After Tong Jiuchen took over the Huo family's private hospital, no one knew what he was thinking. Although the hospital's doctors and nurses had changed several times, he and Huo Jinyu, a pair of vegetative patients with the same disease, were not thrown out to fend for themselves. They still lived in the hospital's VIP ward and were taken care of by someone every day.
Later, after he woke up, he met Tong Jiuchen. After they got to know each other a little better, Jiang Qingzhou asked Tong Jiuchen this question seemingly unintentionally.
He asked tentatively: "I heard that you and Huo Jinyu have always had a bad relationship. Is the rumor wrong?"
Tong Jiuchen didn't feel shy or unhappy about the question. On the contrary, he smiled very happily, but nine parts of his happiness were mixed with carelessness.
"Maybe the rumor you heard is true! My relationship with Huo Xiaosi has always been bad - no! My relationship with Huo Xiaosi can only be described in four words - either he or I, or I or he, we are like water and fire."
This is... twelve words, right
At that time, Jiang Qingzhou wanted to interrupt and remind him, but Tong Jiuchen seemed to have opened up the conversation, and his next sentence went straight to the point. Naturally, he kept the words in his mouth and did not spit them out. Instead, he patiently listened to Tong Jiuchen continue.
"You are very curious about why I keep Huo Xiaosi in my hospital even though I hate him so much... and take good care of him, right?"
Jiang Qingzhou nodded. He not only took good care of Huo Jinyu, but also took good care of him, a completely unrelated person.
"The Huo family has collapsed. Some of the Huo family members died, some were disabled, some were imprisoned, and some escaped. There are only a few healthy people left in the entire Huo family. Just think about it... If Huo Xiaosi could wake up one day and see all this, what do you think he would do?"
Jiang Qingzhou opened his eyes wide, his whole body felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave, the cold penetrating into his bones.
It turned out that Tong Jiuchen continued to treat Huo Jinyu with this intention.
"How pathetic! For a mere woman, a woman who has never liked him, Huo Xiaosi has turned himself into such a pitiful creature. The entire Huo family has also fallen apart because of him."
"I wish he could wake up, so he can see with his own eyes this 'family ruin and death' 'beautiful' ending that he created with his own hands, hahahaha..."
Jiang Qingzhou opened his lips, but didn't say a word in the end. He just moved a few steps away from Tong Jiuchen. Noticing his action, Tong Jiuchen took a few steps forward.
He takes a step back, he takes a step forward.
Jiang Qingzhou was forced into a corner and couldn't help but frown and asked, "What do you want to do?"
"Little beauty, follow me." Tong Jiuchen was very direct, not hiding his intentions at all, "I like you."
Jiang Qingzhou was stunned for two seconds, and suddenly he understood why he was treated equally.
Tong Jiuchen likes men.
Jiang Qingzhou crossed his arms in front of himself and looked at Tong Jiuchen warily: "My sexual orientation is normal."
"Sexual orientation is not static. I'll try to bend it for you, and maybe you'll bend it." Tong Jiuchen talked freely, straightened his clothes, and said confidently, "You can have whatever you want if you follow me. I can give you what Huo Xiaosi can give you, and I can also give you what Huo Xiaosi 'can't' give you."
Tong Jiuchen's words were very suggestive, and Jiang Qingzhou shook his head firmly to refuse.
"No."
"Don't be in a hurry to reject me, my little beauty. If you ever think it through and change your mind, you're welcome to come to me anytime." Tong Jiuchen was not giving up and said meaningfully.
"That day will never come." Jiang Qingzhou spoke softly, his tone firm.
"Xiaomei..."
"I have a name."
"Okay, gently~"
Jiang Qingzhou shook his arms in disgust. Just as he was about to say something, Tong Jiuchen suddenly came closer with a serious expression on his face. He asked, "What about you? Why did you help Huo Xiaosi to frame his classmates? Did Huo Xiaosi force you to do that?"
Jiang Qingzhou was stunned by the question, pursed his lips and said nothing.
His memory still stayed at five years ago, and those memories did not fade because of the five years of sleep in between. On the contrary, after waking up, those memories in his mind were like picturesque pictures.
Why would he help Huo Jinyu to frame Ye Tianyu? What else could it be? Apart from Huo Jinyu, he couldn't think of anyone else who could help him.
When Sister Yuehong went home for the National Day holiday, her boyfriend maliciously broke off the engagement. Later, the man still refused to give in. Not only did his family ruin Sister Yuehong's job, they also spread rumors everywhere that the store run by her uncle and aunt sold fake cigarettes and fake alcohol. Even the Industrial and Commercial Bureau and the Tobacco Bureau found several bottles of fake alcohol and several cartons of fake cigarettes in the store, further confirming the "ironclad evidence" that the Jiang family store sold fake alcohol and fake cigarettes.
Jiang Qingzhou received news from home. It was Aunt Jiang who called him crying and said that Uncle Jiang was coughing at home and suddenly vomited blood. He was now in the emergency room for treatment.
He took leave overnight and returned to Nanning. He saw Aunt Jiang anxiously standing outside the intensive care unit door, and Jiang Yuehong, who looked haggard.
It's only been a month since they last met, but Aunt Jiang's hair is full of white, her back is hunched, and her face looks old and tired. Jiang Yuehong also looks so thin and haggard that she is unrecognizable.
