Chapter 344: Between Life and Death (2/2)

Ye Chong was quiet for such a long time that Rui Bing grew nervous and asked, ”What is it? Are you hurt anywhere?”

Still Ye Chong looked at Rui Bing steadily without speaking.

Rui Bing was even more anxious now. She put her right hand on Ye Chong’s forehead. ”What is it? Don’t scare me like this. Speak!” Rui Bing had lost all the assuredness as a Jie expert by now.

”You’re worried about me?” Ye Chong asked.

”Yes, of course I’m worried.” Rui Bing looked at Ye Chong curiously.

”You care for me?” Ye Chong continued asking.

”Yes, of course I care.” Rui Bing’s eyes were filled with concern. Was his brain affected? But how could that be?

”Why do you care for me?” Ye Chong asked as he stared deep into Rui Bing’s eyes.

After a long pause … ”I’m your wife,” Rui Bing said this casually. She understood immediately that Ye Chong’s brain was not damaged.

”Wife? The woman who will live with me forever?” Ye Chong remembered something like that from a book.

Rui Bing lowered her head as she continued caressing Ye Chong’s hands, and said with soft but determined voice, ”Yes.”

Ye Chong saw the resolution in Rui Bing’s eyes, and found himself moved by this simple declaration. He suddenly remembered Mu and Shang. All this while, he had thought that only Mu and Shang would live with him, but now another person had just promised to stay with him forever.

”Why?”

”Because I’m your wife,” Rui Bing looked at Ye Chong and said this softly, but her heart was beating furiously.

”Wife. Are you sure?” Ye Chong looked steadily at Rui Bing.

”Yes.” Rui Bing returned a steady gaze.

”Living together forever …” Ye Chong muttered to himself. Abruptly, he lifted his head and said, ”Don’t husband and wife kiss? Teach me!”

Cornerstone was lucky enough to survive the terrifying Singular Wave. In fact, Cornerstone was now being pushed by the wave. They had no idea where they were now. What happened then was odd indeed. After bracing the initial force of the wave, Cornerstone became part of the Singular Wave. Debris surrounded the starship. While they were fatal before, now they were travelling at the same velocity as the Cornerstone itself, so the tiny rocks outside were now harmless.

The young boy awakened earlier than Ye Chong. He studied Ye Chong for awhile and exclaimed with his young, innocent voice, ”Big guy, you’re so cool!”

Ye Chong looked at himself and smiled wryly inside. He was badly injured this time. His hands were completely swollen from wrist to the fingertips. Any small movement would invite a sharp pain. Besides, his arms and back were aching.

”Big guy, what did you say to your wife just now? Hehe, why’d she blush so much? And even ran off?” The young boy’s innocent face turned evil.

Ye Chong thought about it, and answered, ”We were discussing something academic.” Kissing must be a kind of skill, right? Ye Chong was not so sure about it. Too bad Rui Bing was not here to help him, so he could only make his best guess.

”Hehe …” The young boy swung his legs and laughed teasingly.

Ye Chong suddenly thought of something. ”What’s your name?”

”Yu Shan,” the young boy answered easily.

It was an unfamiliar name. Ye Chong did not get anything out of it.

After a moment’s hesitation, Ye Chong asked, ”Do you know Shang?”

”Shang?” The young boy asked, curious. ”Who’s that?”

Ye Chong could see every detail of the young boy’s expression, but he was disappointed to find that the boy was not lying. Did he really now know Shang? Then why did he feel that both of them were so similar to each other?

Nonetheless, Ye Chong was not too curious about it. He would not put himself in danger just because of a moment’s curiosity. If he did not feel that the young boy was similar to Shang, Ye Chong would never have asked that question.

”Never mind then,” Ye Chong lost interest immediately.

”Big guy, your hands were awesome!” The young boy’s eyes were filled with admiration and approval. ”I’ve seen the records for when you were handling the ship. It’s amazing! So fast, and with zero error, so cool!”

”It’s nothing,” Ye Chong answered dismissively. He thought of his time on the trash planet, when Mu supervised his training with the steel beads.

”Big guy, can you teach me?” The young boy looked to Ye Chong with eyes full of hope.