Chapter 176. I Will Take Care of You

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Arc 9: Real World.

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Lin Fuxing and Hu Wei opened the door and saw the young man sitting in a chair, chatting and laughing with the person on the bed. The atmosphere was very pleasant. They stood stiffly at the door, suddenly forgetting the purpose of breaking down the door and what they should do.

The butler further back also did nothing.

Chen You glanced at the people at the door and said in a complaining tone, “What are you doing? Why did you slam the door for no reason? You slammed the door so hard. Li Yan and I wanted to sleep for a while.”

He looked at the person on the bed and snorted, “Li Yan, I told you so, didn’t I? Lin DaGe and Hu DaGe came here this morning, it couldn’t be anything good. You deal with it, I can’t control them anyway.”

The atmosphere inside the room remained warm, but it couldn’t spread outside the door, blocked by the deathly silence at the entrance.

After a long pause, Lin Fuxing found his voice and spoke very softly, afraid that if he spoke even slightly louder, he would startle the young man inside the room, “Chen You, it’s July, and the weather is hot. We should carry Li Ge out as soon as possible.”

“Carry out? Carry where?”

Chen You leaned over the bed, bent down, and listened to the person on the bed. He hummed a few times and said, “I also think it’s much more comfortable in the room with the air conditioning on than outside. Going out is torture.”

“Fine, nobody listens to what I say, so you do it.”

A moment later, Chen You grinned and said, “You all heard what Li Yan said, right? He’s going to sleep. You all go out and close the door behind you.”

Lin Fuxing and his companions were doused with a bucket of ice water, and even in the sweltering summer heat, they shivered from the cold.

The shock and grief from Li Yan’s sudden death were quickly dispelled by the young man’s ravings. The young man’s words and actions were no different from usual, he was lively, energetic, and lawless. Yet, at this moment, this very behavior was chilling to the bone.

Chen Weidong’s voice came from outside the door. He had someone help him to the front, panting as he said, “When a person dies, they should be laid to rest. Youyou, can you stop being so unreasonable?”

Chen You looked puzzled, “Dad, what are you talking about? Who died?”

Seeing his son in that state, Chen Weidong felt both heartbroken and worried. He exchanged glances with Lin Fuxing and Hu Wei, silently urging them to quickly get his son out of sight, assuring them that everything would be fine eventually once he’s out of sight.

Hu Wei and Lin Fuxing stepped into the room together. They were both very strong, and it was not difficult for them to subdue a teenager, especially with four or five bodyguards behind them.

“What do you want? “

Chen You pulled a gun from under his pillow, cursing and swearing, “Damn it, anyone who dares to come forward, I’ll shoot them dead.”

Faced with the sudden situation, everyone stopped in their tracks.

Hu Wei pushed up his glasses and said to the young man in a reassuring tone, “Calm down, Chen You, put the gun down, let’s talk this out.”

Chen You chuckled, “Talk my ass? Have you all lost your minds today? You’re not even listening to Li Yan, are you looking for death?!”

He pointed the gun at Hu Wei, then at Lin Fuxing, and then at the other men in suits, pointing it at each of them, “Don’t move. Bullets don’t have eyes. I’m a coward. If you scare me, I might pull the trigger and shoot a hole in someone. That would be very bad.”

Chen Weidong’s throat tightened, “Son, just how far do you want to go?”

Seeing his father’s red eyes, Chen You’s eyelids twitched.

Chen Weidong was in tears, “After your mom passed away, I was depressed and drunk all the time. I was despondent and thought about dying. What did you do? You told me that only by living well can the living put the dead at ease.”

“Now that Li Yan is gone, just let him go peacefully. Why keep harping on this?”

Chen You saw the tears in his father’s eyes and his expression froze.

Chen Weidong gestured with his eyes, signaling Hu Wei and the others to hurry up. He wanted to take his son away immediately, back to their hometown, or to another city, anywhere was fine, as long as they didn’t have anything to do with the deceased Li Yan anymore.

He was confident that as long as his son couldn’t see, touch, or hear anything related to Li Yan, his son’s condition would gradually improve over time.

After a brief exchange, Hu Wei and Lin Fuxing attacked together. One of them tried to strike the young man’s lower body to make him lose his balance and fall to the ground, while the other tried to take the gun from his hand.

With a loud bang, the gun in Chen You’s hand fired, making everyone present feel a sharp pain in their eardrums, followed by a tingling sensation on their scalps.

It seemed that no one truly believed the young man would fire a gun.

In other words, they misjudged the young man’s emotions, thinking he still had a shred of rationality, not realizing it was all a facade, he had long since gone mad, completely and utterly insane.

