Chapter 105 Leopard and Cat Meet
Yu Li half-pushed and half-coaxed Cola into the room. The door made a slight "click", temporarily isolating him from the outside world.
Only Qi Sheng and Yu Li were left in the living room. The air seemed to freeze in an instant, leaving only the sound of each other's disordered breathing.
Yu Li took the lead and walked towards the living room connected to the master bedroom, where there was a set of comfortable sofas.
He had his back to Qi Sheng, and the lines of his shoulders looked a little stiff.
Qi Sheng followed him silently, not daring to speak.
Yu Li turned around, his eyes covered with a thin layer of ice, and looked straight at Qi Sheng: "When did you set your sights on me?"
Qi Sheng's Adam's apple rolled, and he answered honestly, "A month ago."
"A month?..." Yu Li tried hard to recall what happened a month ago.
He thought about the time when he went to school to pick up Keke and saw him cornered...
Yu Li's lips curled up in a mocking smile, "Major General Qi is so patient! He discovered us a month ago and waited until now, only to come to us in this way, pretending to be weak."
His eyes swept over Qi Sheng's ankle, which was wrapped in gauze and twisted.
He is such a grown-up, but he can't do it himself and yet he orders a child around.
"I..." Qi Sheng opened his mouth, wanting to explain that he was not sure, was afraid of disturbing him, and wanted to find the safest way to meet him.
But all the reasons he had for himself could no longer be said after he stood in front of Yu Li. At this moment, it seemed that any reason seemed pale and powerless.
"Now it seems that you are really patient." Yu Li repeated, this time with a barely perceptible sob in his tone, "You found me a month ago, but refused to come to me. It seems that you have changed a lot in the past two years..."
This doesn't sound like an accusation, but more like a... complaint.
Qi Sheng reacted subconsciously and cautiously tested: "You...you don't hate me?"
His voice trembled when he asked this question.
"I hate you!" Yu Li blurted out, his eyes instantly red. "I hate you for coming to me now!"
Qi Sheng was completely stunned, his brain unable to process this huge contrast for a while.
He subconsciously murmured foolishly: "You... why are you still swearing..."
Yu Li never spoke like this before. Everything he did was soft and gentle, making people want to hug him.
"Is this the point?" Yu Li was so angry at his words that he almost laughed, but he felt more sad.
He took a step forward and looked up at Qi Sheng, who was half a head taller than him. The emotions that had been pent up for two years finally found an outlet.
"Do you know how I've been spending the past two years? You said you were looking for me, and then what? Where did you find me?"
"I didn't know you were in the Saar Federation."
Qi Sheng hurriedly explained, his voice filled with anxious regret, "I looked all over Antia, all over Xisana, but I just couldn't find you..."
"I thought you hated me, and what my brother did to you, and that you'd hide somewhere I'd never find you... I never imagined you were actually in the Saar Federation..."
As he spoke, huge regret and the fear of losing and regaining something intertwined together, and his tears rolled down without warning and slid down his cheeks.
Seeing his tears, Yu Li's grievances and pretended toughness collapsed in an instant.
He stared at Qi Sheng in a daze. This alpha who was once so powerful was now like a lost child, crying helplessly.
Yu Li's heart softened all of a sudden, as if it was soaked in warm water, warm and soft.
He gently approached Qi Sheng, stretched out his hands, wrapped them around his slightly trembling waist, and buried his face in his chest with a familiar scent.
This long-awaited hug made Qi Sheng's whole body stiffen, and then like a ignited barrel of explosives, the longing and love that had been suppressed for two years completely erupted.
He suddenly tightened his arms and held Yu Li tightly in his arms, as if he wanted to rub him into his bones and blood, making them inseparable.
He could no longer control himself and burst into tears like a child who had suffered a great injustice. His cries were dull and painful, and they made Yu Li's eardrums numb.
"Wife... Yu Li... I've been looking for you for a long, long time... I'm so scared... I'm afraid something will happen to you, that you and the child won't have a good life... I'm afraid you'll hate me and won't forgive me... I don't even dare to come see you."
