Openly Loving in a Flourishing Nation

Ye Lin never imagined she would one day meet someone she wanted to spend the rest of her life with. Ji Jinyan once said that meeting Ye Lin was the luckiest thing that ever happened to him.

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What is Mingxi

What is Mingxi

Ye Lin was sweating profusely, her head was aching as if it was about to explode, and blue light flashed in her eyes a few times.

She propped herself up and got up. "You have a saying there: if you don't accept a toast, you'll have to drink for it. Now I want to try something different with you."

He looked at the three people and pointed his finger to choose, "Him, her. You choose one, and the remaining one will leave his life here."

Ji Jinyan and Xia Zaoan were chosen and pushed out, with guns pointed at their heads. Ye Lin looked at them worriedly.

"Choose."

She was in a dilemma and hesitated to speak.

"I don't have that much patience. If you don't choose, I'll choose for you."

"I choose."

Ye Lin's eyes wandered between the two of them, and she took a deep breath. "I choose..."

Ji Jinyan hit his head against the guards beside him and was pinned to the ground by several people.

"There are still people who are eager to die." He suddenly caught a glimpse of a corner of a white thing in Ji Jinyan's hand and snatched it from him.

That was Jialian's jade pendant. He stared at it in a daze, clutching it tightly.

"I suddenly lost interest. Let's deal with it all." He turned around and left with the jade pendant.

Ye Lin's head hurt so much that she could barely stand. She loaded her pistol and pointed it at the four people.

At the critical moment, a large group of people rushed in. Wu Bu Ke stopped and looked back.

The people who came were Ter.dor and the Hanging Blade Team. She raised her eyes with difficulty and asked, "Doctor, why are you here too?"

CC supported her unsteady body, "It's a long story. I'll explain it to you slowly later."

People from the Chimo clan, Jiuyi, Jingchen Yiyashan, and Yun Siming Yihua Island also came.

"It's you! How dare you show up? I haven't come to settle the score with you for deceiving me and escaping during the chaos." He looked at the doctor and said through gritted teeth.

Ter.dor confronted him, "Wu Bu Ke, you are completely devoid of conscience. I didn't want to work for you, and you forced me to leave my hometown. And you actually use this method to threaten my students."

"It turns out that the doctor used to be from here." Xiaobai said.

Ye Lin looked at the scene with a pale face, "Do you think I will be scared if you all come? Do it." He was still arrogant.

"Wu Bu Ke, even a tiger won't eat its own cubs, you want to kill your daughter."

"She's not!" he shouted.

"Gallen betrayed me. Even if she has Galen's blood in her body, it doesn't change the fact that she is a bastard."

Every word he said was piercing to the heart, and he attacked her word by word without holding back.

"You old man, your heart is blind and your eyes are blind," the doctor scolded him.

"Take a good look. Who do you think she inherited those blue eyes, unique to the Wubu royal family? And who did she inherit her talent in chemistry from?"

Ye Lin lowered her head, her eyes had already turned blue due to her restless mood. Great grievance filled her heart. She stubbornly tried not to let her tears flow, but she couldn't control them from falling.

Wu Bu Ke's face flushed with excitement as he thought about it carefully. Back then...

Wu Bu Ke was reluctant to hurt her, so he locked her up in the villa, ignored her and didn't visit her, waiting for her to give in.

Neither of them is a soft-hearted person. Cheng Yujialian is depressed all day long, looking forward to the birth of his child.

Wu Bu Ke did not come until the day of delivery. Cheng Yu Jia Lian lay in bed in agony, struggling to give in.

"Adjust your breathing, take a deep breath!"

She had lost too much blood and the fetus was too large. Pregnancy is extremely stressful, and she hadn't been taking good care of herself, and she was in a bad mood.

After great difficulty, she gave birth to the child and almost fainted.

The maid brought the child to her and showed it to her, "Madam, it's a girl, as beautiful as you."

Cheng Yujialian was delighted to see her and gently touched her little face.

She took out the jade pendant and placed it in the blanket wrapped around her. "Let's call this child Mingxi."

With her breath barely fading, she looked at her child, offering her final tenderness as a mother, "Hoping she would have light and hope."

She closed her eyes, her heart stopped beating. Even at the end of her life, she was still thinking about Wu Bu Ke.

"No, regrets!" Her last expression was in her consciousness. Wu Bu Ke, she did not regret it, even if the result was like this.

No regrets… Her face was calm and serene.

