Chapter 110: Congratulations on Receiving Another 10 Billion Yuan Subsidy! (Extra 1)
Lin Jiangye had woken up!
The news was delivered by Shang Fuyan, and no one doubted that he was telling the truth.
Ever since Lin Jiangye fell into a coma, Shang Fuyan had gone to the hospital every single day to check on him. If he was busy, he would still come by and sit for five minutes, chatting beside the hospital bed. If he had nothing urgent to do, he would even massage Lin Jiangye to prevent the young man’s muscles from atrophying.
Although the private hospital already had caregivers, and Bai Zhengwen and the others were around, Shang Fuyan still wanted to come and see him.
Even if it was only for a few minutes.
After waking up, Lin Jiangye discovered that he was in a private hospital in Yue City, not in Wenyang City as he had assumed.
Regarding this, Shang Fuyan explained, “The medical level in Yue City is very good, and I thought… after waking up, you would definitely want to see Tiger Mom.”
Only in Yue City could he see his precious cubs at the earliest moment.
Lin Jiangye nodded. This was indeed true. Although his consciousness had been muddled after the injury, he remembered clearly that while falling, something had first slammed into him, and afterward he had dropped into a soft rescue cushion.
“It was Tiger Mom, Tianheng, Kaiyang, and Chang Geng. At that time the place where I… fell… had already deviated from the position of the rescue cushion. If I had fallen straight down, I wouldn’t have landed on the pad at all. Tiger Mom reacted quickly and rammed into me in time. Otherwise…”
In that short sentence, Shang Fuyan choked up twice.
Even though Lin Jiangye had already woken up, the mere thought of it still made Shang Fuyan feel suffocated.
He had personally witnessed the end of that madman, yet he didn’t even dare imagine what would have happened to Lin Jiangye if Tiger Mom hadn’t been there.
Seeing the tears slowly sliding down Shang Fuyan’s face, Lin Jiangye’s smile faded.
He reached out his hand and gently touched the man’s cheek. “Sorry… I made you worry.”
At that moment, he hadn’t had time to think at all. He had simply followed his instincts and jumped down.
Although the appearance of that lunatic wasn’t his fault, if something had really happened to those innocent children, Lin Jiangye knew he would have felt terrible.
Call it guilt, or simply the instinct to save people—until the moment he fell, his mind had been completely blank.
Shang Fuyan paused, but in the end he still couldn’t help holding the young man’s hand and rubbing lightly against his palm.
The gesture was actually quite intimate. When he noticed that Lin Jiangye had no intention of pushing him away, a small flower slowly bloomed in Shang Fuyan’s heart.
Men were creatures who would push their luck once given an inch.
Seeing that Lin Jiangye did not stop him, Shang Fuyan took the opportunity to move a little closer.
Lin Jiangye wasn’t unaware of these little movements. But looking at Shang Fuyan’s pitiful expression… to be honest, this was the first time he had ever seen the man so close to breaking down.
Not only did Lin Jiangye not push him away, he even took the initiative to hug him.
When Shang Fuyan felt the warmth coming from the young man’s body, along with the strong and steady heartbeat, the gloom that had lingered in his heart for an entire month was finally swept away.
Just as the two quietly embraced each other, hurried footsteps sounded in the corridor outside.
The first person to rush in was the doctor. When he saw two grown men holding each other so intimately, the words he had intended to say immediately got stuck in his throat.
“Ahem… hello, doctor.”
Being caught like this by a stranger made Lin Jiangye a little embarrassed. He quickly let go and lay back down on the hospital bed.
Shang Fuyan, however, looked completely relaxed, with none of the fragile, on-the-verge-of-collapse state he had shown earlier.
The doctor awkwardly rubbed his nose. It was also because he had been too anxious—he had forgotten to knock before entering.
“I’m here to check Mr. Lin’s condition!”
