The Perfect Destiny Chapter 82

Translator: StormFrost

I Won't Be An Elder Brother For Many Years (11)

In short, after attending Shen Youling's wedding, Chen Liguo spent a long period of time without shame or impatience with Yi Huai.

Chen Liguo was immersed in the ocean of love and harmony. He profoundly felt that his wait of more than ten years was worthwhile. The system was but only a single step away from seeing through the world of mortals and dying in a seated position, becoming a monk.

Chen Liguo ate and drank to his heart's content and sat on the balcony, shedding tears over the changes of seasons. "The wind is somewhat clamorous as well today."

System: "……"

Yi Huai just happened to come in at this moment and saw Chen Liguo sitting on the balcony in a daze.

It was currently March. Spring was gradually drawing near and all living things were recovering.

Chen Liguo was dressed in a tang suit. His eyes were half-closed and his jet-black hair was somewhat disheveled because of the wind. It was a beautiful picture.

There was a slight smile in Yi Huai's eyes. He walked over and softly called out 'Mister'.

Chen Liguo did not move and offhandedly responded.

Yi Huai said, "Youling brought news and said that she is pregnant."

When Chen Liguo heard this, he could not help but show an uncontainable joy on his usually cold face. He asked, "When did she find out?"

Yi Huai said, "It's already been three months."

Chen Liguo said, "I want to go see her."

Yi Huai said, "Okay, I'll make arrangements for Mister."

Chen Liguo watched Yi Huai leave, then heard the system say that Shen Youling's destiny completion degree had increased a bit again.

Chen Liguo said, "Hey! Grandson!"

System: "……" It just felt that Chen Liguo, this b.a.s.t.a.r.d, was calling it grandson.

Chen Liguo said, "I can be a grandfather now too!"

System: "……" This was him f*cking calling it right?

Chen Liguo said, "Are you not happy? Tongtong?"

The system said, "Be happy about what?"

Chen Liguo said, "You're a bit further from mosaics again ah."

The system sneered in its heart. It thought like this in every world.

After Shen Youling got married, she migrated abroad with her husband. Although she was very very reluctant to go, Yi Huai, however, pa.s.sed like thunder and moved like the wind and helped her manage her emigration procedures.

Shen Youling had said, "Daddy, come abroad with me, you can even have same-s.e.x marriages abroad!"

Chen Liguo could only respond, "There are so many things to do within China, how can I put them down." As soon as Chen Liguo said this, Yi Huai began laughing like a pervert beside him. He grasped Chen Liguo's hand and scratched the inside of his palm, only dropping it when Chen Liguo gave him a few severe glares.

Although Shen Youling actually still had doubts about the relations.h.i.+p between Yi Huai and Chen Liguo deep within her heart, Chen Liguo had firmly stated that he was willing and Shen Youling had no method to take him away.

Yi Huai said, "Go on, any later and you won't be able to catch the plane."

Shen Youling gave Chen Liguo a reluctant hug and said, "Dad, call me if anything happens."

Chen Liguo watched Shen Youling leave. Yi Huai held Chen Liguo's hand with a bit of strength. He said, "Mister truly loves Youling." How could he not know what Chen Liguo meant by insisting that Shen Youling emigrated? It was nothing else but him fearing that something would happen here and implicate her, that was all.

Yi Huai said, "But Mister doesn't need to worry. Even if you kill me, I will not let my anger spill over to Shen Youling."

He said this light and easily. If Chen Liguo really did kill Yi Huai and then went to prison, then Shen Youling's destiny completion degree would not be fulfilled in all her life.

Yi Huai said, "Mister, let's go back home."

Chen Liguo was expressionless and he thought coldly, how is that his home, that was obviously——His heaven, hahahaha, go go go, haven't been harmonious for so many days.

After arriving home, the angry Yi Huai embraced Chen Liguo and fooled around a few times.

Yi Huai was young and full of vitality. Chen Liguo, however, was already approaching forty. Although he was in his prime, he wasn't able to bear Yi Huai's many methods of tormenting.

Finally, when he was pressed onto the bed by Yi Huai, he could only grit his teeth and hoa.r.s.ely say enough.

Yi Huai still acted coquettishly and said, "Mister, I haven't kissed you from head to toe today yet."

Chen Liguo trembled when he heard this and he said lowly, "I…… Can't bear any more."