Upon hearing the news, Wu Bu Ke rushed over like crazy and saw Cheng Yujialian lying coldly on the bed.

He rushed over and knelt on the ground, seeing the face of the person he was worried about was thin and pale.

She whispered, "Gallen, Galen."

I took her cold hand and cried like a baby. I cried bitterly and leaned on her.

"Master." The maid hugged the child and called her.

The child's loud cry caught his attention, and he slowly squinted his eyes like a hawk, full of hatred.

He stood up by the edge of the bed and stared at it as it came towards him. The maid was frightened by the look in her eyes and did not dare to look up.

"Master, the Madam has named the child Mingxi."

"Mingxi? Do you regard this child as tomorrow and hope?" His eyes became increasingly cold, and the tense atmosphere made people breathless.

"Come here, throw this beast out to feed the dogs."

Upon hearing this, the maid quickly knelt down with the baby in her arms, "Master, please think twice. This is your and your wife's child."

The baby in her arms cried even louder, and her tender little hands grabbed the tassel of the jade pendant and waved it, pulling out the jade pendant.

Wu Bu Ke stared at the words on the jade pendant, "Light Dance, Love Like the Heart", and remembered the oath they had made.

Heartbroken and sad, "In order to protect her, you gave her our jade pendant." Tears rolled down her face.

Wu Bu Ke's eyes were red as he looked at the jade pendant. "So that's what you mean, Mingxi, my daughter."

He looked at Ye Lin and ordered someone to release Ji Jinyan and the other two.

Her face looked grim, "Mo Ping."

Mo Ping walked over to her and took Ye Lin from CC.

Ye Lin turned around and Mo Ping helped her out. Everyone stared at their backs.

Walking a distance took all her strength and she was panting.

A bitter taste welled up in her throat, and she covered her mouth. When she opened her hand, her palm was stained with blood, and she forced herself to swallow the poisonous blood.

Exhausted, she collapsed. Everyone present looked worried, and Mo Ping embraced her.

Ji Jinyan and the others wanted to go forward, but she pretended to feel her pulse and said, "She's just angry and emotional. I'll take her to rest."

They settled down temporarily in Yuquan. Ye Lin needed to rest. The people they had brought with them had all gone back, and Mo Ping was busy making medicine for her.

As she lay in bed, the poison in her body traveled and collided with her meridians, and the recessive genes combined with the cells in her body.

The blocked nodes are broken open and the completion factors are released.

"Bright and hopeful, I left her in darkness, left to fend for herself, with no future."

She was in a cold, dark, and damp place, with very little light. She slept curled up with her bare feet hugging herself, and a corner of the panel under the wooden door had been lifted.

Xiao Mingxi opened his eyes, leaned over the door and looked out, "Aunt Xiaoqiu."

Xiaoqiu was originally a maid assigned to Cheng Yujialian by Wu Bu Ke. She sympathized with her situation and was the one who pleaded for mercy while holding the newborn Xiao Mingxi.

"Here." She put a plate of food in from the hole.

Xiao Mingxi hugged the plate as if she had eaten some delicious delicacy. Xiao Qiu looked at her with pity.

"They haven't given you food for several days."

Xiao Mingxi was reluctant to raise his head. He nodded while eating and even licked the plate clean.

"Eat slowly."

She put down the shiny plate with satisfaction, and Xiaoqiu saw that she was eating with relish.

"Give."

"Aunt Xiaoqiu, what is this?"

"This is called milk. It's very precious. Drink it quickly." The lord rewarded her with a small cup. She didn't want to taste it so she gave it to Xiao Mingxi.

Xiao Mingxi raised his cup, his eyes lit up, "It's delicious."

"Then drink more. Why don't you drink anymore?"

Xiao Mingxi took the cup and said, "I want to save it for next time."

Xiao Qiu sighed as she watched her like this, "Aunt Xiao Qiu, is the lord really my father?"

She nodded. "Then why doesn't he come to see me?" asked the innocent and curious little Mingxi.

When Xiao Qiu was very young, Xiao Mingxi told her for the first time that Wu Bu Ke was her father. Unexpectedly, Xiao Mingxi ran to find him when Xiao Qiu was not paying attention.

Wu Bu Ke was walking on the road with his servants following behind him when little Mingxi suddenly ran over and called him father.

He flew into a rage and kicked the several-year-old Xiao Mingxi over, "If you dare to scream again, I'll cut off your tongue."

