Chapter 272 - The End (1/2)

“Time to eat!” After cleaning his hands, Wang Meng walked out to the courtyard and called out. Once Xu Lan regained consciousness, he completely renovated his Western-style house into a traditional Chinese one: there was a courtyard, a pagoda, and a pavilion in the middle of a lake. Everything that was needed was available, like a small-scale version of The Surging Waves Pavillion.

After getting into an argument with Xiao Feng, Wang Meng was placed in a tight spot. With nowhere else to go, he was forced to hide away in Xu Lan’s place. He frequently came to Xu Lan and cried his heart out. His actions infuriated Xiao Feng tremendously, but there was nothing that Xiao Feng could do about it.

Liang Yu fell gravely ill after bringing Xu Lan back from the dragon clan. He barely survived the ordeal and was nearly left for dead after falling sick. His every breath was wholly dependent on expensive medications, and being bed-ridden for nearly a year, his appearance had aged by about 20 years.

“Let’s go in and eat.”

Qin Lao was visiting Xu Lan that day, and since he had nothing to do, it was like killing two birds with one stone. Time passed quickly and it was already noon. Supported by his walking stick, Qin Lao stood up and patted Xu Lan’s shoulder lightly while beckoning him to go in.

Xu Lan wrapped his overcoat tightly and nodded. It was early autumn, but Xu Lan was already wearing a marten-fur coat. It was a birthday gift from Qin Lao some three years ago. Wang Meng dug it out and draped it over Xu Lan because it was windy during Xu Lan and Qin Lao’s game of chess in the courtyard.

“Qin Lao, is there really no way to recover him? I’ve been dreaming a lot recently. I dreamt that he was covered in blood and digging a passageway.” Xu Lan coughed out some blood on his hand.

Six years. It was six years since he was rescued by Liang Yu. He suddenly felt somewhat grateful that his old man had left a sizeable inheritance to him due to all the persecutions in the past. Xu Lan was able to simply resign himself to fate because of that.

“… Liang Yu called me a few days ago. He said that there was some progress. Soon, I believe.” Qin Lao sighed. Since he was already very old, he handed all his experiments to Liang Yu. Other than keeping Xu Lan company, there was nothing else that Qin Lao could do.

“Why are both of you still looking so distracted! Come and eat already!” Wang Meng lost his patience from all the waiting, so he went out once more and urged them.

Stifled emotions accompanied the meal. Like an old man, Xu Lan once again started his long-winded talk, saying that life was short and that one should never sulk at the expense of one’s true love. Naturally, Wang Meng was exasperated, so much so that he threw his bowl upstairs!

“Sigh, why don’t you ever listen to advice?” Xu Lan sighed and mumbled before placing down his chopsticks.

“Liang Yu said that he detected the existence of life.”

Ever since Xu Lan returned, not a word was mentioned of the events that happened in the dragon clan. However, a few isolated phrases from Liang Yu were able to provide a rough idea of how dire the situation was back then. Other than the area where Xu Lan was at, the entire dimension turned black, even to the point that oxygen was thin in the air. Bai Wu’s back was carbonized, but he used his wings to create a tight space that would protect Xu Lan at all costs.