To be honest, after learning about the cause of the patient’s injuries, the doctor had not held much hope that Lin Jiangye would wake up.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want him to wake up. Whether as a doctor or simply as a passerby, he sincerely hoped that this hero who had protected the children would be safe and well.
But judging from the test results, the probability of regaining consciousness had not been high. Especially after a whole month had passed without any sign of waking up, the chances had become even lower.
Who would have thought that yesterday he had been sighing that good people didn’t live long, and today he would hear that the man had awakened?
It was truly a medical miracle!
However, what amazed the doctor even more came afterward.
After conducting a full series of examinations, the doctor looked at the report—which showed nothing wrong except a fractured leg that still needed rest and some mild malnutrition from lying in bed too long—and fell into silence and confusion.
If he remembered correctly, when he examined the patient last week, there had still been quite a few problems.
Could this really be the recovery speed of young people? The doctor scratched his head in distress.
After confirming that Lin Jiangye truly had no major issues, the doctor finally brought up the matter of his legs.
“The impact your legs endured was too strong. Fortunately, you were slowed down in midair. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been just a fracture.”
In fact, Lin Jiangye’s fracture wasn’t even a severe comminuted fracture. That was already extremely fortunate.
The young man understood what the doctor meant by “slowed down in midair.” Tiger Mom and the others had crashed into him in midair, reducing much of his speed. Otherwise his legs might have been smashed into pulp.
“But with injuries like this, you must take good care of yourself and recover properly. Try to restore your condition as close to its peak as possible,” the doctor advised, speaking for Lin Jiangye’s own good.
If a broken leg wasn’t carefully nursed back to health, it might not only affect the way he walked in the future, but on windy or snowy days it might even ache.
Beside them, Shang Fuyan nodded and memorized every single instruction the doctor gave.
While Lin Jiangye was undergoing the examination, he had already wiped the tears from his face. Apart from his slightly reddened eyes, there was nothing unusual about him now.
After the examination was finished, he pushed Lin Jiangye—who was sitting in a wheelchair—out of the room, just in time to see a large group of people hurrying over.
It truly was a large group.
This time Jiang Xin had even driven a truck over. Aside from Tiger Mom, the Beidou Seven Stars, the German Shepherd family, the Tibetan Mastiff, and the three jade-colored crows had all come along.
Tiger Mom was the fastest. None of the cubs dared compete with her. With a single leap, she pounced directly onto Lin Jiangye.
Fortunately, Tiger Mom restrained her strength in time. Otherwise, with the power of a Northeast tiger, both Lin Jiangye and Shang Fuyan would have been knocked to the ground.
Holding the fluffy, warm, and incredibly reassuring Tiger Mom, Lin Jiangye’s calm expression instantly collapsed.
“Mom!!!”
Only at this moment did he belatedly feel fear.
If Tiger Mom hadn’t been there, if Shang Fuyan hadn’t stubbornly refused to give up, he might never have woken up this time.
Yet he had only returned to this world less than two years ago. He had just met so many family members, and his beautiful life had only just begun.
If it had ended abruptly at such a moment, he definitely wouldn’t have been willing to accept it.
Tiger Mom didn’t say anything. She simply licked Lin Jiangye’s hand gently.
She controlled the barbs on her tongue, so it only felt slightly rough and ticklish to Lin Jiangye instead of painful.
After that, the other cubs also came forward one by one—kissing, hugging, and licking him. Since Lin Jiangye had not fully recovered yet, even the most mischievous Tibetan Mastiff did not crash straight into him.
[Human, Mi was very worried QAQ]
The little tabby cat looked at Lin Jiangye with watery eyes, making his heart soften into a lump.
“Sorry. This time I was too reckless.” Just thinking that he might never have woken up again, and what would have happened to these cubs… No, no, he couldn’t think about it. The moment he did, Lin Jiangye felt he could hardly bear it.
Tiger Mom sighed. Seeing that Lin Jiangye had finally realized his mistake, she spoke: [You almost scared me to death.]
