Chapter 136: Resentful Spirit
Half of Lu Yan's body was hanging in the air, just one step away from falling from the building. He looked at Tang Rufeng's eyes, which were bloodshot as if they were about to bleed, and felt his heart pounding. This system should have failed sooner or later, but it had to fail at this moment!
Lu Yan calmed himself down and tried to comfort Tang Rufeng: "I have never lied to you, and I have never married Duan Jiyang..."
Before he finished speaking, the feeling of weightlessness became stronger and stronger, as if he would fall down at any time. He could only panic and hold on to the edge of the roof to steady himself. Tang Rufeng's voice was chilling in the dark night. It was fierce and stubborn, yet fragile and pitiful: "You are still lying to me!"
Now Lu Yan is below and Tang Rufeng is above, and the former's life or death depends entirely on his thoughts.
Lu Yan heard the anger in his voice and breathed a sigh of relief. It's good that he's angry. Being angry means there's still hope. The worst thing is that he has completely lost hope.
"What did I lie to you about?"
Lu Yan panted softly, feeling the cold wind scraping his face like a knife. He used one free hand to find his phone in his trouser pocket and handed it to Tang Rufeng with difficulty. The screen lit up, showing the background of their interlocking fingers: "If you don't believe me, search the news yourself. Duan Jiyang and I broke off our engagement a long time ago. There are records on the Internet."
Tang Rufeng stared at the screen of his mobile phone, a little dazed.
He never remembered a time when he and Lu Yan were so close that they could even use a photo of them holding hands as their desktop. The other party just treated him as a pet. He would see him when he remembered, and when he didn't remember, he would become dust piled up in the corner.
Tang Rufeng stretched out his hand in doubt, and even loosened his grip on Lu Yan a little.
"Bang--!"
In a flash, Lu Yan saw the right moment and suddenly pushed Tang Rufeng over, grabbing the edge of the roof to get up. Tang Rufeng realized that he was deceived, and rushed over with a fierce look, trying to kick Lu Yan off the roof, but he dodged it and elbowed him on the right shoulder, staggering back and falling to the ground.
Lu Yan only used 30% of his strength in that move, but it easily crushed the only hope left in Tang Rufeng's heart. He covered his aching right shoulder, his whole body trembling with anger, his face as pale as paper, and his scarlet eyes were full of sobs and hatred: "Lu Yan...you are lying to me again..."
Tears rolled down her cheeks. The ordinary words made her feel heartbroken: "You are lying to me again..."
Tang Rufeng clenched his fists in pain. A light drizzle began to fall from the sky, feeling cold on his face. He tried to get up from the ground, but it seemed as if all his strength had been drained away, and he fell back again and again.
The rain, wrapped with karma and hatred from his previous life, covered Lu Yan's entire body. He looked at Tang Rufeng not far away, and suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart, as if an invisible hand in the air was tightly grasping his throat, making it difficult for him to even breathe.
Lu Yan took a few steps and finally walked over. He lifted Tang Rufeng into his arms, holding his shaking body tightly. He couldn't help tightening his arms and whispered, "I'm sorry..."
"sorry……"
He didn't know why he said this, he just felt full of guilt. He gave Tang Rufeng a lot of kisses on his face, kissing away the salty tears in the corners of his eyes.
Tang Rufeng closed his eyes and did not move. His eyelashes cast a shadow on his pale face, as if he had fallen into a coma. He curled up completely, maintaining this insecure posture. Not even Lu Yan could warm him up.
A black and red heart quietly appeared in the air, and its body trembled twice, I wonder if it was afraid:
[Luckily, you weren't pushed down by him.]
Lu Yan took off his coat without saying a word and wrapped Tang Rufeng in it, his brows furrowed tightly: "Why did he become like this?"
