Translated by: Queen Dei Mos
Warning: This contains mention of incest relationships – just a mention – don’t worry! (ﾒ` ﾛ ´)︻デ═一
Seeing the man’s expression become strange, Yu Lan eventually became a little clear-headed, awkwardly sitting upright and lowering his hands.
Shao Mingyu didn’t move, slightly raised his eyebrows and asked, “Why did you ask such a question?”
“……” Yu Lan awkwardly shifted his gaze from left to right.
Shao Mingyu lowered his head and chuckled, “If we are blood-related brothers, then what kind of relationship do we have now?”
The man’s lips pressed against his ear, one word at a time, “Incest?”
“!!!” Yu Lan shrunk his neck, and turned bright red. He whispered, “Mr. Shao, you, you sit down first……”
He was trapped by Mr. Shao on the corner of the sofa! At this proximity, it was impossible for him to think properly! Yu Lan thought to himself as his cheeks became burning hot.
Shao Mingyu gave him a deep look, stood up straight and released him.
Yu Lan sighed in relief, swallowed hard, and hesitantly said, “I received a text message from Yu Yi today.”
Shao Mingyu frowned upon hearing his words.
The day Yu Yi resigned was the last time Yu Lan saw him.
Of course, he didn’t realize that he could block people, therefore, when he received a text message from Yu Yi again after a month or so, he didn’t react to it——but after reading the text message, he blocked Yu Yi.
Yu Yi’s text message was naturally hostile, and its content really shocked Yu Lan.
But instead of asking Yu Yi, he chose to trust Mr. Shao.
He tilted his head and said, “Mr. Shao, he said that many of the omegas that were rescued from human traffickers were taken away by families from all over the world. He said that those who took them away seemed to be the families of those omegas……”
Yu Lan didn’t really know whether it was true or not, because as far as he knew, those omegas were all supposed to be orphans, children who had been abandoned by their parents since they were babies.
They were collected by various orphanages and sold to human traffickers by the very same orphanages.
Those families that had abandoned them in the first place began to welcome them home after so many years after they had been rescued from the human traffickers?
It was clear that Yu Yi didn’t have any good intentions when he told him the news.
Yu Yi was implying that the reason Mr. Shao was willing to take him back to his manor was probably because Mr. Shao was also his family, perhaps his brother.
He fell in love with his brother, it was incest.
Yu Lan didn’t know whether or not Yu Yi was actually rejoicing in other people’s misfortune1(幸災樂禍) – xìng zāi lè huò – to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people’s misfortune – Refers to people who lack goodwill and feel happy when others encounter disasters . In any case, he actually didn’t believe it very much, after all, he and Mr. Shao……didn’t resemble each other at all.
If Mr. Shao was really his brother, there was no way he would have accepted that ring from him.
It’s just that if everything that Yu Yi mentioned regarding the other omegas was true, then it was indeed a bit strange.
The sheer number of those omegas that were picked up was more than a coincidence.
Yu Lan was truly puzzled.
So even though he knew it was unlikely that he and Mr. Shao was related, he couldn’t help but ask about it a while ago.
He wasn’t completely awake yet so he was a little out of it……
Shao Mingyu hearing his words, slightly squinted his eyes.
Yu Lan’s heart began to feel a little uneasy, he mumbled, “Mr. Shao, is what Yu Yi said true? If the people who picked up those omegas were their family members, then I……” Yu Lan paused and continued, “I discovered that there are a lot of things that happened in the orphanage that I can’t remember. I don’t remember who gave me the name ‘Yu Lan’, I feel like it should be someone from the orphanage. But it doesn’t look like it, as soon as I try to recall it, my head will hurt.”
After his photo shoot, Yu Lan tried to recall a few times, however, he gave up every time because he had a headache.
“When I received the text message from Yu Yi, I attempted one more time and it still didn’t work……”
He wanted to make sure that he, too, was left at the gates of the orphanage when he was a baby.
He wanted to make sure that he was spot on in his imagination that his parents who abandoned him had something to hide.
Was it possible that, like the families that picked up those omegas, they would also come to meet him in the future?
However, regarding the incident where he was abandoned at the gate of the orphanage, he clearly had the impression that someone had told him about it, but now he couldn’t remember who it was.
Everything seemed to be getting a little strange.
And Mr. Shao, for what reason did Mr. Shao bring him back to this manor in the first place?
He looked at the man at a loss, while the man stood silent for a moment and asked, “Ah Lan, do you trust me?”
