Translated by: Queen Dei Mos
Novel Update Schedule: Every Sunday
Characters:
Yu Lan – MC
Shao Mingyu or Mr. Shao – ML
Wen Zicheng – store manager
Lin Yu – Shao Mingyu’s Assistant
Song Ze – Police Officer, Shao Mingyu’s friend
Aunt Jiang – Housekeeper Aunty
Uncle Liu – Housekeeper
Fang Pingping – Yu Lan’s agent
Lu Zhengzheng – Fang Pingping’s friend, photographer
Wang Jialin – University student, Milk tea store part timer
Jian Ling – Omega that likes Shao Mingyu
You Qing – CEO of Yuan
Un-Uncle?
These unfamiliar words to Yu Lan, took him two or three seconds to respond.
The woman next to the man who claimed to be his uncle also stood up and looked at him carefully. She covered her mouth and said with red eyes, “Ah Lan…”
Yu Lan looked utterly puzzled. He took a step back and said, “You…must have mistaken me for someone else, right?”
“How could we be wrong! Oh, that’s right, you…you haven’t seen us for over a decade. It’s normal that you don’t remember us.” The man quickly took out his phone from his pocket, scrolled to a photo, and handed it to Yu Lan. “You look, this is a photo of you when you were a child, taken with your mother!”
Yu Lan felt baffled. He wanted to say that not only had he not seen them for “over a decade”, but he had actually grown up in an orphanage since he was a child. Even if there were photos of him as a baby with his mother, he wouldn’t be able to recognize himself from that time.
Yet, when his gaze fell on the photo on the man’s phone, Yu Lan was astonished.
In the photo, it wasn’t a “baby” at all, but rather a boy.
He was wearing a red and white short-sleeved shirt and shorts with a red baseball cap on his head, happily holding the hand of the woman next to him.
Neither of them was looking at the camera, but the camera was still able to capture both of their faces clearly.
The boy had a pair of dark blue eyes.
And the woman, wearing a long dress and a straw hat…she looked exactly like the woman Yu Lan had seen in his dreams.
He had dreamed about her several times before…never being able to see the woman’s face clearly. However, her swaying dress and the straw hat that was almost blown away by the wind, he saw those clearly
He always had a vague feeling that the woman in his dreams was smiling at him and the woman in the photo indeed had a beautiful smile.
In a split second, goosebumps rose and a chill ran down his spine.
This…what is this?
Yu Lan looked back at the boy in astonishment.
Despite the childish appearance and the stark difference from his current self, those eyes almost immediately confirmed to Yu Lan that it was indeed him.
But wasn’t he raised in an orphanage since he was a child? The boy in this photo looked to be around five or six years old…..
What’s going on…
Yu Lan’s entire body stiffened.
“Mr. Yu?” The bartender snapped him out of his thoughts.
The man and woman asked with vigilance, “You…know each other?”
The bartender glanced at Yu Lan, and Yu Lan looked back at him sluggishly.
His fingers were stiffening, the headache was starting, and cold sweat was breaking out. He shouldn’t ask any further, it was time to leave this couple immediately.
He wanted to return to Mr. Shao’s side.
However, the couple didn’t wait for their response. They exchanged an anxious glance at one another and quickly took a hold of Yu Lan to a corner.
The bartender frowned, waved to a server, and whispered a few words to him.
Upon seeing this, the man once again attempted to lead Yu Lan out of the bar. However, Yu Lan had regained some composure and stood his ground. He tried to pull his hand back, stiffly saying, “I’m sorry, you must have truly mistaken me for someone else.”
“How could we make a mistake!” The man grabbed him violently and said, “When you were six years old, you went to the amusement park with your mother and were abducted by human traffickers! We’ve been waiting for the police’s news all these years, We didn’t expect you to suddenly appear in a fashion magazine! When did you come back? Where are you living now?”
Yu Lan became absent-minded.
When he was six years old?
At an amusement park?
A certain image was on the brink of surfacing from his mind, only to be shrouded by a veil of darkness again.
A sudden stab of pain shot through Yu Lan’s head. He covered his forehead and slumped downward.
The man and woman were stupefied, “What’s wrong with you?”
“Mr. Yu!” The server and the bartender rushed over.
The man furiously exclaimed, ” Why are you meddling in our business?! This is our family matters! Just leave!”
He stood in front of Yu Lan, blocking him.
The remaining few customers in the bar looked over at the noise, some of them got up and left directly upon seeing the situation.
