Chapter 88 Destiny "This is a very good and worthwhile life."

My life is not worth it.

He thought.

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“Squeak… squeak… squeak…”

In the sultry summer, the sun is shining brightly in the sky, heat waves are rolling outside the window, and the old air-conditioning outdoor unit is roaring.

He seemed to have woken up from a deep, icy dream.

"Fu Chenyu! Fu Chenyu, stop hiding at home."

Someone knocked lightly on the window with a cicada-catching pole, and Fox seemed to come to his senses and subconsciously touched the diamond ring on his ring finger.

Empty.

He was stunned for a moment, then instinctively opened the window.

The scorching sun melted like magma, eroding the territory of his bedroom.

Ji Mian was wearing a white short-sleeved shirt, his shorts rolled up a few times, a pair of sneakers, and a yellow straw hat that can be seen everywhere. Tiny beads of sweat were on the tip of his nose.

She waved at him with a clean smile: "Fu Chenyu, come down and catch cicadas together."

He looks no more than thirteen, like a junior high school student.

Next to him, there was a little girl who was not even as tall as his waist. She had a small water bottle hanging around her neck and was digging in the ground with a grunt.

There was a glass bottle on the little girl's waist, with four or five cicadas in it, screaming heart-wrenchingly.

She tilted her head back and said, "Second brother, bring me a popsicle when you come down. I'm so hot!"

"Fu Chenyu, I want to eat too!" Ji Mian quickly raised his hand.

Fox looked at the incredible things in front of him, and his body moved faster than his thoughts, and he couldn't help but move.

He found the refrigerator in the living room, took a few popsicles, and walked downstairs slowly and carefully.

In the garden, there was a man wearing a straw hat busy at work. He sat down with a stick for catching cicadas in his hand.

"I wonder why there are so many cicadas in this neighborhood?" Lin Jian fanned himself with his straw hat.

Ji Mian ran over with a smile on his face, touched his chin and picked among the popsicles in Fox's hand, then chose his favorite pineapple flavor and Lin Yun's favorite strawberry flavor.

"This is for Xiaoyun." Ji Mian opened the package for Lin Yun.

"Uncle Lin, what flavor do you want to eat?" Ji Mian turned around and asked. He saw that Fox's arms were empty, and looked up again: "Why didn't you get it for Uncle Lin?"

Fox was stunned for a moment and muttered to himself: "...I forgot."

Lin Jian waved his hand and said cheerfully, "I'm not eating anymore. You guys should eat faster, or your mom will come back and see you guys secretly eating popsicles and come after me again."

"I know, Dad!" Lin Yun answered quickly, and then ate the popsicle in a hurry.

Ji Mian was infected by Lin Yun's guilty conscience, and seemed to think that secretly eating popsicles was an unforgivable sin. He quickly opened the package and handed it to Fox: "Fu Chenyu, do you want to eat it?"

"Do I eat it?" Fox repeated, then he suddenly smiled: "Of course. I like popsicles very much."

Ji Mian followed his smile, her beautiful cat-like eyes completing the small bridge: "Next time, let's eat the flavor you like. Aunt Ning will be making dinner soon. If I eat too much, I won't be able to eat tonight."

Fox hummed, and Ji Mian started talking like a chatterbox: "Have you finished your summer homework? I still have a few math problems I can't solve. Let me see what you've done later..."

Ji Mian had endless things to say, and asked expectantly:

"Tomorrow. Shall we go to the library together?"

Fox was silent for a moment, then readily agreed: "Okay."

Ning Qian came back with the nanny just after she finished eating the popsicle.

Before Lin Yun could destroy the evidence, Ning Qian caught her red-handed. The pretty and gentle woman feigned anger and said to Lin Jianyi, "You just indulge them. Last time, Xiaoyun ate too many popsicles and went to the hospital late at night with gastroenteritis. She's been to the hospital so many times, and she still hasn't learned her lesson."

Lin Jianyi smiled and said, "It's just once in a while. It's okay. It's so hot, it's okay for the child to eat a little."

Ning Qian squatted down and cleaned up the sugar water that Lin Yun had dripped onto her collar. Seeing Ji Mian, she smiled and said, "Mian Mian, go inside and rest. Let Xiao Chen catch cicadas downstairs alone."

Ji Mian wiped the sweat off his face and said, "Auntie Ning, I'll help Fu Chenyu catch him."

Lin Jianyi also said, "Three of us need to catch them, so hurry up. The high school entrance exam is coming up soon, and the cicadas in the neighborhood are making it hard for the little ones to sleep, so how can they concentrate on studying for the exam?"

Ning Qian said, "I'm uneducated, so I can't argue with you. You're addicted to being an official, and you still talk like an official at home."

Fox stared at Ning Qian blankly. Ning Qian turned around and said, "You're so hot, why are you looking at your mother?"

His lips moved and he spoke in a cryptic voice: "Mom..."

"Hmm?" Ning Qian answered him naturally as they walked. Then she put the purchased vegetables in the kitchen. Her voice came from the kitchen: "We'll have fish tonight. Wash your hands quickly after you catch the cicadas."

