Chapter 22
In just one minute, Tang Yang felt like he had spent a century.
The broken bones closed one by one, and the nerves connected one by one.
He clearly felt that his body was like billions of fragments that were quickly piecing together, but he did not feel that he was being reborn at all. Instead, he felt that he was rolling in a sea of swords in hell again.
First the feet, then the legs, hips, spine, ribs, arms, cervical vertebrae...
His entire body was making rattling sounds, and Tang Yang, like a broken machine, was shaking and twitching on the ground, moaning in pain: "It hurts... It hurts... Help... Help me..."
Cold sweat flowed down his face in streams, his whole face was pale and colorless, his mouth was wide open, and his eyes were rolled back.
…
Not far away, Yan Yue watched this scene stiffly.
The person lying on the ground was not him, but he could fully imagine the pain. Just listening to the continuous strange noises was unbearable.
He looked at the man in front of him and moved his lips.
The man just stared at the figure in the alley without saying a word.
Su Xuan knew that Song Yalan was looking at Tang Yang, and he also knew that Xiao Song upstairs and the terrified Ye Xiaoyun were lying by the window watching this scene.
They watched silently as Tang Yang's body returned to its original state in pain. After a long minute, he could only lie on his back on the ground, with blood and sweat mixed under his body, forming a dark black mass.
He gasped for breath, gasped, whimpered, turned over, curled up, shivered, and let out incoherent cries.
Su Xuan finally moved his body.
He turned around, looked at the group of people outside the alley, and said calmly, "I'll take them up first. Please take care of the scene here. Thank you."
After he finished speaking, he tied up Song Yalan and Tang Yang with a spiritual chain. Amid Tang Yang's exclamation, he swung out the spiritual chain, hooked it onto the window sill of the room on the eleventh floor, and suddenly flew up and flipped into the window.
“…” Yan Yue pursed his lips tightly.
So he knew long ago that they had seen through the barrier, but still acted according to his own wishes regardless?
According to the procedure, when such an accident occurs, their Monster Bureau should take over.
Su Xuan's intervention will change the original way of handling all subsequent matters.
But they watched Su Xuan violate the rules and could not do anything.
As a senior official in the Monster Bureau, Yan Yue knew very well how terrifying the full strength of a first-generation monster was. Although Su Xuan was usually careless and seemed to make mistakes occasionally, if he really got serious, they would not be able to resist him at all.
Therefore, unless the situation is particularly serious, generally speaking, in order to prevent the matter from getting out of hand later, they can only "watch it happen."
This is the confidence and arrogance of a generation of monsters.
He took a deep breath and looked at Gu Shuo again.
When this person first approached Su Xuan, he and the director could roughly guess that this person probably thought Su Xuan was related to his lost memory.
They thought that this person would use Su Xuan to stimulate his own memory awakening, but they didn't expect that he would delay taking any action and his attitude towards Su Xuan became more and more subtle.
But what happens after seeing this scene?
Will he still maintain the same attitude towards Su Xuan as before?
As if he could hear his inner voice, Gu Shuo looked at the now empty alley and suddenly said, "Do you think that monsters are not human, so they are so cold and cruel, playing with lives in the palm of their hands?"
Yan Yue was silent.
A flip of the hand can give life to someone, and a flip of the hand can kill someone.
Isn’t it?
Gu Shuo smiled softly.
He turned sideways, and the evening breeze blew, carrying his words clearly into Yan Yue's ears.
"In fact, it's quite the opposite."
"You've known Su Xuan for a while, so you should know that he wouldn't do something like this easily."
"It's precisely because he knows how important short lives are to humans that he chooses to let those who don't respect life experience life and death firsthand," Gu Shuo's voice was as gentle and cold as ever. "Compared to humans, monsters are much more insensitive to emotions, but once they truly learn to feel, their emotions are often purer than humans'."
Yan Yue was stunned.
"Send someone to take care of this place. Let's go up first." Gu Shuo said no more and walked towards the hotel gate.
