☆, Chapter 123 Rongqing's Past
This is a fundamentally unsolvable problem. Either die cleanly, enter the cycle of reincarnation, and begin the next chapter of life. Or continue to live in humiliation, where even death cannot bring freedom. There is no way to make these choices.
But the desire to live was more important than anything else. So Rong Zhuo chose to live.
It was two weeks later when he woke up. His mother held him and cried uncontrollably, but Rong Zhuo himself wanted to cry too. Especially when he thought about the time he had left, which might only be twenty short years.
Rong Zhuo was young at the time, and because of this, he felt a little resentful towards Rong Qing. He felt that since Rong Qing could change his fate, why couldn't he just let him live a good life? Among this group of brothers, he was the only one who treated Rong Qing sincerely, but Rong Qing treated him like this.
Being notified of the time of death in advance is like pulling meat with a blunt knife. After one day, Rong Zhuo will feel that he is one day closer to death. This fear almost drives Rong Zhuo crazy when he just wakes up.
These repressed emotions must have an outlet, so in the end, Rong Zhuo blamed everything on Rong Qing.
Therefore, from the time he woke up until he was discharged from the hospital, Rong Zhuo never paid any attention to Rong Qing. Even when his mother wanted to mention it several times, she was interrupted by Rong Zhuo.
Especially on the day of discharge, Rong Zhuo found out that Rong Qing had never come to see him, and he became even angrier.
For the next year, Rong Zhuo ignored Rong Qing. During that year, Rong Zhuo became rebellious, suffering from sleepless nights. The little time he had left was like a sharp knife hanging around his neck, transforming Rong Zhuo from a once optimistic and positive young man into a gloomy and unapproachable boy.
The opportunity for Rong Zhuo to reconnect with Rong Qing came the following New Year. Rong Zhuo returned to his old home to celebrate the New Year. However, this New Year was destined to be sad and daunting, because another child in the family had died in an accident.
Rong Zhuo sneered, thinking that this was all deserved. These people in the family were not good people to begin with.
However, in the garden, he heard the noise of several children.
"It's all because of you, a monster, that people keep dying in the Rong family."
"Get out of the Rong family"
"Believe it or not, I will beat you to death"
There was the sound of something heavy falling to the ground, and a short, suppressed gasp. Rong Zhuo walked through the garden and saw the face of the boy being besieged. It was Rong Qing.
After not seeing each other for a year, Rongqing's expression looked even colder than before, and his face was completely bloodless. However, his temper had softened a lot. When these children hit him, he didn't even fight back.
Or rather, Rong Zhuo felt something was wrong because he didn't have the strength to fight back. After discovering that Rong Qing seemed to have fainted, although he still hated Rong Qing, he still stood up and drove the others away.
"Wake up, stop pretending to be dead!" Rong Zhuo pushed Rong Qing, but the cold skin he touched startled him. He touched his forehead, and it was terribly hot. He quickly carried Rong Qing on his back and ran back to the old house, intending to call a doctor for Rong Qing.
In the hospital, Rongqing lay in bed receiving an IV. After the antipyretic injection, Rongqing's fever finally subsided. It wasn't clear what medication the doctor had given him, but it was likely a side effect of dilating blood vessels. The veins on the back of Rongqing's hand were almost completely bulging, causing him great pain.
Rong Zhuo couldn't bear it and turned his head away, intending to leave the room, but he unexpectedly found that Rong Qing had grabbed the corner of his clothes.
What's the point of pretending to be pitiful now? Rong Zhuo was very annoyed. However, the voices of the doctor and Rong Qing's mother, Rong Zhuo's aunt, explaining the patient's condition outside made him hesitate again.
Rong Zhuo himself hadn't expected Rong Qing to have been ill for a year, having been in the emergency room several times before, and his body was already riddled with wounds. Normally, he wouldn't be allowed to leave the hospital, but Rong Qing escaped from the hospital on his own, returning to the Rong family's old house.
So why did he do this? Looking at Rong Qing's hand grabbing the corner of his clothes, Rong Zhuo felt as if he had overlooked something.
In the end, it was Luo Qiu who solved his puzzles.
After all, Rong Qing couldn't get out of bed once he lay down. The intermittent high fever made it difficult for him to even speak. A few days later, Luo Qiu came to see him and, in a rage, beat Rong Zhuo up.
"Is this still your biological brother?" Luo Qiu also felt sorry for Rongqing.
However, Rong Zhuo also exploded, "I treated him as my brother, do you know what he did to me?"
He couldn't help but tell Luo Qiu everything that had been suppressed for a year. After hearing this, Luo Qiu was so angry that he beat Rong Zhuo up again.
"Do you think fate is so easy to change?" Luo Qiu came from a family of metaphysics and knew much more about this kind of thing than Rong Zhuo. Naturally, he also understood better what Rong Qing had paid for Rong Zhuo.
"Rong Qing saved your life by taking advantage of a loophole in Heaven. Your Rong family is destined to be extinct in this generation. The elders of the Rong family have done so many bastard things that they can no longer live. If you have any resentment, go and make trouble for those inhuman ancestors of your family. Rong Qing has nothing to do with it."
