Chapter 137: Wishes
N seemed not to have expected Tu Lanxun to ask this question, but was not too surprised. She just looked at her with dark eyes, and even took half a step forward, lowering her head and staring at Tu Lanxun more intently, her eyes like stars in the night sky covered by dark clouds.
"What's wrong?" Tu Lanxun felt that the atmosphere had changed.
N sighed, his expression relaxed. "Do you really want to know?"
"Know what? Your obsession? Of course I want to know." Tu Lanxun said seriously, "Otherwise, once the matter of Tianguo Group is resolved, you will disappear and reincarnate. Who will I play with?"
A fleeting smile, so faint it was barely noticeable, flashed across N's face. He looked at Tu Lanxun coldly, then grasped her hand, gently holding it in his icy palm, which was twice her own size. "I'm a ghost, not meant to remain in the world forever. I survived the game world and came here only as a revenge scheme, to avenge my death."
Tu Lanxun was silent for a moment, then let him hold it. "I understand."
N, however, seemed to have secretly tasted some honey, and said in a somewhat mischievous voice, "But, that was my previous obsession. I have a new one now."
Tu Lanxun felt that this person was really dramatic today, but her heart couldn't help but feel a mixture of bitterness and sweetness, and her cheeks also tended to warm up. She held N's hand and gently pinched the ghost's flesh. "Will you tell me?"
N didn't take it as an offense at all. Instead, he rubbed the back of Tu Lanxun's hand soothingly, and then he said what was in his heart: "I have a sweetheart in this world."
Still going around in circles, Tu Lanxun thought to himself. Don't turn around and reveal that your sweetheart is Liu Maosheng.
N's soft gaze cast a light on the blue-painted hair tie as he continued, "I want to stay for her, until the last day. I just don't know if she's willing to let me stay."
Tu Lanxun said sarcastically, "Why should I keep you? It's not fashionable to keep a gigolo for free these days."
N pursed his lips slightly, the corners of his lips curled up slightly, then forced them back to a straight line. He said solemnly and slowly, "I clean the shop and house during the day, guard the yard at night, and help run the business. I have to beg her to take me in. If it really doesn't work..."
"Is it really impossible?"
"If it really doesn't work... I'll just..." N's hand still didn't let go of Tu Lanxun, but he used his other hand to stroke his broad shoulders and straight neck, all the way down, passing over his chest, which was as heavy as spring soil - where the fabric couldn't help but tighten under Tu Lanxun's glance - and his narrow waist. Finally, his hand fell back to his ear, and he actually tucked in his already neat hair. N then chuckled softly and said with a little panic: "I'll beg my sweetheart to keep me as a toy to make the bed and warm the quilt."
Tu Lanxun was so teased that he didn't know what to do. He pulled his hand back from N's palm and felt the other person's little finger hook lightly to keep him. Then he separated and said, "You are cold."
N smiled and said, "I feel cold, but... my sweetheart may not feel the cold."
Tu Lanxun also lowered his head, with the corners of his mouth curled up. After a long time, he finally uttered the disappointing words that he had been struggling with for a long time, "I am a living person, I will grow old, and my life span is only a few decades." If the Tianguo Group case does not go well, he may not even live for a few decades.
And N will always be like this.
She had never thought about feeling inferior because of getting older. Why should she feel inferior? But Liu Maosheng's words today made Tu Lanxun a little hesitant.
It sounds like... it's very painful for ghosts to stay in the world by force...
The desire to reincarnate and embark on the next journey resonates in the mind, as natural as plants needing soil or animals needing water. Failure to fulfill this desire leads to suffering. Some ghosts even go mad from this struggle; many indiscriminately murderous ghosts arise from this.
Is he willing to endure decades of suffering and resentment just to grow old with her?
Will he disappear once the Tian Guo Group case is over?
"I know." N's eyes were dark and gentle, enveloping Tu Lanxun like the night that had not yet fallen. He grabbed Tu Lanxun's wrist again and gently clasped it in his hand. Tu Lanxun was almost crushed by the tall N in the narrow gap between the people and the car. "I'm very happy. Lanxun, you have a chance to grow old."
"But what about your pain?"
"It doesn't hurt." N took Tu Lanxun's hand and placed it against his left chest. There was no longer any beating underneath, but soon, a simulated heartbeat struck Tu Lanxun's palm. "Look, I have a better wish."
It is not just about destroying the Kingdom of Heaven Group, but about starting a new life, living a brand new life with specific people in a specific place, living for yourself and for each other.
N is saying that gratitude for the new life is enough to cover all the pain of heaven.
Tu Lanxun suddenly wanted to hug N, but she couldn't hold him for long. Time was running out. She could only open the car door for N and said, "Hurry up and get in the car. We're going to be late. We have to interrogate Dong Tianlong tonight."
N finally took his eyes off Tu Lanxun's face and got into the car. Tu Lanxun leaned over and pressed N's shoulder, then stood up and closed the door. He walked around to the driver's seat and got in the car, driving towards the city with a ghost who had a psychological trauma about driving.
"What was your impression of Dong Tianlong before?" Tu Lanxun asked.