Yi Huai just liked his Mister talking like this. His Mister was always so cold usually and it was only in such moments like this that he would be willing to say a few soft words to him. Sometimes, when his mood was good, he would even respond a few times.

Yi Huai said, "Mister, Youling has left, but you still have me."

Chen Liguo looked tired and did not reply.

Yi Huai said, "What Mister wants, I will fetch for Mister."

Chen Liguo said lightly, "I want to leave."

Yi Huai said, "Aside from this."

Chen Liguo laughed grimly and said, "Aside from this, what other things am I unable to get for myself?" After interacting for so many years, Chen Liguo finally figured out how Yi Huai had taken over his subordinates.

This b.a.s.t.a.r.d had simply opened up plug-ins, if he wanted to make people sleep, they would sleep——Who could beat him?

When Chen Liguo found out, he immediately went to complain to the system and said, "You all even open up back doors for NPCs?"

The system said, "This is definitely a BUG!"

Chen Liguo asked, "Where are your programmers?"

The system said, "This is a BUG from this world——We can't get rid of this with external programs."

As soon as Chen Liguo heard this, he let out a sigh of relief, "Not bad not bad."

System: "……" So you actually came here to inquire about information?

In any case, in brief, that one, Yi Huai, was now the protagonist and had gotten a golden finger. Chen Liguo, this soy sauce buying cannon fodder simply had no hope of resisting.

In regards to the trend of this world, Chen Liguo was quite satisfied, very satisfied, extremely satisfied.

Chen Liguo: "Who was it that sent me to this world~"

System: "……"

Chen Liguo: "It was that cute system, System~"

System: "……" I will kill you.

After Shen Youling left, Chen Liguo thoroughly relaxed. Every day, if he weren't laying on the sofa like a salted fish without bones, then he would be producing clouds with the turn of his hand and rain with another without shame or impatience with Yi Huai.

It was unknown if he had exercised without shame or impatience too much, but the most amazing thing was that Chen Liguo did not become thin and weak, rather, his body became even more durable and flexible. Some positions were painful to look at but he could actually do them.

Chen Liguo said, "The human body is too miraculous, I hadn't thought that I would be this amazing either."

The system didn't know what Chen Liguo was talking about at all, if it was in the form of a human, then it would definitely have a yellow face and emaciated body. Its two eyes would be despondent and its mouth would still be chanting sutras.

In all, Chen Liguo had a very good time during this period. After hearing about the news of Shen Youling becoming pregnant, his mood was even better.

Shen Youling had emigrated to L Country. The climate there was very good and the temperature was over twenty degrees all year round. Aside from a few more rainy days, there was hardly anything to criticize.

Yi Huai brought Shen Yucheng to L Country to visit the pregnant Shen Youling. He had not given Shen Youling prior notice so when Shen Youling opened the door and saw Chen Liguo, she was so excited she threw herself into his arms.

"Dad!!!" Shen Youling was extremely happy. She hugged Chen Liguo and refused to let go, continuously acting spoiled.

Chen Liguo knit his brows. "You're already so big, how are you still so undignified."

"I got too happy from seeing you." Shen Youling beamed. "How come you didn't tell me that you were coming in advance so I could prepare?"

Chen Liguo said, "What good is there to prepare."

Shen Youling said, "Of course I have to prepare. Look, my hair hasn't been washed yet."

Chen Liguo patted her head, showing a trace of helplessness.

Shen Youling straightforwardly ignored Yi Huai who stood behind Chen Liguo——As a matter of fact, ever since she learned that Yi Huai and Chen Liguo were together, she never gave Yi Huai a good look. She felt that Yi Huai, this hussy, had seduced her father. En, it truly was like this.

Yi Huai did not mind either. He walked in the back and smoothly closed the door.

After Chen Liguo came in, he surveyed Shen Youling's residence and found that the place she lived in was not worse than his own place. The worry in his heart lessened slightly.

Shen Youling's excitement couldn't be stopped at all. She told Chen Liguo a lot about what she had seen and heard here and even asked Chen Liguo if he wanted to come and live with her again.

Chen Liguo said, "Dad is old and can't walk anymore."

Shen Youling muttered to herself, "Dad is not old."

Chen Liguo smiled and did not speak.

The two saw Shen Youling. Although Shen Youling strongly insisted that they stay for a few days, the two men didn't want to say longer so they arrived in the morning and left in the afternoon, only having lunch.

