Chapter 120 N-Lin Yuan
The motion-activated lights in the hallway automatically dimmed, plunging the room into complete silence. Xing Yu didn't reply. Chu Beiling glanced at Xing Yu subconsciously, but in the dim light, he couldn't make out Xing Yu's expression.
Chu Beiling didn't know how Xing Yu felt upon hearing those words. He might be very sad and heartbroken, or he might be numb and exhausted, and not want to say anything more.
Anyway, ever since he learned about Xing Xiaoshu's actions towards him, hearing those words made him explode.
Chu Beiling stepped forward, past Xing Yu.
As the lights came on, everyone's emotions were laid bare.
Chu Beiling said, "Uncle Xing, have you forgotten that it was you who didn't want Xing Yu?"
Xing Xiaoshu's face showed displeasure for a moment. Just as he was about to speak, Chu Beiling interrupted him: "Uncle Xing, you have never cared about Xing Yu from beginning to end. You only care about your own purpose. You don't come here for nothing. Just tell us what you are here for today. We still need to make a baby. We don't have time to play games with you."
Chu Beiling and Xing Yu followed Xing Xiaoshu's car to the hospital.
He wouldn't come to the temple without a reason. He came to see Xing Yu because of his half-brother, Xing Jiale. Back then, when Chu Beiling learned that Xing Yu's hand had been fractured by that little brat, he already had a bad impression of him.
Not to mention the various behaviors of Xing Yu's entire family after he moved into the Xing family villa.
That's insane.
She had a medical condition, both behavioral and physical, and then she found Xing Yu.
Their pampered little devil, Xing Jiale, suffers from acute liver failure and needs a liver transplant. Their entire family has been matched, but none of them are. Now they've set their sights on Xing Yu, hoping he'll get matched and, if successful, donate half of his liver to him.
Blood relatives have the highest matching rate and extremely high adaptability, with less risk of rejection and side effects, and there is no need to wait. Xing Jiale can't wait any longer.
Therefore, Xing Xiaoshu had no choice but to turn to Xing Yu for help.
Around 8 p.m. is the quietest time in the hospital. Most of the family members who came to visit have gone home, leaving only medical staff, patients and caregivers moving around quietly in the ward.
Aside from him and Xing Yu, these two untimely visitors.
It was particularly abrupt.
They followed the signs and found Xing Jiale's VIP ward, then pushed open the door and went inside.
The single hospital room was as large as a hotel suite, divided into a living room and a bedroom. When they arrived, Madam Xing was holding a spoon and handing it to Xing Jiale, urging him, "Baby, even if you feel unwell, you still have to eat a bite or two."
"Don't you understand? I'm not eating, take it away." Xing Jiale irritably shoved it away.
"Please have a bite, baby. You can't go without eating." Madam Xing said with a worried look on her face, "Just a little bit, please."
Xing Jiale's eyes lit up as if he had seen a lifeline: "Brother." He turned to Chu Beiling: "And this is..."
"Chu Beiling, Xing Yu's boyfriend."
This was also the first time Chu Beiling had met Xing Yu's half-brother.
Xing Jiale was wearing a blue and white striped hospital gown. She looked like she was five or six months pregnant, with a round belly and extremely thin limbs, almost skin and bones. She looked pitiful and comical.
A twenty-year-old youth is like a tree that is about to wither and rot, and could fall apart at any moment.
"Brother Ling." Xing Jiale called out sweetly, but he still caught the fleeting look of disgust in her eyes.
Chu Beiling did not expose his insincerity, but nodded slightly in response.
Madam Xing brought over chairs: "Come, come, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Ling, right? Sit down, sit down." Then she took some fruit from the bedside table and handed it over: "You must be thirsty on the way here. Have some fruit to quench your thirst. Do you want some water? I'll pour you some."
Seeing that the two did not respond, Madam Xing smiled and put the fruit back, then casually inquired about Xing Yu's well-being.
He didn't know if Xing Yu was disgusting or not, but he himself was already feeling physically nauseous.
Chu Beiling reached out and grabbed him, but Xing Yu took his hand in return and patted him to show him that he was alright.
After waiting for a while, Xing Xiaoshu, who was following behind them, also arrived.
Once everyone was present, Xing Yu looked at the family of three in front of him and said, "I came here tonight to tell you in front of you all that I have a lover I want to spend my life with, and I will not sacrifice my health to save Xing Jiale. He is not worth it."
He didn't want to waste any more words and pulled Chu Beiling outside.
Xing Xiaoshu's face darkened instantly, his chest heaving slightly with suppressed anger. He moved his hands at his sides, subtly blocking their path.
