Chapter 64: CH 43.1

It‘s not difficult to eliminate Xie Zhiwei.

But first, there should be a reason for his death.

Xie Jianwei’s tone changed into a heart-wrenching voice: “Although my mother had always been doted upon since she was born, she’s not that delicate of a person and was very strong.”

“Even if I was in a bad state at the time and her life was on the road to ruin, she never thought about committing suicide. She couldn’t leave me alone.  Even when I became a fool, she still hoped that I could recover.”

“She doesn’t want to die, but some people wanted her to.”

With deep hatred in his pitch-black eyes, he whispered: “My mental state was like that of a child back then, but I remembered everything I saw —I couldn’t understand all of it at that time. Thinking about it now… “His voice cracked as he continued talking.

These memories were obviously too heavy for him, so that when he began to recount what happened, he felt a stinging sensation all over his body.

Lu Li hugged Xie Jianwei and dropped a kiss on his forehead.

Xie Jianwei, who seemed to have found some strength in Lu Li’s arms, continued: “They want Xie Zhiwei to replace me and they don’t want anyone to find out about it.  So for them, my mother is the biggest problem. I am not someone to be feared, but my mother was —because she can expose everything.”

Hearing the story up to this point, Lu Li basically knew the plot that followed. He couldn’t bear for Xie Jianwei to recall those awful memories again, so he whispered: “I understand.”

But Xie Jianwei seemed like he had been holding back on his feelings for too long. Now that he had gotten someone who was willing to listen , he poured out all of the hidden pain in his heart. He gripped on Lu Li’s clothes, as he choked on his own tears: “Xie Zhiwei killed my mother. It was him… it was him… with his own hands…”

Lu Li’s heart was aching so much, as if it’s being beaten. He felt distressed and could only plant a delicate kiss on Xie Jianwei’s forehead as he gently whispered using a voice as soft as the fine sands on a beach: “He will taste the consequences of his actions. Your mother won’t come back, but Xie Zhiwei will definitely go to hell.”

The degree of Xie Jianwei’s grasp on the situation was extremely stable, expressing a proper level of hatred that was just enough to make Lu Li want to kill Xie Zhiwei, but not to the point where he might want to torture him.

Although torture makes life worse than death, Xie Jianwei only wanted Xie Zhiwei to die soon.

Xie Zhiwei was still unaware of these developments, and only under such circumstances could Xie Jianwei kill him off.

If Xie Zhiwei came to know of their plans, he might prepare some back-up plan and gain enough power to fight back.

Because even though Xie Zhiwei doesn’t have his status anymore, and even if he himself wasn’t capable enough to do such things, “That thing” ‘s “Will” might manipulate some things in this dreamscape.

Who knows what else will happen then.

So he had to eliminate Xie Zhiwei as soon as possible.

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Military Advisor Xie never delayed any work that needed to be done. Planning to kill a person only to let them talk and stall time only happens in movies and novels.

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Lu Li was taught by Xie Jianwei. Both of them are extremely efficient in their actions, especially since they had gone through countless wars.

However, in just two days, Xie Jianwei read the news of Xie Zhiwei’s death on the Internet.

The Xie family violated the law, but the whereabouts of the huge amount of assets they embezzled and bribes they accumulated were unknown. Investigators had been following Xie Zhiwei, and this last Xie family member, who remained quiet for a long time, finally couldn’t hold back and revealed himself.

The investigators arrested him immediately, trying to seize the monstrous wealth behind him. As a result, Xie Zhiwei panicked and got into a car accident.

A sports car was crushed into a meatloaf by a large truck, Xie Zhiwei dead body was beyond recognition.

The man died, but fortunately, the whereabouts of the stolen assets had been found.

This brought the Xie family’s corruption case to a complete end.

After reading the news, Yan Ke felt greatly relieved: [Killing that thing was quite easy.]

Despite Yan Ke’s words, Xie Jianwei’s face did not show the slightest sign of relaxing.

Yan Ke: [Xie Zhiwei is dead, so ‘It’ is dead too, right?]

This theory should be plausible. After all, it would work for Lu Li’s personalities, and “That thing” was attached to Lu Li’s spirit 1so there ‘s no reason why it wouldn’t.

Xie Jianwei agreed, [It is dead.]

Yan Ke: [Then what are you worried about?]

Xie Jianwei: [Only one died.]

Yan Ke suddenly realized something and his enthusiasm died down: [You mean…]

Xie Jianwei said: [Obviously, from the time when Lu Li’s condition started, “It” also split together with Lu Li’s personality.)

Yan Ke: […]

[It’s okay,] Xie Jianwei said, [ We just have to eliminate all of those too.]

Now that he knew of its existence, then everything he had to do wouldn’t be as hard if otherwise.

Xie Jianwei has never lacked patience.

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Six months later, Xie Jianwei’s health had become stable. Even though he still needed to undergo a two-year observation period, he didn’t need to stay in the hospital all the time.

It was also around this time that the movie he and Lu Li participated in, got released.

Hossenfeld invited them the both of them to attend the premiere.

Xie Jianwei attended the premier under the careful protection of Lu Li.

Although he already knew the movie’s plot long ago, the scenes during filming were fragmented into parts, so it was quite difficult to piece it all together in a coherent manner.

It’s only now that he’d seen the finished film that he fully understood everything.