*
Su Xuan led the two men into the window. Ye Xiaoyun screamed and quickly stepped back, looking in horror at Tang Yang, who was now intact but still had a lot of blood on his face, and Su Xuan, who had an expressionless face.
At this moment, her brain was overwhelmed with information, causing her to freeze in place. She instinctively felt fear and dread towards Su Xuan...
Xiao Song stood there with his eyes lowered, and said softly, "I'm sorry, Mr. Su, I've caused you trouble."
Su Xuan threw Tang Yang to the ground without a word. Tang Yang was limp as mud and collapsed on the ground. He couldn't get up at all. He was like a lost soul. He just huddled in the corner, staring straight ahead, trembling, and muttering: "Forgive me, I'm sorry, I won't dare to do it again, forgive me, I'm sorry..."
When Su Xuan walked in front of him, Tang Yang jumped up, holding his head, and said in fear: "I'm sorry, I won't dare to do it again, I was wrong, I was wrong!"
Su Xuan squatted down and asked him coldly: "Can we still have a good divorce?"
"Divorce, I'll divorce right away, as soon as I get home!" Tang Yang trembled. If there was a divorce agreement on the scene, he would have signed it on the spot.
Su Xuan tilted his head: "Will you dare to threaten anyone with murder in the future?"
Tang Yang shook his head desperately, tears streaming down his face. "I won't dare to do it again. I really won't dare to do it again. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I was wrong..."
Song Yalan stood in the corner and whispered, "You'd better do this."
Tang Yang was trembling constantly. At this moment, apart from Su Xuan, he was also very scared of Song Yalan and Xiao Song.
It was these two people, one gave up trying to stop him, and the other took him out the window without hesitation, letting him experience the death of falling from a building.
Tang Yang still dares to threaten Song Yalan and Xiao Song?
The despair of falling and the pain of resurrection still linger in his body, leaving him with such deep memories that it seems they will never fade away!
He had never been so afraid of anyone!
Tang Yang quickly adjusted his posture, knelt on the ground and began to kowtow, crying incoherently: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was wrong! I will divorce you immediately after I get back and never come to you again! I will return the company to you, please let me go! Please let me go!"
He kowtowed again and again.
Song Yalan shed a tear.
She gave Tang Yang a final cold look, wiped away her tears, and turned away.
While Tang Yang was crying and kowtowing, the doorbell rang and the people from the Monster Bureau arrived.
…
When Yan Yue came, he brought a container with him. It was a small man made of special material, like a puppet.
After letting Song Yalan possess the body of the little man, they took Tang Yang and Ye Xiaoyun away together - Su Xuan and Xiao Song had to go with them as well, as there was still a lot of aftermath to deal with.
As they walked out, Su Xuan whispered to Xiao Song, "Don't do stupid things again. I know that if I don't do that once, you might still feel like this matter won't end, and this man will keep staring at you forever. But if you believe me, I have many other ways to make sure he never dares to get close to you again."
He knew that Song Yalan would only do stupid things when she was in extreme emotions.
Xiao Song must have thought that Tang Yang's physical death would not affect his mother's soul, so he allowed him to do such a thing.
In the final analysis, it was Tang Yang's crazy words and actions that made them have an extreme idea in an instant - perhaps only by doing this can they get rid of this man, and perhaps only by fighting to the death can this absurd farce end.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Song's face relaxed.
Xiao Song whispered, "Mr. Xiao Su, thank you."
He knew that everything could end so well because of Su Xuan.
Su Xuan patted his shoulder and comforted him sincerely, "Okay, no matter what, we have resolved this matter today, and the future will only be better than now. So don't think too much, live a good life with your mother, and if you have any problems in the future, come to me, understand?"
Many words of comfort had been said, but it was not until this moment, when everything was resolved, that these words sounded like a relief and the atmosphere became relaxed again.
Xiao Song stared at Su Xuan motionlessly, with many complex and profound things swirling in his eyes.
He couldn't help but take a step closer to Su Xuan and said in a hoarse voice: "Su Xuan..."
