My reborn husband and son are thinking about how to kill me every day.

Ji Yunshuang's trip back to Jiangzhou took up a lot of time, and she should be heading to Ningxingzhou now.

That day, after dinner, she told her that she was about to leave for Ningxing Prefecture.

Upon hearing that her mother was leaving again, Lu Yuzhu's eyes immediately reddened, and Gu Chunzhi was also filled with reluctance.

Even Lu Yanqi had a hint of worry in his eyes.

Holding back her tears, Lu Yuzhu looked pitifully at her mother and asked, "Mother, when will you come back?"

Looking at her daughter, Ji Yunshuang felt a pang of sadness and hugged her tightly, saying, "I don't know yet, but I promise you, I'll come back to see you as soon as I have time, okay?"

Lu Yuzhu held out her little finger, "Pinky promise!"

Ji Yunshuang smiled and reached out her hand to make a pinky promise with her, saying, "Okay, let's pinky promise."

Lu Yuzhu then smiled.

Gu Chunzhi hesitated for a moment, but still asked about her two sons, "Will you be able to see Dalang and the others when you go to Ningxing Prefecture this time?"

When their grandmother asked about their father, both Lu Yanqi and Lu Yuzhu looked at Ji Yunshuang with sparkling eyes.

"I should be able to see my husband. My second brother is currently working in the Armory. Under normal circumstances, he won't be fighting on the front lines."

After Ji Yunshuang finished speaking, she added, "This is a military secret. You just need to know it, but you must not tell anyone else."

Gu Chunzhi quickly promised not to tell anyone. Lu Yuzhu also immediately covered her mouth, indicating that she would not tell anyone.

Lu Yanqi made no move and said nothing.

However, no one is worried that he will talk about it outside.

He was usually so composed that he was nothing like a child. Even if Ji Yunshuang didn't tell him, he wouldn't casually talk about family matters, let alone if Ji Yunshuang had specifically told him to.

Gu Chunzhi actually wanted to ask what Ji Yunshuang was going to Ningxingzhou for, and whether her eldest son was also going to Ningxingzhou, among other questions.

However, considering that Ji Yunshuang said it was a military secret, although she felt she could keep her mouth shut and not tell anyone, she was still worried that something unexpected might happen.

She thought for a moment and then didn't ask any more questions. She got up and said, "When are you leaving? I'll make you some dry food to take on the road."

Ji Yunshuang said, "Mother, you don't need to trouble yourself. I plan to leave tonight."

Gu Chunzhi said anxiously, "How can we travel at night? It's pitch black outside. How will you travel? This is so inconvenient."

Ji Yunshuang said, "Mother, don't worry. I'll have Tianrui take me. It's easy to scare people during the day, but it'll be faster at night."

Hearing her say that, Gu Chunzhi didn't know what to say anymore. She just felt that her daughter-in-law was really working hard, so despite Ji Yunshuang's objections, she insisted on preparing food for her to take on the road.

Seeing that she insisted, Ji Yunshuang didn't try to persuade her any further and continued to talk to the two children.

Lu Yuzhu knew her mother was about to leave and was very reluctant to part with her, wanting her mother to stay with her longer. But she was just a child after all, and as she talked, she became sleepy and fell asleep.

Ji Yunshuang escorted her back to her room to sleep, but left Lu Yanqi in the room.

She had been wanting to find an opportunity to have a proper talk with Lu Yanqi, hoping to learn something about the witch by taking advantage of her status as a reborn person.

Or, to put it another way, consider whether there have ever been instances in this world where insects mutated and took over human bodies.

However, given that the child had always been wary of her, Ji Yunshuang hesitated.

Before she could figure out how to start the conversation, Lu Yanqi spoke first.

"who are you?"

Ji Yunshuang didn't answer his question. Instead, she looked into his eyes and asked in return, "Who do you think I am?"

Lu Yanqi said, "Anyway, you're not my mother."

"You figured it out a long time ago, didn't you?" Ji Yunshuang was genuinely curious. "You've always pretended to be my mother, why aren't you pretending today?"

Lu Yanqi thought to himself that he wasn't exactly pretending at first. She genuinely didn't realize at first that she wasn't his biological mother, but rather that she had always thought she was reborn like herself, and wanted to find an opportunity to kill her.

However, he naturally wouldn't tell Ji Yunshuang these things, but instead said, "I guess you have something you want to ask me!"

Ji Yunshuang said, "You are very smart."

"Tell me about what happened in your past life, and I'll tell you who I am. Is that fair?"

Lu Yanqi said, "You go first."

Seeing his wary yet persistent demeanor, Ji Yunshuang knew that he wouldn't trust her unless she spoke first.

Therefore, she said, "Don't worry, I am human, not a monster. It's just that I am not from this world. I come from another time and space, a world whose technology is ten thousand times more advanced than this one."

Lu Yanqi was the top scholar in the imperial examination in his previous life, and became a rising star in the officialdom at a young age. He never thought he was stupid.

But he didn't understand much of what Ji Yunshuang said.

What is another dimension? What is technology?

He didn't hide his ignorance and asked the question that was on his mind.

Ji Yunshuang did not answer his question directly, but instead asked, "Do you know what the universe is?"

The little bun shook its head.

Ji Yunshuang took a pen and drew on the paper. She first explained to him what the Milky Way was and what the Earth was before she began to explain what spacetime was.

Lu Yanqi used to be a good student, but what Ji Yunshuang told him was so amazing and unbelievable.

His first thought was, is this woman lying to him?

But seeing her serious expression, he quickly dismissed the idea. What she said must be true.

It's just that he knew too little.

Suddenly, he discovered a much wider world.

He said, "So, my rebirth is also related to time and space?"

Ji Yunshuang said, "I don't know why you were reborn, or why I came to this strange world. But what I do know is that heaven has given us another chance."

Lu Yanqi asked, "What do you want to ask me?"

“When I was in Ningxing Prefecture, I discovered something strange.” Ji Yunshuang then told him about the witch and the heart-eating worm that she gave to Prince Duan.

After she finished speaking, she asked, "Did you see a heart-eating worm in your past life?"

Lu Yanqi had thought of many questions she might ask him, but he never expected that she would confront him and ask him about nothing more than insects.

He said, "Is that insect very important?"

Ji Yunshuang said, "It's not certain yet, but based on my experience, these insects are very dangerous. If things go wrong, a large-scale epidemic could break out."

Lu Yanqi's small face scrunched up as he said, "I never heard of the Heart-Eating Worm in my past life, but there was indeed an epidemic in Prince Duan's fiefdom, which killed many people."

However, the Great Zhou had been at war for several years, and the roads were littered with corpses, so it wasn't surprising that an epidemic broke out.

Could it be that the plague that occurred in Ningxing Prefecture in the previous life was actually related to that heart-eating worm?