Yu Lan immediately nodded his head.
Of course he trusts Mr. Shao! Regardless of the reason why Mr. Shao brought him back to the manor, he believes that Mr. Shao would never hurt him!
The man extended his hand, gently stroked his cheeks, and said, “Then don’t think about it anymore.”
Yu Lan looked blankly.
Shao Mingyu sighed, “I am most certainly not related to you by blood, but I know your mother.”
Yu Lan was shocked, Mr. Shao……knows his mother?!
His head was instantly stabbed with pain. Yu Lan’s face went white, but then he was immediately wrapped in familiar alpha pheromones that eased the pain.
The man leaned over and hugged him, stroking the back of his head, whispering, “Behave, don’t think about it.”
Yu Lan shuddered weakly, slowed down, and took a deep breath.
The man said in heavy tone, “I don’t know where Yu Yi got his information. This matter, I will find Song Ze to confirm again.”
“Nevertheless, I do know your mother, which is why I brought you back directly after I recognized you that day.”
After Yu Lan eased his headache, he suddenly remembered that when he crashed into Mr. Shao that day, Mr. Shao had indeed confirmed his name.
“Mr. Shao……you, you saw me before I was sent to the orphanage?” Yu Lan was a little confused, “But——”
But there was still a problem——when he was a baby, Mr. Shao was also just a small child, how could he recognize him when he was grown up? Could it be that his identity was confirmed solely on his name alone?
Ah, no——
He blurted out, “Mr. Song also had someone take some of my blood for some genetic testing afterwards, right?”
Shao Mingyu paused for a moment, and only answered briefly, “En.”
“But Mr. Shao, you brought me back to the manor without waiting for the results, aren’t you afraid that you may have recognized the wrong person?” Yu Lan was still puzzled.
The man whispered in his ear with certainty, “I wouldn’t make a mistake.”
Yu Lan remained skeptical. He was hesitant again and cautiously asked, ” Then……then what about my mother……”
Leaving aside the existence of his father and even other relatives, since Mr. Shao knows his mother, then why hadn’t the other party appeared so far, and why had Mr. Shao never mention her either?
It was his mother who insisted on abandoning him and had long forgotten his existence. Mr. Shao brought him home on his own initiative, or was it……
The man fell silent for a moment.
Yu Lan anticipated what was coming and stiffened, lowering his gaze.
The man said, “She has passed away.”
Yu Lan pursed his lips.
Shao Mingyu’s eyes darkened slightly and then he said, “Ah Lan, there are some things I can’t tell you right now, so I haven’t mentioned them to you before. If you trust me, just listen to me and don’t try to remember. After a while, you will know the whole truth.” He let go of his hand, stared at the youth and said, “Can you do that?”
Yu Lan sensed that it might be related to his headaches. Although he had countless doubts in his mind, after listening to Mr. Shao’s words, he also felt some sense of disappointment.
However, he trusts Mr. Shao unconditionally.
As a result, he nodded, pressed down all his questions, and obediently replied, “Okay.”
Shao Mingyu’s eyes became complicated as if his heart had been lightly pinched. He took pity on him and said, “But there is one thing that I can tell you clearly right now.”
“What is it?” Yu Lan was at a loss.
“Your mother loved you very much.” Shao Mingyu’s fingertips gently stroked beneath Yu Lan’s eyes as he said, “She didn’t abandon you, and the name ‘Yu Lan’ was also given by her.”
Yu Lan’s eyes widened.
……
Late at night.
Yu Lan was brought back to the room by the man.
He knew that Mr. Shao was uneasy about him sleeping alone tonight, and he himself felt like he was in a state of confusion, so he obediently followed the man, and after washing up, he was taken into his arms.
Yu Lan was very obedient. He didn’t try to remember, pressed down all the questions in his heart, and just kept thinking about two words in his heart.
Mother
His eyes became sour2Our baby is sad 🙁 again for no reason.
Yu Lan repeatedly chanted these two words in his heart.
It was two words that was barely relevant to him during his twenty-two years of life.
Yu Lan had never imagined that he could also have such a person.
In the darkness, he tightened his arms around the man’s waist, while the man opened his eyes wordlessly and seized the opportunity to hold him tightly in his arms.
The following day, Yu Lan’s mood was inevitably a bit low.
Shao Mingyu got dressed, seeing that the youth was listless and in despair, knitted his brows.