Lin Fuxing’s arm was shot, and he frowned, his eyes filled with complex emotions.

If Li Yan’s soul hadn’t yet gone to hell, and was still lingering in this room, witnessing the young man’s madness for him, seeing how deeply he was loved, and knowing that the young man would become an empty shell after his death, he would probably, even in this moment of happiness, be thinking of doing anything, resorting to any means, to return to his body.

The pain in his arm snapped Lin Fuxing out of his absurd fantasy. How could someone come back when they were dead? Wasn’t that just a pipe dream? He clutched his wound and was pulled back by Hu Wei.

He glanced at the person on the bed halfway through. Li Yan, your departure was so sudden, it completely shocked Chen You.  Ai, the one left behind is the one who suffers the most, it would have been better if you had taken him with you.

The scene became even more chaotic because of this shot.

Chen Weidong snapped out of his shock and hurriedly asked about Lin Fuxing’s injuries. His son had fired the shot, and if anything happened to this person, his son would be fully responsible.

Lin Fuxing said it was nothing, “Shushu, Chen You, he…”

“Get out all of you!”

A furious roar interrupted Lin Fuxing’s words. Chen You stopped joking and became hysterical, his eyes bloodshot, “Get out, all of you! Get out!”

Seeing that no one moved, Chen You slammed the chair down, then pointed the gun at his temple, his expression crazed, “Are you getting out or not?”

Chen Weidong’s heart was in his throat. He quickly told everyone to leave and said to his mentally unstable son, “Youyou, don’t hurt yourself. Don’t forget, you still have your dad. If anything happens to you, your dad won’t be able to live either.”

In a few moments, the footsteps disappeared, and the room fell silent.

One second, two seconds…

Slowly, Chen You’s hands began to tremble, and he lost his grip on the gun, which fell to the ground with a thud at his feet. As he bent down to pick it up, his eyes caught sight of blood on the ground not far away—it was Lin Fuxing’s blood.

At that moment, something snapped in Chen You’s mind. He frantically searched for tissues, but when he couldn’t find any, he took off his shirt and frantically wiped away all the blood on the floor, even cleaning up the little bloodstain by the door.

Once he was sure everything was wiped away, Chen You kicked off his slippers, ran to the bed, hid under the covers, hugged the man tightly, pressed his face against his chest, and said in a trembling voice, “Li Yan, I shot someone. I didn’t mean to. It was their fault. You told them to leave, but they wouldn’t listen. They not only barged into the room, but also tried to pull me away and take you out.”

He took a deep breath, his face pale, like a child who had done something wrong, his eyes lowered uneasily, “Lin DaGe’s arm is bleeding a lot. He must be angry with me right now. I don’t dare to go to him. When he calms down, you can talk to him for me. He should forgive me.”

“Yes, he will forgive me, definitely will…”

Chen You lowered his voice, pulled the man’s arm up, rested his head on it, and rubbed his face against the man’s shoulder, “Sleep for a while, I’ll stay with you, but not for too long, otherwise you won’t be able to sleep tonight.”

Gradually, Chen You fell asleep.

In the lobby on the first floor, the doctor removed the bullet from Lin Fuxing’s body and treated his wounds. No one spoke.

Chen Weidong leaned back in the sofa chair, his legs feeling incredibly heavy. He struggled to take even a single step. He held a cup of tea but didn’t touch it.

After making the phone call, Hu Wei took off his glasses and put them aside. He clenched his fist and pressed it against his forehead, his face more solemn than ever before.

So much happened in just one hour, and each one was beyond everyone’s expectations.

Li Yan died mysteriously, Chen You went mad, shot and wounded Lin Fuxing, threatened to kill himself, guarded Li Yan’s body in the room, and forbade anyone to approach. Going back through these events from beginning to end, it is hard to calm one down.

The butler broke the oppressive atmosphere, saying, “Please rest here, everyone. I’ll need your help with my master’s funeral arrangements.”

Hu Wei put his glasses back on, “Where did Chen You get that gun?”

The butler said, “I am usually in charge of the master’s room. Once I accidentally bumped into one of the master’s walls, and it was full of guns.”

Hu Wei，“……”

Doesn’t that mean Chen You is carrying a bunch of guns? That’s really dangerous.

Hu Wei walked over to Lin Fuxing and saw the doctor wrapping his arm in layers of gauze, “Is it okay if you don’t go to the hospital?”

Lin Fuxing it is okay, but he didn’t speak until the doctor had left, “What do we do now? To be honest, my mind is completely blank, I’ve never been this confused before.”

Hu Wei said, “Me too.”

