I Don't Want to Be Reborn With You
Copyright© 2025 by YANGLIQIANG
Chapter 17: The price has been paid
Absurd.
Lu Li’s only thought was absurd. If An Baili told him about rebirth in the last life, he would never believe a word. But now he is reborn, and he can’t help but believe it. Lu Li quickly calmed down and fixed his eyes on the ordinary heart-shaped pendant.
An Baili did not light the lighter to die together, but to be reborn ... This reason was unexpectedly sufficient, and he was shaken a little. If what An Baili said was true, he should not only not hate An Baili, but also thank her? Thank her for giving him a chance to make up for his regrets? He shook his head.
People always have to pay a price for doing wrong things. This is the life principle that Lu Li has always believed in. Parents will bear the consequences when children do something wrong, and adults have to pay for their own mistakes. An Baili has always been an immature wife, willful and too clingy, so what about him? Is he a mature husband?
Lu Li was silent. He had made this mistake once in his previous life. Being too strict with others, or even trying to control their personality, would only lead to tragedy.
No one is God.
An Baili pointed to the four pieces on the pendant: “Every time you are reborn, a piece of the crystal on it will break. This time you and I were reborn, and two pieces broke at once. I guess this pendant has lost the power of rebirth. It is a relic from my mother. When I was seven years old, An Gulai gave it to me personally and asked me to keep it well.”
“Wait. You said that a piece broke every time you were reborn, but according to what you said, you were only reborn twice in total, so there should be only three pieces, but why are all four pieces broken?” Lu Li pointed at the pendant. He actually hoped that An Baili was lying. As long as he pointed out the loopholes in An Baili’s lies, she would smile and cover her mouth and say: You have seen through all of this.
Unfortunately, it is not.
“Because someone used it before I got it.” An Baili solemnly placed the pendant in front of Lu Li, “I don’t know who used it, but one of the crystals has been broken for a long time.”
Mei Jinliu.
The name of An Baili’s mother flashed through Lu Li’s mind. It could only be her, which is why Mei Jinliu passed the pendant to his daughter.
Lu Li couldn’t help but reach out to the unpredictable toy, and a sense of awe surged in his heart. Humans are naturally full of fear of unpredictable and unknown things. The moment he touched the pendant, Lu Li’s body instantly solidified, he felt cold all over, and an indescribable sense of horror attacked him.
“The price has been paid...”
It seemed that his own voice was speaking in his ear, but Lu Li swore that his mouth didn’t move! This creepy feeling only existed for a moment, and the next second, Lu Li picked up the pendant, and the action was done in one go, as if the pause just now had never happened.
“What’s wrong?” Seeing Lu Li in a daze, An Baili couldn’t help but ask with his head tilted.
Was it only him who heard it? Lu Li swallowed his saliva and said nothing. What does “the price has been paid” mean? Is there a price for rebirth? Then why didn’t An Baili pay the price ... Wait!
Lu Li’s pupils contracted sharply, and he remembered an unsolved mystery that had troubled him for many years in his previous life: he and An Baili had been married for many years, but they had no children! If what An Baili said was true, she had been reborn twice, so the price she paid for the first time was lifelong infertility?
What about this time?
He didn’t dare to think about it anymore, and he was not even sure whether what he heard just now was real. Maybe it was an auditory hallucination he had? Maybe he was affected by An Baili’s bizarre narration?
He took the pendant in his hand and looked at it repeatedly, and the strange voice never appeared again. The pendant seemed to have completely lost its magic and was no different from an ordinary toy.
“Li, everything I said is true. If I conceal anything, I will be struck by lightning.” Seeing that Lu Li was still hesitant to express his opinion, An Baili thought that he did not believe her, so she raised her hand and swore. Suddenly, she saw that there was blood on Lu Li’s right hand. She exclaimed, stood up and took out a clean handkerchief. While wiping the blood on Lu Li’s hand, she said distressedly: “Does your hand hurt?”
Being cared for by a beautiful girl is a pleasant thing for people. Lu Li’s expression softened a lot, just like before. This is the first time since his rebirth that he has spoken to An Baili in such a gentle tone: “I believe you.” Do you really believe it? Lu Li did not believe the strangeness of this pendant. He simply believed in An Baili.
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