The system's figure circled above his head. A cold, inorganic voice echoed in the darkness, inexplicably sounding a little hollow:
[The program that runs this world is not comprehensive. It originally did not affect your survival mission, but what you said on the rooftop just now accidentally triggered a loophole mechanism, causing Tang Rufeng's resentful spirit from his previous life to return to his body and want to pull you down with him. Although the bug has been fixed, please be careful when you speak next time. ]
What I mean is, don't be so mean and make random promises next time.
Lu Yan was in no mood to argue with him: "Will Tang Rufeng come back?"
The system said: [It should be fine once he wakes up from his coma. ]
Lu Yan breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. He picked up Tang Rufeng and went back to his usual private lounge. He bent over and placed him on the bed. He then wiped his face with a hot towel before stopping.
The rain outside was getting heavier, hitting the glass windows densely, with a distant and dull sound. The leaves of the sycamore trees were falling, and the branches were growing sideways, letting the cold invade, waiting for the next warm spring day.
Lu Yan sat on the sofa, unable to sleep all night. He occasionally tilted his head to look at Tang Rufeng lying on the bed. He saw that his brows were furrowed and he was sweating profusely. Even in his sleep, he was restless and kept muttering those few words:
"You lied to me..."
"Lu Yan...you lied to me..."
This is Tang Rufeng, who was defeated in his previous life.
Lu Yan’s deception became the last straw that broke the camel’s back, and he was so determined to die.
Lu Yan stood up silently and walked to the balcony to smoke. Unconsciously, cigarette butts piled up at his feet and his eyes were bloodshot from staying up late. It was not until the sky turned pale that he finally realized something. He turned around and looked behind him. He saw Tang Rufeng had woken up at some point and was sitting on the bed in a daze, with his head lowered and his expression unclear.
"Like the wind!"
Lu Yan immediately opened the balcony door and walked quickly to the bedside. He reached out and grasped Tang Rufeng's shoulders. His deep voice carried a hint of barely perceptible joy: "Are you awake?"
Tang Rufeng slowly looked towards Lu Yan, his eyes still red, and he asked in doubt: "Lu Yan?"
Lu Yan paused, and Minrui noticed that something was wrong with his mood: "What's wrong with you?"
Tang Rufeng shook his head in confusion, looking as if his soul had been taken away: "I don't know... I... I seem to have had a dream..."
Lu Yan asked subconsciously: "What dream?"
Tang Rufeng remained silent. He held Lu Yan's face with his hands, and traced his handsome and deep features with his fingertips, carefully and meticulously, as if confirming something. The slight red at the end of his eyes looked a little sick. Finally, he said in a low voice: "Lu Yan, hug me."
He slowly stretched out his arms: "Hold me."
Lu Yan didn't think much about it, he reached out and hugged him. Tang Rufeng buried his face in his collar, closed his eyes and took a deep breath. The faint smell of mint smoke lingered at the tip of his nose, familiar to the bones: "You smoked."
Lu Yan kissed his cold cheek: "I smoked a little, isn't it a bit stinging?"
Tang Rufeng closed his eyes and shook his head, tightly wrapping his arms around his waist, refusing to let go. His grip was so strong that Lu Yan felt he couldn't breathe for a moment, and even felt some pain: "Are you hungry? I'll take you downstairs for breakfast?"
Tang Rufeng asked, "When are we going to get married?"
“…”
Because of these two irrelevant words, there was a moment of silence in the air, even making people feel a little scared.
Lu Yan lowered his eyes and looked at Tang Rufeng, his expression unable to hide his confusion: "I was asking you if you wanted to have breakfast, why did you suddenly bring up the topic of marriage?"
Tang Rufeng raised the corners of his lips slightly: "Didn't you say you loved me? When are we going to get married?"
He looked up at Lu Yan in his arms, his eyes full of desire, hiding a deeper, elusive threat, as if something terrible would happen if Lu Yan did not agree.
Lu Yan suddenly laughed, because he was angry.
