It's Not Easy to Be a Man After Travelling to the Future

Xie Yi looked at this person and immediately cried out, “Boss! Why are you here?”

Ling Lan didn’t reply to him but merely gazed coldly at the dark alter ego. “I’ve been waiting a long time for you.”

The dark alter ego had already understood the situation. He sneered and said, “You didn’t ask Xie Yi to act as your substitute because you trust him. You did it to lure me out.” Even now, the dark alter ego still hadn’t given up on provoking the main ego.

Xie Yi became shocked by his dark alter ego’s words and he looked at Ling Lan with a hurt expression.

Ling Lan glanced at him with her cold eyes. Xie Yi’s heart froze and he didn’t dare to think too much anymore.

Sobs. Boss is right. Everything he does is right. I can’t be so weak. Xie Yi consoled himself.

Ling Lan turned to look at the dark alter ego again and said calmly, “You’re afraid of me.”

“Of course, you’re very strong. I would have ended up dead once you discovered me. My instinct told me that.” The dark alter ego smirked. “Nevertheless, you still found me. And I thought that I hid very well.”

“You did hide very well. Ever since you appeared three years ago, you were on your guard. You didn’t give me any opportunities to take at all. I had to waste a lot of effort on you.” Ling Lan narrowed her eyes—they contained killing intent. “I won’t stand for anything happening to my brothers, yet you’re harming one of them.”

Ling Lan’s words struck Xie Yi’s heart like a lightning bolt and his eyes turned red; he finally came to an understanding and the anxiousness surrounding his heart disappeared.

You’re an idiot! His boss had already accepted him as his companion. If his boss hadn’t cared for him, he would not have noticed the problem in his body. If he hadn’t cared, he would not have spent so much effort on him either.

Xie Yi had been blinded by his own eyes. He had chosen to ignore the care and concern his boss showed him. Now that he thought about it, every time he had to suppress the dark alter ego for an entire night, his boss would look at him intently the next morning and give him a lighter workload. When his boss battled with him, he would be less violent. As the dark alter ego started to come out more often, his boss would control his strength and not hurt him. Previously, he had thought that his boss was ignoring him, but now he realized that the latter cared for him—Ling Lan had been worried that he would be too tired and get taken over by the dark alter ego.

Xie Yi started to feel remorse, even as he felt touched. On the other hand, his dark alter ego exploded with anger.

The dark alter ego felt his consciousness slipping away when Ling Lan stared at him maliciously. He was frightened. Losing his mind, he yelled, “You want to destroy me? Why? I’m not convinced! We were born together. Why can he live while I have to disappear? I’m not convinced!”

“Then why do you want to make Xie Yi disappear?” Ling Lan asked him back indifferently.

“I don’t want to stay here!” The dark alter ego’s eyes turned red and he took on the appearance of a lunatic. “This place is too quiet. There are no sounds, no nothing. I’m so lonely. The more I stay here, the more I hate him. Why did father choose him and seal me? Why is he able to live in a world full of colors and sounds? Why can he have friends and families? Why can he enjoy relationships with people? Why do I have to stay in this dark, quiet and cold world? I can only wait for death here.

“I can do everything that he does. I can even do it better than him. Why wasn’t I given the chance? Why was my fate decided for me? Why? Tell me, why?” The dark alter ego shrieked hysterically and Xie Yi was awoken by the shock. He hadn’t expected his dark alter ego to have had such a past too. Wasn’t his dark alter ego supposed to be the devil in his heart?

“Father sealed you?” Xie Yi asked in astonishment.

“Yes. The people of the Xie family are born with two personalities. In other words, we have split personalities. One of the personalities would be sealed using a secret technique, while the other would live normally. If our father hadn’t sealed me, I would have destroyed you long ago.” The dark alter ego sneered. “However, you are doubtful of yourself. You have a lot of remorse and regret in you. The seal weakened because of this and I got the chance to break through it. All in all, I actually have to thank you for being weak…”

He himself would never be so weak. Even if the powerful individual in front of him didn’t recognize him, he would still live a good life on this own. The dark alter ego gazed at Ling Lan as he had these thoughts, but then he became startled by her calm eyes and took an involuntary step back. He felt that he would be safer the farther away he was from her.

“Why did father seal you and not me?” Xie Yi knew that his dark alter ego was speaking the truth, but he was still puzzled at his father’s decision.

