OBS Chapter 1233 - 1230: The One I Owe Most Is You
Chapter 1233 - 1230: The One I Owe Most Is You
Faced with Xia Jingshen’s emotional defense, Bi Xia shrugged calmly with his hands spread, "Blame my mom, then?""These past years, you’ve been out of touch, life or death unknown. Given my mom’s penchant for melodramatic shows, and her own life being a soap opera, she was bound to put you into a melodrama scenario."
"What kind of melodrama?" Xia Jingshen asked cautiously, an uneasy feeling creeping over him.
Bi Xia smiled slightly and hooked Xiao Wu’s chin, "Xiaowu, come on, tell this old man a bit."
Xiao Wu turned his head and looked at Xia Jingshen with disdainful eyes, "Don’t you even know this? It’s the Korean drama trilogy: illness, infidelity, car accident!"
"Either you got an incurable disease and didn’t want to burden Mrs. Xia, so you quietly disappeared alone, or you cheated, betrayed Grandma, felt Mrs. Xia was a burden, and when you saw she was pregnant, simply vanished and ran off with a rich lady, becoming her private chef."
Xia Jingshen: ...
"Lastly," Xiao Wu raised his chin, "it could be that when you were busy with Mrs. Xia’s pregnancy, you got in a car accident, became paralyzed, and didn’t want to burden Mrs. Xia, disappearing just like the first illness scenario."
Xia Jingshen: ...
"What kind of nonsense is this?" Xia Jingshen said, at a loss whether to laugh or cry, "And how does a kid like you know all this so well?"
Bi Xia grinned, "It’s because this kid usually has no hobbies; like my mom, he’s a fan of melodramas. The difference is... mom loves watching dramas, while he loves reading melodramatic novels."
Xia Jingshen twitched the corner of his mouth and coughed lightly, "You’re young, maybe watch less of those chaotic things, it’s not good for your health."
Xiao Wu: "...You’re the one who’s not healthy!... with starry eyes half narrowed, looking at Xiao Wu with a teasing smile, "So, where’s our Xiaowu’s little mind wandering off to?"
Xiao Wu: ...Forever trapped in my sister’s schemes.
Listening throughout to Bi Xia and Xiao Wu’s conversation, Xia Jingshen felt his old face getting red, but hearing Bi Xia’s explanation immediately rendered him speechless. He coughed several times, thankful he hadn’t spoken, otherwise he would have seemed disrespectful for his age.
Meanwhile, already accustomed to the duo, 007 rolled his eyes, originally only ’driving’ when bumping into them at ’space,’ but now that they’re glued together daily, this ’car’ likely won’t stop.
"So, when do you plan to go back to Qing City with me?"
The topic shifted unexpectedly, leaving Xia Jingshen a bit bewildered, clearly unprepared. Looking at the calm gaze of the youth opposite, Xia Jingshen opened his mouth but took a moment to process, finally pausing, "I..."
"No matter, don’t bother thinking," Bi Xia interrupted Xia Jingshen, "Your refusal is useless anyways. Your people are helpless before me, your son just said you can’t beat me, so even if I have to tie you up, I’ll drag you back."
Xia Jingshen: ...A nice little girl, how come she acts like a little bandit!
However, looking at Bi Xia in disguise as a boy, Xia Jingshen averted his gaze; after a while, he spoke, "In this life, the one I’ve wronged the most isn’t your mom."
Bi Xia raised an eyebrow, only hearing Xia Jingshen say, "In this life, the one I’ve wronged the most is you."
"So," Xia Jingshen pulled at the corner of his lips, his eyes suddenly stirred with complex emotions surging, "when I heard from Old Zheng that it was you coming to Yan City, my first thought wasn’t joy, but guilt, endless guilt. I’ve imagined countless times returning to find you all. I could stand laughing before Ashi, listening to her complaints and cries; I could hold Xiaoyuan, coax him and give him a piggyback ride, but... I lacked the face to stand before you."
Xia Jingshen looked deeply at 007, "Now 007 can become a physical being again, previous memories should also awaken accordingly," turning his gaze to Bi Xia, he sighed, "I wronged you, making you... clearly a girl, yet having to live disguised as a boy."
After hesitating a bit, Xia Jingshen finally asked, "Can you tell me, did you have a good life in your past life?"