Xiao Mingxi was stung by his disgusted look and collapsed on the ground crying. Xiao Qiu rushed over and covered her mouth, afraid of annoying Wu Bu Ke again, and kept begging for mercy.

Only then did they save Xiao Mingxi's life, but she was also locked up. The servants were afraid that if they offended the lord again, they would all die.

"The Lord may be too busy. Mingxi, do you still have your jade pendant?"

"Well, I always listened to my aunt and kept it well, and didn't let anyone see it."

"You must wear the jade pendant carefully and never lose it, understand?"

"I understand. Aunt Xiaoqiu, can you tell me more about my mother?"

"Your mother, she is a very good person..."

"Okay, I should go now." Xiao Qiu looked around and saw that there was no one around.

"Aunt Xiaoqiu, please come and see me next time."

"Okay." She left quietly.

She had lived in this small utility room since she regained consciousness, never having seen the sun. No one cared for Xiao Mingxi. Sometimes people would throw in leftovers, but when she didn't remember, no one would feed her. She would go hungry for three to five days before getting a single meal. Malnutrition had left her skin, skin and bones, pale and bloodless.

Aunt Xiaoqiu is the only one who treats her well. She brings her delicious food, tells her stories, and teaches her to speak. Although Aunt Xiaoqiu can't come often, Xiao Mingxi is very happy every time she comes.

In this way, little Mingxi lived like a weed, growing up year after year. When she was a few years old, one day, she was surprised to find that she could reach out of the door and open it.

Sometimes many people would pass by this door, and sometimes it would be so quiet that no one would make any sound. The clever little Mingxi would wait for the quiet time to sneak out.

She memorized the way carefully, walked into the courtyard, and saw the moon in the sky. "I didn't know it was so big outside."

She watched with curiosity and had a lot of fun outside. When it was almost time to go back to the small utility room, Xiao Mingxi had a lot of fun again. She learned from Xiao Qiu that the big round and shining thing was the moon.

Once again, little Mingxi ran out and lay on the grass. She heard some noise and sat up. She saw a group of people walking over there, with many people watching them and taking them somewhere.

She was a little curious, watching the group of people walk away. She lay back down again, and it seemed as if something was running towards her with a wheezing sound.

Xiao Mingxi sat up and said, "Ouch."

She rubbed her forehead as her head hit something. She suddenly froze and saw a little girl falling in front of her.

She looked at her curiously, she saw a fellow creature. The little girl opposite shrank back, and Xiao Mingxi looked like she had found a new and interesting toy.

She tried hard to think about what Aunt Xiaoqiu taught her, and she didn't respond to the greeting of the little girl in front of her.

"Can't you speak?"

"What's your name?"

"My name is Mingxi."

The little girl was writing something on the ground, but Mingxi couldn't understand it. Xiaoqiu only taught her to speak, but didn't ask her to write.

"Then let me give you a name." Xiao Mingxi pointed to the sky.

"I saw you under the moon, so I'll call you Ah Yue."

"Ayue, do you like it? I think it sounds nice."

Xiao Mingxi took advantage of the fact that no one was around and treated the little girl as his own property and secretly took her back to the small storage room.

She stuffed some of the little toys Aunt Xiaoqiu brought her into her arms and said, "Here, there's this too."

"Aunt Xiaoqiu said this is called milk and it tastes very good."

A Yue looked around at the small space and the milk that had gone bad after being left out for a few days, but did not move.

"Why don't you drink?" Xiao Mingxi started feeding her.

A Yue felt that Xiao Mingxi was deliberately teasing her, so she stopped drinking and spit it out.

Xiao Mingxi pouted, looked at the spilled milk with heartache, and drank a sip himself.

He couldn't bear to finish the rest, so he put it aside and then lay down on the ground to sleep.

The next day, a servant threw in a cold, hard steamed bun and some leftover soup.

Xiao Mingxi was very happy and drooling as he saw more food than usual, while A Yue sat beside him.

She broke the bun and gave half to A Yue, "Well, I gave you a lot of delicious food today, let's eat together."

A Yue took the steamed bun and saw Xiao Mingxi grab the leftovers with his hands and stuff them into his mouth, eating happily.

Ah Yue said, "Why don't you use chopsticks?"

Xiao Mingxi suddenly heard her talking, "You can talk? Chopsticks, what are chopsticks?"

She turned the hard-to-eat bun around and asked, "Is this what you usually eat?"

"Not often, only occasionally. You think it's delicious, too, right?"

