Main Story Chapter 14-07: The Angel who Crossed Boundaries (越界天使） | Light and Night 光与夜之恋

Please consider reading Chapter 14-05 before proceeding~

Perhaps being the world-famous pharmaceutical group is the reason, NOVATEN's market entry ceremony is exceptionally long.

People come and go on the stage, but what they said were about the same, either welcoming, progressing together, or to show great support.

The person represented NOVATEN's speech came from the group's CEO, and Charlie's father has never made an appearance.

You: Could he be a chairman that doesn't like to speak?

Recalling how Charlie is, if there are many similarities between the father and son, who knows this might actually be a possibility.

After this CEO has finally finished his speech, an hour has already passed. The host officially announces the commencement of the ribbon cutting ceremony.

A familiar yet unfamiliar figure appeared in my line of vision.

His strands filled with lights and shadows connected into a patch of silver of multiple tones with his suit, his slender figure is standing tall.

Although Charlie is a narcissist, but there's one thing he was right about, he's indeed the one that shines the brightest among a crowd.

He stood at the position as a secondary cutter, and the main cutter is his father.

Host: Well then, after counting down from five, everyone please cut the ribbon!

The venue is very quiet, and everyone are waiting while holding their breaths, even I am influenced by the atmosphere that I've fixated my gaze onto the stage.

When the host counts down to two, Charlie's father suddenly held Charlie's hand, handed the scissors to him, and took a step backwards.

Sounds of whispering commotion are heard from the seats behind me.

This isn't an arranged segment, my instincts and judgment are telling me so.

Because I saw Charlie's eyes, there's an unwilling form of expression despite he's been trying his hardest to suppress it.

The main cutter is generally the highest ranked leader of the company, and what Charlie's father did was an announcement, that he has already planned to hand NOVATEN to Charlie.

But he's unwilling.

A job as a doctor is his dream, it makes him overly busy. He will not be willing to take over such a large company, even though it will bring him endless wealth and glory.

Charlie doesn't care about these. I think he'd perhaps rather use times like this to conduct another operation, and save another person.

Just when I was in my thoughts, our gaze met once again. I saw his lashes blinking slowly.

As though he has read my mind at this moment, a comforting curve appeared across the corners of his lips.

It's as though he's saying, don't worry, the perfect Charlie will definitely be able to solve it. 

I nodded hard, and mouthed exaggeratedly towards him. 

You: Super handsome!

Snip-- The scissors closed, the golden ribbon falls to the ground.

Confetti and champagne are spraying all over. The water droplets and gold confetti reflects speckles of sunlight in the air, that the guests can't help but to look up in exclaim.

I think, no matter how life becomes, someone like him would probably be a warrior who would never give in.

I've witnessed it so many times in the past, so what's the reason for me to not continue believing in him?

At the same time, the rain in the outskirts has finally stopped.

Jesse stepped across a row of wet cobblestones, and walked into an old house.

Upon returning to Guang Qi, he will come back to this place every other time. But he has been busy previously, and turns out it has been almost two months since his last visit.

He only realized he forgot to pay for the bills last month when he pressed the light switch, the electricity has been cut off for the old house. He can only open the door and windows to make the room slightly brighter.

After simply cleaning for a while, Jesse walked towards a table.

There are a few pots of flower placed on the table, with a photo right in the middle. The man in the photo is dressed in a police uniform, looking all stern, and his gaze is a little similar to Jesse.

This is a photo he found on the top of the closet when he was cleaning the old house at one time. Come to think of it, after leaving Guang Qi, he has never seen his father in uniform anymore.

In the photo, his father was still very young, when did he turn from someone so high spirited to someone who is so stern, and already has white hairs over his temples in his memories? Jesse smiled, fingers caressing his father's face, and his tears rolled down too.

Listening to the dripping sounds of water from the eaves, he can't help but to speak, wanting to confide somethinh.

Jesse: I encountered the Strains again. But don't worry, this time, it won't be the same as the past anymore. I'm now--

As soon as he speaks, the light rays from the entrance suddenly darkened. Jesse immediately turned around to find someone standing there, looking into the house.

This person's clothes is stained with blood, with deep and light wounds covering him from head to toe. As their gazes met, Jesse stunned. He felt an odd sense of anomaly. 

Jesse: Who are you?

Osborn: Are you the son of this family?

The other party gazed over him, and averted a little towards the photo on the table. Jesse has instead became more doubtful, and more alerted.

Jesse: Do you know my father?

Osborn: I guess you can. He accepted a case I reported in the past.

"Oh," Jesse responded softly, expression relaxing a little.

Jesse: What are you looking for him for? He's already...

The man probably understood the situation, he then took another glance at the photo, expression looking a little saddened. After a pause, he nodded towards Jesse, and turned away, about to leave.

Looking at his back, Jesse squinted, and finally realized the source of the sense of anomaly.

Jesse: Wait, your soul doesn't look very stable. You might not believe in what I say, but if you keep this up, you won't live for too long.

Osborn: You can see it?

Out of surprise, the other party didn't get angry or afraid because of what he said, just turning around very coldly, as though the subject of discussion is someone unrelated to him.

Jesse: Yeah. Your soul is split into two parts, they are... fighting against each other.

Jesse seriously examined the other party's condition, and his frown deepes.

He has never seen someone with a soul split into two, what exactly has this person been through?

Jesse: How did you turn out this way?