"I'm so afraid of seeing your disgusted look... I'm afraid you'll chase me away..."
Qi Sheng cried incoherently, and his hot tears soaked Yu Li's shoulders.
Yu Li's heart was broken by his crying. He patted Qi Sheng's back gently, like soothing Coke, and said softly: "Okay... okay... don't cry... I don't hate you, I just said it in anger..."
Qi Sheng seemed unable to listen and was still immersed in his own emotions, crying uncontrollably.
Yu Li had no choice but to let him hold her and wait for his intense emotions to calm down a little.
After a long while, Qi Sheng's crying gradually turned into suppressed sobs.
Yu Li sighed, pulled him to sit on the sofa, and handed him a few tissues.
Qi Sheng took the tissue and wiped his face roughly. His eyes and nose were red, and he looked a little funny.
He held Yu Li's hand tightly, fearing that he would disappear if he let go.
"actually……"
Yu Li looked at him like this and finally spoke slowly, "After the operation two years ago, I had an artificial gland implanted in time to save my life, but it also caused severe rejection and pheromone disorder."
Qi Sheng's heart suddenly tightened and he listened with holding his breath.
"The doctor said that because I already have some human genes in my body, the stimulation of the artificial glands unexpectedly promoted the manifestation of human genes in my body, so my body has undergone a second differentiation."
After half of his second gland was removed, the doctor installed an artificial gland for him to save his life.
Unexpectedly, this artificial gland was like a key, accidentally unlocking the dormant human genes in his body, allowing Yu Li to begin his second differentiation.
This time, he grew human-like legs.
Because the glands that originally controlled his fish tail are still there, after the differentiation is completed, he can freely choose whether to expose his legs or turn back into a fish tail.
Since I plan to live on land, having legs is much more convenient than a fish tail.
The second differentiation process is very long. The artificial gland implanted in his body needs to be treated with medication all the time and connected to a special machine to work properly, supporting the slow regeneration and maturation of the second gland.
For two whole years, he was locked in a special treatment cabin, with several tubes inserted into his body and connected to a machine, and he was unable to leave the small room.
The treatment required a special radiation environment, but it also made him drowsy and not quite sure where he was.
Cola missed his father and was often brought in to keep him company for a short time after being given protective measures.
Perhaps it was because Cola often stayed in this kind of radiation environment when he was a child, which accidentally stimulated his body and made him show signs of differentiation earlier than other children. He was able to use pheromones and spiritual bodies at the age of five years.
But doctors cannot explain why this phenomenon occurs.
…
Qi Sheng imagined that scene, and his heart felt like it was being cut by a knife. The tears that had just stopped welled up again: "Did it hurt for you at that time? ... Being inserted with tubes for two years... It must have been painful..."
As he spoke, he couldn't help but bury his face in Yu Li's neck, his shoulders shaking slightly, and he started crying again.
Yu Li now finally understood why Kele was so fond of crying. It must be because of his disappointing alpha father.
"It's okay... I got used to it and it didn't hurt that much anymore."
Yu Li gently stroked his hair and comforted him, "Actually, I don't quite know what I was doing. I just felt like I slept for a very long time, so much so that when I woke up, I almost forgot what you looked like."
Qi Sheng raised his head and looked at Yu Li with tears in his eyes: "So... you also only fully recovered and left last month?"
"Yes." Yu Li nodded. "The artificial gland was successfully removed, and the second gland is also stable. The last check-up, the doctor said that my second gland has fully grown and there are no defects."
Qi Sheng refused to listen and insisted on looking at the gland on the back of his neck. Only after seeing the complete lines on it did he feel relieved.
Yu Li paused and looked at Qi Sheng. "I know you drive home around 8 o'clock every Friday night, so I chose this place on purpose. At 8 o'clock in the evening, I will be at the second-floor window to take a look at you."
"What?" Qi Sheng's heart seemed to be hit by something suddenly, feeling sore and swollen, with great joy and heartache intertwined.
