Chapter 39

editor/TLC: serefina & Rin

September 2015, in the ward of a hospital in Beijing, Lu Xincheng frowned and asked the doctor, “According to you, Chairman Lu is out of the critical period and no longer in serious danger. Normally, he should be able to wake up in a day or two, so why has he been in a coma for half a month while his body keeps getting weaker and weaker, yet he hasn’t woken up yet?”

The doctor was helpless. “I haven’t seen a case like this before. Logically, he wasn’t seriously hurt. Although he was hit head-on by a truck, his car had a highly rated safety performance. Even though the whole car was knocked over, the airbag and safety belt protected his head and chest, so he was not fatally injured. The result of my examination is that he has suffered a mild concussion, but it isn’t serious. The worst injury he has is a fractured left leg from it getting stuck in the car after being knocked over. The rest of his body is relatively fine. Even I don’t know why he hasn’t woken up yet.”

Lu Xincheng’s brow didn’t smooth out at all. He had been with Lu Chengye for many years, from an assistant with an annual salary of more than 100,000 yuan to a shareholder of the company with a value of more than 100 million yuan. All of this was given to him by Lu Chengye. For Lu Chengye, in addition to feeling gratitude, there was also a glimmer of longing and admiration. He had watched Lu Chengye take over the company at only 20 years old. That man had turned a company that had so many holes it may as well be a sieve into one of the top ten enterprises in China despite his own family holding him back.

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This wasn’t Lu Xincheng exaggerating. During the years when Lu Chengye took over the company, he was plotted against no less than 10 times, all of which came from within his family. Lu Chengye calmly and quietly cleaned up all the people in the family who would drag him back, then suppressed them until they became obedient. These people spared no effort to plot behind Lu Chengye’s back, which made the 27-year-old him not allow himself to fall in love. He completely distrusted any women who took the initiative to approach him or who came across him in some sort of “chance encounter”, and sent them to the door. Last month, Lu Chengye had finally arranged everything properly. After making sure that no one else could take over the company, he hired someone to manage it with confidence, planning to be an arm-flinging shopkeeper. Watching Lu Chengye finally being able to throw his heavy work aside for a more carefree and relaxed life, the Lu Xingcheng who always understood him was happy for him.

Who knew that just after turning around, he would hear news of Lu Chengye’s car accident. He couldn’t help but think of the accident five years ago. The most important of the plots against Lu Chengye was probably the one from five years ago, when Lu Hongbo, fueled by liquid courage, impulsively crashed into him. If he was sober, he wouldn’t have dared do so even if someone gave him all the courage in the world. Because he knew Lu Hongbo and didn’t want to expose his family’s affairs to law enforcement, Lu Chengye didn’t hold Lu Hongbo legally responsible. Instead, he had him detained for a while in order to make him well-behaved.

Unexpectedly, just when Lu Chengye wanted to relax, something happened once again! Lu Xingheng stood in front of the hospital bed and looked at Lu Chengye, who was becoming increasingly thin and pale. He was very worried. If Lu Chengye didn’t wake up, his condition would get worse and worse, and his leg fracture may not be able to heal. If things kept dragging on like this…

At that moment, Lu Xincheng seemed to see Lu Chengye’s fingers move. He quickly looked closer, but the fingers did not move again. Lu Xincheng stared at Lu Chengye for a long time to make sure there was no further movement, then sighed with disappointment. However, when he shifted his gaze, he saw Lu Chengye with tears streaming down his face.

That’s right. Lu Chengye was not yet awake, but his face was full of tears, and his eyes moved under his eyelids. He seemed to be having a nightmare, but was unable to wake up from it.

“Doctor, doctor!” Lu Xincheng hurriedly pressed the call button. The doctor ran to the ward, only to find Lu Chengye still asleep with tears continuously flowing from his closed eyes.

“Doctor, how is he? What’s going on? Why is he crying but not waking up?”

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“He…” How could the doctor know why Lu Chengye was crying? He said helplessly, “Do you want to call out for him and say something that might stimulate him? Maybe he would wake up?”

Lu Xincheng didn’t know if it would work, but pulled out the chair and sat beside Lu Chengye, telling him what had happened while he was in a coma. In fact, after the car accident, nothing had happened in the company. Lu Chengye had arranged everything so that even without him being there, the hired CEO could take good care of things. There were no problems at all, so Lu Xincheng could only mention a few trivial matters. However, no matter what he said, Lu Chengye did not wake up. Lu Xincheng had no choice but to start talking about the past, how they had found ways to solve the difficulties they had encountered together in the company one by one.

“Five years ago, do you remember that time when Lu Hongbo drove into you? There were pedestrians on the sidewalk, and a dog stepped in front of his car to save its owner, and indirectly saved your and Lu Hongbo’s lives. Speaking of that, you’re so lucky. You’ve been in two car accidents, but aren’t seriously injured. This time is the same, so why aren’t you waking up?”

As he said that, Lu Chengye’s hand moved again. This time it was an obvious and large movement. His arm almost lifted up, as if he was trying to catch something. Lu Xincheng grabbed his hand and said, “Wake up!”

Lu Chengye shook off Lu Xincheng’s hand and grabbed the at air several times, but caught hold of nothing. He slowly opened his eyes and his gaze fell on his empty hand. His human hand, not the front paw of an animal.