“How would I know? You must have been lucky.” The dark alter ego was angry. When they were just born, no one knew what they would become in the future. The one who was sealed was chosen randomly, so the dark alter ego could only think that Xie Yi was lucky.

“I might be able to answer this question,” Ling Lan suddenly said.

“Ah, you have a solution?” Xie Yi’s eyes lit up. He wanted to know the reason. Otherwise, he would still feel doubt towards himself even if he sealed his dark alter ego again. The guilt he had towards his dark alter ego could lead to the latter breaking through the seal again.

The dark alter ego looked at Ling Lan in disbelief. He didn’t know how Ling Lan knew about the reason, but he also wanted to know what had happened in the past; perhaps even more so than Xie Yi. He had never understood why his father chose to seal him and not Xie Yi. This was his obsession—he had to find the answer.

Ling Lan raised her head. “You don’t believe me?”

Xie Yi nodded his head without even thinking in response. “I believe you.” He looked at his dark alter ego and explained seriously, “My boss won’t lie to others. He means what he says. You don’t have to worry.”

The dark alter ego scoffed. “You don’t need to act kind towards me. I know.” He glanced at Ling Lan before telling Xie Yi in a low voice, “He’s very strong. He could destroy me with a mere click of his finger. He doesn’t need to do all this.”

Although Ling Lan was Xie Yi’s boss, the dark alter ego trusted him too.

Both parties agreed to let Ling Lan explain to them. She reminded them, “It might be a little hard to accept. You both need to bear with it.”

The dark alter ego sneered. “I’ve already spent 19 years in this place. What can I not handle?” He looked at Xie Yi. “You should worry about your little brother here. I hope he doesn’t throw your face away.”

Xie Yi’s face turned red and he said angrily, “Don’t look down on me. I won’t lose to you!”

“Hopefully!” The dark alter ego turned his eyes away arrogantly and didn’t look at Xie Yi again.

The corners of Ling Lan’s mouth went up. It seemed that the dark alter ego did not hate Xie Yi that much—this was good news. Now, however, was not the time to think about this. Ling Lan took a deep breath and grew serious as she stared at the two boys and reached into their heads.

Xie Yi and his dark alter ego felt their consciousness being dragged out by force. The pain was excruciating, but since neither of them wanted the other to look down on them, they gritted their teeth and didn’t make any sound.

After a while, the two of them felt the pain disappearing and opened their eyes. There were two balls of energy on Ling Lan’s hands. One of them looked like a miniature human. Its features were faint, but they could tell that it was Xie Yi.

Ling Lan raised her right hand. “This is yours,” she said to the dark alter ego. She raised her left hand and told Xie Yi, “This is yours.” She put her hands together. “Do you all feel the difference in the two energies?”

The dark alter ego’s face changed. He could feel the malicious aura from his ball of energy, while Xie Yi’s was peaceful. Was this the reason why his father had given him up?

Xie Yi had a different opinion. “Was his energy body affected because he lived here for 19 years?”

Ling Lan looked at Xie Yi with approval. “Yes. The environment affects a person’s growth and personality. This is just the aura now. Let me show you what it was at the start.”

Two flames appeared on her hands, which were neither hot nor warm; they felt cold.

“Ice flames?” Xie Yi’s eyes widened. He hadn’t expected his boss to have reached the third level of his talent awakening, while they were still at the entrance of level 2. Comparisons were a cause for anger. They were getting further and further away from their boss—they would never be able to catch up with her.

The two energy bodies started changing with the help of the ice flames. The malicious aura of the dark alter ego’s energy body grew smaller and Xie Yi’s peaceful aura was diminishing too. Air currents formed in the air.

In the end, the two energy bodies became two balls of pure energy. The dark alter ego’s energy body was cold, while Xie Yi’s energy body was hot. It was like a small little sun.

“One hot and one cold. Seems like I am the exact opposite of him,” the dark alter ego said in a depressed tone. He admired Xie Yi’s energy body. It was so warm.

“The requirements are met. Come with me to the beginning of your memories.” Ling Lan’s voice suddenly rang in their heads. Before they could react, they went dizzy. By the time they regained their senses, they realized that they were floating in the air and looking down at the things happening below.

“This is the old residence of the Xie family!” Xie Yi exclaimed in surprise. This was the old residence that he remembered. However, everything was in black and white.

“When we’re born, our eyes aren’t developed fully. We can only see black and white. This is your memory body. You saw everything in black and white, so that’s what we’re seeing now too,” Ling Lan explained.