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"Don't do this, Zhi'er!"
Liu Bang looked at her, his eyes clearer and brighter than ever. "This isn't like you. You're so gentle and lovely. The moment I saw you, I promised myself that I would make sure you live a good life. But now... look at your hands, and then look at your face... You've worked so hard for me all these years, and I haven't done anything for you. Do you know how it feels to see you like this? I feel like I've wasted you..."
Lu Zhi's body trembled as she stared at him in a daze.
All these years, she had tried her best to fulfill her duties as a wife, but she had overlooked what the seemingly carefree Liu Bang truly felt inside.
Liu Bang held her tightly. "Trust me, Zhi'er, give me a chance. Wealth and honor will come. When I achieve my goals, I will come back for you and the children. At that time, I will let the whole world know that you, Lu Zhi, are the most important woman in my life!"
"You, Lu Zhi, are the most important woman in my life!"
Just those words, which felt like both a promise and a confession, extinguished Lu Zhi's surprise and anger, her resentment and fury dissipating like smoke.
After a long while, her long lashes trembled, but just as tears were about to spill over, she tightly embraced Liu Bang. "Promise me you'll come back!"
" Zhi'er, I'm here to take you away!"
In his military attire, Liu Bang approached her with a face weathered by dust yet filled with tenderness and concern. His hand was warm as it rested in her palm.
"Squawk!" A strange shriek startled Lu Zhi awake. Blinking in confusion, she realized that in her half-dream state, she had mistaken a passing Shuo Shu for Liu Bang's hand and had tightly grasped it.
She glanced at the beady eyes of the mouse and shivered in fright, quickly releasing it and retreating into the corner.
"Dear daughter-in-law, are you alright?" The old man, Grand Duke, who had been dozing in a nearby pile of straw, opened his bleary eyes.
Lu Zhi shook her head, glancing at her father-in-law and then at the empty space where her children should have been lying beside her, but had gotten separated from her a few days ago.
Recalling the dream she had just moments ago, she could no longer hold back her tears and cried out, "Father, if my husband comes back to take us, how will I explain this to him? Before he left, I promised him that I would take good care of you and the children. But now, I have lost my own child..."
"Daughter-in-law, you don't need to be so upset! Over these past four years, you've suffered so much for that ungrateful son. He rebelled alone and dragged our entire family into prison because of him. Now that he has finally made a name for himself, it's not enough that he hasn't sent someone to bring us to enjoy a better life; he expects you, a weak woman, to come find him with the elderly and children during these chaotic times. Stop crying; when we see him, I will make sure to teach him a good lesson on your behalf! The children are destined for good fortune; this place is very close to Xi Chu. Perhaps they have already entered the capital and might even find Bang'er on their own!"
As the old man spoke, he let out a sigh himself. "Daughter-in-law, in the end, it is our the Liu Family that owes you."
Lu Zhi shook her head, tears streaming down her face. She noticed several people in the old shelter looking at her curiously and forced herself to stop crying. "Father, are you thirsty? Let me get you some water." Wiping away her tears, she took a clean ceramic bowl from her bundle and went outside to fetch water.
To her surprise, when she returned from the stream with water in hand, the dilapidated shelter that had previously sheltered a dozen or so fleeing villagers was now surrounded by the Chu Army.
Having fled all this way, Lu Zhi knew well that falling into the hands of the Chu Army would bring no good fortune. However, she never expected that days later she would still see Liu Bang.
After more than four years apart, the man who had once galloped away with her youthful heart now sat proudly on horseback, his familiar face adorned with an unfamiliar air of confidence.
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