Chapter 221 - The Life That Could Be Saved

Chapter Two Hundred and Twenty-One: The Life That Could Be Saved

Xiao Yu might not have given it a second thought if it were a different month, but August…

If his memory was correct, he had been kidnapped in August.

Xiao Yu didn’t consider himself too perceptive, but his intuition told him that his kidnapping had something to do with this.

“Yeah, around that time…” Chu Ge sighed sorrowfully. “Sometime at the beginning of the month.”

“Liar,” Yan Jin accused.

Chu Ge gave up. “Alright, alright, you guessed it.”

“Apologize,” Yan Jin ordered.

“Give me a break. I’m not blaming you either. Considering when it happened, if I hadn’t done anything, who knows where Nan Chan would have ended up?” Chu Ge hung his head dejectedly.

Xiao Yu discreetly tugged on Yan Jin’s sleeve and gave him a questioning look.

Yan Jin sighed and mouthed,

Xiao Yu glared at Yan Jin.

“I wish she would always stay the same,” Chu Ge said mournfully.

Yan Jin sighed. “You’ve tortured yourself for ten years now. You still haven’t had enough?”

Chu Ge had no reply.

Yan Jin shook his head in disappointment. He wanted to say more, but Xiao Yu quickly dragged him away.

“Then, Chu Ge, we’ll be stepping out first…” Xiao Yu closed the door behind him considerately, leaving Chu Ge alone in the room.

Before the door closed entirely, the last scene Xiao Yu saw was of Chu Ge hunched over the bed.

……

“You’re too soft,” Yan Jin accused.

“Bah! I think you’re the mentally sick one,” Xiao Yu retorted. “I’m not telling you to stop bullying Chu Ge normally, but have some sympathy when Chu Ge’s miserable.”

“No amount of sympathy can last ten years,” Yan Jin disdained. “Chu Ge’s not quite thirty, so he’s still got at least several years still in his prime. No one should waste their life on some woman who’s never going to wake up.”

“Oi…”

“If Qiao Yutang were conscious, she wouldn’t want Chu Ge to die with her.”

Xiao Yu sighed. This was the correct logic, and he knew that Yan Jin was right. It was painful to watch a living person waste away for another already fated to die, especially if the two loved each other.

Xiao Yu’s heart tightened again as he recalled his last glimpse of Chu Ge kissing Qiao Yutang.

“Sorry, I shouldn’t have taken my anger out on you…” Yan Jin sensed that he was out of sorts and took a deep breath to calm himself.

His eyes held a deep darkness.

“Don’t worry about it, everyone’s in low spirits,” Xiao Yu replied generously.

Yan Jin wrapped him in a hug.

Xiao Yu quietly stood still in Yan Jin’s embrace. Then, he asked, “Uh, is there really no hope to save her?”

“It was already impossible ten years ago. It’s taken everything to just keep her alive until now. The cost is thirty million a year; doesn’t that sound frightening?”

“There’s something that I don’t know if I should mention…”

Yan Jin pinched Xiao Yu’s waist. “If there’s something you dare to hide from me, there’ll be punishment.”

“Waitwaitwait, let me finish. This is pretty important; it could save her.” Xiao Yu ducked away from Yan Jin’s kiss.

“Save her?” Yan Jin was stumped.

“Mhmm, actually, I wanted to mention it earlier, but it didn’t seem appropriate given the atmosphere. And, maybe it’s not too appropriate to bring up in front of Chu Ge either…”

Yan Jin had no idea what Xiao Yu was going to say next. It was a rare moment for him. Most of the time, Xiao Yu didn’t even need to open his mouth and Yan Jin would understand what Xiao Yu wanted to convey.

“Do you remember that time I turned back into a human from a hamster after falling into the water after the car crash? Was I sent here after?”

Yan Jin nodded and nervously held Xiao Yu a little tighter.

It had been a terrifying moment for Yan Jin as well. If he hadn’t managed to phone for help before losing consciousness, they might not have been saved given their desolate location outside the city.

In the call to his subordinates, Yan Jin had specifically ordered them to save the other driver at all costs if the other driver was still alive. He would handle the aftermath with the offender personally. Yan Jin now felt so fortunate for this decision.

If he hadn’t said this, perhaps he would never be able to hold his Fishy like he was now.

“That time, I accidentally heard Chu Ge saying that I already had no signs of life. But, he still made every effort and with his CPR, I lived.”

Yan Jin was doubtful. “Was Chu Ge telling the truth?”

“I don’t really trust his medical ethics, but I don’t think he had a reason to lie to me,” Xiao Yu said with certainty. “And, after such a large accident, I didn’t sustain any injuries. Don’t you think that’s weird?”

“Maybe the water in the river cushioned your landing?” Yan Jin still didn’t understand where Xiao Yu was going with this. To begin with, he didn’t know why Xiao Yu brought up this topic at all, so he had no basis to guess Xiao Yu’s thoughts.

“… Forget it, stop asking questions and let me talk.” Xiao Yu lost all patience for Yan Jin’s lack of EQ.

“Basically, I think it has something to do with my hamster form. Do you remember the little torn paper I gave you, the one with all the special characteristics of us hamsters?”

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“I gave it to an expert to analyze. I heard that it has a lot of scientific value,” Yan Jin replied.

Xiao Yu: “…”

“So, what I want to say is that this little piece of paper is from a rolled up scroll. That scroll was in Aunty Fang’s necklace, which was given to her by my father as a commemorative gift.

Yan Jin looked at him blankly.

“And, I saw earlier that around Qiao Yutang’s neck, there was a pendant hanging there.”