Super Soldier in the City
Chapter 817 - 857: Return to Mile City

Chapter 817: Chapter 857: Return to Mile City

"Huh, something’s different about you today, isn’t it?"

"Really? I hadn’t noticed."

"No, no! You’ve definitely changed; your complexion is brighter and you seem more spirited."

Early in the morning, the Saintess arrived at Li Yifei’s house and saw Su Mengxin in the courtyard, immediately beginning to size her up.

Although Su Mengxin had only served Li Yifei last night, it had completely untied the knot in her heart. She no longer had to worry about Li Yifei not accepting her in the future. This relief and joy naturally showed on her face.

"Hehe... You must’ve had a great time with Yifei last night," Su Mengxin said with a smile, not minding sharing her joy with the Saintess, and also seizing the opportunity to one-up her in this respect.

The Saintess cutely stretched her mouth into a smile and said, "You really have thick skin; a virgin speaking like that."

Su Mengxin grinned proudly, "Virgins can talk like that too. Want me to teach you?"

"Pfft, I don’t need to learn from you. I haven’t completely fallen for Yifei yet. When I do, I’ll naturally do it. Why would I need you to teach me?" With that, she flipped her hair and strode towards the upstairs with an air of confidence.

Su Mengxin couldn’t help but admire the Saintess. From the moment she met her until now, it hadn’t been that long, yet the Saintess’s way of speaking and her use of Chinese had become nearly indistinguishable from a true Huaxia person.

Li Yifei was helping Xu Yingying with her recovery. The Saintess kept gazing at Li Yifei with a smile, making him feel somewhat uneasy. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

The Saintess pouted, "I’m unhappy in my heart."

"Why are you unhappy?"

"Last night, after you got stimulated at my place, you ended up fulfilling Su Mengxin. How could I be happy?"

Li Yifei met the Saintess’s gaze and asked, "Were you pretending to sleep last night?"

"Of course not, I was really sleeping. But even when I’m asleep, I can still tell what you’re doing."

Li Yifei blushed slightly, "I didn’t do anything."

"Yeah, you didn’t do anything, but you looked at me with ideas in your head. Hehe, it seems I still have quite the appeal to you. I’m getting more and more confident now."

Li Yifei didn’t deny it, "I promised you, so naturally, I wouldn’t deliberately restrain my own thoughts."

"Mm, good, good. Alright, I’ll go back to treating your wife."

After a few more days went by, the Saintess, having spent another long session treating Xu Yingying, pondered deeply for a while and then muttered to herself, "This isn’t right, what’s going on?"

Li Yifei immediately grew tense, "What’s wrong?"

The Saintess frowned and said, "Logically, your wife should have woken up by now. I can fully sense her mental fluctuations, and there’s hardly any difference from a normal person, but she just won’t wake up."

"This... you mean... this method won’t work?"

"No, this method must be correct; otherwise, your wife’s mental fluctuations wouldn’t have returned to normal. Her brain doesn’t have any damage either. It seems that the problem must be with her."

Su Mengxin suddenly grew anxious, "Her own problem?"

"Yes! She must be in a self-imposed closed state, where she’s unwilling to wake up. In such a case, there’s really nothing I can do unless she herself wishes to wake up; otherwise, I can’t wake her."

Li Yifei’s expression turned very grim, "So there are really no other ways?"

"This kind of situation isn’t really that bad. If her self-imposed closure is lifted, she could wake up very quickly. But, I feel that such self-closure probably won’t last too long."

"Really?" Li Yifei excitedly grabbed the Saintess’s shoulders.

"Of course, it’s true. If I were lying to you, wouldn’t all the good feelings you have towards me be wasted?"

"Well... then that’s some good news," Li Yifei breathed a sigh of relief, having never had much confidence in when Xu Yingying would wake up, but now he truly had hope.

"Of course, it’s good news. But now, you can’t keep her closed off here anymore. You should take her out to interact with the world she used to know, let people she recognizes talk to her. This could be beneficial for her; some kind of stimulus might just trigger her, and she could suddenly unclose herself and naturally wake up."

Li Yifei immediately responded, "Alright, alright, then we’ll head home right away."

"Yeah, that’s a good idea, but I won’t go back with you," said Su Mengxin. "Seeing you being all lovey-dovey with those women at your place could really lower my good feelings for you, and that wouldn’t be in my best interest, now would it?"

"Then... all right! But whenever you want to see me, I’ll definitely come. I promised to do what I told you, and I will."

"Chuckle, then it’s settled." With that, the High Priestess drifted away.