The man stood outside the doorframe, his tired eyes are just like two deep wells, with undercurrents surging under the unreachable bottom of the wells.

Osborn: ... It's better for you to not know about it.

Jesse suddenly had an instinct, that this person before him has many secrets on him, and these secrets are related to his father's death.

He can't help but to look towards the photo on the table. "Is it how it is? Should he continue inquiring furhter?" he asked internally.

Nobody answer him. Jesse lowers his gaze, and but the time he looked up again, there's no longer hesitance in his gaze.

Jesse: I can help you to suppress the battle between your souls. But on the contrary, you have to tell me how you turn out this way. What is the case you reported to my father?

The man who was called out to stopped his footsteps, looking into the strings of rain in the air.

After a long time, he finally spoke slowly.

Osborn: Yu Da Academy, have you heard of it?

It seems like it has rained again. The rustling sounds on the cobblestone path suddenly loudened, and turned into a frustrating noise.

After helping the man to temporarily resolve his pain, Jesse immediately returned to LianShan Organization. His instincts are telling him, that Yu Da Academy is highly possible the cause of why his father has been chased after by the Strains.

But why is that? What relationship does Yu Da Academy has to do with the Strains? He desperately wanted to uncover the hidden truth behind it, but he really has no way to find more information from the past.

He suddenly remembered the filing room. If the Strains is really what's behind Yu Da Academy, then the inner departments of LianShan Organization would definitely find some investigation records.

However, he looked through all of the filing rooms, but it's still of no avail, with only the final confidential filing room left.

Jesse: There's no other way...

After 15 minutes, a man in grey-colored suit walked out from his office, and walked straight through the front hall.

With a beep, he bypassed the face recognition lock, walked into a narrow corridor, and finally stopped before a door.

"Confidential Filing Room" -- the bright red words in large fonts are hung above the door. This is one of the places with the highest rank requirements to visit, where it stores all of the confidential files of the organization.

The fully armored security guard stood up from their seats, and by the time they saw the visitor, they immediately showed a respectful smile.

Staff: Oh it's Chief Wang! Are you going in?

Chief Wang: Yes.

After the security guard enters the password, the metal door opens towards both sides. Chief Wang nodded at him, clenching tightly onto the yellow talisman paper in his pocket, and walked into the depths of the room.

At the same time, in another nearby room, Jesse is seated against the wall, eyes tightly shut, lips dark like the color of soil.

With the talisman as a medium, he can temporarily control Chief Wang's movements, and attain the other party's senses.

It just happens that this spell spends a humongous amount of energy from him, and 10 minutes is the limit he can pertain.

The confidential filing room is just like a dense forest made of steel. Jesse controls the man, quickly passing through the narrow slits between the racks.

Jesse: Yu Da Academy... found it.

Jesse's heartbeat subconsciously accelerated the moment he opens the file.

The yellowing papers exudes a faint moldy smell, he read it word by word, and suddenly saw a familiar name.

It's his father's name.

He originally thought he has made preparations for this, but he still can't help but to pause his breath at the moment he saw that name.

After forcing himself to calm down, he continued reading downwards.

Many things that he has never heard of turned into rows and rows of cold words. He frowned tightly, as though he has never truly got to know his father.

Jesse: Yu Da Academy used correcting teenagers' behavior as a cover, and behind the scenes it's... a human experiment by the Strains.

It felt like time has froze. The fragmented information in his head have finally linked altogether.

The phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated, reminding him that it has been past 10 minutes.

But Jesse is still stunned and unable to return to his senses, his messy thoughts are as though he has fallen into a whirlpool, still spinning quickly, thinking with all his might.

He knew that his father is the one that filed the case back then, so what kind of secret has he exactly found, that the Strains chased after him all the way overseas?

His stamina could no longer hold any longer. Jesse blacked out, almost collapsing, and luckily managing to hold onto the book rack in time.

Jesse: No... I'm already at my limit.

Jesse tiredly controlled the heavy body, and made him to leave the filing room as though nothing happened.

With the stinging pain and dizziness after the mantra, he can only bear through it without budging, and only to stabilize his breath after a while.

After a long time, until he can finally control his body freely, he can't wait to rush out from the door.

Right now, there's only one thing in his mind, to look for someone to clarify about Yu Da Academy, and the concluding report of his father back then--

As soon as he made a turn, someone walked into him, bumped into him that he stumbled, and thankfully the other party quickly supported him.

Yu Yang: Hey, Jesse? Where are you going in such a hurry? Wait, why are you looking so pale? What happened?

Jesse: Nothing.

Yu Yang: Really? But...

Yu Yang stared at him in concern, suddenly caught onto a smell at the tip of his nose. His expression instantly changed.

Jesse: The smell of this talisman burning... did you use that mantra?!

Jesse did not comment, only pursing his lips into a straight line.

Yu Yang: Are you crazy? It's a forbidden art to control souls of the living! You'll die if you use it overly!

Yu Yang, who has always been tender, is so agitated that his face has completely reddened, trying his best to suppress his voice.

Jesse: ... I'm doing this to confirm something.

Jesse clenched his fist tightly.

Jesse: 15 years ago, the Strains built an organization called Yu Da Academy. Project Eclipse has started since then...

He lowered his voice, and told everything he saw to Yu Yang.

Yu Yang was first confused, then widened his eyes in shock.

The dazzling sunlight pours onto them through the large windows of LianShan Organization, but they can only feel cold and chills in their bones.