By the time the live broadcast ended, it was already past eight o’clock in the evening. Tao Mu was in a coma for three days and had just woken up. Although there were no physical symptoms, the hospital advised Tao Mu to stay in the hospital for observation for a few days out of prudence. Considering Mr. Song’s age, Li Xiaoheng offered to have Liu Yao and Meng Qi take Mr. Song back to the hotel to rest, while he stayed in the hospital to accompany him by the hospital bed.

Liu Yao and Meng Qi also knew that the two children had just gone public, so they probably still had a lot of private things to talk about. So they no longer insist on staying as a third wheel. They just patted the big-tailed wolf on the shoulder with an exasperated face, and told Li Xiaoheng to take good care of Tao Mu.

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CEO Li wagged his big tail and agreed with high spirits. He also graciously supported Mr. Song’s arm, personally saw him to the elevator, watched the three parents leave, then put his arms around Tao Mu’s shoulders, and returned to the ward together while half hugging.

During this period, their mobile phones kept ringing non-stop, calls from relatives and friends who watched the live broadcast. Among them, the reaction of the Li family was the most excitable. Tao Mu could hear Grandpa Li complimenting Li Xiaoheng on the other side of the phone for a job well done from a long distance away. Father Li and Mother Li even eagerly asked when the engagement ceremony was going to be held.

After the news spread on the Internet, wave after wave of netizens reacted fiercely. Except for a small number of homophobic netizens and fans who could not accept their idol in love, the attitude of most people was still very peaceful and tolerant. Especially during the live broadcast, all Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng could see were the blessings of the netizens.

Don’t know if these comments were directly screened by BulletScreen.com in the background, but Tao Mu was still very happy.

It was not advisable to overeat at night, and Tao Mu had just woken up. So Li Xiaoheng ordered a pot of seafood porridge and a few light side dishes from the hotel to accompany Tao Mu for dinner. While drinking porridge, Tao Mu discussed the dream of reincarnation with Li Xiaohang. He said with a wry smile: “I originally thought that being able to be reborn once was already the most fantastic thing. But I didn’t expect the reality to be far more unbelievable than I knew.”

Tao Mu said to Li Xiaoheng: “In the beginning, I thought that what I experienced in my previous life was a book. And when I was reborn, I could often hear the content of readers’ comments popping up in my mind. And some of the comments were about things after my death…..”

Li Xiaoheng analyzed thoughtfully: “Perhaps the information you hear in your mind was not some readers’ comments, but the evaluation of these events by different people in each reincarnation. Although you don’t remember each reincarnation, your soul has actually experienced every life. So what these people said had become fragmented memories, buried deep in the subconscious.”

Tao Mu looked at Li Xiaohang’s calm analysis, and couldn’t help asking: “What about you? I want to know how you live in every reincarnation?”

“I can’t remember.” Li Xiaoheng shook his head: “I just remember that I want to find someone, but I can’t find them no matter how I search.”

When Li Xiaoheng said this, he suddenly chuckled, looked at Tao Mu and said, “Speaking of which, I have been single for several lifetimes. It’s all because of you. Tell me, how should you compensate me?”

Tao Mu put the porridge bowl on the bedside table, and asked with a smile, “How do you want to be compensated?”

“Compensate me with this life and every life after.” Li Xiaoheng said with a faint smile, “One life is too short to love you enough.”

“Several lifetimes is so long, don’t you feel tired?” Tao Mu frowned, suddenly thought of something, and said: “Besides, the non-stop reincarnation is too hard. And Shen Er’s obsession with the Shen family is gone. It is likely that there will be no reincarnation in the future.”

Tao Mu analyzed that the reason why there were so many reincarnations was not only caused by Shen Yu’s greed and delusions. At least there must be Shen Er’s obsession with wanting to save his family taking part as well. Only when Shen Er was willing to accompany Shen Yu into reincarnation could this cycle continue.

For example, this reincarnation cycle was like a chess game. The chess players were Shen Er and Shen Yu, all of them were chess pieces, and the constant reincarnation was the chessboard. Only when two people have the desire not to let go and both have the desire to play chess, could this game of chess go on. As for who wins and who loses, it depended on whose methods and skills were more superb. And this chess game took the form of the plot halo that Tao Mu once thought.

