Chapter 746: Extra 20: The Return of Chen Yi’s Eldest Son, Chen Yue (Part 8)

“Resolved?”

Sword Without End stood at the edge of the rooftop, casually tossing a cigarette to Tuberculosis Rabbit as he gazed at the city’s outskirts.

“Yeah.”

After receiving the cigarette and taking a fierce drag, Tuberculosis Rabbit casually said, “It’s all taken care of. Gave Fox Tail back to him and made him the head of the seventh group in my company. Should be no problem now.”

“That guy’s not much of a gambler.”

“He’s just a bit too much of a lovebird, always sticking close to his wife, kind of annoying. He spends all his money on her without thinking about how to make more. That’s how he ended up here.”

“I remember he used to be quite proactive, but ever since the game of leveling up ended and he officially got together with Xiaoqian, he became like this. But I can understand it. After all, Li Yide wasn’t well-liked from childhood.”

“He made a bit of a name for himself when the game of leveling up came along, but wearing Fox Tail all the time, he was secretly mocked by many. Until he met Xiaoqian, a woman truly willing to abandon everything to follow him, to love him.”

“And naturally, he lost himself.”

“He’s never woken from that fall.”

Sword Without End chuckled lightly, extending his cigarette over the balcony railing, “It’s fine now, at least Li Yide turned out to be more devoted than I thought. Wasn’t it said he courted hundreds of girls before, even getting some kind of title for it? I really didn’t expect him to reform to this extent.”

“Those were probably purely to attract attention, to feel some sense of existence.”

Tuberculosis Rabbit shook his head and sighed, “People with unpleasant childhoods often have a complex personality: both inferior and arrogant. They want to attract attention, fearing to die unnoticed in society.”

“Actually, it’s quite pitiable.”

“What about you.” He paused for a moment before looking up at Sword Without End, “I heard you’re about to get married, to the Clone?”

“Yeah.”

Sword Without End smiled indulgently, “Everyone’s on the right track now. My life should also move into a new phase. The wedding is planned for these next few days. You’ve got to be there to support me.”

“Nonsense.”

Tuberculosis Rabbit gave Sword Without End a look, “With our relationship, how could I possibly not go? Eh, but you know, since your wife is a Clone, one cloned from you at that.”

“What if there’s a possibility, you clone another one based on you, I don’t have a wife yet, hey hey hey, why are you drawing your sword, I’m just saying.”

“Look at you, why so impatient?”

“Can’t you take a joke?”

“Clone, huh, I used to let you go first when we played Russian Roulette, and now you won’t even share a Clone, you really are… Alright, alright stop hitting me, I’ll stop being a smartass.”

“I give up, my bad, damn it, I admitted I was wrong, so why the hell are you still hitting me!”

Tuberculosis Rabbit and Sword Without End chased each other out, one after the other, and the balcony gradually quieted down again.

After pursuing for a while, Sword Without End stopped chasing and let Tuberculosis Rabbit run off while talking rubbish. Floating in mid-air for a long time, he couldn’t help but shake his head and laugh.

In fact, he knew that Tuberculosis Rabbit was just trying to cheer him up.

Because of Chen Miao’s affair, he indeed had been feeling terrible lately, unable to cheer up easily. He always thought that a big reason for Chen Miao’s death was because he was distracted. If he had been paying attention to Chen Miao at the time, maybe he could have saved him from that falling coconut.

But…

There’s no medicine for regret in life.

No matter how he replays it.

Chen Miao was still dead, unable to be brought back to life. He had planned to call off the wedding, but Yi forced him to go ahead with it. Yi said not to let Chen Miao’s incident affect everyone, and besides, Chen Miao didn’t die, he just traveled through time and space, and there would be a chance to meet again someday.

Ever since Yi firmly believed that Chen Miao was not dead, just hit by a time-traveling coconut, he has become much more cheerful, without the sense of grief, as if he were convinced his son would one day return to find him.

Letting the wedding proceed as scheduled was like rushing happiness.

Although they all clearly understood that saying Chen Miao didn’t die, just time-traveled, was probably only good for fooling children–after all, such convenient occurrences don’t exist in the world–they wouldn’t argue since it made Yi feel better, sparing him from dwelling on the incident every day and feeling so distressed.

“Phew!”

After a long while, Sword Without End floating in the air exhaled deeply and flew towards his house.

…

“Tch.”

After Sword Without End flew away, Tuberculosis Rabbit emerged from behind a building in the distance, looking at Sword Without End’s retreating figure and couldn’t help but sigh with a mix of emotions, “How self-obsessed does one have to be to marry oneself?”

Self-love, by definition, means liking oneself.

It generally has a derogatory connotation.

Suggesting that some people like themselves a bit too much, leading to excessive self-confidence.

But when it comes to self-love, if Sword Without End is first, probably no one dares to claim second. He straightforwardly fell in love with himself, taking the term self-love to a whole new level.

It’s beyond imagination.

