Transmigrated as My Best Friend's Ex

76. Playing the Hypocrite with Every Semblance of Sincerity

Translator: Guy Gone Bad

Both Frise and Keqi had their men keep an eye on Nancheng Lie 24 hours a day. So, they soon knew that Nancheng Lie had picked Elen up at the airport.

Elen was a psychiatrist.

Keqi and Frise couldn’t think of any reason why Nancheng Lie summoned a psychiatrist to Leiluo Kingdom. But when Nancheng Lie came to Keqi’s palace with Elen, Keqi understood why.

“Are you still angry with me?” When Nancheng Lie saw Keqi walking towards him, his dark eyes flickered momentarily and then he looked away. He looked a bit embarrassed. Nancheng was indeed a good actor.

Keqi gave a short laugh. “Don’t act like a child.” Then he turned to Elen and said, “Haven’t seen you for a long time, Elen.”

Elen whistled and said, “Guess what? In order to celebrate our reunion after a long separation, I will stay here for some days.”

“Haha, you are welcome to stay.”

The three of them walked into the castle, laughing and talking.

Elen’s sudden appearance would arouse suspicion. So, they decided to visit Keqi voluntarily so as to reduce the suspicion of others.

Keqi asked, “Did you come here specially to see me, Elen? I don’t think there are any academic seminars in Leiluo Kingdom recently.” They sat down on the sofa. A servant respectfully served them with tea and then withdrew.

Elen picked up his teacup and took a sip. “Didn’t Lie tell you? I thought you two reached an agreement.” The tea tasted much better than longjing tea which could be found everywhere in China. “What kind of tea is this? Can I take some home? I want to show it off in front of my colleagues.”

Keqi was amused at Elen’s words. “It’s a special kind of tea made for the royal family.” With that, he asked the servant to pack some tea in boxes. “I remember that the eldest brother also likes drinking tea. Please take this box of tea to him, Elen.” Keqi meant Nancheng Lie’s eldest brother. He always respectfully addressed Nancheng Lie’s parents as dad and mom.

Elen agreed without hesitation, “No problem. But don’t blame me if I keep all the tea for myself.”

“Elen is here to treat Li Qinghao,” Nancheng Lie interposed. “Xu, let’s go back to the past. I will no longer have a hand in your personal affairs.”

Nancheng Lie’s tone was serious. Keqi beheld sadness in Nancheng’s eyes. He mistakenly thought that the ambiguous relationship between him and Li Qinghao saddened Nancheng Lie, but in fact, Nancheng felt sad because of the real Han Mingxu. But the real reason was not important. Anyway, Nancheng Lie successfully misled Keqi.

Keqi turned to Nancheng Lie and said, “Yes, Qinghao is in poor health, but I don’t think it’s necessary to get Elen here from very far away. I don’t want to trouble him. And… Lie, no one in this world is more important than you.”

If it were in the past, Nancheng Lie would be very happy to hear Keqi’s words. But now he felt that Keqi’s every word was an astringent satire on his stupidity and alleged love. His heart was aching so much, but he had to pretend to be moved by Keqi’s words. Nancheng Lie couldn’t help but admire himself for his perfect acting skill.

“I don’t trust other doctors. I think Li Qinghao has mental problems, so… Xu, please let Elen examine him. I need to make sure that he doesn’t hurt you,” Nancheng Lie said imploringly. Sometimes you needed to show the white feather in front of others. There was only one person in the world to whom Nancheng Lie was willing to bow down.

Keqi readily agreed, “Okay… Go and ask Mr. Li to come here.” He seemed frank on the surface, but underneath he was disturbed. Not only Nancheng Lie, but also Keqi had mixed feelings. But anyway, he couldn’t refuse Elen because it would arouse the suspicion of Nancheng Lie.

At this moment, Keqi didn’t know the secret that he was not Han Mingxu had been given away.

Li Qinghao was confused when the servant asked him to go downstairs. When he reached the foot of the stairs, he saw Nancheng Lie and Elen. His heart skipped a beat, but soon he composed himself. With a poker face, he cast a glance at Nancheng Lie and then walked over to Keqi. “Are you going to humiliate me once more? You two have made up, so I’m not important anymore, right?”

His flat voice sounded merciless. Li Qinghao bent over and raised Keqi’s chin with his finger. “Or maybe you have straightened out your thinking and intend to let me go home?”