N raised his eyes. "When I was alive? In the first few years, I only heard that K had a nephew in China, born to his twin brother. It wasn't until later that Dong Yijian brought Dong Tianlong to a foreign country to celebrate Christmas that I saw him."
"Dong Tianlong should be older than you." Tu Lanxun calculated, "Four or five years older."
"Four years old. He is still a child today." N showed no emotion.
He's a child today, and naturally he was then, too. N paused and revealed his first impression of Dong Tianlong. "He was twenty-four that year, but his mental age couldn't have been more than fourteen. I'm not scolding him; he had most of the faults of a second-generation rich kid, but he was a good person back then."
Nothing happened during the Christmas that N experienced, except that Dong Tianlong had a quarrel with Kris at the table and was slapped by Dong Yijian and sent back to the bedroom.
It wasn't because of anything big, it was just like they disliked each other. Dong Tianlong deliberately provoked Dong Yijian, and he didn't tolerate him at all. Even Kris, the uncle who came out to mediate, was quite perfunctory in his attitude.
"No one cares about Dong Tianlong. I've seen that for a long time." N said, "He's a rentier in the Tianguo Group, but he's at the very edge. They use money and candy to silence him, and use a luxurious lifestyle to appease him. They don't worry about his future, but blame him for his incompetence. Even to 'outsiders' like Teacher Nie and me, they treat him better than to Dong Tianlong."
Tu Lanxun thought that N's statement about Dong Tianlong was actually similar to Wu Qingchu's.
"Anything else? Something major must have happened back then, causing Dong Tianlong to suddenly fall into depravity in his early twenties. Do you feel it?"
"No. I thought he was just going bad naturally when he started getting into trouble." N shook his head. "I almost thought he was going to come out to Kris."
Tu Lanxun asked: "Let's not talk about whether they are in a relationship or not. Why is it with Kris and not with Dong Yijian?"
"Dong Tianlong isn't close to his biological father. What did Dong Yijian study? He's a well-known figure in clinical medicine. He's part of the old-school intellectual elite—the kind represented by Dong Yijian, anyway. They inherently look down on the uneducated, especially their own sons. It's a complete failure of both genetics and upbringing."
Kris is relatively easier to talk to, has a more friendly and smiling demeanor, has seen more of the outside world, and will not raise his eyebrows just because Dong Tianlong does something ridiculous and flashy.
In fact, to some extent, Kris is more terrifying.
"Okay." Tu Lanxun parked his car in front of the Lucheng South Branch and was about to open the door when N suddenly called out, "Wait."
"What's wrong?"
The moment Tu Lanxun met N's eyes, some thoughts were suddenly awakened, and she suddenly realized that she had missed something.
Dong Tianlong's transformation is actually quite similar to Teacher Nie's. Initially believing she'd found her soulmate, Teacher Nie discovered that Kris was actually treating her as another incarnation of his AI wife. This led to her subsequent breakdown and even psychosis.
So, what did Dong Tianlong discover?
He was initially a beloved son and nephew who was loved, rarely blamed, and always supported. He was the only blood heir to the Tianguo Group and Deshi Hospital, and had a father and uncle who truly spoiled him.
Are there any of these points...that are actually...not true?
Tu Lanxun felt a chill in her heart. N had already transformed into a dark light and slipped into her pocket. She walked into the Lucheng South Branch as usual. The time was 3:45.
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Dong Tianlong sat in the interrogation room. The minor injuries he had suffered before were no longer serious. It seemed that the two days of life in shackles and hospital had washed away some of his greasiness. He looked tired but refreshed.
The interrogators were Wen Chong and Li Ao. Neither of them embarrassed him. Li Ao said directly, "Dong Tianlong, please take a seat."
Dong Tianlong was restrained in an interrogation chair and given a paper cup of warm water. He held it in his hand and cooperated with the name, age, and household registration process. Li Ao inquired about the details of his escape, and Dong Tianlong slowly said, "Qianniu sent me a message asking me to leave. At that time, I heard... that the situation was dire, so I went to Badapan Mountain to pay my respects, and later hid in Badapan Town."
"You have no contact with your father and uncle?"
Dong Tianlong shook his head: "Not recently."
"What about before that? Tell me clearly when you last contacted each other."
"Before... Dean Dong and I hadn't spoken for a month." Dong Tianlong said frankly: "Then he should have been arrested by you."
Wen Chong narrowed his eyes. "Where's your uncle Kris? When was the last time you two contacted each other?"
"Kris..." Dong Tianlong's eyes flickered, clearly hiding something he didn't want to say. He didn't have a cell phone on him when he was arrested; it must have been thrown into the sea earlier, making it impossible to retrieve. There was no way to find the phone number or call records. "I don't know."
Dong Tianlong refused to let go. Li Ao slammed the table, but was stopped by Wen Chong. She smiled faintly, "Dong Tianlong, do you hate them that much?"
These words startled people. Dong Tianlong's silence was clearly to protect him, so why did he bring up hatred now?
"If Kris were arrested now, he would still have to go through a lengthy trial and wait for an uncertain outcome."
"But the secrets you know tell you that if you let Kris go further and further, a greater disaster might occur, both for the world and for Kris himself. The final judgment will also be heavier."
Wen Chong stared at Dong Tianlong, whose face had turned pale. "What did you know back then?"
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