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
Shao Mingyu was taken aback for a while, his brows furrowing even harder, “Little Grape?”
Yu Lan’s chest heaved as he looked at the man with red eyes and slowly recited a combination of spaceship control buttons.
When the combination of buttons were mentioned, Shao Mingyu’s expression changed, and certain memories also began to surface in his mind.
“Just press it like this, and the entire spaceship’s system will collapse…” Tears continued to stream down Yu Lan’s face as he reached out to the man, “Older brother…”
Shao Mingyu’s breath caught in his throat as he bent down to hold him in a tight embrace. After a moment, he whispered, “You remembered?”
Yu Lan wept, shaking his head and said, “I only remembered some fragments, but I remembered you, Mr. Shao.”
On that summer day, his mother took him to the amusement park, where he met an older brother, who was the young Mr. Shao.
The one who taught him that combination of buttons was Mr. Shao.
Within the chaotic dream just now, he saw the face of that boy and he remembered. He asked the boy, “Older brother, what’s your name?”
The boy ruffled his hair and said, “My name is Shao Mingyu.”
In the countless nights in the past, the people who kept appearing in his dreams were his mother and Mr. Shao!
Yu Lan was crying and trembling all over.
He had never thought about it before!
He had never thought that the two people from his dreams were real, let alone that Mr. Shao had saved him at the most critical moment!
Yu Lan didn’t know how to describe the feelings in his heart. He was overwhelmed with a mix of sorrow and joy, until he was almost out of breath.
“Ah Lan, Little Grape, don’t cry.” The man’s voice was also hoarse, and kept coaxing him, “It’s already in the past, it’s all in the past now.”
Yu Lan’s veins on the back of his hand stood out as he held the man tightly. When all was said and done, how much memory had he lost? What was the story behind the memories of the orphanage?
A few days ago, when Mr. Shao told him some things and advised him not to dwell on them, he had already suspected that his memory might have some issues which should also be the reason for his frequent headaches. However, at that time, Yu Lan thought he might have only suffered some minor memory loss.
He also thought that when Mr. Shao said that his mother didn’t abandon him, it meant that his mother had no choice but to send him to the orphanage.
But it wasn’t the case!
He had lived with his mother for a full six years!
He wasn’t a baby who was sent away. When he was six years old, his mother was still holding his hand!
How much of what was in his mind were false?
How much did those human traffickers take from him?!
Seeing Yu Lan’s condition deteriorating, the doctors approached and asked Shao Mingyu to step aside and put Yu Lan back onto the hospital bed.
Shao Mingyu couldn’t see his person, he could only hear the sound of Yu Lan’s breakdown, and his fists clenched.
Song Ze stood on the side, not daring to speak.
Once Yu Lan had calmed down, Shao Mingyu said to Song Ze, “Go back and handle the case, don’t waste time here.”
“You guys…” Song Ze hesitated.
“I will take care of him.” Shao Mingyu coldly said, “You handle the couple.”
“I understand.” Song Ze paused, sighed, and patted his shoulder, saying, “It will be okay.”
After Song Ze left and the doctors also stepped out, the hospital room fell silent again.
The youth lay on the bed, looking somewhat dazed, tears still slowly trickling from the corners of his eyes. He murmured, “Mr. Shao…”
The man leaned down and kissed the corners of his eyes, whispering, “I’m here.”
“Mr. Shao, where’s my mother…”
“Little Grape, how about getting some sleep?”
“Mr. Shao…”
“I’m here, don’t be afraid.”
……
It wasn’t until dawn that the youth finally fell asleep.
……
When Yu Lan woke up again, it was already evening.
The hospital room was quiet, with no one else except for him.
But the door was slightly open, and Yu Lan could see the man’s figure standing by the window in the corridor.
After a night’s sleep, he had recalled more fragmented memories, and he had also confirmed that all the memories of the orphanage were false.
The human traffickers had extensively tampered with his memories without restraint.
They had probably done this to every omega they captured.
Making them all believe that they had come from a dark and dangerous orphanage.
They thought they had no family, no way out, only despair and numbness left.
In this way, they had no desire to survive at all.
They didn’t know where they could escape to, who they could turn to, so they naturally didn’t even think about escaping.
This place was dark, and the outside world was also dark. It was better to stay here honestly, at least they wouldn’t be subjected to beatings and humiliation like they had in the orphanage from time to time.