He reached out and pinched the little flesh on Tang Rufeng's face, pulling it gently: "Is it me who won't marry you? Didn't you say that before you inherit the Duan family, our relationship should not be exposed for the time being?"
Tang Rufeng: “…”
Oh, I almost forgot.
Tang Rufeng slowly let go of Lu Yan's waist, his eyes drooped, and for some reason, he looked a little gloomy and irritable. Seeing this, Lu Yan kissed his eyes and said, "If you want to get married, take out your household registration book as soon as possible. When you take it out, we can get married, okay?"
Tang Rufeng seemed a little unconvinced: "Really?"
Lu Yan wanted to swear a curse, but when he thought of what happened last night, he swallowed the words back: "Why would I lie to you? Hurry up and get up and wash your face. I'll take you out for dinner."
Tang Rufeng jumped onto his back from behind and tightly wrapped his arms around his neck: "I want you to carry me."
He suddenly became very clingy, for no reason at all.
Lu Yan didn't ask any more questions and directly carried the person to the bathroom to wash up. When they brushed their teeth and washed their faces and were about to go out, they were suddenly stopped by the ringing of a phone. It turned out to be a call from the police station. They said that they had found the murderer who caused Duan Jianfeng's pollen allergy and asked him to come over.
When Lu Yan learned about the situation, he frowned and thought for a moment: "Could it be Duan Jiyang?"
Tang Rufeng said meaningfully: "I'll go check out the situation first. Call me if there's anything."
He put on his coat and was about to leave in a hurry, but then he remembered something and took two steps before turning back. He looked at Lu Yan and asked seriously, "Let's get married after this is resolved, okay?"
Lu Yan also looked at him seriously, and finally smiled: "Okay, go ahead."
Tang Rufeng was like an insecure stray animal, eager to find a fixed nest, as if that way he would not be abandoned again and would not continue to wander. Lu Yancheng felt that the other party was so panic-stricken, probably because he had not done enough.
After Tang Rufeng left, Lu Yan did not go to have breakfast, but went straight back home to search around and finally pulled out his household registration book.
Yang Qin was lying on the sofa applying a facial mask. When she heard the noise, she couldn't help but ask, "What are you looking for? The noise of ping-pong so early in the morning is giving me a headache."
Lu Yan said, "Nothing, just looking for the household registration book."
Yang Qin sat up suspiciously: "What are you looking for the household registration book for?"
Lu Yan leaned out from behind the door and said like a madman, "Mom, I want to get married."
Yang Qin was shocked when she heard this and immediately took off the mask on her face: "Marry? Who are you going to marry? It won't be that bastard Duan Jiyang, right?"
Lu Yan was speechless: "What are you thinking? Of course it can't be him."
Yang Qin's heart finally settled down after hearing this: "As long as you don't marry Duan Jiyang, it doesn't matter who you marry. He is just a grasshopper after autumn and won't be around for long. Now he has a capable brother, so I don't think the family business will fall into his hands."
Lu Yan asked without leaving any trace: "How do you know Duan Jiyang has a younger brother?"
Yang Qin didn't think much about it. "I met him a few times when I was with Mrs. Chen. He was a handsome young man, polite and clean. He played mahjong with us for several rounds. He secretly let us win and thought I didn't notice."
Yang Qin couldn't help laughing as she spoke, and it seemed that she had a good impression of Tang Rufeng.
Lu Yan's eyelids twitched when he heard this: "You also played mahjong with him. When was that?"
Yang Qin: "It was a long time ago. Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"
Lu Yan coughed and said, "It's nothing. Just continue to apply the mask."
He didn't expect that Tang Rufeng would secretly try to improve his favorability behind his back.
Lu Yan found the household registration booklet and was about to leave. Before leaving, he suddenly remembered something and asked again as if to confirm, "As long as I don't marry Duan Jiyang, it doesn't matter who I marry, right?"
