62. Night 62: Resurrection
Lu Xi opened her eyes and found herself dangling in the air. What on earth had happened? Because she still had to wait for a while, she took a nap and let the system call her if there was any movement. Later, the system sounded the alarm.
"Host, someone has stolen your body."
Lu Xi saw two people sneaking into the place where her body was kept, smashing the glass and carrying her out.
"Brother, is this really reliable?"
"Think about it, this place is so well-protected, how could it be just for a corpse? There's something fishy going on."
"...Is there something fishy about her?" The man's face was full of doubt.
"Anyway, let's carry her away first."
Lu Xi was very grateful that the person who carried her had the memory of wrapping her in a blanket so that she wouldn't be carried naked on the street.
"System, am I resurrected?"
"Yes, host, although I don't know what happened, the intrusion of these two people seems to have awakened your body."
“How many years have passed now?”
"It's been eighty years since you faked your death."
In other words, another forty years passed.
Lu Xi wanted to communicate something with the system, but suddenly her body stopped shaking and the person carrying her seemed to have stopped.
Something is wrong. Very wrong.
Lu Xi felt the person carrying her trembling uncontrollably, and from far away, footsteps were heard in the night.
"Brother, there seems to be a problem."
"Of course I do."
The footsteps were very slow, but they made people's hearts pound. Through the blanket wrapped from head to toe, Lu Xi vaguely saw a figure walking in the night, and every step made people nervous.
Lu Xi was put on the ground. She didn't know what was going on or who the person was. It was very strange. After she was put down, she didn't hear any movement until the strong smell of blood hit her nose. Lu Xi's heart sank. Is he dead? What happened so quickly?
"Ms. Lu Xi..."
The deep voice is familiar yet strange. Why is it strange? Because it has lost its youthful crispness and become more magnetic.
Lu Xi was carefully picked up by someone. He gently peeled off the blanket wrapped around her head, and Lu Xi slowly raised her eyes.
When she saw the man's face, she was stunned, and when Duifang saw her open eyes, he was also stunned. His fingers trembled as he placed them on her face, eyebrows, nose tip, and finally covering her eyes.
"Ascent..." She tried to lift his hand away.
He didn't allow her to, still covering her eyes. She felt the slight trembling in his palm, "...Are you crying?"
"Well, don't look."
What is the treatment of being pampered at the top of someone's heart? This is the treatment Lu Xi received. She was carefully carried home, and a group of people surrounded her and performed various physical examinations on her. Those doctors and nurses were stared at by someone. If they were not forced by power, they would have run away long ago.
"She's fine, just a little weak," the doctor advised. "She needs more nutrition and she'll be fine after a while..."
While the mermaid was listening to the doctor's advice, Lu Xi had been observing him secretly. She almost didn't recognize him. He had grown into an adult, and his short hair had turned long and was tied with a hairband.
"System, has he inherited the position of Patriarch?"
"Yes, just two years ago."
"Then why haven't I completed the task yet?"
"Perhaps the mission target's obsession is too deep, interfering with the system's operation and causing a malfunction. I will repair it as soon as possible."
"So I'll leave after the repairs are done?"
"Yes, host." The system said, "Because there are no more mission requirements, please enjoy the rest of your time."
Enjoy, how can she enjoy...
At this time, the mermaid had finished talking to the doctor and saw Lu Xi in a daze, "Miss Lu Xi, are you sleepy?"
Lu Xi shook her head. "I'm not sleepy."
Lu Xi looked into his silver-blue eyes, which were clearer and more beautiful than she had ever seen them before, because his vision was no longer scattered, but focused, and he could see her clearly.
"Are your eyes completely healed?"
"Yeah." He grabbed her hand and gently placed it on his face, feeling her warm breath. This was the living Miss Lu Xi.
Lu Xi saw the fragility in his eyes. She had read the information provided by the system. After becoming the head of the family, he was ruthless. All those demons who had been secretly trying to trip him up were now disciplined and dared not move. It was rumored that he had a changeable personality and sometimes when he went crazy, he was so frightening.
Is this the crazy new head of the family?
No, he's not crazy at all, he's very gentle.
"Thank you, Asent, for saving me."
But he didn't move, just put his face in her palm, closed his eyes slightly, frowned, and then opened his eyes again.
"It's not a dream..." He looked at her stubbornly.
Lu Xi sighed, pulled her hand back, leaned forward and hugged him. He was already a full adult, and when she hugged him, it was more like nestling in his arms. She could feel the taut muscles under his clothes with her palms.
"It's not a dream, Arsenal."
"……I'm back"
Their bodies were pressed tightly together, and Lu Xi could see every change in the mermaid. The body under his palm was trembling.
He also put his arms around her body, not daring to use force for fear of crushing her, and suppressed his breathing so as not to scare her.
"Will you leave again?"
Lu Xi paused for a moment, not knowing how to answer. She had completed her mission and would definitely leave in the future.
"Are you still leaving?" he asked again. If you weren't very familiar with him, you wouldn't be able to hear the uneasiness hidden in his voice.
"I like it here, I like Ascent." Lu Xi didn't want to lie to him. She really couldn't say the promise she couldn't give.
The word "like" has a soothing effect.
"I like it too..." It's not just like, the mermaid buried his head in her shoulder, his heart aching.
It’s love…
When he woke up the next day, Lu Xi felt much better.
She put on her slippers and walked to the window, looking at the unfamiliar little garden outside. The sunlight was already very strong, and she couldn't help squinting her eyes.
She stood by the window in a daze for a while, and saw a car driving in from the gate in the distance. The person who got out of the car was wearing a white shirt and suit pants, with a coat in his hand. He looked up and met her eyes.
