Chapter 67 - 66

(AN: Rewritten.)

Yang Chen, Seventeen, and Lanlan arrived back to the house, inside the main bedroom

Lanlan's eyes started sparkling as she looked at the new surroundings, "Mama, how did we get here?!"

Seventeen smiled and lightly pinched her daughter's little nose. Ds

Lanlan giggled and she turned to Yang Chen.

"Papa, do you know?"

Yang Chen became slightly surprised. He never would've expected Lanlan to be calling him her father this soon.

After Lanlan had found out that Yang Chen was her father from Song Tianxing, she became extremely happy. Now with her mother here and father, they can become a real family. This was all she ever wanted.

Yang Chen gave a teasing smile, "It was magic."

Lanlan eyes became brighter, "Papa, you know magic?!"

Yang Chen nodded and placed his hands behind his back and made a chocolate bar appear. He then extended his hand toward her and offered the chocolate.

"Of course."

Lanlan quickly escaped her mother's embrace and rushed toward Yang Chen and quickly retrieved the chocolate from his hand. She then started nibbling on it with a bright smile.

"Thanks, Papa!"

Seventeen felt defeated. She was beaten by a damn chocolate bar.

Yang Chen smiled and patted her on the head. He then had her sit on the bed so she can enjoy her sweet while he would do some talking with Seventeen.

"I'll be giving my wife possession of her body now." Yang Chen went straight to the point.

Seventeen bit her lip. She didn't want to separate from her daughter so soon.

"Is there no other way?" Seventeen asked softly.

"There is." Yang Chen replied plainly.

Seventeen's hope reignited and she asked quickly, "Then what is it?!"

"I could create you a body so you won't have to share one."

Seventeen became stunned, "Really?!"

Yang Chen nodded, "Yes, so is this what you want?"

Seventeen was about to answer without hesitation until she saw her reflection in the mirror. She then looked toward her daughter and became stumped.

'How am I going to explain this to Lanlan? She won't even recognize me anymore?!' Seventeen thought with panic.

Before her negative thoughts could escalate, Yang Chen asked something.

"By the way, what are you planning to do if you decide to go with this?"

Seventeen's negative thoughts were put on hold and she replied firmly.

"I plan to take my daughter and raise her by myself. Anything to get her away from your enemies and your killing life."

Yang Chen sighed, "You know, I left that life a long time ago. The moment you died, I came here in search of a peaceful life and to start a family. Besides, that wasn't entirely my fault, my mind wasn't in the right place and my thoughts were filled with insanity with a d.e.s.i.r.e to kill endlessly."

Although he was now the true Yang Chen and was going to tackle all his problems. That didn't mean he liked being blamed for something he didn't do.

Seventeen became flabbergasted. Her eyes then went cold, "Don't start making up lies. You had a choice."

Yang Chen shook his head, "I didn't. I was suffering from an illness that made me go insane."

Seventeen widened her eyes. But she still had trouble believing this story so she clenched her fists.

"Liar." Seventeen said softly with anger evident in her voice.

Yang Chen shrugged, "It's up to you if you want to believe it or not. Getting back to the point, do you want me to create you a body, yes or no?"

Seventeen was in turmoil. Her heart wasn't in the right place right now. She began recalling memories about the past when she was still following Yang Chen. And in her memories, she did notice that he was getting more ruthless as the days went on. She still didn't even know how Lanlan will react to this if she decided to get a new body.

"You know, I could slightly alter Lanlan's memories so she would still be able to see you as a mother even if you had an entirely new appearance."

Seventeen became surprised but soon her eyes became slightly watery, "Y-You can do that?"

Yang Chen nodded, "You're her mother. It's the least I can do."

Seventeen wiped her eyes, "Thank you."

Yang Chen shook his head, "There's no need to thank me. Anyway, I want to first talk to my wife before I give you a new body."

Seventeen didn't have a problem with this so she nodded and closed her eyes. Yang Chen then walked up to her and tapped her on her forehead.

Yang Chen smiled as he saw Ruoxi open her eyes. But he became confused as to why she was about to start crying.

"Ruoxi, what's wrong?"

"Why didn't you tell me that you had an illness?!" Ruoxi asked quickly with some tears falling down her face.

Yang Chen scratched the back of his head, "So you were still able to see even though Seventeen was in control, huh?"

Ruoxi didn't respond and waited for him to answer her question.

"Look, the illness is gone already. When I came back to China, my mind started to repair itself when I was exposed to a calm and peaceful environment. I also have a friend that helped me out with this."

Yang Chen didn't want to lie but he had no choice in this one. He couldn't tell her the real reason for the sudden disappearance from the illness because he didn't even know it. He had some speculations but the was pretty much it.

Ruoxi sniffled and placed her head on his c.h.e.s.t. She was worried to death.

Yang Chen held her waist and kissed her on the lips.

Ruoxi then looked toward the now sleeping Lanlan and her heart started feeling pain. She was happy that this little girl will be able to see Seventeen as her mother now but the thought of Lanlan forgetting her, made her feel distressed.

Ruoxi then quickly looked at Yang Chen with teary eyes, "Don't let her forget about me!"

Yang Chen was confused, "Ruoxi, what are you talking about?"

