After teaching the provocative big man a lesson, Zhang Ming, Mei Fang's long-lost friend, finally had the opportunity to talk to Mei Fang. He helped Mei Fang, who was still suffering from chest pain, up from the ground, and together with Lin Youxi, helped him sit down on a bench nearby.
"I... I'm going to buy a bottle of water for Ah Fang."
Lin Youxi trotted to the nearby store, and Mei Fang was left in the care of Zhang Ming.
"What's wrong with you... You went to Ukonnen and haven't seen anyone for three years, and suddenly you're back as the King of Soldiers, right?"
"I'm not a top soldier... But I did encounter a lot of bad luck, and I managed to survive in the end... Although I also lost a lot of money."
Zhang Ming's faint smile expressed all the vicissitudes of life he had experienced. No one knew how he had survived the past three years in Wukenan.
"It's good to be alive. You're doing well now. You're not missing any limbs, and you've become much more handsome. It's worth it to go out and suffer so much."
"Although you are in China, you don't seem to be doing much better than me, do you?"
Zhang Ming stared at Mei Fang's eyes for a while.
"I see that your blood and qi are weak, and your forehead is black. This is not a good sign..."
Zhang Ming asked Mei Fang, "Have you seen anything unclean recently, or any illusions?"
"You didn't become a soldier in Wukenan, but became a genius doctor and medicine king in Wukenan, right? How come your foreign adventure has such a strong Chinese style? It's weird, really weird."
"The King of Medicine is not that bad... I was at war at that time, and I met an old Chinese doctor while fleeing. I stayed with him for more than half a year. I encountered countless hardships in these three years. It would take too long to talk about it... Forget it, let's talk about this another day."
Zhang Ming looked at Lin Youxi who was carrying something in the store, and then said to Mei Fang, "But you have a good girlfriend. I thought you would be single forever!"
"You are like this... and you still have time to care about me? When did you come back? How are you now? You didn't even send me a message."
"I lost my phone and other things when I was abroad, and I didn't have a chance to find my original WeChat number. I was also busy with the store opening recently, so I just contacted my family and went back to my hometown."
"You have a store in Pengcheng now? You don't work in Huaxing anymore?"
Zhang Ming nodded. "Whoever wants to work for that stupid company can do it. Even if the earth explodes, I won't go back to work there. It's too damn painful."
"Niu, you are so confident now. You are so different from the timid and honest person you used to be."
Mei Fang smiled and shook his head. "To be honest, I never thought you would come back. Congratulations on surviving."
"Although you never seem to come to Wuknan to see me, I still want to thank you for your congratulations."
“That’s not realistic.”
"Yeah, just kidding."
Mei Fang continued to ask: "What kind of store are you running now? I'm curious, is it a store related to traditional Chinese medicine?"
"Yes, it's a Chinese medicine massage therapy health center. I'm good at massage and acupuncture. You can come to my store for therapy someday. It will be very helpful for you to protect your heart. I'll do it for you for free."
"Fuck, there's something... Can you tell at a glance that I have chest pain?"
"I felt it when I took your pulse just now. This is a very common chest discomfort caused by excessive fatigue. You need to take care of your body, don't stay up late at night, and be moderate in your sexual life, otherwise the risk of sudden death is not small—"
"Yeah, I know, I know..."
Because Lin Youxi had already bought the water, Mei Fang quickly ended the topic.
Lin Youxi ran over with a bottle of water, handed it to Mei Fang, and supported Mei Fang while feeding him the water.
Zhang Ming didn't bother him any further when he saw this. He exchanged contact information with Mei Fang, and then said goodbye to Mei Fang and Lin Youxi.
Mei Fang and Lin Youxi returned home after shopping. As soon as Lin Youxi entered the house, she rushed into the bedroom, then closed and locked the door.
Lin Youxi's sudden action made Mei Fang feel a little worried.
"Youxi? What happened suddenly? Are you... having an attack again, Yuqi? Hmm? Say something, you..."
Lin Youxi on the other side of the room did not respond.
Mei Fang rubbed his chest which was still a little painful, and then prepared to open the door to the living room. However, just as he opened the door, the bedroom door behind him opened.
"Don't climb over the wall anymore," she said word by word.
At this moment, Lin Youxi rarely showed any change in expression, with a hint of sadness written on his face.
This sudden action made Mei Fang feel very surprised and happy, "Are you worried about me?"
"… "
Lin Youxi took a deep breath. She did not respond to Mei Fang directly, but went straight back to her room.
By the time Mei Fang entered the room, she had already gone into a depression attack, hiding inside the closet.