When I saw him last night, he was wearing a retro robe and his hair was long, but now it has become short black hair.
After a while, the person downstairs appeared in the room. He seemed to be in a bad mood. His cheeks were tense as he walked towards her. He shook out the suit jacket hanging on his arm and draped it over her shoulders.
"Ms. Lu Xi, you will catch a cold."
It is autumn now, and the temperature difference between morning and evening is large. However, now that the sun is out, the temperature is slowly rising, and Lu Xi doesn't feel cold.
"Are you hungry? I'll ask them to prepare breakfast."
"Yeah." Lu Xi had just washed up and came out to see that breakfast had been served. He sat at the table and put things in order.
"I can't eat so much." Lu Xi walked over.
"You are too weak." He looked at her.
Lu Xi's complexion was not good, but how could the complexion of a person who had been pretending to be dead for nearly a hundred years be good? Especially her skin, which was as white as tofu because she had not seen the sun for so long. But it was not as exaggerated as he thought. There was still a difference between a person who was pretending to be dead and a paralyzed person. Her muscles did not atrophy, and her figure still maintained its original symmetry.
Lu Xi picked up a piece of cake. She liked eating cake very much and didn’t feel sick of it in the morning. But after eating one piece and drinking a glass of milk, she felt full. It was a feeling of fullness that she hadn’t enjoyed for a long time. The human body is good.
"I'm stuffed."
"Have another piece of cake." He pushed it in front of her.
"I can't eat anymore."
"Eat more."
“…No, I’m really full.”
She wanted to push the cake back, but accidentally touched the edge of the cake, and the white cream got on her fingers.
Lu Xi was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect this accident. She glanced at the table and didn't find any tissues. "I need a tissue."
The mermaid did not respond to her, but her eyes were fixed on her hand. Then she lifted her hand and lowered her noble head.
There was an itchy tingling sensation at her fingertips. Lu Xi looked closely and found that he was actually licking the cream on her fingers. There was not much cream on them. He did not stop after licking them clean. He kissed the palm of her hand and between her fingers. Noticing her gaze, his narrow eyes raised slightly, with a certain desire.
Lu Xi's heart skipped a beat and he wanted to withdraw his hand.
"A... Ascent..." She felt something was wrong.
The hand that was holding her didn't seem to be very strong, but she couldn't pull it back until he raised his head.
The desire in the mermaid's eyes did not subside. The disguised black hair and black eyes turned back to silver-blue, and the bright red tongue licked the corner of her lips.
With a loud "boom", Lu Xi's rationality exploded.
He did not continue to push his luck, but his previous action had almost petrified Lu Xi, and the hand that had been licked was extremely hot.
"Miss Lu Xi, do you need a tissue?"
Lu Xi: "..." What's the point of asking her now?
"Ascent, just now..." Her expression was slightly hard.
"Isn't it okay? I like Miss Lu Xi, and Miss Lu Xi likes me too." He seemed to think that his previous behavior was normal.
“It only happens to very close people.”
"Then I will be Miss Lu Xi's close friend." The mermaid looked at her firmly, and his silver-blue eyes only reflected her.
After a week of rest, Lu Xi was no longer weak, but her skin color still gave people the illusion of being pale.
Lu Xi met Yuan Mu a week later. He came with Xi Luo. Forty years had passed, and Yuan Mu was still the same as before, but Xi Luo had changed. He was no longer a teenager. He had grown taller, but still maintained the appearance of a young man, which surprised Lu Xi a little.
"He said you woke up, but I didn't believe it." Yuan Mu's eyes were excited. He felt relieved when he saw that she was really fine.
Lu Xi was not as excited as him, because for her, they had just met not long ago, “Well, it’s been a week since I woke up.”
"Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
She shook her head. "No."
Xi Luo stood beside her. He didn't say anything, but his eyes were always glued to her face. It was the first time he faced Lu Xi's real body.
When they met, she was in a fake body.
"Xi Luo, long time no see." Lu Xi smiled at him.
He nodded, with a slight soreness in the corners of his eyes.
When Lu Xi was suddenly retaliated by poachers, he suffered a blow no less than the mermaid, and at one point he blamed himself for killing Lu Xi.
"...You are such a sleepyhead."
Lu Xi smiled faintly; she could see that he was about to cry.
"Sorry I'm late."
Yuan Mu said, "After you got into trouble, that mermaid almost killed the candidate for the Butterfly Clan. Later, Madam intervened and investigated the truth. The poacher who hurt you has been sent to reincarnate."
The accident was too sudden, and Yuan Lingling was the last person to see Lu Xi. She never thought that Lu Xi would die. She just wanted to be with Brother Sen. After that incident, she was silent for a while, and voluntarily gave up the qualification to compete for the heir and left Beicheng.
"I don't want to talk about those things." Yuan Mu put a piece of information in front of Lu Xi and raised his eyebrows and said, "Here, you want to see it, right?"
"What is this?" Lu Xi asked in confusion.
"The mermaid's physical condition."
Lu Xi was surprised. She had indeed wanted to ask him about the current situation of the mermaids, but she hadn't expected him to bring any information. Yuan Mu really understood her, and even brought the information when he came to visit her...
She picked up the document and started looking through it. When she turned to a certain page, she stopped. Yuan Mu also looked at that page.
"In the case of a dual personality, the brain is already irreversible and will most likely last a lifetime." Yuan Mu said, "But his situation is not that bad. The two personalities seem to have formed some kind of tacit understanding..."
"Can't ever change back?"
"In theory, yes."
Lu Xi recalled the time she spent with the two of them. She couldn't imagine what she would do if she had to choose one to eliminate.
"It's okay, let it be."
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