tacit agreement
"Xiaoyun, when did you get here?" Perhaps it was the fear that drove her to the brink of death, but Sun Shuhan pushed away Zhang Zeshi, who was choking her, and quickly stood up and ran towards Meng Yun.
“You have to believe what your mother said, you can’t… you can’t think too much.” Sun Shuhan stammered, her voice growing weaker and weaker as she spoke. She looked up at Meng Jun’s calm eyes, her hands gripping his arm tightly, as if she were pleading for something.
However, Meng Yun simply stood at the entrance of the main hall, neither taking any further action nor uttering a single word.
He remained as calm as a motionless wooden figure. The more calm he was, the more fear Sun Shuhan felt. Every second she stood before him was undoubtedly an unbearable torture.
Zhang Zeshi had no worries about his crazy behavior. On the contrary, he hoped that Meng Yun would listen to their conversation from beginning to end so that he could take this opportunity to acknowledge this son.
He approached the two of them step by step, saying a few words at a time, "Shuhan, why are you so nervous?"
"I'm telling the truth, there's not a single lie in it."
"Anyway, these truths will have to be told to the children sooner or later, so it's good that they know now."
"Xiaojun, don't you think so?"
"Of course not!" Meng Yun raised her forearm and easily broke free from Sun Shuhan's hands. She walked coldly to Zhang Zeshi, then suddenly smiled and asked, "Uncle Zhang, I just arrived. I haven't heard anything about what you're talking about."
As he spoke, he turned to look at Sun Shuhan, a smile on his face that sent chills down one's spine. "Mom, why don't you tell us?"
Hearing him say that, Sun Shuhan finally felt relieved and quickly smoothed things over, "It's nothing serious. Your Uncle Zhang just talked about some things with the company. I didn't understand, so I argued with him, and then..."
She really wanted to tell him, which led to the scene Meng Yun witnessed upon entering. But who would believe such a flawed lie?
Would a subordinate dare to grab the boss's wife by the neck over a minor argument? You can't fool a child with something like that.
Sun Shuhan felt increasingly stupid for blurting out such thoughtless words. She kept glancing at Meng Yun, afraid that he would suddenly realize something was wrong and question her.
Seeing that his plan had failed, Zhang Zeshi added fuel to the fire, saying, "It's been so long since I've seen Xiaoyun. The more I look at this child, the more I like her."
He extended an olive branch, implying that he was testing whether Meng Yun was willing to side with him. As for who the final heir of the group would be, the conclusion was still unknown.
Moreover, Yu Xi is currently pregnant, and if it turns out to be a son, there's no guarantee that Meng Jinxian will leave the position to Meng Chou's son.
“I’ve been busy running between the company, the hospital, and home lately, so I haven’t seen Uncle Zhang in a long time.” Meng Yun said, taking a step back to move forward. “After all, I’m used to my dad telling me where to go. I’ve been managed like that since I was a child.”
The ambiguous answer didn't even match Zhang Zeshi's question, but Zhang Zeshi sensed something in it; Meng Yun was provoking him.
So what if he's my own son? He was raised by someone else since he was little, and I have no feelings for him at all.
"I won't disturb you and your son any longer, I'll be leaving now." He wasn't in a hurry to break the ice, the time wasn't right yet, and he was still afraid of Meng Jinxian.
Meng Yun stepped aside to let him leave, but made no attempt to follow him to see him off. "Take care, Uncle Zhang."
The moment the door closed, Sun Shuhan's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down. Then she heard Meng Yun say, "Mom, actually I've been here for a while now. I heard everything you said just now."
"What?" Sun Shuhan staggered two steps, grabbed the wall, and almost fell to the ground. The secret she had been trying to bury all along was now being exposed so nakedly.
All her hopes collapsed in an instant. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she shook her head frantically, "No, Xiaojun, you didn't hear anything."
“Tell Mom you didn’t hear anything.” She rushed up to Meng Yun, but stopped just a step away from him, repeating to herself, “No, you didn’t hear anything.”
Meng Yun raised her voice, shouting with all her might, "Look at the despicable things you did when you were young! Do you deserve to stand next to Meng Jinxian?"
“I was never valued by him since I was a child, but Meng Chou? Meng Jinxian has always regarded him as his pride since he was a child.” Meng Yun put one hand to her forehead and laughed self-deprecatingly. “He is better than me in everything, and I will always be a little worse than him in everything.”
“Now look what’s happened, I’m not even his biological son. I’m nothing!” His eyes suddenly turned fierce, his gaze sharp, piercing straight at Sun Shuhan. “No wonder Zhang Zeshi has been so good to me since I was little, taking extra care of me and always secretly giving me all sorts of things.”
"I should have thought of this long ago, I should have guessed it long ago. Look what you've done." Meng Yun brushed past her and bumped into Sun Shuhan, who was trying to stop him.
The latter, in her high heels, ran like the wind, trying to maintain her balance, chasing after him, "Xiaojun, let Mom explain to you."
"There are many things that Mom has no choice but to do. You can't just listen to Zhang Zeshi alone. Look at the situation today, do I have any other options?"
