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Chapter 275: 275 Betting (For the Alliance Hierarch, I will surely have additional chapters for the cat 3/5) Chapter 275: 275 Betting (For the Alliance Hierarch, I will surely have additional chapters for the cat 3/5) Chen Xu made noodles and had just brought them to the table in the hall when he saw Yang Jinxia push open the door and come out wearing a black dress.

“Looks good,” Chen Xu complimented. She always managed to do things that seemed quite magical–like this dress, which appeared out of nowhere.

“Thank you.”

Yang Jinxia sat down at the table, eyeing the bowl of noodles with curiosity, and asked, “Where did you get these noodles from?”

The noodles weren’t on the landing craft’s supply list. When he said earlier that he was going to make noodles, she thought he was just saying it out of spite, waiting to see him fail. But to her surprise, he had really brought out two bowls of cooked noodles.

Chen Xu said, “It’s a secret.”

“If you don’t want to tell, then forget it.” She picked up the chopsticks, took a taste, and said, “It tastes different.”

He explained, “It’s missing some spices.”

Yang Jinxia stopped talking and focused on eating the noodles. It had been a long time since she last tasted Chen Xu’s noodles. Though she didn’t say it, she always missed them.

After the two had finished eating, Chen Xu was about to clean up the table when Yang Jinxia asked, “If I absolutely forced you to choose one, who would you choose?”

He looked up to see her expression calm, as if she was just casually asking a question during small talk.

He put down what he was holding, looked at the bowl in front of him, and said, “I don’t want to give up any of you.”

It was the first time he had been so straightforward. In front of Luo Xiyun, he couldn’t say it, and when facing Bai Jinxuan, he didn’t have the heart to. Only with Yang Jinxia could he truly open his heart.

After so many experiences, he understood her quite well.

“Don’t want to give up?” Yang Jinxia’s fingers lightly twirled on the armrest, repeating the phrase, and said, “I think you just don’t want to choose. You’re avoiding it, letting the three of us decide. Whoever can’t stand it anymore will leave. Then you try to salvage the situation, and if you fail, you can at least justify it to yourself.”

In the end, she laughed and said, “It’s very much your style.”

“You don’t need to provoke me with those words,” Chen Xu remained unmoved. “I’m well aware of what I’m doing.”

She scoffed, “Do you think that they can’t leave you?”

Chen Xu didn’t respond, mainly because he didn’t know how to.

“Let’s make a bet,” said Yang Jinxia. “If, one day in the future, they are absolutely determined to leave you, you’re not allowed to find another woman.”

Chen Xu understood that what she was calling a bet was actually her way of asking for a commitment. He said, “I won’t let them leave me.”

“We’ll see,” she said, standing up and turning back to her room.

…

Half a month flew by in the blink of an eye, and Chen Xu had still not made it into Yang Jinxia’s room to spend the night before she went offline.

He knew she did it on purpose, as a kind of punishment.

Now, he was alone. In the real world, it was just past noon, and they would only log in at night.

This meant he would be alone here for over a year–longer than any dream he had ever had. He was fully prepared, mentally.

Fortunately, there were bio-engineered beings in the base. At the very least, they looked human and could talk with him. With them around, he wouldn’t be too lonely.

Chen Xu filled his daily schedule to the brim and lived a very fulfilling life. Each night, however, he dreamed of them, counting the days on his fingers, wondering who would log in first.

A year went by quickly.

On this day, he had just come back from outside, planning to take a good shower, when upon entering the living room, he felt something, looked up, and saw Bai Jinxuan standing there in her form-fitting silver-grey uniform, gazing at him with watery eyes.

His heart skipped a beat, and he dashed over, taking her into his arms, and said, “You’re finally here.”

“Mhm.”

…

In reality, Luo Xiyun and Liu Yumeng finally arrived at the sanatorium by car. Just as they were about to ask the guard to open the gate, they saw Chen Ziqi running out from inside.

Luo Xiyun asked anxiously, “Where is Chen Xu?”

