Ch23 - But he loves you~ (2/2)
Elaine wore a school uniform from an aristocratic college, her pleated skirt fanning out as she ran, a very beautiful picture. Her long hair was tied behind her head, and those fox eyes that were very similar to Xue Ling’s flashed. She looked very happy.
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“Uncle! Cole! ” She called out, hanging herself on Xue Ling’s body. “Is elder brother coming back today?”
The family was absolutely indulgent towards this little girl. She looked very similar to Xue Ling, making Cole like her very much. Xue Ling also loved her temperament and intended to cultivate her into his heir, preparing to hand over Mo An Group to her in the future. Because of her tragic childhood, Wen Xiuting never scolded her, and even though Wen Mo still didn’t like talking, he also pampered her very much.
It was quite miraculous that such a family did not manage to spoil this little girl into a terrible princess.
Elaine was already sixteen years old and could be considered a big girl, but whenever she met with Xue Ling and Cole, she still acted like a child.
Xuel Ling touched her head and answered, “He’s already back. You’ll be able to see him when you go in.”
Elaine kissed him on the cheek, let go of him and kissed Cole’s cheek as well before heading straight for the castle. Behind her, two other children climbed out of the car.
They were Wen Xiuting’s and Doyle’s children. They had a pair of twin boys, and both of them grew up to be little angels, with Doyle’s blonde hair and Wen Xiuting’s soft features.
Both of them were quiet children. They were already ten years old.
“Uncle. Uncle.” They wore identical school uniforms and carried identical small school bags. After saying hello, they both reached out and held Xue Ling and Cole’s hands, one twin per person.
Tugging on the hands that they held, they brought them towards the castle. “Is there a lot of homework today? What did you learn in class?” Xue Ling adored these two children very much. It was probably because their personalities were totally different from their father’s, and more like Cole’s, not liking to talk much. Teasing them occasionally also improved Xue Ling’s mood.
“Today we were given an exercise book.” Parkins, the older twin said, “The teacher said that it was from Country H, and told us to practice our math.”
Xue Ling smiled and nodded. He had learned about Country H’s exercise books being used internationally when he skimmed through the news on his microblog earlier, but he did not expect that they would end up in the hands of his little nephews.
The sky turned dark and it was time to go in. Suddenly, all the landscape lighting and villa lights were switched on all at the same time. The scene of everything lighting up at once was especially beautiful and even the twins sighed with admiration. Elaine stood at the door and waved at them: “Uncle, Cole, you are walking too slowly! Mother has already finished preparing dinner!”
Life in this world was very warm and blissful, and Xue Ling felt that his stay here passed really happily. It was a totally different experience from the days when he used to travel and spend time in the mortal world alone. He lived until the time came for Wen Xiuyuan’s natural death, lying in a rocking chair and watching the sunrise by the sea, and slowly closed his eyes.
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Cole was sitting beside him. The two of them grew old together even though they never expressed any love or affection for each other all their lives. They just accompanied each other and lived together like best friends and unresolved lovers.
Wen Xiuting never understood what her brother was thinking. She even told Xue Ling that she could accept Xue Ling and a man being together if that man was Cole.
But Xue Ling smiled and shook his head, expressing that he didn’t love Cole.
“But he loves you.” Wen Xiuting was surprised.
Xue Ling smiled. Even though he was no longer young, he was still as attractive as ever. “That’s why he doesn’t say it. He knows I don’t love him.”
Xue Ling really enjoyed this kind of gentle warmth and the feeling of being accompanied by someone. He had to admit that Cole had given him a wonderful experience, different from that of his previous life when he died early as a military advisor.
But the more Cole loved him, the less he was able to return those feelings. So he never asked, and Cole never spoke about it. As though they had a very deep tacit understanding, they both never brought up this topic.
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As a passerby in this world, Xue Ling couldn’t afford it, nor did Cole seem to want it.
Time flew on, and when he closed his eyes, Xue Ling thought to himself that if he had to redo this world again, he would probably have sunk into the feeling gentle warmth and beauty that Cole gave him.
Unfortunately, there was only one Cole, and Wen Xiuyuan’s life, or rather Xue Ling living as Wen Xiuyuan, would not happen again.
When he returned to the patch of space with the system, Xue Ling still had some difficulty pulling himself together. The system somewhat worriedly swept across his face with its tail and was swatted away by Xue Ling. “Go ahead, start the next world.”
The system was surprised: “Does host not want to rest for a while? Weren’t you moved just then?”
Xue Ling’s lips curved and he stretched out his hand to rub the little fox’s head. “You had the wrong impression. Let’s hurry up and start the next world. I’m really looking forward to it now.”
The little fox had no choice but to open the door for him.
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After they left, a voice rang out in the dark and empty patch of space. It carried a sense of amusement, and a hint of teasing. “Your snare was pretty deep, but the other party doesn’t seem to feel any nostalgia or yearning at all.”
A man came out of the darkness. He had left the world a little later than Xue Ling, so he also arrived back at this patch of space a little later. He frowned and rubbed his temples, sending a rather intolerant look towards a particular place in the darkness. His gaze was cold.
The darkness was quiet for a while, seemingly a little frightened, but soon it spoke up again. “If you don’t like it, you don’t have to follow over~”
The man looked into the darkness again, and it was hard to tell where his gaze landed. The voice in the void was momentarily quiet before cursing and opening the door again. “Go then, go then. Looking at your iceberg face ruins my mood.”
The man did not go in straight away, only standing quietly for a long time before opening his mouth to ask, “Are you playing tricks behind the scenes?”
“Eh? No! “
“It better not be you.” The man’s voice was very pleasant, but waslike the expression on his face – cold and icy, making others feel cold. He did not wait for the voice’s reply and once again entered another world.
And then, that patch of space was quiet once again.
xiin: …and that wraps up arc 2. what did you all think of it?
arc 3 starts in the next chapter! it’s another modern world setting, with more face slapping, badass!MC, and pining!ML. will they finally get together?~
(i won’t say, because that would be spoiler-ing… ㄟ( ^_^ )ㄏ)