The next second, a figure stood in front of Su Xuan.
Xiao Song paused, then turned to look. A tall man smiled at him. "We still have a lot of things to deal with. If you have anything to say, we can talk about it when we get back to the bureau. Mr. Song, please."
Xiao Song had no expression on his face.
The man smiled flawlessly.
"?" Su Xuan looked at Xiao Song and the man standing in front of him.
The two of them stared at each other, and in the silence...something seemed to be "crackling"???
Su Xuan was confused. What was he doing suddenly?
In front, seeing that her son hadn't caught up, Song Yalan patted Yan Yue's arm. Yan Yue was stunned and turned around, wondering, "What are you doing? Hurry up, it's getting late!"
Yan Yue was already having a headache from what happened today, and Gu Shuo's words had plunged him into unprecedented contemplation. Thinking about working overtime again after returning home, Yan Yue felt deeply exhausted...
On this side, the man smiled at Xiao Song motionlessly.
Xiao Song stared at him for a while, then finally gave up. He smiled at Su Xuan and said, "Then we'll talk about it when we get back to the bureau, Mr. Su."
This smile finally returned to its former appearance.
Su Xuan was in a daze: "Ah, um."
Tsk, Xiao Song is really a high-quality idol. He can exude charm just by smiling casually.
Then he sensitively noticed that the man in front of him glanced at him.
Su Xuan: “?”
My heart instinctively tightened. What was going on?
…
Although the car driven by Yan Yue and his team had five seats, there were still not enough places. In the end, Su Xuan was dragged out in a daze by the Monster Bureau staff member whom he did not know. The staff member said that they were going to take a taxi and asked the others to go back first. He just made the decision without authorization.
Xiao Song stared at the man again and wanted to speak, but his mother urged him to do so, so he had no choice but to get into the car with a gloomy face.
While waiting for the bus, Su Xuan felt something was amiss and couldn't help but chat with the strange man next to him: "What's your name? Are you new here? I haven't seen you before?"
The strange man chuckled and said, "Just call me Xiao Gu. I really just started working not long ago."
"No wonder, I said I knew everyone in the Monster Bureau." Su Xuan said, and moved closer to "Xiao Gu" and looked at him carefully.
Gu Shuo arched his brows and let him look at him: "What's wrong? What are you looking at, Mr. Su?"
Su Xuan touched his chin and pondered: "Nothing, I just feel... a sense of familiarity."
After getting in the car, Su Xuan still glanced at Gu Shuo from time to time, thinking hard, as if trying to trace the source of this familiar feeling.
The look on his face as if he was trying hard to figure something out but just couldn't is so adorable.
Gu Shuo smiled.
After a pause, he asked casually, "Mr. Su seems to care about Mr. Song very much. Does he like him very much?"
Su Xuan nodded without hesitation: "I like him. Who doesn't like a boy like Xiao Song?"
Gu Shuo: “…”
He smiled and said, "What attracts you to Mr. Song?"
Su Xuan counted on his fingers: "Good-looking, likes to laugh, has a good temper, and high emotional intelligence..."
Gu Shuo: “…………”
While counting, Su Xuan suddenly stopped.
It was like the system was stuck and stopped working very suddenly.
He seemed to remember something, his eyes flickered twice, and then he guiltily put away his fingers, his ears turning red suspiciously.
Gu Shuo stared calmly at Su Xuan's red ears and said in a low voice, "What's wrong? Why did Mr. Su suddenly stop talking?"
Su Xuan looked like a thief, his eyes wandering left and right: "No, I've finished counting. I won't count anymore. Hey, Xiao Gu, you are so gossipy!"
He was just talking when he suddenly thought of Gu Shuo.
To sum it up, I always feel that Xiao Song and Gu Shuo seem quite similar, but in fact, the impression they give people is quite different.
But once Su Xuan thought of Gu Shuo, he couldn't get him out of his mind, so he felt embarrassed.
Oh, he is such a flower maniac.