Chu Beiling immediately became alert and raised her hand to block Xing Yu: "What is Uncle Xing going to do?"
Seeing this, Madam Xing quickly grabbed Xing Xiaoshu's arm and gently smoothed things over, saying, "Brother Xing, speak properly."
She turned to Xing Yu and explained with a forced smile, "That's just how your father is, he has a bad temper, and Lele is often lectured by him. He didn't mean anything by it, so don't take it to heart."
Xing Yu: "No."
Madam Xing gave a dry laugh. "Yes, Xiao Yu has always had a better temper than our Lele. Our Lele is a little tyrant who annoys us every day."
Xing Yu was too lazy to watch their performance: "Could you move aside? We're going back."
Madam Xing's smile froze on her face as she looked at him somewhat awkwardly. After a couple of seconds, she put on a polite smile and reached out to take Xing Yu's hand. "Xiao Yu, wait a moment."
"Don't touch me." Xing Yu shook him off.
Madam Xing's voice instantly became tearful, and her eyes reddened in an instant: "Can't you take a good look at Lele? He's lying there, so thin, so pitiful... He's still your own brother."
Xing Xiaoshu didn't want an outsider to get involved in their family's affairs. He glanced at Chu Beiling and said to him in a relatively gentle but unquestionable tone, "Could you please go out for a moment? We have some things to discuss, and it's not convenient for outsiders to be present."
Chu Beiling opened her mouth, hesitated for a second or two, and then heard Xing Yu say, "You're blocking the way, please move aside."
Xing Xiaoshu's temple throbbed, and he was about to lash out when Madam Xing held him down.
She turned to Xing Yu: "Xiao Yu, the doctor said that if it can't be cured... Lele, he, he... Xiao Yu, there are some things that Auntie didn't do well, I apologize to you."
"Auntie knows she has no right to ask anything of you, but Lele is your father's own flesh and blood, and also your own younger brother, with the same blood flowing in his veins as you."
Madam Xing's voice choked with emotion as she looked up at him, her eyes glistening with tears: "Xiao Yu, please, I'm begging you, please save Lele. He's only twenty years old, so young. His life hasn't even begun yet. Please save him."
Xing Yu clearly saw the genuine, desperate pain in her eyes.
This pain was real, and it was precisely because it was real that he felt a suffocating sense of moral coercion.
Xing Xiaoshu was furious. No matter how he tried to reason with his eldest son, he was just as stubborn as his ex-wife and wouldn't listen to reason.
If he had other options, he wouldn't have wanted to find his selfish, cold-hearted eldest son.
Xing Xiaoshu suppressed his temper and said in a relatively gentle manner, "I think I've done enough, haven't I? I've given you everything I should have, and even more. What exactly are you resentful about? Is it just because I didn't agree to you two being together back then?"
His gaze, sharp as a torch, swept back and forth between the two youths, one arrogant and the other indifferent, finally settling on Xing Yu's face:
"Ask yourself honestly, was my opposition wrong? Back then you were students, was this something students should do? You've held a grudge over such a small matter, and you won't even save your own brother. What have we done to wrong you? Tell me."
Before Xing Yu could answer, he nodded: "Okay, consider it my fault. If you're really dissatisfied, I can make it up to you right now."
The two bombarded him with their attacks, and Chu Beiling was on the verge of exploding. He really wanted to say, "You're shameless."
But he kept quiet and didn't say anything. He couldn't make the decision for Xing Yu, no matter how unhappy he was.
But upon hearing this, he finally couldn't hold back and started criticizing.
He had barely uttered a single word when the person lying on the hospital bed spoke.
Xing Jiale: "Brother, I'm sorry. I was immature before and made you angry. Mom and Dad really want you to come home. I really did go too far before. It's okay if you don't want to forgive me, but we are family after all. We all miss you. Please don't not come home."
Upon hearing this, Chu Beiling scoffed, "Even hundreds of years of West Lake Longjing tea can't match the aroma of yours."
Xing Jiale's expression changed.
"Now that you know he's your own brother, now that you think of us as family, when you three were having such a happy time, why didn't you think of this blood relation? Why don't you realize you were wrong?"
Chu Beiling hit the nail on the head: "Only when you're sick and in need do you finally remember that such a person exists, and know to speak properly and apologize! How disgusting and hypocritical!"
His 'disgusting and hypocritical' remarks were like a resounding slap, scattering all the pretense of moral blackmail in the ward.
The three people present looked terribly pale.
Xing Xiaoshu's suppressed anger was finally ignited.
