Ch. 23: Fabricated Past
Tang Hongyu 'watched' the memories silently…
She saw the young man, reincarnated as an orphan, living his new life. The boy slowly and steadily cultivated the Dao of Immortality that he gained from the old man in the void…
She saw the boy fight and win against monstrous beasts and powerful enemies; sometimes he won easily, but sometimes he almost died to grasp victory…
She saw the boy venture into unknown and mysterious places; sometimes he found treasures of Heaven and Earth, but sometimes he fell into dangerous traps and had to get through the hardships to survive…
She saw the boy turn into a brave, righteous, and heroic young man…
She saw the young man meet and interact with his rivals, sworn brothers, and lovers…
She saw the young man anguish when his sworn brothers and lovers died due to the machinations of his enemies…
She saw the young man's mad quest for absolute power after losing his precious people…
She saw how the young man survived one tribulation after another to break through into the next stage of the Dao of Immortality…
And she saw the young man unable to survive the tribulation to break through to the Celestial God stage…
Overall, if this got written as a web novel, it would take thousands of chapters to write!
Anyway, Tang Hongyu finally saw the end of Chen Fan's old life, after which she watched the Celestial Emperor get reincarnated as the current Chen Fan she knew of…
She began seeing the snippets of Chen Fan's childhood memories…
Finally, she saw the scene of Chen Fan in a bus that sent him to Chuzhou and how he regained the memories of his past life…
…How he found that the universe that he started forming as a mere small world when he was at Nascent Celestial Realm until he perfected it as a vast universe they currently resided in when he was at Celestial Emperor Realm…
…How he met her and her daughter…
…How he accidentally met Wei Fu, his granddaughter, and their bodyguard at the park beside Yangui Lake…
…How he helped Wei Fu's old injury and upgraded their defective cultivation method…
…How he was invited for lunch in Elder Wei's residence…
…How he received the Yunwu Villa…
…How he accepted Wei Ziqing and Xiao Qi as his disciples…
…Finally, how they met in his apartment not long ago…
The images and information stopped appearing in Tang Hongyu's mind, but she sat there in a daze. Her feelings were so mixed that they became indescribable after witnessing Chen Fan's old life and experience…
As Tang Hongyu saw the half-fabricated past of Chen Fan, this guy didn't waste his free time. He quietly examined her condition. He saw the mixed emotions shown on her face before she unconsciously shed tears.
'Have I overdone my fabricated backstory as a tragic Xianxia Protagonist?'
Chen Fan couldn't help feeling a little bad for bringing Tang Hongyu to tears, but he quickly ignored this feeling.
Even though his attraction to Tang Hongyu was only limited to lust for her body and appreciation for her kindness, he still felt bad for making her cry.
"Auntie Tang, are you fine? You're crying." Chen Fan broke the silence with a careful tone.
Tang Hongyu returned to her senses and turned to Chen Fan while touching her cheek. 'I am really crying,' she silently remarked in confusion.
She opened her mouth, but nothing came out, so she closed it. Her feelings were too complicated to put in words.
In the end, she shook her head faintly and managed to put on a brittle smile. "Don't worry, Fan, just let Auntie sort out Auntie's feelings. Your past life was too much. It was even more dramatic than a best-awarded Wuxia drama!"
She tried to make a joke to raise the mood, but even she could sense that it was too forced. She couldn't help feeling awkward.
Chen Fan wasn't perturbed. He let Tang Hongyu sort out her mind in peace.
Silence descended in the sitting room…
A while later, Tang Hongyu seemed to make up her mind about something. She then left her seat and approached Chen Fan.
After stopping beside him, she hugged him and put his head on her bosom. Her maternal instinct couldn't help being triggered after seeing Chen Fan's past life. She wanted to ease his pain.
This development slightly surprised Chen Fan because he wasn't reading her mind, but he decided to enjoy her fragrant and soft body.
Of course, Chen Fan wasn't satisfied with only receiving, so he hugged Tang Hongyu's slender waist and then placed his right palm on Tang Hongyu's back while his left palm landed on her plump and soft butt and then squeezed it once.
At first, Tang Hongyu stiffened when Chen Fan's palm squeezed her rear, but she became relaxed after he didn't repeat it. She thought that it was an accident, though in truth Chen Fan had intentionally done that.
On the other hand, Chen Fan felt complicated. At first, he enjoyed the softness of Tang Hongyu's plump and soft butt, but he wanted to feel it again. Unfortunately, he knew that Tang Hongyu would find out the truth if he did it again, so he held back his urge. This made him regret his impulse to grope Tang Hongyu's plump butt because he was now tortured by his own desire that demanded more.
'Just be patient, me! Soon, this MILF will become yours! Just hang on, okay!' Chen Fan tried to calm himself down as he savored Tang Hongyu's hug.
They stayed like that for a while…
As Chen Fan enjoyed Tang Hongyu's soft bosom on his face, Tang Hongyu also enjoyed the hug. She was feeling good from the hug.
'How long has it been since I felt comfortable and safe while hugging a man?' Tang Hongyu asked herself silently.
It had been a long time since she felt like this. After Jiang Haishan showed his true nature, which caused her married life with him to become inharmonious, she couldn't taste these feelings anymore.
She had been hiding her desire, and when she finally felt these feelings again, she couldn't help wanting these feelings to last forever.
Unfortunately, it couldn't last forever…
'Oh, what am I doing?! I have to stop this! I won't be able to face Sister Xiaoyun if something happens between me and her son!' Tang Hongyu reprimanded herself silently.
However, she wasn't aware that her impression of Chen Fan had already changed. She wouldn't feel self-conscious of hugging Chen Fan too long if it hadn't changed.
Tang Hongyu released Chen Fan from her embrace, and at the same time, Chen Fan let her do it. However, they felt lost and slightly regretful. They wanted the hug to last longer.
Chen Fan wouldn't hug her unless she took the initiative, but Tang Hongyu wouldn't hug him again because of her feeling self-conscious. In the end, they stayed awkwardly in their respective places.
"Alright…" Tang Hongyu began after regaining her composure, "I know what's going on, but I don't know what to do with this new knowledge. In the end, I'm just an ordinary woman. Regardless, I hope that you will tell Sister Xiaoyun about this matter as well. Don't hide this from her and your father. They are your parents and have the right to know about this matter."
Tang Hongyu tried to look serious, but the blush on her face as she stared at Chen Fan's otherworldly handsome face made her efforts go to waste.
Although Chen Fan had the urge to tease this lady, he decided to give her some slack after what she'd gone through. He nodded and responded, "Don't worry, I plan to tell Mother and Father when I return to Si Shui County for the New Year Celebration."
Feeling relieved, Tang Hongyu heaved a sigh. She then changed the topic of their discussion, saying, "By the way, how long have we been here?"
"Around three hours, I believe. Although I have only shown the important parts of my past life, it still took a while," Chen Fan answered.
Chen Fan's words startled Tang Hongyu. She opened her eyes wide and then exclaimed loudly, "Three hours?! It was thirteen-thirty when I visited your place! Then, we spent some time touring the villa and a break after that! I'm afraid that I have to return home to prepare dinner for Ranran and your Uncle!"
As Tang Hongyu ranted, Chen Fan just watched silently. Tang Hongyu then looked at Chen Fan anxiously. "Fan, take Auntie back!"
Chen Fan put on an expression that showed how troubled and embarrassed he was. Of course, he was pretending.
When Tang Hongyu saw Chen Fan's expression, she couldn't help feeling a knot in her stomach. She felt that she would hear something she wouldn't like from his mouth.