Ch52 - You live farther than Mars

Translator: Max, Ebarle

Translation Checker: Max

Editor: Max

Proofreader: Ebarle

Meng Ting saw the change in Jian Mei very clearly.

When he talked to her, he was calm despite looking weak from being sick. Just now, his phone vibrated, someone must have sent him a message. Jian Mei glanced at it casually and didn’t even read the other party’s message. Upon seeing that the other party sent him a message, delight and happiness filled his eyes.

It was the kind of happiness you feel from within. Just like some wilted saplings sprouting up through the dew and sunshine, very lively. Meng Ting no longer wanted to know who that person was but she felt that there was no need for Jian Mei to answer her question because she had some guess that Jian Mei should’ve already met someone who cherished him a lot.

At this time, she didn’t feel sad anymore.

Rather, she was a bit happy because the boy she liked seemed to have someone he liked too. As long as he’s happy then it’s fine, she’ll be happy too.

Meng Ting stayed for a while before leaving. The doctor wanted the patient to have a good rest thus it wasn’t appropriate to see visitors for too long. This arrangement was only made when Jian Mei was terribly ill before. After the class monitor left, Jian Mei became slightly uneasy so he asked his mother. “Mom, are the results of the lab tests not good this time?”

“No, don’t think too much.” Shen Meina arranged the bed for him. “You can sleep with no worries. Just cooperate with the doctor’s treatment.”

Jian Mei said, “When will I be discharged from the hospital then? The midterm exam is coming soon.”

Shen Meina paused in her movements.

Her head was lowered so the expression on her face couldn’t be seen clearly. She took a barely audible deep breath and said, “Hmm, it depends on what the doctor says but it shouldn’t take a long time. Don’t overthink it. Get well soon and you’ll be discharged sooner.”

Jian Mei nodded. “Okay.”

He didn’t continue to ask further questions, which obviously relieved Shen Meina.

After Shen Meina left, Jian Mei opened Chat on his phone and saw the message that Lu Xingwang sent him. The timestamp of the messages started when he lost his phone yesterday. Lu Xingwang had asked him if he got out of school and said good night to him.

As Jian Mei looked at the messages, he didn’t know why but for some reason he felt warm inside.

He used to think that he was the only one who cared about their relationship so much, but now his feelings were being reciprocated, it was no longer unilateral. While he was worried about Dazhuang-ge, Dazhuang-gemissed him a lot too.

Jian Mei sent a reply to him. [I’m fine, I just lost my phone.]

After the message was sent, he soon received a reply, as if he had been looking at his phone and waiting for his reply. Lu Xingwang asked: [Lost your phone?]

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Jian Mei sent him a message. [Sorry for making you worry.]

Lu Xingwang didn’t mind it. [It’s fine, so long as you’re okay.]

But to His Highness’s surprise, Jian Mei replied. [But let me tell you a secret, I’m actually a little happy.]

Lu Xingwang raised his eyebrow, thinking that this child was silly. [What are you happy about?]

With seriousness evident on Jian Mei’s small face, he obediently typed out to Lu Xingwang: “I was very anxious when I lost my phone and felt very sad as I thought that I wouldn’t be able to contact you in the future. I don’t know if you’ll forget me in the future as I can’t tell what you think. Dazhuang-ge, you’re so powerful so I think you’ll be fine without me, and there must be no shortage of people around you. I thought you’ll probably not care if I didn’t contact you.”

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Jian Mei typed over and over before sending a reply. [But I’m a little happy to see that you were thinking of me too because I don’t want to be separated from you.]

“……”

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But even if he said these words, he didn’t know how much Jian Mei’s silly head could understand.

After thinking about it, Lu Xingwang made a reckless decision. He called Jian Mei and said to him, “Is your charger with you?”

Jian Mei was stunned for a moment before replying. “Yes, it’s with me.”

Lu Xingwang hummed. “Switch it on, I’ll give you something.”

Jian Mei quickly found the charger from the drawer, turned it on, and the charger emitted a bright light. Then a star-shaped obsidian stone appeared in front of him. This gemstone was very beautiful and dazzling. When the gem was held in the hand, it didn’t appear too bright at all but it felt warm instead. It was as if through this, he could touch the warmth that hadn’t dissipated from Lu Xingwang’s hand earlier. Jian Mei couldn’t help but close his palms and held the small gem in his hand tighter.

Jian Mei asked, “What’s this? It’s so beautiful.”

Lu Xingwang said, “You can contact me with this. If one day you lost your phone, no matter where you are, as long as you put a drop of your blood on it, you can contact me.”

Jian Mei said, “Is this that amazing? A signal isn’t even necessary or there’s even no charge for the call.”

Lu Xingwang had never felt so speechless in his life, but still said, “There’s no need for that.”

