CH 24

Off to the side, Lu Cheng’s eyes widened. “Jiajia? What’d you say?”

He didn’t believe his ears. He didn’t want to believe that there would be a day where that kind hearted, soft and cute Chi Jiayan would speak such words, so he had to ask. 1w3dbm

Ling Xiao and Chi Jiayan both didn’t say anything, both of them facing up at the rooftop.

That dying life was still very young. Maybe he did have the feeling of being dragged down by his grandma, but that wasn’t worthy of sympathy.

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For some reason, this factor was amplified in Chi Jiayan’s eyes, so he didn’t think about the value of a life at all, nor did he consider the feelings of others with a kind heart. He just felt that such a life deserved to be damned if it had such a flaw, so he remained indifferent.

He ignored the pain, ignored the pity, acted recklessly, and had no heart left at all. s6Hr5P

“Ah!!!”

People suddenly shouted in unison.

Surprisingly, the moment He Kangcheng jumped off, a pale hand grabbed the back of his collar.

The indifferent face of the Grim Reaper appeared behind him.

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Chi Jiayan’s face changed slightly.

Lu Cheng’s first reaction was, unlike the others, not relief. He was also used to seeing life and death, so he didn’t share the same feeling of “it’s okay, it’s okay”, or holding a hand to his chest, or having his heart returning after dropping to his stomach. He was a little dumbfounded. “Master…Ling Xiao?”

No one paid him any mind.

He glanced at the Ling Xiao who was close at hand, then looked up at the one upstairs again, and repeated dumbly, “Two…Master Ling Xiaos? Which one is the real one?” lKNWFg

Ling Xiao was not surprised that his other self would do that.

He withdrew his gaze casually. “Both are real.”

Lu Cheng hadn’t encountered such a thing as time-space jumping before, so he seemed to ponder for a while. “So it’s like this. I…understand…”

Upstairs, the Grim Reaper lifted He Kangcheng back from the air with one hand. dVr9N1

Rescuing people in public was obviously not what the Grim Reaper should do.

Everyone started applauding.

Unfortunately, the local tyrant and his assistant who were walking in front were recognized. This incident aroused people’s anger. They obviously thought that the relocation had forced He Kangcheng to jump off the building, and they immediately surrounded them.

Someone saw Chi Jiayan and Ling Xiao. “There are two other accomplices there!” 284q6E

People came running, cursing.

Ling Xiao didn’t think twice. He grabbed Chi Jiayan’s hand. “Let’s go first.”

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Lu Cheng pulled his sleeves back to let in the furballs, and at the same time widened his eyes. Master Ling Xiao, who has always been unreasonable…took the initiative to hold a human’s hand?

But who would’ve thought, Chi Jiayan gently pulled his hand away. I2lDRm

His expression was a little strange. He lowered his head for a second or two before raising his head again, and said with a smile, “Gege, I’ll handle it myself.”

Ling Xiao looked at him silently.

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“You scum!” someone scolded him. “Having money must be great, huh?!”

“Doing these immoral things at such a young and tender age! It’s caused someone to try and jump off the building!” someone else yelled angrily. “You also have a family! You also have parents! Think about it, will you have the face to go show when your parents find out you do these immoral things?!”

With Ling Xiao’s height, he could easily see Chi Jiayan’s expression in the crowd.

He saw that his eyes were gloomy, but there was a smile on his face, a pair of dimples looming. “Be careful.” zupxLS

Others were still cursing and bringing up his whole family.

“It will be bad luck if you get too close to me.” Chi Jiayan’s voice was not too loud, as neutral as if he was chatting. “I can’t guarantee that you won’t also jump off the building.”

The person who asked him if he had the face to meet his parents had scolded him, but still didn’t feel relieved. Seeing that Chi Jiayan was neither humble nor overbearing, he pushed him hard. “Go to hell!”

Chi Jiayan staggered for a while, quickly regaining his balance, and said to the man, “You, slap yourself.” 3O54hV

The man was taken aback, and sure enough, he mechanically raised both hands and bowed left and right, as if his face wasn’t his own, and hit himself hard.

“Witchcraft!” Everyone retreated. “This person is a monster!!”

The man obviously knew he was in the right mind, and he was still cursing Chi Jiayan, but unfortunately, the harder he scolded, the harder he beat himself.

Two people came by and desperately dragged the man’s arm away from himself, trying to figure out a way to stop him. ObjEdP

There were indeed some people who were not afraid of him. From out of nowhere, someone came through the crowd with a bucket of sewer water to dump over him.

Chi Jiayan reacted quickly and turned sideways to avoid it, but his shoes were still inevitably stained. The big puddle of oily residue on the ground had already fermented and corroded in the hot weather, giving off a foul smell.

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The one who poured the sewage was a middle-aged man, probably a swindler. He put his hands on his hips and said, “We’ll see how much witchcraft you can do after you’ve got bad luck!”

Someone asked him, “****, you’d be able to deal with this kind of person?” a ND1H

The swindler said with a know-it-all attitude, “Hmph. I’ve heard before of there being such a speech spirit in City A. I didn’t believe it, but now I’ve seen it with my very own eyes.”

An old lady was very curious. “What is a speech spirit?”

The swindler looked at Chi Jiayan from head to toe. “My master knew one before, but this is the first time I’ve seen one. A speech spirit uses words as sorcery, a heavenly fiend lonely star! His close relatives will die! The worse off others are, the stronger he gets!”

He Kangcheng had previously said so, but nobody took him seriously. Only now did people realize what “punishing parents” meant. 91I4oU

“The entire family was wiped out?”

“Maybe he purposely cursed them all to death!”

“No wonder he’s so evil. He wasn’t a good thing since birth!”

