Chapter 36: 2.8 Third Small Star – Silly Husband

Wu Wan Conservatoire had fallen into chaos. There are two reasons: First, a famed professor had gotten buried under one of the greenhouse's roofs, which collapsed during his lessons. And second, the Demon King had gone mad. This accident caused disorder in the whole conservatoire. They would have never expected that the ceiling of one of the greenhouses would suddenly just collapse like that, almost burying one of their professors alive. Moreover, the professor involved in the accident was not just anyone; it was Hei Xue, the King of the music industry and Wan Lengya's former wife. It is no wonder that the owner had gone mad with anger when he heard that his lover got hurt. After all, the conservatoire is his own territory. If he couldn't even protect his own lover within his own land, that was absurd. When someone told Wan Lengya the news of his former wife getting involved in that accident, the one who informed him was almost killed by him. The messenger was nearly choked to death by Wan Lengya upon hearing the news. If not for Yue Wuya, who successfully calmed his friend down, the messenger would have suffocated on the spot. Arriving at the Hospital Entering one of the VIP rooms under Hei Xue's name, Wan Lengya saw Hei Xue covered in white bandages once again, making him remember the events that happened three years ago. But the scene before him was worse than before. Three years ago, he could only see his wife's finger covered in white, but this time he could see through his slightly opened hospital robes. Within those robes were almost countless white bandages layered on that thin body. Even with the bandages, they couldn't completely stop the bleeding, tainting the white cloth with hints of crimson. Observing Hei Xue closely from head to toe, Wan Lengya saw that his former wife's head was covered with the same white material, and his now ashen face was marred with small glass scratches, making his face look miserable. Seeing this state of Hei Xue filled Wan Lengya's heart with remorse and regret. Ah! He came too late again. His love was harmed even though he was supposed to be under his protection. Wan Lengya felt that everything he had in this moment was useless. As if noticing that someone entered his room, Hei Xue's celestial blue irises wandered towards the door to see who came for him. When they met Lengya's silver orbs, those azure eyes were blank, as if they had lost their soul. There were no emotions, no feelings; even a single hint of life was not found. It was as if this person was already dead in the world. But when he recognized that it was Wan Lengya who came, a few bits of life glinted within those deep-sea-colored orbs. His reaction was akin to those who were suddenly given a will to live, yet for some reason it only took a second for it to be extinguished. No one knew what this lonely man had recalled. Wan Lengya could only watch as Hei Xue lowered his head instantly, as if it were one of his defensive measures. With a slight tremble and a hoarse voice, Hei Xue spoke, "Why... are you… here?" He asked, lowering his gaze, not wishing to see Wan Lengya's figure. Seeing his wife's hesitation and fragility, Wan Lengya seriously wished that it was him who suffered instead. This reaction from his former wife was something he caused himself. He knew the reason why his wife never called him to inform him about his situation, despite knowing his phone number. Regardless of waking up in the hospital with nothing wrong with his memories, this was something he sowed himself—a result made because of his wrong choices. Once he recalled what happened three years ago, when his wife had gone missing and was said to be involved in some incident, it made Wan Lengya clearly realize that he was a scum. That familiar event of getting hospitalized was nothing new. A few years ago, Hei Xue, who was still named Wu Xue at that time and was his wife on paper, had been brought to the hospital after being rescued from his kidnapping. According to the police, he had accidentally gotten involved in that case and was taken as well. Wu Xue had gone missing for three days. He first disappeared after getting a usual check-up in his accustomed hospital. The witnesses at that moment said that he was grabbed together with another young man waiting at the hospital entrance. They were forcefully pushed into a black van and taken away. At that time, Wan Lengya didn't know what happened, as he was out of the country attending an international concert in France. He was their country's representative at that time. When he returned to the country on the third day of Wu Xue's disappearance, Lengya even received countless phone calls from Wu Xue, but thinking that it was nothing important, Lengya never answered even once. He would never have expected that those phone calls were his wife's cries for help. Reminiscing about this unfortunate event made him remember how much of an asshole he was. Wan Lengya was a good-for-nothing in his former wife's eyes; he never even once thought of wasting his time to call him this time just to ask him to help. The trauma he caused three years ago was deeply buried in Xue's heart. Even though they've gotten a bit closer in the past few months, what he had already done could not be undone. It was a fact that he had committed