Yang Qin didn't expect Lu Yan to be serious, so she subconsciously asked, "You little brat, who are you marrying? You have to bring them here for me to see, right?!"
But Lu Yan had already closed the door and left, leaving only one sentence: "You have already met him, the one you played mahjong with. I am going to propose to him now, and if I succeed, I will bring him to meet you!"
Tang Rufeng came out of the police station just as the sun was setting. It turned out that Duan Jianfeng's sudden allergy to pollen was not an accident, but a man-made one. After investigation, the police found that the Duan family's nanny had bought lily pollen at the flower market not long ago. On the day of the incident, she took advantage of the fact that no one was at home and deliberately sprinkled a lot of lily pollen on the second floor steps, causing Duan Jianfeng to slip and fall down the stairs.
When the nanny was arrested, she confessed everything and said that Duan Jianfeng was usually quick-tempered and would beat and scold her, and she did something stupid on impulse.
The matter seemed to have come to an end here, but Tang Rufeng just didn't believe it. The nanny had worked in the Duan family for more than 20 years. If she wanted to take revenge, she would have done it long ago. Why wait until today? Moreover, it was said that Duan Jiyang was raised by her, and they had a deep relationship. It was not much different to say that she was half a mother. She also had a son studying abroad, and Duan Jiyang had funded his tuition for so many years.
Too many clues were linked together, and the answer was obvious. Even the secretary knew that this matter was definitely related to Duan Jiyang, not to mention the scheming Duan Jianfeng. When he heard the news in the hospital, he threw everything on the ground, his eyes widened with anger, and he cursed: "This... beast! Beast!!!"
He injured his spine when he fell from the building and is now paralyzed on one side of his body. He needs a caregiver 24 hours a day. He can't even utter a coherent sentence when scolding people. His mouth is crooked and his eyes are slanted, making him look like a useless person.
The secretary stepped forward and comforted him: "Chairman, calm down, maybe it's just a misunderstanding..."
Duan Jianfeng grabbed his hand and asked breathlessly, "Where is that bastard Duan Jiyang? Call him over to me! Quickly!"
The secretary hesitated and said, "I called, but couldn't get through to him. But Mr. Duan is still waiting outside the ward. Do you want to see him?"
Duan Jianfeng's head, which had been overwhelmed by anger, suddenly calmed down after hearing this. He fell back on the pillow weakly, his cloudy eyes turned around, and it was unknown what he was thinking. After a long time, he said in an old voice: "Let him in..."
When Tang Rufeng walked into the ward, he saw Duan Jianfeng lying on the bed with a thin face and gray hair. In an instant, he looked more than ten years older and so unfamiliar that it was difficult to recognize him.
Duan Jianfeng was very handsome when he was young, otherwise he would not have tricked a rich girl into getting pregnant before marriage and giving birth to a son for him. But when he grew old and was left with only a disabled body, he could not even get up to settle accounts with Duan Jiyang.
Duan Jianfeng panted heavily, with complicated emotions: "You are still willing to come to see me..."
Tang Rufeng smiled, leaned closer to him, and whispered words that coiled around his heart like a snake, making him shudder: "Of course, you are my father."
Unfortunately, Duan Jianfeng didn't notice the danger in his tone: "Where is that bastard Duan Jiyang?"
Tang Rufeng shook his head lightly: "I don't know, I heard that he has been buying up shares from other shareholders recently."
What he meant was that he wanted to challenge him to a duel.
Duan Jianfeng's eyes were filled with anger. "Even if I die, I will never hand over my family business to him! This beast, I have raised him for so many years in vain, and he actually colluded with the nanny to harm me!"
Tang Rufeng let him yell and curse, and after a while he felt his sleeves tightened, Duan Jianfeng tightly grasped his wrist, his eyes bloodshot and scary: "What do you want to do here today?! Do you want to hurt me too?!"