There’s something very special about watching it in an actor’s point of view. For the audience,  the movie was only a beautiful and magnificent story, but for the actors, each frame represented memories.

The filming was hard but full of joy. After sweating and working for months, the deep satisfaction of just sitting together and watching this perfect work was something no one but them could experience.

Xie Jianwei whispered to Lu Li: “Your acting skills are really good.”

Lu Li said, “You’re better.”

Yan Ke: […] Enough, you two!

Xie Jianwei secretly kissed him, and Lu Li in turn held his hand in the darkness.

Yan Ke felt that he had to cut off the connection because he was having a toothache.

《Star Battle》became widely  acclaimed after its release. Although it’s not an award-winning piece, it became a box-office hit in every major regions. The few X-lywood names aside, the only two eastern faces were also a sight to behold.

The interaction between Xie Jianwei and Lu Li in particular caused the rotten girls to explode in place.

[My mother, a book about the Queen Shou X Loyal dog Gong!]

[There’s even a fucking ‘secret  edition’ !]

[Damn it, the last scene made me cry like a baby… dying for love… it was such a tearjerker!]

Xie Jianwei glanced at these comments, and silently liked the last one.

That’s right. He ‘s the only one who needed to die. Why let his Da-Li jump off after him?

What a shitty plot! Hossenfeld, I’ll blacken you throughout my entire life!

However, Hossenfeld was a witty little old man.  He gave Xie Jianwei and Lu Li a small gift, and wrote a card.

“The Xia and Li in the film are your stand-ins. They already died once in your stead, so  you two are destined to be happy and carefree in this life.”

This forced explanation written in hard to read Zhongwen 2…

Still, Xie Jianwei kept the card and tucked it in one of his favorite books.

After 《Star Battle》, Xie Jianwei completely entered the front line —he received countless film appointments, and people started forming fan groups— and yet, he quickly retreated from the scene and announced that he’s going to withdraw from the entertainment circle.

He posted it directly on Weibo.

And his agent,  Yán Kè, got informed about this notice later than the fans. He immediately went to find Xie Jianwei in a huff, wanting to pry his skull open to see if it was full of paste.

Xie Jianwe: “You also know my physical condition.”

As long as you haven’t had a rejection reaction for two years, you’re a healthy person!”

Yán Kè was full of unwillingness: “You’ve been doing well after the surgery, right? As long as no rejection happens within the next two years, you’ll come back to being a healthy person!”

Xie Jianwei indeed felt that he would definitely live a long life, and he could spend his entire lifetime having fun together with his Da-Li, so why should he bother being a public figure to entertain the masses?

“…” Xie Jianwei felt that the words he was going to say next would be like a killing blow to Yán Kè, hence he delivered the news together with an invitation: “I’m going to get married to Lu Li next month. Please do come and attend.”

Yán Kè: “…” He took the red wedding invitation with a stupid expression, saying:  You’ve got to be kidding me.

Xie Jianwei patted him on the shoulder: “Yes, that’s the case. Lu Li and I are really getting married. Not to mention that were of the same sex, very few couples could live well while they’re in the entertainment circle. Therefore, for the sake of our marriage, we both decided to qui…”

Even before he finished speaking, Yán Kè exclaimed in shock : “You? you?? You’re both going to..?!”

Xie Jianwei: “Oh, yes, Ah- Li is also going to retreat behind the scenes. He’s already busy as it is, so if he continue being an actor…”

Yán Kè’s brain became a mush.

He then heard Xie Jianwei saying: “This matter hasn’t been announced yet, so don’t tell anyone about it for now.”

Yán Kè smiled bitterly: He’s not stupid. If he go around telling everyone about this, he’d probably get rotten vegetable leaves and eggs thrown at him……

Looking at Xie Jianwei like this, Yán Kè knew he had already made up his mind.

Although it was such a pity, he still felt happy for them.

Who would have thought that the two would end up marrying each other?

Although Yán Kè wasn’t optimistic about their relationship from the beginning, it was only because he was worried about the latter.

He gave Xie Jianwei his most sincere blessing: “Be happy.”

Yan Ke quickly said: [Hah… This Yán Kè is finally acting a little bit like me.]

Xie Jianwei smiled and said to Yan Ke, [I’m sure he is.]

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Two years later, Xie Jianwei’s body had completely recovered. The doctor who examined him were amazed and said that he had never witness such a strange thing despite being in the medicine field for so many years.

Although the bone marrow transplant procedure can treat leukemia, the postoperative treatment is the most important factor.

Many people might not be able to get rid of drugs and tests for the rest of their lives, but Xie Jianwei’s body was simply that of a god’s.

His health index was close to that of a normal person, which means that he would live a long life…

Xie Jianwei smiled and said that he his body was indeed god-like; after all, he has a “God” by his side.

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The dreamscape led into a steady direction. Lu Li completely believed in their love on the third year of Xie Jianwei’s recovery.

They remained sweetly in love for three years. Not a single quarrel erupted between them and they lived comfortably every day.

It seemed like no amount of affection was enough to express their love for each other.

He would cook for Lu Li, send him messages, and go out with him on dates from time to time.

Because he constantly showed his care for him, Lu Li’s anxiety gradually dissipated like a mist in the sun.

The sky became clear, and this personality has now been completely appeased.

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