After Breaking the Persona, I Reach the Peak of My Life
Chapter 189: Come with me, Chi

Chapter 189: Chapter 189: Come with me, Chi

I saw Brother Li standing in front of me, extending a hand, "Mr. Meng has suffered. Mr. Jiu, Miss Zhao, and Young Master Wu have been waiting for you all day."

"You..."

Watching the newcomer warily, Meng Chi frowned slightly, hesitating to extend his hand.

Brother Li understood immediately and smiled kindly, "Mr. Meng, please be assured, the previous misunderstandings were entirely due to Boss Liu not knowing you were a friend of Mr. Jiu. I apologize on Boss Liu’s behalf."

"It’s okay," Meng Chi shook his head, his gaze fixed on Yuan Li and Meng Liangxian, who were tightly blocked outside the door, "Who is this Mr. Jiu you’re talking about..."

Suddenly paused, recalling how Brother Li had called Bi Xia as Mr. Jiu at the racetrack! His eyes lit up, "Is it the boss?!"

Brother Li smiled lightly, "Yes, Mr. Jiu is waiting outside. Mr. Meng, let’s get out of this basement. It’s no place for people."

As Meng Chi walked step-by-step out of the basement, ignoring the group of people, he only saw one person at this moment.

That person wore a black half-sleeved hoodie and simple jeans, as if he never stood straight unless he had something to lean on. He leaned against the back of the sofa, his small face adorned with oversized sunglasses. Lazily raising his chin, his red lips curled up slightly, and a cold, clear voice flowed out, "Are you aggrieved?"

Trying hard to hold back tears, clenching his fists tight, Meng Chi shook his head fiercely, "No, I am too weak!"

"Is your heart cold?" the youth asked again.

Glancing at Meng Liangxian, who was glaring angrily at him, Meng Chi forced a bitter smile, then turned back to look at the youth, shaking his head resolutely, "No, ever since Yuan Li stepped into the Meng family, it has never been warm!"

"Do you regret it?"

"No!" Meng Chi smiled coldly, "I want justice for my mother! I will never regret it!"

"Then, the most important question..." The youth paused, opening his mouth slowly, "Are you hurt?"

Am I hurt?

Am I aggrieved?

Is my heart cold?

After saving you, which caused a rift between you and your father, do you regret it?

The subtleties hidden within the youth’s questions unraveled one by one in Meng Chi’s heart. Looking at the youth’s face, Meng Chi suddenly felt anguished inside.

At that moment, for some reason, tears that had never flowed since his mother’s death overflowed from his eyes. The suppressed bitterness and grievance in his heart surged out.

Not hurt, it’s just that door that couldn’t be kicked open, feeling powerless.

Aggrieved, very much so, but no one to talk to.

Heart cold, really cold! Mom is gone, the dad I once knew is gone, and no one can protect or care for me anymore.

Most importantly, Mom, Mom, I’m sorry, Chi is incompetent, I’m sorry! I can’t get justice for you, can’t protect the Meng Group, can’t guard this home that no longer belongs to us.

Sorry, truly sorry! Please, in another world, don’t be disappointed in Chi, okay?

Wiping away his tears again and again, suddenly a sigh sounded in his ear. Raising his head slightly, his eyes blurred with tears, he vaguely saw the youth walking towards him through the sunlight. The youth’s cool little hand wiped away his tears, the voice carrying a trace of softness, "Don’t cry, Chi."

"Do you know? I once read a very real sentence."

"W-what sentence?" Meng Chi tried hard to hold back his tears, lowering his head.

"I’ll give this sentence to you," the youth lifted Meng Chi’s chin with his index finger, forcing him to look at him, "Your tears, in front of those who truly care about you, are weapons that make them feel pained, but to your enemies, they are proof that you are worthless."

"So, don’t cry, don’t shed a single tear, as it will only show your weakness to them."

Letting go of Meng Chi, the youth suddenly extended his hand, smiling gently, "Come with me, Chi."

As if enchanted, or perhaps driven by blind trust, Meng Chi wiped away his tears and slowly placed his hand in that small hand.

"Say goodbye to your stepmother and father," he said with a faint smile, raising his hand to remove his sunglasses and placing them on Meng Chi’s face to cover his red, swollen eyes from crying, "When you return, you will be the master of the Meng Group, and they..."

He smiled coldly, "Will pay for everything they’ve done."

Staring blankly at the youth, Meng Chi smiled, Mom, do you know? I don’t know why, but I trust him very much, so please, while protecting me, also protect him, because he makes me feel like you are still by my side protecting me...