Chi Jiayan paled. unM1L

This kind of situation had happened to him countless times.

Within his own neighborhood as a child, at family gatherings, when he was in school…these situations had happened so many times, so he had long since developed a steel heart towards them.

“Do you all want to die?” Chi Jiayan said frostily. That attack with the sewer water had done nothing to him. As long as he wanted to harm them, he could.

In that moment, Ling Xiao could feel Chi Jiayan’s “If you die I will drag you to hell myself” type of hatred, but he could also feel that Chi Jiayan was trying his best to hold back from this kind of violence. tJyEMK

The Grim Reaper came to stand next to Ling Xiao, saying coldly, “Is this the potential you saw?”

Ling Xiao ignored him.

They had two identical faces, were two identical people, but they had completely different mentalities.

Lu Cheng felt a little scared. orJnb

“Get lost!”

People shouted from the crowd.

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Nobody was scared of Chi Jiayan anymore.

“Scram already!” euWLFD

“If you don’t beat it, I’ll kick you once every time I see you!”

Someone pounded their fists threateningly.

Chi Jiayan stood in the middle of the crowd, face wan, eyes hardened. He looked like he was baring his fangs, but he was really just a weak and helpless little animal.

“I don’t want to be the Grim Reaper anymore.” Ling Xiao looked at the crowd and spoke suddenly. HlAVI2

The face of the Grim Reaper, who was also watching the crowd, changed drastically. “How dare you—”

“I’m tired.” Ling Xiao turned to look at his other self. “I’ve been tired for many years. It’s time to let go.”

Lu Cheng knew he shouldn’t interrupt, but he still raised his hand weakly. “…That…I’m not ready to take your place.”

No one paid him any attention. bOQFgd

“You will never return to our original world like this,” the Grim Reaper said coldly.

“I understand,” Ling Xiao said. “Ling Xiao, how is that world doing? What is it like? Do you still remember? Do you really want to go back so badly?”

“…” The Grim Reaper couldn’t refute, but he also couldn’t stand his cowardice. “If you do this, I will disappear.”

Ling Xiao frowned. He almost forgot about that part. R seh1

Although he already made a decision, he was not ready to abandon his other self.

“I have persisted for so many years. I don’t want to fall short,” the Grim Reaper continued. “The order of the future world cannot be disrupted by you just because of your weakness. One misstep will cause irreparable consequences, do you understand?”

“Why do you always feel that it’s just me who is weak?” Ling Xiao retorted. “Aren’t you the same? Why did you allow him to live that day, and why did you save that idiot today? Wasn’t it because you were afraid that he would regret it afterwards? When will you admit that you can’t bear it either?”

“Stop arguing…” Lu Cheng tried to interject. bJ3izE

Although it looked like they were two independent individuals, they were actually the same person. It seemed incredible that such a quarrel would happen, but it could probably be interpreted as someone undergoing a strong internal struggle.

Mm…and it was because of a very special speech spirit that this internal struggle came to be.

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The Grim Reaper snapped, “I will always get everything back to normal!”

Ling Xiao also said mercilessly, “It’s too late! Everything has changed since long ago!” 9ltArD

This sentence struck Lu Cheng, and he interrupted loudly, “It’s too late!”

The two Ling Xiaos looked at him synchronously. “What did you say?”

Lu Cheng quickly explained, “I went back for a bit, and the natal chart is definitely broken. But I asked Fate, and after he calculated it, he said, ‘There’s a segment that’s wrong, one loop knotted with another loop. Only an unexpected guest can untie it.’ You…no, which one is Master Ling Xiao from the future?”

The Grim Reaper replied, “Me.” sNcwQv

“Then you should be the unexpected guest,” said Lu Cheng. “There’s an aspect of you that went wrong, causing the current timeline to stagnate. The natal chart was handling two different timelines at once, so it broke. If you’re going back to your future world, you’ll have to right your wrongs.”

The Grim Reaper understood.

It was when Chi Jiayan was thirteen years old that he made a mistake. He had accidentally revealed his identity to Chi Jiayan, creating the starting point for Chi Jiayan and Ling Xiao to get along.

He had only tried to keep going back to the future, and hadn’t tried to go back to the past again. 3xM5P4

If he went back to that point in time to correct the mistake, then this timeline would disappear, the chaos would stop, and he could go back to the future.

Ling Xiao knew what he was thinking, and said lightly, “You can’t do it.”

The Grim Reaper said, “You’re drawing conclusions too soon.”

“Your opponent is yourself.” Ling Xiao added one final sentence. “How can there ever be someone who can beat a version of their real self?” dSdwWV

After Ling Xiao finished speaking, he entered the crowd.

He was tall with a stern face, born with an aura of calmness and majesty that made people cower.

He was dressed in all black, and at this moment, his aura was heavy, dropping a chill in the air.

Everyone shivered in unison. Xqa5rA

He scanned the audience with that gaze that looked down on all beings. His phoenix eyes were like polar ice, but when those eyes fell on Chi Jiayan, they gradually became warmer, mixed with love and affection that he himself wasn’t aware of.

Chi Jiayan was surrounded and had been verbally attacked. He couldn’t endure it any longer, enduring only by stubbornness to support himself.

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What he said before was true—that he had been seriously injured and was weak and dizzy.

“Gege.” Chi Jiayan’s stubbornness collapsed the moment he saw Ling Xiao break through the crowd. His tone pleaded for help pitifully. QsDOb

To his surprise, Ling Xiao leaned down, picking him up horizontally.

The sudden elevation and weightlessness made Chi Jiayan hook his arms around Ling Xiao’s neck subconsciously. As soon as he raised his head, he looked into Ling Xiao’s eyes.

“Don’t be afraid,” Ling Xiao said. “Let’s go home.”