After settling everything, Hao Ritian idled his time away. Every day, he hung around Li Yi's apartment without working, usually watching TV or playing games, but also having sex with Li Yi whenever the interest arose in the name of cultivating feelings. In truth, he'd actually evolved into a homebody.
Li Yi had found buyers for the shops quite quickly. Five out of eight of Yu Hao's mother's shops had already been sold, and while the remaining three were in the middle of discussions, they would be bought in two to three days at most. The value of the clothing stores plus the annual rental income would amount to tens of millions of dollars, all of which would enter Yu Hao's bank account and also temporarily belong to Hao Ritian.
This was great! With so much money, what worries could he have besides having no aspirations? Hence, Hao Ritian holed up at home without any qualms.
Li Yi, on the other hand, didn't approve of his behaviour. Above all, he felt his little lover ought to engage with the outside world more often, and even better yet, meet like-minded friends. Unlike now, where he was doing nothing at all. Though Li Yi wasn't disgusted by him, this type of life wouldn't be good for his body and mind.
As luck would have it, he could take a long holiday after how busy he'd been working lately. He planned to take Hao Ritian on a trip before school started. After all, Yu Hao's parents had originally wanted to take their son on a trip before their accident. Li Yi wanted to offer this trip to him as a substitute and to help him get over the loss of his parents.
Li Yi didn't reveal his plan to Hao Ritian as he made preparations; by the time he knew, he was already at the airport.
Because his parents had died in a car accident, Yu Hao felt a certain degree of trauma with regards to riding cars. On their way to the airport, Li Yi practically had to carry Hao Ritian, his head resting on his shoulder, Li Yi's hand patting Hao Ritian's back with a moderate amount of strength, to make Hao Ritian feel comfortable.
Hao Ritian's mood was pleasant as he experienced the gentle side beneath this man's calm and ascetic surface. He didn't propose any lousy idea on their ride but nestled in Li Yi's embrace, as well-behaved as could be!
When they arrived at the airport, he pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Why did you take me to the airport?"
Li Yi patted his head. "To take you to Paris to relax."
They reached the ticket collection desk just as he finished speaking. The seats Li Yi bought were first class, and the transaction was conducted swiftly.
The corner of Hao Ritian's lips curled up. He probably wants to think of this as a date. Hao Ritian hadn't had such a simple and relaxed mentality for a long time, so though he didn't speak, his expression showed that he was quite fond of this idea.
As a result, after boarding their plane.
Hao Ritian looked at Wei An, who was almost hiding behind Wei Jing, at a loss for words. He'd never expected to run into these two here—their seats were even connected. But forget running into each other, what was with Wei An's reaction?
Besides some surprise, upon closer inspection, he could see that Wei An's manner and reaction was obviously more normal now. It seemed Wei Jing had given him a good life after taking him away from the hospital, and his mind had recovered.
Wei Jing was quite pleased with Wei An's response. It was, of course, best that his wifey relied on him the most. Although inwardly he was aware that his wifey was embarrassed thinking about his behaviour in the hospital upon seeing Yu Hao, he nevertheless couldn't be more pleased by this chain reaction.
Holding his wifey close, Wei Jing eyed Hao Ritian and Li Yi and smirked. "Dr Li, Little Mr Yu, it seems we're quite fated to be meeting here!"
He was rather surprised to see the two of them together. But when he thought about how he'd never expected Wei An and him to be together before, he didn't fuss over it. Fate wasn't something anyone could say with accuracy.
Hao Ritian replied with a faint smile, "Yup, what a coincidence. Where are you planning on going to, President Wei?"
Wei Jing glanced at Wei An before returning, "I'm planning on taking An An to Paris to relax. How about you two?"
Hao Ritian was once again at a loss for words.
Li Yi regarded his expression with a smile in his eyes and answered for him, "We're going to Paris too."
Huh, even the destination was the same.
Once the plane took off, Wei An's eyes would occasionally glance towards Hao Ritian despite him hiding behind Wei Jing. Although he was embarrassed, his happiness far outweighed it, as even though his mind had recovered, he still felt close to Hao Ritian.
Due to this mentality, Wei An switched seats with Wei Jing and struck up a conversation with Hao Ritian before they were halfway through their flight. With their conversation, it didn't take Hao Ritian much effort to learn about Wei An's experience after leaving the hospital and the reason for his recovery.
Because of Hao Ritian's warning, Wei Jing's first course of action after leaving the hospital was to investigate Wei An's past, and naturally, he came to furiously hate the scum man who'd harmed Wei An to this point.
In a further investigation, he'd learned that the department manager whom the scum man – the person who'd trampled on and then actually broken Wei An's mind – had curried favour with was indeed an 'important person' to ordinary people, but in Wei Jing's eyes, he was a man he could crush with a single finger.
However, Wei Jing didn't do that. Instead, he dug up more detailed information about Wei An's douchebag senior and the department manager's daughter. Due to this, he discovered a problem—despite marrying that woman and climbing the corporate ladder, the scum man's married life wasn't smooth sailing.
The scum man was born gay, the type that couldn't get hard for women. After marrying his wife, the only way he could perform bed matters was to take medicine every time. Eventually, he became too reluctant and rarely did the devil's tango anymore, and he also wasn't attentive towards her. The wife was extremely dissatisfied with him about this matter and had been constantly enduring it.
Except the scum man couldn't endure. Not long after they were married, he began to eat on the sly and found a few young pretty boys, and because he was careful, his wife never caught on. After all, he knew full well that his wife despised homosexuality.
