Chapter 745: Extra 19: The Return of Chen Yi’s Eldest Son, Chen Yue (Part 7)

The first time he spoke up.

Tuberculosis Rabbit gave him a relatively decent job out of consideration for their past relationship and for the fact that they were from the same era.

But the second time he spoke up…

There would be no second time.

Li Yide stood in place with a complex expression. He wasn’t a stranger to the ways of the world; he knew very well that this was his only opportunity to speak up, and what made him grateful was that Tuberculosis Rabbit had responded to his request.

These nights, he had prayed to countless deities.

However, the only one who responded to him was Tuberculosis Rabbit.

“Thank you.”

Li Yide looked at Tuberculosis Rabbit sitting on the couch with a complex expression, not knowing what to say. He wanted to express his gratitude but found nothing seemed adequate to convey his thanks, especially considering the gaping disparity between his and Tuberculosis Rabbit’s status now.

“It’s nothing.”

Tuberculosis Rabbit shook his head, hesitating for a long moment before deciding to clarify, “Your Fox Tail…”

He had only just started to speak.

Li Yide lowered his head in embarrassment and said softly, “I ran into some financial trouble recently and sold the Fox Tail. After all, the world is at peace now, and there’s no need for such things anymore.”

He had found a reason that could deceive even himself.

And that was the reason he’d been using to numb himself these days.

Only he knew what the Fox Tail signified to him.

It wasn’t just his strongest prop, or the prop that had accompanied him the longest, but it also represented his past glory, his somewhat glorious past, and selling the Fox Tail meant he had sold out his former self.

Especially when his old friends from former days found out.

It made him feel even less able to hold his head high.

There was nothing more embarrassing than one’s old friends learning of one’s decline, especially if the friend was still doing impressively well. Many times, he had thought to himself:

If he, like Tuberculosis Rabbit and Sword Without End, had followed Yi’s lead, perhaps his current situation would have been entirely different.

Would he have had immense power, becoming one of the top figures on Blue Star or even in the entire universe?

“That’s not what this is about.”

Tuberculosis Rabbit shook his head and explained, “Your Fox Tail somehow ended up in my hands, and I’ve added it to my art gallery collection. After all, that prop had its moment of glory in the history of Blue Star.”

“It also represents our era, suggesting that some minor characters were also striving to burn brightly.”

“It holds great commemorative significance.”

“…”

Li Yide’s face stiffened with a touch of embarrassment as he stood still, what did it mean to say that it represented our era, suggesting that some minor characters were also striving to burn brightly? Was he… a minor character?

Back then, he was quite well-known in Yancheng.

He even formed his own team.

Many looked up to him.

Although compared to Yi and the others, he indeed was a minor character of the era.

After all, in the era, he was just a small grain of sand flowing with the current, while Yi and his clique were entities altering the era itself; indeed, not on the same level or dimension, even if it sounded a bit awkward to hear.

Unaware of Li Yide’s emotions, Tuberculosis Rabbit continued, “But when Yi learned of your situation, he told me to give the prop back to you. After all, you must have feelings for it.”

“It represents not only your past glory but also the stories you’ve lived through.”

“Compared to being collected in my art gallery,”

“Yi believes, this prop should stay with you.”

With that,

Tuberculosis Rabbit casually snapped his fingers.

Suddenly, a woman in a work uniform, looking graceful with white gloved hands holding a tray, entered the office. On the tray was prominently placed a red Fox Tail.

The woman walked up to Li Yide’s side.

She knelt on both knees and lifted the tray in midair.

“Here you go.”

Leaning on the couch with his arm draped over the side, Tuberculosis Rabbit casually drained the red wine from his glass and said, “The property returns to its master. This thing is more meaningful in your hands.”

Although he thought the prop had commemorative value deserving of his art gallery,

He never forgot how Li Yide used that prop.

It was, after all, something inserted into one’s backside.

He hadn’t touched it afterward, let alone put it in his backpack. He always had others handle such matters; he did not want to touch such an item himself – it felt somewhat unlucky.

“I…”

Seeing his familiar Fox Tail appear before him once more, Li Yide, who had been suppressing his emotions all along, finally couldn’t hold back as his eyes reddened and tears began to trickle down his cheeks. He looked at Tuberculosis Rabbit and hoarsely said with a tearful voice.

“Thank you!”

“Thank you, Yi!”