But now, Shen Er had obviously exhausted all the feelings he had for the Shen family in the long cycle of reincarnation. Once a chess player gives up, gaps would appear in the seamless chess game, and even cause it to slowly collapse. However, the other player of the chess game was not willing for it to collapse, so he did everything possible to drag Tao Mu back into the game. This was probably why after rebirth, even though Tao Mu tried his best to avoid Shen Yu, and avoided Shen Yu’s family, he was still approached by the unwilling Shen Yu again and again, trying to drag him back to the original plot.

However, Tao Mu’s subconscious desire to break free from reincarnation had caused factual deviations. The originally unchanging trajectory of reincarnation shifted from the original direction, just like a snowball, no matter how hard Shen Yu tried to entangle him, even using up his last ounce of strength, the fate that had already rolled into a big snowball began to roll vigorously in a new direction until eventually breaking the cycle of reincarnation, and all the chess pieces woke up. And Shen Yu, who vainfully tried to play with fate, naturally had to bear the pain of being crushed by fate.

Tao Mu said: “Actually, although Shen Yu’s character in the first life was not very good, he still had intelligence and skills. However, with the repetition of reincarnation in each life, Shen Yu would become a little stupider.” Until this life, when the seven emotions and six desires were almost exhausted, and only greed and delusions remain to support Shen Yu’s personality.

However, desires were hard to satisfy, and Shen Yu, who only had greedy desires left under his skin, obviously would never be satisfied. He would only keep asking and asking for more. But this kind of person was doomed not to be liked by others no matter what time or place. In other words, Shen Yu went to great lengths to exchange for this reincarnation situation, but in the end, he could only get the fate of losing everything.

Thinking of this, Tao Mu couldn’t help sighing a little. Shen Yu harmed Shen Er and so many people because of a moment of greed, but in the end he was also swallowed up by this greed. Tao Mu felt that the current Shen Yu had almost lost all the emotions and perceptions that a human being should have, and without these, a human could not be called a human.

“That’s his own fault.” Li Xiaoheng snorted coldly, and hugged their CEO Tao tightly: “He has caused you to suffer so miserably! And made your husband, I, stay alone in a vacant bedroom for so many lives! I have been an old virgin for several lifetimes! This hatred and grudge will never be forgiven! If you have the time to feel sorry for him, why don’t you think about how to make it up to me?”

As Li Xiaoheng was talking, his whole body practically glued over, pressing Tao Mu under him with restless hands and feet.

Tao Mu felt tingly all over because of Li Xiaoheng’s messing around, so he could only hold Li Xiaoheng’s wrist and said softly: “Don’t fool around. We are talking about serious stuff!”

“You say what you want, and I’ll do what I want, these two things are not in conflict.” Li Xiaoheng thrusted against Tao Mu hard, the underlying meaning clear in his words.

Tao Mu’s whole body went jelly-like from Li Xiaoheng’s actions, and he collapsed weakly on the hospital bed. But his arms encircled Li Xiaoheng’s neck very honestly.

Li Xiaoheng originally just wanted to tease Tao Mu to distract Tao Mu’s attention so that he would stop thinking about unhappy things and disgusting people. Unexpectedly, Tao Mu was so obedient, and it immediately aroused all Li Xiaoheng’s desires.

So without another word, a tumult that needed to be carried out with the lights off occurred. After the cloud and rain passed, Li Xiaoheng hugged his arms around Tao Mu in his embrace, and with his palms running along Tao Mu’s smooth back, he said slowly: “When you were unconscious, I had a dream. According to your analysis, probably all those in the chess game will have dreams. Maybe the Shen family will remember everything too.”

Li Xiaoheng looked down at Tao Mu, hesitant to speak. Finally, he asked, “Have you ever thought about what to do?”

“There is nothing to do.” Tao Mu lay in Li Xiaoheng’s arms, and said lazily, “Actually, the revenge that should be taken and the people who should be hated, Shen Er had already dealt with it all in the first life.”

At the beginning, Zhuo Yan deliberately got close to Shen Er, and joined forces with the Yao family to destroy the Shen family. Shen Er tried his best to find Mr. Song, and forced the Yao family to hand over the “Song Family Recipe Book”. He even went further, directly tossing Sheng’an Group into bankruptcy and shutting down, leaving the Yao family with nothing. The methods were much more ruthless than Tao Mu in this life. Later, he teamed up with Li Xiaoheng to force Zhuo Yan to go to jail, and finally took him down together. One life for another, all grievance and hatred had long been settled. As for the many reincarnations afterwards, whether Yao Wenxiao and Zhuo Yan plotted against Tao Mu, or Tao Mu took revenge on Yao Wenxiao and Zhuo Yan in turn, Tao Mu was too lazy to bother with those sh*tty things.

