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Arc 4: Chapter 29

Lin Yuan stretched out a trembling hand but it paused in midair. He couldn’t bear to touch Lu Ye right now, who looked even more fragile than porcelain, as if he could shatter at any time. 

“Lu Ye…” Lin Yuan sobbed quietly. Hot and salty tears rolled down his cheeks and chin, and he cried like a lost child. 

What should he do? What on earth should he do?

How could he save him? How? How? How?

Thanks to Lu Ye’s protection, Lin Yuan’s body was not hurt at all, but now his heart felt like it was cut apart thousands of times and every cell of his soul was wracked with pain. 

Lin Yuan tried to think of many different solutions, then he suddenly remembered the protagonist shou in this world, Ruan Qing, the one who had a healing power. 

“Right!! Ruan Qing!! Where is he? Where is Ruan Qing?” Lin Yuan shouted and cried like a madman, his voice broken and howling. 

521 had never seen Lin Yuan like this before and was a little scared inside. Seeing that Lin Yuan was about to get up and go find someone, he quickly pulled on Lin Yuan’s hair: “Senior, don’t panic! Don’t panic!! Put your clothes on first! If your husband finds that you were running around naked, he’d be angry to death first!”

These words were surprisingly effective, and Lin Yuan calmed down a little. He tried to suppress the sobs in his throat and shakingly took out some of Lu Ye’s clothes from the storage ring.

Seeing the clothes slip out of his fingers the first time, Lin Yuan told himself that he had to get himself together. He took a few quivering deep breaths and told himself, don’t panic, be calm. The more hurried he was, the more likely he would make mistakes. Lu Ye was waiting for him, he had to calm down. 

The mess of thoughts in his brain started to settle, and Lin Yuan successfully put on clothes and smelled the air, finding his target. 

He quickly picked up on Ruan Qing's smell and ran over, pulling the unconscious man up from the ground and picking him up like a sack of potatoes.

Perhaps thanks to the protagonist’s aura, Ruan Qing was completely fine. He only had a few tears in his clothes and some dirt on his body. Everyone else on the team was also unconscious, but their wounds paled in comparison to Lu Ye. 

Lin Yuan’s eyes burned with resentment and hatred as he looked at these people. He didn’t think this was fair at all. 

Why was Lu Ye the one who was hurt the most? How did they deserve to survive easily?

Why, why, why?

Why did Lu Ye have to suffer so much?

Ruan Qing woke up from his coma feeling that his arm was about to be pulled off and his stomach was being squeezed. He opened his eyes unsteadily and noticed that he was being carried on someone’s shoulder. His first reaction was to struggle: “Let go of me! Who are you? Let go!!”

Lin Yuan was already angry and irritated, and now Ruan Qing was moving around and preventing him from saving Lu Ye quickly. He directly lost his temper and threw the protagonist on the ground. 

Ruan Qing was suddenly slammed on the ground and his bones almost felt like they were broken. But when he looked up at the young man with white hair and blue eyes, he was stunned: “Lin… Lin Yuan?”

Lin Yuan looked down at him with cold and sharp eyes and grabbed his collar strongly. He said icily: “I don’t want to waste time saying nonsense, come with me to save someone.”

Ruan Qing’s only impression of Lin Yuan before this was that the other party liked to stick around Lu Ye all the time, like a brainless fool in love. Seeing Lin Yuan with such a terrible aura made him a little scared and he stammered: “Sa.. Save people? Who? Is it Lu Ye?”

Lin Yuan ignored him and directly dragged him over to Lu Ye by his collar.

Ruan Qing had never been treated so badly like this and he angrily shouted: “Hey! Lin Yuan! You’re going too far alright? How can you treat me like this when you’re asking me to save people? If you keep on doing this, then don’t blame me for being rude too and not saving him.”

Lin Yuan paused his footsteps and looked back at Ruan Qing. His eyes were now the color of the bottom of the ocean, dark and gloomy, losing all of the warmth they used to hold. He declared coldly with no hesitation: “Ruan Qing, you have only two choices. If Lu Ye is okay, then everyone is okay. If Lu Ye dies, I will make all you accompany him in death.”

Ruan Qing felt like his back was drenched in cold sweat and he shuddered involuntarily. He could tell from Lin Yuan’s behavior that he was serious about killing him and everyone else if Lu Ye died. 

“... Ok…” Ruan Qing gulped and spluttered: “I… I understand… I will definitely save him…”

Lin Yuan continued to drag him forward. 