On their flight back, Yi Huai suddenly said, "If Mister could give birth to a baby for me how great would it be."

Chen Liguo was taken aback by him and said, "What craziness are you on about."

Yi Huai's tone was somewhat desolate as he said, "If Mister had children, Mister will definitely not want to leave me……"

Chen Liguo's ears turned somewhat red. He gnashed his teeth. "You mental case."

Yi Huai said with distress, "It's already been so long but Mister doesn't have a child yet. Is it because I haven't worked hard enough?"

Chen Liguo was too lazy to pay attention to Yi Huai.

Sure enough, in the evening, Yi Huai worked even harder. After he worked hard, he even used something to plug a certain part of Chen Liguo and a.s.serted eloquently that it won't leak out if it was plugged and it would be easier to get pregnant.

Chen Liguo was tossed by him so much that he almost spat out blood, shame and indignation was pasted across his entire face.

Yi Huai said, "Mister, jiayou. Youling married much later than us but already has children."

Chen Liguo's mind wasn't too sober and he actually spat out a line, "Does giving birth to children not depend on the man's genes?!"

Yi Huai said with aggrievement, "Yes, it's all my fault. I will work harder in the future."

Chen Liguo: "……" Yi Huai, let me tell you, acting like this in Jinjiang will get you reported you know?

Yi Huai laughed sweetly. He just liked it when Mister was like this——It was only in times like these that his Mister would be lively, just as though they were truly in love.

Chen Liguo was tired out and didn't move as he was drawn by Yi Huai into his embrace.

Yi Huai kissed the ends of Chen Liguo's hair and said, "Mister, I really can't let you go."

Chen Liguo's mind was in a whirl and he didn't know what Yi Huai was saying. A moment later, he fell asleep.

After another few months, Shen Youling's prenatal examination report arrived. It said that she was having twins——After this information came out everyone was especially happy.

Chen Liguo had never been a grandpa before and naturally, felt very excited as well.

Yi Huai's att.i.tude, however, didn't particularly change and he just sent Shen Youling a fair amount of tonics.

Yi Huai truly was a genius. With him watching over the Shen family, there was hardly any major trouble and the people below were content with their lots. Shen Yucheng's relatives wanted to protest at first, but after being rectified by Yi Huai a few times, they finally became well-behaved.

Chen Liguo expressed that this was to his liking.

Yi Huai even asked Chen Liguo whether he would be angry or not if he solved it this way.

Chen Liguo sneered in his heart when he heard this. What angry ah? If it weren't for him being afraid of going out of character, he would have since long dumped them into cement and sunken them into the sea.

Shen Youling's estimated due date was in January, when the weather was the coldest.

Of course, the country she was in was fine. Only, there was heavy snow in China.

On the day it snowed, Yi Huai made Chen Liguo mutton hotpot——With light soup. In order to let his parts feel at east, Chen Liguo had quit hot pepper a long time ago.

The mutton and soup were delicious and the vegetables inside were fresh. Yi Huai said that they had just been picked.

Chen Liguo had a great time eating. He felt that Yi Huai was actually a pretty good person. Except for his poor selection of men, everything about him was perfect.

Yi Huai said, "I want to spend my entire lifetime with Mister."

Chen Liguo's hand paused and he said lightly, "A lifetime? Do you know how long a lifetime is?"

Yi Huai said, "I know."

Chen Liguo smiled and did not speak.

Yi Huai asked, "Does Mister still hate me?"

Chen Liguo really wanted to say 'I don't hate you, but I can't like you either'. However, his lips moved slightly but nothing came out.

Yi Huai saw this and did not despair. Not getting a definite answer was already the best for him.

When Shen Youling gave birth, Chen Liguo and Yi Huai both went to the hospital and waited with Shen Youling's husband.

A few hours later, the doctor said that both the mother and children were safe and sound and they were a pair of dragon and phoenix twins.

Happiness appeared on Chen Liguo's brows and he could no longer hide the joy in his heart.

However, Yi Huai was very jealous. He mumbled to himself that he had clearly worked so hard but Mister was just unwilling to conceive.

Chen Liguo turned and glared at him. Yi Huai, however, showed an innocent expression.

Shen Youling who was pushed out by the nurse was sweaty and pale. However, when all was said and done, she was in good health. After giving birth, she said a few words to Chen Liguo before falling asleep.