They had known Li Yan for many years and had witnessed his overwhelming strength several times, which was so terrifying that they remembered it very clearly.

Such a powerful person died inexplicably.

It all felt so unreal, like Li Yan was playing a joke on them, and that he would come downstairs in a little while and tell them, you’ve all been fooled.

However, Li Yan is naturally dull and aloof, and never jokes.

“I’m worried that Chen You’s depression will break him down and cause him to do something extreme.”

When Lin Fuxing said this, his brows were deeply furrowed. He wasn’t just saying it casually. People with depression are inherently unpredictable, and they need to be extra careful in their daily lives. Once they are subjected to extreme stimulation, they can easily endanger their lives.

Hu Wei pinched the side of his nose, “Chen You is a filial son. He knows that if something happens to him, his father will have no one to rely on.”

“He knows?”

Lin Fuxing said, “Didn’t you see what he was like just now? He was having a nice conversation with Li Yan, as if we were the crazy ones and he was the normal one. I felt creeped out watching him. A madman who doesn’t know anything, what kind of filial piety does he know?”

Hu Wei sighed softly, “So what are you going to do now? Just wait?”

Lin Fuxing shook his head and said, “Don’t ask me, I don’t know either. Bring Laifu in, and Xiaojin too, and see if they can pull the upstairs owner who is unwilling to accept reality back to reality.”

Hu Wei told the butler to do it, and he sat on the sofa to comfort Chen Weidong.

Chen Weidong was in a daze, barely able to understand a single word of what was being said. His son refused to believe that Li Yan was dead, a grief even more severe than when he himself had lost his wife years ago. He was astonished, he knew his son was very fond of Li Yan, but he didn’t realize their feelings ran so deep, and that the impact of their separation by death would be even greater than the impact of his own relationship with his wife of over ten years.

They only met and got together last year, less than a year ago, how did things get to this point?

Chen Weidong couldn’t understand it, nor could Hu Wei and Lin Fuxing. No one understood what Li Yan’s death meant to Chen You.

Time passed quickly, and the group sat in the living room, waiting for the young man to emerge from the illusion and face reality.

Outside, the sun blazes brightly, but inside, the bedroom feels like winter.

Chen You slept for less than an hour, but it felt like he had slept for a very long time. When he woke up, he mumbled that he was cold. Only when his fingertips touched the man’s body did he suddenly open his eyes wide.

“Li Yan, why are your hands so cold?”

Chen You propped himself up and groped the man’s body haphazardly with both hands. His arms and legs were cold, as was his chest. He cupped the man’s hands and rubbed them hard, but they were still icy cold and wouldn’t warm up.

After standing there for a while, Chen You exclaimed, as if he had remembered something, slapped the back of his head, and hurriedly went to find the remote control, “Damn it, I really did set the air conditioner too low. See, I told you I’m an idiot.”

Chen You hesitated, his hand resting on the remote control, and didn’t turn up the temperature. He forced a smile and said, “Li Yan, let’s go take a bath. A soak will warm us up.”

A man who is nearly 190 cm tall and very heavy, especially when he is unconscious.

Chen You pulled the man onto his back, adjusted him, and grunted as he lifted him, walking step by step towards the bathroom. “This is the first time I’ve ever carried someone on my back in my life, and you’re the one who gets to be the first. Happy now? Damn, you’re so heavy, Li Yan, can’t you walk on your own? Seriously, this isn’t fun at all, it’s so boring.”

The bathroom was large, with a big bathtub inside. For more than half the week, Chen You would be carried into the bathtub by Li Yan, and the two would scrub each other’s backs and kiss in the bathtub for a long time.

Chen You put the man into the bathtub, turned on the shower and adjusted the water temperature, rinsing the man’s back, “If it’s hot, just say so. Put your head over here, I’ll wash your hair. Put it over a little more. Okay, close your eyes quickly, otherwise the water will get in.”

The sound of splashing water continued incessantly, accompanied by the young man’s voice, which was muffled and unclear.

Achoo——

Chen You sneezed repeatedly. He rubbed his nose and smiled at the man, “Yeah, yeah, I know I was wrong. I shouldn’t have set the air conditioner so low. I’ve caught a cold. Move over a bit, I want to take a bath too.”

Stepping into the bathtub, Chen You leaned against the edge, letting the warm water wash over his arms and legs. He sighed, “Ah, so comfortable…”

Chen You felt a weight on his shoulder and turned his head, almost glaring at the top of the man’s dark hair, “What are you doing? Sit still! Why are you falling on me? You haven’t applied shower gel yet, have you? Let me tell you, the new shower gel doesn’t smell good. It’s not as nice as the old one.”