Yu Lan was just about to go out when he was suddenly dragged back by the man.
Yu Lan, at a loss, turned around as the man looked at him and asked, “Are you all right?”
Yu Lan shook his head.
The man looked at him again for a moment, lowered his head, and kissed him on the forehead.
Yu Lan trembled.
However this time, it wasn’t just a kiss on the forehead.
After the man’s lips left his forehead, they faintly slid down the bridge of his nose and placed another kiss on the tip of his nose.
Yu Lan instantly clenched his hands and swallowed hard. All at once, whatever listlessness and despair he had scattered, his whole person instantaneously became energetic, while his heart was pounding wildly.
Shao……Mr. Shao……
The man’s lips proceeded to go down, and when they were just about to reach Yu Lan’s lips……
The man wrapped his arms around his waist as Yu Lan’s legs went soft.
Yu Lan’s eyes were moist, and his cheeks were bright red. He looked at the man with panic and shyness.
Shao Mingyu chuckled and cracked a joke, “Have you cheered up? Little Grape?”
Yu Lan covered his face, “……Mr. Shao!”
……Mr. Shao did such a thing, how could it be possible that he still wasn’t cheered up ah!
Shao Mingyu smiled gently, helped the youth to stand up and fixed his collar. With a slightly serious expression, he said, “Ah Lan, this is your home from now on.”
Yu Lan was stunned.
The man added, “Therefore, don’t be sad, you still have a family.”
……
Fang Pingping came very early and was no longer driving the mini car from last time. The car was an obvious upgrade compared to the previous one 3(配置) – pèi zhì – configuration – Common car body configurations are one-box (e.g., a van, minivan, MPV), two-box (e.g., a hatchback) and three-box (e.g., a sedan/saloon) designs. – No mention on what car it was so the sentence had to be reconstructed.. When he sat in the driver’s seat and held the steering wheel, he even felt somewhat high-spirited and vigorous.
On this day, Yu Lan left earlier than Shao Mingyu.
The man was standing on the second floor balcony as the car left.
When the car was out of sight, he made a phone call. After the other end got connected, he slowly asked, “Have you guys followed up on those omegas’ situations? Three months haven’t passed yet, so why has the information already leaked out?”
……
Stirred by Mr. Shao’s “Good morning kiss”, Yu Lan really didn’t feel at a loss anymore.
He unconditionally believes in Mr. Shao, so he can wait for the right time until he can know everything. After that, he can let go of all his complicated emotions.
Fang Pingping took him to the company building of “V” magazine. On the top floor, they met the editor-in-chief of “V”, an elegant woman.
When she met Yu Lan, she barely concealed her admiration.
Fang Pingping was so excited that his two mustaches trembled. The three of them chatted for a while, and when it was almost time, Fang Pingping took Yu Lan downstairs to have the on-site shooting today.
Yu Lan in the end was a newcomer and hadn’t received any formal training yet so for him to seize this opportunity was very bold.
Fang Pingping instructed him all the way and when they arrived at the scene, Yu Lan was stunned.
There were staff members coming and going, along with several times more equipment than Lu Zhengzheng’s studio, all in all the whole situation looked very busy.
Although Yu Lan was a newcomer, once the cover of that magazine came out, he had already received a lot of attention at least in the circle.
Hence as soon as he arrived at the scene, a lot of gazes focused on him.
The photographer in charge of the scene even sized up Yu Lan for a moment with a thoughtful look.
Fang Pingping was even more nervous than Yu Lan. Although he was nervous, he still comforted him, “Don’t be nervous, just perform like that time when you were shooting with Lu Zhengzheng!”
In fact, he still had confidence in Yu Lan in his heart, as the first shoot allowed him to confirm Yu Lan’s potential. Without going through formal training, Yu Lan might even be able to bring out his unique style.
If he were really a messy newcomer, he would never dare to bring the other person to this kind of situation
Yu Lan nodded and took a deep breath.
Before long someone brought Yu Lan away in order to change his clothes and put on make-up.
Fang Pingping waited on the side with shaky legs for a long time. Eventually, when the person came, he turned his head to have a look and immediately became speechless.
——thereafter, his eyes grew wide!
The author has something to say:
It was impossible for something prohibited to be prohibited.4(违禁是不可能违禁的) – will get back to this as I am not quite sure what I did was that accurate…. Baby Ah Lan doesn’t know if what Yu Yi said was true, but if it was, then it would be impossible for him to be born in Jinjiang.
T/N:
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