Chapter 146 Willing
Lin Yao raised his hand and covered Xie Xingchen's eyes.
Just like every time Xie Xingchen reached out his hand when faced with fear in the past.
He watched Yun Qing fall into a pool of blood, his palm wet with tears.
"Xie Xingchen, perhaps this is the best ending for Uncle Yun," he said softly.
Rather than watching your loved one die before your eyes, and then being separated from them day after day in a long prison, it's better to die together and accompany each other to a farther place.
Xie Xingchen lowered his head, his palm covering the back of the hand that was covering his eyes, and silently shed tears.
"Yaoyao, I don't have a father anymore."
This statement almost pierced through a person's heart.
Lin Yao reached out and hugged him, unsure how to soothe the pain of seeing his parents die before his eyes in an instant. He could only repeat, "You still have me, Xie Xingchen, you still have me."
Guards were coming and going all around, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief at the outcome, beginning to handle the aftermath in an orderly manner. There were no innocent casualties, and for them, today was just another ordinary workday among countless others.
Xie Xingchen lowered his head, buried his face in the crook of his neck, and said in a hoarse voice, "I only have you left."
The only one who was hurt was Xie Xingchen, who had just lost both parents.
Lin Yao was heartbroken and didn't know how to comfort him.
That year, he stumbled upon Xie Xingchen's fifteenth birthday celebration. It was a lively and grand affair, with Xie Hengzhi and Yun Qing by his side. The exquisite cake and gentle smiles were a scene he had sincerely envied but could never have during his adolescence.
Now, all that excitement and love has left him, leaving 23-year-old Xie Xingchen standing alone in the same place.
If time could stand still, he truly wished it could remain frozen in that moment.
But there are always many regrets in the world, and they were swept up in the torrent, pushed forward, and all they could do was hold each other's hands tightly.
“Let’s take the fathers back,” Lin Yao said.
Xie Xingchen nodded slightly: "Okay."
The news spread like wildfire throughout the entire league.
"According to the latest reports, the antidote for this blood plague was developed by Lieutenant Colonel Lin Yao himself as the test subject, in collaboration with Cheng Boyan, the head of the military region's biological experiment department. As a victim who was imprisoned in a laboratory for decades, Lieutenant Colonel Lin and Minister Cheng were able to stand up and rescue the Alliance from its predicament. We pay our highest respects to these two officers."
"The once-in-a-century spectacle of pink birds in the capital was achieved by Lieutenant Colonel Lin Yao's pet using a suicide mode and the recall function to deliver the antidote to various parts of the alliance, saving tens of thousands of lives. At this moment, remember its name, it is called Xie Dai."
"According to the police station, Lieutenant Colonel Xie Xingchen provided all the criminal evidence against former Alliance Leader Xie Hengzhi and his husband Yun Qing. In the face of the law, he demonstrated the most precious justice of the Alliance soldiers. At the same time, we also feel sorry for him for losing his parents. We hope that Lieutenant Colonel Xie can get over his grief as soon as possible."
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Xie Hengzhi and Yun Qing's graves are on the highest mountain, just like Yun Qing's name, with white clouds above and greenery below.
They chose to be buried together, and the photo on the tombstone is a graduation photo.
The two were wearing school uniforms; one wore a three-piece suit with a cold expression, while the other wore a dark blue plaid skirt in the same color scheme and smiled gently. They held hands and looked perfectly matched.
It was Xie Hengzhi and Yun Qing at eighteen years old.
“Those were their pure days, and mine too. I really miss them.” Pei Yizhong bent down and gently placed two bouquets of flowers down. “It’s a pity that we couldn’t sit at the same table and have a proper meal like before.”
Xie Xingchen had been coming alone often lately, and he never expected to run into Pei Yizhong today. His gaze fell on the tombstone, and he finally asked, "Uncle Pei, do you hate them? For making you and Lin Yao separate for so many years?"
“They’re all gone, why bother with all that?” Pei Yizhong sighed. “Those who are alive should look forward and move on, and so should you.”
Moving forward, Yun Qing's last words were also like this.
But it's so hard. Sometimes when I wake up in the middle of the night, I still think about the past, those days when they chatted and laughed. When I wake up, I feel lost and empty.
But now it's different. Lin Yao will hug him and kiss him without any restraint, repeating over and over again, "Xie Xingchen, I'm here."