He abandoned his previous reasonable and submissive demeanor, his face turning ashen. Pointing at Chu Beiling, he growled at Xing Yu, "Look at this! This is the person you chose, an outsider who spouts nonsense in front of your father and family, sowing discord within the family. You'd risk your own brother's life for someone whose character is so questionable?"
Xing Yu, who had been silent and exhausted, his focus unfocused, turned cold and sharp the moment he heard Xing Xiaoshu describe Chu Beiling as "something".
He pulled Chu Beiling back a step, using his own body to shield her from Xing Xiaoshu.
“He’s not an outsider, he’s my lover, he’s the family I chose. Please show some respect to my lover.”
Xing Xiaoshu laughed angrily: "Fine, what kind of family am I? What about me, who gave you life and raised you? Is this how you talk to me?"
Xing Yu's gaze swept over him, his eyes filled with a desolation that had been suppressed for a long time and had resurfaced: "When I was a child, neither you nor my mother wanted me, worried that my appearance would destroy the warmth of your family. At that time, our pitiful family affection had already been torn apart by your own hands."
"Also, you've forgotten that, apart from this life, I settled everything and returned double to you seven years ago. I don't owe you anything anymore."
Xing Yu took a deep breath and made his final judgment: "No matter what you say, I will not save Xing Jiale. His life is his life, and my life and my health are also important. I have no obligation to make any sacrifices for this family that abandoned me long ago."
After Xing Yu finished speaking, he pulled Chu Beiling and turned to leave.
"Xing Yu!" Xing Xiaoshu shouted suddenly from behind him, his voice trembling with anger. "Yes, I'm sorry for what happened in the past. Fine, I admit it. But I gave birth to you, and that's a fact you can never change. Just for that, just for the life I gave you, I'm begging you now, I beg you to save your brother's life. Is that not enough?"
"Are you really going to just watch your brother die, burdened by a guilty conscience for the rest of your life, and have the person next to you watch you become a cold-blooded person capable of killing your own family?"
Xing Yu's body stiffened.
Chu Beiling's heart sank to the bottom, he was in so much pain. He turned around and glared at Xing Xiaoshu: "You can't ask one son to exchange his life and future health for another son's life."
Before Xing Xiaoshu could respond, he was pulled away by Xing Yu the next second.
On the way back, Xing Yu wasn't feeling well, so Chu Beiling offered to drive, and the two switched places.
Xing Yu didn't say much along the way, just staring blankly at his phone. Chu Beiling glanced at him worriedly, then looked at the road conditions.
After a while, he called out to him, "Xing Yu".
"I am here."
Xing Xiaoshu's words were vicious and precise, and Chu Beiling felt a chill in his heart, but that was still not a reason for them to kidnap Xing Yu.
“Whether you save her or not, I respect your choice. Although they may not be considered human beings to you, you save Xing Jiale not because she deserves it, but because we have a sense of awe for life. Even if it wasn't Xing Jiale lying there today, but a stranger, if we could do it, we would do our best to help, regardless of who it is.”
After a pause, Chu Beiling continued, "Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't save us. We are human, not gods. We have our own selfish desires and dark sides. You have your own considerations and put yourself first. There is no problem with that, and no one can blame you."
He glanced at Xing Yu and said, "Please repeat after me, repeat after me, and no one can blame me."
Xing Yu chuckled softly, his Adam's apple bobbing, and he reached out to touch Chu Beiling's hand.
He was still driving, and after gaining some warmth, Xing Yu let go of his hand.
Chu Beiling freed one hand, took out a candy from the storage box on the center console, and handed it over: "Brother Ayu, I'm on your side. My values follow my looks, and I'll cheer for you with my eyes closed."
Xing Yu chuckled, took the candy, and softly replied, "I know."
The car exited the overpass and stopped at the traffic light.
Amidst the flowing red traffic, Chu Beiling turned to look at him: "Brother Ayu, don't be afraid. Wherever you go, I'll go."
Xing Yu held his hand: "I still hope you can live a good life."
Neither of them said it outright, but they understood each other implicitly.
Amidst Xing Xiaoshu's barrage of text messages and phone calls, Xing Yu considered the matter for two days.
He removed Xing Xiaoshu's number from his blacklist and sent him a message: "I can agree to save him."
The other end quickly replied: "[Then come and match us as soon as possible.]"
Xing Yu glanced at the speech bubble on the screen and continued typing: [Regardless of whether the match was successful or not, after this, we have nothing to do with each other anymore. Don't bother me. You and Jiang Yu brought me into this world and gave me a life. As you wished, I'm now returning one to you.]
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