Sword Without End created a clone based on his own image, virtually identical to himself, but with some female-specific organs added, and then stuffed an artificial intelligence chip into her brain.

Through learning, she could slowly possess a certain degree of autonomous intelligence.

Just like nurturing a newborn.

“However…”

The Tuberculosis Rabbit suddenly paused, as if deep in thought, and stood there, contemplating without speaking.

“Is it taken care of?”

Sword Without End, standing on the edge of the rooftop, casually tossed a cigarette to the Tuberculosis Rabbit, gazing into the distant city edge.

“Yeah.”

After receiving the cigarette and lighting it, taking a deep drag, the Tuberculosis Rabbit spoke casually, “It’s all settled. I returned Fox Tail to him and let him be the team leader of Group Seven in my company. It should be fine.”

“The guy isn’t much of a gambler.”

“It’s just that he’s a bit too romantic, always sticking with his wife and spending almost all his money on her without thinking about how to make money. That’s how he ended up here.”

“I remember he used to be quite persistent, but he changed after the game’s been upgraded and he officially got together with Xiaoqian. It’s understandable though, since Li Yide hasn’t been well-liked since he was young.”

“He gained some fame after breaking through in the upgraded game but was also mocked behind his back for wearing Fox Tail for too long. That is until he met Xiaoqian, a woman truly willing to abandon everything to follow and love him.”

“Naturally, he was lost to it.”

“And he never woke up from that fall.”

Sword Without End chuckled, extending his cigarette out over the balcony, “It’s alright. At least Li Yide is much more faithful than I thought. Wasn’t it said he chased after hundreds of girls before? He even got some kind of nickname back then. I never thought he’d reform to this extent.”

“All that was probably just to attract attention, to feel significant.”

The Tuberculosis Rabbit shook his head with a sigh, “These people, with their unhappy childhoods, often have personalities that are both inferior and arrogant. They crave attention, fearing they’ll die unnoticed in this society.”

“It’s actually quite pitiful.”

“What about you?” After a pause, he looked up at Sword Without End, “I heard you are about to get married, with that clone?”

“Yeah.”

Sword Without End smiled affectionately, “Everyone’s getting on the right track. It’s time for me to enter a new phase of life too. The wedding’s expected to happen in a few days. You have to come and support me, alright?”

“Nonsense.”

The Tuberculosis Rabbit gave Sword Without End a disdainful look, “With our relationship, how could I not go? But hey, since your wife is a clone, created based on you…”

“What if there’s a possibility… you make another clone based on you for me since I don’t have a wife either–hey, hey, hey, why are you drawing your sword? I was just talking.”

“Look at you, why so irritated?”

“Can’t you take a joke?”

“A clone, huh? Back when I used to let you go first while we played Russian Roulette, and now you wouldn’t even share a clone with me. Really, you are… Alright, alright, stop hitting me, I won’t be annoying anymore.”

“I give up, I was wrong, dammit I said I was wrong, and you still hit me?!”

The Tuberculosis Rabbit and Sword Without End chased each other off the balcony, and it gradually became quiet again.

After pursuing for a while, Sword Without End didn’t continue, but let the Tuberculosis Rabbit run off while babbling. Hovering in the air for a while, he couldn’t help but shake his head with a laugh.

He knew the Tuberculosis Rabbit was just trying to cheer him up.

Because of Chen Miao’s incident, he had really been feeling awful lately, finding it hard to be happy. He always felt that Chen Miao’s death was largely due to his own distraction–if he had been keeping an eye on Chen Miao, he might have been able to save him the moment the coconut was about to fall.

But…

There are no remedies for regret.

No matter how much he replayed it in his mind.

Chen Miao was gone, never to be revived. He had planned to call off the wedding, but Yi insisted he go through with it, saying he shouldn’t allow Chen Miao’s incident to impact everyone else and arguing that Chen Miao wasn’t dead but had just time-traveled, and there would be other chances to meet.

Ever since Yi firmly believed that Chen Miao hadn’t died but was time-traveled by the coconut, he became much more cheerful, without the sense of sorrow, acting as if certain that his son would return to him someday.

Having the wedding as scheduled was like a blessing in disguise.

Although in their hearts they all knew that this story about Chen Miao not dying but time-traveling could only deceive children, such coincidences didn’t exist in the real world. However, since Yi firmly believed it, they wouldn’t speak against it. At least this belief offered Yi some comfort, sparing him the torment of dwelling on the incident every day.

“Whew!”

After hovering for a long time, Sword Without End exhaled and flew towards his own house.

…

“Tsk.”

After Sword Without End flew away, the Tuberculosis Rabbit reemerged from behind a building in the distance. Gazing at Sword Without End’s retreating figure, he couldn’t help but sigh emotionally, “How self-obsessed does one have to be, to marry a clone of oneself?”

The word “narcissism” literally means liking oneself.

It is generally pejorative.

Meaning it’s used to describe people who are disproportionately fond of themselves, leading to excessive confidence.