A manor in Country M.
“Why is my sister so unfortunate? Her husband doesn’t love her, he cheated on her and divorced her, and now she’s even lost her only son.” The noblewoman wiped away her tears. Her appearance was somewhat similar to Mother Meng, but her face was very haggard, and she had a sickly air about her. This was Mother Meng’s older sister.
"No, I have to go back to China."
Opposite her stood a handsome young man in a sharp suit and gold-rimmed glasses. He looked at the lady with disapproval: "Your health is not good, and it is not suitable for you to return to the country now. What if something happens to you? How am I supposed to explain this to Dad?"
"But..." The lady wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes. Although she knew that what her son said was true, she still couldn't put her mind at ease.
Their father had many illegitimate children, while their first wife only gave birth to the two of them. As the older sister, she was too gentle and weak, and it was her younger sister who always protected her.
The young man pondered for a moment and said, "How about this, I'll go back to China. Anyway, I've finished my studies in M country. I used to be a student at A University, and I plan to go back to A University to teach.
You should stay in M country and take good care of your health. I'll look after my aunt. She's always been very good to me, and now that my cousin is gone, I feel like her son too."
The lady happily agreed.
The young man lowered his eyes, his glasses obscuring the light in them. He slightly curved his lips, a fleeting smile playing on his lips.
Back in his room, he took out his phone.
The call was answered after a few rings.
"...You mean, my aunt secretly left five million with Yuan Xi and his son?" Li Chen asked with a meaningful smile.
It seems that even though he said he wanted to sever ties with his grandson, his aunt still couldn't let go of her worries.
Behind his glasses, Li Chen's dark eyes narrowed slightly, flashing with a dangerous light, and he said with a hint of playfulness, "Since we've drawn a clear line, we should cut ties cleanly. If my aunt can't cut ties, I, as her nephew, have to help."
"Yuan Xi is unaware of this money's existence yet. Go and transfer it."
After exchanging a few more words, Li Chen hung up the phone.
He lazily lifted his eyes, pushed open the window beside him, looked into the distance, and said softly, "Yuan Xi, I will let you know that I am your only salvation."
-
Yuanxi's health was compromised due to excessive blood loss and the need for postpartum care, so the doctor ordered him to be hospitalized for two months.
During this time, three friends and roommates took turns taking care of him. Although Yuanxi had refused, how could the three of them feel at ease?
Since Meng Xiangbei died and was buried, Yuan Xi's emotions have become completely calm, but this calm is like a stagnant pool of water, without any waves or ripples, and without any vitality.
Yuan Xi couldn't sleep all night, and even after taking sleeping pills, he could only manage to sleep for 3 or 4 hours.
Those eyes were always bloodshot, and the three of them felt very sorry for them.
He became more silent than before, and sometimes, if no one spoke to him, he could stay quietly by himself for a very long time.
In the past, Yuan Xi was aloof and reserved. He rarely spoke to strangers, but he could occasionally chat and laugh with acquaintances.
Unlike now, he can only be described as reclusive.
After he was able to get out of bed, Yuanxi would spend his days either in the ward or running to the incubator to look at his little Yuanjia through it, sometimes for a long time.
The three knew that Yuan Xi's situation was clearly not right, but they were powerless to do anything about it. Yuan Xi seemed quite clear-headed and rational, but in reality, he had closed himself off in his own world, a world that probably only Meng Xiangbei could enter, but Meng Xiangbei was no longer around.
Meng Xiangbei spent every day with Yuan Xi.
Even though he knew Yuanxi couldn't see him.
Yuanxi stayed in the ward, and he stayed in the ward to keep him company.
Yuan Xi went to see Xiao Yuan Jia, and he accompanied him.
While Yuan Xi was sleeping, Meng Xiangbei began his cultivation.
He wanted to give Yuanxi and Xiao Yuanjia a lifetime of happiness, so of course he couldn't remain an invisible and intangible ghost forever.
So he chose to cultivate as a ghost.
He knew that Yuanxi and Xiao yuanjia would face a difficult future, so as the boyfriend and father, he had to be able to protect them.
After becoming a ghost cultivator and gaining certain abilities, he could not only help Yuan Xi and Xiao Yuan Jia, but also allow the father and son to see him and talk to him in the future. He even wanted to return to the living world.
However, it is too early to talk about resurrection now.