She also didn’t dare imagine what she would do if this human cub had died.
This was her last cub, and her one and only human cub. If he were gone… she would definitely feel unbearable grief.
Lin Jiangye sniffed, hugged Tiger Mom, and buried his face in her fur, taking a deep breath. He promised again and again, “I’ll definitely be more careful in the future.”
Actually, even without his special attention, this incident had nearly scared Shang Yongyi’s soul out of his body.
He had just upgraded Lin Jiangye’s status, and the next moment the man almost died… The plan he had imagined hadn’t even begun before it nearly collapsed. His superiors would absolutely scold him to death!
Fortunately, the person had been saved.
So after learning that Lin Jiangye had woken up, Shang Yongyi arranged for new bodyguards.
After packing up, Lin Jiangye returned home with the cubs.
As soon as he arrived, he received a call from Shang Yongyi. The man said the new bodyguards were already waiting at the foot of the mountain.
Originally, Lin Jiangye didn’t want them, but one sentence convinced him:
“What if some other criminal group refuses to give up? Didn’t you just take in another batch of rescued animals? Let them take turns acting as your bodyguards.”
As for whether they would be willing, this was an assignment from the organization. If they weren’t willing, they wouldn’t have been sent here in the first place.
Lin Jiangye didn’t refuse again. He now understood that if something similar happened again, even if he could fight a hundred enemies alone, it wouldn’t make much difference.
Besides the new personnel, Shang Fuyan pushed him to the back mountain. There he saw that all the animals rescued in Wenyang City had been properly settled in the private zoo.
“The wildlife park is almost finished as well. Once everything there is fully ready, we’ll move them over.”
Looking at the animals lying on the grass and basking comfortably in the sun, Lin Jiangye could hardly remember how miserable they had once looked.
During the month he had been unconscious, neither Shang Fuyan nor Jiang Xin had forgotten the promise they made. Nor had they vented their anger on the animals. Not only had they brought all these rescued animals back, they had even raised them until they looked plump and adorable.
“Roar!” [Human! You’re finally back!]
It was the lioness whom Lin Jiangye had once comforted. Seeing him return safely, she appeared especially happy.
As for the male lion who had been mentally unstable before, perhaps the medicine had worn off. Now he looked somewhat slow and dull, with none of the previous irritability.
Lin Jiangye walked over and reached out his hand. He originally intended to pat the lioness, but the male lion was faster and moved closer first.
[Warm…] The male lion rubbed against him and once again licked Lin Jiangye’s palm.
Then, with a thump, he flopped heavily onto the ground and exposed his soft belly.
[Touch… touch!]
“Ah!” For Lin Jiangye, this was nothing short of a pleasant surprise!
Jiang Xin and the others were also astonished.
They had been taking care of these animals for a whole month. Although they couldn’t understand what the animals said, they had learned a little about their personalities through their behavior.
This pair of lions could hardly be called good-tempered. The lioness had a cold personality and usually ignored people. The male lion was even more irritable. Whenever humans approached him, he might roar at any moment.
Because of that, Jiang Xin had even received a complaint from nearby residents once.
But now it seemed the male lion wasn’t bad-tempered at all—it was simply that Jiang Xin wasn’t worthy of receiving his coquettish behavior.
The male lion’s actions gave Lin Jiangye a huge surprise. Seeing him roll around on the ground like a giant cat begging for belly rubs, Lin Jiangye immediately squinted his eyes in delight.
However, the Asiatic lion watching nearby did not feel very pleased seeing this scene.
Besides the clingy male lion, the one who rushed forward first when Lin Jiangye returned home was the little golden snub-nosed monkey he had encountered in Min Province.
“Fortunately, among the rescued animals this time there were monkeys. While you were unconscious, the little snub-nosed monkey was taken care of by them,” Jiang Xin said with deep emotion.