"The children are very healthy." The doctor said. "The boy is the elder brother and the girl is the younger sister."

Chen Liguo looked at the two bright red small faces and his heart was unexpectedly somewhat sour. He said, "En, good, look like Youling…… Really alike."

Yi Huai stood beside Chen Liguo and held his hand.

Shen Youling woke up the next day and asked Chen Liguo to name the children.

Chen Liguo, however, refused and said, "You two think of names yourselves. I won't choose."

"Dad." Shen Youling wanted to urge him.

However, Chen Liguo's att.i.tude was very firm and he said, "Won't choose."

Shen Youling was somewhat unhappy. She didn't understand why her father was so obstinate about not choosing names for her children. From his appearance, he quite liked these two grandchildren.

Chen Liguo felt the two children's faces. It was just like he imagined, as soft as water tofu.

Chen Liguo watched the destiny completion bar above Shen Youling's head slowly increase, pa.s.sing 90, reaching 95, then finally stopping at 98.

She looked at her two children with the joy of a new mother. Even Chen Liguo who stood by her side could clearly sense it.

Chen Liguo lived with Shen Youling three days before returning to China.

Yi Huai distinctly felt that Chen Liguo's mood was very gloomy. He thought that Chen Liguo missed Shen Youling and even asked him if he wanted to emigrate over as well and live next to Shen Youling.

However, Chen Liguo shook his head and said lightly, "I can't now, I'm too old."

Yi Huai said, "Mister is obviously still so young, how is Mister old."

Chen Liguo said, "My heart is old."

Yi Huai felt pain when he heard this. He hugged Chen Liguo and refused to let go.

Shen Youling's marriage was blessed. After emigrating abroad, she even gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix twins. No matter how one looks she was a winner of life so her destiny completion degree reaching 100 wasn't anything strange.

Chen Liguo thought that he would stay in this world for many years still, but in the end, he received a call from Shen Youling.

Shen Youling said on the phone that the first birthday of the two children was coming up and invited Chen Liguo to come.

Chen Liguo said, "Okay."

Shen Youling was silent for a moment before she asked Chen Liguo, "Dad, are you happy?"

Chen Liguo laughed and said, "Happy."

Shen Youling choked with sobs and said, "The thing I can't put down the most, is you."

Chen Liguo said, "En."

Shen Youling said, "Knowing that you are well, I can lay my heart to rest." Over the past few years, she had constantly gotten people to investigate secretly, afraid that Yi Huai would do something excessive to Chen Liguo.

But the people who investigated all sent back news that the two were living very harmoniously and practically never quarreled. Thus, she gradually put down her worries.

Chen Liguo said, "Don't worry about me. If you are well, I will be well."

Shen Youling gave a strong 'en'.

The two talked about a few other things before they hung up.

As a result, as soon as the call ended, the system said, "The completion degree is full."

Chen Liguo was stunned.

The system said, "Prepare to leave."

Chen Liguo thought and sent Yi Huai a short message, telling him to take good care of himself and that he didn't blame him.

The system asked, "Is this necessary?"

Chen Liguo said profoundly, "To pull and hang a person heartlessly is inviting retribution."

System: "……"

After he said this, he looked at the blue sky overhead and slowly lost his consciousness.

As soon as Yi Huai relieved the message, he rushed home. However, it was already too late.

When Yi Huai cautiously pushed open the balcony door and softly called out 'Mister', what he saw was but an ice-cold corpse.

His Mister sat on the chair and was still wearing the gray sweater he had chosen for him. It was as though he had merely fallen asleep.

Yi Huai said, "Mister, don't sleep anymore."

His hand was old and his face was as well. Aside from not breathing and not having a temperature, the person before his eyes was no different from how he usually was.

Yi Huai knelt on the floor and said, "Mister, I was wrong."

No one spoke, let alone scold him.

"Mister." Yi Huai said, "Just forgive Xiao Huai this once okay?"

The wintry wind, somewhat large, blew at the door that hadn't been closed properly and made it clang.

Yi Huai's eyes reddened frighteningly. He hugged Shen Yucheng's already ice-cold cheek and kissed gently.

From his forehead, to his nose, to the corner of his mouth, to his chin.

Yi Huai said, "Mister, do you just hate me that much?"