His eyes were like bottomless brown pools, flashing with tiredness and hatred. “I really don’t want to get involved in the power struggle between you and your aunt. Can you ask your aunt to give me the antidote and spare my parents? Keqi, I’ll promise you anything as long as you ask your aunt to spare my parents.” His hand slipped feebly from Keqi’s chin. Li Qinghao was a lively young man before coming to Leiluo Kingdom, but now he looked tired and dispirited.

Keqi didn’t answer. He took Li Qinghao in his arms and said gently, “Qing hao, you are sick. You need a doctor.” Before Keiqi knew it, Li Qinghao’s pride and dashing spirit had almost worn away. To be honest, Keqi didn’t want to see Li Qinghao have such a sad look.

He was sick?

The next second Li Qinghao pushed Keqi away and sat down next to Keqi on the sofa. Then he crossed his legs and looked at Elen with a mocking smile. “So, you are a doctor, and you are here to examine me?” He seemed to become an altered man in an instant. He lounged back on the sofa and fixed his black eyes on Elen. He seemed to be shrouded in the mists of mystery and freedom and in a different world from people around him.

“Yes,” Elen replied. Something about the young man was familiar.

Li Qinghao had no intention of being examined by Elen. He instead asked, “Do you know TRKS? It’s a kind of virus.”

“TRKS?” Elen was really surprised. He was not pretending. “It’s said to be a new virus developed by T organization. It can remain latent for 49 days in human body. Pathogens will take effect after 49 days. When the time comes, human body heat will accelerate its spread through human blood. 49 days later, blood vessel will explode as the virus piled up to a certain amount. That is to say, if the poisoned person can’t get an antidote within 3 months, he will die.” He would die with great pain. “I’ve only heard of this virus from Yusen. How do you know it?” Nancheng Yusen was Nancheng Lie’s second brother.

“Because I’ve been infected with TRKS.”

Not only Elen, but also Nancheng Lie was stunned. Although Nancheng knew nothing of the virus, he understood that it would put Li Qinghao at risk. Was he kidding? Nancheng Lie turned to Li Qinghao and wanted to read his thoughts from his eyes. But Nancheng failed because Li Qinghao didn’t look at him. Nancheng turned to look at Keqi and found that his eyes dulled and he was not surprised at Li Qinghao’s words. This proved that he had known about it a long time ago.

What the hell happened between them?

…

Keqi followed Li Qinghao into his bedroom. “I’ve sent them away according to your instruction. Any other instructions from you?” Li Qinghao turned around and looked at Keqi with a smile. Thanks to his handsome face, there was a charm about his smile.

Keqi recalled the day when he first met Li Qinghao in the hospital. His smile was unchanged, but something seemed to have changed.

Keqi looked at Li Qinghao for a while, closed the door behind him and took a few paces towards Li Qinghao. “I want to talk to you, Qinghao.”

Li Qinghao shrugged and sat down on the sofa. “Your Highness, what do you wanna talk to me about?”

Keqi frowned. “Don’t speak in a voice dripping with sarcasm. Qing Hao, I don’t like the way you speak.”

“My voice is dripping with sarcasm? Okay, it’s your turn to speak. What do you want me to do? Tell me, I will do as you ask.” He never hoped to be liked. “Do you want me to open my legs and accept you like I did with Nancheng Lie?” His tone of voice was as sharp as a razor.

“You…” Keqi really got angry. He was sure that he would be driven crazy if he stayed on here. But tomorrow his enthronement would take place, and now he felt uneasy. “Qinghao, my aunt said that she will give you the antidote as long as I take over the throne, so…”

“So what?” Li Qinghao raised an eyebrow.

“So, the enthronement will go smoothly, right?”

Li Qinghao could not help but burst into laughter. “I’m not the one who’s responsible for the ceremony. It’s unreasonable to expect me to guarantee that the enthronement will go smoothly.”

“Do you want me to put it plainly?” Keqi strode forward and trapped Li Qinghao between his chest and the sofa. “If my aunt knew what happened in your dream, she would kill you.” The reason he put Li Qinghao under 24-hour surveillance was because he wanted to protect Li Qinghao.

Li Qinghao looked Keqi full in the face and then flung his arms around Keqi’s waist. “Why are you protecting me? It’s not good for you to set yourself against your aunt. Aren’t you afraid of getting trouble?”

Keqi looked at Li Qinghao and said word by word, “In order to get the antidote for you, I must succeed to the throne tomorrow.” He used to place freedom above all, but now his priority was to get the antidote. He couldn’t bear to see Li Qinghao die.