C1 – My Boyfriend Was Reborn!

The solar was setting within the west, casting its final rays of sunshine over the distant hills.

A cart slowly made its means down the primary highway, pushed by an outdated man in his fifties. His hair and beard have been salt-and-pepper, and he wore a grey coat patched with completely different supplies. He hummed an unfamiliar tune as he drove.

A younger man on the cart rested his head on his fingers and chewed on a bit of grass. His gaze was fastened on a spider attempting to spin an online on the roof of the cart.

The roof was manufactured from straw, barely offering any shelter from the solar and wind. Rain could be a special story. The cart was not very huge, but it surely was sufficient for the younger man to stretch out and lie down.

The cart jolted immediately as one of many wheels rolled over a protruding rock, snapping the younger man out of his trance as he let loose a sigh.

For the previous month, he had been pondering over how he had traveled from the affluent and peaceable twenty first century to this place referred to as South Jin, and the way he had gone from being a thirty-nine-year-old chief surgeon to a sixteen-year-old homeless wanderer.

Tang Yue was a medical physician with a PhD. He served because the chief surgeon of a top-tier hospital in a serious metropolis, regardless of being below forty years outdated. He had achieved spectacular outcomes.

The Tang household was famend for its contributions to the medical discipline, however Tang Yue had left the household on the age of twenty resulting from conflicts over his sexual orientation.

From then on, he had relied on his personal arduous work to climb the ranks till he had earned sufficient to purchase a small villa within the suburbs. He owned a mean Audi and had a younger and enticing boyfriend.

His boyfriend had simply graduated from college and was interning on the hospital. It solely took three months for him to fall for Tang Yue’s attraction and cash, but it surely didn’t matter to him. These days, what was improper with being with somebody who wished one thing from you?

It was unlucky that his younger and tender boyfriend had been stabbed to dying earlier than they may take issues additional.

He nonetheless remembered the day when a affected person’s member of the family had come to the hospital, claiming that the hospital had prescribed the improper drugs and prompted the dying of their mom. They demanded compensation.

Such issues occurred ceaselessly, and Tang Yue didn’t pay a lot consideration to it. Nonetheless, when he noticed the affected person’s member of the family assault a colleague, he stepped in to assist. Little did he know that the attacker would pull out a knife and stab him.

Tang Yue let loose one other sigh. It was absurd that he had tried to do good and ended up sacrificing himself. He didn’t even know who had benefited from his home, automotive, and his younger boyfriend.

What was much more sudden was that he had opened his eyes once more. However he wasn’t within the Underworld. As a substitute, he discovered himself in a very unfamiliar world, as a sixteen-year-old boy.

The boy lay in a thatched hut carrying tattered garments, with no shelter from the wind and rain. He was additionally operating a excessive fever, and his delirium prompted him to talk incoherently.

The one particular person beside him was the outdated man driving the cart. From him, Tang Yue discovered that he was in a rustic referred to as South Jin, and that the outdated man was despatched to retrieve him and produce him residence.

Talking of which, he couldn’t assist however point out the younger boy’s tragic background. His father was a noble in South Jin, presumably even a duke. Seventeen years in the past, he was injured in a border battle and saved by a peasant lady. They fell in love in a dramatic trend and even had a son.

So far as the plot went, there have been solely two endings for this type of story. The primary was that the overall deserted his standing and stayed along with his beloved till they grew outdated collectively. The second was that the person felt accountable and made a promise to return, however as a substitute, he left alone and by no means got here again, solely to marry and have youngsters with another person.

The younger boy’s father gave the impression to be the second kind. Nonetheless, it was unclear whether or not he had a change of coronary heart or not, as he had despatched somebody to deliver the mom and son again after sixteen years.

It was unlucky that the younger man’s mom had handed away 5 years in the past, leaving the younger man alone to observe him again.

The younger man had suffered from malnutrition since he was younger, with a weak structure. He had developed a excessive fever throughout their lengthy journey. On this period with restricted entry to medical remedy, even a fever could possibly be deadly, however Tang Yue ended up benefiting from it.

Tang Yue secretly thought to himself that it was lucky that there was no amnesia plotline, in any other case the story would turn into much more melodramatic.

“Younger grasp, it’s getting darkish. There’s a temple forward. Would you wish to relaxation there for the night time?” The cart stopped and the outdated man turned again to ask Tang Yue with warning in his tone.

Tang Yue sat up and spat out the grass in his mouth. He nodded in settlement and mentioned, “Okay.”

An entire month had handed since he had woken up, however that they had nonetheless not reached their vacation spot. It was mentioned that that they had been on the highway for 3 months, highlighting simply how gradual the cart was.

Tang Yue jumped off the cart and stretched his physique. He felt that even with structure, he couldn’t endure such hardships. Three months was sufficient time for him to journey world wide a number of instances by aircraft.

The outdated man’s again was already hunched, however he labored rapidly. He moved all the pieces they wanted for consuming and sleeping from the cart to the temple, swept the ground clear, laid down a straw mat, and constructed a easy range utilizing stones.

