Transmigrated as My Best Friend's Ex

100. I Can’t Bear to Leave Him Alone in This World

Translator: Guy Gone Bad

When Li Qinghao woke up, he was a little surprised that Nancheng Lie was not here. He knew Nancheng Lie pretty well. He had thought that Nancheng Lie would be by his side when he woke up, but Nancheng Lie was away. Obviously, Nancheng must have something important to do.

The pain had gone. Li Qinghao just felt weak in his limbs.

“You are awake?” The door of the ward was pushed open from the outside. Nancheng Yunsen appeared in the doorway. Li Qinghao sensed from the expression on Yunsen’s face that he had something to say.

Nancheng Yunsen wouldn’t get interested in the original Li Qinghao, so… Li Qinghao nodded, “Bro.” He always addressed Nancheng Lie’s brothers ‘bro’ and Nancheng Lie’s parents ‘dad and mom’, because he regarded them as his own family, from the bottom of his heart.

When he was a child, Nancheng Lie took his hand, brought him to Nancheng Mansion and introduced him to the whole Nancheng family. Since then he had called Nancheng Yunsen that.

“Hi, Xu.” Nancheng Yunsen walked in and closed the door behind him. “You… You are really a medical miracle.” He drew a chair up to the bedside, sat down and crossed his legs. Once he took off his doctor’s gown, he turned into a playboy, just like his younger brother.

But Nancheng Lie differed from Nancheng Yunsen in character. Nancheng Lie was aggressive and dominating, mostly because he was brought up by Nancheng Yunyu.

Li Qinghao raised his eyebrows and teased, “Are you planning to experiment on me, bro?” His fine, delicate features, however, gave Nancheng Yunseng a strange feeling.

It was so strange! A man with Li Qinghao’s face spoke in the same way as Han Mingxu. Nancheng Yunseng couldn’t understand how Nancheng Lie got used to it.

“I do want to do so, but I’m afraid that my little brother would beat me up.” He said in a tentative tone, “I even thought about reporting you to National Research Bureau. Maybe I would get a reward.”

A faint smile played on Li Qinghao’s face. He leaned on the headboard and grew silent.

Nancheng Yunsen looked Li Qinghao up and down in an open way. He had a very beautiful face. His beauty could attract people of all ages and both sexes. He was thin, and had a beautiful, alabaster neck and a defined collarbone. In a word, he was charming and drop-dead sexy.

What was more, he was more human than before.

When he had been Han Mingxu, he had always kept an expressionless face. Only when he saw Nancheng Lie would he give a smile. But now he was more human and approachable. Maybe it was because he had been through a lot of things.

Nancheng Yunsen got back to the point. “How did you feel in the past few days?”

“TRKS began to show its effect three days ago. At the beginning, painkillers could effectively relieve my pain. But when I suffered a second attack, the painkillers’ effect tailed off.” Li Qinghao wrinkled her brows in concentration. ‘If things go on like this, I think I need to tie myself up when the virus attacks me again. Otherwise, maybe I might want to injure myself like some addicts do,’ he thought to himself.

“I’m afraid that painkillers will soon be useless to you.” Nancheng Yunsen came to a conclusion.

“What’s your advice?”

“As a student of medicine, you know how to use painkillers, don’t you?”

“Yes, of course. In order to prevent patients from being overly dependent on painkillers, we doctors usually prescribe non-opioid analgesics first. If it can’t effectively relieve pain, we can add weak opioid analgesics to the prescription. If the combination of these two kinds of analgesics still can’t kill the pain, we can use strong opioid analgesics. Bro, are you advising me to take opium to kill the pain?” Li Qinghao never thought about it; to be more exact, he hadn’t got the time.

“An appropriate amount of opium won’t do much harm to your health. You have a strong will. I think you can give up opium. It’s just a suggestion. Anyway, it’s best not to take opium.”

Li Qinghao gave a bitter smile. “Bro, I died once. Nothing is worse than death. Drug addiction is nothing to me. I just don’t want to die again.” With that, he looked out of the window. A slight breeze rose, wafting the faint scent of flowers past him. Life is fragile and short, but love makes one strong. “I can’t bear to leave him alone in this world.”

Nancheng Yunsen knew who Li Qinghao was talking about.

If he died, the Han family wouldn’t feel sad because they didn’t yet know he was the real Han Mingxu. Li Qinghao’s parents would probably be sad, but he didn’t worry so much about them because he believed they could pull themselves together. After all, they had lived with the fear of losing Li Qinghao in the past two years. Now they were better equipped mentally to cope with whatever might happen.

But Nancheng Lie would be unable to bear the pain of losing his beloved. He had been in the depths of despair until Xu came back to him. If he lost Xu again, he would be absolutely shattered.