Meng Yun suddenly turned around. "Forced to do it? I think you're quite happy to be involved with him."
He clenched his teeth, swallowing back some even harsher words, and didn't say them aloud.
Sun Shuhan stopped chasing him, her legs giving way, and she collapsed heavily onto the carpet. She looked up and watched Meng Yun drive away without looking back.
She was left all alone in the huge villa.
Sometimes she reflects on whether she was too greedy, and in the end, she couldn't keep any of the things she wanted to keep.
I have this house, but I'm still not happy.
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In the hospital, Yu Xi slowly followed the doctor's instructions and worked hard on her rehabilitation training every day. She wanted to live well, to live like Meng Chou had said.
She stayed alone in the ward for several weeks. Apart from the nurses who came in to change her dressings, no one else stepped into the ward. She was extremely lonely.
Yu Xi always felt that Meng Chou was right beside her, watching everything she did.
He had always been by her side, just in a different form, like a transparent ghost, never wanting to leave.
Meng Chou was right beside her, watching as she gripped the lever with both hands, trying to walk like a normal person. When her right wrist gave way and she was about to fall, Meng Chou floated to her side by inertia, trying to catch her, but the ghost passed right through her body and missed.
All I could do was watch her fall onto the mat, struggle to get up using the handrail, and continue practicing without giving up.
Ripples spread across the wall beside them, and a pale face emerged from within, followed by long, thin, withered fingers. With a sharp twist of the nails, the space in the wall seemed to be torn apart, revealing an endless black hole.
Bai Wuchang walked out of the wall and stared straight at Meng Chou.
Only those who have become ghosts can see such a scene; Yu Xi, who was still practicing diligently, had no idea what was happening.
Before Bai Wuchang could speak, Meng Chou interjected, "I know you've come to persuade me to drink Meng Po's soup and be reincarnated."
"But I still have a strong attachment to staying in this world, so I can't leave yet."
Bai Wuchang coldly replied, "What obsession? A bowl of soup will make you forget everything. You should have been on your way long ago. Do you really think I won't take action after all this delay?"
Meng Chou scanned him from head to toe, never expecting that people would really have to go through these things after death. He had also heard that ghost messengers would use threats and inducements to make ghosts drink soup to be reincarnated, but only some were unwilling to leave, and in the end they became wandering ghosts, the price of which was to work in the underworld for years.
Those who are lucky enough to save enough money to come back to the human world can live a carefree life as ghosts. Those who are unlucky will toil away until their souls are scattered.
He would rather do this, giving up the path of reincarnation, in order to have a chance to stay by Yu Xi's side.
What he didn't know was that what he heard from other ghosts was just a scam to drag him down. No ghost working in the underworld could actually save enough money to show up in the human world and live a carefree life.
Seeing that he hesitated to speak, Bai Wu pointed at Yu Xi and asked, "Is she your obsession?"
"Now that you've seen it, why are you still unwilling to leave?"
Meng Chou smiled wryly, floated to Yu Xi's side, opened his arms, knowing he couldn't hold her, but still embraced her. At that moment, Yu Xi looked up and called out to the air, "Meng Chou, are you there? You're here, aren't you?"
Meng Chou quickly replied, "Xiaoyu, I've always been here. I promised I would always be with you, whether in life or in death, that promise still stands. I've always been by your side, I don't want to leave, and I don't want to go."
Almost simultaneously, tears streamed down their faces, and with such perfect timing, they looked up at each other with tearful eyes.
It seems that what separates them is never the realm of Yin and Yang.
Bai Wuchang remained expressionless. He had seen countless sorrows and partings in the world, and such scenes could no longer move him. Moreover, the ghost messenger had shown no emotion from beginning to end.
For them, there was only one task: to make these ghosts drink soup and be reincarnated.
Today is the final deadline!
The urging was urgent. Meng Chou slowly released his arms from Yu Xi and floated in front of Bai Wuchang. "I don't want to be reincarnated. I don't want to forget her."
"If I could wait until she gives birth and let me see our child born, I would go back to the underworld. I'm willing to work there."
Bai Wuchang didn't expect him to say that. Those who work in the underworld are people who have made mistakes in their lives, but their sins are not serious enough to warrant going to hell. They are kept to work and ensure the normal operation of the underworld.
The ghost before him had been investigated, and all the conditions were met for him to be reborn into a good family and embark on the path of reincarnation.
But he refused...
"Then so be it."
Upon hearing this reply, Meng Chou immediately looked up and said, "Thank you."
"It is because of the merits you accumulated in your lifetime that what you said has come true. Otherwise, it would be impossible." After saying this, Bai Wuchang turned around and disappeared back into the wall without a trace.
Meng Chou finally breathed a sigh of relief as the ripples on the wall completely subsided.
"Yu Xi, I have something to talk to you about," Meng Jinxian called out to Yu Xi through the glass wall.
In an instant, both Meng Chou and she froze on the spot.
Why is this person, who hasn't shown up since the incident involving the two of them, willing to show up today?
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