Chapter 881 - Storytelling (1/2)

Lin Hai. Song Yang Beach. Within the bounds of the mansion by the beach.

Seeing Ye Cang taking care of the girl with straight black hair, jealousness got the better of Wu Na.

Ye Cang was standing under the tree where his future grave would sit and Wu Na came over.

“I know what you want to ask,” Ye Cang plucked a leaf and ate half of it. “The scent is just…”

“Nana, I’ll tell you everything but you can’t tell anyone, except Rose…this is my sin,” Ye Cang smiled bitterly as he looked at the half leaf.

Wu Na nodded and did not say a word.

“Well, you know what happened in the beginning. Xinxue and A’Xiong were born into a broken family. Their mother passed away when they were young and their rogue father alledgely beat them up regularly and even attempted to rape her. They almost died in the chilly night after leaving the house so I took them to seek refuge in the house my grandma left for me…” Ye Cang ate the leaf and sat down, leaning against the tree. Wu Na rested by his side.

“You know about my background too. I’m an artificial human abandoned at the river. It was grandma who taught me everything. Love, care, responsibility and the limit a human should have. I took in Xinxue and the others in the second year after grandmother passed on. Xinxue is older than me by a few years. She was the one who managed the flower shop. I thought that the three of us would live an ordinary and peaceful life until the end of our lives…”

“When I was fifteen, I fell in love with her. Her scent, her gentleness, even her scoldings and her stubbornness were so attractive… I thought we would be together, happily ever after…”

“At least, that’s what I thought it would be…I bought a wedding ring even though I was still a minor back then. I hoped the three of us would always be a family, no matter rich or poor or whatsoever. All I ever wanted was the three of us staying together. Yet, she was diagnosed with brain cancer. In order not to waste any more money and not burdening A’Xiong and I, she decided to end her life by jumping off the roof.”

“Nana, to be honest, that moment, I couldn’t react. Hugging her corpse, I couldn’t say a word. All I had in mind was A’Xiong losing a sister and I losing my love. Only darkness and pain were left in the future. Grandma had left me and now it’s Xinxue. I was so insane back then. I didn’t know whether it was tears or blood that was flowing out. In order to resurrect her, I went to the underworld, walked the Bridge of Forgetfulness, searched the River of Forgetfulness, tasted the Water of Yellow Spring, and even saw the sea of Red Spider Lily. Yet, I couldn’t grab the warm hand ever again…”

Wu Na then understood why Ye Cang had been wearing the ring necklace all these while. “So, that was why…”

“In this period, I’ve awakened the power of artificial humans. In order to save A’Xiong, I’ve given him my bone gene but I’ve also put him in harm. He was monitored by a lot of superpower associations and he almost died. In the end, I joined the 10 Commandments and could use their power to protect A’Xiong and Lele. Also, I was part of the missions against multiple terrorist attacks that happened in China. Cold Moon was one of the survivors of the disaster in Zhentan City. Facing those horrible creatures, she was swinging the sword bravely alone, protecting her family member’s corpse. I was the one who saved her and taught her how to kill those mutated creatures, how to simplify a massacre and how to be a killing machine. The current her that you see, I’m responsible for that…”

“So, she is your apprentice?” Wu Na seemed to understand something.