Do Not Speak Ill of My Mother!
Chapter 283 - 281 Su Zihu: Help me find her

Chapter 283: 281 Su Zihu: Help me find her

"Before she gave birth, she was somehow startled and bled profusely... almost couldn’t be saved. Su Zihu begged me to take him to see Ah Xing, and after they met... she asked me to first bring a child for you to see,"

But Jun Lii heard the undertone in her words, "If it was just to let me have a look, why announce to outsiders that only one of the two children survived? Is she... trying to sever ties with me using the child?"

Jiang Yu felt that wasn’t the case, but the relationship among the three of them was too complicated, and she couldn’t articulate it well.

Jun Lii understood, "She really... still chooses Su Zihu... using a child to repay my affection?"

"Little Lii—"

Jiang Yu wanted to say something comforting, but Jun Lii had already shed tears, carefully taking the child in his arms.

"Rest assured, I will take good care of Xiao Yan, and not bother her again..."

Ah Xing, is this your choice?

Because you chose Su Zihu, so you feel sorry for me, and that’s why you’re giving one child back to me?

Is this the way you clear things up with me?

Jun Lii held the child in his embrace with despair, that bit of warmth was his last tenderness...

But he hadn’t imagined that this wasn’t even the most tragic situation yet.

Two months later, Su Zihu suddenly arrived at the Jun Residence.

His soul body was fractured much, and his pale visage bore a hint of vicissitudes.

It was the first time Jun Lii had seen Su Zihu, and he suddenly understood why people from the Jun Family had seen him at the villa but hadn’t recognized him.

The two of them looked alike, yet not alike.

His own appearance was more stern and profound, whereas Su Zihu’s features were smoothed over by time, enveloped by an almost tender aura.

Anyone who saw him for the first time would be affected by this aura and wouldn’t pay much attention to the face. It was like some skilled make-up bloggers who, with a few strokes on their face and some tweaks of spacing and shadow, instantly looked like a different person!

But upon closer inspection... eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth... not one was unlike his own.

So, this was the ’him’ that Ah Xing loved?

"What have you come to find me for?" Jun Lii felt inexplicably angry, "You have already fully obtained her; do you also want to take Xiao Yan away from me?"

"Ah Xing has disappeared."

"What?" Jun Lii immediately stood up, "What happened?"

Su Zihu got straight to the point, "After the explosion, Ah Xing’s health has been poor, and she has even had some memory issues. I originally thought it was a residual effect of the explosion, and since my own soul body also needed rest, I asked Aunt Jiang to take extra care of her. But on the day she went into labor, I went to see her and discovered an extra Remnant Soul inside Ah Xing."

"Remnant Soul?"

"It seems that someone took advantage of her weakness and secretly entered Ah Xing’s body, trying to take her place. Her memory confusion is related to that! I didn’t dare to worry Aunt Jiang by telling her, so I could only ask her to send a child to the Jun Residence first, to put your mind at ease, and secondly—"

"Wait, it was you who asked Aunt Jiang to bring the child to the Jun Residence?" Jun Lii interrupted, "It wasn’t Ah Xing’s idea?"

"Of course, it was her desire as well," Su Zihu affirmed. "When the Remnant Soul wasn’t contending with her for control of the body, she could still remember what happened during those months. But as soon as the Remnant Soul controlled her body, it desperately tried to harm her! On the day of childbirth, it was the Remnant Soul that drove her to fall and bleed heavily, nearly costing her life!"

Upon hearing this, Jun Lii clenched his fists, "Is it possible to ascertain the origins of the Remnant Soul?"

"It’s hard to say..." Su Zihu shook his head. "Ah Xing has been resisting the Remnant Soul, but unfortunately, she was weak after childbirth, and Xiao Wang, who was innately deficient, was sent to the ICU... After she saw me, she finally relaxed, worried about your anxiety, even more concerned that the Remnant Soul might harm the two children, so she had Aunt Jiang bring Xiao Yan to the Jun Residence first."

