Her husband always says he has a tough fate. When famine struck in his childhood, his whole family starved to death, and he was the only one left alive. Later, a plague swept through the village. Some fell ill, others died, but he survived that too.
He worked for the Bai family, taking care of the kitchen. Knife cuts and burns were commonplace, but none ever took his life. He caught colds and contracted malaria, yet every time he came through unharmed.
After hearing this so often, Bai Yantian came to believe it too. He thought his husband was blessed with good fortune and would surely live to a hundred.
He went out to make his fortune and stayed away from home for three years, earning untold wealth. But when he returned in triumph, he learned that his husband had died of an illness.
It was only a minor cold. It was only...
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Overcome with grief, Bai Yantian closed his eyes forever. When he opened them again, he had returned to his childhood. The famine had not yet begun, and his husband lived at the foot of Baiyun Mountain, a town away from him.
Desperate to find his husband, Bai Yantian tumbled out of bed and stumbled toward the door on unsteady legs.
The servants watching over the household cried out, "Madam, Madam, what a wonder! The young master can walk! He's not even eight months old!"
As soon as they said it, Bai Yantian's legs gave out, and he landed on his bottom. He could no longer get back up on his own.
He was so little now. His husband was a few months younger than him, so he must have just been born.
In this life, he would protect him from every disaster and never leave his side again.
Theme: Wealth comes from hard work.