Hang Hang! He sat up abruptly, then became dizzy and laid back down. His whole body was in pain. Lu Chengye looked around and saw that his leg was hoisted high, obviously broken.

His eyes fell on Lu Xincheng, not the one he had previously met in the hotel elevator, but a little older and more mature.

“What year is it? Where am I?” Lu Chengye asked anxiously.

“…Don’t tell me you have amnesia!” Lu Chengye ran out of the ward with a face full of despair and dragged back the doctor who hadn’t gone far, asking him to give Lu Chengye a checkup. When they came, Lu Chengye was still asking those two questions.

“…September……2015?” Lu Chengye couldn’t believe he was looking at Lu Xincheng in 2015. Five years! Had it really been five years?

Hang Hang, Hang Hang… How had he been living these five years? Was he still here?

Disregarding the fact that he was still in a hospital ward, Lu Chengye wanted to pull off the thing that was holding up his leg in order to find Zhang Hang in Kaishi. However, he was ganged up on by the doctor and the nurse, and at this point he had no strength left. He didn’t know where the energy came from when he sat up. For half a month, he had been in a coma and hadn’t eaten a thing, instead living on an IV drip with nutrient solution. How could his body be in good condition?

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After examining Lu Chengye, the doctor confirmed that he was fine and that his weak body was only because he hadn’t woken up for so long. He still needed to stay in the hospital for several more days. Now that he was awake and could eat, he would be fine after resting for a while.

Because he hadn’t eaten in so long, Lu Chengye currently could only eat small amounts of liquid food. Lu Xincheng asked people to send him some nutritious soup and congee in order for him to recover as soon as possible.

Lu Chengye didn’t want to eat. He just wanted to go to Kaishi to look for Hang Hang, but his body wouldn’t allow it. His extremely healthy body of more than 20 years was now as soft as boiled noodles. He was only barely able to lift his arm, and would then breathe heavily from exhaustion, his whole body limp.

Yes, he had been hit head-on by a large truck, and was in a coma for half a month. He was in poor health and needed time to recover, but he wanted to get better as quickly as possible. As soon as he could get up, he would go to find Hang Hang. Lu Chengye took the soup from Lu Xincheng. Although he had no appetite, he tried his best to drink it. He needed to supplement nutrients and restore his health as soon as possible so that he could find Hang Hang and tell him that he was Big Black, and was still alive.

Lu Chengye’s act of drinking soup suddenly reminded him of what happened to Big Black before he died. He put down his soup and asked Lu Xincheng, “Five years ago… What was the name of the man and his dog that were there when Lu Hongbo crashed into me drunk?”

“You remember this? So it’s not amnesia,” Lu Xincheng said in a relaxed manner. “Why are you thinking about it? Did I mention it to you before you woke up? Or, for the second car accident, do you suspect Lu Hongbo? I don’t think it was him this time. Even if he has the courage, he definitely doesn’t have the money to hire someone to kill you. The truck driver escaped after hitting you, but his face showed on surveillance video. He’s an ordinary truck driver, but addicted to drugs. He divorced his wife of many years, and is now single and lives on nothing but his job of delivering goods. Such a person would be willing to do anything if they were given a bit of drugs. The police are looking for the driver. They say he hasn’t left Beijing yet, but they don’t know where he is hiding. His relatives and friends are being watched by the police, but he unfortunately hasn’t been found. They don’t know if he’s even still alive…”

“What rubbish are you speaking,” Lu Chengye said impatiently, “Did I ask? I asked, what were the names of the man and dog that were hit five years ago, and how is he doing now?”

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“Ah? I’m talking about business. Don’t you care about who is trying to hurt you?” Lu Xincheng was unable to keep up with Lu Chengye’s train of thought. “Man and a dog… let me see. By the way, the dog died on the spot, and was cremated by his master who left. As for its master… I think he was surnamed Zhang… I don’t remember it all very well. Go back and check it out. What are you asking about him for?”

Lu Chengye didn’t speak. He lowered his head and continued to drink soup. His face was very sad, and he seemed to be in a lot of pain. Lu Xincheng was completely unable to understand why, despite having his life saved, Lu Chengye’s face revealed an expression he had only ever shown when his father died.

Without needing Lu Xincheng to say anything, Lu Chengye remembered. Five years ago, he was saved by a man and his dog. The dog died, but he had thought it was just a dog. Obviously, he had been saved, but didn’t even go see the man. He asked Lu Xincheng to find the suffering master and ask him to hold Lu Hongbo legally responsible, so as to give his uncle a painful lesson.

He hadn’t even thought about meeting the person.

He’d cut Big Black’s life short by five years, then spent five of his own years accompanying Zhang Hang. It turned out… his experience of living as a dog was actually due to this?

“Chairman Lu,” Lu Xincheng asked cautiously, “Why did you cry just before you woke up? Did you have any nightmares?”

Lu Chengye shook his head. “It wasn’t a nightmare.”

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He had a dream, a happy and beautiful dream that lasted for five years. In those five years, he’d felt a lifetime of happiness.

sere: so that’s where he went. Hurry and find your Hang Hang!!!