Rebirth from the Ashes

Chapter 605: Got Herself an Old Sugar Daddy

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Shen Xi walked on without looking back.

As his eyes swallowed into darkness, Li Yuan watched her receding figure while clutching against his wheelchair. Unable to take it anymore, he hissed through clenched teeth. “Shen Xi!”

Shen Xi suddenly turned back and flew into his arms, giving him a tight squeeze. Her raspy voice carried a sense of wistfulness. “Brother.”

Li Yuan was without a word.

Lifting her head, Shen Xi softly kissed the corner of his lips. “Don’t be mad. I’ll miss you.”

Li Yuan’s lips finally curled in delight. Clearing his throat, he had to give her the heads-up. “Your chips are crushed.”

Way to pour cold water on the mood. It was not easy for Shen Xi to get into the moment, yet he had to ruin it. What a buzzkill. Still, Shen Xi had to feel her chips. Thank goodness her snacks were not crushed.

With downcast eyes, the girl was focused on checking her chips. The distance between them was so close that her lashes could sweep the surface of his face.

“You liar.” Shen Xi looked up to the man’s full-blown attractive face. As her breathing turned ragged, she intuitively closed her eyes.

Li Yuan drew nearer and planted a kiss on her forehead before affectionately uttering, “Get some sleep. Goodnight.”

Shen Xi could feel her heart pounding out of her chest. She nodded in a daze. Completely smitten, she replied softly, “Goodnight.”

The bell for lights out had already rung the first time. It was a reminder for a sergeant to check the quarters and proceed with a headcount. By the second ring, it was lights out.

By the time Shen Xi scrambled back to her room, the sergeant was doing a roll call. “Shen Xi.”

“Present.” Shen Xi’s voice was loud and clear.

The sergeant took a glance at her before carrying on taking the attendance.

Shen Xi bolted to her bunk bed, took off her shoes and coat, got into bed, and drew the sheets over her, all in one go.

While the bell was rung the second time, Li Yuan stared at the quarters until the lights were out before shouting, “Kun Lun.”

Kun Lun went forth to push Li Yuan’s wheelchair into the car and drove out of the barracks. Through the rear-view mirror, he observed the man in the backseat as the latter looked out the window while grazing his lips with his lean fingers as if reliving something.

He never expected Boss to bring his feelings out in the open to Ms. Shen on this trip. Kun Lun always thought Boss had some sort of plan that held him back from confessing his love for Ms. Shen.

Otherwise, they would have long laid bare their hearts to each other instead of letting the flirtation go on for almost a year. Who would wait until now?

It was pitch black in the quarters.

Shen Xi gazed at Jiang Xuanxuan who was across from her, whispering her name, tipping her the wink, and pointing to the door.

Jiang Xuanxuan softly tapped the top bunk where Ruan Xiaoxiao slept. With Ruan Xiaoxiao poking her head out, Jiang Xuanxuan copied Shen Xi to gesture to the door.

The trio crept out on tiptoes.

“Where are you going?” Gu Xiang always had to pick a fight.

“To the loo.” Jiang Xuanxuan was so kind as to extend the invite. “Do you want to join us?”

Gu Xiang scoffed in disdain. “The lazy sure is full of shit. Why would I go with you?”

Shen Xi, Jiang Xuanxuan, and Ruan Xiaoxiao made a run to the stairwell and sat down. The starlight was shining through the opposite window.

Shen Xi gave them each a packet of potato chips.

Jiang Xuanxuan’s eyes lit up. Ten days. It had been ten days since she feasted her eyes on chips. Oh, how she missed them. Moved to tears, she went and gave Shen Xi a hug. “You’re the best, Xixi.”

“Xixi, I love you.” It was the same with Ruan Xiaoxiao. She loved chips and latiao the most. It was a pity that no snacks other than proper food were allowed on the military base. God knows how much her craving was killing her inside.

Nothing could tear them away from the junk food, especially those before their eyes. After wolfing down the whole pack, they turned to Shen Xi in surprise. “Did you go out?”

Shen Xi shook her head. “Someone came to see me.”

Ruan Xiaoxiao was stunned. Shen Xi’s breathtaking beautiful smile under the moonlight sent butterflies to the girls’ stomach. Jesus. She was a hottie indeed. Even as girls, they were swept off of their feet.

Quick to catch on, Jiang Xuanxuan drew close. “Was it your boyfriend?”

Oh gawd, Shen Xi was glowing like a little girl in love. Where had her aloof attitude gone?

Shen Xi’s silence implied that that was the case.

Jiang Xuanxuan and Ruan Xiaoxiao were wise not to pursue the question further. Xixi would tell them if she wanted to. It would be weird if they insisted when she clearly was not going to answer.

In the days that followed, Shen Xi would be called away every night after training. However, she usually sneaked away instead of making it obvious and would be back before the lights were out.

Ruan Xiaoxiao and Jiang Xuanxuan were the luckiest people alive. They got to enjoy a different snack or staple food every day. They were reserved in the beginning, merely accepting what was offered but later began to order what tickled their fancy. They were over the moon, hoping more than anything for Shen Xi to see her boyfriend for three meals a day. They would get something extra for their square meals.

Others had no idea where Shen Xi went. Since she was not the friendliest person, no one else except Ruan Xiaoxiao and Jiang Xuanxuan would strike up a conversation with her. At most, Gu Xiang would pay Shen Xi extra attention because the latter was an eyesore to her, but the attention did not last long since she did not spot anything out of the ordinary.

Shen Xi had never been happier during the month of training. She wished the training would go on for a few more days as she was experiencing something different than sneaking around the house.

The sneaking around was before they were in a relationship. Now, it was official.

On the last day of training, Yu Yuanxi had to rush to the set after the last round of marching ended at noon. Since he did not have the time to look for Shen Xi, he called to inform her that he was leaving with his manager, Xiang He.

Like everyone else, Shen Xi had one last meal at the military cafeteria before getting into the bus arranged by the school to head back.

Ruan Xiaoxiao and Jiang Xuanxuan were from out of town. During the week of holidays after the military training, they would be staying in the dormitory to rest as they did not want to go through all the hubbubs of going home.

Shen Xi lived in the capital. She bade them farewell and took off while talking on the phone through an earpiece.

Li Yuan’s car was parked inside the school waiting for her. Nevertheless, the car was parked in the nearby cafeteria since there was no parking space in front of her dormitory. Li Yuan gave Shen Xi a call as he entered the school and by the time he got out of the car, the girl was running toward him. Her crisp voice echoed through the phone and real life.

“Brother.” Shen Xi waved her hand and ran up to him.

Chen Bingbing was just leaving the cafeteria when she saw Shen Xi together with a man. The man was in the wheelchair with his back facing her, so Chen Bingbing could not see his face. However, it was clear that Shen Xi was intimate with him. Before she could whip out her phone for a photo, they had already driven off.

She immediately phoned Su Ruowan, excitedly telling the latter what she had seen. “Guess what, Wanwan? Shen Xi is seeing someone.”

Su Ruowan inquired, “How do you know?”

Chen Bingbing contemptuously relayed, “I saw it with my own eyes. Do you know what kind of guy she found herself? He’s a cripple. The old man is in a wheelchair. Shen Xi, the b*tch finally got what’s coming.. I can be certain that she got herself an old sugar daddy.”