Beside him, Gu Shuo took a deep breath, feeling that the string in his head was about to be broken by the guy in front of him.
*
When we get to the Monster Bureau, we’ll do the necessary inspections and record what needs to be recorded.
Su Xuan's healing skills are impeccable. The scene of Tang Yang falling from the building was very tragic, but now he is as good as new, without a single problem, although his mental state has probably suffered damage that will never heal.
As for Ye Xiaoyun, she was also quite frightened today.
At this moment, she was still wearing the apricot dress she had worn at the beginning. One of the straps had slipped down her shoulder. She didn't care about anything else. She just kept grabbing the employee of the Monster Bureau who was embarrassed to look at her, and asked at the top of her voice: "Master, Master, my soul seems to have changed. Can you help me change it back? I know you have special abilities. You can help me change back, right?! Master!"
The Monster Bureau employee said awkwardly, "Well, if the soul is transformed, it is irreversible. I can't help you, and I don't have any spiritual power..."
The Monster Bureau employee escaped, and Ye Xiaoyun tried to catch another one. Suddenly, he heard a cold voice behind him: "It's useless. Everyone's soul is born from the heart. What your heart is like, your soul is like that. This is something that no one can change."
Ye Xiaoyun shuddered and turned stiffly. When he saw Su Xuan, he collapsed to his knees and said, "You are lying to me, aren't you?"
"If you don't believe it, you can go ask the entire Monster Bureau and see if there is a second answer." Su Xuan put his hands in his pockets.
Ye Xiaoyun burst into tears.
Maggots!
Her soul is a maggot!
How can it be so ugly?!
Tang Yang had just finished recording and was released. When he saw Ye Xiaoyun kneeling on the ground and crying, he was so scared that he trembled.
After hearing Ye Xiaoyun's words clearly, he murmured hoarsely: "It's enough to be alive. Ordinary people can't see what your soul looks like..."
"That's what I said, but I really can't stand it..." Ye Xiaoyun cried so hard that she couldn't breathe.
Tang Yang curled his lips, obviously not in the mood to pay attention to her, and he didn't think that the ugly soul would have any impact on his actual life.
Xiao Song came out holding the puppet carrying Song Yalan's soul and looked at the two of them coldly.
Su Xuan suddenly said: "But do you know that reincarnation of the soul is real?"
Several people were stunned and looked at him.
Su Xuan glanced at Tang Yang and Ye Xiaoyun and said calmly, "Most living beings are reincarnated. Whether they will be reborn as a human or something else in the next life depends on what their soul looks like at the end of this life."
A crack appeared on the expressions of Ye Xiaoyun and Tang Yang.
They seemed to realize the meaning of Su Xuan's words, and their faces began to become very ugly.
"Because when you are reborn, the soul and body must be compatible," Su Xuan said slowly, "So if your soul is human at the end of this life, then you will still be human in the next life. If your soul is a dog, then you will be a dog in the next life."
And if at death the soul is a worm...
Tang Yang and Ye Xiaoyun were both crazy.
…
Ignoring the crying and shouting in the Monster Bureau behind them, Su Xuan and Xiao Song went outside.
Xiao Song also had to quickly take Song Yalan back to the hospital so that her soul could return to her body.
It was already midnight and the temperature dropped slightly.
After the two came out, they both stayed quiet for a while and looked at the night sky.
Su Xuan suddenly turned around and asked, "What do you think of Tang Yang?"
Putting aside what happened in the hotel before, Su Xuan actually felt that Xiao Song didn't seem too shocked by what Tang Yang had done.
He was even a little indifferent to Tang Yang. The concern he showed was probably more of anger towards Tang Yang for hurting his mother.
Considering what Tang Yang said about Xiao Song not considering him as his father at all, Su Xuan became even more curious.
The little wooden puppet was in Xiao Song's hand, and Song Yalan's soul was attached to it. She listened carefully with confusion when she heard the words.
Xiao Song smiled and said calmly, "A man who relies on his wife's wealth to increase his status, yet always complains that his wife is not good enough to him and feels that the Yue family owes him something, what good can he be?"