The bartender and the server hesitated to come near them, as they still had Yu Lan in their hands. Even though these two individuals were betas, their stature was tall and robust, and they didn’t appear to be acting rationally.
However, at the same time, a few security guards, who looked like alphas, entered the place, their eyes fixed on them.
The man’s gaze became fierce, and exchanged a glance with the woman. He exerted effort in forcefully pulling Yu Lan up, saying “Enough talking, come with us!”
“In the end, who exactly are you guys…” Yu Lan clenched his teeth, enduring the headache, and tried to pull his hand back.
“Your mother is my older sister!” The man quickly said, “Your mother passed away. You’ll live with us from now on. We’ll treat you well. Don’t continue modeling! At that time, your mother insisted on becoming a model and left home to make her way in the big city. In the end, not only did she become pregnant out of wedlock with you, but neither she nor you could be protected! I won’t let you walk the same path as her! Come!”
Yu Lan’s head throbbed as if it were about to split open, and his nerves jumped erratically.
As his vision swayed, he saw the woman take out a syringe.
The syringe was filled with yellow liquid.
Yu Lan’s pupils contracted sharply, and he felt a chill in his heart.
Just as the woman was about to discreetly jab the needle into his thigh, Yu Lan tensed his body. He fiercely detained the man’s hand and swiftly kicked his leg which knocked him to the floor!
The woman was startled, and the syringe became visible to everyone. Yu Lan, breathing heavily and unsteady on his feet, took a step closer, fixing a cold stare on her as he asked, “Are you human traffickers?”
Yu Lan was already very familiar with that yellow liquid, as he had been injected with it dozens of times. It was a sedative.
The woman’s face changed drastically, “I, we…”
“Mr. Yu!” The security guards had already rushed forward, the woman turned around to flee, but she couldn’t get out at all as in the blink of an eye she was tackled to the floor by the security guards!
“What are you doing at the bar? What right do you have—?” The man was also pinned to the floor, roaring in anger.
Yu Lan’s cold sweat had already soaked through his T-shirt. The next second, he heard urgent footsteps together with the man’s gloomy voice, “What right? Simply because this is my bar.”
Yu Lan turned around and saw the man walking in large strides with several bodyguards in tow.
Yu Lan’s complexion turned pale. “Mr. Shao…”
“CEO Shao!” The bartender quickly said.
The man had clearly rushed over upon hearing the news, and he pulled Yu Lan into his arms to check his condition. His breath was as cold as ice.
“Mr. Shao, my head hurts so much…” Yu Lan’s whole body was trembling all over.
Shao Mingyu used his pheromones to calm him down and ordered the bartender, “Call the police and prepare a car.”
“Yes!” The bartender quickly ran out.
When the man saw Shao Mingyu’s face, he froze, unable to believe it. “It’s you?! Are you the one taking care of Yu Lan?!”
“When we get to the police station, you better confess how you got that picture,” Shao Mingyu coldly stated.
On the way here, the bartender had already told him everything he had seen and heard.
Shao Mingyu picked up and carried Yu Lan in his arms without another word.
Seeing that they were about to leave, and realizing that it wouldn’t end well once Shao Mingyu took control of the situation, the man’s expression changed several times. In the end, he lost his temper and shouted, “Shao Mingyu, what do you mean by this? Sixteen years ago, you meddled in our business, and now, sixteen years later, you want to interfere again! What does your Shao family have to do with our family? Yu Lan is our family’s child, not yours!”
He was ruthlessly pressed on the floor and knocked his nose causing a sudden nosebleed and making him see stars. Yet, he still managed to vaguely yell, “Did you also set your eyes on Yu Lan?! Ha, you think he’s good-looking, don’t you! In this world, there are no such things as good intentions without reasons! You are just raising Yu Lan as your lover, aren’t you?!”
Before Shao Mingyu had a chance to speak, Yu Lan had already propped himself up on his shoulders, breathing heavily, and told the group of bodyguards in a hoarse voice, “Shut him up.”
The bodyguards were momentarily stunned but quickly responded, “Yes, sir!”
Originally, they didn’t dare to use force on Mr. Yu, but now that Mr. Yu Lan had spoken, it became easier for them to handle the situation.
Before long, the man could only make “whimpering” sounds and couldn’t speak anymore.
Shao Mingyu’s tone was complicated as he said, “Ah Lan, I’m sorry, there are many things that I——”
Yu Lan leaned against the man’s chest, his strength already at its limit. He interrupted the man and whispered, “I told you I trust you, Mr. Shao, no matter what.”
