Xi Muqian Extra
On the hospital bed, attached to a breathing machine and at death's door, Xi Muqian mustered all his strength to slowly remove his equipment. His lips parted several times, his gaze unwaveringly focused on Su Li, who was holding his hand and sitting beside the bed.
"Daddy Mu Qian, do you have something you want to say to Mommy?"
Xi Muqian nodded forcefully, "Yes...."
"Then let's all go out."
Soon, only Su Li and Xi Muqian were left in the ward.
Both of them had reached an advanced age.
Xi Muqian squeezed Su Li's hand hard, filled with gratitude, and stammered, "Thank you.... for fulfilling my dream...."
"I know you are not her...."
Su Li: "I know that you realized long ago that I'm not her...."
"Yes, I... how could I not have realized, but I've always been afraid to confirm it with you, I was scared.... until now...."
"I've been deluding myself, just watching, watching you alive before my eyes. At least I could convince myself that you were still here, that we could share the same sky, breathe the same air...."
"Am I very cowardly...."
Su Li: "No, you are not cowardly...."
Xi Muqian: "Don't comfort me, I know I've always been cowardly. If I had been brave enough to pursue her back then, maybe things would have ended differently...."
Regret filled Xi Muqian's eyes, and tears slowly seeped out.
"Is she doing well?"
Su Li: "She will be fine...."
"Do you know, I was involved with Chen Jin's affair.... will she hate me? After all, he was the man she dearly loved, and the father of Doudou and Yaya...."
Xi Muqian lifted his wrinkled face, with a hint of regret and annoyance, "But even if she dislikes me for it, I would still do the same.... How could I let go of the person who made her sad? I only hate myself for not doing enough...."
"Still afraid of her anger, huh...."
Suddenly, like a flicker of returning light, Xi Muqian's spirit unexpectedly revived, and he cracked a smile at Su Li, "In the next life, I definitely won't let anyone else have her...."
As these words fell, Xi Muqian's eyes slowly lost their luster.
Su Li quietly watched him for a while, then stood up, opened the door to the ward, and let a series of doctors and nurses come in.
Doudou and Yaya were waiting outside. Seeing this, Yaya's tears fell in an instant.
But at this time, they were even more worried about Su Li's health and mental state.
In this moment, Su Li's expression was too calm, it was difficult to discern even a trace of sorrow.
Su Li smiled reassuringly at both children, "Don't worry, I'm fine...."
"I'll go back and rest for a while, handle his funeral for me."
In this lifetime, Xi Muqian had always been by Su Li's side, never marrying or having children.
But in the eyes of Su Li's two children, Xi Muqian had long become like a father to them.
Yet, after returning to her rest, Su Li never woke up again.
Only an hour after Xi Muqian's departure, Su Li also followed and left, without illness or trouble....
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At this moment, Su Li's consciousness was in a dark expanse of Chaos, a place she had never been before.
As she wondered, a light slowly converged in front of her into a human figure—
It was Su Li's original self.
I hadn't expected there to be a chance to meet again.
Previously, after living through a lifetime, I would directly lose consciousness and travel to a new world.
"Thank you, I'm very satisfied...."
The original Su Li smiled gently, then dispersed into countless tiny golden light specks like sand, all of which surged toward Su Li and completely merged with her consciousness.
As these light specks touched her, she felt an inner ease, as if her spiritual power had grown a little.
Su Li didn't know what these things were, but she understood they were definitely something good.
Intuition told her that, if she had a bit more, she could do even more....
It wasn't hard to know that these must be the reward given by the original soul, very precious.
After the original soul dispersed, Su Li stayed in this Chaos, where there was no time, no age, everything was silent and still.
She didn't know how much time had passed when her consciousness slowly began to blur, she was sleepy....
As she completely lost all sensation, no one knew that in this Chaos, the dim glowing light specks slowly grew a little.
When Su Li next opened her eyes, a flood of memories surged toward her.
This time, however, she accepted them very matter-of-factly, without any strangeness.
Su Li thought this must be a manifestation of her strengthened spirit.
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This time, she found herself in the body of a beautiful young girl of eighteen, a poor girl known as a genius.
Su Li's fate could be considered unfortunate.
She was abandoned by her family shortly after birth, fortunate to be adopted.
Neither the rough beginnings nor the family's poverty defeated her; she only wanted to study hard and one day return to repay her adoptive parents.
If it hadn't been for the pranks, the mockery of the rich, and the deliberate seductions, Su Li, who had entered university at sixteen, would undoubtedly have had a bright future.
But there are no ifs....
A girl like her, with good looks and a mind immersed in her studies - a bookworm - became the perfect toy for some people.
Su Li didn't harbor any hate; she blamed her own weak mentality, but why did they have to harm her adoptive parents?
They just wanted justice for her, but ended up being played with and killed like mice, one in a traffic accident, the other sent to a mental institution and committing suicide there.
Even in their deaths, they couldn't rest, as the media turned their family into a prime example of what not to be.
She hated them...
Such scum, having hurt their family, three lives, were merely scolded by their own families.
After the scandals died down, they still lived comfortable, luxurious lives.
Just because they were born noble? Thus, they could trample anyone's dignity and life at will?
Su Li slowly watched a blinding, blood-like red shadow condense before her.
It was a girl with two braids, whose clothes were washed white but clean and neat.
What was horrifying was that two trails of blood tears slowly ran down from her eyes, "If power can grant one everything, I too wish to stand at the top and then crush them all...."
"That taste of despair, they should all taste it once."
"If this is your wish, I will do my utmost to help you achieve it."
With Su Li's response, the red shadow slowly faded away.
That heavy, oppressive, and uncomfortable feeling made Su Li very uneasy.
The girl's resentful energy was too strong; even with her increased spiritual power, she couldn't help but be swayed by some of those emotions.