Chapter 304 The Price of World Integration
In the conference room of Hong Kong, Xu Chi frowned slightly as he looked at the screen, which had been unresponsive for a long time.
On the other side of the large screen was a group of high-level executives who were connecting online.
The meeting was nearing its end, and the atmosphere suddenly quieted down. Everyone looked up and saw the young man across from them suddenly stand up.
The next second, a slightly hoarse voice, accompanied by a faint crackling sound, rang out: "Sorry, my part is finished, I'll be leaving for now."
Across the screen, Xu Cang, sitting in the head seat, remained silent for two seconds before waving his hand.
The others didn't take it seriously either. Ever since Xiao Xu Dong was reported to be seriously ill four years ago, he has retreated to the background as before.
All told, this young Chairman Xu was only healthy for half a year. But in just half a year, he first dealt with the gang of traitors led by Xu Feng, then took the lead in dealing with the Bai family, and cracked down on the smuggling industry in Hong Kong.
They're doing big things.
The higher-ups didn't seem to care much about his sudden departure.
Xu Chi walked out of the conference room, glanced at the screen, and saw that there was still no news. His eyes flickered slightly.
So much has happened these past few days. A farce in which a friend was wrongly accused has brought to light a lot of things related to Tu Xiaomao.
Tu Xiaomao has always been the type who can't keep a secret. After receiving too much information, he always instinctively wants to talk to someone about it.
He wasn't sure if he, this "stranger" he had never met, had become the person she had reluctantly chosen to confide in.
Xu Chi considered sending another message, and the next second, the other side replied.
[It was posted by Wolf Fang.]
It wasn't me.
Xu Chi chuckled, coughed a few times, found a place to sit down, and slowly tapped on the screen.
Sorry, it has big ideas, and it always has.
He went down the mountain to steal meat, and stubbornly wanted to be friends with the girl he liked. In the beginning, it was always Wolf Fang who took the initiative.
Then I apologize to you on its behalf.
Tu Yao stared silently at the two lines of text.
He moved his finger and dialed a voice call.
On the other side, Xu Chi was stunned as he watched the screen suddenly startle.
The connection was made somewhat slowly.
"……What's wrong?"
A slightly hoarse voice came from the other end of the phone.
Wolf Fang immediately sat up straight, staring at his phone with some excitement.
Tu Yao hugged it tightly. The moment she dialed the number, she thought, because she had so many questions she wanted to ask.
She wanted to ask why they sent the wolf fang over but didn't come to see her.
Why pretend you don't know her?
Why have none of her brothers, Sangsang, Xiaobai, Wenyu, etc., ever mentioned you?
The moment she reached the exit, Tu Yao suddenly froze, as if she had suddenly found a rope that had been winding ahead of her in layers of fog.
……yes.
Why?
Her brothers would come looking for her just by looking at her eyes, her friends would come from all over the country to see her, and her mother would come looking for her just by seeing a short silhouette in a video.
So why didn't he come over?
A person who, though never appearing on the show, was present throughout the entire variety show, gave her books, became her friend, and invested in her button mushroom business.
Why didn't you come to see her?
Is it because you're sick?
What illness did you have?
Tu Yao suddenly released her other hand from Langya, the webpage on her phone was still showing Crane Village.
She immediately retyped it, and it redirected in a second.
On the screen was a short news item from last year.
It was just one short line of text.
Four years ago, Xiao Xu Dong from Hong Kong suffered a relapse of his old illness and retreated behind the scenes again.
Tu Yao's heart felt as if it had plummeted from tens of thousands of meters in the sky to the ground in an instant, leaving her chest feeling completely empty.
She looked at that line of text over and over again.
I watched it once, twice, a third time...
My gaze finally settled on the words "four years ago".
Tu Yao sat blankly on the ground.
...During this time, she was preoccupied with how to stay in the world she wanted to stay in if she was destined to face that choice.
But they forgot the most important thing.
Why did the two worlds merge?
What price must be paid to merge the two worlds?
Tu Yao lowered her eyes, exited the webpage, and stared at the screen showing a call in progress.
And who paid this price?
...
After a long silence, Xu Chi's brow twitched almost imperceptibly.
A long-lost sense of unease resurfaced, and he was about to ask a second time.
"...Is your illness very serious?"
"Is it so serious that you can't come to see Wolf Fang?"
An unusually muffled sound finally came from the other side.
It sounded like a stammering sound coming from someone lying on their knees.
It sounded like a casual question, but because of her bad mood, it seemed particularly depressing.
Xu Chi was taken aback, then felt slightly relieved. After a two-second silence, he said softly:
"It's not serious."
He added, "It's an illness that will get better sooner or later."
Regardless of whether the two worlds eventually merge smoothly or return to their original state, even if the link disappears, his destiny will still return.
He will recover his health sooner or later.
Tu Yao grabbed the big dog's tail, paused for a moment, and continued to ask, "Then why didn't you come to see Wolf Fang?"
"Since it's not serious, why don't you come to see it?"
If you've given up what you gained in exchange for your health, why not intervene in the consequences?
"Because you don't want it to know you're sick, right?"
Before he could speak, Tu Yao continued, "You're afraid that Langya will be reluctant to leave you if he finds out you're sick, and therefore won't keep you at the orphanage, right?"
Because love and sacrifice can be burdens that affect our choices.
Xu Chi listened quietly to the clear yet perplexed voice beside him.
The voice he hadn't heard in so long unknowingly made him lower his guard.
"……right."
There was a long silence on both ends of the phone.
After an unknown amount of time, Tu Yao's somber voice rang out: "...Don't you think it's unfair?"
"Wolf Fang knows nothing."
Despite all the efforts made, he has never appeared, and perhaps never intends to appear at all.
Xu Chi lowered his eyes and laughed.
"Do you think it's unfair to Wolf Fang?"
Tu Yao opened her mouth: "Of course not..."
Before he could finish speaking, he heard a calm voice on the other end say softly, "Yes."
"It's unfair to Wolf Fang."
Even if it likes the orphanage and likes you, it doesn't negate the fact that I sent it to an unfamiliar environment.
Tu Yao was taken aback.
The world may merge, and Tu Yao can have two worlds; this is the best outcome.
But if they can't merge in the end, Tu Yao, as a completely new person with no memory, will face the strange phenomena that suddenly occur in the world and be unprepared to accept her family from another world.
Finally, you still have to make a choice.
There is absolutely no fairness involved.
From the moment he proposed to Heaven to give up his fortune, it was inherently unfair to Tu Yao, who had no memory of it.
What he did was just like how Heaven brought her to this strange world when she was sixteen.
Tu Yao murmured, "...And what about you?"
"As for me..."
Xu Chi looked across at the window opposite, where a sickly face was reflected on the transparent windowsill.
And in my ear, I could hear clear, energetic breathing coming from the other end of the phone.
He knew that Tu Xiaomao was standing alive somewhere in this world right now.
"Won't."
It's something to be happy about that he's using his resources to pursue his own selfish interests.
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