Chapter 2198: Lu Meng (10)
He went downstairs, said a word to the Ruan Family, and then went out the door to the Lu Family. However, he didn’t take the main entrance; instead, he climbed over the wall and onto the balcony, reaching Lu Xian’s room.
Lu Xian stood by the desk while Lu Meng sat in front of it. Lu Xian was teaching him how to write his name. Duan Xi jumped onto the balcony, and before the two could react, he moved in front of them in a couple of steps, grabbed Lu Meng by the neck with one hand, and lifted him into the air.
Neither expected his sudden attack. Lu Meng, unable to evade, struggled in mid-air under Duan Xi’s grip, but no matter how he twisted, he couldn’t escape Duan Xi’s hold.
"Duan Xi!" Lu Xian roared in anger, rushing to grab Lu Meng, but as soon as his arm touched Duan Xi’s, Duan Xi flung him away with one hand, throwing him heavily to the ground, unable to get up for quite a while.
Duan Xi’s gaze fell harshly on him: "Lu Xian, don’t easily anger me, or I will make it so that even a zombie is more lively than you, mark my words!"
Lu Xian believed, of course, he did! Because he knew what existed within his own body.
He pushed himself up from the floor, "What exactly do you want?"
Duan Xi sneered, "Isn’t that something I should be asking you?"
His gaze shifted back to Lu Meng, who was turned blue and purple, breathing more out than in under his grip. He watched as Lu Meng’s eyes grew increasingly glazed until the whites disappeared, leaving only black, resembling bottomless black holes.
At the same time, his body seemed to suddenly flood with infinite strength, and he actually broke free from Duan Xi’s hand, landing stably on the ground.
Beside him, Lu Xian immediately pulled him over, shielding him protectively behind.
Duan Xi narrowed his eyes, his gaze switching between the two: "What exactly is he? What are you plotting?"
"That’s none of your business, is it?" Lu Xian’s gaze fell mockingly on him: "Duan Xi, everyone knows what you are. I haven’t exposed you, so don’t meddle in our affairs either."
"I naturally won’t meddle in your affairs, but if it harms Jiaojiao..."
"No matter who we harm, it won’t be her!" Lu Meng shouted from behind Lu Xian.
Seeing his emotional state, Lu Xian, fearing he might reveal more, soothingly patted his head and turned back to continue speaking with Duan Xi: "I know why you came to us. Jiaojiao’s fever is due to her constitution, not our doing. We did alter her memory, but Duan Xi, don’t you want to see a happy Jiaojiao, or do you wish for her to remain in perpetual torment over my death?"
Duan Xi certainly didn’t wish for that, but he didn’t think they had the right to alter her memories any more than he did.
"Rest assured, we didn’t harm her physically. Xiaomeng was born with the ability to perform hypnosis. That memory is merely hidden away by him. When I leave in half a month, she will only remember I had an accident in Beidu, and won’t blame herself."
"You’ve known her since childhood, so you should understand her character better than I do, right?"
Duan Xi fell silent, a tacit acceptance, because he knew very well that Lu Xian’s words held truth. Whether Lu Xian died outside or in Beidu made a world of difference to Ruan Jiaojiao.
In the latter case, she would at most be saddened for a year or so, and with the passage of time, she would gradually forget.