Rebirth of low-key divine being

He had lived through these moments before and knew what lay behind the sympathetic faces and warm gestures.

As expected, his uncles and distant relatives showered him with concern and offers of support. "You've been through so much, Han Chen," his eldest uncle said, placing a hand on his shoulder. "But the family stands with you." A few days, such scenes were seen from time to time when he meet people. Gradually they also left.

"Your uncle has spoken to the Yue family," his aunt said over dinner, her tone light but her words cutting. "Their eldest daughter, Yue Lan, was a bright mind leading a corporation as its head, but due to an unfortunate car accident, she is in need of care after her unfortunate accident. It's a perfect opportunity for you to repay the family's kindness. A union with the Yue family will strengthen our alliance and preserve your parents' legacy."

Han Chen's fork paused mid-air. He remembered these words vividly. In his first life, he had agreed, thinking it was his duty to honor his parents and rebuild his life.

" How does it benefit me?" He raised the question emotionally.

Seeing that they can't take advantage of his mental state to take advantage, they changed the tone.

"With the Yue family as allies, your position will be unshakable. We're offering you an opportunity to strengthen and expand the foundation your parents built."

"You may not think you need us, but imagine what people will say if you reject an alliance with a family as powerful as the Yue. It could tarnish your parents' reputation."

"Better yet, don't marry. Consider this isn't a permanent arrangement. If Yue Lan recovers and the partnership thrives, only then will we discuss marriage. For now, it's about proving your dedication to the family's legacy and you should understand family is offering this kindness to you now."

"This engagement would make you a central figure in the family's dealings with Yue family. You could shape the future your parents wanted."

" If she remains incapacitated, the engagement could quietly dissolve without significant loss to either party."

"This was meant for the main family heir, wasn't it?" he asked quietly, his gaze piercing. "But now hearing she's no longer desirable, you've decided to push this onto me."

His aunt stiffened. "That's not how it is—"

"It is," Han Chen interrupted, his voice steady. "And while I'm grateful for the family's support, I'll need time to consider this."

His refusal to agree immediately caught them off guard.

In the days that followed, the investigation of bussiness received reports suggesting the definite presence of second uncle and main family heirs involvement.

The result of National entrance examination score was released and he naturally got the first. His portraits were discussed in the media. But they couldn't reach him. His friends were interviewed.

There were some TV program discussing his beauty as a best seen male model.

Later news about how he was in a period of emotional stress of his parents death eventually reached public eyes.

Previously covered up news began to spread and investigative results and supernatural phenomenon slowly spread but they got quickly covered up.

On the other hand, Han Chen received call from Xu Qing, but she remained somewhat distant in the voice. People called offered condolences. He received direct offerletter to Peking University and Tsinghua University. Some educational and training institutes offered incentives for publicizing for them. Some offered grants and scholarships.

Anyway, he opted to go for Peking University to study bussiness and law. The main family also came to know about the news. And offered some gifts and congratulations.

He didn't have much of a reason to haggle with regarding the matter of engaging to fiance. One day calling the lawyer and preparing documents, some protection team assigned by supernatural department under Li Mei's help allowed the confrontation to happen.

"I'll marry Yue Lan," he said, his voice firm. "But only if the shares of my parents' company, that are transferred to me without restriction. I won't enter this marriage as a dependent."

The family balked at his demand, but Han Chen remained resolute. He presented evidence of their mishandling of the business and hinted at his connections within the Supernatural Department, making it clear that any further attempts to exploit him would have consequences.

Backed into a corner, the family reluctantly agreed, hoping they could find another way to control him later.

The fiance agreement involved both families responsible for a share of price responsible for treatment of Yue Lan. The status as Fiance of Yue Lan and agreement for her care and medical treatment and eventual marriage or dissolution under 3 years.

Agreement and transfer of person and contracts were done within 10 days.

Within a month, Han Chen reclaimed his parents' shares, along with partial access to his resources of his grandfather's will. This time, his fortune remained intact, unlike in his first life when it was siphoned away by the main family heirs.

Using funds from his previous investments in stocks and cyber ventures, Han Chen paid for the legal services, ensuring Li Mei faced no embarrassment. He appointed temporary board members and competent decision-makers to stabilize his parents' company, steering it out of its predicament.