As for the rest of the Shen family, in fact, the kinship relationship was already broken as early as the first life. It was just that Shen Er couldn’t see through this truth himself. Now that the obsession was gone, Tao Mu had no expectations for the Shen family, so naturally he didn’t bother to hold hatred either. He finally managed to break the reincarnation cycle, and he didn’t want to get involved in that nonsense anymore, let alone have anything to do with the people in the chess game. For the rest of his life, he just wanted to spend his days with his Mr. Li.

Mr. Li agreed with Tao Mu’s words very much. Especially the last part. But there was one person who must be punished. Otherwise, Mr. Li would not be able to get rid of his remaining hatred. It was even more difficult to spend the rest of his life with Tao Mu with peace of mind.

This person was Shen Yu.

“You said it too. These reincarnations were all caused by the obsession and greed of Shen Er and Shen Yu. Although these two factors can’t do without the other. But there is no guarantee that Shen Yu will not stir up any more trouble. I have worked so hard to find you, I won’t let others interfere. So this person must be dealt with.” When Li Xiaoheng thought of Shen Yu, that beast, he felt angry all over his body. This beast who didn’t deserve to be called a human had harmed Tao Mu to this extent just because of his own selfishness. As if Li Xiaoheng would let him go so easily.

Tao Mu finally broke free from the reincarnation cycle, and of course he didn’t want to walk back on the old road. Hearing Li Xiaoheng’s words, he thought for a long time before saying: “Although the reincarnation of each life is similar. But after I thought about it carefully, in fact, no matter how the reincarnation of each life changed, there were always two time nodes that would never change. Which are meeting at the age of eighteen and dying at the age of twenty-eight.”

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These two time nodes happened to be the first meeting of Shen Yu and Shen Er in the first life, and their time of death. For some reason, Shen Yu seemed to be extremely obsessed with these two points in time. In so many lifetimes of reincarnation, many details have changed, but these two time nodes have never changed.

“So,” Tao Mu concluded thoughtfully, “If we can guarantee that no one dies on our twenty-eighth birthday, we can probably break the cycle of reincarnation.”

“This is easy.” Li Xiaoheng chuckled lightly upon hearing this, and said with deep eyes: “It’s not easy to have a person live. But it’s too easy for a person to be unable to die.”

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Don’t know if it was because “Tao Mu” was too obsessed. In the dream, Tao Mu saw with his own eyes that after “Tao Mu” died, the world began to fall into reincarnation.

Speaking of reincarnation, according to Tao Mu’s understanding, it was actually more like falling into a novel with “Shen Yu” as the protagonist. At the beginning of the story, under the influence of the protagonist’s halo, Shen Yan, who once had a deep resentment towards Shen Er left over from the first life, switched the two children as she wished. Everything that followed was as described by Shen Chen. Eighteen years later, the two children accidentally met and their true backgrounds saw the light. The real Shen Er returned to the Shen family again, but he could not win the hearts of the Shen family no matter how he tried. Then there was never-ending unfulfilled wanting and feelings of being unable to let go, reincarnation and revenge again and again. Until Tao Mu——to be precise, Shen Er, exhausted any last trace of nostalgia and expectations he had for the Shen family.

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And all those who have experienced the first life have become “Tao Mu”‘s marionettes, and according to “Tao Mu’s” wishes, they unconsciously cooperated with “Tao Mu”‘s performance. This person, who was full of greed and resentment from the moment he appeared, finally got his wish and took away everything from “Shen Er”. It also made the former Shen Er who was full of concern for the Shen family dissipate completely.

A tear fell from the corner of his eye, and a breaking sound came from the depths of his heart, as if a mirror was shattered, and Tao Mu only felt a sudden lightness in his body. It was as if he had broken free from some kind of confinement from deep inside his body. In the boundless darkness, like water waves rippling, a figure condensed out of the rippling water waves, and finally turned into the appearance of “Shen Er” in Tao Mu’s impression.

He stood opposite Tao Mu. His face was sad, but there was a trace of relief in his eyes. In the end, he didn’t say a word, just like fireworks, sparks of light suddenly gushed out from the inside of his body. Those lights gradually rose in the darkness, each bit of light holding a memory of the first life in which Shen Er spent with the Shen family, and finally melted into the boundless darkness, slowly dissipating forever.