"You...you've been following me?" His voice was filled with incredible ecstasy. "Why didn't you contact me? Why didn't you tell me? You know I..."
"Because Bai Chuan found me."
Yu Li's expression grew serious. "He told me that he found out something about Qi Feng."
When he heard Qi Feng's name, Qi Sheng's face instantly darkened.
Yu Li looked at him and said, "I don't blame them. Actually, they detected that my glands have the ability to regenerate, so they didn't want to kill me at that time..."
Qi Sheng: "They hurt you so much! And you still have to forgive them! They hurt you behind my back, I have cut off ties with them, and you don't have to contact Bai Chuan anymore, understand?"
This is why he decided to join the police force and resigned from his position as major general.
He could not forgive those people for what they had conspired to do to Yu Li, and he could not even forgive himself.
He was too stupid, too slow, and overestimated human greed, sending Yu Li, who should not have been involved, to hell.
"Wait, you mean... Bai Chuan contacted you again?" Qi Sheng's voice suddenly tensed, as if his most sensitive nerve was touched.
"Yes." Yu Li's eyes were calm, yet they carried a penetrating insight. "They found Qi Feng's whereabouts. He's still alive."
"My brother? He's dead..."
"I can feel it." Yu Li interrupted him softly, his fingertips unconsciously touching the place on the back of his neck where he had been torn, and there seemed to be still phantom pain there.
"That gland was stripped from my body. It still faintly resonates with my essence. It saved your brother."
He looked at the shock, guilt and struggle in Qi Sheng's eyes. He took the initiative to reach out and put his warm palm on the back of Qi Sheng's cold hand.
"I didn't go looking for you because I was afraid of alerting you."
Qi Sheng held him tightly with his backhand, his voice hoarse: "They treated you like that... why did you still..."
Don't you really hate it?
You should hate them and want to kill them!
But he could hardly ask, why should the victim consider the safety of the perpetrator?
This is unfair to Yu Li.
Over the years, regret has burned his heart like a poisonous fire.
It was with his strong willpower that he managed to suppress the urge to settle accounts with those people.
But these days, the defense line of reason has been in jeopardy, and he feels that he can't bear it anymore!
Yu Li stared at him. There was no false forgiveness or weak forgetfulness in those eyes, but a clearer understanding after experiencing suffering.
"Qi Sheng." He said calmly, "I haven't forgiven them. I can't forget the calculations, demands, and pain they caused me, and I won't like them at all."
He paused, and exerted slight force on his fingertips, as if to transfer his strength to Qi Sheng.
"But they are your family."
"And you are a human from this world, and I am not."
"I'm just a mermaid from the deep sea. I may never understand the complexity of human hearts. But if my choice can make you feel better, I can choose not to pursue it. But everything I do is only because of you."
Qi Sheng suddenly looked up, his eyes turned red instantly, his lips moved, and he wanted to say something, but his throat was blocked by surging emotions.
He didn't expect that Yu Li saw everything so clearly, and all this was for him.
"I don't want you to be trapped in the desperate situation of hurting your loved ones, and I don't want you to be filled with guilt for the rest of your life.
My indifference is due to my love for you and my hope that you can be freed from this feud, not because I have forgiven their sins."
"But... this is unfair to you..." Qi Sheng's voice was hoarse and broken, with a strong nasal tone, "They hurt you like that... why do you have to suffer this kind of injustice for me..."
Yu Li reached out his hand, gently smoothed his furrowed brows, and shook his head.
"If one day, that half of the gland is used to harm others, I will not sit idly by. Preventing greater tragedies is my bottom line."
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Qi Sheng couldn't hold back any longer, and hugged Yu Li tightly in his arms, holding him so tightly that it seemed as if he wanted to merge him into his bones and blood.
He buried his face deeply in Yu Li's neck, and his hot tears silently soaked his clothes.
It turns out this is what it feels like to be wrapped in love, without asking for anything in return, just to make you feel at ease.
"I'm sorry... honey... I'm sorry..."
He choked and repeated it over and over again.
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