Chapter 257, Section 110: We Meet Again
Two weeks later, in the port city.
Xu Bai and Cheng Sangsang squatted at the door of the study.
"Knock on the door."
Xu Bai silently shook his head.
He dared not.
Cheng Sangsang glared at him, annoyed.
"...Never mind, I'll just knock!"
With a click, the door opened.
Xu Chi lowered his head slightly and said in a calm voice, "Is there something you need?"
Cheng Sangsang and Xu Bai immediately stood up and cautiously looked him over.
The person in front of me was thinner than he had been half a month ago, with bluish undertones in his eyes, a deep black gaze, and an unintentional chill emanating from him.
Xu Bai quickly said, "...Uncle, we know you're busy, we didn't mean to bother you."
He had barely seen Xu Chi in the past two weeks, and he could roughly guess what his uncle had been busy with.
Bai Chumeng immediately entered the litigation stage as soon as she woke up.
Every day, cars belonging to various uncles and elders are parked at the foot of the mountain. They come in a hurry and leave looking dejected.
And the port city's shipping industry was completely overhauled...
Xu Bai didn't want to bother him any longer, so he simply finished speaking in one go.
"Uncle, we've come to say goodbye."
"I'm going to Crane Village."
"I……"
He paused, "...I have to finish what my older sister didn't do, and that's what I want to do too."
He didn't know if Tu Yao would come back, or when she would return.
Perhaps not.
Maybe so.
He had to show her a different Crane Village.
Cheng Sangsang hesitated for a moment, then quickly followed up: "Um... I've finished revising the script and am going to recruit actors."
"in addition……"
Glancing at the unusually calm expression on the other side, she braced herself and continued, "Teacher Tu is preparing to resume work, Nan Ke is about to graduate, and Lin Yue has been in Crane Village for half a month."
After that night, everyone scattered to different places.
Tu Xiaomao was like a thread that tightly connected them; when she disappeared, that thread disappeared too.
Before leaving, Tu Xiaomao had already planned out their next steps.
"We've finished talking, so... let's go."
For some reason, Cheng Sangsang was a little afraid to look him in the eye.
She lowered her head and pulled Xu Bai away.
"etc."
A slightly hoarse voice suddenly came from inside the door.
The two of them immediately looked up.
Xu Chi lowered his gaze, looking at the two clasped hands.
"I have a question for you."
Xu Bai quickly approached: "Uncle, what do you want to ask?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the surroundings suddenly fell silent.
Xu Chi's eyes trembled slightly, and his gaze slowly shifted away, filled with hesitation and indecision...
Too many emotions that are difficult to discern.
After a long silence, he finally spoke softly:
"...What will she write?"
The moment the words left my mouth, all the emotions in my eyes suddenly became completely clear.
He understood that the sentence Tu Yao hadn't finished writing had ultimately become an insurmountable obstacle for him.
Xu Chi raised his eyes again, and this time, he looked at Xu Bai seriously.
"I want to ask, what does she want to say to me?"
Xu Bai stood there, stunned.
"I……"
He scratched his head with his free hand, meeting Xu Chi's deep gaze helplessly.
Suddenly, I couldn't speak.
Xu Chi gave a slight twitch of his lips and nodded knowingly.
"Never mind, I shouldn't have asked you."
How can he make things difficult for others when he himself can't even figure it out?
Xu Bai suddenly felt a lump in his throat.
His uncle asked him two questions in total.
Once in Crane Village six months ago, and once now.
But he didn't answer any of the questions well.
"Uncle, why don't you... ask Sangsang? She'll definitely know!"
Last time, it was Sangsang who helped him answer that question.
As Xu Bai spoke, he quickly looked at Cheng Sangsang.
Cheng Sangsang opened her mouth, her panic visibly palpable.
"I……"
Xu Chi withdrew his gaze at the opportune moment.
"You may leave."
The store was about to close.
Xu Bai quickly called out to him, "...Uncle, I've called Dr. Wan over for you."
Looking at his unusually pale face, he couldn't help but remind him, "If you're done with your work, you should get a checkup."
"knew."
Two hours later, in the physiotherapy room, Dr. Wan saw Xu Chi again after a month.
To his shock, the young man's condition had plummeted in just one month.
Having been the family doctor for this family for over twenty years, he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.
"Your body is your own. If you don't take care of it, what if you get sick again?"
Xu Chi remained calm, closed his eyes, and let him complain.
Dr. Wan got even angrier.
"Don't think you can be fearless just because your indicators are normal now. I reviewed your file last month. Before you were ten years old, you were just normally weak, but what happened after that!"
"So many problems have arisen one after another! There's no way to prevent them!"
"If you keep wasting your time like this, what if you end up looking like you did when you were ten?!"
"What did you say?"
Xu Chi suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze sharp for a moment.
Dr. Wan was taken aback. "I say, your body's condition is strangely deteriorating, and strangely improving as well!"
Xu Chi's tone was indifferent: "Are you saying that I was born weak, but that I really developed all sorts of illnesses when I was ten years old?"
Dr. Wan looked at him with a puzzled expression, then nodded: "Yes."
“Over the years, I’ve seen your case no less than a hundred times.” He couldn’t help but sigh: “I had minor illnesses and pains before the age of ten, but if I had to pinpoint a date, ten years old would be a watershed moment.”
“I’ve raised these issues with Chairman Xu before.”
Because these illnesses came on so strangely, for more than ten years, Old Xu Dong not only sought medical treatment but also consulted doctors.
But this young Xu Dong, seemingly resigned to his fate, dragged his ailing body and went into seclusion everywhere.
Xu Chi didn't listen to what was said next. His brows furrowed slightly as he pondered the two words.
Ten years old.
Ten years old...
That year... Tu Yao was exactly five years old.
That was the age at which she was sent to another world.
Tu Yao once said that everyone has their own destiny.
And fortune is related to life.
Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for him to lack good fortune.
So where did his luck go?
He had not forgotten that the reason this body had recovered was because he had been close to Tu Yao.
So, could he guess that after Tu Yao was sent away, his luck disappeared, and when Tu Yao returned, his luck officially returned?
Could he possibly guess that... his luck was intricately connected to Tu Yao being sent away?
...
As Dr. Wan was preparing for physiotherapy, he glanced at the young man in front of him and noticed that, for some reason, the young man's expression was becoming increasingly serious, and his palms were trembling slightly and uncontrollably.
The next second, he suddenly got up and quickly left the room.
"Hey! Chairman Xu!"
Walking along the stairs and corridors, step by step, Xu Chi walked faster and faster.
When he reached the study, he pushed open the door and then slammed it shut again.
He was the only person in the huge room.
Xu Chi remained silent for an unknown period of time.
Looking at the empty wall, he said calmly, "...Did you take away my luck?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Chi shook his head and denied it, saying, "No."
Did I agree to let you take away my luck?
He waited quietly.
The space was quiet and enclosed. A few seconds later, a mechanical voice sounded.
110: [We meet again.]
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