Lihua
Stories
2
Chapters
112
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Reading
20 h, 51 m
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If the surgery failed and he died on the table, it would not be a loss. At least before dying, he had one happy thing—he had eaten the ribs Xu Lin had made. Zong Xi would not allow Ji Jinxuan to take such a reckless risk. He restrained him and reached out to everyone he knew, desperately trying to find another solution. But it was not easy. Everyone knew the best treatment was to bring Xu Lin in. His pheromones were Ji Jinxuan's only cure. But there was no way Xu Lin would agree. Once or twice…-
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Xu Lin felt that he had too much time on his hands. So much so that he simply stood outside the door, watching Ji Jinxuan eat that entire box of ribs. Somehow, he too tasted bitterness on his tongue. He stood for a moment, said nothing, and left quietly. When Pu Sha finished washing the dishes and came out, only Little Fatty was in the yard. He was crouched on the ground, looking miserable. When Pu Sha asked, he told him about seeing Ji Jinxuan and what he had done. "…And then Lin-ge…
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Xu Lin held the snowmen for too long. They began to melt in his hands. Water dripped through his fingers onto the ground. Frustrated, he raised his hand and threw the snowmen to the ground. As if shattering them would finally erase Ji Jinxuan from his mind. The snowmen broke apart. As he raised his foot to stomp on them, he noticed something. Among the snow, there was a bright patch of red. It looked like the snowman had been ripped open, revealing bloody insides. He froze and looked…
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A woman who had been abused for years would have any money taken from her. Even if she managed to save some, it would not look this new. Who had helped her? Someone generous, someone ruthless. Someone so brazen that no one in District Thirteen could touch him. Xu Lin did not bother with the man lying on the floor inside. He followed the woman's directions to find the person who had helped her. She limped along behind him. From what she said, she had been beaten by her husband again when a stranger…
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Xu Lin had indeed said that. In anger, in despair, at the end of his rope. Why bring it up now? In the heat of an argument, people say things like that. Did anyone actually take it seriously? Who would be so stupid? He had tried reasoning with Ji Jinxuan before, to no avail. Yet he remembered this one remark? Ji Jinxuan must be insane. "You can?" Xu Lin shot back. "You can what? Go die?" He stepped forward, fury in his eyes. "What you need most, aside from treatment, is to get your head…
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He could not quite describe what he felt in that moment. The ring still carried Ji Jinxuan's warmth. It swung in the air for a moment, cooled by the faint breeze, then fell into Xu Lin's palm and absorbed his own heat. Ji Jinxuan's head rested on his shoulder, his hair brushing against Xu Lin's chin. It was ticklish and impossible to ignore. His steady breathing was close by. After a long while, Xu Lin pulled Ji Jinxuan's collar aside and tucked the ring back inside his shirt. He would pretend…
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Teach him? How? And why should he? Xu Lin looked down at Ji Jinxuan, who lay with his head on his lap, holding him tightly. The tear that had slipped from the corner of his eye was warm, sticking to Xu Lin's skin, burning as if it would peel away a layer of flesh. When would someone like Ji Jinxuan cry? In front of whom would he show such vulnerability? Xu Lin had seen it more than once. Three years ago, Ji Jinxuan, his gland damaged, had been strapped to a hospital bed without his pheromones.…
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"Help the younger me." Xu Lin murmured the words aloud. He let out a soft laugh. What was this? "Why do you think I needed help?" he asked. "Because Xiao Zhao has the same condition as I did, and you see my shadow in him?" Ji Jinxuan said nothing, which was as good as an admission. "But Ji Jinxuan, I'm not like him." A ginkgo leaf, carried by the wind, landed on Xu Lin's shoulder. He plucked it off and twirled the golden leaf between his fingers. "I never thought I needed anyone's help.…
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When Ji Jinxuan had said "terrible things," had he meant the human experiments? The engagement banquet. The one he had stumbled upon. "Human experiments?" Xu Lin licked his lips. "What kind of human experiments?" Zong Ningshuang took a sip of her drink to wet her throat. "Oh, you left early, so it makes sense you didn't know. Here's what happened." She recounted the events of the banquet—the surveillance footage projected for everyone to see, the young Ji Jinxuan strapped to a bed and…
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Smiling. What was there to smile about? Xu Lin said coldly, "Why are you following me?" Ji Jinxuan did not answer. Without warning, he said, "Thank you." Those words told Xu Lin he could not pretend otherwise. He had wanted to deliberately ignore the topic, to act as if he had never gone to the basement, never discovered Ji Jinxuan in his heat, never used his pheromones to help him. He had assumed that if he did not bring it up, Ji Jinxuan probably would not either. The best way to handle it…
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