Time pa.s.sed quickly in a blink of an eye.Jiang Li stayed in that world for twenty years, which he made possible by sacrificing twenty points. For someone like him who only had fifty points but wanted to gather a hundred thousand to go back to his real world, that was already an awesome deed.
To be honest, there were many instances he regretted that decision. After all, he had to go through an annoying surgery and therapy and pretend he was okay when in front of other people. Whenever he saw Na Yu, he would wonder if she was worth postponing going to another world. And each time, he would sigh in defeat, remembering what she answered him after he bluntly told her that his illness was one of the most frowned upon in the world.
"No need to test me, He Chen," she said with an angelic smile on her pretty face. "When the doctor came over that time, he told me his suspicions. And I panicked so much that I dug out your records. Then when I saw your latest blood test results, and confirmed you have... AIDS, all I want to do is cry..."
"I know I must leave you. Especially since you won"t have long to live due to missing the best time to get treatment. Even if you survive, once your condition is leaked, it"s easy to guess that there won"t be a good future ahead of us. The difficulty will double because you"re a celebrity. People"s imaginations are wild. They will definitely a.s.sume you got it from the unspoken rules. Whenever I think of this, I felt like the world is unfair to the two of us. It"s hard not to cry and wonder if all the hards.h.i.+ps and fears would be worth it."
"But don"t worry, since I realize leaving you is not what I want. I want to stay with you. After knowing you"re suffering so much but is not telling anyone, not even your family, I just feel like staying and loving you."
Na Yu then laughed and caught him off-guard with a kiss, saying she"s okay sharing the same difficulty as him. No matter his condition and what he was like, she"s fine giving her all to him.
"If someone is like that to you and you are not yet that heartless, how could you not fight and do your best to stay in the world?" Jiang Li would always ask this to himself each time he saw her and her eyes that spoke so much love for him.
Anyway, Na Yu was lucky, the b.a.s.t.a.r.d she fell for had a way to prolong his life and was moved by her dedication and persistence. The only unfortunate thing was when he had the system extend his life there, he played safe and didn"t go all out. Jiang Li knew he did so many stupid things in his life, but this case was probably what he would regret the most.
"Host, I"m sorry but the time is up. You can no longer remain here since you"re not allowed to mess up with He Chen"s life expectancy for a second time."
He went silent for almost five minutes, looking at Na Yu who was sleeping by his bed side.
"It"s time to leave, huh."
So much had happened within that twenty years. Pesticide never formally disbanded but on its tenth year, the members went their separate ways to start another career, business, or family.
He Family had it hard on the fifth year of Pesticide"s debut. Father He managed to extend his life but he still died of bone cancer five years later. Also on that same year, they discovered their eldest son also had that kind of disease.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
It had to be said that both Mother He and Little Brother He almost killed Tang Lan since she was actually the reason why he got that disease. And no, he didn"t do that disgusting act with that psycho.
It was just when they were still kids, He Chen once went to a park in the city where he encountered the young female lead. Tang Lan, who was already insane at such a young age, had somehow gotten a syringe full of blood from her family"s clinic and injected them to a few kids there. He Chen went back and continued living in the village for years so he only discovered about his HIV late. When the truth was out, he was already head over heels for the psycho.
This was the main reason why Jiang Li pitied He Chen. He loved and gave so much he already lost himself, yet got nothing in return.
Anyway, there was no use thinking of the Original"s misfortune. Tang Lan was already enjoying her retribution in the mental hospital, bed-ridden and was regularly trapped in her happy delusions.
As for Jiang Li, even though he had not enjoyed Na Yu"s care enough, he knew he should no longer prolong her sufferings.
Twenty years was plenty enough. He had accompanied her, and married her for everything she did for him. If he would be asked though if he loved her, it would be hard to answer, but whether he would go against the Original"s time limit again if the opportunity was given, then definitely he would say yes. The decades he spent with her allowed him to see so much beauty in life. The affection she showed him was so overwhelming... If he would be given another chance to be with her longer, he would gladly do so, to pamper her and love her more than he had this lifetime since he felt like he had not reciprocated enough.
It was a moonless night when he got up from the hospital bed. This time, he got up not with He Chen"s body, but with his own, as a spirit. A young-looking white lady suddenly appeared in the corner of the private room and watched him undergo this process.
A few seconds later, he met Feng Ru"s curious gaze and laughed.
"You appear just in time."
The ghost hesitantly asked, "You leaving... already for... the other world?"
He was sure she meant the world where souls go which was not his real destination, but he still nodded and said, "I can no longer be in this world. As for you, I don"t know what"s still keeping you here. But if you will continue helping clinically depressed people, there is actually another way to do so apart from revenge."
The villainess went silent. Feng Ru had been observing the two since forever so it would be impossible for her not to get his meaning.
Jiang Li was one of the most unique and brokenhearted people she met while drifting from place to place as a ghost. However, even he was melted by Na Yu"s love. She knew it was what he wanted to tell her.
It might seem out of character for a d.a.m.nable and ungentlemanly bloke like him, but in the end, he remained in the world, not only to make up for his wife"s love and efforts, but to show Feng Ru that depressed people would also be able to overcome the demons in their heart and mind if someone was by their side to care and love them.
"Though I doubt those fragile people will also have their own Na Yu, I think they will be fine as long as you helped them stand up, take their revenge, and find people to support them."
"Did you... finally fall for her?"
"Maybe." Only Feng Ru knows how much she wanted to beat up the man for his annoying answer.
Jiang Li laughed as he patted the sleeping woman"s head. Age had started to catch up with her, but in his eyes, she would remain the most beautiful and the best woman in the world.
For a long while, he looked at her while thinking to himself, "When she took my hand back then, when she wanted to jump off that building through Feng Ru"s help, did she ever see herself choosing life only to live loving a dying patient?"
"Host, go to another mission world or the void?"
Before he said yes to the system"s first option, he asked the villainess who was actually no more a villainess to look after Na Yu. He waited Feng Ru to agree, his eyes showing the villainess his pure desire to have someone guard his woman in his stead.
Jiang Li didn"t know his request became the villainess new object of obsession. He only know that when she gloomily nodded, relief flooded his heart and a smile appeared on his face.
When he opened his eyes again, he was officially in another world.