In Luo Qiu's words, Rong Qing had sacrificed his own life to extend Rong Zhuo's. To put it bluntly, Rong Zhuo's twenty years of survival were all filled by Rong Qing's own life.
Of course, Rong Qing was a born devil, so living or dead made no difference. He wasn't subject to the laws of nature. But Rong Zhuo was a living being. Rong Qing defied the will of heaven to change his fate, and the backlash was real. So, he was bedridden for an entire year. Furthermore, for a born devil like Rong Qing, even if the damage to his body heals, it's irreversible. It will only get worse.
In the end, there is no cure. Even if you can walk and look like a normal person, the pain you suffer from the disease will make your life worse than death. Only when you really die can you be completely relieved.
But now Rong Zhuo resents Rong Qing because he can only live to the age of thirty. In Luo Qiu's eyes, this is no different from repaying kindness with enmity.
"You are pitiful, but there are many more pitiful people in this world than you. Don't say that everything is as it should be. I just want to ask you one thing, what did you give to Rongqing? Rongqing should extend your life. Why did you end up unable to get out of bed until now?"
"Rong Zhuo was speechless after being asked this question. The huge amount of information overturned all his cognition.
What touched Rong Zhuo the most was Luo Qiu's final question. Luo Qiu was right; he had no right to ask for mercy. On the contrary, he owed Rong Zhuo a great deal.
Ultimately, he had only shown Rongqing some mercy. However, this mercy was entirely justified, as they were brothers connected by blood. Yet, Rongqing had given him everything.
Back in the ward, Rongqing had just woken up. He turned to look at Rongzhuo, as if he wanted to ask something, but couldn't. But Rongzhuo understood Rongqing's look and wanted to ask him if he was angry.
"I'm sorry." Rong Zhuo held Rong Qing's hand and couldn't help crying. From then on, Rong Zhuo completely grew up and gradually became what he is now.
Rong Zhuo's understanding of Rong Qing grew deeper and deeper, and he could fully feel the gentleness hidden beneath Rong Qing's coldness. In fact, the longer time passed, the more fortunate he was for his original choice.
Because Rongqing's life span is unpredictable, everyone around him is destined to leave in the end. However, Rongqing is so soft-hearted that when he is left alone, he might not even know how to cry.
When Rong Zhuo thought of such an ending, he felt that it would be good if he died at the age of thirty and became a ghost that could not be saved. At least this way, he could keep Rong Qing forever.
Now that he thinks about it, his plan and the boss's plan are actually exactly the same.
Sighing, Rong Zhuo didn't tell him about his past with Rong Qing. He just patted the boss's head to show that he understood his feelings. But then the boss grabbed his sleeve.
Rong Zhuo blinked, and suddenly had a bad feeling. Sure enough, the boss suddenly leaned close to his ear and said, "Let's go find Mingyu."
"Oh shit, no!"
"Why not? Grandpa is not here, and only Gu Zhou and the others are left at Mingyu's end. I'm worried, so let's go over and take a look."
"Don't even think about it. Master won't agree."
"So we two go secretly."
"Rong Zhuo really wanted to refuse, but in the end he drove away with everyone for no apparent reason.
On the way, Rong Zhuo felt like crying as he watched his boss, who was in the driver's seat, holding Ruan Qin and Tuzi in a cheerful mood. He felt that when Yu Jiuyin returned, he would definitely be beaten up. He was also likely to be spared by Yu Jiuyin's master and Xu Wang and the others.
After all, in their eyes, the boss is the representative of being well-behaved, obedient and sensible, so all the bastard things must have been instigated by him.
"Ahhhhh Xiao Yuqi you are going to kill me!"
The boss patted his shoulder and said, "Rong Zhuo, you have to be brave. You agreed to sign a contract with me in the future. As a contractor, you have to listen to me."
Rong Zhuo suddenly didn't want to die anymore.
However, reality was somewhat different from Rong Zhuo's imagination. Their little trick had already been noticed by Master Yu Jiuyin and the others. Furthermore, Xu Wang and the third brother were very attentive. As soon as they drove away, Xu Wang entered the eldest brother's room and saw that he was gone.
"This is unreliable. I will complain to Brother Rong when he comes back."
"That's right, he even dragged the eldest brother along to run. It's true..." The third brother felt more and more breathless the more he thought about it.
Master Yu Jiuyin shook his head and said, "It's good that little Yuqi has gone. Otherwise, the five little ones from Gu Zhou still won't have enough experience."
Xu Wang nodded and turned serious, "I hope everything goes well and there are no accidents."
"I don't know where Brother Yu and the others are, and how far they are from the Siren Orphanage." The third brother also muttered, and the room returned to silence.
However, at this time, Yu Jiuyin and Rongqing were actually getting closer and closer to the Siren Orphanage.
But unlike the island that everyone imagined, the Siren Orphanage was not on land, but on a ship, a ship that old fishermen at sea called a ghost ship.
Yu Jiuyin frowned, feeling that things were getting a little strange.
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