His ghost cultivation reached the first level, allowing him to occasionally come into contact with inanimate objects.
The second level would allow Yuanxi to see him occasionally...
He is currently putting all his effort into cultivating the first level and has already made some progress.
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That day, there was a knock on the ward door, and someone, who was both unexpected to Yuan Xi and expected to Meng Xiangbei, came.
Meng Xiangbei narrowed his eyes as he looked at Li Chen, who was walking in carrying a basket of fruit, his whole body radiating a murderous aura.
Li Chen frowned slightly. For some reason, he felt a chill in the air as soon as he entered the room, but he quickly stopped paying attention to it.
Li Chen's gaze fell on the boy on the hospital bed. The boy, with his beautiful features, lay quietly, his face pale to the point of being almost transparent, his eyelashes long and curled, like a fragile porcelain doll.
Yuan Xi fell asleep, but he didn't seem to be sleeping very soundly, as his brow was still furrowed.
Meng Xiangbei clenched his fists, wishing he could throw that bastard out of there.
Li Chen lingered by the hospital bed for a moment, gently placed the fruit basket on the table, and then sat down on the bed. He moved very quietly, as if afraid of waking the person in bed.
Li Chen's gaze fell on Yuan Xi, his initial calm turning into turmoil, and then into infatuation.
“Yuanxi…” he murmured softly, gazing at the boy’s face so close to his own, his gaze slowly shifting to the boy’s cherry lips, his Adam’s apple bobbing up and down.
Meng Xiangbei was furious at his lewd appearance.
Just as Li Chen was about to lower his head to kiss Yuan Xi, Meng Xiangbei unleashed a gust of cold wind from his palm, directly overturning the fruit basket.
The fruit basket, overturned on the ground, made a loud "bang" that was especially clear in the quiet hospital room.
Yuan Xi, who was already having a restless sleep, opened his eyes.
Li Chen sat up two seconds earlier, as if nothing had just happened.
"Yuanxi, you're awake." Li Chen pondered for a moment, then slowly stood up, a gentle smile on his handsome and refined face. "How have you been feeling lately? I heard about what happened between you and Xiang Bei, so I came to see you."
Yuan Xi glanced at him indifferently, but his pupils contracted when he saw the person's clothes. Then, his eyes revealed aloofness and wariness: "Who are you?"
Li Chen's fingers curled slightly, unaware of anything, concealing the gloom in his eyes behind his glasses. "My name is Li Chen. We've met before. I was also a student at A University. I am also Xiang Bei's cousin."
His voice is deep and magnetic, with a gentle tone that is very pleasant and easy to like.
only……
The light in his eyes flickered slightly.
Yuanxi, how could you forget me?
Yuan Xi's eyes remained completely calm, but when the man mentioned the word "bei," his eyelashes trembled slightly before returning to their usual stillness.
He remained silent, neither looking at Li Chen nor uttering a single word, his gaze fixed on the void, lost in thought.
Meng Xiangbei came to the bedside and stared warily at the person in front of him who was eyeing his Yuan Xi with predatory intent.
Li Chen is a fox who wears a refined exterior but is actually treacherous, cunning, and adept at scheming.
Seeing that Yuan Xi didn't want to talk to him, Li Chen's gaze darkened, but his expression remained unchanged.
“Yuanxi, don’t be too sad. Xiangbei did it to protect you…” Li Chen said, his voice tinged with sadness, “He definitely wanted you to live a good life.”
Yuan Xi still did not receive a response.
Li Chen continued, "By the way, I went to see your child when I came here. He's very handsome and looks a lot like you. But I heard he's not in good health."
"Yuanxi, I'm Xiangbei's cousin. We've met before and are friends. If you ever have any difficulties, you can come to me."
Yuan Xi turned to look at him, and probably felt that the person in front of him meant no harm, so he finally spoke, but his expression remained indifferent: "Thank you, but I don't need it."
No, you will need it.
Li Chen responded quickly in his mind.
He showed no sadness or anger. "I'm sorry for disturbing your rest. I'll be going now. I won't disturb your rest any longer. I'll come to see you again when I have the chance. This is my business card. If you have any difficulties, you can contact me. After all, Yuanjia is my cousin."
Li Chen placed a business card on the bedside table, gave Yuan Xi another deep look, and then turned away.
