Chapter 2: He was bribed after transmigrating.
Wen Feng realized he wasn't wearing a shirt yet, so he quickly pulled it over and put it on in one go.
Then, he handed me some honey water, saying, "You've been sleeping for a long time, have a glass of water."
Yu Xue stretched out her hand, rolled up her sleeve, revealing a winding centipede on her wrist, with some bloodstains that had not been completely washed away, congealing into fragments around the wound, a shocking sight.
Wen Feng stared at it for a long time until the honey water was taken away, and then he came to his senses.
He was slow to realize that his heart was aching.
Yu Xue took it, put it to her lips, and after just one bite, she smiled and said, "This must be honey from Mom, it smells so good..."
She smelled it carefully, as if savoring red wine. "Mom said she saw someone selling osmanthus honey and wanted to try making it herself, but she didn't know the steps. Hmm... it smells so good. She must have just made things up and put in a lot of osmanthus flowers."
Wen Feng wasn't quite sure, but he nodded in agreement.
Yu Xue took several more sips and said, "My mother used to make this all the time."
Wen Feng lowered his eyes.
He knew that Yu Xue was dreaming again.
About four years ago, Yu Xue was cyberbullied on a TV show because her statements were incoherent. In one episode, she said, "My mom has never given me a kind look. She approaches me calmly, not to kiss me, but just to slap me." In the next episode, she said, "My mom is very nice and never hits me."
Everyone said she was spreading rumors about her own mother.
Wen Feng hadn't thought much of it before. People have different feelings when recalling the same person in different environments. Perhaps her mother was sometimes strict and sometimes gentle.
But Wen Feng found out today.
She's dreaming.
From a very early age, she had been living a grand dream, wrapping herself in fragile syrup, living each day in a sweetness that could shatter at the slightest touch.
Everyone knows it's not true, except for her.
Her dream went deeper and deeper, from scattered fragments at the beginning to a perfectly cohesive whole now, and she was completely trapped inside it.
She needs treatment; her dream urgently needs to be shattered.
Only when sweetness is shattered can she continue living in reality.
Medical staff delivered lunch.
After Yu Xue was out of danger, Wen Feng's mother came to the hospital to transfer her to the private sanatorium that Yu Xue often went to.
The cost of food, lodging, and medical treatment here is very high, so the food is not bad. In Wen Feng's opinion, which is used to being pampered, it is already quite delicious.
As usual, Yu Xue picked out the dishes she didn't like and set them aside. Just like before, she was meticulous and attentive, treating every piece of food she was about to eat with enthusiasm, without the slightest sense of dejection.
Wen Feng finally seized the opportunity to say a few words to her, "Wasn't the beef delicious? Auntie said you ate a lot of it at home before."
"It's too greasy," Yu Xue said. "I just woke up and I prefer something light."
Wen Feng: "Do you want some broccoli? Here you go? I don't like it."
"Okay." Yu Xue happily reached into his food box with her chopsticks and picked out all the broccoli.
Wen Feng took all the beef and carrots from her bowl and then gave her the lotus root from his own bowl.
The two happily exchanged their food, and Yu Xue's eyes lit up when she woke up and ate her favorite food.
As usual, I didn't eat much.
Wen Feng asked, "Are you on a diet?"
Yu Xue: No.
Wen Feng: "Then why did you eat so little? Auntie said you ate two bowls of rice the other day."
He knew the answer already, but he was just being deliberately obtuse. Yu Xue probably treated that meal as her last, and since she came back to life, she was back to normal.
But Yu Xue gave the other 20% of the answer.
She said, "Because I didn't eat breakfast or lunch that day, I was starving. I've always been like this. If I eat all three meals on time, I eat a little less at each meal. If I don't eat breakfast or lunch, I can eat more at night. If I'm going to have a big meal that day, I won't eat breakfast or dinner."
Her tone was casual, and her answers were reasonable; she made no mention of what she did after eating.
But after a while, Wen Feng realized that he was the one who was trying to avoid talking about it, and that Yu Xue had sensed that he didn't want to talk about it, so she kept quiet.
After finishing her meal, Yu Xue suddenly burst into laughter and said, "Hahahaha... I suddenly remembered that the day I cut my wrists, I was afraid that if I died right after eating, my breath would be bad and scare the people who would collect my body. But since I had already cut them, I forced myself to get up and chew gum for a minute before lying back down... Hahahaha."
She laughed so hard she fell onto the bed, but when she looked up, she realized that Wen Feng, who was leaning against the bed, couldn't laugh at all.
She forced a smile and said understandingly, "If you don't want to talk about it, I won't. It's okay."
Wen Feng: "..."
He calmed himself down, composed himself, and decided to stop dodging the question, asking, "So why is that?"
Yu Xue pursed her lips and let out a long "hmm," deep in thought.
She laughed again, her eyes crinkling, "You might think I'm crazy if I told you."
Wen Feng: "Hmm?"