Han Chen also purchased a house near Peking University, allocating two rooms for Yue Lan and her caretakers. Her surgery and treatment had been completed two months prior, leaving her in a vegetative state with slight improvements. She could move her head and occasionally produce faint grunts but remained dependent on full-time care.

He had been too much busy during these days, hardly any day for personal time or alone time with his fiance nor cultivation. Afterall so much things happened over the course of 3 months from exam.

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After joining Peking University, his life had started to settle. The registration and orientation had been completed, and his days had returned to a semblance of normalcy.

Fifteen days after moving into the same house, they finally had a moment alone.

He has been looking at her and she at him for a while, sitting by the side of her bed.

He has gradually reverted to his true form by lifting his disguise over the past month or two. Now seeing such a man as his fiancee and her inability to communicate brings her tears.

Noticing her distress, he gently took her hands, his touch careful and deliberate. "Do you wish to speak?" he asked softly.

She nodded, and he leaned forward, pressing their foreheads together. His soul was capable of communication, but to help her express herself, he needed to establish a deeper connection. A wisp of his soul consciousness condensed within her mind, and his voice echoed in her thoughts:

"Think of the place where you feel most at peace."

Her mind conjured an image—a corporate office where she sat in a high-backed chair overlooking her companies

Before her mind wander into other thoughts and getting lost again, a powerful will penetrated the space and the place materialized again. This time the place felt more real to her she could feel the touch and even the smell, the light and everything.. and turning around she saw, the man who held her hands before now making a tea for her.

" Hmm, how is it cool right? Want Tea?"

" Are you my fiance? Is this a dream right? "

"Yes, yes and no," he replied. "Also, people rarely question themselves if they're only dreaming."

"How are you doing this?"

"Let's just say I'm good at staying under the radar. Very few people know my true capabilities.

Let me introduce myself, I am Han Chen, your fiance in name. I am a simple boy, who born to a side branch of Han Family. My parents were the founders of Chen Global Solutions group.

Everything was good, until 3 months ago my parents sort of died but not exactly ... Then family called me back trying to exploit my inheritance from me, I became an orphan and you were given as a golden ticket for me from my family as alms from main branch heirs immeasurable kindness.

It's not all bad, I won the inheritance fight. I got first in national entrance test. I am now a undergraduate at Peking University in bussiness and law. Well I am fairly good at making money through cyber stuff - oh the legal ones.. so no major worries except you now .."

Her expression darkened. "Even though I was in an accident, my mind and hearing are intact. Why did you agree to an engagement with me, a cripple?"

Pouring a cup for herself, he sat in the opposite drinking and remembering the past.

" How are you doing this? " She asked again while enjoying the taste of the tea.

" Reality is an illusion, girl. It's an illusion. Anyway, let's talk about you "

" You know I heard about you. You were an ambitious and intelligent woman who achieved much success in her earlier age. Engaged to the powerful ruling family young master Shí Jianfeng. Young lady is in secret love with her seemingly perfect fiance. Everything going well. Wait for it...

But somehow, she was in a miserable accident losing the prestige of young lady, different factions competed for power and absorb your strength in your work, career , prize.

Young master of Shi family came into terminate engagement urgently. Family prestige cannot be violated, and Han Family needed an alliance to work with, regarding some collaboration.

The family finds the medication for nerve degeneration and brain damage challenging and useless, not to mention, broken spine... Only option is to send the once golden goose, now a bargaining chip to send as an alliance gift. It's not all bad, some people believe that you will be safe elsewhere."

" (Sob..) Why are you making me cry?... It's true. Knowing this, why did you join me"

" Well, I like you... " She didn't take me seriously.

"...Because I want to be with you. And I don't care about empty promises from your family or mine. I know the so-called connections and influence they offered me are just fantasies. My family isn't much better, I thought it would be more troublesome, but some good friends were willing to help. Hmm, it seems I need to treat them with some gifts.

So, at the end of the day, what I am asking is will you have me as I have you in my heart.?"

She hesitated, her voice breaking. "What choice do I have? I'm bound to you for my care."

