Le Zhengxi's heartbeat quickened, and he stammered, "...you are..."
"...I want a couple's profile picture." Wei Yunxiu explained calmly, his voice sounding matter-of-fact. "...But, is this profile picture from some anime?"
Le Zhengxi looked at Wei Yunxiu's avatar which had turned into an anime fox, and a faint sweetness welled up in his heart.
He let out a sigh and explained, "...This was the first anime I ever watched. Something was going on at home at the time, and this anime was very soothing, so I really liked it at the time... I also really wanted to have a majestic fox like this who could transform into a cat by my side."
Wei Yunxiu hugged Le Zhengxi quietly, his arms slightly tightened.
He asked softly, "...Can you tell me about your past?"
Le Zhengxi hesitated for a moment and put down his phone.
...Is it too early to talk about family matters now?
He revealed all his past to Wei Yunxiu so early...
Forget it, never mind.
Le Zhengxi pursed his lips and said, "...My father is a businessman. Before high school, my family was quite well-off, but of course, we couldn't compare to you..."
"No need to compete with me." Wei Yunxiu said in a low voice, and the previous frivolous look on his face was gone.
Le Zhengxi clenched her fingers slightly and continued, "But... that was before high school. Later... something happened at home, and all the properties and cars were sold. The only thing left was the villa we had always lived in. We were reluctant to sell it because Mom loved that yard. But if we didn't sell it... we couldn't pay off the debt."
"In the end, the house was auctioned off by the court, and Mom's favorite osmanthus tree... was relocated to a relative's house. I still only have a vague idea of what happened. They didn't want to tell me in detail because I was still in high school at the time and they didn't want to worry about it. Later... after the incident was over, I didn't dare ask in detail for fear of upsetting them."
When Le Zhengxi said this, he looked at Wei Yunxiu with some uneasiness.
His family is probably worlds apart from Wei Yunxiu's.
Although he knew that Wei Yunxiu wouldn't care about these things, he... was still a little nervous.
Wei Yunxiu kissed Le Zhengxi's forehead.
"...In short, the situation at the time was that the family went bankrupt. We sold everything we could, but people were still demanding payment. My mother was diagnosed with moderate depression and severe anxiety. My father was detained by the police for a while and was critically ill when he came out."
Wei Yunxiu's breath was choked and his heart tightened.
So many things happened in such a short period of time. How could Le Zhengxi, who had just graduated from junior high school and entered high school, bear it?
One of my parents suffers from a mental illness, and the other is critically ill...
No wonder...Le Zhengxi was so familiar with the hospital procedures when he went to the hospital before.
It turns out that long illness makes one a doctor.
"...While my dad was in jail, my mom was looking for a lawyer. She spent hundreds of thousands of dollars looking for a lawyer. She begged people everywhere. Eventually, her body couldn't take it anymore and she collapsed at home. She was then admitted to the hospital. The next day, she went straight out to find someone to get my dad out."
Le Zhengxi lowered his eyes slightly and tightened his grip on Wei Yunxiu's hand.
The situation at home was extremely bad at that time.
Le Zhengxi took a deep breath and said:
"Later, my father came out. During that period, my mother desperately looked for a job outside. But because she was old and had been out of society for a long time, no one wanted to hire her, so she worked outside every day serving dishes and washing dishes.
"I saw her put a knife to her wrist because of depression, but she finally put it down in tears... I also saw that because of the somatic symptoms of severe anxiety, she suffered from a sense of impending death almost every day and couldn't sleep well..."
Le Zhengxi spoke slowly, and his breathing gradually became short.
Wei Yunxiu felt more and more distressed.
He didn't know how Le Zhengxi, who had just become a high school student at that time, got through it.
He looks... cheerful now.
Le Zhengxi's eyelashes trembled slightly:
"But my mom pulled through, probably because she saw I was still in high school. My dad... was also trying hard to start over, but he became critically ill. He had some pretty common ailments...the three highs. He also had a heart condition, and the doctor implanted a pacemaker in his heart.
"During that time, they worked very hard every day, but they didn't tell me a word.
“…And it was during this terrible situation that I met Xunyun.”
Wei Yunxiu was slightly stunned when he heard the name "Xunyun".
"Because I was in so much pain every day and my mom wouldn't let me get involved, I opened up 'Bi Yue Tan' again, which I had originally decided not to do after high school, and that's when I met Xun Yun.
"I like fighting with Xunyun. But if you ask me why... it's really childish.
"Every time I fought Xunyun, I felt like I was still alive and I could still fight back. In the game, as long as I thought carefully about what to do, I could beat you. In real life, I can also think hard, and maybe I won't feel so hopeless. So later... I thought about becoming a streamer."
"During that time, the happiest thing, besides watching life slowly get back on track and being able to earn money to pay off my debts, was fighting with Xunyun..."
Le Zhengxi turned around and looked at Wei Yunxiu, his eyes slightly red.
He quickly lowered his head again, raised his hand to wipe his eyes, sniffed, and said, "...Anyway, that was the situation at the time. So my mom and I always went along with my dad and didn't dare to get angry with him because he had a bad heart. Now my mom's depression and anxiety are much better."
Wei Yunxiu hugged Le Zhengxi tightly, his voice filled with heartache: "...You've worked hard."
"...It's just a little bit of hardship..." Le Zhengxi smiled, the small brackets at the corners of his lips obvious, "...When you're in a dilemma, it's the time to find a new world. That's what my mother told me. If I hadn't gone through this, I wouldn't be able to make so much money."
Wei Yunxiu sighed, “…Fool, from now on you’ll have a majestic fox like me by your side.”
"...How can you say that you are so majestic? And...can you turn into a cat?" Le Zhengxi said nonchalantly, but his heart was filled with inexplicable emotions.
Wei Yunxiu squeezed Le Zhengxi's hand, sighed slightly, and then whispered in Le Zhengxi's ear: "...Meow."
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