These words choked Su Xuan and Song Yalan.
This tone seemed to be evaluating an outsider...
Xiao Song lowered his eyes. "It's just that I call him dad because Mom loves him as her own husband, and I have half his blood in my body. But from childhood to adulthood, he has hardly ever cared about me. I can also sense the disgust in his eyes when he looks at me."
Su Xuan was slightly stunned and sighed inwardly.
So, children can understand the expressions of adults.
Tang Yang felt that Xiao Song didn't see him as a father, but who had started this distorted family relationship? Tang Yang had initially felt contempt and disdain from those around Song Yalan, but how much of that had he presumptuously fantasized about the little Song?
However, if a person has impure motives and does things with impure motives, why should he expect others to view him normally?
There is simply no solution.
No one knows what kind of mental journey Xiao Song has gone through over the years to become so indifferent to his biological father like he is today.
Noticing Su Xuan's expression, Xiao Song smiled nonchalantly and said, "It's nothing. I haven't cared about this kind of thing for a long time. As for him thinking that I look down on him just like my grandparents...right? That's the truth. He's never done anything to deserve our respect, so why should we? I think my grandparents only accepted him because Mom liked him."
When grandparents first accepted this man, they must have thought in their hearts that no matter what Tang Yang's nature was, as long as he could make Song Yalan happy for the rest of her life and make Song Yalan feel loved, that would be enough.
Unfortunately, how can an unreliable man achieve a reliable and happy ending?
The puppet lowered its head slightly.
Seeing this, Xiao Song said, "Mom, you don't have to feel guilty. Whether it was your grandparents back then or me now, we just want you to live a happy life. So when you find me a stepfather in the future, just keep your eyes open and pick a truly good man."
The puppet could not speak and could only nod silently.
After Su Xuan came to his senses, he couldn't help laughing.
Hey, although Xiao Song has a strange personality, he is really clear-headed and speaks frankly.
He likes this kind of personality!
He patted Xiao Song's shoulder and said, "Okay, things will get better and better in the future. It's getting late, you should hurry to the hospital. Is it too late to get in now?"
"No, I'll tell the nurse and I'll just replace her with the caregiver," Xiao Song said. Seeing that Su Xuan seemed to want to say goodbye, he calmed down and called out seriously, "Mr. Su."
Su Xuan smiled and said, "Hmm?"
Xiao Song whispered, "Su Xuan."
Su Xuan was stunned: "Huh?"
The night breeze blew by, and Xiao Song looked at Su Xuan seriously. This look made Su Xuan swallow his saliva.
…
Gu Shuo came out at this time.
After finishing his work in the bureau, he took off his disguise, changed his clothes, and walked out from the back of the Monster Bureau.
Seeing the two people standing opposite each other in front of the main gate not far away, he narrowed his eyes slightly.
…
Su Xuan always felt that the atmosphere became strange when Xiao Song became serious, which made his smile unnatural and his heart began to beat fast: "Ah...what's wrong?"
Xiao Song asked in a low voice: "Su Xuan, do you like me?"
Su Xuan was startled, and subconsciously said: "I like it. I also hope that you can come to Shandahai after your contract expires!"
Xiao Song pursed his lips, opened his mouth to speak, but seemed to hesitate.
Su Xuan asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"
The next second, Xiao Song seemed to have made up his mind and said, "I—"
"Ah Xuan."
A voice called from behind.
Xiao Song saw the handsome young man in front of him turn around instantly.
Suddenly, this second seemed to be stretched infinitely——
From the first day he met Su Xuan, Xiao Song found this person very interesting.
He is not very old, has an unreliable father above him and an unreliable company below him. He seems to want to pull both sides forward together. There seems to be a mountain of gold and silver reflected in his eyes. For this reason, he speaks in a set of ways and his expression changes at will. It is very interesting and makes Xiao Song very interested.
Later I heard that he and people from the company opened a night snack stall, which strangely became a hot topic. Xiao Song thought that this person was very interesting.
