FV: Chapter 343 Part 4

He looked at his young self quietly and hopefully. One day, two days and three days, until the fourth day.

The sunshine was gentle. The young Ji Leyu sat at this desk, took out his treasures and slowly arranged them.

He had a drawer of tools for getting revenge on people. He might not use these tools much anymore, but the young Ji Leyu would still take stock of them from time to time to make sure they were in his drawer.

Ji Leyu looked at his drawer full of small objects and nodded slightly. Very good. He was right. He remembered that when he was a child, he had a drawer full of treasures. Even later on, the treasures accompanied him through some difficult days.

He watched little Ji Leyu take out the small steel balls and slowly count them.

The diameter of the small steel balls was different and the size was different. As little Ji Leyu was taking stock of them, a few of them fell to the ground and rolled.

Ji Leyu bent down to help him pick them up. It just so happened that little Ji Leyu also bent down and touched him while grabbing the steel balls.

The young Ji Leyu raised his head and saw someone he had never seen before appear in the room for an unknown reason.

But the other person was very good-looking and beautiful. It was like his uncle, his father, and even a bit like his mother.

He looked at himself, tenderly and with a smile. The little Ji Leyu tilted his head and looked at the man. He suddenly felt that this man seemed a lot like himself.

He looked at the person in front of him with some surprise and disbelief. “Who are you?”

“Guess.” Ji Leyu returned the steel balls to him and leaned against the table.

“Are you me?” Ji Leyu asked him.

There was a vague sense of intimacy in his heart. This sense of intimacy made him not feel afraid of the person in front of him. Little Ji Leyu even wanted to get closer and take a clear look at him.

He did so. He walked up to his grown self and examined him seriously.

Ji Leyu asked him, “Do I look good?”

Little Ji Leyu nodded and said with satisfaction, “Good-looking.”

He was really good-looking when growing up.

However, he had to ask, “Why did you come here?”

“I’m here to see you,” Ji Leyu said gently.

“Then you can look.” Little Ji Leyu stared at him with a smile. “I will look at you too.”

His eyes were bright and flamboyant, full of untroubled pride and confidence. They were like clear crystals.

Ji Leyu nodded and the tenderness in his eyes increased.

Little Ji Leyu looked at him. He remembered something and asked, “Are you rich now? Are you powerful?”

Ji Leyu chuckled and nodded.

“What about Uncle and Aunt?” Little Ji Leyu asked with concern. “Did you protect them well? Did you give them pocket money on time?”

Ji Leyu stopped at this question. He looked at the child in front of him but couldn’t speak.

He knew too well how important Ji Yuxiao was to him. He couldn’t tell the child in front of him that Ji Yuxiao was dead. Lin Luoqing had never been with Ji Yuxiao and even humiliated him, scolding him in disgust for being worthless.

Little Ji Leyu lived in the beautiful hope that Lin Luoqing and Ji Yuxiao had woven for him. He couldn’t bear to pick up his world and smash it again.

“Yes,” he responded with difficulty.

Little Ji Leyu didn’t doubt it. He changed to a new question. “What about Fei Fei? He should be very powerful too.”

He suddenly remembered something and asked vigilantly, “Does he still like me the most? Does he still love me the most? He doesn’t care about others more than me, does he?”

Ji Leyu, “……”

“What do you think?” He asked rhetorically.

Little Ji Leyu vowed, “I definitely think he hasn’t.”

“He promised me. He doesn’t like to deal with others. He doesn’t like anyone but me.”

Ji Leyu, “……”

‘It is a pity,’ Ji Leyu thought to himself. ‘He doesn’t like me either.’

He looked at the child in front of him with the little proud chin. Suddenly, he was a bit envious of himself.

He confidently demanded to be liked by others and was naturally liked by others. He was full of confidence without any doubt that the other party would always like him.

He seemed to have healed the wounds caused by his parents’ departure. He lived in this world with hope, just like an ordinary child.

“Yes,” Ji Leyu said gently. “He still likes you the most.”

He said, “A lot of people like you. They like you the most.”

Little Ji Leyu didn’t seem surprised. He was even a bit disdainful. “I don’t care about them. Whether they like me or not has nothing to do with me. As long as my uncle and aunt are fine and Fei Fei will always stay with me.”

Listening to these words, Ji Leyu felt that the child had the same emotional requirements as him— of course, except for the uncle and nephew, Lin Luoqing and Lin Fei.

He reached out and touched Ji Leyu’s head. He said with some pity and relief, “Protect your uncle well.”

“Yes,” little Ji Leyu didn’t hesitate to reply.

“You too. Protect Uncle when you are older.”

“Okay,” Ji Leyu replied softly.

He held the little Ji Leyu in his arms.

The moment they hugged, Ji Leyu felt like he was going to wake up.

He quickly let go of little Ji Leyu, turned around and ran toward Ji Yuxiao’s study.

He ran very fast out of fear that he would wake up before seeing Ji Yuxiao.

He just wanted to see Ji Yuxiao again, even just once, just once.

He rushed into Ji Yuxiao’s study and stared at the man deeply with affection.

Ji Yuxiao was working. His head was lowered like he was reading some document.

Ji Leyu let go of the doorknob and walked toward him step by step.

He walked over to Ji Yuxiao, crouched down and snuggled up to him as he had done as a child.

“Father,” he called out softly.

He muttered again, “Uncle.”

He stared at the person in front of him. He put his head on Ji Yuxiao’s lap and hugged his waist. He seemed to feel his uncle’s warmth.

No matter how big Ji Leyu was, he would always be a child in front of his uncle.