And as those lights slowly disappeared, Tao Mu clearly knew that the trace of Shen Er’s obsession with the Shen family that was buried deep in his heart had completely disappeared.

Life was too short and the reincarnation cycle was too long. No matter how sincere and strong the feelings were, they couldn’t stand the wear and tear again and again. The former Shen Er was full of nostalgia and guilt for his family, so he was willing to fall into the reincarnation cycle created by “Tao Mu”‘s greedy delusion. However, the accumulation of unfulfilled wanting and feelings of being unable to let go in each life was too tragic. These emotions accumulated slowly like sharp knife points, hollowing out the purest and strongest nostalgia deep in Shen Er’s heart little by little. Until the last trace of love was pulled out, Shen Er, who was already bloody and unrecognizable, finally realized that he could no longer restore everything to the past of happier times. The Shen family he held close to his heart had already shattered into unglueable pieces in the long cycle of reincarnation——no, it should be that it had already shattered into unglueable pieces in the first life. It was just that Shen Er refused to accept this fact.

The father and brother in his heart had already disappeared in the car accident in the first life. So no matter how many times they reincarnated afterwards, Shen Shiyuan and Shen Chen’s attitude towards Shen Er was like that of a stranger. However, Mrs. Shen and Shen Yan were resentful of Shen Er inviting the wolf into the house and causing the Shen family to be ruined in the first life. Therefore, in every reincarnation, Shen Er who returned to the Shen family had to face the reprimands and wariness of Mrs. Shen and Shen Yan. Because these two people subconsciously felt that Shen Er’s appearance would bring the Shen family to an end. In their hearts, Shen Er was no longer a family member, but the chief culprit who caused the ruin of the Shen family.

It was a pity that the former Shen Er couldn’t see through these realities. After going through the cycles of reincarnation to see through all this, Shen Er, who was struggling to hold on for the sake of his family, couldn’t bear it anymore. That was why Tao Mu in this life could put aside his obsession, let go of the Shen family completely, and pursue a brand new life.

——Only those who stay forever in the past would stagnate. Once the decision was made to look ahead, the time that had stood still continued to run again. Like a gap finally appearing in the tightly fitting gears, the person who truly cared about Shen Er and wanted to spend the rest of his life with Shen Er could be able to follow Shen Er’s presence into reincarnation and find the lover he had been searching for for a long time.

“Xiao Mu! Xiao Mu! Xiao Mu, wake up…..”

In the darkness, a voice came from a distance. Tao Mu, who finally remembered everything and was finally able to let go of everything, relaxed, and walked in the direction of the voice. At first he walked slowly, then his steps became more and more firm, striding forward, and finally it turned into a run. The darkness in front of him was slowly being driven away by the light. The world grew bright like day——

“Xiao Mu…..”

“I’m here.” Fingertips twitched slightly, and a breathless voice came out of his mouth. Tao Mu, who had been sleeping for a long time, fluttered his eyelashes and slowly opened his eyes. Li Xiaoheng’s handsome face came into sight, along with Liu Yao, Meng Qi, Mr. Song and Dean Tao who were standing around the hospital bed.

These people were his true family.

“Doctor, doctor, Xiao Mu has woken up. Come quickly!” Liu Yao, who was standing by, suddenly turned around and rushed out of the ward, shouting in the corridor.

Meng Qi, Mr. Song and Dean Tao also bent down and asked Tao Mu if he felt uncomfortable. Li Xiaoheng held Tao Mu’s hand tightly with both hands, and pressed it to his cheek.

“How long have I been asleep?” Tao Mu asked.

“It’s not sleeping, it’s a coma. You’ve been in a coma for three whole days.” Li Xiaoheng touched Tao Mu’s forehead, then touched Tao Mu’s face: “What’s wrong? Do you want to drink water? Are you hungry? Do you want to go to the bathroom?”

Tao Mu chuckled: “I’m fine. I just had a dream. Now I woke up from the dream.”

Li Xiaoheng seemed to understand Tao Mu’s underlying meaning, and immediately said, “Waking up from the dream is good. After waking up from the dream, you can return to reality and continue to look forward.”

Tao Mu looked at Li Xiaoheng in surprise. Li Xiaoheng smiled warmly and said, “Just like you, I also had a dream.”

Don’t know if it was because Liu Yao, Meng Qi, and Mr. Song were all still in the ward. Seeing Li Xiaoheng’s expression of not wanting to say more, Tao Mu said apologetically, “I’m sorry——”

“Don’t be sorry.” Li Xiaoheng interrupted Tao Mu: “We should all be thankful. We met very early in this life, and we have plenty of time to spend the rest of our lives together.”