"Come out?"
Lin Youxi shook his head.
"Why are you angry... Is it because you didn't get to eat the marshmallow?"
Lin Youxi shook his head again.
"Well, it doesn't matter if you don't tell me..."
So Mei Fang also opened the wardrobe and sat opposite Lin Youxi with her knees hugged.
His voice was gentle, "I'll hide in the closet with you until you get tired of it."
That night, Mei Fang and Lin Youxi fell asleep in each other's arms in the closet.
The next day, Mei Fang, who was suffering from back pain, said she wanted to go to Zhang Ming's Chinese medicine clinic for physical therapy, and asked Lin Youxi to take good care of the house. Lin Youxi nodded, and then opened the "White Plum Time" game application by herself.
"Shall we play the game we made today?"
Lin Youxi nodded.
Seeing her like this, Mei Fang didn't ask any more questions. She just told her that lunch was in the refrigerator and she could take it out and heat it up in the microwave when the time came, and then she prepared to leave.
Before leaving, Mei Fang locked the door, and then specifically told Liu Xiaoyu to go and accompany Lin Youxi when she was free. She then went straight to the Chinese medicine clinic that Zhang Ming had just opened not long ago.
And at the moment of going out, Mei Fang seemed to see a figure in a white dress passing by from the end of the corridor. The hazy feeling made Mei Fang feel a little scared.
When he chased after it, he found that there was nothing else there.
The Chinese medicine health care center opened by Zhang Ming in Pengcheng is only 3 kilometers away from Mei Fang's home, so the two people's locations when shopping in the mall overlapped to a certain extent, which allowed them to meet by chance on the street.
Zhang Ming's Chinese medicine clinic is currently just a small one, located in a commercial office building. However, the decoration inside has a rather antique design style, and it is obvious that he is a man of particular taste.
"Hey, here I come."
Zhang Ming walked out of the inner room and saw Mei Fang, then greeted him with a smile, much more elegant than before.
"Are you the only one in this Chinese medicine clinic?"
"It's just me for now."
Zhang Ming smiled evilly, "Take your time, I'll take care of you as you please."
"Oh, that smile just now was quite interesting, Crooked-Mouth Dragon King!"
"You're paralyzed."
"The crooked-mouthed dragon king cursed, damn it!"
Mei Fang was dragged by Zhang Ming to lie on the massage bed. Zhang Ming asked Mei Fang to lie down, lifted his clothes to expose his back, and then began to give him acupuncture therapy.
While giving acupuncture, he explained Mei Fang's current condition:
"Yin energy has entered your body, your seven orifices are blocked, and evil spirits are growing. You are now in a state of terminal illness..."
"Fuck, you said it so pitifully, it made me feel like I was going to die at any moment."
"It's okay if you want to complain about me. You know your own body best."
"Her mental state is not normal..."
"Youxi has bipolar disorder. It's like this... Let me tell you about it."
While Mei Fang was receiving acupuncture therapy from Zhang Ming, she talked to Zhang Ming about Lin Youxi.
"Fuck, why the hell are you with that top-ranked goddess in high school?"
"Master, can a foreign soldier also break through the defense?"
"Stop talking nonsense and tell me the sequel. You guys are really acting in a science fiction movie!"
Mei Fang continued to tell Zhang Ming his love story with Lin Youxi.
From the initial meeting, to the later cohabitation, going home to visit relatives, starting to date, to the final proposal but failed confession, Zhang Ming listened carefully to his good friend's experience, and from time to time he would start to calculate with his fingers, mutter to himself, and then sigh frequently.
“Okay, that’s it for the whole story… Do you have any questions about the above?”
"What happened to you in these years is even more sci-fi than what I experienced in the past three years in Ukon. Why can't I meet a girl like you?"
"Okay... stop joking around here."
Mei Fang asked Zhang Ming, "Are you practicing medicine or fortune-telling in Wukenan? I saw you were fortune-telling non-stop while listening to me. What were you fortune-telling?"
Zhang Ming shook his head. "If I say that I found that Lin Youxi's birth date and time are in conflict with the Zi Wei Dou Shu, which is the so-called star of destiny, and anyone who gets close to her will suffer bad luck, do you believe it?"
"I don't believe you! That's enough... Stop talking nonsense to me. There should be a limit to how much you can joke with."
"If you don't want to believe it, then don't believe it. If you believe it, it exists. If you don't believe it, it doesn't exist."
He then said seriously, "In short... my experience in Uknan taught me that being alive is better than anything else. Only when you are alive can you have hope."