Tang Rufeng stared at him expressionlessly. Three seconds later, he suddenly burst into laughter and said, "It's sunny outside. I'll push you out to get some sun."
Duan Jianfeng wanted to refuse, but the nurse inside ignored his yelling and directly moved him to the wheelchair. Tang Rufeng pushed him into the garden. Although it was late autumn, there were patches of ginkgo leaves planted outside. From a distance, it looked like a brilliant golden color, which was particularly comfortable and pleasant.
Tang Rufeng didn't know what he was thinking of, and whispered, "Dad, you are so lucky that you can recuperate in such a comfortable place after being paralyzed. Unlike my mom, she couldn't even afford medicine at the time. She tossed and turned in pain every night lying on the hard bed and couldn't sleep. I went to school and worked in a bar, but I couldn't save her life."
Duan Jianfeng was visibly flustered when he heard him mention Tang Wanying: "Stop talking, shut up! Did you hear me telling you to shut up?!"
Tang Rufeng thought to himself, "I thought about it, maybe you guys with the surname Duan were born to bring bad luck to me. You ruined my mother's life, and now your son is trying to steal the person I like. How can this be possible in the world?"
As he spoke, he had already pushed Duan Jianfeng to a slope. With just a slight push, the wheelchair would rush down like a car out of control.
Duan Jianfeng obviously sensed the danger and tried his best to steer the wheelchair backwards, but with Tang Rufeng supporting him from behind, no matter what he did it was in vain.
Tang Rufeng slowly lit a cigarette and exhaled slowly. The smoke lingered and misted his eyes: "Do you know how my mother died?"
Without waiting for Duan Jianfeng to reply, he calmly uttered three words: "He fell to death."
Duan Jianfeng was sweating profusely: "There are surveillance cameras here, don't do anything reckless!"
Tang Rufeng smiled, leaned over to him and said, "How can this be considered reckless? I went to find a trash can because I was smoking, and your wheelchair happened to be on the slope and accidentally rolled down. Isn't that reasonable?"
Duan Jianfeng had never felt so powerless before: "What on earth do you want?! I will transfer my shares to you, I will transfer my company to you, and I will give you all my money!"
Tang Rufeng's voice was cold: "Do you think you are so powerful that everyone will listen to you because of these things?"
The wheelchair began to lose balance and slid down crazily due to inertia. Duan Jianfeng shouted for help in panic and held down the wheel tightly to stop it. However, he was paralyzed on one side and his strength was not enough to stop the wheelchair. Just when the wheelchair was about to fall sideways, he closed his eyes in fear, and all the feeling of weightlessness came to an abrupt end -
Tang Rufeng grabbed the wheelchair.
Duan Jianfeng opened his eyes in panic, and saw Tang Rufeng pinching out his cigarette and saying in an unintelligible way, "You'd be better off spending the rest of your life in a wheelchair."
Death is too easy for him.
Duan Jianfeng should have realized that Tang Rufeng was a wolf in sheep's clothing. His obedience during this period was just an illusion. He was shocked and angry: "Do you really not want to inherit the company?"
Tang Rufeng sneered: "If you want to give it to Duan Jiyang, I have no objection. If you want to donate it all, I have even less objection."
How could Duan Jianfeng be willing to hand over his family property to a son who wanted to kill him, and how could he be willing to donate his life's work? He had no choice except Tang Rufeng.
When he left the nursing home, it was already dark. Tang Rufeng walked slowly to the side of the road. His tall and thin figure was almost swallowed by the darkness. He looked like a wandering soul. He scanned the cars parked on the side of the road, trying to identify his own car. However, at this moment, a horn suddenly sounded behind him.
“Ding ding!”
Tang Rufeng turned around subconsciously and saw a ghostly black car parked under the shade of a tree. The roof of the car was covered with golden ginkgo leaves. Looking through the windshield, he saw Lu Yan sitting inside and looking at him. The dim light and shadow could not hide the smile in his eyes.
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