Famine and exile: I brought the Spirit Spring to save the entire Marquis's mansion.

“It was my son who found you by the river. You were lucky to be alive. He usually doesn't run around when he's washing clothes with me, but that day, I don't know why, he ran behind the rocks and saw you.”

The woman spoke softly, but her accent was somewhat strange, carrying a hint of southern dialect.

They wore coarse linen clothes, which were simple and unusual.

But that calm and unhurried temperament, doing everything at a leisurely pace, is exactly the same!

That's right! This is Wen Anyi, she didn't die!

Although she's lost weight, gotten darker, and her accent has changed, and it seems like I don't recognize her, it's still her!

But how come she's here? Has she even forgotten Shen Ye?

"temperature……"

"Shui Mei—" a man called from outside.

The woman responded and got up to leave.

Huo Chang'an rolled over, feeling a tearing pain all over his body.

He didn't pay any attention and continued watching her retreating figure, asking the little one beside him with a look of surprise and uncertainty, "What's your mother's name?"

"Shui Mei, can't you hear me?"

The little guy hasn't even grown all his teeth yet, but he speaks really fluently.

A pair of small hands curiously reached out to touch Huo Chang'an's belly.

"hard……"

Huo Chang'an grabbed his little hand.

The little one was very thin and poorly dressed, in coarse linen clothes, with arms as thin as sticks.

Huo Chang'an felt a pang of pain in his heart.

"Little Fish, how old are you?"

The little fish stretched out one of its tiny fingers.

"You're one year old now. Yesterday, Grandma gave me a bowl of noodles, they were so delicious!"

One year old, about right.

Her mother is Wen Anyi, so this must be Shen Ye's son!

As Huo Chang'an became agitated, he felt another tearing pain throughout his body.

Looking down, I saw that my arms and chest were wrapped in thick cloth.

Only then did he remember that he had been injured by Hongkang's bomb in the water.

He heard voices outside.

A man came to deliver fish to Wen Anyi, but she refused to accept it.

Then came the voice of an old woman, urging her to accept it and also to accept the man named Ah Long.

Ah Long was the most capable young man in the village; he could do everything from catching fish and chopping firewood to carpentry.

What's good for the little fish?

But in the end, Wen Anyi shut her down with a gentle remark.

"Grandma, I've found Little Fish's father."

Huo Chang'an was honored to become Xiaoyuer's father.

The old woman with the cane and the young man named A Long came in and looked at Huo Chang'an as if they had seen a ghost.

Huo Chang'an remained silent, only reaching out to embrace Xiaoyuer and gently patting her.

Little Fish called out "Dad" happily, one word after another.

Ah Long dropped the fish in his hand to the ground, his eyes reddened, and he turned and ran away.

"Is this... Little Fish's father?" the old woman asked in surprise.

Wen Anyi looked at Huo Chang'an with a look of apology and pleading.

"Yes, he jumped off a cliff to find me and came along the river. I was washing clothes by the river when I saw him."

The old woman gasped.

What a devoted man!

"Yes, she looks just like Xiaoyuer!"

Huo Chang'an paused, looking at Xiaoyuer's round, bulging eyes.

How are they similar?

If Shen Ye heard this, he'd probably be furious!

The old woman kept rambling on for a long time, and Huo Chang'an had a hard time listening, but he managed to catch the gist of it.

It means that Wen Anyi was also found by her in the river.

But Wen Anyi couldn't remember who she was.

Now, seeing her husband, she suddenly remembered.

Their deep love moved the heavens, and they were reunited.

Wen Anyi only apologized and explained after the old woman passed away.

"I'm sorry, I was just using you as a shield."

"I'm not from here. I plan to leave when Xiaoyuer is a little older."

Although, I still don't know where to go.

But she was determined to leave; she had a strong feeling that her family was waiting for her.

Huo Chang'an's eyes stung a little. He chuckled, as if he were happy, but it also sounded like he was crying.

so good.

Wen Anyi did not die.

Shen Ye will also come back to life.

"Of course you're not from here. Your husband has been waiting for you all along!"

"My husband? You know me!"

"Daddy, Daddy..." Little Fish liked Huo Chang'an very much and snuggled into his arms.

"Little fish, don't move around, Uncle is injured."

Wen Anyi quickly went to pull him away.

Huo Chang'an shook his head, "It's alright. By the way, I'm Xiaoyuer's father and godfather."

I am your husband's brother, Huo Chang'an.

Wen Anyi was stunned.

She said that she felt familiar with this person the moment she saw him.

That's why I dragged him home.

It turns out, it really was someone I knew.

"Thank you for being alive, Wen Anyi."

Wen Anyi, that's her name!

Huo Chang'an thought back to the past, when his and Shen Ye's birthdays were only a few days apart, but he didn't call Shen Ye "brother" and Shen Ye didn't call him "younger brother".

So the two of them kept calling each other by name.

It was agreed long ago that I would be the godfather of the other party's child.

Little Fish frowned and asked innocently, "Dad, are there any dry ones and wet ones?"

"Haha, yes, so Little Fish has two dads."

Two fathers.

One more than everyone else!

Wen Anyi couldn't help but laugh.

She turned her head to check if the food was cooked, tears streaming down her face as they fell onto the stove.

The mother and son's meal consisted of a pot of wild vegetable soup.

"I'm sorry, I don't know how to fish or hunt. I've been thinking about planting some crops, but they're not ripe yet."

Huo Chang'an picked up the wild vegetable soup and drank it all in one gulp.

He's fine with anything, and he's even tried the worst food before, but he just feels sorry for Xiaoyuer.

Only on one's birthday can one eat a bowl of noodles given by someone else.

No wonder he's so thin; he can't survive on just wild vegetables.

Can I pay with silver here?

He had just checked the hem of his clothes, and the silver coins sewn inside were not missing.

"Yes, there is a small town about half an hour's walk from the village. There are medicine shops in the town. Do you need to buy medicine?"

"I only applied some herbal medicine to stop the bleeding, I'm afraid that won't be enough," Wen Anyi said.

She seemed puzzled: "You look like you have burns, but then again, you don't."

Huo Chang'an didn't mention his injury, but he frowned when he heard it from so far away.

It seems this is still within Dongyang's territory, but it's too unsafe for a woman to walk such a long mountain road.

Can the villagers help?

"Sure, the villagers are all very kind. What do you need to buy? I'll ask Uncle Da, the village elder, to help you."

The village elder is the village head. The village is not big, and the villagers mainly make a living by fishing and hunting. Everyone usually lives in harmony.

Huo Chang'an mentioned several herbs, and asked for rice, eggs, clothes, and sugar.

In addition, she was asked to find someone to help check if there were any other people near the riverbank.

I wonder where Meng Ge and the other brothers have gone.

He took out all the silver.

There were more than thirty taels in total.

Since arriving in this small mountain village, Wen Anyi had never seen so much silver.

For a moment, he felt overwhelmed by such a large sum of money.

"Take this and buy whatever you need. Once I'm better, I'll go out and find someone to take you home."