“He’s inside. As soon as I received your WeChat message, I hurried down to meet you. Hurry.”

Chen Ziqi looked utterly frantic, and this time, it didn’t seem like an act. She had taken a car early in the morning to come here and, with great difficulty, went in to see Chen Xu lying on the hospital bed. The sight of it had shocked her.

There were so many machines around him, with even a ventilator attached, and he was continually on an IV drip. The more she looked, the more panic she felt–there was no need to go this far for a performance, was there?

Most importantly, Chen Xu hadn’t woken up at all, and the IV drip hadn’t stopped either.

Taking advantage of the moment when the nurse was away, she tried to wake him, but shouting and pushing couldn’t rouse him. At that moment, she realized that this was no simple matter; she asked the nurse and then ran to ask the doctor, but couldn’t get a clear answer about what exactly was wrong with Chen Xu.

At that time, she received a WeChat message from Luo Xiyun saying she had arrived at the sanatorium, so she hurried down to meet her.

Now, she didn’t need to pretend; when she saw Luo Xiyun, she was close to crying, “You should hurry and see him.”

Luo Xiyun followed her as they ran inside, with Liu Yumeng struggling to keep up in her high heels. Fortunately, Secretary Guo, having parked the car, came over to assist her.

…

Upon reaching the ward, Luo Xiyun saw Chen Xu lying on the hospital bed with all the equipment beside him, and her mind buzzed. She staggered, almost falling over.

“Sister Xiyun,” thankfully Chen Ziqi reacted quickly and caught her, “Are you alright?”

Luo Xiyun steadied herself and pulled away from her hand, walked over to the bed, and saw that Chen Xu was covered with various medical devices. She wanted to hold his hand but saw the IV needle inserted into the back of his hand and dared not hold it. She asked, “What, what’s happened to him?”

Chen Ziqi said, “I don’t know either. Even when asking the doctors and nurses, they are all unsure.”

“What are you even doing here?”

At that moment, a voice came from outside the door. Without turning back, Chen Ziqi recognized who it was, and when she turned around, it was indeed Yang Jinxia.

Luo Xiyun didn’t move or turn, as if she hadn’t heard anything.

Yang Jinxia walked to the bedside and put the other hand of Chen Xu that was exposed back under the blanket, saying, “You’ve already decided to leave him, so why are you here?”

Luo Xiyun finally spoke up, “Even if we’ve broken up, he and I are still friends.”

“Deluding yourself.”

Luo Xiyun ignored her words, asking, “What illness does he have?”

“You ought to know what’s wrong with him since you apparently didn’t hear anything unusual last night while you were sleeping?”

Luo Xiyun suddenly remembered the voice that had inexplicably popped into her mind the day before, looked up at her, and said, “Are you saying…” She stopped abruptly, not finishing her sentence.

Yang Jinxia said, “A woman in love indeed lowers her IQ.” With that, she turned and left the ward. She had just woken up too, and there were a heap of things she needed to handle. Hearing that Luo Xiyun had come, she decided to take a look.

Just as she stepped out of the door, she encountered Liu Yumeng and Secretary Guo.

“Mr., Mr. Yang…” Liu Yumeng was somewhat excited to see her.

Yang Jinxia stopped, recognizing Secretary Guo, and her gaze lingered on Liu Yumeng for a second before she nodded slightly and left.

Liu Yumeng watched her departing figure and couldn’t help admiring, “She’s even more beautiful than the rumors say.”

At this point, Luo Xiyun also came out, her expression seemed somewhat angry, as she said to Liu Yumeng, “Let’s go.”

“Sister Xiyun…” Chen Ziqi came out of the ward, asking puzzledly, “Where are you going?”

Luo Xiyun tried not to take her anger out on her, kept her temper in check, and said, “Your brother is fine; he’s just asleep. You stay here with him.” After that, she left with Liu Yumeng and Secretary Guo.

Chen Ziqi was left behind, looking lost.

PS: Highly recommend Xia Huanian’s “I Truly Am Immortal” with over 1.6 million characters–it’s quite a read.

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