Samsara Online

Chapter 486: Are you really human?

As they all remained silent not only because they did not dare to miss a single detail of the story Shen Xinya was narrating but also out of respect and disbelief, each and every one of them felt their blood run cold.

Who would have ever thought that this gorgeous woman in front of them, who was so beautiful that she had even been called by millions as the most beautiful woman in the whole Asian continent and whose popularity spread all over the globe, was actually hiding such a dark and sad past behind that bright and happy smile she showed every day? Neither Yue Kai, nor Hu Chen, nor Xiao Luo, nor any of the girls present had thought such a thing even for a second in the past.

In fact, even Xie Yao and Gu Qianxue who knew the past involving Xie Feng and Shen Xinya did not know these details they were hearing for the first time in their lives. They had thought that Xie Feng and Shen Xinya had fallen in love when they were young after spending a lot of time together as would normally happen when two like-minded people spend a lot of time with each other, however, the reality was very different from what both women believed.

Yes, Xie Feng and Shen Xinya fell in love because they spent a lot of time together. However, much of that time was not spent amidst joyful smiles and funny moments but was spent amidst silence and sadness that surely no one but the two involved could imagine with their memories.

Among those present, there was only one person who was not surprised; Yao Mei.

In contrast to Gu Qianxue who kept away from most of the matters related to the world of ability users, Yao Mei was a warrior who despite being silent and speaking practically nothing to the point where the number of words that came out of her mouth in a year could be counted was also very intelligent. Otherwise, she could not have gotten admitted to a university at such a young age; and a prestigious one at that.

Once she became interested in Xie Feng not only because of his strength but also because he had saved her life in the past, Yao Mei had sent several people to gather information about his current and past life without any intention of disturbing him. In doing so, she naturally came to the orphanage where he lived for a couple of years before being adopted by the Xie family.

Upon digging deeper, Yao Mei found that most of the time of the then Xiao Feng was spent with a girl named Xiao Xinya, and although the Shen family had done a good job of hiding Shen Xinya’s past, it was not really enough to completely hide it from the most powerful intelligence agency in all of China and one of the most powerful in the world. That was how she knew about the sad past that Shen Xinya lived through.

It was just that Yao Mei was not interested in Shen Xinya at all and her focus was fully on Xie Feng. Unfortunately, she could find no trace of his life below the age of 10.

Minutes passed and by the time she finally finished giving a rather explanatory summary of her life, Shen Xinya smiled slightly and finished, "Now you all know that before I became a famous singer I was first a girl whose life could not even be considered normal. The first real wave of warmth I felt in my life was given to me by the man sitting next to me. Unfortunately or not, for reasons beyond the power of two children, life separated us but not long ago brought us back together, ten years later."

While everyone was silent, Xie Yao closed her eyes and took a deep breath to calm her trembling heart. Although she did not know Shen Xinya too well, Xie Yao knew that she was undoubtedly a proud woman and such a woman would definitely hate to be looked at with pitying eyes. Therefore, after making sure that there would be no problems in her eyes when she looked at her, Xie Yao calmly said:

"This is how things are. Apart from me, big brother Xie Feng is also in a romantic relationship with sister Xinya, Qianxue, and also with Mu Wuying."

"... Even Mu Wuying..." Su Qi Qi looked at Xie Feng a little at a loss for words.

Everything that was happening in front of her and the things she had heard today were undoubtedly news capable of shaking the entire country if it became known. Therefore, she could not help but ask in a low voice: "You.... Why are you saying all this when technically I’m no different than a stranger?"

"Because you are my brother’s girlfriend." Xie Feng replied in a serious voice. He looked at Yue Kai and calmly said, "Since he trusts you, I will also trust you at least this much."

"... I see... I... I promise not to say anything to anyone." Su Qi Qi seemed to be somehow affected by Xie Feng’s words as she looked very determined when she said these words.

Xie Feng simply smiled politely and said nothing. However, Su Qi Qi did not know that if she dared to leak the slightest detail of what she had heard here, her life and that of her family would become living hells; he had a thousand ways to make her regret for her decisions in life to the point of forcing her to suicide.

"Elder brother Xie..." Yue Kai looked at Xie Feng with guilty eyes. After hesitating for a moment, he said in a low voice, "I.... Even though I don’t quite understand what’s going on, I think that if sister-in-law Xie Yao didn’t have any complaints, it’s not my place to complain either."

Xie Feng finally smiled in relief and nodded. Honestly, he really cherished his friendship with these people in front of him and it would be a shame to let it all end like this.

The group continued to eat lunch and although the atmosphere was still somewhat uneasy at least everyone managed to lighten that atmosphere with some jokes. At the end of the day, it was not so easy to accept everything they had just heard; for them, the life that Xie Feng and the girls next to him were living was too distant from the life they were living and that they believed they would live in the future.

After paying the bill, just as everyone was leaving the restaurant, Xie Feng noticed that Hu Chen seemed to be hesitating about something so seeing him acting like that he couldn’t help but say loudly as he slapped him on the back:

"Man, at this point are you acting shy? If you have something to ask then just shoot. I’ll answer if I can answer and won’t answer if the question is inconvenient... Well, at the very least, I can assure you that I will not lie."

Hu Chen did not speak immediately even though everyone was looking at him in confusion. Instead, without realizing it, his eyes moved for an instant to Yue Kai and then to Su Qi Qi.

It all happened so fast that no one noticed this except Yue Kai himself. Having spent more than three years together and sharing practically every hour of their lives with each other, the understanding between them was very high so even without exchanging words they managed to communicate silently.

"Forget it, I have to prepare some things for the afternoon classes so I’m leaving here." Yue Kai said casually taking his girlfriend’s hand. However, before leaving he didn’t forget to look at Xie Feng and say in a serious voice, "Elder brother Xie, if I find out that you hurt the feelings of any of the sisters-in-law I definitely won’t forgive you."

Xie Feng smiled weakly and said confidently, "If that ever happens I wouldn’t mind letting you beat me up."

"You said it!" Yue Kai pointed at him with his free hand before laughing and waving his hand towards the other girls, "Alright, see you tomorrow!"

Xie Yao, Gu Qianxue, and Shen Xinya also waved their hand towards the slowly walking away duo. As for Yao Mei, she simply nodded with a neutral expression on her face.

"Bruh, what do you have to ask as to make Yue Kai take his girl away?" Xiao Luo looked at Hu Chen puzzled as he realized what was going on.

After everything Xie Feng had said in front of Su Qi Qi, Xiao Luo believed that there was practically nothing he couldn’t say in front of her.

"... Old Hu, don’t tell me you want to ask bedroom questions about big brother Xie’s private life?" Xiao Luo looked at him suspiciously before advising him to stop. "If I were you I wouldn’t. You’ll die."

Xie Feng almost burst into tears upon hearing his good friend’s words and really wanted to say out loud, ’Brother, this young master here had practically no action at all these past few years! The last few months have been especially difficult due to the presence of a certain brat with the surname Han!’

Of course, there was no way he would say such things so on the outside his expression was very serious as he calmly said, "Go on, say what you have to say."

Xie Yao exchanged glances with the other girls and they all noticed the confusion in each other’s eyes. Then, as if by prior agreement, they all looked at Hu Chen as if they were asking him to hurry up and say what he was holding back instead of wasting time.

Hu Chen looked at Gu Qianxue for several seconds and with some hesitation asked in a very low voice, "Big Brother Xie.... You and them... Are you all really human?"