"Yifei... Yingying’s self-isolation... must be because of me," Su Mengxin bit her lip, looking extremely guilt-ridden and even more upset.

Li Yifei embraced Su Mengxin, saying, "I think so too, but you don’t need to blame yourself. We’ll work hard together, and we’ll definitely help Yingying get over this issue."

"Mm!" Su Mengxin hugged Li Yifei tightly, truly afraid that this would make him not want to be with her anymore.

Li Yifei gently kissed Su Mengxin’s forehead and said, "Let’s go home together."

"Mm! Home."

At the Mile City airport, a plane from Kunming, Yunnan, had just landed. People waiting to pick up friends and relatives were peering into the arrivals area.

Among them, a group of women stood out notably – there were five of them, each wearing sunglasses. But even the shades couldn’t hide their pretty faces. Their clothes were all high-end, clearly marking them as the typical White Rich Beauties.

Yet all five had an anxious expression, constantly craning their necks to look inside the exit, obviously here to pick someone up. It was unclear whose fortune it was to have these five so eagerly awaiting them.

These five were Xu Shanshan, Ye Yunzhu, Su Yiyi, Chu Xiaoyao, and Ning Xin’er. After waiting at home for so long, they were finally going to see Li Yifei return. They had known about Li Yifei being in Lijiang for a while; once Su Mengxin found him, she had informed them.

The incident where Xu Yingying got hurt and Li Yifei left was related to Su Mengxin in more ways than one. Guilt already weighed heavily on Su Mengxin, and if she had found Li Yifei without notifying them, she would have inevitably been ostracized by the group – something Su Mengxin didn’t want to see happen.

So, Su Mengxin told them everything and after discussing it together, they decided not to go to Lijiang and to let Li Yifei get his mindset right first.

Today, they finally got to see Li Yifei return, and their excitement was beyond words. They had been waiting for so many days already, so they were not in a hurry, but as Li Yifei and the others were late to appear from the exit, it was quite a torment for the five of them.

Eventually, Li Yifei appeared, pushing a wheelchair with Xu Yingying sitting in it, and Su Mengxin walking beside him.

"Big..." Chu Xiaoyao started to shout excitedly but was promptly pulled by Ye Yunzhu, swallowing the word "Uncle" back into her stomach and pouting, "I know."

Su Yiyi took Chu Xiaoyao’s hand and whispered in her ear, "Listen to your sisters; we’re all doing this for Brother Li’s sake."

"Mm," Chu Xiaoyao reluctantly nodded. They had all agreed at home that they needed to give Li Yifei a serious talk this time. Although she was usually mischievous and fearless, she did not dare to go against the group in such a situation.

After a month and a half, Li Yifei once again set foot onto the soil of Mile City. Seeing the five people waiting at the exit, Li Yifei became excited as well. He had thought that for Xu Yingying, he could give up everything, but upon truly seeing them, he realized that these people also held equally important places in his heart. It was just that Xu Yingying’s injury had made her the priority. Had it been someone else, he would have done the same.

Finally emerging from the exit, Li Yifei looked at the five people and moved his lips, but he said nothing.

"Mengxin, you’re finally back!"

"Sister, I’ve finally seen you again."

"Come on, let’s hurry home."

The five women warmly greeted Su Mengxin, then they surrounded Xu Yingying, busily wheeling her out.

Li Yifei was petrified, as the five of them had not said a single word to him. They treated him as if he were invisible. Watching them huddle around Su Mengxin, pushing Xu Yingying away, he felt a chill breeze whisk by, a bleak feeling that was hard to describe.

Having been with everyone for so long, this was the first time Li Yifei had been so neglected. It made him very uncomfortable. After zoning out for a bit, he hurriedly jogged to catch up. Everyone was angry with him, after all; their attitude towards him was completely normal. He’d left them behind for so long, so not giving him a piece of their mind right away was already more than he could ask for.

Catching up with them, Li Yifei wanted to talk, but as he approached Ye Yunzhu, she turned her head away, ignoring him. When he got to Xu Shanshan, she just rolled her eyes at him.

Su Yiyi, on the other hand, was kinder, but all she could offer was a sympathetic glance.

Chu Xiaoyao stuck out her tongue and then glared at him fiercely, clearly angry as well.

Finally, with Ning Xin’er, someone actually spoke to him.

"Nobody’s paying attention to you, and you think about getting close to me? Go away; I don’t want what others have rejected."

The north wind blew, snowflakes drifted. Mile City was covered in snow, and Li Yifei felt like he was the protagonist of a tragic story.

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