Hu Yuying took a one - week leave.

She stayed by Brother Long's side every day without leaving him for a single step.

He also followed the doctor's advice, changing his mood, improving his emotions, and exercising every day.

The one - week time passed in a hurry.

At least during this one - week period, in Hu Yuying's eyes, Brother Long was happy. Although he went to bed late every night, he could really fall into a deep sleep.

Li Qingxue and Lin Wanning often brought back some small gadgets.

The four of them often played Monopoly or other interactive and happy - making mini - games.

Lin Wanning would go to the next room to find Long Aotian after her daily practice.

At University T, except for less than an hour of cultural classes in the morning and afternoon, the rest of the time was either for training or rest.

Lin Wanning often watched Long Aotian play basketball and brought him water.

Looking at his running figure on the basketball court, she would always take pictures and share them in the group chat of the three little ones.

"Brother is still super happy and active today."

Li Qingxue often went to see Long Aotian in the afternoon. Sometimes when there were many people in the cultural class, she would also mingle among them and experience what it was like to be at the same desk as Long Aotian.

Hu Yuying also declined some unnecessary extracurricular activities. Every day when she got home, she kept the house in perfect order.

Days passed like this.

During this period, Long Aotian accompanied Lin Wanning to the recording site where a show was going to be filmed in May.

It was also the first time he truly came into contact with the stars he could only see on TV.

Under the stage flashlights, Long Aotian stared blankly at Lin Wanning in a beautiful dress.

He thought he was actually lucky to have the love of three heroines at the same time. There was no one happier than him in the world.

He took out the medicine from his pocket and swallowed it with water where no one could see.

The words of the psychologist came to his mind: You still have people worth protecting, and you still have unfulfilled dreams. Think about your family, love, and friendship. Thinking of them, they will always accompany you...

As his thoughts were wandering.

A phone alert pulled Long Aotian back to reality.

Looking at the video call and Lin Wanning getting ready on the stage, Long Aotian answered the video.

Listening to Hu Yuying and Li Qingxue shouting and cheering on the phone.

Looking at Lin Wanning's confident and relaxed appearance on the stage.

Long Aotian took a deep breath. Yes, he still had so many beautiful things...

While the recording time hadn't ended yet.

Long Aotian said to the two in the video, "I'm going to the toilet. I'll call you back later."

After hanging up the phone, Long Aotian left the recording site and headed to the hospital.

He needed to get some more medicine.

After coming out of the treatment room, the doctor patted Long Aotian on the shoulder and said, "Keep your emotions stable and love the life you love. Every day in the future will be wonderful."

"I will."

When leaving the hospital.

"Ha!"

Suddenly, he heard a loud shout!

Looking up, he saw a yellow - haired young man jumping down the steps in a posture like a white crane spreading its wings and standing directly in front of a middle - aged woman.

Behind the middle - aged woman, a young man with orange - dyed hair walked out with one hand in his pocket.

After Ye Liangchen jumped down the steps, he kept his head down at a 45 - degree angle.

Then he slowly looked up at Shen Xiu and said, "I've been looking for you for a long time!"

He had spent 100,000 yuan to buy Shen Mengjie and had prepaid 80,000 yuan in advance, but he got nothing in return.

He wanted to ask Shen Xiu for the money but couldn't get in touch with him.

Finally, he used Shen Mengjie's ashes and an alarm - calling tactic to lure Shen Xiu out.

Seeing Ye Liangchen, Shen Xiu forced a flattering smile and said, "Oh, it's you."

"Stop talking nonsense and pay me back the money!" Ye Liangchen came here just for the money.

His parents had even sold their car to scrape together the 100,000 yuan. Sure enough, parents who love their children will do everything for them.

Now he wanted to use this 100,000 yuan to give his parents a bright future!

Shen Xiu was completely different from before.

He was wearing brand - name clothes, with a gold bracelet on his hand, a gold necklace around his neck, and even his earrings were made of gold.

There was no trace of the previous rural simplicity.

In fact, after Shen Xiu came to the Capital City, he found that it was really easy to make money here.

There were quite a few people living in the urban villages. He charged 200 yuan each time and no one ever bargained. Sometimes, when he met someone impatient, he even charged 300 yuan.

Shen Mengjie was undoubtedly good - looking, so it was natural that her parents were not bad either. After such a transformation, apart from being a bit older, Shen Xiu was still presentable.

"I used your money in a hurry some time ago, but don't worry. I'll pay you back as soon as I make money."

As Shen Xiu said, he deliberately got closer to Ye Liangchen and said, "Do you remember? You called me aunt some time ago."

Ye Liangchen remained unmoved and said, "That was then, and this is now."

As she said that, she tossed her hair and declared, "Now that Shen Mengjie is gone, I can't let my money go to waste!"

Shen Xiu rolled her eyes, then took out Shen Mengjie's ashes from her bag and said, "Well, here are her ashes for you. You used to like Mengjie so much. This way, she can still be with you in a different form."

Ye Liangchen and Xue Shaohua sneered, "What do we want her ashes for? We want her alive!"

At that time, Ye Liangchen and Xue Shaohua had already planned how they would punish Shen Mengjie.

For this purpose, they had bought a lot of interesting little gadgets.

But in the end, they ended up using them on each other!

Now that the person was gone, what good was a box of ashes!

Originally, Long Aotian was about to leave as their business had nothing to do with him.

But when he heard what they said, his face darkened. He turned around and walked towards the direction where Shen Xiu and Ye Liangchen were.

Xue Shaohua was stunned when he saw Long Aotian, and then quickly alerted Ye Liangchen.

Ye Liangchen didn't care at all. He was just here to get his money back. He hadn't broken any laws, so even the emperor couldn't stop him.

Trying his best to hold back the surging emotions inside, Long Aotian looked at Shen Xiu and said, "I'm sure Shen Mengjie was happy when she left!"

"Because she finally got away from someone like you!"

Before Shen Xiu could say anything, Ye Liangchen's mouth twitched. He was being ignored. How ridiculous!

Noticing that Long Aotian's gaze was fixed on the urn in Shen Xiu's arms, Ye Liangchen stepped forward and snatched the urn away. "You have one month. If you don't pay me back in one month, I'll smash it!"

Shen Xiu didn't care about the ashes at all. In a month, she would have left this place and gone to another city.

She had discussed with her peers before. The business in Dongguang was also quite good. After making some money here, she would go to Dongguang. Anyway, the money was all in her hands, and she could go wherever she wanted.

Looking at the urn in Ye Liangchen's hand, Long Aotian tried his best to control his emotional outburst. "How much do you want? Sell her to me."

Ye Liangchen laughed, and this time it was a real laugh.

"For others, I might give it away for free. But for you, no matter how much you offer, I won't sell." Then he looked at Long Aotian and said, "You couldn't even protect the person who loved you. No wonder Shen Mengjie was so desperate."

"If she had been with me back then, at least I would have let her give birth to the child."

It takes a long time and a lot of effort to build up a person's psychological defenses.

But it's so easy to destroy a person's psyche and rationality.

At first, Ye Liangchen was very proud to see Long Aotian trembling all over and his eyes bloodshot. But as Long Aotian stepped closer and closer to him, the smile on his face disappeared.

Long Aotian's eyes were like those of a venomous snake or a wild beast. He seemed to want to bite Ye Liangchen to death.

The Long Aotian in front of him gradually overlapped with the one in Ye Liangchen's memory from his previous life.

The fear deep in his bones made his hand tremble, and the urn in his hand fell to the ground...