They hardly ever spent the night time in cities, typically having to sleep wherever they may discover. Having a temple or a rundown thatched cottage to relaxation was already thought of a luxurious. Sleeping below the celebs had turn into the norm.

As Tang Yue continued his journey, he realized that South Jin was an underdeveloped nation with huge and sparsely populated areas. Regardless of his restricted information of historical past, he may nonetheless acknowledge that this era was much like the Wei-Jin and Northern and Southern Dynasties, removed from the prosperity of the Tang and Track dynasties.

The outdated man urged to Tang Yue that there was a transparent river behind the temple and requested if he wished to clean up. He carried a bundle of dried firewood with him.

Listening to this, Tang Yue’s eyes lit up and he ran in the direction of the river. He had been in a daze for the previous month, and his poor well being, mixed along with his excessive fever, had prevented him from bathing recurrently. Consequently, his physique had developed an disagreeable odor.

As quickly as he arrived on the river, he kicked off his tattered straw sneakers and eliminated his discolored sackcloth garments earlier than plunging into the water.

The water was heat and comforting, having been uncovered to the solar all day. It wrapped round Tang Yue’s physique and prompted him to involuntarily moan in pleasure.

After scrubbing all of the filth off his physique, Tang Yue washed his rag-like garments within the water. Sadly, the cussed stains on the garments from years of wear and tear couldn’t be eliminated with clear water alone, which pissed off Tang Yue, who was a cleanliness freak.

Tang Yue had not seen any cleaning soap horns or comparable cleansing merchandise throughout his month-long journey. The outdated man solely used a follow beat the garments whereas washing them. It was lucky that the garments of this period have been sturdy and thick sufficient to face up to such harsh remedy.

After wringing out his garments, Tang Yue sat bare on the shore, utilizing a big rock to dry them within the remaining gentle. He rigorously studied the reflection of his personal picture within the water.

In Tang Yue’s opinion, the younger man’s look was simply common. If he have been positioned on a contemporary avenue, he wouldn’t appeal to a lot consideration. Nonetheless, he had top of a minimum of 1.75 meters and, given his age, would possibly nonetheless develop to interrupt the 1.8-meter mark.

The younger man’s pores and skin was a wheat-like coloration and nonetheless fairly clean, except his fingers, which had turn into tough from years of arduous labor, leaving calluses on his palms.

Since Tang Yue started learning drugs in college, he had been paying shut consideration to caring for his fingers. Whether or not he was holding a scalpel or feeling the bones, he wished to keep up their sensitivity.

The nurse on the hospital jokingly mentioned that Tang Director’s fingers could possibly be used as hand fashions and he ought to get insurance coverage.

Tang Yue soaked his fingers in water to melt the cuticle layer of the pores and skin, and with time, the calluses on his palms would regularly fall off.

Upon arriving at his so-called residence, he may use some drugs to soak his fingers, or he may create situations to take action.

A fish swam previous his hand, and its tail swept throughout his palm, inflicting a slight itch. Tang Yue had been in a daze for a month and solely now remembered that he hadn’t eaten fish for a month. The meals that the grandpa had ready for him have been tasteless.

Since he couldn’t return, he couldn’t mistreat his abdomen. Moreover being a germaphobe, being a choosy eater was additionally a well known drawback for Director Tang.

It took Tang Yue a variety of effort to catch a fish. He tied the fish with straw, placed on his garments, and headed again.

On the temple, the grandpa had began a hearth and was roasting a rabbit. Tang Yue hadn’t paid consideration to it earlier than, however now he targeted and realized that the grandpa’s cooking abilities have been in all probability at a newbie’s stage. The meat was both overcooked or undercooked, and it was a pity that he needed to eat it for a month.

Tang Yue sat subsequent to the grandpa and wished to take the roasted meat from him, saying, “I’ll do it.”

The grandpa averted Tang Yue’s hand and exclaimed, “You’ll be able to’t try this! … younger grasp has a noble standing. How can he do such a lowly job?” He checked out Tang Yue with a panicked expression and nearly knelt all the way down to beg for forgiveness.

Tang Yue’s hand paused for a second, and he mentioned with a touch of unhappiness, “I used to do this type of work.”

He remembered essentially the most tough days of his life. His internship wage was low, and he struggled to pay hire and eat. He couldn’t afford to eat at fancy eating places, however his abdomen was too delicate for avenue meals. Subsequently, he needed to get artistic and make his personal meals.

The grandpa knew Tang Yue’s background and the hardships he had confronted, and he comforted him by saying, “Younger grasp can be wealthy and affluent sooner or later. These are all prior to now.”

Tang Yue didn’t say something. He didn’t perceive why his unique father had taken him again. Usually, an illegitimate little one who had been uncared for for greater than ten years wouldn’t be acknowledged. If his father had meant to take action, he would have accomplished it earlier.

Nonetheless, given his present state of affairs, having a rich household to depend on was higher than being alone and helpless.