“Hmm, hmm, I think so too. Let’s switch it back. I’ll have the butler buy it tomorrow. He stays in the house all day long, isn’t he afraid of moulding?”

“Don’t breathe near my ear, it tickles! Hahahahaha, it’s so itchy! If you keep this up, I’m leaving!”

Perhaps it was the surrounding mist that enveloped them, wetting Chen You’s shoulders and making them slippery, causing the man leaning against him to fall into the bathtub.

Chen You stared blankly as the man plunged headfirst into the water. His black hair, floating up like strands of seaweed, twisted around his legs. His breathing became more and more rapid, and a feeling of suffocation washed over him.

Something was stuck around his neck, then disappeared. Before Chen You could catch his breath, he suddenly cried out, followed by a scream and a shout. He panicked and backed away, his back hitting the bathtub until he had nowhere left to retreat.

The man’s broad back was partially submerged in water, but the exposed portion revealed well-defined muscle lines, hinting at a formidable strength.

Chen You reached out to touch, press, grab, and pick at the wound, blood flowed out, seeping into his fingernails and dripping into the bathtub. His vision blurred, and he didn’t know if he was laughing or crying, “Li Yan, you can’t play with me like this. I’m only twenty years old. The fortune teller said I would live to ninety-nine. If you leave like this, how am I supposed to live the remaining seventy-nine years?”

“I remember everything. I remember the first time I saw you, the last words I said to you, I remember everything, I remember it all clearly, it’s all back, it’s all in my head. And you, you just fell asleep without a word and didn’t want to wake up, that’s too much.”

“Really, don’t push me. I have depression. I don’t know what I might do. Maybe I’m talking to you right now, and the next second I’ll shoot myself. Li Yan, are you calculating because I’m worried about my dad?”

As he continued rambling, Chen You picked the man up, making him face to face, “When I was traveling through various mission worlds, all I wanted to do was go home to be with my dad. I love him very much, so your prediction was accurate, I won’t leave him alone. But why did you leave me?”

“Li Yan, you said you loved me, you said you would walk with me, so what’s going on now? Why did you lie to me?”

The water in the bathtub gradually cooled down, so it was drained and replaced with hot water. Chen You squatted down in the tub, constantly touching the man’s arms and legs to warm him up.

“Scammer……”

Burying his face in the man’s chest, Chen You’s shoulders heaved, and he sobbed. He cried out, breaking down in tears.

A sigh suddenly echoed from the bathroom, “Ai.”

Chen You suddenly looked up, his face covered in snot and tears, looking utterly disheveled. He patted the man’s face, “Li Yan, was that you just now? You heard what I said, so you came back to find me, right?”

The man’s face was slapped more than a dozen times, but he still didn’t react.

Chen You hugged the person tighter, something flashing through his mind. He wiped his face and yelled at the top of his lungs into the bathroom, “Old 4, it’s you, isn’t it? Come out!”

A gray silhouette appeared in the mist, “It’s me.”

Chen You stared wide-eyed as the outline became clearer. He met those light gray eyes, but instead of the expected shock, he seemed to think it was something he had anticipated, “You’re the one who did this. You must have a way to save Li Yan. Old 4, please save him.”

As he spoke, Chen You hurriedly put Li Yan aside and stood up from the bathtub himself.

Si Sisi turned his head, his ears slightly red, “Put your clothes on and come out to talk.”

Before long, Li Yan was put back on the bed and covered with a blanket. Chen You, wearing baggy shorts and a large t-shirt, stood in front of his former friend. In a different situation, he would tease, joke, and reminisce about the past.

But at this moment, Chen You only wanted Li Yan to wake up. With just this one thought, he asked in a hoarse voice, “Don’t you have anything to say to me?”

Si Sisi had his hands in his pockets, his gaze not fixed on Chen You, but on a point in the void, “Depression, mental disorder, you have both of these illnesses, yet you can still regain your memories.”

Chen You remained silent.

Si Sisi said, “Someone must have told you about my mission.”

Chen You recalled the mechanical voice he heard when he first returned to the real world. The voice claimed it wasn’t Old 4 and had indeed revealed some things. He guessed it was Mr. Wu, Old 4’s colleague.

Si Sisi finally turned his gaze to the young man, who was once his most valued host and considered an unprecedented surprise. But instead of a pleasant surprise, the young man ended up with the same problem as the other hosts.

What’s the difference between feelings and junk?

“As you suspected, all your missions have the same target. Its true nature is not a host, but a virus, lurking within the main system, having somehow infiltrated the data network.”

