Perhaps, Chuan Qi should ask his father-in-law about his desires; is he willing to cling to life, just as he has?
Throughout the morning, Lord Ye had not found an opportunity to have a private conversation with his father-in-law. But at 3 p.m., when Ye Xingguang accompanied her mother to another hospital building to collect some images, he quickly locked the door to the hospital room. Then, he sat in front of the hospital bed, looking at his weakened father-in-law who was under Deathâs scrutiny.
Conveniently, Song Chuanqi also wanted an opportunity to talk to Lord Ye alone, to entrust his daughter to him.
Before he could speak, however, he heard Lord Ye cautiously saying, âDad, if I could save you, but the cost is another form of torment, would you still wish to live?â
Song Chuanqi didnât understand what Lord Ye meant by saying this.
Weakly, he asked, âWhat cost?â
Lord Ye didnât speak for a long time. This wasnât a pleasant memory to recount.
Song Chuanqi didnât rush him, just stared at the young man sitting by his bed, waiting for him to speak again, like a desperate traveler in a desert looking at the prosperous city in the distance.
âVampirism.â
After a long time, Lord Ye finally said the words.
Song Chuanqi was momentarily stunned, looking at Lord Ye as he weakly opened and closed his mouth, âWhat did you just say?â
There are some secrets that he wouldnât want to tell anyone for the entirety of his life. However, once he started, it became much easier to continue.
Lord Ye continued, âThere will be an uncontrollable thirst for blood, like a vampire. Itâs not easy to subdue, and if you donât feed on blood, youâll suffer immensely, butâ¦it could save your life. Xingguang doesnât want to lose you, and I donât want to see her so upset. However, I wonât force you. Think it over and then tell me.â
At this moment, Ye Xingguang rushed back and knocked on the door of the hospital room.
Hearing the knocking sound, Lord Ye went out and opened the door.
âWhy did you lock the door?â
Lord Ye didnât answer, just asked her quietly, âDid you get the film so quickly?â
âNo, I forgot to take the film receipt.â
Lord Ye stepped aside to let her in.
Ye Xingguang found the receipt for the film in the drawer by the bed and hurriedly left again.
Once Ye Xingguang was gone, Lord Ye returned to the bedside. Before he could sit down, he heard Song Chuanqi, with narrowed eyes, staring at him, his weak voice not losing any male dominance, âAre you not human? Are you a vampire?â
Lord Ye had anticipated his father-in-lawâs reaction, such as concluding he was telling a mythical story, but he never expected the first question out of his mouth to be this one.
âI am human, but I can give you the Initial Embrace, which can save your life. The price is the future thirst for blood. Itâs hard to resist. At least for me, I canât control it.â
At this point, even if his words sounded like a fairy tale, Lord Ye didnât want to mumble in his explanation.
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Whether his father-in-law believed him or not, that was up to him.
All he could do was try his best.
âOnce, I had a near-death experience, being critically wounded. If I hadnât accepted the Initial Embrace, I would have died. In the end, I chose to survive. Now, ten years later, Iâm still unable to resist the urge to drink blood. It feels like a disaster with no solution, but if given a second chance, I would still choose to survive.â
âDad, this is all I can and want to tell you. I hope you can understand that I donât want to reveal anything more than this. If it wasnât for your condition being incurable, I wouldnât have had to tell you anything.â