"Um... why are you telling me this—"
"What I mean by this is that I'm going to save your life now!"
"Ah, it hurts, it hurts—"
"Hold on."
After a while of acupuncture, Zhang Ming continued to give Mei Fang acupuncture, while explaining, "From now on, do this twice a week, once every three days, for three consecutive months, and your life will be safe from now on."
"Is this true? Are you such a miracle doctor?"
Mei Fang found it unbelievable, "A few injections can cure my stubborn disease?"
"Listen carefully. I'm not curing you. I'm just trying to stop the deterioration. Whether or not the disease will relapse in the future depends on you."
"Look at me...myself?"
"Um."
Zhang Ming nodded. "You should know where your chest pain comes from, right?"
"Anyway, I just can't be too tired... I've been trying to improve my rest and sleep recently."
"You better really are."
Zhang Ming helped Mei Fang remove the needle and then continued to massage Mei Fang.
“Ahhhhhhhhhh—”
Mei Fang was beaten up by Zhang Ming, but after the beating, his body did not feel so heavy anymore.
He loosened his arms, followed Zhang Ming to the pharmacy, and continued to tease Zhang Ming:
"Dr. Zhang, although I was beaten badly by you just now, I have to admit that you are indeed quite capable... In addition to these physical therapies, do you have any other accomplishments? For example, mental illnesses..."
"Bipolar disorder? I'm not a god. I'm working here to earn money. What do you expect me to do for you..."
"So, there is indeed a way to cure it?"
Zhang Ming shook his head. "The question you asked is beyond my knowledge. I can't give you a definite answer."
"No, no, no, you must know some way. You stayed in Wukenan for three years and were able to run back. You must have a lot of things..."
He sighed deeply, and then continued:
"I have already said it, and you know it."
Zhang Ming handed the medicine to Mei Fang:
"Divide this medicine into five portions and boil it for five days. It will be good for your health."
"Um...thank you."
Mei Fang took the Chinese medicine from Zhang Ming. Zhang Ming continued, "Now, let's not talk about these metaphysical topics. As an outsider, I think if you two continue to be together, you will only torture each other to death in the end."
"Listen carefully, it's not just you being tortured by her, this is mutual."
"The deeper your love for her, the heavier the backlash will be for her."
"I think this is why she was able to live well on her own before she met you."
"But you let her live."
"She would be afraid of death if she were like this."
"As her fear of death grows, her mood will only become more and more unstable..."
Listening to Zhang Ming's explanation, Mei Fang also fell silent.
"So what you're saying is that only by separating from her... can we both survive, is that what you're saying?"
Zhang Ming shook his head. "I can't give you an answer to this question."
"Although I have always believed that being alive is better than anything else."
"After all, even if we continue to live like this, it will probably be very painful, right?"
"That's the question of which is more painful, separation or death."
“I have seen many answers to this question in Uknan, but those who survived never thought that their choice was right.”
"After all, humans are creatures that always regret the path they didn't choose. I have said all I can. Everyone has their own destiny. I will not advise you any more. You should take care of yourself."
"… "
Mei Fang couldn't help but fall into deep thought as he listened to Zhang Ming's words.
I could have endured the darkness... if I had never seen the sun.
This sentence not only applies to Lin Youxi, but also to Mei Fang.
He could have endured living alone for the rest of his life, but now, because of the appearance of Lin Youxi, he has someone he wants to be with for the rest of his life.
If we separate, we will lose the meaning of life.
But when you die, there is nothing left.
call…
It’s hard for me to say.
Hard to say.
Mei Fang returned home with a nervous mood and saw Lin Youxi's mobile phone on the coffee table, with the interface next to it showing FIN, a thank you for passing the level.
Lin Youxi played the leading female role in "White Plum Blossom Time" today.
The hero and the heroine finally get together, and they have a well-behaved and obedient daughter. This is exactly the CG scene of the heroine passing the level, with her pink hair swaying in the wind in the golden sea of flowers.
The male protagonist in the picture lets his daughter ride on his head, and holds the female protagonist's hand with his other hand as they run in the sea of flowers. The faces of the three are filled with happy and bright smiles.
The introverted second female lead chose to silently wish her childhood sweetheart and her childhood sweetheart a happy birthday, and then went to live overseas alone. Since then, there has been almost no news about her.
Mei Fang ended the "White Plum Time" application, then picked up Lin Youxi's phone and entered his birthday to unlock the password.
He opened the chat interface with the HR in Modou, stood there thinking for a while, then held the phone tightly, went into the bedroom, gently opened the wardrobe, and sat next to Lin Youxi.