He took a deep breath and told himself that there was no rush. Meng Xiangbei was already dead, and soon Yuanxi would belong to him.
Meng Xiangbei watched helplessly as Li Chen, dressed in a similar hoodie and ripped jeans, blatantly poached his lover, and his murderous aura grew stronger.
Damn it, how dare a man three years older than him dress so fashionably?
He used to always wear a sophisticated yet roguish black suit, but now he's dressed differently. Could it be that he wants to be his stand-in so that Yuan Xi will notice him?
Meng Xiangbei was disgusted by him.
With a wave of his hand, a gust of cold wind once again overturned the fruit basket that Li Chen had picked up and placed back on the ground.
An apple rolled right in front of Li Chen's feet, and then... with a "bang," Yuan Xi turned his head to look.
The man, who was originally tall and strong, suddenly... collapsed.
Li Chen accidentally stepped on an apple and fell face-first to the ground, looking just like a dog eating shit.
Meng Xiangbei's lips curled into a smile, feeling extremely pleased.
After pausing on the ground for a moment, Li Chen quickly stood up. He picked up the fruit basket and apples and put them away. He glanced at Yuan Xi again, and seeing no mockery in his eyes, his previously composed face softened. He pretended to be nonchalant and said, "Then I'll be going now."
Meng Xiangbei watched his departing figure and couldn't help but smile.
He had just seen it; Li Chen's hand was gripping the culprit apple so tightly it was almost crushing it.
However, he had to admire Li Chen's hypocrisy; even after falling so badly, he could still act as if nothing had happened in front of Yuan Xi.
However, he has only embarrassed Li Chen a little now; in the future, it will be much more complicated.
Li Chen's fall and departure did not cause any ripples in Yuan Xi's eyes. He slowly picked up the business card.
Meng Xiangbei looked at him nervously and said, "Yuanxi, you can't trust that scoundrel. He's up to no good."
Yuan Xi is so naive, and Li Chen is a cunning fox with a heart so black it could ooze ink; we can't let Yuan Xi be deceived.
Fortunately, Yuan Xi only glanced at it and didn't react before putting the business card down again.
Yuan Xi rolled over, huddled under the covers, and closed his eyes.
Because he was facing away from the camera, he didn't see the business card slowly float up and then fall into the trash can in the room.
Outside the door, almost the instant he stepped out of the ward, Li Chen's face turned ashen.
He frowned deeply, not understanding why the fruit basket kept falling down. The first time it startled Yuan Xi, and the second time it made him lose face in front of Yuan Xi.
He closed his eyes and it took him a long time to suppress the anger churning in his chest.
He walked step by step to the baby incubator and carefully found Xiao Yuanjia.
Actually, he was lying to Yuan Xi. He hadn't come to see the child earlier, but now he had.
Through the incubator, he saw the baby who was said to be a month old.
Little Yuanjia has shed his old wrinkles and rosy cheeks. Although he is still small and thin, he has grown up a bit.
Li Chen looked at the baby's face, which bore a slight resemblance to Meng Xiangbei's, and his gaze became increasingly strange.
"It would be so much better to be like Yuan Xi, why does he have to be like Meng Xiangbei?" he murmured.
He spoke very softly to himself, "Such a fragile little life should be taken good care of, otherwise it will easily die."
After saying that, he laughed, a laugh that carried a sinister undertone.
After a long while, he suppressed his murderous intent and turned to leave.
Just as he left the hospital, a middle-aged man carrying several fruit baskets approached them with a fawning smile: "Young man, visiting a patient, would you like to buy a fruit basket?"
Li Chen's gaze fell heavily on the fruit baskets, and the scene of him falling down in front of Yuan Xi just now flashed through his mind.
He coldly uttered a single word: "Get lost."
The middle-aged man was stunned. Looking at Li Chen's disgusted gaze and departing figure, he spat out, "What kind of person is he? No manners at all."
Li Chen drove home and immediately changed out of the hoodie and jeans, throwing them directly into the trash can.
He took a shower and went into the bedroom.
Turning on the lights, the bright light illuminated everything in the bedroom, including the large photographs hanging on the wall.
The photos were all of Yuan Xi, with occasional ones of Meng Xiangbei and Yuan Xi, but Meng Xiangbei's photo was slashed by something sharp, leaving a big X.
Li Chen gently stroked the photo of Yuan Xi, his eyes once again revealing a look of infatuation.
