[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-exiled-ha-i-have-an-infinite-space":3,"chapter-exiled-ha-i-have-an-infinite-space-exiled-ha-i-have-an-infinite-space-chapter-157":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Exiled!? Ha! I have An Infinite Space",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1533659,1994,"Chapter 157 -","exiled-ha-i-have-an-infinite-space-chapter-157",157,"\u003Cp>\"At that time, people told me to leave the children behind again,\" she said. \"They said I was still young enough to remarry if I did not burden myself with them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her fingers tightened slowly against the cup in her hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But this time...\" she whispered, \"I could not do it again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room became quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Sheng watched her steadily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Meilan lowered her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I already abandoned two children once,\" she said softly. \"I could not make the same mistake twice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something inside Fu Sheng tightened at those words, but he did not interrupt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Meilan continued quietly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was later discovered that my husband had been involved in embezzlement.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Sheng’s brows frowned slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He was only a low-ranking minister,\" she explained, \"but he had taken money that did not belong to him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her expression remained calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As though she had already repeated this truth to herself too many times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When the investigation began, he panicked,\" she said. \"Before the officials could fully sentence him... he took his own life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room instantly fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Meilan looked away briefly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And as his wife,\" she continued quietly, \"I carried the weight of his crimes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Sheng’s gaze darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They confiscated everything,\" she said. \"The house, the servants, the money... all of it disappeared overnight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint laugh escaped her lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the end, the barren lands became my punishment as well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lantern light trembled softly against the walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Sheng looked at her for a long moment before finally speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And you survived all of that alone?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Meilan became quiet for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she smiled faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not alone,\" she said softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes shifted toward the inner room where the child had disappeared earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I had them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room fell silent again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Meilan remained quiet for a moment after speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room slowly settled back into silence, with only the soft crackling of the lantern filling the space between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she let out a quiet breath and lifted her gaze toward him again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enough about me,\" she said softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice had regained some of its calmness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We have spent the entire night speaking about the past and my mistakes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint smile appeared on her lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But what about you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Sheng looked at her quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Meilan tilted her head slightly as she studied his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How was the war?\" she asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment those words left her mouth—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something in Fu Sheng’s expression changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was slight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room became quiet again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the silence felt colder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Sheng lowered his gaze briefly before leaning back slightly in his chair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a while, he did not answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Meilan noticed it immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You do not have to speak about it if you do not want to,\" she said quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Sheng shook his head slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is not that,\" he replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice was calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But distant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As though part of him had already gone somewhere else entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then after a long pause, he finally spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was hell.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Meilan’s fingers tightened slightly against the tea cup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Sheng stared at the lantern quietly as he continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When I first arrived, I thought surviving depended on strength,\" he said. \"But after the first few battles... I realized survival mostly depended on luck.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice remained steady.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too steady.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There were days when the ground was so soaked with blood that you could smell it before you even reached the battlefield.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Meilan fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Sheng continued quietly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At first, the new soldiers still cried when people died.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint bitterness entered his voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But after enough time passed... no one cried anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lantern flickered softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You stop looking at bodies after a while,\" he said. \"You step over them and keep moving because if you stop for too long, you become one of them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Meilan watched him quietly, her expression slowly growing heavier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Sheng lowered his gaze briefly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I saw men starve,\" he continued. \"I saw people freeze during winter because there were not enough supplies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His jaw tightened slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And sometimes...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...sometimes the enemy was kinder than the officers behind us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Meilan’s eyes widened faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Sheng let out a quiet breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you retreated, you died,\" he said simply. \"If you refused orders, you died.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room felt unbearably still now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Sheng’s gaze darkened slightly as old memories surfaced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There were battles where thousands went in,\" he said quietly. \"And only a few hundred came back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Meilan lowered her eyes slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then after a moment, she asked softly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did you survive?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Sheng became quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For several seconds, he said nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then finally—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I stopped thinking like a person,\" he replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Meilan looked up at him immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Sheng’s expression remained unreadable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At some point, surviving became the only thing left in my head,\" he said quietly. \"Not honor. Not glory. Not even fear.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze slowly lifted toward her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just survival.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room fell silent once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Meilan looked at him carefully, and for the first time that night—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She realized the man sitting in front of her was no longer the same young man who had once left the village for war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Meilan remained quiet for a long moment after hearing his words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lantern burned softly between them, its dim light casting faint shadows across Fu Sheng’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that she looked carefully—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could see it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the way he sat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The way he spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the way he remained alert despite appearing calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a heaviness around him that had not existed years ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Meilan lowered her gaze slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You changed,\" she said softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Sheng gave a faint laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That tends to happen when people spend years trying not to die.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her fingers tightened lightly around the tea cup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It must have been difficult,\" she said quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Sheng looked at her for a moment before speaking again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At first, yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice remained calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But after enough time passes, people stop thinking about whether something is difficult.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Meilan watched him silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Sheng leaned back slightly in his chair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You only think about getting through the next day,\" he said. \"Then the day after that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room became quiet again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Wei Meilan asked softly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you ever think about coming back?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Sheng looked at her steadily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Every day,\" he replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The answer came without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Meilan’s expression stilled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Sheng lowered his gaze briefly before continuing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There were nights when I could barely stay awake, but I still forced myself to remember the village.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint smile appeared on his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Back then, I thought if I kept remembering home, I would not lose myself completely.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Meilan’s eyes softened slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Sheng continued quietly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I remembered my parents. My brothers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then after a brief pause, he added,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room fell silent again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Meilan looked down slowly, her expression unreadable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Sheng leaned back slightly and let out a quiet breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But after a while...\" he said softly, \"even memories become dangerous.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Meilan looked at him again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Sheng’s gaze turned distant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you think too much about what you left behind, you start hesitating on the battlefield,\" he explained. \"And hesitation gets people killed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lantern flickered again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So eventually,\" he continued, \"I forced myself to stop thinking about everything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Meilan remained silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Sheng gave a faint smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It worked,\" he said quietly. \"I survived.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for some reason—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The way he said it did not sound victorious at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Meilan noticed it immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze stayed on him for several moments before she finally asked softly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And after surviving all of that...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hesitated briefly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...are you happy now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1320,"2026-06-06T06:19:12.769Z",1,"novelbin.me","5167b522491779af19b5fe78429440e208a5de2754b4375ddc16572aaffb1d77","exiled-ha-i-have-an-infinite-space-chapter-158","exiled-ha-i-have-an-infinite-space-chapter-156",175,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fexiled-ha-i-have-an-infinite-space-cover.jpg"]