“As it turns out, it is indeed very difficult to completely eliminate it. When it escaped from the main program, everyone responsible for guarding it was severely punished. It was too dangerous, enough to cause the entire data network to collapse, which is why the higher-ups would not let it go.”

Si Sisi smiled and said, “Actually, there is a very simple way to end everything without going through a lot of trouble.”

Chen You’s pupils contracted. Is it him?

Si Sisi shrugged, “It’s just like you think. It has been drifting in the data network for a long time and is no longer a simple virus. It has attached itself to human emotions and has a fatal weakness. As long as it is removed, it will self-destruct.”

Chen You laughed. Although his eyes were still bloodshot, his mind had become much clearer thanks to this guy’s appearance. He said, “But you can’t interfere with people in the real world, am I right?” Otherwise, he would have been killed long ago.

Si Sisi remained silent.

His silence might be tacit agreement, or it might not. There might be another reason, he simply doesn’t want to say it, or… he can’t say it.

After a brief silence, Si Sisi walked to the bed. Chen You’s tense nerves trembled painfully. He quickly grabbed his gun, his face showing vigilance.

Si Sisi raised an eyebrow, “I saw you shoot that veterinarian. Not bad, you didn’t miss completely. Want to try again and see if you can hit this time?”

Chen You’s breathing was disordered, “I know you didn’t come here voluntarily. It was your superiors who ordered you to come here. Old 4, you are kind-hearted and a good person. You wouldn’t do anything to harm someone.”

Si Sisi’s lips twitched, “No, I’m not as good as you.”

He suddenly turned to look at Chen You, his light gray eyes devoid of any warmth, “I’m a bad person.”

Chen You was startled, and his hand holding the gun trembled. He knew very well that this was the person who had caused Li Yan’s accident, but he didn’t know whether the other party’s actions were being monitored by his superiors at all times. If so, then there was nothing he could do.

But what if it’s not, and there’s a gap in the window? There’s always a pause when refreshing a computer page, isn’t there?

Even the slightest glimmer of hope stirred Chen You’s emotions. He took a few steps forward and pleaded, “Old 4, please help me.”

Si Sisi sneered, “Who was the one pointing a gun at me just now?”

Chen You immediately dropped the gun and shook his head vigorously, saying, “I don’t know, I wasn’t here just now.”

Si Sisi，“……”

Chen You pouted sadly, suppressing the urge to cry, and choked out, “I’ll apologize, I’ll even kowtow to you, just give Li Yan back to me, please.”

Si Sisi looked at the young man before him, “He’s dead.”

As soon as he finished speaking, tears fell from the corner of the young man’s eyes. That beauty mark under his eye was beautiful.

A line of text appeared in the void【Ding, first warning, data for system 444 has shown abnormal fluctuations.】

Si Sisi scoffed lightly, suppressing his emotions.

Chen You was covered in tears. He slumped down at the foot of the bed, his shoulders slumped, and he burst into tears. But after a moment, he stopped crying, “He’s not dead. Li Yan isn’t dead. If he were dead, you would be busy with promotions and raises and wouldn’t be here!”

Si Sisi’s forehead twitched. That’s not what I said, he came up with that himself. It doesn’t count as a violation.

“I still like you even when you’re mentally retarded.”

Chen You stopped crying and laughed like an idiot. He blurted out, “Hehe, come on, you don’t like anyone but your bonus.”

Si Sisi’s forehead veins were bulging, “You’re not only a retarded, but a heartless retarded. How many times did I give you preferential treatment during your mission? If it weren’t for you, would I have been sent here to take on this hot potato?”

My man isn’t a hot potato, don’t make such a ridiculous comparison. Chen You said, reaching out to tug at his sleeve, “I was wrong.”

Si Sisi glanced at the hand on his sleeve, “So dirty, let go!”

Chen You did not cooperate.

When Si Sisi was warned for the second time, he simply brushed the hand off his sleeve and said, “If it weren’t for you, I would have received my bonus long ago. Why would it be withheld?”

Chen You lowered his head, his left hand clenching his right, “Fine, it’s all my fault. Tell me, what conditions do you want to save Li Yan? As long as it’s within my power, I’ll agree to anything you ask.”

Si Sisi’s gaze swept over the young man, “Save what? Didn’t I tell you? He’s already dead.”

Chen You suddenly clenched his fingers, “He’s not dead!”

Si Sisi said, “Have you ever heard of a person who has no heartbeat, has stopped breathing, and has no vital signs coming back to life?”

Chen You said, “I haven’t heard of it, but I know it exists, and I am one of them.”