He staggered back into the room and placed the person onto the bed. He turned the heating on to the maximum, as though so long as he did this, his beloved Mister would regain his former warmth.

"Mister." Yi Huai's tears fell bit by bit. His complexion gradually became grey in the wake of his tears, as though the tears were not liquid, but his life.

"Mister." Yi Huai said, "Just look Xiao Huai once more okay?"

No one would answer him anymore.

No matter what he did, the person who left would not look back.

Yi Huai said, "You're so heartless."

In his message, Shen Yucheng's manner was very calm, as though the excessive things Yi Huai did to him were completely insignificant within his life.

He even advised Yi Huai to not be too sad after his death. "After I leave, don't be too sad. Perhaps after a few years, you will find someone you like even more." He said it so calmly, so indifferently. Yi Huai had placed his heart upon Shen Yucheng and Shen Yucheng took that heart and returned it to Yi Huai, even telling him, 'this heart is still warm, it could be given to someone else'.

How could Shen Yucheng know, without him, this heart would be broken.

Yi Huai's words failed him and his mind was blank. He could only unwaveringly hold his Mister.

"Mister." Yi Huai said. "Wait for me."

The news of Shen Yucheng's death came abruptly.

When Shen Youling received the news, she was completely caught off guard. She cried an episode that night and then hurried back to China to make a punitive expedition against Yi Huai.

However, when she saw Yi Huai, the constrained anger in her heart could not come out.

Yi Huai was too thin.

In but a few days, his entire body thinned until it lost its form. A few traces of silver appeared in his black hair and his lips lost their color. From a distance, he looked like a walking corpse.

Everything she had wanted to say choked up in her throat. Shen Youling said, "Yi Huai."

Yi Huai raised his head and looked at her coldly.

"You, are you all right?" Shen Youling had originally wanted to seek comfort. But when she saw Yi Huai like this, she was stunned to find that her sadness was not even one-tenth of Yi Huai's.

Yi Huai did not speak.

Shen Youling said, "You, don't be too sad……" She heard that her father had died from a sudden outburst of an illness. But in the end, what illness it was, what way he had died, she wasn't clear about any of it.

"Let's go." Yi Huai said. "Don't keep Mister waiting."

When Shen Youling heard his voice, her heart felt even worse.

Many people came to Shen Yucheng's funeral. Although he had already stopped partic.i.p.ating in the Shen family affairs, in the end, Shen Yucheng's prestige was deep.

Yi Huai stood before the mourning hall in a black suit, his expression was extremely cold and detached.

Shen Youling dealt with the guests, forcing herself to smile.

The funeral lasted seven days. Seven days later, Shen Yucheng was buried.

On the day of his burial, Yi Huai disappeared. Shen Youling searched all over the Shen home but could not find him.

Shen Youling held Shen Yucheng's urn and put it into the grave with tears.

Shen Youling said, "Dad, Yi Huai is too broken-hearted, do not blame him."

The chilly wind blew and made people's heads hurt. Shen Youling knelt in front of the grave and heavily kowtowed. When she stood up again, her entire body swayed heavily.

Shen Youling's husband supported her and only then was Shen Youling able to stabilize herself. She choked with sobs, saying, "I did not accompany Dad in his pa.s.sing."

Her husband kissed her on the cheek and soothed her emotions.

Shen Youling had originally thought that Yi Huai was too sad to appear at the funeral. However, she did not expect that from that day on, Yi Huai disappeared.

He seemed to suddenly evaporate from the world. Shen Youling called the police and hired professionals but ended up empty-handed.

For a time, the Shen family was a thunder of dragons without a head and was in disorder.

Shen Youling had already gone abroad and simply had no heart to care for these things. She just wanted to find Yi Huai and know that he was doing well.

However, there was no news about Yi Huai.

Shen Youling's two children were very healthy. She opened a bakery abroad and the things that Shen Yucheng left her was already sufficient for her and her children to not have to worry about clothes and food.

Time slipped by and with a blink, a few years pa.s.sed.

One night, Shen Youling suddenly asked her husband, "If I died one day, what would you do?"

Her husband rubbed Shen Youling's head and said, "If the children have grown up, I would accompany you."

Shen Youling said, "But I can't bear it. Live well okay? I can't bear to have you accompany me."