He slowly stepped forward, pressed his lips to Yuan Xi's lips in the photo, and then smiled mysteriously.
-
During the last month of his recovery in the hospital, Yuan Xi asked Zhang Yunze to bring him a drawing paper and a pencil.
Meng Xiangbei observed that Yuan Xi spent all her time painting, except for visiting Xiao Yuanjia and having a few hours to sleep.
Without exception, the main characters in all the paintings are him and Yuan Xi.
Those were the little moments they had shared together, and the first sketch began on their first day together in high school.
He painted intently, completely immersed in the painting, and only at this moment could Meng Xiangbei see the smile on his face that had not been seen for a long time.
However, as soon as the painting was finished, the smile gradually faded away.
He paints tirelessly every day.
Zhang Yunze and the others did not stop him; perhaps only in this way would Yuan Xi's suffering be lessened.
After that incident, Li Chen didn't visit Yuan Xi again for quite some time. Meng Xiangbei thought that he probably felt too embarrassed last time.
Even so, he did not give up and came several times.
When he came, he often saw Yuanxi painting.
Yuan Xi wasn't familiar with him and didn't speak to him. After not getting a response from Yuan Xi, Li Chen wisely didn't say anything more, but sometimes just quietly watched Yuan Xi paint.
Yuan Xi was oblivious to his surroundings; once he was immersed in his painting, he rarely noticed his surroundings.
He naturally didn't notice Li Chen's burning gaze upon him, or the chilling stare that seemed to pierce through the painting.
He watched Yuan Xi paint a picture of Meng Xiangbei as if he were torturing himself.
Meng Xiangbei stayed by Yuan Xi's side at all times, keeping a watchful eye on Li Chen. He felt very pleased when he saw Li Chen's frustrated expression.
Moreover, every time Li Chen came, Meng Xiangbei would give him a little "gift," which always made Li Chen look sullen. However, Meng Xiangbei still admired him quite a bit. Even though he always lost face in front of Yuan Xi, he could still come back as if nothing had happened, like a cockroach that was stuck to him and couldn't be killed, which was quite disgusting.
However, Li Chen did a good job of putting on a good show, creating a persona of gentle and kind-hearted people who cared about his nephew and his father. Their occasional chats left Zhang Yunze and the other two with a good impression of him.
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After two months in the hospital, Yuanxi and Xiao Yuanjia were discharged.
This was the first time Yuan Jia had been held by his little father since birth. Perhaps it was the natural bond between father and son, but he nestled his small, soft body into Yuan Xi's arms without crying or fussing. He looked at his little father with eyes that were exactly the same as Meng Xiangbei's.
Yuan Xi, who had been calm, suddenly felt a lump in his throat as he looked at the face that was becoming more and more like Meng Xiangbei's. He pulled Xiao Yuanjia closer.
Meng Xiangbei regretted that his current cultivation level was not high enough; otherwise, if he could cultivate a physical body, he could embrace the father and son in his arms.
-
Yuan Xi sold the apartment he used to live in with Meng Xiangbei.
The apartment was bought by Meng Xiangbei, and it's registered under Yuan Xi's name.
Meng Xiangbei knew that Yuan Xi, whose family was already poor, didn't have much money at all. In addition, he needed to continue his studies and take care of the sickly little Yuan Jia, so he needed money for everything.
So even though he was reluctant to part with it, and even though the apartment was full of memories for the two of them, Yuan Xi still had no choice but to sell it.
He needs money to support Xiao Yuanjia.
After selling the apartment, Yuanxi rented a relatively cheap place and moved everything that belonged to them from the apartment to the rented place, including Meng Xiangbei's clothes, shoes, basketball, etc., as well as Xiao Yuanjia's clothes and toys.
When Meng Xiangbei saw Yuan Xi moving things, he squatted behind the door, holding his clothes, and remained there in a daze for a long, long time.
Author's Note: The rest of the story is sweet. Yuan Xi and Xiao Yuan Jia will see Meng Xiang Bei, and Meng Xiang Bei will come back to life and protect them. Thank you to all the little angels who voted for me or watered my plants between 2020-03-10 17:42:36 and 2020-03-11 16:58:06!
Thank you to the little angels who watered the nutrient solution: another day of headaches with 4 bottles;
Thank you so much for your support! I will continue to work hard!
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