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Shi Youchen, who has always been highly sensitive to time and has absolute control over it, was so confused for the first time that he couldn't even tell how much time had passed.
He held the cold, soulless body in his arms, and he had never felt so disgusted with his cowardice. He was afraid, afraid that Ying Yungui would forget everything about Shi Youchen, their first meeting, their experiences together, and the vows they had made to each other.
Ying Yungui will forget him, fall in love, kiss, and be intimate with someone else, and will receive the blessings of all her friends and family...
"Pa!" Shi Youchen slapped himself hard, so hard that the roots of his teeth on that side of his face ached. "Don't think about it anymore, don't think about it." He begged his mind to calm down. If he continued to dwell on this, he was afraid he wouldn't have the courage to complete the final step.
When the carriers wake up, they will work together to close the space-time gap and make that place a completely independent world.
Then they will need to become shattered into nothingness along with the remaining Mirage Abyss.
Shi Youchen's thoughts jumped back and forth uncontrollably. In the last second, he was still thinking about how to comfort the completely unaware Labriel and make him obedient. In the next second, Ying Yungui's words "I hate you so much" echoed in his mind again.
"Snap!" Don't think about it.
"Snap!" Don't think about it anymore.
Unfortunately, the physical pain couldn't stop his frantic thoughts. Soon, Shi Youchen's face swelled up, burning and numb, and the itching was unbearable as tears rolled down his cheeks. He blinked hard and looked up at the altar, but still no one was awake.
Even if Labriel woke up first, at least it wouldn't be so quiet, and he wouldn't feel so lonely. As he thought about it, he slowly slid down to lie down. The coldness on his back made him feel uncomfortable, and his brows tightened and relaxed.
He thought: "Let me just rest for a while. Anyway, the freeze of the new world will not be thawed so quickly." Slowly, he closed his eyes tiredly in silence.
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Footsteps sounded, starting from where the clock was and stopping beside Shi Youchen. "If you miss him so much, how could you bear to send him away?" The extremely old voice woke Shi Youchen from his trance. He didn't know how long he had slept, and with difficulty he opened his eyes a crack.
There was a man standing next to him, looking down at him.
01.
Plead for mercy.
Shi Youchen's scalp felt numb and he was about to jump up, but a finger tapped his forehead: "Fate, obey." Then Shen Min smiled and reached out to pull him up, helping him sit steadily, "Want to chat?" Shi Youchen's eyes showed unexpected fear.
Shen Min: "Are you asking me why I'm here? How can I use my powers?" His eyes rolled. "Or are you asking me how I know who you are?" Shi Youchen remained silent, so he answered himself: "I understand. You want to ask everything."
"But this is a long story, and I don't have that much time." Shen Min gestured in the direction of the space-time rift. "Shi Youchen, I've always been curious about what you want to do. I even thought you were a remnant of the old times like me. It wasn't until you repeatedly traded your soul time with me that I was convinced you had no intention of continuing to live."
"The day you took people to that glacier area, I vaguely felt something." Shen Min supported his hands behind his back and raised his head to look at the dark surroundings as if he were gazing at the starry sky. "We have known each other for a long time."
"Do you know why I have always relied on transactions, using other people's soul time to extend my life?"
Shi Youchen had certainly considered this question, even after regaining all his memories. Because Shen Min, in that original worldline, had taken him on a journey, he could tell he wasn't a predator or a bloodthirsty person. But the later 01 didn't care about the lives of others. As long as someone offered a trade and the reward was satisfactory, he wouldn't care whether to kill one person or an entire family, let alone the identities of the victims.
"Because I think the flesh is dirty and unreliable, only the soul can be eternal. So I abandoned my original body, hid it under the cleanest glacier, and used my pure soul to construct the identity '01'." Shen Min seemed to be able to see things that Shi Youchen could not see, because his sight was constantly moving, as if following something in the darkness.
"It turns out that flesh is indeed dirty. My skeleton is actually absorbing the energy of that environment and growing continuously." He suddenly stretched out his hands excitedly to show Shi Youchen the size. "It has grown into a skeleton like a beast. No, it's even bigger than a beast."
"Don't you think this is disgusting?"
Shi Youchen shuddered, a bone-chilling cold he hadn't felt even in the glaciers of the far north piercing his body. He heard Shen Min's voice suddenly sink, "This world is disgusting."
Shen Min sighed, then stood up and carried Shi Youchen to the center of the altar. The seven people who were supposed to be lying there were gone. Shi Youchen's heart sank to the bottom, and he instantly forgot to breathe.
What had Shen Min done? What was he planning to do? Why was he still able to use his powers? All the energy should have been absorbed and gathered by the gathering totem.
"Don't worry, they're fine. They've already made it. You'll be there soon, too." Shen Min touched Shi Youchen's head and for the first time revealed the loving smile of an old man. "Thank you for coming up with such a good idea. If I hadn't blackmailed you in the end, you would have noticed the clues long ago."
Shi Youchen looked up following his gaze and saw that an extra square had appeared on the dial of the grandfather clock out of nowhere, and the pointer was slowly moving past that square.
