.
"I'm telling you... I will not let you off... this suffering is what you should be enduring. Yu Jingchen, if it weren't for you, Yin'er wouldn't have suffered all this. Therefore, you must pay the price. I will not let you have an easy time, absolutely not!" Gu Yin, who had always maintained a gentle and cool demeanor, had never been so distraught, nor had he ever harbored such intense malice.
Yu Jingchen was momentarily at a loss for words. He wasn't angry, only shocked. He looked at the Empress Dowager, who was still unconscious, and never imagined she had endured so much...
"Yu Jingchen, you should spend the rest of your life in repentance. The one who is guilty is clearly you. Do you know how many times I've wanted to kill you when Yin'er was tormented by all this? You truly don't deserve it. You will be punished, you will pay the price." Gu Yin struggled to regain his composure. He had watched over his Yin'er for three full lifetimes. In each of those lifetimes, he could only watch Nan Yin suffer because of these matters.
That was right... he wasn't reborn, nor did he know those memories. In these three lifetimes, it had always been just him; he had never changed.
The path of heaven could not be altered. From the second lifetime onwards, he had accompanied Nan Yin. From Nan Yin's birth, his shadow had appeared by her side, watching her grow up...
Only after his appearance in the new world would he return to his own body and continue following the original trajectory, repeating the cycle.
He watched Nan Yin smile, watched her cry, watched her enter the palace, watched her be framed, watched her become unlike herself, watched her descend into the abyss twice.
He wanted to stop it, yet he was powerless to do so. These things were impossible to change. To defy fate was to embrace fate. Forcibly altering it would only lead to worse outcomes, becoming even more uncontrollable.
Watching the one he loved suffer through the same torment repeatedly, how could his heart not be tormented?