After learning of these matters, Wei Jing's actions were simple—he directly disclosed the scum man's affairs to his wife. His wife was also quite the character and wasn't impulsive when she learned the truth but made her own investigation. Once she'd confirmed that there were no mistakes in the findings, she became so disgusted with the scum man that she could throw up.
She was ruthless too; when others disgusted her, she would disgust them right back. She gave the scum man medicine and found people to assault him, and even took photos of it. Afterwards, she exposed those photos without an ounce of kindness and swiftly divorced the scum man. And she still stood in the perspective of the disadvantaged and gained a lot of sympathy.
When Wei Jing took Wei An to see the scum man in person after the matter had blown over, the scum man had lost his home, his job, and with his ex-wife secretly suppressing him, he lived no differently from a hobo.
Upon seeing the ex-boyfriend who he never thought he'd see again appear brilliantly before him, the scum man's reaction wouldn't be mentioned but Wei An really recovered. Wei Jing's method of fighting poison with poison was quite effective. Stimulated, Wei An fainted from exhaustion and burst into tears after waking up, finally walking out of the shadow of the scum man.
Wei Jing had taken him on a trip in hopes that he could restart his life. After returning from a relaxing break, he even set up a dessert shop according to Wei An's interest; though Wei An couldn't do other work, since he had a caring nature, he'd made an effort to learn how to make desserts and was quite good at it. When they returned home, it would be just in time for the shop to open.
As for Tang Bao, after careful understanding, they'd made a very good arrangement for him; Tang Bao was extremely obedient and sensitive to numbers, so Wei Jing planned to let him and Wei An operate the dessert shop together as a solution.
After learning everything, Hao Ritian was unexpectedly still pleased and patted Wei An. "Since the matters of the past have been put to rest, happily live your life with President Wei."
Wei An shyly glanced at Wei Jing, then he fiercely nodded his head. "Mn."
Thus, because of this coincidence, their two-person outing became a four-person outing.
Be that as it may, it was still very lively with more people. Besides, they weren't always together. At the very least, they would separate when resting in the evening. It was rare to have an outing, and Hao Ritian had been seized with crazy ideas and had chosen several outdoor areas to have sex with Li Yi at. Such good opportunities couldn't be wasted. By the time the vacation was over, the four of them were satisfied with their trip.
Not long after their trip, Hao Ritian started school. As he knew that the longest he could stay in this world was until Zheng Yue was released from jail, he was especially sticky with Li Yi, practically another person compared to the previous two worlds. The heat between them continued to rise, but they never fought.
Who told Li Yi to be so tolerant? He would bear it no matter how bad-tempered Hao Ritian got, and wouldn't quarrel with him even if he wanted to.
Three years passed in a flash and Zheng Yue was released from prison.
Following his release, Zheng Yue discovered that both his house and his car were gone, not to mention his wife, and because of his horribly corrupt personality, no hospital would accept him. In the end, Zheng Yue crestfallenly returned to his hometown. To turn from an elite living in a big city into an ordinary office worker, for a proud and arrogant man such as Zheng Yue, this was the most severe of punishments.
Hao Ritian knew he ought to depart from this world now, so before leaving, he paid a visit to Yu Dahai and Yu Li in prison. After three years, the pair's plump bodies had thinned down a lot. When they saw that Hao Ritian had come to see them, they expressed their remorse and begged, hoping to make Hao Ritian forgive them and release them from prison.
Hao Ritian observed the snot-nosed, crying pair and, in a vague manner, asked, "Have you regretted it?"
The two naturally knew what Hao Ritian was referring to and fell over each other to admit their mistakes. They said they shouldn't have allowed the lard to blind their heart, that they would turn over a new leaf in the future and start anew. Each of their attitudes was lower than the other's. They had really become afraid during their stay in prison.
Hao Ritian appreciated the pair's wretched positions and sighed with a slow smile, "Too bad this world doesn't have a medicine for regret for you two to take."
After saying his piece, he turned around and left, not sparing a glance at their expressions which had been rendered dumbstruck. As for their future? No need to look—one could already imagine it. There was no need to spend any more energy on them.
When he returned that night, he pestered Li Yi into having a rough round of sex, acting especially sticky and especially ardent. Li Yi assumed he was feeling down because of his visit to the prison, so he cooperated with him. They went at it until they were both exhausted.
As he held Hao Ritian in his arms, their bodies maintaining their joined position, Li Yi pat Hao Ritian's back. "Sleep."
After a long time, when he heard Li Yi's breathing become steady, Hao Ritian opened his eyes and reached out to cradle Li Yi's face. Instead of looking saddened, he whispered in expectation, "If it's really you, I'll be waiting in the next world. I hope you won't let me down."
Afterwards, he brushed a kiss on Li Yi's lips. Then he said to the system, "Alright, let's go to the next world."
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System Transit Space.
With its heart aching, the system said, "If Host had left the world on time, our highest achievement in the final evaluation grade might've been S+. Now, we only got an A. Host, let this serve as a reminder for you in the next world."
Hao Ritian was unconcerned. "Yes, yes, yes, I got it. Let's jump straight into the next world."
System, "…"
It knew as soon as it heard its host's tone that he hadn't kept its warning in mind. Its heart was so tired.
Nevertheless, when it considered how even the host might not be willing to stay long in this next world, its tone became a lot more chipper all of a sudden, "Alright, starting transmission!"
Though Hao Ritian was surprised by the system's unexpected cheerfulness, the transmission had already entered its countdown. His sight went dark and by the time his consciousness slowly returned, he'd already settled into a new world.