However, her husband laughed when he heard these words. He said, "Foolish girl, what is there to be reluctant about? Living sorrowfully alone, it would be better to accompany you."

In fact, Shen Youling's husband and Yi Huai's thought processes were somewhat similar. Otherwise, he could not have warned Shen Youling of the relations.h.i.+p between Yi Huai and Shen Yucheng.

Shen Youling's expression became dazed suddenly.

She said, "I seem to…… have missed something important."

"What thing?" Husband asked.

Shen Youling was sluggish for a few seconds as a sort of alarm and fear appeared in her expression. She said, "Do you remember, when my father was buried, it was me who held the urn."

Her husband said, "Remember."

Shen Youling said, "That urn was very heavy——"

Her husband was stunned and immediately understood Shen Youling. He said, "That's impossible!"

Shen Youling forced a laugh and said, "Ri-right, maybe I thought too much……"

But in the end, this matter became a knot in Shen Youling's heart.

Shen Youling's husband saw her caring for neither food nor drink day by day and said with difficulty, "How about, going back to take a look at your father."

Shen Youling said, "You……"

Her husband said, "Confirm this matter."

It was the first time that Shen Youling felt this afraid. She had not been this frightened when Shen Yucheng had left. She said, "What if it's true? What should I do if it's true?"

Shen Youling's husband did not answer, but said very quietly in his heart, 'If it's true, let them go.'

After making up her mind, Shen Youling quickly returned back to China and went straight to Shen Yucheng's tombstone.

When arrived there, she was doubtful about whether she should open the tombstone, her heart already hesitating.

Contrary, it was her husband who helped her resolve her mind, saying, "Your father will not blame you."

Shen Youling's expression became dazzled and finally agreed.

The tombstone was opened and the urn was exposed.

With a glance, Shen Youling's husband could see that this urn box was not the same as an ordinary urn box——it was very large. His heart had just about reached a conclusion but he did not tell Shen Youling.

The scale had been prepared prior. Shen Youling's husband placed the urn box onto it and weight it——Ten catties. Their hearts sank.

Shen Youling stood by the side and looked at this figure, showing a despairing smile. She said, "How can it be like this——Yi Huai, how did you do it, how did you do it!"

Urn boxes weigh three catties. Shen Youling had asked the crematorium personnel before. They said that after the cremation, only about three catties of ashes would be taken out.

Ten catties, ten catties? Then the remaining three catties, who did it belong to?

Shen Youling fell to the ground and burst into tears. She firmly grasped the urn box as she cried inarticulately, "Yi Huai, Yi Huai, how could do you this, how could you do this——"

It was not one funeral, it was two.

It was just a pity that one of the people, from start to finish, was obscure and nameless. He only wanted to be together with his lover, never to separate again.

Her husband saw that the shock Shen Youling had received wasn't small and lowly said, "Perhaps it was just a mishap and it's not necessarily Yi Huai inside……"

"You believe that?" Shen Youling's expression was frighteningly cold. Tears streaked across her entire face as she said, "You were able to guess what Yi Huai was thinking, so, tell me, do you believe that it's not Yi Huai in here?"

Her husband was tongue-tied.

"I should have known." Shen Youling said. "Besides dying, how could he not come to Dad's funeral."

Her husband heaved a slight sigh in his heart. He felt admiration towards Yi Huai——He had seen too many people who had suffered due to grief from loving their loved one, but the ones who were truly able to leave this world, there were but very few.

Sorrow was but only temporary. A few years later, a dozen years later, you would still shed tears when you heard their name, but their appearance, would be already forgotten.

Shen Youling said, "I want to hold another funeral for Yi Huai."

Her husband nodded and agreed.

Shen Youling wiped away the tears on her face and held the urn box in her arms. She said, "Dad, have you met up with Yi Huai? He was in such a hurry to chase after you, surely he can catch up to you."

The tombstone was changed once again and an additional name was carved next to the three characters 'Shen Yucheng'.

Yi Huai's funeral was very simple and few people attended.

It was still Shen Youling who walked in the front with the ten-catty urn in her arms. Her eyes were empty and it was like her soul had already separated itself from her physical body.

Read the elegy. Bury.

The tombstone was sealed with cement and Shen Youling used a towel to wipe off the clay stains on the tombstone. She softly said, "Be good, I will come see you two later."