Sleepiness swept over him. When the hands finally finished turning but the bells stopped ringing, he heard Shen Min's old voice with a smile on his face: "Go, kid. You will like that new world."
Shi Youchen closed his eyes.
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The "beep", "beep", "beep" sounds of the instrument detection echoed in the clean and bright space.
When Shi Youchen opened his eyes, he felt a heaviness on one side of his body. He tilted his head slightly and saw a head of long black hair draped over his shoulders. Someone was sleeping on his right hand, resting their head on his waist.
The man seemed to be sleeping very lightly. When he heard him waking up, his back stiffened noticeably, but he was reluctant to turn his head.
Shi Youchen moved his lower lip and called out very softly, "Yun Gui."
Ying Yungui moved his arm sideways a few times, then turned his head, his dark, red pupils wide open, staring silently at Shi Youchen with a piercing resentment. They stared for a full ten minutes, neither of them speaking. Only then did Ying Yungui stand up and check the data displayed on the instrument, carefully checking it up and down dozens of times, his neck stiff, without even turning his head to look at the guy on the bed.
Shi Youchen's mind was full of things, but he didn't want to think about them now. He just stared at the back of the man with broad shoulders and narrow waist.
Ying Yungui was almost furious at the gaze, and unable to bear it any longer, he walked back to the bed in a rage, reached out and grabbed Shi Youchen's chin, lowered his head and looked at him, his eyes growing redder and moister.
Shi Youchen was forced to raise his head and swallowed with difficulty: "Yun Gui, I..." Before he could finish his words, his lips were blocked by something soft that was even hotter and drier.
Shi Youchen was frightened by the sudden approaching figure and instinctively closed his eyes. When he realized that Ying Yungui was kissing him and was about to open his eyes, a hand reached out and covered his eyes completely, preventing him from opening them.
The breath from his lips grew more and more ferocious, almost as if it was about to devour him. Shi Youchen began to struggle. He didn't want to be held captive like this, trapped in darkness. He wanted to see Ying Yun return. His struggles intensified, and he even seemed to accidentally knock over something on the table next to him.
After the chaotic noise, he still couldn't break free from Ying Yungui's two arms, which were exerting great strength. The air in his throat became thinner and thinner, and saliva slid down the corners of his open mouth. He was so anxious that he simply clenched his teeth and bit Ying Yungui's aggressive tongue.
"Um"
"Oh!"
Two noises rang out simultaneously, one close and one far away. The closer one was Ying Yungui's muffled groan from being bitten and bleeding, and the farther one was a familiar cry of surprise.
"No, no, no, nothing. My brother accidentally knocked something over. Oh, I told you it's okay, let's go. It's okay, let's go back." Luo Zhao deliberately raised his voice a bit, hoping that the people in the house would notice the noise and control themselves. Then he spread his arms like an eagle protecting his cubs and drove the group of people away.
Ying Yungui finally pulled away and let go, squinting his eyes and panting slightly as he looked at Shi Youchen's red face. After watching for about ten seconds, he leaned down again as if he was out of breath...
Half an hour later, Luo Zhao led a few people and knocked on the door cautiously: "Brother? Can we come in?" After waiting for no response for a long time, she pried the door open a crack and moved closer to confirm the situation with her own eyes.
Before the sticker was put on, the door was opened with a bang. Ying Yungui stood there with a gloomy face, glancing sharply at everyone outside.
He Xian was the first to back out, and pulled Pei Chanbai, who was confused, and said tactfully: "Hahaha, I suddenly remembered that we have something else to do. You shouldn't mind if we come another day!" Then the two figures disappeared at the end of the corridor.
Some of the remaining people reacted and disappeared in groups of three or four, using different excuses. In the end, only Luo Zhao, who looked speechless, and Li Sen, who looked terrified, were left at the door.
Ying Yungui showed mercy and said, "Come in." He let the two girls into the ward, closed the door, and then pulled the corner of his mouth, and the blood scab there cracked immediately.
Shi Youchen chatted with the two of them, and Ying Yungui sat by the bed and watched quietly. When he noticed it, it was already dark outside. Shi Youchen glanced at the clock hanging on the opposite wall and said to Luo Zhao, "It's getting late today. Let's get together again after I'm discharged from the hospital. You should go back and rest."
Luo Zhao just stood up when he heard him say again, "I want to talk to Li Sen alone", so he understood and said goodbye and left.
Shi Youchen glanced at Ying Yungui, who didn't intend to move, and turned his gaze to Li Sen: "Can you tell me the truth?"
Li Sen's face turned pale, and then he understood the meaning of this, and finally confessed: "I told him, I heard your true wish, and I don't want you to be a liar anymore."
Shi Youchen closed his eyes with a look of worry: "After returning home, I'll go to the ancestral hall to burn some incense for him. I'm afraid I won't have this opportunity again in the future."
Three days later, Shi Youchen was discharged from the hospital and returned with Ying Yungui to the mansion he had bought earlier. The mansion was decorated in the style of the former Luo family. Of course, Luo Zhao and Li Sen also lived there.
This day is also the day when everyone agreed to get together.
