At the thought of this, Ye Linyuan didn’t hesitate to pick up Tong Sui. “We’re going home.”
Tong Sui curled up in his arms.
After returning to Ye Linyuan’s apartment, the familiar scent and environment slowly eased his tense nerves.
Ye Linyuan placed him on the bed and leaned down to kiss him.
Tong Sui said, “Aren’t you busy with a lot of things?”
“Yes, but compared to those,” Ye Linyuan kissed him, “you need me more right now.”
…
…
Tong Sui tiredly fell asleep, his bangs falling to the side, revealing his delicate and beautiful face.
Ye Linyuan lowered his head and kissed away Tong Sui’s furrowed brows.
Tong Sui turned away from his teasing and fell asleep on his side.
Ye Linyuan chuckled.
He pulled the blanket over Tong Sui, took out a set of clothes from the wardrobe, and gently closed the door to the room.
After getting dressed, Ye Linyuan sat in front of the desk.
He turned on his light brain and continued dealing with the business left over from the day.
Tong Sui had no idea how long he had slept. Groggily, he felt like he had a wonderful dream where Ye Linyuan came to find him.
He opened his heavy eyelids.
The scene in front of him left him stunned for a while. Could it be that he was still dreaming?
He turned to feel around, but couldn’t find the person he was looking for. Frowning, he got up, wrapped in a blanket that dragged to the ground, and stepped out without even putting on his shoes.
Ye Linyuan was coldly hosting a meeting in the study.
As the meeting approached its end, his patience was wearing thin, and just as he was about to announce its conclusion, the tightly closed door suddenly turned.
Tong Sui, draped in a blanket that nearly touched the ground, entered, with red marks on his exposed arms and calves.
He looked like a small, warm milk cake.
Tong Sui walked barefoot towards him, skillfully wrapping his arms around Ye Linyuan’s neck and sitting in his lap.
Ye Linyuan was momentarily taken aback.
Tong Sui bit down on his palm, right at the base of his thumb.
Tong Sui paused, “Oh? Is this real?”
The attendees of the meeting on the light screen were also taken aback by the scene.
Ye Linyuan was quick, and before anyone could react, he said, “Let’s call it a day,” and swiftly ended the communication.
Ye Linyuan’s deep gaze fell on Tong Sui as he took a quick glance. Luckily, the blanket was large enough that it covered everything it needed to.
He looked at the bite marks on his palm and asked, “What’s real?”
“I woke up confused, thinking I was dreaming.”
Tong Sui lowered his head to inspect his evidence of guilt, then leaned in like a little cat licking its wounds. “I’m sorry.”
Ye Linyuan held back his laughter for a moment and then picked up Tong Sui. “You can’t forget this when you’re awake.”
Time flew by quickly.
Before they knew it, graduation season had arrived, and Tong Sui donned a deep blue graduation gown.
Everyone stood at the entrance of the military academy and took a group photo.
A notification echoed in Tong Sui’s mind.
[Detected a significant change in the storyline of this world. You have successfully completed the mission to save the villain Ye Linyuan.
In the next 24 hours, you may choose to leave this world immediately or continue living until your natural lifespan expires.]
Tong Sui replied, “I want to stay.”
[You have chosen to stay, which means you will automatically leave when the mission’s target, Ye Linyuan, reaches the end of his lifespan.]
Tong Sui walked down the steps.
Ye Linyuan held a bouquet of blooming flowers. “Congratulations on your graduation, my little friend.”
Tong Sui jumped into his embrace.
Ye Linyuan adjusted his cap and gently kissed his forehead amidst the chaotic sounds of footsteps.
In the distance, Tong Sui’s parents smiled with satisfaction.
Tong Si clicked his tongue.
He hid the bouquet he had prepared behind his back.
Time quietly flowed, like fleeting horses.
Behind a gigantic floor-to-ceiling window stood two chairs.
Tong Sui sat in one, holding hands with Ye Linyuan, watching the seasons change countless times, witnessing the budding of leaves, their growth, lushness, the falling in autumn, and the bare branches in winter.
Year after year passed in cycles.
Outside the window was a vibrant green shade.
Ye Linyuan tightly grasped Tong Sui’s hand. He no longer had the strength of his youth, but his grip remained just as tight.
Slowly, he turned his head. “I’m lucky to be by your side again, but I’m greedy and hope for another chance to meet you again.”
“If I don’t remember when that time comes… Sui Sui, please remind me.”
Tong Sui sensed something was wrong, tears falling silently.
Ye Linyuan said, “Don’t cry; I want to see you smile at me one last time.”
Tong Sui tried to smile through the bittersweetness.
Ye Linyuan slowly closed his eyes, and a leaf fell outside the window.
Fall was approaching.
The system chimed: [Detected that the mission target has died; the host will leave this world in ten seconds.]
[10, 9, 8… 2… 1, successfully displaced.]
The falling leaves were not the end, but a new beginning.
With a spring breeze, the branches flourished.
The author has something to say:
This world is complete!
The next world should be the apocalypse!
The delicate little experimenter Sui and his ruthless mercenary wife will have to gather some peculiar items from his wife to develop a zombie vaccine.
When Tong Sui woke up, the air was tinged with the rancid smell of decay, as if something had died long ago.
He moved his legs.
He kicked a can shell that had already been eaten, which rattled away several meters.
With the faint light filtering through the curtains, he could vaguely make out that he was in a room resembling a storage closet.