After Lan Yan had a child, she took on a new task: coaxing Jun Yelan.
She found it quite helpless that such a grown man would be jealous of a baby. "The child is still young and needs our care. When he gets older, he'll fly out of the nest."
Jun Yelan nodded, but his eyes remained fixed on the baby in Lan Yan's arms. The child had monopolized Lan Yan for three hours today.
Lan Yan sighed.
Soon, General Lan and his group arrived. After inquiring about Lan Yan's health, they all went to see the child. "This child looks quite intelligent. If you are busy in the future, you can send him to the Lan residence, and I will teach him."
"We can help too," the three little rascals shouted.
Shen Jin also arrived, fanning himself. "I can teach the child business in the future." Although he disliked Jun Yelan, Lan Yan was his cousin, so he naturally had to protect the child.
The child instantly became a little darling, and a name was chosen: Jun Nianyan.
The name was given by Jun Yelan. Upon hearing the three characters, everyone understood the meaning. They could only sigh and continue to dote on the child.
Jun Nianyan blinked his eyes, full of curiosity.
Ten years later…
A child with two little buns on his head, taking small steps, ran into a room holding a pinwheel. He looked at the person by the desk calculating on an abacus and called out softly, "Mother!"
Lan Yan looked up, scooped Jun Nianyan onto her lap, and smiled, "Xiao Yan, do you have something new to show Mother today?" This child particularly loved giving her gifts and would show her anything new he got.
Jun Nianyan held up the pinwheel in his hand, blew on it, and said with a giggle, "It's this."
"Wow, the pinwheel is spinning so fast! Xiao Yan, you're amazing." Lan Yan smiled, and suddenly a long-forgotten system sound echoed in her mind. Ten years had made her almost forget the system's existence.
The system looked at the host and smiled, "It seems the host has had a good ten years and has reached an excellent standard. Please prepare yourself, you will be leaving soon."
Seeing that her mother was not speaking, Jun Nianyan asked, "Mother?"
"Xiao Yan, you go play outside first. Mother needs to change clothes." Lan Yan sent the child away and then conversed with the system.
"How will I leave?"
The system smiled, "Please rest assured, host. You will suddenly fall gravely ill and pass away. Others will not be able to detect anything."
Lan Yan had known this day would come, but her heart still felt uncomfortable. "After I leave, what will happen to them?"
The system continued to smile, "They will likely continue to live as they always have." However, once the fragment of this world left, this place would fall into stagnation.
Lan Yan said nothing, letting the system go offline.
The next morning, she already felt unwell, mentally complaining about the system's efficiency.
When Jun Yelan returned, he summoned dozens of physicians, but none could find any ailment in her body.
Lan Yan looked at Jun Yelan's worried expression, feeling guilty. She grabbed his arm, her face pale, and smiled, "Yelan, I want to watch the moon."
Seeing Jun Yelan hesitate, she pouted like she had ten years ago.
Jun Yelan then carried her out and sat on the corridor. He held the person beside him, feeling as if she would disappear the next moment, and a wave of sharp pain spread through his heart.
"Yan'er, I will find Divine Physician Lin. He can definitely save you." He clenched his fist.
Lan Yan did not refuse, but instead said, "Do you remember, ten years ago, you asked me when I fell for you? Now I'm telling you, from the first moment I saw you, you were already in my heart."
"Jun Yelan, I like you a lot, really super like you." After saying this, she closed her eyes. She hoped to meet Jun Yelan again in the next world!
Jun Yelan prepared to speak, but Lan Yan's arm had already fallen. He grasped Lan Yan's hand, brought it to his chest, and tears streamed down his face.
In that moment, he lost his entire world.
The others in the mansion learned of the news three days later. On that day, Jun Yelan emerged from his room, dressed in white, his eyes devoid of any color.
They looked at Lan Yan lying on the bed, all kneeling down and crying out, "Madam!"
Jun Yelan did not cry, for he had already wept for three days, his tears all dried up. He kept vigil for Lan Yan for a full three months.
After three months, he sent the child to the Lan residence and voluntarily submitted a memorial to take on military assignments.
He went to the battlefield.
On the battlefield, he looked at the arrow flying towards him and did not dodge. He fell to the ground, looking at the sky above, and murmured, "Yan'er, I'm sorry, I made you wait three months."
"In the next life, I will find you first." With that, he closed his eyes, a satisfied smile on his lips.
The surrounding soldiers wept.
At this moment, a fragment floated out of Jun Yelan's body and drifted towards the sky.
Lan Yan knew none of this. After her "death," she had been with the system, familiarizing herself with the next world. Yet, she always felt a sense of loss, unable to focus on anything.
The system could not stand it any longer and said, "If you work hard to complete your missions, you may have a chance to meet him again."
"Oh," Lan Yan nodded.
Seeing that Lan Yan had fallen silent, the system thought this would not do and decided to start the new mission as soon as possible. It said, "Host, please prepare yourself. We are going to a new world tomorrow."
"Mm."
System: "..." Never mind, the host would forget everything upon arriving in the new world anyway.
Lan Yan skimmed through the information, then closed her eyes, Jun Yelan's image filling her mind. She thought she would never forget this person.
The next morning, the system began to urge her.
Lan Yan said, "Alright, let's go." She walked towards the corridor, pushed open the door at the end, and jumped in.
The moment she entered, her memories became blurry. She felt as if she had forgotten someone very important.
But she had no time to dwell on it. A sharp pain shot through her head. When she opened her eyes, she met a pair of peach blossom eyes filled with hatred.