“Bro, if someone had told me two years ago that someday I would develop a romantic relationship with him, I would have laughed at his fancy. When I was Han Mingxu, I was accustomed to being taken care of by him and took it for granted. But two months ago when I found myself becoming Li Qinghao, I was so sad because it meant I lost him. Bro, you know I’m not a creature of the emotions. My parents died when I was young. Although my grandpa and uncles were very kind to me, I always kept them at arm’s length. But he’s different,” said Li Qinghao.

Many years later, Nancheng Yunsen told these words to Nancheng Lie. At that time, they were grey-headed, but Nancheng Lie jumped for joy like a child.

A couple usually complemented each other in terms of character. Li Qinghao was a quiet man, while Nancheng Lie was lively and active. Neither of them was perfect, but they formed a perfect circle.

It was suppertime when Nancheng Lie came back to the hospital. Li Qinghao leaned on the headboard reading a book quietly. Hearing the door open, he raised his head and gave Nancheng Lie a smile. Nancheng was dazed, feeling as if he saw an angel. Li Qinghao had intended to leave the hospital, but he knew if he did so, Nancheng Lie would search the whole city for him. So, he gave up the idea. He didn’t want to make Nancheng Lie worried.

Seeing that Li Qinghao had a faint smile on his face, Nancheng Lie walked over and asked, “What are you reading? It seems interesting.”

“A sweet nurse perceived that I was bored. She gave me this novel for entertainment.” Li Qinghao closed the book. It was his first time to read a romance novel. He felt it interesting.

“A novel?” Nancheng Lie took the book from Li Qinghao’s hand.

“My Wife Is A Man… What kind of book is it?” Nancheng Lie knew he was gay. In the past he dallied with many men. But he always considered himself above the crowd and never read novels, so he didn’t know of the so-called ‘BL novels’.

Li Qinghao explained patiently, “It’s a BL novel about boys’ love.” With that, Li looked at Nancheng with a smile, waiting for his response.

Nancheng Lie was stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing.

Li Qinghao shook his head helplessly and said, “Let’s go. I’m going to stay at your home for a few days.”

“Really?” That was what Nancheng Lie wanted, but Li Qinghao’s initiative aroused his suspicions.

“Yes, your brother will take care of me. What’s more, I feel sorry for occupying this body, and I can’t bear to make my present parents worried. I’ve asked Mr. Li to apply for quitting school for me. Could you drive me to Li’s villa? I want to pack some clothes.” He was not their son, so he shouldn’t fill them with worry.

But anyway, he would take good care of Mr. Li and Mrs. Li as long as he was still alive. After all, he owed them.

“By the way, Wilbert Dom called me this afternoon. He showed his concern for me and invited me to lunch with him tomorrow.”

Nancheng Lie said maliciously, “A weasel giving new year’s greetings to a hen has ulterior motives. He must be hatching a plot.” Nancheng Lie was jealous at the thought of Li Qinghao and Wilbert Dom talking and laughing in a restaurant.

They two walked out of the ward and attracted the eyes of nurses and other patients’ families. Handsome men were always popular.

Li Qinghao heard the jealousy in Nancheng Lie’s voice. He sighed, “I remember you were not a jealous person.”

“In the past you never gave me a chance to show my jealousy.” Nancheng Lie used to think that Han Mingxu liked women. He felt very nervous every time Han Mingxu received love letters from girls. He feared that Han Mingxu would take a fancy to a girl, get married and have kids. Although he faked nonchalance for fear of losing face, in fact he almost wanted to kill those girls.

“So, you think it’s my fault?” Li Qinghao asked.

“No, it’s all their fault,” Nancheng Lie blurt out. “They shouldn’t have given you love letters.”

Li Qinghao couldn’t help laughing loudly. “You are pretty thick-skinned.”

Nancheng Lie replied, “Thank you for your compliment. I know I’m excellent.”

When they arrived at Li’s villa, supper was ready. During the meal, Li Qinghao suddenly thought of Wilbert Dom. Nancheng Lie had told him that Wilbert was the son of King of Drugs. Li Qinghao was afraid that Mr. Li would suffer losses, so he questioned Mr. Li about the company’s business. Mr. Li didn’t avoid Nancheng Lie. Nancheng Group was a well-known enterprise in the world. As the general manager of Nancheng Group, Nancheng Lie wouldn’t compete with a small business.

“Mr. Dom said he needs time to think it over. I think he wants to make some inquiries and see if Yangming Electronics can be trusted,” Mr. Li answered. In his opinion, Wilbert’s cautious attitude was perfectly understandable. But he was really worried that this deal would fail.

“Oh?” Li Qinghao was surprised. ‘Since Wilbert needs time to think it over, how can he have time to ask me out for dinner? He tantalizes Mr. Li with the deal, and at the same time, he tries to ask me out. It’s so strange! What the hell is he trying to do?’ Li Qinghao thought to himself.