You once said that we met too late and parted too early. After so many reincarnations, I finally found you. I can finally stay by your side safely and securely, accompany you when you are young and energetic, accompany you when you are whitewashed in old age, and then finally when we are too old and can no longer move, we will rest in the same coffin. For the rest of our lives, not even death can separate us.

“En!” Tao Mu nodded with a slightly choked voice. Blinking his wet eyes he said: “Li Xiaoheng, I’m hungry.”

The several people still in the ward said in unison: “What do you want to eat?”

The doctor checked over Tao Mu’s whole body from inside to outside, and announced that there was nothing wrong with Tao Mu under everyone’s anxious eyes. The symptoms of this inexplicable coma and then inexplicable waking, besides making Tao Mu have a dream, the only side effect left behind was the constantly growling belly.

Learning that Tao Mu fell into a coma, all the actors and staff of “Soldier Elite”, as well as Tao Mu’s friends and work partners, all visited within three days. Even the major media and Tao Mu’s fans were waiting at the entrance of the hospital for a sight of him. Knowing that Tao Mu was awake, these people came again after hearing the news. There were seven to eight dishes on Tao Mu’s table, and he received guests while eating. The originally quiet vip ward had become a celebrity reception room. The doctors and the nurses waited excitedly in the corridor, taking out their phones and taking pictures. There were even reporters from FlyNews Entertainment who, relying on their direct lineage status, dared to request an interview with their immediate boss. The main reason was that the news of Tao Mu’s coma had spread on the Internet. Many people were concerned about Tao Mu’s health. Letting Tao Mu broadcast live in front of the camera could also reassure those fans and netizens who care about Tao Mu.

Although everyone was separated by a network cable, and they were just strangers who have never met before, these feelings of care and love should still be cherished. Tao Mu himself had experienced the hardship and pain of not being cherished, and of course he didn’t want those who care about him to be rebuffed. After many reincarnations, many obsessions have dissipated. Only the belief that true love and care should be cherished, which had penetrated into the bone marrow with the accumulation of many lifetimes, and even became an instinctive reaction.

The reporter from FlyNews Entertainment was setting up the equipment in the ward, and Tao Mu was leaning on the bedside to greet everyone in the background. It was just that there was a small episode before the live broadcast. Tao Mu insisted that his family accompany him to appear in the camera. This included Li Xiaoheng.

Liu Yao, Meng Qi and Mr. Song all objected. Liu Yao and Mr. Song simply didn’t want their little cub to be snatched away by a wolf with a big tail so early. Meng Qi’s reason was relatively objective, he only said that FlyNews.com had not done the most appropriate crisis public relations for when their boss came out of the closet.

However, Tao Mu didn’t want to wait any longer. The person in front of him, in order to be with him, in order to keep the promise of “meeting early and spending the rest of our lives together”, who knew how long he had waited and searched. It was another story if he didn’t know about all this, but since Tao Mu recalled so many things, he absolutely couldn’t stand his CEO Li waiting for even a second for him.

For the rest of his life, Tao Mu hoped that his CEO Li would always be by his side. Growing old together with the support and blessings of family members.

Tao Mu’s attitude was very sincere, and the way he spoke softly seemed as if he was shining. Sitting next to him, Li Xiaoheng couldn’t help hugging him tightly, and promised with a serious face: “Uncle Liu, Uncle Meng, Grandpa Song, please rest assured in handing Tao Mu to me. I swear, I will treat him well for the rest of my life. I will never make him sad. I will always be with him.”

He searched bitterly for several lifetimes, and he didn’t know how long it took before he finally found this person. The waiting and searching were so long that not even the most fancy words could describe his state of mind. Only these simple words could reveal Li Xiaoheng’s determination.

The two children were so determined, Liu Yao, Meng Qi and Mr. Song could only look at each other and agreed.

So the netizens who were in front of their computers were surprised to find that during Mr. Tao’s live broadcast, not only Tao Mu’s legal and true emotional family members were by his side. There was also Li Xiaoheng who had no official status or title——

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But this time, CEO Li finally got his official status.

At the end of the live broadcast, Tao Mu held Li Xiaoheng’s hand, and the two sat side by side in front of the camera. Tao Mu solemnly announced to everyone with a serious face: “Hi everyone, this is Li Xiaoheng, my beloved.”

We will grow old together, and not waste this life.

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