She was just out for a walk and happened to meet Du Aiqing coming down the mountain. How could she accept anything from him?
Du Aiqing knew she was genuinely refusing and not just being polite, but he sincerely wanted to give: "Keep it."
He glanced again at the little wolf cub who was tightly gripping Gu Jin's hand: "And give this kid something warm to eat. It's rare to see him so clean."
Isn't that true, An Mingji was famously the dirty child in the village.
He was as fierce as a little wolf cub, filthy all over, never sure when his next meal would be.
After his father died, his mother ran away, and not long after, his grandmother passed away as well. His ruthless uncle from the An Family took over their house and didn't leave the boy a place to stay, driving him out of his home.
Everyone pitied him, but in those times, no one could take him in. The saying that a half-grown child could eat a family into poverty was no joke.
