When Xi Mushan brought the bonsai to Xi Jiyang's room, Xi Jiyang was about to sit down on the sofa with the help of a maid .
He was put on IV drips almost every day for the past few days and seemed out of energy and quite weak . He did not even have the strength to get up by himself .
Xi Mushan had already gotten on the phone with Doctor Li earlier to understand the situation . Xi Jiyang was in a bad way, or maybe it was also because of his bad mood that the effect of his recovery was minimal .
Xi Jiyang did not like hospitals and would not go to the hospital unless it was his last resort . Xi Mushan knew why this was the case . He heard that his mother had passed away during a difficult birth at the hospital, so Xi Jiyang resented the hospital a lot .
“Are you feeling better today?” Xi Mushan put the bonsai onto Xi Jiyang's bedside cabinet so that he would be able to see it whenever he looked up .
Xi Jiyang sat down on the sofa . He inhaled strenuously, then said a little weakly as he waved for the maid to retreat, “Feeling much better . If you're busy, you don't have to come back . I know you don't like how the atmosphere at home is like either . ”
The maid knowingly bowed and then retreated, closing the door .
Xi Mushan walked up to Xi Jiyang and sat down on the sofa across him . He poured Xi Jiyang a cup of water .
Seeing the lonely expression on Xi Jiyang's aged face, Xi Mushan felt bad too . He said with a frown, “Work is alright . You should let the maids bring you out to walk around more . The scenery in the backyard is quite good and will be helpful for your recovery . Breathe in some fresh air and maintain a brighter mood . ”
“I know my body well . I'm afraid that after my fall this time, I won't be able to keep holding on . You don't have to worry too much . Life and death are up to fate . I'm happy to be able to reach this age of mine,” Xi Jiyang said calmly . Although his aged voice sounded very relaxed and there was not much struggle or sadness, the more he acted like this, the sadder it made Xi Mushan feel .
He did not know what he could say to console him . After some thought, Xi Mushan said, “You will live long . ”
Xi Jiyang smiled as his trembling hand reached up to the table and lifted the cup . However, just as he picked it up, he spilled the water all over himself . He could not even hold the cup steady .
Xi Mushan quickly got up and walked over, helping him to lift the cup and bringing it to his parched lips . Xi Jiyang held the cup with two hands before he could steady it and drink some water with much difficulty .
When Xi Mushan saw this, an aching surfaced from his still heart . He looked at the bonsai that he had just put on the bedside cabinet, and then at Xi Jiyang, who was like a flickering candle in the wind .
“I know my own body . I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on for long . When I leave, you might be able to live better . I know that all these years, you've been very considerate about me,” Xi Jiyang sighed and passed Xi Mushan the cup to put back onto the table . He looked at him with dimmed eyes . , “Haven't you been resentful of me all these years?”
“That's not true . ” Xi Mushan sat back down .
“I can see for myself the love between you and Wenna . Both of you are such stubborn people . Now, maybe it was my fault, so you should resent me,” Xi Jiyang lamented . The heaviness that had accumulated for a long time in his heart was suddenly relieved at that moment . “All these years, you've been tired out from your persistence . If you want to be freed of that right now, I won't stop you . ”
When he heard Xi Jiyang, irony crossed Xi Mushan's steadfast expression . He looked like he was laughing at himself . “How do I be freed? I've long fallen into a ghost town and have no way out . This life has just been wasted away . How else can I be freed?”
Xi Jiyang's expression darkened while his aged eyes were looked apologetic . “I should've stopped them back then . I thought that they didn't have any ill intentions, but after the thing happened, I noticed that something was not quite right, so I made up for it . ”
When he said this, Xi Jiyang suddenly sighed . Then, he calmed himself down for a while before slowly reaching into his pocket and taking out a bunch of keys . Gently, he put them on the table in front of him .
“Inside the safe is the roll of film I managed to get . The password is you and your mother's birthday . Your mother should have none of it . Destroy it, then they won't be able to threaten you anymore . As for what you want to do after this, do as you wish . I'll come up with a way to help you divorce Yue Lingsi . If you want to go look for Shen Wenna, then go . ”
Xi Jiyang closed his eyes weakly . Even speaking for a while made him feel weak and worn out . He breathed in and then continued, “I know you've been spending a lot of effort looking for this thing all these years . Now that you have it, the threat's removed too . How you should redeem yourself after this, I can't help you . ”
When he heard Xi Jiyang, Xi Mushan's sharp gaze fell onto the bunch of keys before Xi Jiyang . Surprise lit his eyes . “How did you get it?”
Xi Mushan knew how well Deng Wenwen had hidden these things . He had looked for 20 years but still could not get it .
“After Xiaye signed that contract to transfer her shares, I hired someone to follow her . Earlier, I managed to get the password to her safe, and indeed, I found those things as well as the proof of yours and Xinyi's DNA compatibility back then . ”
When this was mentioned, Xi Mushan's eyes darkened .
How could he forget that between them there was still a shred of evidence that could not be erased? Xi Xinyi!
He lowered his head sadly as he stared defeatedly at the bunch of keys . There was a sudden sorrow in his heart . Many times, he had imagined how their lives could have been, yet he still dared not imagine the hope of having her again . He dared not fantasize the scene of the three of them happily together again .
Xi Mushan did not say anything, but the loneliness and bleakness could not be concealed on his handsome face . He lowered his head silently and let the heartache spread all over him as he closed his eyes . After a long while, he opened them and returned to his previous calm .
“Now that the children are all grown up, you two should plan for yourselves . You can't just live the rest of your life like this . I've also endured till this moment before… before I understood… that life is short . I just… I just hope that you can live well . Otherwise, I won't pass on peacefully…”
Xi Jiyang's aged voice held a helpless sigh . “If only back then, if the two of us had persisted, maybe everything would've been much more peaceful… Otherwise…”
Xi Jiyang did not continue . When he saw Xi Mushan remain silently, his energy waned and he muttered something about being tired .
Chapter end
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