Chapter 607 – Matters for Afterwards (1/2)

Chapter 607 – Matters for Afterwards

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

Su Moyu and the others didn't know what to say. After looking at each other's eyes, they realized that they still didn't know what to say.

”Just what are you saying?” Tang Thirty-Six stared into Chen Changsheng's eyes.

”I'm going to die. I can probably live for about twenty more days.”

Chen Changsheng's voice was very calm, his expression very indifferent. It was like he was speaking about a very ordinary affair.

It's going to rain, mother's going to get married, who is going to take in the clothes on the roof?

The newly added peppers in the jar have already had their holes poked, and don't forget to occasionally add water to the jar's trough, or else white stuff might start growing in the jar, and even the saltiest picked vegetables will have to be thrown out.

(TN: Punching holes in peppers is part of the process for pickling peppers. Chinese pickling jars have a trough around the lid that holds water. The water acts as a seal around the jar that keeps external air from entering.)

I hear from the elders that if there's white in the pickling jar, it can still be saved by adding in strong alcohol, but how can such pickled vegetables be considered perfect?

Look how pitch-black it is over there, like the den of some thief. It seems that it really will rain.

Silence, a deathly stillness.

There was only the gushing of the fountain.

After a very long time, Tang Thirty-Six finally managed to open his mouth once more. ”What sort of joke are you playing?”

They were all keenly aware that Chen Changsheng was the person least prone to making jokes, and was even less likely to joke about such matters, so they all had awful complexions.

Seeing the expressions of the four, for some reason, Chen Changsheng felt somewhat apologetic.

Xuanyuan Po's voice was somewhat shaky. ”What's wrong?”

Tang Thirty-Six and Zhexiu had gone together with him to Mount Han and knew that he had been heavily injured by the Demon Lord. They had seen him break into Star Condensation and then collapse, but they did not know that the problem was so serious.

Because Chen Changsheng had not mentioned it, they had not asked. Even now, they still did not inquire on what had happened, only looked at him.

There were some things that still required explanation, because only when they were clearly explained could he finish handing over things.

Chen Changsheng said to the four, ”I have an illness, an illness from the moment I was brought out of the womb. My meridians have always had problems. For a very long time, I've known that I would not live past the age of twenty. I've never told any of you about this, which is my fault. I originally thought that I could resolve my problem, but I didn't expect for my illness to start acting up in Mount Han. My meridians are all shattered with no method of reconnecting, so I'm probably going to die.”

”Just what are you wanting to say? Were you communicating your last words just now?”

Tang Thirty-Six's straight eyebrows perked up as he teased, ”If you're sick, go find a doctor. What are you doing playing out such a tragic scene with us?”

This teasing was only to conceal the unease and fear behind these words, and also an indescribable anger.

”I am the best doctor.”

Chen Changsheng looked at him as he explained, his voice very calm and his look very sincere.

He was not boasting, only asserting a fact, however, it still had the same effect as before, making the four speechless.

If the circumstances were not so special, perhaps Tang Thirty-Six would have produced a quite intense response, but now, he only kept silent.

”The Pope?” Zhexiu suddenly asked.

Chen Changsheng shook his head.

Su Moyu questioned, ”Then the Holy Maiden? Her Sacred Light technique is regarded as unparalleled—how can it not cure your illness?”

Tang Thirty-Six was also thinking along this line. He was prepared to say something when he suddenly recalled a few matters and choked those words back down.

On the journey back from Mount Han, he and Zhexiu had personally witnessed the fact that Xu Yourong had never left Chen Changsheng's side. Associating this with the fact that after returning to the capital, Xu Yourong had stayed at the Orthodox Academy, caring not for the rumors or the face of the Divine General of the East's estate, it was clear that she had long known of this matter and she also had no means of resolving it.

The scene settled once more into silence, everyone's complexion unsightly to the extreme.

Chen Changsheng said apologetically, ”Sorry.”

Tang Thirty-Six found himself once more incapable of suppressing his emotions. Gnashing his teeth, he asked in a cold voice, ”You're going to die; just who are you saying sorry to?”

”Of the myriad matters in the world, only one's death is one's own matter, but I think there's a problem with your attitude.”

Upon hearing this shocking news, Zhexiu had displayed the most calm. He looked into Chen Changsheng's eyes and said, ”Since you're still alive at present, you cannot regard yourself as a dead man. Even if you can only live in these days with the thought that you're going to die, you still have to put the focus on the word 'afterwards'.”

Chen Changsheng understood his meaning.

In the blizzard-ridden plains of the north, Zhexiu, who had been exiled from his tribe and had a terrible illness, still incessantly struggled. He was the most experienced in this sort of matter.

”Yes, but I still have to make some preparations in advance. There are some matters that require planning.”

Chen Changsheng turned to Tang Thirty-Six and said, ”Yourong, she…and I once had an engagement. She is my fiancée. Even though the engagement has already been annulled and I won't be able to marry her anyhow due to the current situation, I'm still going to treat her as my wife. But all the property that should have been divided was already dealt with at the beginning of the year. I'm going to sort out some things, and when the time comes, I want you to help me give them to her.”