bid farewell
Yu Xi waited outside the operating room, trembling uncontrollably. Looking at the closed operating room door, the faint smell of disinfectant mixed with the bitter smell of medicine in the corridor rushed into her nostrils.
Those things buried deep in her memory, things she didn't want to recall, were playing out in her mind again at this moment.
She didn't get to see Meng Chou one last time before he passed away. She stayed alone in the hospital room for a long time, unable to accept the news of his death, and lived alone for a whole year.
She spent an entire year reminiscing about someone, isolating herself completely. Then, with Meng Qingze's birth, Jin Xuexiao's responsibilities increased, forcing her to go out and confront these so-called realities.
Yu Xi was truly afraid—afraid that this child, whom she had never raised since childhood, and this person who, apart from Meng Chou, genuinely loved her, would just leave like this.
This was the main reason Meng Chou left her to live.
"President Yu..." Assistant Liu wanted to say something to comfort her, but Yu Xi covered her tearful eyes with one hand and raised the other, signaling him not to continue.
She choked up, "I'll stay with Zeze at the hospital. You go and help them find her. Also, keep an eye on Sun Shuhan's side."
"Although I am very reluctant to accept this reality, all the evidence points to one thing, and I am determined to make them pay the price."
Her tone was cold and ruthless, leaving no room for argument.
Assistant Liu immediately understood. He had been helping Yu Xi investigate Meng Chou's car accident all along, and only now, after so many years, had he made progress.
As Jin Xuexiao's business grew bigger and bigger, someone actually produced crucial evidence. Now, all they needed was a battle to break ties with Sun Shuhan.
Because of Meng Yun's past care for Meng Qingze, Yu Xi was caught in a dilemma, wanting to speak up but not knowing how to do so.
But today, upon learning that she had been rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment, her last line of defense completely collapsed. Nothing else mattered as much as Meng Qingze in her heart.
"Zeze, how is it? What happened?" Meng Yun rushed over, panting as she asked.
Yu Xi crossed her arms, raised her head, and looked up with a mixture of resentment and helplessness in her eyes. "You should ask your mother. She knows best!"
“I have never mentioned to anyone that I have such a foster mother. How did she find my company? How did she know where I live? How did she come out of a remote mountain village to find me?”
“I don’t believe Sun Shuhan wouldn’t know about these things.”
Meng Yun stood frozen in place, his hands clenched into fists, but he didn't dare to take a step forward. He hadn't expected Sun Shuhan to do such a thing, and he didn't know how to respond. He withdrew his desire to get closer to Yu Xi.
Yu Xi laughed self-deprecatingly, "Forget it, these things aren't your fault! You are you, and she is she, it's just that seeing you reminds me of her. Meng Yun, tell me, what exactly did I do to make her hate me so much? To make her treat my husband and son like this?"
Meng Yun said in a low voice, "You know everything?"
His voice was filled with fear and helplessness, then became heavy, "I'm sorry! I shouldn't have been here, I'm so sorry!"
"But Little Fish, do you know? I really like you, I really, really like you."
“I used to think I was just jealous of what Mengchou had, but after he died, I realized that I really fell in love with you.”
Meng Yun boldly expressed her emotions, as if she were saying goodbye and speaking sentimental words before leaving.
Yu Xi had no heart to listen. Meng Qingze was lying in the operating room, his life hanging in the balance. The sudden revelation of the truth weighed heavily on her mind, making it hard for her to breathe.
"Little Fish, I'm leaving!" Meng Yun waved goodbye to her, turned around and left with great solemnity, without looking back, as if he had made an extremely difficult decision, afraid that if he looked back, he would be reluctant to leave.
Only on occasions like this could he be qualified to call her that.
A surge of emotions filled Yu Xi's heart. She leaned against the cold wall, slowly curled up, and squatted on the ground as time passed by.
Meng Chou shed his pretense; he was no longer Chen Miao, but truly became himself, regaining the transparency of his soul.
They became someone who could not touch each other, someone who knew of the other's existence.
"Don't be afraid, I'm not leaving out of spite! I'm just going back to fulfill my promise to the ghost messenger and to save our child."
"Little Fish, I told you, I've always been here," Meng Chou said, drifting towards the operating room.
At that moment, several doctors were focused on the surgery. Meng Chou walked past them and came to Meng Qingze's side. He reached out and placed his hand on Meng Qingze's forehead, and whispered, "Zeze, wake up. Daddy's here to see you."
A faint white light surrounded Meng Qingze. These lights gathered together and gradually condensed into his shape, just like Meng Chou, a transparent soul.
Meng Qingze had seen Meng Chou's photos before, and sometimes he would secretly look at them for a long time by himself. He immediately recognized the soul in front of him and happily went up to hug him.
"Dad, you're back, right?"
Meng Chou hugged him tightly. This was the only chance he had to hold him, and it was also their first time meeting.
He said, "Yes, I came to see Zeze. Dad knows someone is bullying you and Mom, so I came back to stand up for you."
"Will you always stay with me and Mom from now on? Will you always be with us?"
Meng Chou did not answer his question, but turned his head away, not daring to look into his eyes again. After a long time, he said, "Dad will turn into a star in the sky and always stay by your and Mom's side."
Meng Qingze hugged him tightly, unwilling to let go. In truth, as he grew older, how could he not guess that Meng Chou had passed away, and that everyone had kept it from him?
Meng Chou urged him, "You must live happily with your mother and take good care of her, okay?"
Meng Qingze nodded vigorously in his arms, "I will!"