He walked to the Shanhai night snack stall in a state of melancholy because he was really looking for an outlet that might allow him to vent his emotions.
Xiao Song never thought that Su Xuan would lend a helping hand in his confusion.
And the sincere expression and tone of this person's voice as he comforted him, his earnest attitude, the way he seemed to empathize with his own feelings, the way his posture hardened, and then finally turned back into gentle comfort...
All of this made Xiao Song feel sour and swollen in his heart, which was indescribable.
He thought that he liked Mr. Su, who was so changeable and smart.
...However, at this moment, he suddenly realized that the agility that belonged to Su Xuan that he had experienced before seemed far inferior to this moment.
——A bright light suddenly burst out from his eyes, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.
It seemed as if flowers were blooming all over his body, circling around him.
It seemed as if even the air had suddenly become sweet.
...Xiao Song was stunned. He followed Su Xuan's gaze and saw a man.
The handsome man stood far away in the darkness, his black hair blowing in the wind.
His gentle, dark eyes held a faint smile.
Su Xuan ran over and asked excitedly and puzzledly, "What are you doing here so late?"
Gu Shuo looked at Su Xuan flying towards him like a bird, and the tenderness in his eyes became even more intense.
Raising his hand to smooth down Su Xuan's messy hair, he said softly, "I've been working overtime until now and just happened to be passing by. What are you doing here?"
"Uh, it was just a little thing with a friend, it's already been resolved!" Su Xuan thought of Xiao Song and quickly turned around and said, "By the way, Xiao Song, what did you want to say just now?"
"..." Xiao Song came back to his senses and pulled the corner of his lips, "Nothing."
Su Xuan tilted his head, seeming a little confused.
Xiao Song looked away, his voice suddenly lowered: "It's getting late, I'll go to the hospital right away, Mr. Su, you should go back and get some rest too."
Su Xuan said in a daze: "Oh, okay, then be careful on the road."
Xiao Song lowered his eyes and replied softly, "Yeah, okay."
He looked at his feet.
His life so far has been very smooth.
To this day, he has never felt lost.
Not when I discovered my father didn't like me, not when I didn't get first place on the test, not when I discovered dancing and singing were easier than I thought...
Because he knows that everything is within the range that he can handle or accept. As long as it can be solved and accepted, it is not something to regret or lose.
Until this moment.
He found that there were some problems that he seemed to have no idea where to start and was left at a loss.
Some problems were right at the edge of the small area in his heart, and he couldn't express them, making him unable to remain calm.
Lost.
This feeling is very novel and wonderful...but for the first time, Xiao Song hates this wonderful thing and just wishes that this feeling had never happened.
He moved his feet silently and wanted to turn around.
But suddenly, he heard Su Xuan shouting from behind: "Xiao Song, contact me if you have any questions."
He stopped, raised his head and looked at Su Xuan.
Su Xuan said seriously: "Don't be polite. If you encounter any difficulties, I will definitely rush to you as soon as possible."
——
At this moment, Xiao Song pursed his lips, and a feeling of sourness suddenly rose in his heart.
However, along with it came warmth—a surging warmth.
The warmth instantly flowed to his limbs and bones, making him fall into the warm ocean.
He moved his lips and said hoarsely: "...Because we are friends?"
Su Xuan smiled and said, "Yeah! But it's not just because we're friends! I'm really optimistic about you, Xiao Song. So after today's events are over and you've adjusted yourself, make your shining debut. You'll definitely become a great idol, and I'll definitely be one of your first fans! I'll be there to cheer you on!"
He waved his arms twice, as if waving a cheering light stick.
…
The evening breeze blew, suddenly rolling up thousands of stars and thousands of waves in Xiao Song's eyes.
He was a little stunned, then he couldn't help laughing.
What?
So interesting.
He took a deep breath and shouted, "Okay!"
It doesn't matter.
It’s okay to be lost.
He still felt it was great to be able to meet Mr. Su.
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