Si Sisi was furious with him, “You’ve completed your mission and returned to the real world, so just live a good life with your dad. This thing is gone, so be it. Just consider it a small interlude in your life. You can find another one. I see plenty of men on the streets.”

Chen You smiled bitterly, “Don’t be ridiculous. Li Yan is not a thing, he is a human being. Counting this life, I have been with him for nine lifetimes. This is no small incident.”

Si Sisi said, “I can make an exception and erase your memory.”

Chen You resisted fiercely, shouting, “No!”

He waved his hand and said sadly, “Go away, I don’t want to talk to you anymore. I used to think you were just a cold, unfeeling machine, and therefore incapable of understanding anything. Now I know you’re the one operating the machine, but it makes no difference, you still don’t understand.”

“You have your responsibilities, and we have different positions, so I won’t make things difficult for you.”

After Chen You finished speaking, the room fell silent, slightly different from last time, though it was hard to pinpoint exactly.

After an unknown amount of time, the flame of hope in Chen You’s heart flickered and was about to die out, when a shadow fell over his eyes, and his head was held captive between two hands.

Seeing his reflection in a pair of light gray pupils, Chen You’s eyes widened, and he forgot to struggle.

Si Sisi touched forehead to forehead with the young man, but soon pulled away.

Chen You sat there blankly for a long time, his mind as if it had been bombed. Amidst the chaos, he caught a glimpse of light, quickly grasped it, and obtained the relevant information. It turned out that there were not only Si Sisi, but also two other employees. They had more than a dozen antivirus software programs running simultaneously. After a fierce battle, the KM virus was completely eliminated.

It seems unlikely that the previous situation will repeat itself.

However, during the fierce battle, multiple software programs interfered with and corrupted the data, and countless lines of code were incorporated into his domain.

So Li Yan’s brain was damaged by a fever.

Chen You looked up, you told me all that? Isn’t that breaking the rules? How are you going to explain this when you get back?

Si Sisi turned a blind eye to it.

Chen You rolled his eyes and asked if there was any way to save Li Yan.

Si Sisi said no.

Chen You didn’t believe it, “How could there not be? I heard you say that after the host completes all the tasks, there will be an opportunity for assessment. As long as I pass each test, I may be able to take up the position in the system.”

“If I become the system, work hard, and maintain good relationships with my superiors and subordinates, I might be able to get Li Yan a chance to be reborn.”

Si Sisi flicked non-existent dust off the hem of his coat, “The registration period ended long ago.”

Chen You staggered back a step muttering, damn, this is terrible news. He wiped his face and said, “Then I have nothing more to say.”

Si Sisi said, “We’ll meet again someday.”

Chen You glanced at him, “If you say that, then we probably won’t see each other again, because we’re not meant to be together..”

Si Sisi，“……”

He really wanted to beat this heartless person to death.

The next moment, two arms reached out from the front and hugged Si Sisi, and a voice said in his ear, “Thank you.”

The person in his arms was gone. Chen You rubbed his eyes in disbelief, “Disappeared into thin air? That’s amazing.”

He rubbed his face vigorously, then turned to look at the person on the bed, “I don’t care, even if your brain is fried, you have to wake up. You promised me you’d stay with me, and you can’t go back on your word.”

The barking of a dog approached the door, continuing incessantly.

Chen You knew that Hu Wei and Lin Fuxing had deliberately brought Laifu up, and he was also very clear about their motives.

He pursed his lips, “I injured Lin DaGe, so I should apologize to him.”

After thinking it over, Chen You went to open the door. The yellow puppy ran in from his feet and barked around him. He shushed it, “Laifu, don’t make noise, your dad is sleeping in the room.”

After thinking for a moment, he changed his mind and said to the yellow puppy, “Go and bark at your dad by the bed. If he gets annoyed, he might wake up.”

The yellow puppy unwittingly took on the important task.

Chen You scooped the little golden snake up from the ground, hung it on his arm, and called out towards the stairwell, “Lin DaGe——”

Lin Fuxing went upstairs, followed by Hu Wei.

Chen You stood in the doorway, not coming out, and asked with concern and guilt, “How is your injury?”

Lin Fuxing didn’t answer but asked instead, “Are you alright?”

Chen You said, “I’m fine, what could possibly happen to me?”

He grinned, revealing a row of neat teeth, “Not only am I fine, Li Yan will be fine too.”

There must be something else going on, Lin Fuxing and Hu Wei thought to themselves.

Throughout the day, no matter who came or what they said, even if it was Chen Weidong, Chen You resolutely refused to come out, determined to guard the room with his man in it to the death.

There was nothing anyone could do, they didn’t dare confront someone who was mentally unstable, so they could only wait.