"Go back and tell your mother not to be sad anymore. Tell her that your father has always loved you, both in life and after death."
As Meng Chou spoke, he gently placed Meng Qingze's soul back into his body, allowing his spirit to return to its original state, and he reached out his hand once more.
The surrounding space and time began to distort, and the warning voice of the White Impermanence came, "You should think carefully. The luck you have accumulated over the years can save your child. But without these things, after my deal with you is completed, you will dissipate and will never be able to reincarnate again."
"And from then on, they vanished without a trace from this world!"
Meng Chou didn't hesitate at all. "I don't regret it. I don't want my child to end up like me. He's still young and needs to stay with his mother."
"Then so be it." Bai Wuchang watched quietly as he transferred all the golden threads of fortune in his soul to Meng Qingze.
"It's time to take back the deal I made with you!"
As Bai Wuchang spoke, he picked up the iron chain beside him. As if the chain had a mind of its own, it bound Meng Qingze after Meng Chou had given all his luck to him.
"Even if your soul is scattered and your spirit is destroyed, you will not regret it?"
No regrets!
As the chains tightened around his soul, Meng Chou gradually began to dissipate. Reluctantly looking at the person lying on the operating table, he turned to look in the direction of Yu Xi outside the door, taking their memories with him as he departed.
With a wave of his hand, Bai Wuchang returned the chains to his grasp. He glanced at the person lying on the operating table and whispered, "Whether one lives or dies, everything is predetermined. However, only the variable is unknowable. Now that the variable has passed, it's time for you to wake up."
As he spoke, he slowly retreated back into the wall. The moment he left the room, a doctor breathed a sigh of relief, "The child's heartbeat has finally returned to normal."
"I can breathe slowly now!"
"Very good!"
The moment Meng Chou's soul dissipated, Yu Xi's heart ached faintly, wave after wave, just like when she had a heart attack.
She stared blankly at the operating room door, separated by this heavy door.
She and the one she loved had looked at each other one last time. From then on, no ghost would ever come to see her again, following her from a distance.
I want things to stay this way, but I don't want her to always be all alone.
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People came and went downstairs, but the wet shirt had long since dried and was hanging in front of the window.
Three to five days always seem to pass so quickly.
Meng Yun crushed the beer bottle in his hand. He hadn't tidied himself up for days, and stubble had grown on his cheeks. His hair was messy and he grabbed it casually. The wind on the rooftop messed it up again. He staggered and was still wearing the suit he had hurriedly worn to see Meng Qingze.
Firefighters were still on their way, and Sun Shuhan and Meng Jinxian stood at a distance, not daring to approach.
Meng Jinxian scolded him, "Xiao Jun, what are you trying to do?"
Sun Shuhan also pleaded, "Xiaojun, don't scare your mother, come here quickly!"
Meng Yun pointed at Meng Jinxian and laughed loudly, "Hahahaha, look at you, you've always said this about me since we were little. You've always blamed me more than you care about me, and you always like to use the excuse of doing it for my own good to belittle me and compare me to Meng Chou."
Why don't you compare yourself to people who are more outstanding than you?
Sun Shuhan choked back tears, "Xiaojun, stop talking!"
Meng Yun looked at her again, "And you, the things you've done are enough to make you die a thousand times over. You're the one who's driven me further and further away from her, it's all your fault!"
Meng Jinxian had just visited Meng Qingze at the hospital when he received this news. Suppressing his anger, he roared, "Enough! Xiaojun, what exactly are you trying to do by causing such a scene today?"
Meng Yun pulled a voice recorder out of his pocket, climbed onto the wall of the company's top floor, and said, "Of course, it's to reveal the truth! Do you want to listen? I'm not your son."
"Isn't it ridiculous? Hahahaha, raising someone else's child for so many years."
"Also, the story of Zeze being poisoned by accidentally eating Yinxingya is all in here. I have recordings of it. Listen to what your bedmate has been doing behind your back!"
"Do you think it's possible that she was the one who killed Meng Chou's mother in order to have her current status? Meng Jinxian, do you want to guess?"
Sun Shuhan was a little anxious and wanted to step forward to stop him, but Meng Yun anticipated her movement and warned, "Don't come any closer, none of you come any closer."
As he spoke, he pressed the recorder, and all of Zhang Zeshi and Sun Shuhan's premeditated words were played out. He quickly put the recorder down, then turned around and jumped off.
Meng Jinxian quickly stepped forward, but still couldn't stop him.
Sun Shuhan was already so frightened that her legs went weak. She knelt on the ground, listening in a daze to the recording of her conversation with Zhang Zeshi as they plotted, unable to believe what was happening before her eyes.
Overnight, news of Meng Yun's suicide spread widely, and scandals and misdeeds about Sun Shuhan also emerged like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.
She ultimately couldn't escape the law. And just a second before Meng Yun left, Yu Xi received another text message from the stranger who had given him all the evidence: "Best wishes, goodbye!"
These four short words encapsulate a thousand unspoken words.
Perhaps everyone lives in their own self-imposed prison, unable to escape.
Yu Xi stared at that text message for a very long time, until the sky was tinged with a blinding red by the setting sun.
The television news in the room was still broadcasting his story, and trending topics on Weibo kept popping up.
How could she ignore his departure?
"Thanks!"
The wind blew through Yu Xi's hair, bringing tears to her eyes. At this moment, she had so much to say, but she couldn't utter a word, and she didn't know how to say it.
All the emotions came together, but in the end, only these two words came out.
Some things and some people are destined for an ending from the very beginning.
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