At this moment, Lin Youxi was sleeping with her head down and her knees hugged, doing the same movements as she had been doing during this period of time.
Mei Fang leaned on Lin Youxi's shoulder, her voice and tone extremely gentle.
"Youxi, do you want to go to the Magic City?"
Lin Youxi suddenly shuddered.
"If you want to go, I'll let you go, okay?"
Lin Youxi slowly raised her head, rubbed her sleepy eyes, looked at Mei Fang who was looking at her lovingly, and then nodded.
"Um."
She stood up with Mei Fang and stood by, watching Mei Fang help her pack her things.
Mei Fang helped Lin Youxi pack everything that belonged to her and carried her large suitcase. He stood in front of the door of the living room and checked everything again.
Clothes, jewelry, couple's toothbrush cups, slippers, pajamas, photos taken together on the coffee table, and even game saves that were completed together on the console.
Lin Youxi just stood by and watched Mei Fang clean up, his expression indifferent and lifeless.
After Mei Fang finished packing, she stood up and handed the suitcase to Lin Youxi.
"I won't send you off this time."
"Um."
Lin Youxi nodded, took the phone from Mei Fang, felt the strength transmitted from Mei Fang, and then slowly let go.
She carried her heavy luggage and gently opened the door.
The evening glow shone on Lin Youxi.
At this moment, she turned around and looked at Mei Fang, smiling and asking him:
"Are we going to meet again in the next life?"
Mei Fang pursed her lips and paused, then asked her back:
"Do you want to see me in the next life?"
“Not sure.”
Lin Youxi paused, and then made up his mind: "Maybe you don't want to, your love is too tiring."
"Why are you still saying hurtful things to me at this time... You love to torture me too much, don't you?"
The light of the setting sun was particularly dazzling. Mei Fang covered his forehead to block his vision, but the hot tears kept sliding down his face.
He had wanted to cry many times before, but he held it back every time.
He didn't want to expose his vulnerable side in front of Lin Youxi.
Only this time, he could no longer control his emotional collapse. The extreme grievance and strong unwillingness made him completely break down.
After hearing Mei Fang sobbing, Lin Youxi gradually raised her head.
Seeing that Mei Fang finally stopped using a false smile to warm herself, Lin Youxi finally smiled after a long time.
"I'm really leaving this time."
"I probably won't go back to Pengcheng."
"We will never meet again."
"So we can all survive—"
"Although, I really want to... I really want to say this."
As Lin Youxi spoke, she also began to cry, with hot tears streaming down her cheeks.
Obviously, she was also dominated by extreme grievance and strong unwillingness, and her defenses were completely broken.
"If... without Ah Fang by my side, what's the point of me living?"
Mei Fang raised his head while sobbing and saw Lin Youxi reaching out her hand to him.
"Anyway, I tortured you like this."
"I think it will be hard for you to fall in love with Xiaoyu again."
"Then... Ah Fang, why don't you just... die with me?"
"Yeah, okay."
Mei Fang was very happy to hear Lin Youxi say this. He stopped crying and walked forward and hugged Lin Youxi tightly.
Lin Youxi felt the strong obsession of this stupid man towards herself and wanted to continue to play with his feelings, so she gently smoothed his hair.
"But before we die, I can fulfill all your wishes. Ask as many as you can."
"Then can I propose to you again?" Mei Fang's obsession never faded.
"Yes, you can now."
Lin Youxi nodded, "Propose to me, I will agree to you immediately."
"Where is the ring... here... let me look for it." Mei Fang scratched his head.
"The ring is with me. I plan to take it with me."
Lin Youxi took out the pendant from her chest, on which hung the engagement ring that Mei Fang had prepared for her.
Lin Youxi took off the ring and handed it to Mei Fang. Mei Fang immediately knelt down and held Lin Youxi's hand again. The two of them sobbed and smiled as they began their marriage proposal vows again.
"Ms. Lin Youxi, the one I love the most in my life, I am here to... formally... invite you to form a team to get married."
"Anyway... you will never be able to leave me in this life;"
"I hope you can marry me and give me your whole life—"
Lin Youxi tapped the screen, urging Mei Fang:
"I already agreed. Do you know how to play? Time is money. Let's start the group."
"Yeah, okay... here I come."
Mei Fang knelt on one knee and put the ring on Lin Youxi's left middle finger, then gently kissed the back of Lin Youxi's hand.
Thus, in the last glimmer of dusk;
Mei Fang and Lin Youxi officially embarked on the journey towards mutual destruction.
The knife has been raised, but the next chapter will be two years after the main storyline!
(End of this chapter)