Jiang Qingzhou clenched his fists so tightly that he didn't even realize his nails were digging deep into his flesh. He stayed in the hospital for five days until Uncle Jiang was no longer in danger and was transferred from the intensive care unit to the general ward. After staying with him for another two days, he returned to Kyoto with a rage in his heart.
He wanted the Yu family to pay the price for this, but he was just a college student with no connections and no power. It was very difficult for him to make that family pay a heavy price.
After thinking for a while, he thought of Huo Jinyu. He wanted Huo Jinyu to help him, but if he said it directly, he didn't know whether Huo Jinyu would help him. Maybe he could help Huo Jinyu do something first. If successful, then the chance of getting Huo Jinyu to help him would be greater.
As for what to do, Jiang Qingzhou remembered what Huo Jinyu had casually said a while ago, asking him to think of a way to make Ye Tianyu disappear from school.
"—Zhou Zhou, what are you thinking about?"
The words that suddenly rang in his ears interrupted Jiang Qingzhou's memories. He looked at the face in front of him and called out softly, "Jin Yu."
"Hmm~" Huo Jinyu reached out his other hand and touched Jiang Qingzhou's head. His voice was particularly soft, and he comforted him, "Don't think about those sad memories."
Jiang Qingzhou wanted to sit up, and Huo Jinyu helped him. Then he naturally sat down on the sickbed and held Jiang Qingzhou around the waist in his arms, his movements very gentle.
"Jin Yu."
"Yeah. I'm here."
Jiang Qingzhou grasped a corner of Huo Jinyu's clothes, half of his face was pressed against Huo Jinyu's chest, and through a layer of cloth, he listened to the "thump, thump" sound of his steady and powerful breathing.
I suddenly felt at peace.
Huo Jinyu lowered his head. His wife snuggled in his arms obediently, her hands tightly holding the corner of his clothes. She looked very insecure, which made him feel distressed.
He thought that his wife must be thinking of those bad memories from her childhood. He raised his hand on his wife's back and patted her gently.
The ward was very quiet for a while until someone knocked on the door outside.
The visitors were Ye Tianyu and Song Yan. The young couple were holding a bouquet of flowers and many bags of gifts.
Seeing Ye Tianyu appear in the ward, Jiang Qingzhou's eyes flashed. In his previous life, for the sake of his family and in order to get Huo Jinyu's help, he abandoned his conscience and moral bottom line and chose to frame the innocent Ye Tianyu.
Maybe God couldn't stand his vicious behavior, so he punished him and turned him into a vegetable.
His body lay unconscious in the hospital for five years, but his soul was cast into a book. He became a tool and cannon fodder in a novel about a strong woman and upgrading her skills, and worked for the heroine, his sister, in a large supermarket.
According to the established plot, he can go offline once the time comes.
Just like that, after the tool-man cannon fodder brother in the book was offline, he woke up in the real world.
Therefore, the life he thought was the real world was actually a world in a book, and the world he thought was in the book was actually the real world.
Why did he have the illusion of traveling through a book at the beginning? Because at the end of his previous life, Ye Tianyu stood at the top of the pyramid and became an existence that countless people could only look up to.
His life is a legend. It took him less than 20 years to go from an unknown little man to a household name. Therefore, his life was written into a book, covering every detail.
He followed the trend and bought a copy.
"Jiang Qingzhou, I'm sorry!" Song Yan bowed deeply and said with guilt, "It was all my fault that day. I shouldn't have angered them and made you... let you suffer an unprovoked disaster."
Jiang Qingzhou came back to his senses instantly, temporarily suppressed those memories, smiled at Song Yan, and said affirmatively: "If it were me, I would also hit them with a bottle of wine. You did the right thing."
"Look, I'm fine now."
As he said that, he sat up straight from Huo Jinyu's arms and swayed left and right twice to prove that he was really fine.
To be honest, he still felt that it was worth it for him to block Song Yan's attack. After all, if it hadn't happened, he wouldn't have remembered that he had forgotten so many important memories.
Ye Tianyu replied: "Seeing that you are okay, I am relieved."
In this life, he accidentally resolved the conflict between Huo Jinyu and Ye Tianyu, and even became friends with Ye Tianyu. Presumably, all the tragedies of the previous life would not happen in this life.
Just thinking about it, I feel so happy and excited.
Huo Jinyu coughed lightly, which attracted Jiang Qingzhou's attention. Huo Jinyu said calmly, "You just woke up. You need to rest more."
The young couple got the hint and left with an excuse.
Jiang Qingzhou watched the two of them leave. Huo Jinyu was not happy and turned her face towards Jiang Qingzhou, lowering her voice: "I am your husband."
Jiang Qingzhou blinked, not understanding: "... huh?"
"The way you looked at Ye Tianyu just now was so bright..." Huo Jinyu said sourly, "You look at me, I don't have any."
Jiang Qingzhou, uh, Hu Yi glanced at Huo Jinyu, who seemed to be possessed by a lemon spirit. He was so sour that he could hardly open his eyes: "Are you... jealous?"
Huo Jinyu denied it: "No."
Jiang Qingzhou smiled and kissed Huo Jinyu on the face, saying, "I only like you, one person."
Huo Jinyu's brows lit up with joy in an instant.