Here at Lin Jiangye’s place, he had witnessed scenes of all kinds of animals living together harmoniously—something he had never seen in over thirty years.
Aside from the two lions, the one Lin Jiangye cared most about was the black bear.
When it saw him approaching, the bear kept making soft whining sounds, which made Bai Zhengwen and the others extremely nervous.
However, after staring at it for a long while, Lin Jiangye suddenly burst out laughing. He shook his finger.
“No fighting, okay?”
After the drug effects had worn off, the black bear still clearly remembered being knocked down by the two gray wolves.
For animals, that meant it had been defeated.
But the black bear was unwilling to accept it. It believed it had been made sick by bad humans and hadn’t been able to use its full strength at the time. So it wanted to compete with Tianheng and Kaiyang again.
Now, hearing Lin Jiangye’s refusal, the black bear sat down heavily with a duang and let out pitiful whining sounds.
The bear was very intelligent. Although it had never met Lin Jiangye before, once this human appeared—and both the Northeast tiger and the two gray wolves that had defeated it surrounded him affectionately—it knew this human must be the master of this mountain forest.
Here it had plenty of food and drink. Its body no longer hurt like before, and no humans beat it with whips or other weapons.
The black bear treasured this peaceful life.
So even though Lin Jiangye refused its request, the bear still walked over to him. Under everyone’s vigilant gaze, it obediently lowered its head, as if asking for a pat.
[Bear will behave. Human, don’t chase bear away.]
Remembering how miserable it had looked before, Lin Jiangye’s heart softened. He patted it gently with a bit more force.
“Don’t worry. I won’t drive you away. It’s just that later you might have to move somewhere else. The other animals will move there too.”
The black bear thought for a moment, then happily nudged the young man’s palm with its nose.
[Human good! Bear likes human!]
“Bear is good too. Human likes bear.”
He went to see all the animals he had brought back before. It had to be said—Jiang Xin had really taken good care of them.
Originally, Lin Jiangye wanted to go check on the wildlife park as well, but he had returned home in the afternoon and spent quite some time playing with the cubs. Now it was already dark.
Shang Fuyan took him back indoors and said softly, “No need to hurry. You can look tomorrow. Right now the most important thing is to rest well.”
He clearly remembered the doctor’s words. Lin Jiangye needed proper recuperation, especially for his legs. Otherwise, even after recovery, there might still be bone pain.
Lin Jiangye leaned close to Shang Fuyan’s ear and hummed softly. “I know, I know. You’re so naggy.”
The man looked somewhat helpless. After carrying the young man onto the bed, he was about to let go, but Lin Jiangye still held onto his neck.
“What’s wrong?”
Lin Jiangye tugged at the man’s clothes and pulled him down to sit on the edge of the bed.
“When I was injured and being rescued… did you hear anything, encounter anything, or dream about something?”
Shang Fuyan was stunned at first, his eyes slightly confused. But soon a spark of light appeared in them.
“Was it… that voice?” His voice carried disbelief and doubt.
He carefully recalled the moment when he had been standing outside the emergency room. It seemed that he had indeed heard a faint voice beside his ear.
That voice said… hmm? What did it say?
Shang Fuyan thought for a long time but still couldn’t remember the exact words.
Seeing his expression, Lin Jiangye understood everything.
The system had once said that someone had given him their one and only chance. Even though Lin Jiangye hadn’t seen anything, he had guessed immediately that it must have been Shang Fuyan.
“Is it something important?” Shang Fuyan asked, noticing the serious expression on Lin Jiangye’s face.
“Yes. Because it saved me.”
Shang Fuyan’s pupils widened slightly in surprise. But no matter how he thought about it, he couldn’t figure out how he had saved Lin Jiangye.
“You gave up a very precious opportunity. If it hadn’t been used on me, maybe—”
Shang Fuyan interrupted him. “If it saved you, then it was worth it.”
He didn’t really know what he had done, but at that time he had prayed that if Lin Jiangye could be saved, he was willing to do anything.