Shao Mingyu took a deep breath, walked out of the bar, and sat in a car holding the youth in his arms.
……
Yu Lan was given a pill to ingest.
However, this time, neither the medication nor the man’s pheromones could improve Yu Lan’s condition in any way.
His head felt like it was about to split open, something was relentlessly trying to break through his mind. Yu Lan attempted to endure it but found himself unable to, and as a result, low, painful moans continued to escape from his lips.
Shao Mingyu’s complexion turned extremely ugly.
Before they reached the hospital, Yu Lan lost consciousness.
He fell into a dream, but inside the dream, everything was chaotic.
——There was a carousel, and a pirate ship.
A woman in a long dress and a straw hat held his hand, and he cried out, “Mom, I want to eat ice cream!”
The woman helplessly replied, “If you eat more, you’ll have diarrhea again!”
He acted spoiled and said, “Mom!”
——There was an orphanage.
In front of him was the director holding a whip. He clenched his fists, his body was as stiff as a rock but when he looked up, he couldn’t make out the director’s face.
——There was endless darkness and a cage locking him in.
The human trafficking couple’s chubby beta son squatted in front of the cage, silently staring at them day after day.
All the scenes mixed together, then abruptly exploded, creating an opening that plunged Yu Lan into an even deeper darkness.
…..
When Song Ze arrived at the hospital, Shao Mingyu was standing on the balcony at the far end of the hallway, looking down at his phone and smoking.
Song Ze glanced at the phone and saw the same photo from the couple’s phone. He sighed.
In all likelihood, before that couple was taken to the police station, some basic information had already been obtained by the man’s bodyguards.
The couple were indeed Yu Lan’s uncle and aunt, and they were also indeed human traffickers.
Shao Mingyu was well aware of this——these so-called relatives of Yu Lan, in fact, had never actually met him. They didn’t know what Yu Lan looked like, and they didn’t even know his name.
In that very year when Yu Lan’s mother passed away, the time when Yu Lan had already been abducted.
This couple came for the inheritance, and left hurriedly after realizing there was nothing to gain. At that time, they hadn’t started human trafficking yet.
They didn’t care about their relatives, nor did they care about the child who had been abducted from their family. After leaving, they disappeared without a trace.
As things continued like this, there was nothing wrong with it. After all, Yu Lan’s future would have nothing to do with them. And when he tried to find a way to contact this couple but failed, Song Ze breathed a sigh of relief.
However, they didn’t expect that the main reason they couldn’t find their contact information was that not long after this couple left back then, they started engaging in illegal activities and went into hiding.
That photo was also something they stumbled upon unintentionally from one of the human traffickers.
——It was a photo discreetly shot by the human traffickers who had initially abducted Yu Lan when they fixed their eyes on him at the amusement park.
They recognized Yu Lan’s mother and naturally understood that the child she was holding was her own, and they also learned that the child’s name was ‘Yu Lan’.
However, even though the human traffickers who took Yu Lan were right in front of them, they didn’t dare to pursue the matter further. This was enough to show that the couple had no affection for Yu Lan.
Yu Lan’s eyes were one of a kind in this world.
From childhood to adulthood, he shed his childlike qualities and underwent many changes but those eyes never changed.
And after many years, the couple who had the photo in their possession recognized Yu Lan at a glance when they saw him in a magazine, thanks to his unique eyes and his name.
It was also at that moment that they, who had recently fallen into difficulties, started to make plans.
Song Ze stepped forward and asked, “What did the doctor say?”
Shao Mingyu slowly exhaled smoke, not answering. Instead, he said “I had planned to start his memory recovery treatment after we returned.”
The three-month period had already passed, and the youth’s physical condition had been adjusted to its optimal state. Following two more days of well-deserved rest, he was going to start his memory recovery treatment.
That would be a very long and awfully painful process.
But Shao Mingyu would be there to accompany him and get through it together with him.
However, when the couple showed up, they disrupted everything.
Song Ze also knew how bad this situation was.
The memories of these omegas who were abducted by human traffickers had been tampered with. If their fragmented memories were forcefully awakened, making them aware of the significant issues with their memories, they were likely to experience emotional breakdowns, memory disorders, and may eventually even fall into a coma.
This was also the reason why they only told the people currently taking care of this group of omegas about this situation.