“Goodbye, Father,” he said softly. ‘This time, you must be happy.’

Don’t leave early because of me.

It isn’t worth it.

Ji Leyu stood up and kissed Ji Yuxiao on the cheek like he did when he was a child.

The world became real at this moment. He saw Ji Yuxiao’s surprised gaze. Then Ji Yuxiao called out to him in surprise and tenderness, “Xiao Yu?”

Ji Leyu couldn’t help laughing, tears falling from his eyes. He nodded and nodded again. He smiled and said to the man, “It is me, Father. I am living a good life. I have grown up and I am now very happy.”

Ji Yuxiao stretched out a hand as if wanting to touch him. He also seemed to want to wipe the tears on Ji Leyu’s face. But the moment they touched, everything spun and Ji Yuxiao opened his eyes.

“What’s wrong?” Lin Luoqing, who woke up earlier than him. He was about to poke Ji Yuxiao’s face for fun, only to instantly retract his guilty finger.

Ji Yuxiao frowned. The dream that was clear just now had become blurred.

He thought about it for a long time before saying uncertainly, “It seems like I dreamed about the grown up Xiao Yu.”

He continued, “He is doing well and he is happy.”

“Isn’t that great?” Lin Luoqing smiled. “There is still a long time before he really grows up.”

“Don’t worry,” Ji Yuxiao said gently. “He is still a child. He still has a long time to grow up.”

They would watch over him, protect him, and let him have enough time to grow up slowly and unhurriedly under his wings.

Ji Yuxiao turned around, hugged Lin Luoqing and closed his eyes. “Let’s sleep a bit longer.”

On the other side, Ji Leyu had also woken up.

It was dawn and a new day had begun.

Ji Leyu looked at the sunlight outside the window and sat on the bed in a daze.

He still remembered everything in the dream. There was the surprise and tenderness in Ji Yuxiao’s eyes when looking at him in the end, the outstretched hand, and the name he called out.

After all these years, he finally heard his uncle call his name again.

Ji Leyu smiled happily. He laughed and laughed, but he couldn’t stop the tears from falling.

He hadn’t cried for a long time. As early as after Ji Yuxiao’s death, his tears became a tool for disguise. They never represented his true mood again.

Now, it finally resumed its proper function.

Ji Leyu opened the drawer and looked at one of the few photos he took with Ji Yuxiao.

Ji Yuxiao in the photo was young and chic, like a sharp blade that had just been unsheathed. His sharpness attracted everyone’s attention.

But he was also frozen at this age, unable to grow up and grow old.

He thought he would never be able to see his uncle again after the age of 27. He didn’t expect that he would see his uncle in a dream.

It was Ji Yuxiao, who was more mature, more reliable, and more fatherly than in the photo.

Ji Leyu carefully stroked his face and called out ‘Father’ softly.

He stayed at home for three days. He tried to fall asleep again in various ways in order to dream of Ji Yuxiao again.

He even perfectly replicated that day’s itinerary, that day’s diet, that day’s wine and that day’s sleep time.

But he never dreamed of Ji Yuxiao again. Everything returned to its previous appearance. God only favored him for a short time before leaving in a hurry.

On weekend nights, Ji Leyu drove his car aimlessly around the city.

He was bored, always bored. He wanted to be a little less bored.

At the red light, Ji Leyu smoked a cigarette and looked around. Then he saw the building where Lin Fei lived in the distance.

He had investigated Lin Fei, so he naturally knew where Lin Fei lived and which floor he lived on.

Ji Leyu stared at the building not far away. The smoke in his mouth blew out.

The light was green. The car behind him urged him to move forward.

Ji Leyu bit his cigarette and drove toward the building he had been staring at.

He had a client he cooperated with before who was living here. He easily asked the other person to help him enter the community. He drove into the parking lot, got on the elevator and came to the door of Lin Fei’s apartment.

Ji Leyu looked at the door in front of him, wondering if Lin Fei was home at this time.

It was like he didn’t know why he was here.

Did he hope that Lin Fei would be home or did he not want Lin Fei to be home?

He watched in silence for a long time. Finally, he raised his hand and knocked on the door.

The knock on the door wasn’t loud. Ji Leyu didn’t knock too much before withdrawing his hand. He stood quietly and waited for a result that he didn’t even know.

Just as his patience was exhausted and he raised his hand to knock again, the door in front of him suddenly opened from the inside.

Lin Fei appeared in front of him in white, home clothes.

Ji Leyu was instantly at a loss.

He looked at the person in front of him. Lin Fei’s eyes were calm, as if the person who came to his house wasn’t Ji Leyu but his subordinates, friends or the ants in his garden.

It wasn’t worth his emotions.

But there were times when Lin Fei clearly cared about him.

Even in that dream, Lin Fei’s eyes weren’t only full of Ji Leyu’s reflection when looking at his young self. They were also pampering and doting.

Ji Leyu suddenly laughed.

He looked at the person in front of him. The corners of his lips were raised, the smile on his face was clear, and his amber eyes were pure and innocent. “There is something wrong with my car. I can’t drive it and my phone is out of battery. Can you take me in temporarily for one night?”

His voice was soft and sweet, like an unawakened magnificent dream. He approached Lin Fei and called out softly, “Brother.”

TL: The novel is now fully translated! Thanks for following. I am way too busy to pick up the sequel about Lin Fei and Ji Leyu, but hopefully, another translator will pick it up and you get to follow them for even longer!

Update: The sequel has been picked up by Chrysanthemum Garden.

Proofreader: Jesse & Wei