When they got close, Ruan Qing panicked even harder when he saw Lu Ye’s bloodied state. This injury seemed so severe, could his power even save him? If his power was not enough, then would Lin Yuan still kill everyone?

Lin Yuan knelt beside Lu Ye and his eyes softened. Even his voice became gentle and light: “Lu Ye, you’ll be okay, don’t worry.”

Then he glared at Ruan Qaing and said indifferently: “Come on! What are you standing there for? Hurry up and save him!”

Ruan Qing saw a play of changing faces right before his eyes but he couldn’t do anything about him. He felt inexplicably wronged and walked forward numbly and reached out to touch Lu Ye. 

Before he touched him, he heard Lin Yuan’s cold voice again: “Be gentle.”

“......”

Ruan Qing was so speechless. Lu Ye was probably in coma and dead to the world, he grumbled to himself that Lin Yuan cared way too much about Lu Ye.

But he was still afraid, so his hand almost exerted no pressure. A white light glowed under his palm as he used his power. 

After ten minutes, Ruan Qing wiped the sweat on his forehead and glanced at Lin Yuan and said with some embarrassment: “My… my power is all used up.”

Lin Yuan gave him a handful of crystal nuclei and urged coldly: “I’ll give you 5 minutes, absorb it all.”

Ruan Qing felt even more aggrieved. Even before the apocalypse, he was spoiled by his family. Then after he quickly awakened his healing power, he had been held in other’s palms and not given any heavy work. This Lin Yuan had no compassion for him and was so cruel to him, really hateful.

But in the face of someone much stronger than him, Ruan Qing could only take the crystal nuclei and try to absorb as much energy as he could and treat Lu Ye again. Lu Ye’s injury was indeed pretty serious, but after Ruan Qing’s treatment, his life was no longer in danger. The most serious problem was his brain.

When his power dissipated again, Ruan Qing shrank his neck and said: “Lin Yuan… Lu Ye’s brain injury is… too serious. Even if I cure his brain… he may not be back to normal.”

Lin Yuan frowned slightly and said: “You just focus on curing him.”

Ruan Qing muttered ‘oh’ and reached out a hand to ask for crystal nuclei. Maybe because he had been overworked, the corners of his eyes were a bit red: “My power… is all used up again.”

Lin Yuan handed him another batch. 

As he repeatedly used up his power and absorbed crystal nuclei, Ruan Qing’s sweat quickly soaked through his shirt.

After a while, his power was exhausted once again and he couldn’t hold on anymore. He fell to the ground with a pale face: “It’s done…”

He was also about to be done.

When Lin Yuan heard this, he paid no more attention to Ruan Qing and touched Lu Ye’s face gently. Maybe because of blood loss, the young man’s body temperature was abnormally low, like a corpse. 

His finger pressed on Lu Ye’s slender neck, and he let out a sigh of relief when he felt blood moving under skin. Lin Yuan’s eyes reddened as gently touched Lu Ye, like he was looking at his most precious person in the world. 

Ruan Qing spectated from the side and suddenly envied Lu Ye for having someone who liked him so much and could also turn into a fluffy companion. Someone who could be hugged in your arms and willing to let you ride on their back. Wuuu, what an ideal partner.

Lin Yuan held Lu Ye in his arms and his warm lips kissed the other’s face and hair, making his own face stained with blood. 

In the midst of Lin Yuan kisses, Lu Ye’s eyelashes trembled slightly. Soon his eyes opened, but his dark eyes were completely different from before, like a clean mirror. 

He stared at Lin Yuan, blinked and exclaimed: “Sui Sui!”

Lin Yuan was ecstatic to the point he thought his heart even stopped for a moment. His voice trembled: “How are you feeling…”

“Does it hurt anywhere…”

Lu Ye didn’t seem to hear what he said. He just stared blankly and called out: “Sui Sui.”

Lin Yuan sensed something was off and looked at Ruan Qing on the side: “Why is this happening?”

Ruan Qing shrugged: “I don’t know. I already said that his brain was seriously damaged and there might still be problems even after I cure him.”

Lin Yuan thought back to the plot. After this incident, Lu Ye had completely blackened and only the instinct to survive and get revenge remained in his consciousness. The crazy Lu Ye was so terrible that all of the protagonist gongs and Ruan Qing had to band together and fight to the death to eliminate Lu Ye. 

But Lin Yuan didn’t mind Lu Ye being crazy or dull, any form of Lu Ye was still his lover.

“It doesn’t matter, I like you…”

No matter what form you are.