negligence in protecting Hei Xue before, and this time he had failed once again. He was an utter failure. Avoiding to meet Lengya's eyes, Hei Xue continued to speak his prepared lines. "I... I cannot continue teaching with these injuries. I will have Hei Yu prepare my dismissal procedure, then I..." Hei Xue couldn't complete what he wanted to say. Wan Lengya suddenly pulled him into a tight hug. The hug was overwhelming, making Xue unable to continue speaking. The pain from his injuries spread in his body; this was because the man had embraced him with uncontrolled strength. He could already imagine his wounds reopening. Well, this would allow Lengya to feel even more sorry for him. He didn't mind deepening his husband's feeling of distress towards him. A hoarse but gentle voice, with hints of tenderness through the scolding tone, reached his ears. "Don't say that. Please don't say anything anymore. I'm sorry. S-sorry... I… let you… get hurt again. I'm sorry. Please don't leave me again, Xue'er," said Wan Lengya as he slightly tightened his arms around Xue. Hei Xue could even feel this man slightly trembling. Wan Lengya's breathing tickled his neck as the man leaned his head on the top of Xue's shoulder. Hei Xue could feel warm droplets falling on his neck. It was evident that the person in front of him was so frightened that even his tears fell uncontrollably upon seeing his state. This wasn't the first time he had seen his husband cry. During their first lifetime, his husband cried the same way when he got kidnapped by a rival company once. He had gone missing for one whole day while the kidnappers contacted his husband as they asked for a ransom. His husband received numerous threatening messages saying that once he failed to give them what they wanted, something terrible would happen to him, his wife. Though in the end, he was rescued personally by his husband before the day even ended. After that, his husband, as if he had gone crazy, demolished that rival company, who was the mastermind of the kidnapping. It startled even him after watching the footage his system had secretly recorded. Well, it was his orders to have the whole event recorded for solid proof, though it wasn't used in the end, as his husband took a different approach to punish those men. The video showed cruelty and inhumanity. Seeing how much his husband tortured those humans, those people were treated even worse than pigs in slaughterhouses. Wang Tian had starved them for a week without anything to eat or drink. These people could only slowly eat their nails and drink their own piss, flesh and blood to survive. There were some who croaked faster than cockroaches; what could you expect? Once the whole week had passed, Wang Tian had offered them a single glass of water at the state where starvation was already beyond their control. His husband let them fight for that single glass of water—fight to the death. Only for the winner to end up eating the flesh of his own people to survive and be killed slowly with his limbs getting cut one at a time. His husband was a demon through and through; only in front of him did he become human. Only then did he understand how much this man loved him. His deep feelings were enough to become an obsession. This obsession allowed the man to follow him even in this second world. This man was cruel and obsessive, like a demon king who wouldn't let him escape even if he ran away to other worlds. He knew that this man would follow him even in hell. After experiencing the care and love he was given, Hei Xue finally decided to forgive him. Slightly struggling because he was in pain, Hei Xue continued to fidget in his man's embrace. Wan Lengya, who thought his wife wanted to leave him, tightened his arms around him, not allowing the latter to escape his embrace. He hugged him as if he wanted to embed Xue in his own body so that no one else would be able to take him away from him. His possessive side wasn't willing to let go of his love. Wan Lengya was so deep in his thoughts that he had forgotten to control the strength of his arms. Only when he felt a pain on his neck did he come back to reality, realizing that his wife had bitten him out of anger. Lengya hissed in pain and lessened the strength of his hug but still didn't intend to let go of his wife, keeping his arms around his waist. "Hiss! W-Wife?" When he looked down at his wife's small figure, Wan Lengya saw Xue glaring at him with scolding eyes, but not of hatred. He felt relief, but at the same time unease when he saw Hei Xue giving him that reprimanding look, as if he had really done something to wrong him. Glaring at his husband, Hei Xue said, "Do you not see me injured!? I'm already in pain! Why do you hug me with that much strength!? Do you want to kill me!?" he scolded. Hearing his wife's accusation, Wan Lengya stuttered in his reply, "N-No, I..." Only when he saw the blood on his wife's white bandages spreading more than usual did he panic and call for a doctor in a hurry. "Doctor! Doctor, please come over! Wife... My wife is bleeding!" Wan Lengya shouted in the hallway, causing commotion and misunderstanding within the hospital. His shouts made others in the hospital think that this husband's wife was bleeding and was about to give birth. Hahaha~ Hearing his husband's usual silliness, Hei Xue couldn't help but laugh at Lengya.