21st Century Necromancer-Chapter 501 - 497: Forgotten? (Seeking Subscriptions, Seeking Monthly Tickets)

The boss's story lasted a long time, filled with happiness and sweetness in his memories, but also mixed with bitterness and sorrow.

Facing a body of his daughter containing his wife's soul, struggling on the edge of morality and ethics, Chen Yu could imagine the immense torture the boss must have suffered.

The pain of losing his wife three times, each one more unbearable than the last, was a burden that the boss carried all by himself.

No wonder he looked so weathered and insightful about the ways of the world—having gone through such torment and still being so open-minded spoke volumes of his strength.

Chen Yu couldn't help but feel regret for asking the boss about his daughter, undoubtedly reopening the boss's emotional wounds and reminding him of his painful past.

"Sorry, boss, I didn't know there was such a story," Chen Yu apologized, not being someone who pried into others' privacy. He simply wanted to know what had happened, never expecting to unearth the boss's heartrending past.

In response to Chen Yu's apology, the boss seemed quite magnanimous, offering a bitter smile, "It's alright, I've kept these things inside for a long time, not daring to tell anyone. Perhaps, as you said, Doctor Chen Yu, speaking about it actually feels relieving. Thank you for being willing to listen. But I would still ask you, Doctor Chen Yu, not to speak of this to anyone else. I wouldn't want to affect her current life."

"Don't worry, I'm drunk, I won't remember a thing," Chen Yu said with a slight laugh, and drained the remains in his glass, then requested, "Another drink, please."

"Of course, just a moment," the boss replied with a smile, stood up to take away the empty cup, and poured another drink for Chen Yu.

Observing the boss, who seemed to be back to normal, Chen Yu still felt that he owed the boss some compensation. After pondering, he said, "Boss, do you want to see your daughter again?"

"See her? Seeing her again would just make everyone uncomfortable. It's better to maintain the status quo, let her live her own life, and I can live mine. It's better for everyone that way." The boss seemed to misunderstand Chen Yu's intention and rejected his offer with a smile.

While the boss had declined, Chen Yu still explained, "I am talking about your daughter's soul, remember? I told you I can see souls, and I have a way to let people see the souls of those who have passed, as long as that soul still exists in this world."

"Crash!" The boss accidentally shattered a glass.

He looked at Chen Yu in shock, a disbelieving expression on his face, "Can that really be done? Can I truly see Minami again?"

"Yes," Chen Yu nodded, knowing Minami was the boss's daughter's name, "as long as her soul still exists in this world."

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"I'm home." Upon returning, Chen Yu took off his coat, hung it on the rack, changed into slippers, and entered the room.

Seeing Chen Yu's return, Jounouchi Hiromi lifted her head from the couch and gave him a smile, "Did you see the boss?"

"Yes, we had a talk," Chen Yu sat down in the spot Hiromi had made for him on the couch and sighed, "but the outcome was more off-course than I expected."

"Off-course? What do you mean? Is there no problem with the boss's daughter, or did you, Mr. Chen Yu, get it wrong?" Jounouchi Hiromi, curious upon hearing Chen Yu speak of an unexpected deviation, was eager to find out what he meant.

Wrapping his arm around Hiromi and pulling her close, Chen Yu began to relay the boss's story to his girlfriend.

"I never thought it would turn out like this!" After hearing Chen Yu's story, Hiromi wore a look of surprise and felt sympathy for the boss, "Indeed, it's quite different from what you anticipated, Mr. Chen Yu. It's so unexpected that the boss had such a past."

"Yeah, I really didn't think it would be like this. I had thought it was just a simple case of 'borrowing a corpse to revive the soul.'" Chen Yu shook his head helplessly and sighed, "If I had known it was like this, I wouldn't have been so rash to ask the boss directly."

"Certainly, revisiting this memory must have been very cruel for the boss." Although Hiromi didn't initially see anything wrong with Chen Yu asking the boss directly, seeing it now, it seemed Chen Yu had indeed poked at the boss's scars and reopened wounds that had been healing.

Being more sentimental as a woman, Hiromi pondered before asking Chen Yu, "Is there anything we can do to help the boss?"

"I promised him another chance to see his daughter's soul. I'm not sure if her soul still exists in this world, but there should be a way for him to see her again," Chen Yu shared his previous agreement with the boss with Hiromi.

Hearing Chen Yu's plan, Hiromi considered for a moment before responding, "If that's the case, I suggest you call... her as well. After all, this is a family matter for the boss. Perhaps having the three of them face-to-face could help resolve the situation better?"

Uncertain how to address the person with the boss's wife's soul and daughter's body, Hiromi simply used "her" as a placeholder.

"Hmm, perhaps she should indeed be present," Chen Yu nodded, agreeing with Hiromi's suggestion, "I've seen her contact information on her medical records. I'll give her a call later."

"Regarding this matter, how do you plan to handle it?" Hiromi asked her most concerning question. The boss's family life was displaced, yet returning everything to normal could disrupt their now stable lives—Hiromi was concerned about how Chen Yu ultimately intended to handle the situation.

"This matter... I have no right to decide for the boss. It's between him, his wife, and his daughter. Me allowing the dead to meet the living is already intervening in their lives." Perhaps Necromancers could sometimes be wicked, but Chen Yu didn't want to be reckless, "I'll let the boss decide. They should choose their own life."

Hearing Chen Yu's response, Hiromi nodded but still harbored another thought, "Maybe it would be best for the boss and his wife to forget the past and maintain their current peaceful lives."

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"Forget? Perhaps that is indeed the best way to heal the pain," Chen Yu said, reflecting upon Hiromi's words, a melancholic look in his eyes.