In the courtyard, Li Sen and Korra were competing in high jump, sisters Xiao Yue and Xiao Wei were pestering Luo Zhao for advice on dressing, Mai Er and Shen Buhui were leaning on bamboo chairs and chatting with tired looks, Li Nuo answered a work call and walked inside, and when he passed the kitchen, Jiang E stuffed a cup of warm water into his hand.
Mollier shouted, "Lily, the mud on your shoes is splashing on me," and was about to teach the two little ones a lesson, but was stopped by Lu Zhiqi, who came late in a suit and tie, with a helpless smile.
Lin Zhouze and Yan Zhiyuan were setting up a tent in the back, and He Xian pulled Pei Chanbai, who was concentrating on playing games, to help.
The doorbell rang, and Ying Yungui signaled the robot butler to open the door. A few minutes later, Kulin and Labriel walked into the huge courtyard, carrying several large bags of food that had been airlifted in.
"Guess who we bumped into at the door?" Kulin winked and stepped aside to let the embarrassed person behind him go. Red nodded awkwardly to everyone without saying anything.
Shi Youchen connected the last line, walked over and put the microphone into Red's hand: "Try to see if there is any sound." Red obediently leaned forward and fed him. Maya poked her head out of the upstairs window and shouted: "Can I eat now? I'm starving!"
Mai Er scolded her: "Who told you to follow Luo Zhao's example and play games all night? If you don't feel hungry after sleeping for an afternoon, who will?" Shen Buhui pinched her face to calm her down, then turned to Maya: "Come down, we'll be eating soon."
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As the night went on, the wind started to pick up. Ying Yungui refused to let the housekeeper do it for him and insisted that Shi Youchen go to the room to get him clothes himself: "I want to wear the one you saw when you woke up in the hospital. I don't know where I put the jersey."
Shi Youchen is now very accommodating to him, and Luo Zhao has complained to him several times, saying that he is even more powerful than the eldest young master at home and orders everyone around.
"Okay, you sit down, I'll get it." Shi Youchen touched his face lovingly and went upstairs. When he came down again, he found that the courtyard was pitch black. Thinking that there was a sudden power outage, he hurriedly asked, "Yun Gui? What's wrong?"
Suddenly, a beam of light shone from the small temporary platform in the center of the courtyard. Ying Yungui was standing on it. He looked at him and said, "Youchen, I left something in the pocket of that clothes. I've been looking for it for several days." Shi Youchen ignored the loopholes in his words and quickly reached out to touch it.
Then the movement stopped when it touched the cold and slightly hard object inside.
He carefully took it out and held it up to his eyes. The diamond on the ring sparkled in the moonlight.
Ying Yungui stretched out his left hand towards him and nodded: "Put it on me." Luo Zhao's somewhat dissatisfied voice came from below. This was not the process of the rehearsal before! Li Sen immediately covered his mouth.
Shi Youchen looked at the hazy facial lines under the light, chuckled, then hung the coat on the back of the nearest chair, walked closer step by step with determination, knelt on one knee, held Ying Yungui's slender and bony hand, and put the ring on his ring finger.
The dimensions are exact.
"You idiot." Shi Youchen couldn't help but laugh at his childish arrogance. He stood up and raised his left hand, shaking it. "Where's mine?"
Ying Yungui looked at the wedding ring on his ring finger with satisfaction, took out a ring of the same style from his inner collar, and put it on Shi Youchen's ring finger with a calm and composed look.
If you ignore his shaking hands and the fact that he took three tries to put it on, and just look at his expression, he does seem very calm and composed.
"Woohoo!" The surroundings suddenly lit up, and everyone cheered. "Happy wedding!" "Give me a kiss!" Before Shi Youchen could react, Ying Yungui grabbed the back of his head and pressed his lips against his.
The night was no longer lonely, the wind no longer cold. Shi Youchen's chest felt warm, soaked by the falling tears. Ying Yungui cried.
"Wow! Look! Meteor shower!" Li Sen exclaimed softly, and everyone looked up. Ying Yungui held Shi Youchen tightly, not letting him move, and kissed him even harder, his hot breath spraying on his ear. "No, you can only look at me, and don't leave me again."
Shi Youchen pinched the back of his neck helplessly: "No, we're already married, how could I leave you?"
"Yeah." Ying Yungui said with red eyes, "We'll go on our honeymoon after they all go back, and go to the snow-capped mountains first." He paused and said, "No, we'll go tomorrow, it doesn't matter whether they go or not."
Shi Youchen stood on tiptoe and kissed his eyelids, which were hot from crying. "Okay, I'll do as you say. What made you want to go to the snowy mountains?"
Ying Yungui's expression was blank for a moment, and he said, "I don't know, but I'm going anyway."
"Alright, alright, we're done with the real work. Let's eat and drink, and go to bed, little ones!" Pei Chanbai couldn't stand the two of them being so affectionate, so he shouted. Lin Zhouze raised his lip, hinting, "The real work hasn't even started yet, what's the point of finishing it?" Yan Zhiyuan grabbed him and shoved him into his arms, nodding sheepishly at Pei Chanbai.
The night is still long.
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