" No, now that you are my fiance, you have many options..I can indeed make you recover.... Well after which will you be going to run of towards your some other loverboy if you heal?"

(' well I can make you recover today itself, sorry girl you have to suffer for a while')

" No it would be a life saving grace, I wouldn't be that inconsiderate. "

" Hmm, yeah but.....I have trust issues with girls, you know. I had a two main experiences and both ended in them betraying me and new boyfriend coming to harm me... "

He paused, his tone softening. "But with you… I want to believe it'll be different... But I can't calm my restless heart telling me to not create empty promises.

Well let's see later. You can sleep"

Exiting the spiritual world, he saw her calm down and sleeping. Setting the blanket, I left the room for my cultivation.

My spiritual strength increase to radius of 500 m recently, as it was the only training I did during these times through visualization. Sensing around and finding no secret teams from supernatural departments , I calmed down the stellar convergence arrays started to work. The body absorbed spiritual qi generated from the array and did the purification process removing impurities accumulated during these times. Then cultivation continued the whole night.

Sensing Yue Lan awake, I exited the cultivation session did a cleaning spell to clean myself...but I may need a new suit. It's really easy to get lose track of the clothes you are wearing if you keep on using cleaning spell, no wonder protagonists often got mistaken as a poor guy trying to enter exclusive venue areas.

Went to greet her, made breakfast and left some for her ... Her care taker came, fed her and activating the monitoring and alarming arrays, he left for the collage. The books were interesting until a week by which he consumed entire semester knowledge. Later he went to library and spent time there.

This was his routine for a month. At night,

inside the spiritual world, " Hey Han, you been talking about agreeing to the contract right, yeah I agree. I need some one to talk to... It's getting difficult to think sometimes normally outside this world."

" Well, I will say it again. It meant what it says. There is no backsies. Okay here is the contract. Inside the spiritual world, a white spot emerged from his finger point and came to her unfolding like a scroll. It's contents unfolded.

* I recognise Han Chen as my husband. And I won't betray or harm him except when he allows it.

* I allow willingly, my soul, to be marked by his spirit imprint and access it's full functions by him and core functions only with my permission.

" Hmm, seems simple enough. Wait,..You don't mind me having sex with others ...if you allowed it.. wait ... Son of a ... Are you planning to take other women and make a harem. "

" Oh women you are smart..indeed."

" Change it. "

" No, ink is expensive!"

"... Ok, what do you mean full functions.."

" It means full functions, anything you can think of ...wait.don't jump yet, I can't randomly modify your memory, and others also can't unless their power can completely crush both of our soul defenses. It's a kind of defense for you also..."

" ....Will you protect me for life, Han Chen ?"

" Yes.."

"...I agree how do I sign it?"

The scroll 📜 turned to light and merged into her figure.

" You just did. You only need to say agree with intent"

" Oh so what now?"

" Wait for me to leave.."

Outside world. Both of them opened their eyes. " Think of what do you want to do..." I said.

a voice sounded in Han Chen's soul space. Similarily a picture unfolded within her mind. She closed eyes but still saw herself closing eyes...Now I can feel her happiness.

It's a new technique I developed over past month, regarding the creation of soul corridor. Using the application of consciousness transmission the link is formed over an ethereal corridoor which can be strengthened as technique and realm increases.

At highest point, I expect it has potential to communicate across time and space or reality of existence.

After a second thought, I allowed. Suddenly, she felt she has seen a different time.

She was married to an ordinary guy. Her husband wasn't so exceptional, so mystical, not so confident nor handsome, as the one she got now but they seem to be the same...

He tried to have faith she will rise. He tried to have faith she will talk. He lost faith. Then he lost hope too. He was distressed. Talking endlessly with her. Trying different jobs, he receiving nothing but curses from her own families, Struggling to cover her medication. But he never hated her. He went to love her for what she is, never expecting anything back, finding solace in her silence and until stroking her dead body years later to say the final good bye, ...the silence he found comfortable become his source of torment in the end, living in desperation until his death.

Tears formed over her eyes flowing down.

< ...May be, may be not.

What matters is that, we got a chance to make something right>