Reborn and Pampered Chapter 166 It's Really Necessary

Bai Jinghuai watched the two walk off, his expression shifting constantly. It felt as though Ning Yan had co today and yet hadn’t co at all. He turned, confused, and stared wide-eyed at his son. “You said Qinqing knew Lord Ning, but you didn’t say they were this close?”

“I… didn’t expect it either.”

Bai Yan wore the sa puzzled look as his father. He still rembered warning Qinqing to stay away from Ning Yan, and she’d agreed so obediently, so readily—he had assud they were just acquaintances...

Bai Jinghuai could only sigh. “We’ll ask Qinqing about it later. What Ning Yan said today carried weight. If the Bai family wants to clear its na, we’ll have to uncover the truth I failed to find all those years ago. That won’t be easy…”

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Bai Qinqing claid she was seeing the guest out, but Ning Yan’s strides were so long that she ended up trailing behind him the entire way, with none of the bearing of a hostess.

Ning Yan noticed but said nothing, only slowed down subtly so she could finally walk beside him.

Bai Qinqing quietly let out a breath of relief, casting a resentful sideways glance at Ning Yan’s long legs—so what if he was tall?

Catching her little gesture, Ning Yan’s lips curved faintly. He took a long stride and switched sides with her, his tall fra casting a shadow that shielded her from the sun.

“Keep applying the dicine to your hand. If you run out, I’ve got more. Wen Jiang said not to let it get wet until it’s healed, or you’ll be the one crying over the scar.”

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His tone was anything but gentle. Bai Qinqing gave a soft “oh” and opened her palm to look at the wounds.

The dicine was working well. The scabs had fallen off over the past few days, and the new skin growing in was uneven in color compared to the rest. At the mont, the marks looked even more visible than the ones from her past life.

But she knew it would heal. Last ti, when her hand was injured, the princess had still made her help wash her face—no one had cared then if it hurt her to touch water.

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“It’s alright, I guess.”

Ning Yan sounded indifferent, having completely forgotten the dicine had been an imperial gift—doled out by a stingy emperor who had hoarded every last drop, never even sparing any for the concubines in the harem. There had only ever been a few tiny bottles.

“Though my father and brother already thanked you, I still wanted to say it myself.”

Bai Qinqing tugged at his sleeve, her face earnest. “I know I’m not very capable, and you might think little of , but I’ll always see you as a benefactor for life.”

Ning Yan glanced at her and gave a soft chuckle. “That’s a bit much…”

“It’s not too much!”

Bai Qinqing hated how clumsy she was with words. She was desperate for Ning Yan to understand just how much his help ant to her.

“At that ti, I even thought that if sothing happened to my father and brother, I wouldn’t want to live either. Lord Ning, maybe you can’t understand what I felt then. But my only wish in this life is for my family to be safe. As for , it doesn’t matter.”

Her voice was still soft and delicate, but to Ning Yan, it sounded startling. He could see just how serious she was. How could a girl still confined to the inner chambers carry such weighty emotions?

“When you appeared, I truly thought the gods had answered my prayers. Really! I’ve never felt so lucky. You probably won’t believe , but I think all the luck I missed in my past life, I must’ve saved up just to et you in this one.”

Ning Yan felt a little uneasy under the blunt honesty of her words—yet she was so sincere, it was as if she wished she could carve her heart out and place it in his hands just to prove it.

He rubbed at his ear. How could… a young girl be this bold? And only in this one thing. Truly… astonishing.