Even though she wrote that letter, even though she knew that dying in front of the other party would cause Cheng Luo great harm.
But for some reason, he really wanted to say goodbye to Cheng Luo properly.
Over the past six months, he has watched Cheng Luo change little by little from being resentful and jealous of the world at the beginning, to gradually trying to accept the world, and even having a very good dream and goal—to actively help children move towards a better future.
Yu Tang couldn't quite explain what liking someone meant, but he thought that if he had a choice, he would be willing to spend his whole life with Cheng Luo.
I witnessed him getting better and better.
"I'm sorry..." Yu Tang lowered his head, accepting Cheng Luo's criticism for the first time like a child who had done something wrong.
A moment later, he looked up again and winked at Cheng Luo.
"Little brother Luo Luo, please don't be angry anymore, okay?"
He mimicked Cheng Luo's usual manipulative tone, saying, "Brother knows he was wrong, can you forgive him?"
Cheng Luo was stunned.
After a while, his face turned bright red.
He turned his face away and muttered under his breath, "When did you learn to steal my lines..."
Seeing him like this, Yu Tang felt a warm glow in her heart.
He glanced at the car that Cheng Luo had damaged and said to Cheng Luo, "Don't be so impulsive next time. What if you get hurt running straight in front of the car?"
"I can't take the injury..."
Cheng Luo's words were interrupted by Yu Tang's action of tugging at his clothes.
The bloodstains on his clothes were from the wound he had just sustained from being slashed by the car.
The reason he wiped his hands was that he didn't want to get Yu Tang's hands dirty.
“Your wound heals really quickly,” Yu Tang nagged him. “But you can still feel the pain when you’re injured. So don’t say you won’t get hurt anymore; you need to learn to take better care of yourself.”
Cheng Luo tugged at his sleeve, his face growing even more uncomfortable: "You're starting to act like an old man again..."
Yu Tang smiled helplessly.
“Look, I haven’t driven that far.” He changed the subject and suggested to Cheng Luo, “Let’s walk back, just like taking a stroll.”
Cheng Luo breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Yu Tang didn't hysterically say he had to leave her. She was even happier when she heard him say he wanted to take a walk back.
He readily agreed.
Yu Tang held Cheng Luo's hand as they walked back.
This time, without waiting for Cheng Luo to secretly interlock their fingers, he took the initiative to open his five fingers and clasp them together with the young man without any gap.
The base is located in a semi-mountainous area, surrounded by low hills and tall green trees.
It's already Mid-Autumn Festival, and many leaves have turned yellow and fallen to the ground. Before long, they will rot, dissolve into the soil, and become nutrients for the tree roots.
Just like how people eventually return to their roots.
This is an unchangeable fact.
"Luo Luo..." Yu Tang called out softly as she watched Cheng Luo playing with a leaf.
"Hmm?" Cheng Luo turned to look at him. When those peach blossom eyes looked at him, they were still so bright, like fallen stars.
Yu Tang's heart was aching.
He slowly exhaled before finally speaking.
"I'm dying."
Since he couldn't escape, he had no choice but to make things clear.
Say goodbye to Cheng Luo properly.
The leaf slipped from Cheng Luo's loose hand and was blown by the wind to Yu Tang's feet.
Yu Tang watched helplessly as the light in Cheng Luo's eyes gradually faded away.
In the end, all that remained was an endless sense of bewilderment and panic.
"You...you must be joking, right?"
My usually calm and clear-headed mind lost its composure at this moment.
Cheng Luo suddenly remembered what the little girl had said.
Brother Cheng Luo, I saw that Uncle's ear is bleeding...
He told me not to tell you, but I was afraid something might happen to him.
Brother, why don't you go and go find Uncle?
It was because of these words that Cheng Luo acted so afraid after stopping Yu Tang.
When he saw the man run away, he didn't want to reprimand him or arrest him and lock him up; he was simply afraid.
He was afraid that his guess would come true.
He has read so many books.
To this day, the technology for implanting chips in the human brain is far from mature.
It's already a miracle that Yu Tang survived the surgery; now the controller has exploded.
How could it possibly have no impact on him at all?
But just now he saw that Yu Tang could still talk and laugh with him, could still lie to him, and could still suggest going back with him.
He felt, he felt that everything was alright.
But now it seems he was too complacent.
"I'm not kidding." Yu Tang knew that what he was about to say would be cruel, but he had to say it.
He gripped Cheng Luo's hand tightly and spoke each word clearly: "I know my own body."
"From the day the chip was implanted in my head, it was destined that I would die because of it."
That's why I went to help those children without hesitation, and why I wanted to do something for those poor people in the last period of my life.
Yu Tang looked at Cheng Luo seriously: "So Luo Luo, my death has nothing to do with you. It's all my own fate."
Chapter 37
Died for the villain for the third time (37)
"Besides, fallen leaves will eventually return to their roots, and people will eventually die."
Yu Tang smiled at Cheng Luo: "Now that the base has been destroyed, you and the children are free. I have done a great thing and it has also elevated my mediocre life. So I am already very satisfied."
He couldn't bear to see Cheng Luo on the verge of tears, so he reached out and gave her a hug: "I think, by now, you're so smart, you should have already guessed why I secretly left behind your back."
“I originally wanted to keep it from you, find a place to ‘hide’ and face death peacefully by myself.”
"But after you stopped me, I finally realized that what I did was wrong."
"I think I should say goodbye to you properly."
“Luo Luo…” He gently patted Cheng Luo’s back: “I’m really happy to have met you, and happy to have your affection. But I’m also very sorry that I can’t be with you until the end.”
"I still hope you..."
At this point, Yu Tang paused, sighed, and pleaded softly, "Can you forgive me?"
Cheng Luo listened to Yu Tang's words in this way.
My mind is in complete chaos, a jumble of conflicting information.
I just can't figure it out.
Perhaps because the pain was too great, he could only tremble silently, hug Yu Tang, and grit his teeth.
After a long pause, a few words were squeezed out from between the cracks, strained and unpleasant to hear: "I won't forgive you, I can't forgive you, you won't die, I won't let you die..."
Suddenly remembering something, he looked up abruptly, his dark eyes seeming to ignite with the last glimmer of light: "Let's go, I'll take you back to the base, there's so much equipment there!"
I refuse to believe I can't remove the chip from your brain!
Yu Tang grabbed his hand.
"Don't bother."
"It's beyond saving..."
The system has just detected the condition of this body.
He can only hold on for another hour at most.
His entire brain was permeated with toxins. Even if the chip was removed, he wouldn't survive and might lose the chance to say goodbye to Cheng Luo.
Neither he nor Cheng Luo could afford to gamble.
Cheng Luo seemed to be on the verge of collapse. He raised his voice, but it was trembling with sobs: "How will we know if we don't try!"
"Luo Luo..." Yu Tang raised his hand, covered Cheng Luo's hair, and gently ruffled it.
She told him, "I don't want to die on the operating table."
"I want to spend these last few days talking to you and being by your side."
"May I?"
"Why are you so sure you're going to die!" Cheng Luo glared at him. "Why can't you listen to me! We..."
His words abruptly stopped when he saw the blood on Yu Tang's face.
Yu Tang noticed it too.
He quickly wiped it with paper.
Not only in the nose, but also in the eyes, ears, and mouth, there was a taste of blood.
The system provided excellent pain relief, so much so that he only felt dizzy and didn't even realize he was bleeding until later.
It's not hard to imagine how much pain he would have been in if he hadn't taken the painkiller.
The Cheng Luo in front of me seemed to have multiplied, his image flickering.