Xie Xingchen thought that he seemed to have really taught Lin Yao how to love.
It's really amazing that overnight I became the closed-off and aloof Lin Yao, while Lin Yao became the person I used to be.
They seem to have switched places, but they're doing the same thing.
However, it is also because of Lin Yao's current initiative that, at times, when you quarrel with him, it seems that you are slowly finding your way back to the past.
Everything will be alright, it just takes time.
"Are you going back to the military region later? I'll give you a ride," Pei Yizhong said.
"No, I'm not feeling well and want to go home to rest." Xie Xingchen pressed his wrist with his fingers. "Don't tell Lin Yao, he's in training these past two days, I don't want him to worry."
Pei Yizhong hummed in agreement, staring at him and repeatedly asking for confirmation, "Are you sure you don't need to? Or should we go to Hemu first?"
Xie Xingchen smiled and felt that since that day, they had been a little too cautious with him, perhaps afraid that being alone with him would easily bring up sad memories, but this kind of care was indeed a bit too much.
"I'm not a child. If I really can't take it, I'll go to the hospital. Don't worry."
“Okay, then come back for dinner this weekend,” Pei Yizhong said. “Mom will cook your favorite dishes.”
Xie Xingchen smiled and nodded.
He went home, took a shower, and then saw a message from Pei Yizhong: "Feeling better? Are you sick again, or just in your most vulnerable period? Or just a cold? It's August, you shouldn't get a fever, right?"
[xxc]: You're really worrying too much. I'm going to take a nap, I'm really fine.
After replying to the message, I tossed my phone aside and drifted off to sleep.
He didn't know how much time had passed when he woke up from the heat. He reached out to touch the inhibitor in the bedside table, but his arm was held down by another person.
Xie Xingchen turned his head, his hand unconsciously sliding across Yao Yao's waist. He recognized him without even opening his eyes: "Yao Yao, weren't you in training camp? Why are you back?"
"Halfway through training, my pheromones suddenly went haywire. I was with a bunch of Alphas and almost got exposed," Lin Yao muttered. "I don't know what happened. It's probably because of that Blood Plague inducer from before."
Xie Xingchen turned his head to smell his neck: "It smells very good."
He sniffed for a moment before slowly saying, "Then don't go tomorrow. If you manage to drive some Alpha crazy, I'll be angry."
"Yes, I know." Lin Yao struggled to raise his hand and placed his palm on his forehead. "How are you? Dad said you were sick, so I came back to see you."
"Uncle Pei really..." Xie Xingchen was speechless, feeling the random touch in his palm, and tilted his head slightly, "I'm fine, just in my vulnerable period."
As he spoke, he felt the head move down. He reached out and grabbed the other person's neck to stop him from moving, his voice becoming even lower, "What are you doing?"
"Stop taking suppressants," Lin Yao said softly. "I'm back. I'm here."
Xie Xingchen lowered his eyes, his gaze lingering on his bright red lips for several seconds, his whole being almost boiling with excitement.
His calloused fingers brushed against her fair neck: "Your skin is a little red, is it an allergic reaction?"
"It should be a stress reaction during the fever period." Lin Yao's tone was still very calm. "I asked the military region for leave for seven days."
Xie Xingchen's breath hitched, his gaze falling heavily on him, and he said slowly, "Seven days, won't that be bad?"
Lin Yao raised an eyebrow slightly, and with just two words, he made people surrender their armor: "Give it a try."
Lin Yao turned his head from under the pillow, exposing that area to the Alpha's eyes: "Xie Xingchen, mark me."
"I won't mark you a third time."
Xie Xingchen's breathing was heavy as he restrainedly kissed the back of his neck. "I've said it before, a lifelong bond is too much of a loss for you. If you leave me, you will be in immense pain and will never be able to accept another Alpha."
"I think, I'm willing." Lin Yao choked up, trembling with uncontrollable tension at the thought of what was about to happen.
He knew, of course, that once an Omega was marked for life, they would completely belong to an Alpha, and their body and soul would be branded.
But Xie Xingchen lost everything.
He often fears that he might end his life in agony, just like that time he resolutely embarked on that death flight.
This lifelong bond bound him to himself and Xie Xingchen as well.
If love can imprison, he is willing to become the temptation.
Lin Yao turned to look at him. His deep blue eyes were moist, like mist rising from the sea, extremely beautiful.
"Mark me, I want to be your connection and your only one in this world."
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