That thought had never changed, even until now.
“Even if it meant losing a powerful ability? Or maybe a huge fortune?” Lin Jiangye stared straight at him, as if testing whether he was telling the truth.
Shang Fuyan chuckled softly. “Compared to you, none of that matters.”
At that moment, he finally revealed his feelings completely.
“In my heart, nothing is more important than you.”
For an instant, it seemed to Shang Fuyan that he saw stars being born in Lin Jiangye’s eyes. The light that burst forth almost drowned him.
Suddenly, Shang Fuyan felt a little embarrassed. This was the first time he had confessed to someone, even though he was no longer young.
Seeing the man’s ears turn completely red, Lin Jiangye raised an eyebrow and beckoned with his finger.
“Come here.”
The man didn’t notice the hidden mischief in the young man’s expression. His sharp instincts when facing criminals had completely vanished at this moment.
As Shang Fuyan leaned closer, what greeted him was a pair of slender, well-defined hands—and the slightly cool, soft touch of lips.
His pupils trembled slightly. The whole man froze in place, maintaining the same posture for several minutes.
After a long moment, he suddenly sucked in a sharp breath.
“I… I…”
Covering his mouth, he couldn’t speak. Not only his ears but his entire face had turned bright red.
Lin Jiangye tilted his head with interest, observing the man’s reaction. If this world were a comic, the man’s eyes would surely have turned into spinning spirals.
Shang Fuyan was indeed a little dizzy from the kiss—even though it had only been a brief touch, like a dragonfly skimming the water.
But still—that was Lin Jiangye’s kiss!
Seeing Shang Fuyan’s foolish expression, Lin Jiangye finally couldn’t hold it in. He burst out laughing and collapsed onto the bed.
The laughter snapped Shang Fuyan back to his senses. Embarrassed and annoyed, he glared at him. If not for the fact that Lin Jiangye had just woken up, he would definitely have “taught him a lesson.”
“Oh? A lesson? What kind?”
A slender finger landed on the man’s firm chest. Unlike Lin Jiangye’s slightly cool body temperature, Shang Fuyan felt heat spreading all over himself.
His Adam’s apple rolled as he grabbed the restless hand.
“Don’t make trouble,” he said hoarsely.
Even though the doctor said Lin Jiangye was healthy except for his leg, he would never do something so reckless right now.
“Rest well. Your legs… cough… take care of them properly so they can recover faster.”
He quickly pressed Lin Jiangye back onto the bed and wrapped him tightly in the blanket, pretending not to see the teasing look in the young man’s eyes.
Lin Jiangye almost laughed again, but seeing how close Shang Fuyan was to exploding, he kindly held it in.
Fine, fine. I won’t tease you anymore.
After Shang Fuyan left the bedroom, Lin Jiangye crawled out of the blanket and giggled endlessly.
Standing outside the door, Shang Fuyan listened to the laughter inside. For a moment he felt embarrassed, and the next moment he felt completely happy.
That night, the equally joyful Lin Jiangye heard that familiar voice one last time in his dream:
“Congratulations, host. You completed the task in the shortest time and broke the system record. As a reward, your bonus will be doubled!”
Lin Jiangye was startled awake. Supporting himself with his hands, he quickly sat up.
“System 001?”
There was no response.
But the next second, a humming sound rang in his ears.
His ability awakened a new skill once again: summoning the spirits of dead animals.
Immediately afterward, Lin Jiangye opened his phone. Sure enough, there was a new bank notification—
His balance had increased by twenty billion.
Before he could even feel happy, the system’s voice appeared again. But compared with its usual lively tone, this time 001 sounded particularly melancholy.
“This time we really must say goodbye, host. I hope we never meet again. Bye-bye.”
As a breeze passed by, the system’s voice also faded away with the wind.
Lin Jiangye remained silent for a moment.
Finally, only a soft sigh remained.
“Goodbye forever, System.”