These omegas can’t be informed for the time being. They will have to wait for approximately three months until their bodies, which have been abused by human traffickers for a long time, are restored to the optimal state. Before they can start memory recovery treatment and slowly repair their memories.
No one could have predicted that couple to appear!
“You didn’t know they had that photo in their hands and recognized Yu Lan. You also didn’t know they would set their sights on Yu Lan so quickly.” Song Ze sighed, “Many things are unpredictable.”
Just like the information that was unintentionally revealed beforehand——a lot of these omegas had already been taken in by families from various places, and those people were actually the relatives of the omegas.
Before the omegas’ memories were restored, they mustn’t tell them the truth but accidents still happened. Some omegas found out, went crazy, became comatose and then needed emergency treatment. Upon waking up, they weren’t careful enough and unintentionally disclosed the information.
In the case of Yu Lan, not only Shao Mingyu but also Song Ze thought that the couple and Yu Lan could have no further connection or relationship with each other in the future.
Shao Mingyu allowed Yu Lan to pursue the path of a model, hoping to let the youth grow and live freely.
Who would have thought that when the youth appeared in public, it would draw out the rats who had disappeared for more than a decade and who, in their understanding, shouldn’t have recognized the youth at all.
Shao Mingyu flicked his cigarette and coldly said, “Has this case been transferred to you?”
“Yes, so rest assured.” Song Ze paused and continued, “And by the way, the court hearing for those human traffickers from before was scheduled for next week.”
Right at that moment, someone came over and said, “CEO Shao, Mr. Yu has woken up!”
……
Yu Lan felt like he had been sleeping for a long time.
When he regained consciousness, he knew that something had already changed.
The previously chaotic images in his mind gradually became more clear.
Although it wasn’t much, it was enough to make Yu Lan realize that there were significant issues with his memories.
He had always thought that the woman in the long dress and straw hat was merely a dream, but she wasn’t.
She was a person who had actually existed in his memory, his ‘mother’.
In that case, what about the young and tender voice of the boy that appeared in his dreams several times?
Amidst the haze of his memories, Yu Lan faintly remembered that three months ago while they were doing the transcript in the spaceship, Song Ze had asked him.
“Do you remember how your spaceship lost control?”
“I pressed a combination of buttons.” Yu Lan then reported the combination.
“It was you?” Song Ze paused. “How did you know that combination?”
Yu Lan hesitated for a moment.
Finally, he said, “I just pressed it randomly. I didn’t expect that this combination of buttons would cause the spaceship to lose control.”
Song Ze examined him for a moment, recorded it, but added, “This combination of buttons is a bug only found in outdated spaceships but not many people know about it.”
Yu Lan clenched his fists.
In fact, he didn’t press that combination of buttons “randomly”.
But that was something he couldn’t explain.
——In countless dreams during the dark years of his past, there was always a young and tender male voice beside him, telling him again and again, “Just press it like this, and the entire spaceship’s system will collapse. This is a bug in outdated spaceships, nowadays, the spaceships on the market no longer have this issue.”
The little him in the dream, though not fully understanding, would repeatedly exclaim, “Older brother, you’re so amazing!”
“Did you understand it?”
“I understand it!” Yu Lan cheerfully replied, “And I also remember it!”
He remembered it.
He remembered it.
As a result, in that spaceship, when the human trafficker couple who were in the front seats were dozing off due to the long journey, Yu Lan quietly opened his eyes in the back seat, found the emergency control panel by the window, and opened it.
The couple thought he was unconscious, but the drug no longer had a strong effect on him, and he remained awake all throughout the whole journey.
He was awake and he also remembered the words of the boy in his dream clearly.
For no reason, he had an intuition in his heart urging him to follow what the boy had taught him in his dream, and so he pressed those buttons over and over again.
The next second, the spaceship lost control, spinning, and hovering.
This was a turning point in Yu Lan’s life.
He knew that this was his only opportunity to change his future.
And this opportunity was given to him by the boy in his dream.
That boy, just like the woman in his dreams, had indeed appeared in his memories and in his life for real.
When Yu Lan opened his eyes, tears slid down from the corners of his eyes.
The man leaned over and looked at him from the bedside, furrowing his brows, “Ah Lan?”
Yu Lan started to speak, his voice hoarse, choking back tears, “Older brother, I remember it all.”
Author’s Note:
Ah Lan has remembered, let’s give him a round of applause!
T/N:
Yay! Our baby has remembered his man! (っ´ω`)ﾉ(╥ω╥)
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