"You also know that in the Jiang Family, there is still Jiang Ke. Though I’ve helped Aunt Jiang clear out many spies from the Jiang Family this past half year, Jiang Ke’s remnants are too numerous. She had acted in haste initially because of Ah Xing’s pregnancy, worried about a new heir of the Jiang Family in her belly... "

Jun Lii frowned, "The Jiang Family venerates females, and the successors have all been women, yet Xiao Wang and Xiao Yan are boys."

Su Zihu shook his head, "Jiang Ke is one to eradicate thoroughly! The explosion case was made so obvious because she wanted to take the opportunity to sever ties with Aunt Jiang. In the end, with the only successor gone, it’s just the struggle between the two sisters. Xiao Wang and Xiao Yan absolutely cannot be sent back to the Jiang Family at this time. The Jun Residence may also be somewhat chaotic, but after all, it is in Hua Country, safer than abroad..."

Upon understanding this, Jun Lii was somewhat at a loss for words.

He had not expected that while he was wallowing in jealousy, Ah Xing had silently endured so much suffering?

And Xiao Yan... Her worry was that the Remnant Soul would harm both children. If not for Xiao Wang being in the ICU, she probably would have sent both children to the Jun Residence...

He had actually used the heart of a villain to judge the belly of a gentleman, suspecting her of attempting to sever their bond through the children?!

Jun Lii suddenly raised his hand and slapped himself hard across the face, "I’m truly foolish... Spending my days coiled up at home fretting over whom she really loves, without the courage to go to the Yan Family to see her... Forcing her to endure so much... and I’ve been of no help whatsoever."

Su Zihu shook his head to comfort him, "This matter was too sudden and too complex, and we didn’t communicate clearly with Aunt Jiang. If our message inadvertently led to your misunderstanding, I am truly sorry."

"It’s my fault," Jun Lii said with regret. "I claim to love her, yet when problems arise, I don’t even have the courage to see her..."

He had finally come to realize.

What does jealousy matter, or if two are really one? None of these questions mean anything!

The most important thing is that Ah Xing is alive, living healthily under the sunlight.

If she were gone, what significance would all the matters I’ve agonized over have?

"Let’s not talk about that anymore." The most pressing concern for Jun Lii now was, "You said Ah Xing is missing, could it be that she—"

Su Zihu nodded sorrowfully, "That damnable Remnant Soul is horrible, it drove Ah Xing’s body to attempt to leap from a building, fully intent on a ’death before dishonor’ approach, and it actually succeeded... Now the Remnant Soul occupies Ah Xing’s body, but she has vanished without a trace?"

Jun Lii immediately stood up, "I’ll go find her!"

"No, I’ll go find her," Su Zihu insisted. "You must stay at the Jun Residence, stay in Hua Country, remain in this world."

Jun Lii, hearing the intensity in his description, asked anxiously, "What do you mean?"

"I come from the flow of time," Su Zihu finally revealed the struggle of his journey. "When the soul leaves the body, it will be carried away by the flow of time, which you can think of as the Wangchuan River. Of course, some Remnant Souls are too persistent and linger in this world, but as a result, they lose the ability to journey to the flow of time and can only linger by occupying others’ bodies."

"Ah Xing is weak and kind-hearted, even in persistence, she couldn’t do something like taking over another’s body, so it’s highly likely she’s been taken by the flow of time... Inside there, only a soul body can enter. I made a trade with a mysterious person, allowing for my physical existence to be sacrificed, so I could..."

Jun Lii suddenly laughed forlornly, "Now, I finally understand, we truly are one. If I met that mysterious person right now, I would probably agree to their terms without hesitation."

After a pause, he took a deep breath, "I understand what you mean. I must stay at the Jun Residence, stay in Hua Country, remain in this world... to protect her physical form."

"The most important thing I came here today for is that I need some of your power," Su Zihu earnestly said. "Considering my current condition as a soul body, I’m afraid I won’t be able to make it through a journey in the flow of time."