As the sun set, Ji Mian finally caught all the cicadas, more than twenty in total, and put them all into the basket.

His ears were much quieter, he clapped his hands and wiped his nose: "This way you can review well!"

Fox responded, feeling the evening breeze on his face. The children playing in the neighborhood had gone home for dinner, and every household had lit up bright and warm lights.

Ning Qian and the nanny had been busy for more than two hours and finally prepared dinner. Just as they put the fish on the table, someone came to the door.

Ji Mian put down the remote control and ran to open the door. Seeing Lin Minzhi standing at the door, he said happily, "Mom!"

Lin Minzhi was holding a box of cake in her hand. Ji Mian loved sweet things, so his eyes lit up immediately.

"Sister-in-law is here?" Ning Qian was younger than Lin Minzhi, and since the two children played well together, she kept calling Lin Minzhi sister-in-law. "Why did you buy a cake? Oh, it was a waste of money."

"It's Xiaochen's birthday. I was busy at the company this afternoon and didn't have time to come." Lin Minzhi walked in.

When adults are talking, children don't participate.

Ji Mian held the cake happily and placed it on the coffee table seriously.

Fox looked at Lin Minzhi curiously, then looked at the cake on the table.

Ji Mian was already lying on the table, almost drooling: "It's a fruit cake, Fu Chenyu. There are strawberries on it."

He carefully counted the strawberries and distributed them seriously: "This biggest one is for you, this one is for Uncle Lin, this one is for Aunt Ning, and Xiaoyun will eat one... I'll eat one..."

Fox said, "Today...is it my birthday?"

"Of course!" Ji Mian straightened up and held his face in his hands: "Fu Chenyu, do you have any birthday wishes?"

Then, he suddenly added, "Oh no! You can't tell me now. If you tell me your birthday wish, it won't come true!"

"What are you two whispering about? Come and eat." Ning Qian served all the food.

Fox was pushed by Ji Mian's shoulders to sit down. Ning Qian sat next to him with a smile. At the dinner table were his stepfather Lin Jianyi, his sister Lin Yun, his best friend Ji Mian, and Aunt Lin...

Ning Qian served a bowl of soup to each of the three children. Fox hesitated for a moment, picked up the soup, and took a sip as if to verify something.

Not hot.

There is no taste either.

Ji Mian was so burned that she almost spit out the soup, then drank it with a distorted expression, looking up and praising, "Auntie Ning's soup is delicious!"

"Look how anxious you are." Lin Minzhi was both angry and amused. "Use a spoon to drink. Look at Xiao Chen, he's not as impatient as you."

Ning Qian was amused by Ji Mian and laughed. Lin Yun also said in a baby voice, "Brother Mianmian is like a little kid!"

Fox's little fox eyes curved. Ning Qian picked up some food for him and said softly, "Drinking more fish soup is good for your memory. Is the soup delicious?"

"It's delicious." Although he couldn't taste anything, Fox still picked up the bowl and drank it mouthful by mouthful until there was nothing left in the bowl: "Mom."

Ning Qian turned around: "What's wrong?"

Fox looked at her. "Nothing." He said calmly, "I missed you so much."

Ning Qian rubbed his head and said, "What are you doing? I haven't seen you for just one afternoon, and our little Chen has learned to say nice things to please his mother."

After dinner, the fruit that Lin Minzhi bought was served.

Ji Mian had already arranged the strawberries on the top of the cake clearly, and he took the initiative to volunteer to put candles on Fox.

He placed thirteen candles neatly on the cake.

Lin Jianyi said: "I have a lighter, let me light it!"

Lin Yun jumped off Ning Qian's legs and happily went to turn off the lights.

In the living room, only the candlelight on the cake was dancing.

Ji Mian said carefully: "Fu Chenyu, you can make a wish now!"

Fox lowered his eyelashes, and in the flickering firelight, his eyelashes cast shadows on his face, with an indescribable quietness.

When I looked up, I saw Ning Qian's gentle gaze and Ji Mian's excited eyes.

He paused and spoke softly, "This is a very good and worthwhile life."

Fox blew out the candle.

Deathly silence.

His eyelashes fluttered, then closed.

All the light and warmth faded away like the tide at this moment.

The cold sea water surged up, swallowing up the last of his consciousness.

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"Fu Chenyu!!" Ji Mian gasped for breath, desperately holding on to the only point of support.

The collapse of the Wheel of Fortune continued, and Ji Mian's safe position did not last long. As the hull disintegrated, he continued to fall.

Ji Mian still had the strength to struggle at first, but later he was exhausted and fell down five or six meters.

He was so confused by the exploding Wheel of Fortune that he had no idea where he was. When he landed on the ground, Ji Mian struggled to stand up and was shocked by the scene before him.

On the sea surface, the Wheel of Fortune broke into two pieces and sank rapidly into the sea at a vertical angle of 90 degrees.