Chen Weidong stood outside the bedroom door, his head throbbing with anxiety, “Son, let’s go home.”

“Let’s take Laifu and Xiaojin with us and go back to our hometown together. It’s still the same as before, with mountains and rivers, and it hasn’t been urbanized.”

After talking for a while, Chen Weidong’s headache worsened, so he asked the servant to push his wheelchair out so he could sit down and rest.

Chen You’s voice came from inside, “Dad, if Li Yan can pull through this time, can you forgive us?”

Chen Weidong was taken aback, son, you’re not a child anymore. Why can’t you face reality?

He sighed and agreed with his son, “If Li Yan lived, I would agree.”

Chen You immediately ran to the bed, saying, “My dad said that as long as you wake up, he won’t object to us being together anymore.”

He whispered in the man’s ear, “Li Yan, did you hear me?”

No response.

Chen You stayed in the bedroom, talking to Laifu and Xiaojin, but most of the time he talked to Li Yan, which was basically talking to himself.

As he spoke, he started to lose his temper, tears welled up in his eyes, and he even smashed things.

Soon, all three creatures in the room were half-dead. The two smaller ones were affected by the oppressive atmosphere, while the older one had driven himself to this state.

Chen You then took Laifu and Xiaojin outside, fearing that if they stayed any longer, they would have bad experiences from their childhood, and if they developed psychological trauma, his sins would be even greater.

Chen You was left alone in the room again. He continued to chat with Li Yan, and when he got tired, he would lie on Li Yan’s body to sleep. When he woke up, he would always rush to check, and then he would only feel sad and disappointed.

After several attempts, Chen You became numb. He thought, if the Almighty Lord could hear his prayers, even just once, that would be good.

Li Yan woke up one night.

Chen You was prepared. The person’s brain was damaged, and even if he woke up, his intelligence wouldn’t be the same as before.

However, he didn’t expect that Li Yan would become a fool.

It’s the kind of stupidity that makes you want to punch them. Reasoning with them? It’s useless.

Using fists didn’t work, but giving candy? That worked.

When the butler saw the bedroom door open and two people come out, even he, who was usually calm and composed, gasped in surprise.

“Master?”

Li Yan’s hair, which he always combed back, was now loose and a little messy. His sharp phoenix eyes were hidden in shadow, giving him a gentle impression.

So the butler was confused and asked Chen You, “What’s going on?”

Chen You smiled and said, “Butler, don’t you even recognize your master?”

He squeezed the man’s hand, “This is the butler.”

Li Yan repeated, “Butler.”

Butler，“……”

Upon receiving the news, both Hu Wei and Lin Fuxing were terrified. They simply couldn’t accept it, whether Li Yan was dead or Li Yan had gone insane.

Watching a living person sitting at the table eating an apple, Lin Fuxing swallowed hard, “Old Hu, pinch me.”

Hu Wei pinched, saying, “It’s your turn, use a little more force.”

Lin Fuxing pinched him too, and the two pinched each other. It hurt. It wasn’t a dream. The dead person had really come back to life, but he really didn’t recognize them. He had become a fool.

They just stood there, staring wide-eyed, looking no different from idiots.

Chen You then pointed to the fruit core on the ground, saying, “Fruit core should be thrown into the trash can, be obedient.”

The man stared at him for a while, then bent down to pick up the fruit core, threw it into the trash can, and went to eat the apple.

Chen You stopped him again, saying, “You need to wash your hands, and you need to wash the apple too. Come with me.”

The man followed closely into the restroom.

Chen You then taught him how to wash his hands and an apple, saying, “Show me how to do it.”

The man moved clumsily, water splashing all over his chest, but he smiled, as if he enjoyed playing in the water.

“That’s great.”

Chen You patted his hair, “Eat up, eat as many apples as you want, I’ll take care of you.”

Outside the restroom, Lin Fuxing said to Hu Wei, “My heart is racing, I can’t breathe, I can’t take it anymore, help me out.”

Hu Wei was in no better shape than him. The two of them helped each other as they moved out of the hall and went to the lawn in the garden to calm down.

They stayed for about ten days, and finally believed and accepted reality.

Li Yan’s intelligence is about the same as a child’s, but he is much happier than before, and there is always a smile on his face.

However, even though he has become mentally impaired, the people closest to him have not changed.

Whoever got closer to Chen You, Li Yan would rush over, snatch Chen You into his arms, and glare at them fiercely.

When Chen was unhappy, Li Yan would be at a loss, acting as if the world was about to end.

As the butler and the servants gradually became accustomed to what they were seeing, their initial shock turned into acceptance.