Ruoxi started gripping Yang Chen's shirt as tears rolled down her eyes, "Don't let Lanlan forget about me!"

"Ruoxi, listen. You are feeling Seventeen's motherly feelings right now. Don't worry, once I separate you both, they will slowly go awa-"

Yang Chen wasn't even allowed to finish as Ruoxi denied instantly while trembling.

"No! I don't want this! Please hubby, don't do this..." Ruoxi begged.

Yang Chen was at a loss now. What was he supposed to do? He began to think seriously about this. He will still create a body for Seventeen and alter Lanlan's memories but he also wanted to make his wife happy.

Yang Chen quickly made his decision. He would always want to make his wife happy so this didn't require any more time to think.

"Alright, I'll make sure she won't forget you as her mother."

Ruoxi's heartache began to ease. She then kissed Yang Chen as her mood became lively again.

"Thanks, hubby. You're the best!"

Yang Chen smiled and then began to think. 'Now, how should I give Seventeen a body? I could go recover her remains and reanimate her corpse or... I could create an entirely new body for her. The first one might take some time since I could remember from the old Yang Chen's memories that his subordinates could never find Seventeen's body. And I seriously doubt she would mind having a new appearance since she might think it will help hide her presence from the enemies she and I have acc.u.mulated from the past.'

"What you thinking about, hubby?" Ruoxi asked as she saw her husband contemplating something.

Yang Chen came out of his thoughts as he heard Ruoxi.

"It's nothing."

Suddenly, Yang Chen's phone started vibrating so he reached inside his pocket and took it out.

Once Yang Chen saw the contact, he was a bit surprised. Turns out it was Jane. He wasn't expecting a call from her.

"Who is it, dear?" Ruoxi asked as she saw him not answering the call.

"A friend."

Yang Chen didn't wait any longer as the call was coming to an end so he answered.

"Hi, Yang Chen." Jane's sweet voice could be heard on the other side of the phone call.

Ruoxi's ears perked up as she heard the voice of a young woman on the phone.

"Jane, what's up?"

"Are you...free right now, by any chance?" Jane asked a little meekly.

Yang Chen's facial expression became a little awkward. He had completely forgotten about Jane these past few days.

"Unfortunately, I'm not."

"Oh..." Disappointment can be heard clearly from her voice.

Jane hadn't seen Yang Chen in days and had missed him quite dearly. She came to China just to spend time with him, but recently they haven't been spending time together so she decided to give him a call and maybe make an appointment to hang out.

"...Then, are you free tomorrow?" Jane asked a little hopeful.

Yang Chen didn't want to refuse her but he would also be busy tomorrow and probably the next few days. He still had the matter with Seventeen's body to deal with and also about his company's new game product.

'I was dumb to think that making a game would be easy. Sure, I have the power of Ark of Embodiment but making a game requires so much decisive planning and I've only thought of the idea for a couple of weeks now.'

Yang Chen was about to decline and say that he would be busy tomorrow but he just realized something. He had forgotten who the person on the other phone was.

Yang Chen wanted to facepalm, 'I, really am dumb... I could've just asked for Jane's help from the start. She is the smartest person I know when it comes to technology. Making a game, like the one I had planned would probably be child's play for her. She also has many students that have made amazing achievements all across the globe thanks to her, that can help her if she wasn't up to designing a game by herself.'

"I am..."

Yang Chen felt a little guilty. He would only be willing to spare time for her so he could ask her if she would help him with his company's product.

"Really?!" Jane asked with a cheerful tone.

"Yup. I'll go visit you tomorrow morning, then."

"Okay, thank you! Goodbye, Yang Chen!" Jane said as her day had become considerably better.

After saying goodbye, Yang Chen hanged up the phone and looked at Ruoxi who wanted to ask him something.

"Hubby, that was your friend..."

Ruoxi wasn't dumb. She could tell how that person saw Yang Chen just from that one phone call, very clearly. All she wanted to know was, how her husband saw this young woman?

Yang Chen walked up to her, held her waist, and nodded with a smile.

"Yeah, I have known her since I was young. She's also the person who has been helping me with my illness, all these years."

Ruoxi became surprised. She never would've expected a young woman would spend most of her time trying to cure her husband's illness. She just imagined an old man wearing a white lab coat as he experimented, trying to find a cure.

There were also his words that stuck to her mind. The fact that they both grew up together, made her feel...envious. But there was also the fact, that this young woman had dedicated her childhood years just to keep her husband safe.

Ruoxi had a complicated expression on her face as she didn't know how to feel. She then broke out of her dilemma as she heard Yang Chen.

"What, you jealous?" Yang Chen asked teasingly.

Ruoxi turned her head to the side as her face became red so she could avoid his gaze.

"Of course, not!"

Yang Chen didn't say anything as he lowered his hands and gave her b.u.t.t a slight pinch.

"Iyan..." Ruoxi cried out. She then cutely glared at him.

Yang Chen chuckled before he pecked her on the lips. He then separated from her as he was going to settle this Seventeen matter.

Ruoxi pouted as she faked being angry at him but on the inside, she was secretly happy. She then watched Yang Chen as he gave Seventeen a completely new body.