She said, "Ever since you were young, you envied that Daddy loved me. Now, you are the closest person to Daddy." After she said this, Yi Huai's young face appeared in her mind——When he left this world, he was but only 26 years old. His life was only half done and there was still a big future waiting for him.

But without Shen Yucheng, this future was meaningless.

Yi Huai chose to leave, chose to say with Shen Yucheng forever. No one could separate them.

Shen Youling finally understood why she couldn't find Yi Huai.

After the funeral, Shen Youling went to investigate what had happened that year once more. This time, the direction of the investigation was different from before so results were found very quickly.

When Shen Youling received the information, Shen Youling's conjecture was already completely confirmed.

Shen Youling cried until she was in no shape to be seen. She said, "Why is it like this——" Her life had originally been incomparably peaceful but such waves arose like this.

Her husband gathered her into his arms and comforted her softly, "Don't cry, for them, perhaps this is a good thing."

Shen Youling said, "How could it be good." If Shen Yucheng's death was natural, then Yi Huai's departure was man-made. Birth, growing old, illness, and death could not be controlled, but Yi Huai had chosen to commit suicide. Even if Shen Yucheng learned of it, he might not necessarily be happy.

Shen Youling's husband said, "It might be because he was afraid that your father would be too impatient to wait."

Shen Youling did not speak.

Her husband continued to say, "I can understand that."

Shen Youling's expression was incomparably tired. She said, "I just feel like, I had a bad dream."

Her husband kissed her on the lips lightly and said, "Sweetheart, you still have me."

Life continued on. Shen Youling's children went to elementary school, went to junior high school, and went to high school.

Those terrible memories, like running water, seemed to blur within the pa.s.sage of time.

Every winter, however, she would return to her home country and pay respects to her father and respects to her childhood friend.

The tombstone was very clean and it could be seen that someone frequently cleaned it. Shen Youling placed a bundle of chrysanthemums above it.

Her husband stood by Shen Youling's side and waited quietly.

Shen Youling looked at the two portraits on the tombstone and suddenly said, a little absent-mindedly, "I can't remember what they look like anymore."

Her husband rubbed her shoulder.

"Dad was very good looking." Shen Youling said. "I remember that Yi Huai was very good looking as well."

Her husband sighed softly.

"But why is it that, I just can't remember anymore." Their portraits were obviously pasted on the tombstone and they had obviously lived together for so many years, but Shen Youling had to work very very hard before she could remember things about them.

Another few years later.

Shen Youling who was in the middle of cooking suddenly thought of something and said, "It's January, have I forgotten something?"

Her husband was reading the newspaper and asked, "What thing?"

Shen Youling stared at the pot in her hand and thought for a long time but couldn't recall. She said, "It seems to be…… returning back to my home country."

"Return to do what?" Her husband said, "it's not as though there are any people there you know there."

Shen Youling said, "Right."

The hesitation in her heart gradually faded and the fragrance of the food made her a bit dizzy. She said, "I seem to have remembered wrong."

Her husband said, "You. You just like to worry about things blindly."

Shen Youling laughed, but inexplicably found herself in tears. She reached out and wiped away her tears, saying, "I've gotten old and have become melancholic and sentimental, what, you dislike me?"

Her husband said, "My little princess, where do I dare dislike you?"

When Shen Youling heard the two words 'little princess', her tears fell even more strongly. She vaguely remembered that there seemed to be someone else who called her little princess——Who was it? But no matter what, she couldn't recall.

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This world is over lalalala, onto the next world hahahaha. There are at least three or four world before the end of this novel. No not get panicked la. The meat that should have been published will probably be posted. Greet and follow this spicy chicken author's Weibo: hotpot girl Xizixu.

Started a full-text ma.n.u.script. It's called《Struggle for harmony》 It tells the story of a good socialist youth helping the weak become strong and healthy and after getting their three world views twisted, they get 'done' by the weak. If you like it, you can go bookmark it in my column. Muah.

Thank you darlings for the mines, grenades, and rockets, Muah!

StormFrost: Whew, finally done this arc, boy was it long. And poor Shen Youling!

The next arc is arc 8 and has 8 chapters. The tentative t.i.tle is: Knight of the Holy Son and the Demon King (圣子的骑士和魔王)

Like usual for new arcs, there will be a week break in between to figure the new arc out. The next update will be Tuesday, September 3, see you all then with the new arc ＼(^▽^＠)ノ