This was the soul stone that every child of the Lan family would be given when they were born. This soul stone was closely linked to its bearer. When Lu Xingwang was born, Imperial Concubine Lan made a soul stone and made him carry it with him everywhere. She also told him that their Lan family’s soul stone would’ve to be handed over to their partner in the future to ensure that no matter what happened, the two of them wouldn’t lose contact.

Lu Xingwang had always preserved this soul stone.

However, he only had three to four years left to live and this year was already his third year. He didn’t know how long he was gonna live but he definitely knew he’d have no partner, so he wanted to give it to Jian Mei.

No matter how long he lived or died afterwards, he still wanted to give the soul stone to Jian Mei.

Lu Xingwang only said to Jian Mei, “Take care of it and don’t lose it.”

Although Lu Xingwang didn’t tell Jian Mei how important or precious this gem was, Jian Mei could vaguely feel the meaning of this gem, so he carefully kept the gem away, but he was still afraid of losing it wherever he put it. He even made a solemn and adorable oath. “Don’t worry, this is the first time you have given me something. I’ll definitely take good care of it, and I’ll live and die with the stone!”

Lu Xingwang was amused by this kid.

“But I don’t feel at ease keeping it anywhere.” Jian Mei liked the gem very much. He held the stone and said, “Can I drill a small hole into it and wear it on my body?”

Lu Xingwang said, “You can.”

He had carried this soul stone with him for so many years, and it even became his spiritual sustenance for a long time after his mother passed away. But he had no need for it now because he already had new spiritual sustenance.

Jian Mei touched his neck. There was a small Buddha jade on his neck. It was given to him by his grandma when she was still alive. His grandma was very kind to him and would always give him a lot of things and this little jade Buddha was also one of them. She said that this little Buddha jade could detoxify and keep people safe. Jian Mei hesitated for a second but then he took off the little Buddha jade, put it on the charger and sent it over.

Lu Xingwang picked up something that suddenly appeared in his hand unexpectedly.

Jian Mei’s voice came from the other end of the phone. “This is for you.”

Lu Xingwang wondered. “What is this?”

“This is the jade pendant that I’ve been wearing all the time. This jade pendant is a Buddha, which is our god and blesses people with safety.” Jian Mei’s voice sounded serious. “You can just wear it on your body.”

Lu Xingwang said, “You gave this to me, what about you then?”

Jian Mei faintly smiled. His voice sounded a little gentle in the silent night, “Don’t I have you,Xingxing?”

The clear voice was close to his ears. When Jian Mei said those words, Lu Xingwang’s heart shook inexplicably. Jian Mei had never called him by his name, but at this moment, he was inexplicably moved.

Jian Mei returned Lu Xingwang’s words to him. “Take care of it and don’t lose it.”

Lu Xingwang calmed down a bit and hummed in response.

Although his mother told Jian Mei that he’d be discharged from the hospital soon, he actually was deeply suspicious inside. In the past two years, he could be discharged from the hospital when he was sick with a fever. But this time, it seemed to be different. Although his parents had already tried their best to conceal it from him, but he was very attentive about these kind of matters even though he was usually foolish and silly.

He had a guess that he might not be in a good condition.

He didn’t know what would happen to him in the future, or whether he would die or not, so he wanted to give the small buddha jade to Lu Xingwang. If he was gone one day, at least the small buddha jade could accompany Lu Xingwang in his stead.

In fact, he still had a lot of regrets. He still wanted to go to a medical university, he wanted to go to many places, and he also wanted to meet Lu Xingwang in the future.

“Dazhuang-ge.” Jian Mei said tentatively, “May I know where you’re from?”

Lu Xingwang didn’t expect him to ask this. “What’s wrong?”

Jian Mei was a little lost, but he didn’t pursue it much. He only said softly, “You don’t have to answer if it’s inconvenient to say.”

Lu Xingwang suddenly felt that Jian Mei’s mood was a bit wrong today. His Royal Highness protected his privacy very well. On one hand, it was very dangerous to be involved in the identity of the imperial family and on the other hand, he didn’t want to scare Jian Mei. But today, he suddenly thought nothing would do wrong if he wanted to get involved with this child a little more.

So, Lu Xingwang said, “No, it’s fine to say.”

Jian Mei said, “Then let’s share our location! Let’s see how far it is.”

Lu Xingwang replied, “Okay.”

Before turning on the location sharing on WeChat, Jian Mei thought that he and Lu Xingwang were very far apart and might be not in the same country. The distance might be thousands of kilometers, or even across the Pacific Ocean, so there shouldn’t be a big problem if he took a plane ride.

However, when the location sharing was turned on, the map shrank down, then it zoomed out of the territory of China, then it zoomed out a few oceans, and when it finally zoomed out of the earth, Jian Mei’s eyes widened.

At this time, he still kept a little sanity, and even began to be disillusioned. The current technology had no problem landing on the moon. Even if Dazhuang-gewas on Mars, it shouldn’t be that far… not too far.

As a result…

When the local map zoomed out on the solar system, Jian Mei’s mentality collapsed.

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