Yu Xue: "I'm only telling you this, you can't tell anyone else—"
Wen Feng felt like he was facing a child, and he couldn't help but chuckle. The next second, he immediately stopped laughing, realizing that he couldn't laugh at a time like this.
He turned his head away to cover his smile with a cough while nodding.
Yu Xue straightened her collar, put her hand to her mouth, and whispered, "Actually... I'm from another time."
Wen Feng: "..."
Yu Xue: "I know about what's going on here, but I only read about it in books. Actually, I come from another world. My parents are there, and I want to go home. I'm sure my family is waiting anxiously for me."
Wen Feng: "..."
It's not that he doesn't believe... well, he just doesn't believe.
He searched his mind for those time-travel novels, trying to find flaws to refute her argument, but soon he discovered that he had zero knowledge of time-travel novels.
Oh no, it should be 1! His mother had seen it before, and even dragged him to see it with her.
"That doesn't make sense." He finally found a flaw and spoke confidently, "Don't all the people who travel through time die in their original world before they travel here? Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to go back after you die?"
Yu Xue rested her chin on her hand, tossed an apple into her mouth, and looked at him with bright, sparkling eyes. "No! As long as I die here, I can go back immediately! I'm sure of it!"
Wen Feng looked into her eyes. She was so happy, he didn't know if it was because she was happy to have finally found the portal, or because someone in this world believed in her. In any case, her bright eyes almost led Wen Feng astray.
He almost believed it too.
"If you leave, I...I...my mom will be sad." Wen Feng's tongue got tied in his mouth. He wanted to say it was himself, but then he felt that the two of them were not close, and he couldn't bear to part with her, so it was no use.
Yu Xue said, "But my mother thinks I'm dead... And even if I'm gone, your mother still has you. She might be sad for a while, but she won't lose her appetite or suffer like she's dying because of me. But my mother will. My mother loves me very much. She loves me very much in that world. If I'm gone, she won't be able to go on living."
Wen Feng noticed that the corners of her mouth drooped, and her eyes were no longer as curved as before.
No wonder she wasn't sad, no wonder she was always happy about dying, no wonder she wasn't discouraged even when she failed, because she was determined, she firmly believed that she would succeed next time, not by successfully walking towards death, but by successfully returning to her dream.
Just as Wen Feng was racking his brains, trying to say something to stop her from going back, Yu Xue suddenly sighed.
She forced a smile and said, "We'll see. I might not go back."
Wen Feng asked in confusion, "Why?"
Yu Xue: "That night, I had a dream. I dreamt of the original Yu Xue in this body. She told me that she was very happy in my world, with loving parents and many friends. When she was about to pass away, she transmigrated into my body. She felt that it was a comfort from heaven. She didn't want to switch back... Sigh..."
She looked into Wen Feng's eyes and said, "This at least shows that my parents weren't heartbroken because of my death; they didn't even know I was missing... Okay..."
She could tell that Wen Feng was somewhat suspicious, and said, "Don't you think that my failure was due to the interference of another Yu Xue?"
Wen Feng's brain was overloaded with too much information: "What?"
Yu Xue: "Auntie never comes to see me at that time of day. Why did she come that night of all times? Why did you have to ask for the documents at that exact moment? How could it be so coincidental? If she had come twenty minutes later, I might have succeeded. It must be another Yu Xue who is stopping me."
Wen Feng: "...Hmm, that makes sense, maybe it really is."
He couldn't understand what "another Yu Xue" meant, so he simply took it as Yu Xue's faint will to live. A part of her still didn't want to die and was desperately trying to stop her.
He wanted to stop her before that part of her will to live was killed.
Wen Feng: "Why didn't you tell the doctor?"
Yu Xue scoffed and said, "Do you think she can believe me? And even if she does, what can she do? Fulfill my wish?"
Wen Feng was speechless for a moment, then asked, "Then why did you tell me?"
Wen Feng: "Aren't you afraid I'll tell everyone? Maybe I'm in cahoots with the doctor, maybe... I even saw the doctor before I came to see you."
The nurse came in to collect the plates, and Yu Xue immediately shut her mouth, reminding Wen Feng to be quiet.
The two of them were acting suspiciously, like underground spies.
The nurse came in smiling, took the food box, greeted Yu Xue, and then went out again.
Wen Feng was instructed to close the door after the nurse left, then sat back down and continued listening to Yu Xue's nonsense.
Yu Xue said, "Because I feel that this body trusts you a lot."
Wen Feng suddenly straightened his back: "Why?"
Yu Xue: "Because I'm happy whenever I see you."
In the afternoon, after Yu Xue finished two hours of psychotherapy, Wen Feng was called into the doctor's office to ask some questions. Wen Feng couldn't help but remain silent.
He didn't know if Yu Xue was telling the truth or not, but there was nothing he could do; he had already been won over by Yu Xue.
Unwavering loyalty, unchanging until death.
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