Ah Yue took a bite and swallowed it with difficulty. Xiao Mingxi looked at her with a smile, "Isn't it enough for you? These are all for you."

Xiao Mingxi pushed a small plate of soup in front of her. A Yue had been hungry for a few days and could only make do with the food.

Mingxi was very happy to have someone to accompany her. At night, the two of them would go out to look at the moon, and Ayue also told her a lot of things she didn't know.

The two of them fell asleep snuggled together when the door to the small utility room was kicked open. Ah Yue blocked the glare with her hand, revealing the code card on her wrist.

Ah Yue's eyes widened. It was that scary man. Wu Bu Ke was standing outside the door. A servant came in and roughly pulled Ah Yue out and brought her to him.

"The escaped white mouse was hiding here."

"Ayue, Ayue." Xiao Mingxi pulled her hard, but was pushed down by the servant and took Ayue away.

Xiao Mingxi was not used to being without A Yue's company, so she decided to go find her when no one was around.

From time to time she would see many people being brought into a place at night, and little Mingxi would take advantage of her short and inconspicuous stature to sneak in with them.

There were many rooms inside, and Xiao Mingxi couldn't open the doors no matter how hard she tried. She called out softly, "Ayue, Ayue. Where are you?"

She peeped through the door and saw a door open and a person walked out. Xiao Mingxi watched secretly and went through the door.

She saw that the person lying on the table was A Yue. Her face looked very ugly and she looked very painful.

Xiao Mingxi woke her up, "Ayue, Ayue."

Ah Yue raised her heavy eyelids, her lips cracked, and called her weakly: "Mingxi."

Xiao Mingxi struggled to pull her off the lab bed and said, "Let's go."

A tall shadow covered them, and Wu Bu Ke was looking at them with a syringe in his hand.

Ah Yue's face turned pale, and he said gloomily, "You've been injected with so many needles, but you're still not honest."

When he tried to catch her, Xiao Mingxi hugged his legs in a hurry.

"Father... Lord, I am Mingxi, please release Ayue."

When he heard this name, he remembered that Yun Siming still had a bastard alive.

He looked at Xiao Mingxi with even stronger disgust in his eyes, "Since you want to save her, then do it for her."

Wu Bu Ke threw A Yue out and closed the door.

"Mingxi!" Ah Yue crawled to the door weakly and knocked on it.

Soon, Xiao Mingxi's shrill screams were heard from inside the door, continuing continuously.

Wu Buke's blue eyes showed satisfaction. He had found the best experimental subject.

The poison he developed was too strong, and a normal person would die from it. Ah Yue was the one who could withstand the highest dose of poison among the group, so he went to the trouble of having her recaptured after she escaped.

When he saw Xiao Mingxi, he wanted to let her die on the experimental bed, but she survived. He accidentally discovered a little mouse that was more suitable to help him complete his plan.

Amidst the screams, Ah Yue fell asleep against the door for a long time. The door opened and she woke up with a start.

Xiao Mingxi came out with a pale smile.

"Ayue, the lord agreed to let me raise you. He said he would have someone bring me here every day, and I can go back after the meeting."

Ah Yue asked her distressedly, "Does it hurt?"

"What is pain?"

"Just like before."

"That hurts."

In this way, A Yue stayed in Mingxi's small storage room. She became more and more miserable day by day, and could not even eat the泔水 that she thought was delicious.

Pain swept through her body all the time, and each time Wu Bu Ke injected new and more potent poison into her body.

She rolled over in pain, sweating profusely. Ah Yue cried beside her, "Mingxi, Mingxi."

Until Xiao Mingxi was in so much pain that he had no strength to move, "Ayue, I miss Aunt Xiaoqiu. Why doesn't she come to see me?"

Ever since Xiao Mingxi was treated as an experimental subject by Wu Buke, it was discovered that it was Xiao Qiu who had been secretly bringing her food and treating her well.

Xiao Qiu was brought before Wu Bu Ke. She cried out in panic, "Lord, Lord."

"Just deal with those who pretend to obey but actually disobey." Xiao Qiu was dragged away.

"No, lord, no." He ignored it all, and his begging for mercy turned into curses.

"Wu Bu Ke, you are not a human being. You forced my wife to death, and you abused your own daughter like this. You will not die a good death! You will not die a good death!"

He was so angry that he overturned the coffee table and said, "Chop off her hands and feet, cut off her tongue, and dig out her eyes and nose."

“Ah—ah—”

A Yue knew that the maid might be dead, but she couldn't tell Xiao Mingxi.