The only fortunate thing was that Fu Chenyu called the police early, and Interpol was systematically rescuing thousands of hostages. It was visible to the naked eye that those innocent people on the small boat were hugging each other and crying after surviving the disaster.

Ji Mian breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, no... so many people were killed.

His emotions were extremely complicated, even mixed with a hint of relief that he himself didn't realize. Even if Fox wasn't his fox, he didn't want him to sleep in the deep sea with so many sins.

"Jimian!"

While in a daze, Ji Mian heard Fu Chenyu's voice.

The other person looked no better than him and was also in a very miserable state.

Because she couldn't find him, bloodshot eyes appeared, and Ji Mian's heart softened.

Ji Mian quickly ran towards Fu Chenyu and hugged him tightly.

Li Jue 2.0 let out a "Fuck!" and turned around with a sullen look on his face. "Fuck, can you two please respect the time and place, Ji Mian! Please respect my dignity!"

Ji Mian wanted to cry and laugh at the same time, and said to Fu Chenyu: "He's dead."

Fu Chenyu paused for a moment, "Serves you right. You killed someone and still want to get away with it?"

Li Jue 2.0 sneered, "It's just different. After becoming a police officer's wife, my ideological awareness has become higher than others."

Ji Mian said, "Okay. Everything is settled. I'm really going back this time."

The night has passed and dawn is quietly approaching.

The dark night sky was turning pale, the sun was rising slowly, and the moon seemed to have no intention of setting.

The Deep Sea Star emitted a magnificent light in Fu Chenyu's hand.

President Li Jue and Su Luoyu, who rushed to the deck, stopped and looked at them in a daze.

The landing of the helicopter created a huge gust of wind on the deck.

The next moment, the scorching sunlight and the cool moonlight met, and the deep-sea star shone brightly. At this moment, everyone on the sea witnessed a miraculous scene.

Ji Mian looked at Fu Chenyu deeply, then closed his eyes.

Fu Chenyu slowly took off the ring on his ring finger, kissed it, and whispered, "Mianmian. When you wake up, everything will be over."

Ji Mian's body went limp and she fell into a deep sleep in his arms.

Li Jue 2.0 took the high ground first this time and was determined not to fall from mid-air again when he went back, damn it!

A good man never makes the same mistake twice!

Fu Chenyu put down the sleeping Ji Mian. Li Jue 2.0 was arrogantly warning himself: "I'm telling you, when we go back this time, you'd better make things clear to me and stop playing two-timing again!"

Su Luoyu's expression froze slightly, and Li Jue 2.0 said indifferently: "If you don't love him, don't hurt him."

Li Jue rubbed his eyebrows. In such a situation, he suddenly felt extremely embarrassed and felt uncomfortable on both sides.

The light of the deep-sea star became brighter and brighter, and Fu Chenyu stepped into the scattered star-like light.

Li Jue 2.0 stretched, then stepped into the light.

Then, he heard a faint, bewildered call: "Li Jue..."

At that moment, all the sounds faded away. Li Jue felt as if struck by lightning, as if he were frozen in place. After a few seconds, he forced himself to turn his head, almost inch by inch.

Ji Mian, who was supposed to be asleep, had woken up at this moment and was kneeling on the ground. His expression was blank, his eyes were as pure as a child's, and his lips were slightly open. He seemed to not understand how the world outside could be so chaotic after he woke up.

His intelligence is not enough for him to think about such complicated things.

Therefore, he could only see the person he trusted most—Li Jue—shrouded in a strange light.

Ji Mian repeated in a low voice, he was afraid: "Li Jue..."

Decades of wishful thinking seemed to have come true at this moment.

Ji Mian's expression was one he was very familiar with, the look of that little idiot.

Li Jue's eyes were red as hell, and he tried to walk out of the light like a madman.

But the light of the Deep Sea Star was like a layer of transparent glass, stopping Li Jue from walking towards Ji Mian.

Ji Mian cautiously stretched out his hand, spread his five fingers, and placed them on the light wall in confusion. He asked timidly, "Where are you going?"

Li Jue was so shocked that he couldn't utter a word. His throat was so sore that it was bleeding, and his mouth was full of blood.

He was trembling all over, with his right hand placed on the light wall, touching Ji Mian's hand.

There is an unbridgeable gap in the middle, called time.

The light was gradually fading, and Li Jue's figure was becoming increasingly blurred. His voice broke into pieces, and he sobbed inconsolably: "Ji Mian... Ji Mian... I'm sorry..."

Then, he suddenly paused, and in the last moment before he disappeared, he slapped the light wall hard and told him in a hoarse voice: "...Leave me, Ji Mian, leave me! Don't love me anymore, Ji Mian, don't love me anymore! Do you hear me! Be obedient..."

don't want--

Don't love me if the price of loving me is your life.

Please, I beg you, leave me now.

The moon sets.

The sun rises as usual.

Ji Mian knelt on the deck in a daze.

The beam of light in front of him disappeared in an instant, leaving only a drop of salty tear falling from mid-air onto his upturned face.