There were many bodyguards in the house, which was a precaution against the possibility of Li Yan’s accident, even though the news of Li Yan’s incident had not been leaked.

Hu Wei and Lin Fuxing would come three or four times a week to watch the excitement, because Li Yan and his father-in-law didn’t get along very well, and this was how they relieved their work fatigue.

Chen Weidong’s feelings were indescribable. He had casually mentioned that he would bless them as long as Li Yan woke up, and his son had been repeating this to him dozens of times a day.

Who knows what happened? Li Yan was supposed to be dead, but he actually woke up.

Chen Weidong couldn’t say anything to his son since he was so happy, so he just vented his anger on Li Yan.

Li Yan only yields to Chen You, he doesn’t care about anyone else.

Chen You was cooking in the kitchen when he heard the commotion outside. He immediately turned off the stove and ran out to ask what had happened.

It turns out his father wanted to watch the sports channel, while his man wanted to watch the children’s channel. The two stood up, and his man called his dad, old man, which caused the situation to escalate.

Chen You glared at his man, How could you be so useless? You ruined such a great opportunity to show off! He said, “Who are you calling old man? Call Dad!”

Li Yan said, “Dad.”

Chen You instinctively replied, “Ai.”

His face stiffened, and he yelled at the man, “I asked you to call my Dad, not me!”

Li Yan blinked, looking completely innocent.

Aiyo, what the hell, trying to seduce me in broad daylight! Just wait, tonight you’ll be kneeling to do me! Chen You pointed to his father, whose face was dark, and asked Li Yan to repeat.

Li Yan then understood, “Dad.”

Chen Weidong’s expression changed repeatedly, but he didn’t immediately lose his temper. After a moment, he finally blurted out, “Hmph, I can’t accept that!”

Okay, Dad, I know you’re already trying to accept Li Yan, but you just can’t get over this hurdle right away. I understand. Chen You chuckled, “Comrade Chen Weidong, congratulations! You’ve gained another tall and handsome son.”

Chen Weidong walked outside with his hands behind his back.

“Dad, don’t go out too far, dinner will be ready soon!”

Chen You lay back on the sofa, happily crossing his legs, and said to the man, “Okay, my dad isn’t as opposed as before. Maybe he’ll agree when we bring up marriage in the future.”

He blurted out the second half of his sentence without thinking. People, you know, when they’re constantly thinking about something, it easily slips out of their mouths, uncontrollably.

Li Yan overheard it, “Marriage.”

Chen You blushed, embarrassed, “What marriage? I don’t want to marry a fool.”

Li Yan squatted down in front of Chen You, “I’m not a fool.”

Chen You glanced at him, “You’re not a fool, you’re an absolute fool! You won’t find another person more foolish than you within a hundred miles!”

He sighed inwardly, remembering that in one of the mission worlds, when this person was doing the simple task, he staged a fall from a mountain and lost his memory, pretending not to remember some things. This time, however, it was much worse than amnesia, he had directly become a fool, and it wasn’t fake, it was real.

A person who has died once can breathe, has a heartbeat, open their eyes and talk to you, hug you, kiss you, hold your hand, watch the sunrise and sunset with you, look at the flowers and plants, and play with Laifu and Xiaojin. That is already the greatest luck. Be content. Chen You breathed a sigh of relief and came to terms with it.

Li Yan pursed his thin lips, looking aggrieved.

“……”

Chen You snorted and arrogantly put his legs on the man’s shoulders, “Fine, fine, I see you’re so handsome and exceptionally cool, so I’ll reluctantly marry you. But after we’re married, you have to listen to me because I’m your man, understand?”

Li Yan immediately grinned happily, “I know, I’m your man.”

“What the hell are you saying?” Chen You emphasized, enunciating each word clearly, “Listen carefully, I am your man, not you, it’s me.”

Li Yan said seriously, “Oh, I’m your man, not you, it’s me.”

Chen You froze for a few seconds, then kicked the man’s shoulder, but not with excessive force, it was restrained, “Leave! Leave! Leave!”

The man didn’t leave, scooped Chen You and smeared saliva on his face, who rambled incoherently, “You’ve become a complete idiot. I can’t even take advantage of you. Why is my life so miserable? You bastard, why are you biting my neck? It hurts so much! Bite me again, and I won’t forgive you! Damn it, you’re still biting me! I’m not marrying you! Ow, ow, ouch! I was just kidding. If I don’t marry you, who will I marry…”

At the corner outside the door, Chen Weidong pulled back the leg that had been stepping forward, turned around and walked towards the garden. His son’s life was now tied to Li Yan’s.

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