Here, they had food to eat, a place to sleep, and perhaps life could be a little better when they are eventually handed over to their future “owners”.
So they quietly waited and hoped for the best.
——Waiting for the day when they would be sold.
And for these people who had been stripped of their past, the only thing they could retain was the names given to them by their parents——Within their memories, it seemed that only their names couldn’t be changed, which was something even the human traffickers couldn’t do anything about.
It was very strange too.
In a mysterious way, they lost everything from their past, yet they are still themselves.
Yu Lan was still Yu Lan.
This name was the most precious gift given to him by his single mother when he was born.
Yu Lan sat blankly for a moment, then got off the bed.
He slowly opened the door, walked out, and before the man could hear the sound and turn around, he reached out and hugged him from behind.
The man stopped in his tracks, and covered his hand with his own, “Awake?”
“Mr. Shao, did you stay up all night?” Yu Lan asked softly.
“I’m fine. How are you feeling now?” Shao Mingyu frowned and asked.
“I feel much better.” Yu Lan asked, “Mr. Shao…will my memories return?”
“Yes.” the man turned to face him, gently caressing his face, and said, “Originally, I had already planned to have you receive treatment after returning. Your memories can return, don’t worry.”
Yu Lan looked up at the man.
If he remembered correctly, the first time he met Mr. Shao was at the amusement park, which also turned out to be their last meeting.
He hadn’t fully remembered the specific details of their encounter yet, but he recalled meeting Mr. Shao at the video game center, where they played together for over an hour before parting ways.
Mr. Shao was supposed to be a passing traveler in his life, so why——
“Mr. Shao, how did you recognize me? Why did you bring me back?” Yu Lan had many questions in his heart.
When Mr. Shao confessed to knowing his mother, Yu Lan thought that Mr. Shao must have been very familiar with his mother, which was how he recognized him. He confirmed his name and perhaps even remembered his appearance because of the relationship he had with his mother. This was likely why he brought him back home.
But it wasn’t actually like that.
How could the brief encounter of just over an hour from sixteen years ago make the man still remember him and take care of him to this day?
Shao Mingyu fell silent for a moment and said, “Ah Lan, I didn’t make the decision to bring you home on a whim that day. I’ve been searching for you for sixteen years.”
Yu Lan was stunned.
Speaking of their encounter sixteen years ago when Shao Mingyu met Yu Lan as a child, it was indeed very brief.
If it had been just that one day…for just that little over an hour, the lives of “Yu Lan” and “Shao Mingyu” should have been two straight lines that happened to meet once and then continued in completely different directions.
They should have quickly forgotten each other, moved forward on their own paths in life, extremely unlikely that they would ever have the chance to meet again.
However, a twist of fate changed everything.
Three days after their meeting at the amusement park, Shao Mingyu was on his way to his private tutor’s house in his maternal grandfather’s spaceship when they passed by the amusement park again and he saw Yu Lan’s mother.
She was wearing the same long dress from two days ago but she wasn’t wearing her straw hat, and there was no longer the pretty and cute boy by her side.
She sat completely motionless by the flowerbed.
Shao Mingyu saw her and found it odd, but didn’t think too much about it and continued on.
At the end of the day, when he passed by the amusement park again and saw that the woman was still sitting there, Shao Mingyu finally had the driver land the spaceship.
After getting off the spaceship, he walked up to the woman and asked puzzled, “Auntie?”
When he saw the woman’s face clearly, he was stunned.
The woman wasn’t wearing makeup; her face was pale, and she looked tired. There were tear stains on her cheeks.
She looked like a ghost, and even her gaze toward Shao Mingyu seemed to drift away.
“Ah…it’s you…” She tugged at the corners of her mouth, but didn’t manage to smile.
Shao Mingyu cautiously asked, “Auntie, what’s wrong?”
He looked around and tried to recall the name of the boy, then asked, “Where’s Yu Lan?”
“Ah Lan…” The woman’s gaze drifted into the void again, tears streaming down her face. “I lost Ah Lan…just the day before yesterday, shortly after you two parted ways…I lost him…”
Shao Mingyu was startled.
It was very strange.
The fate between people was very mysterious.
At that time, Shao Mingyu wasn’t familiar with the mother and son.
At best, he only played with that little boy for a little over an hour.
The little boy was very cute, well-behaved, and intelligent, which made him genuinely fond of him, but it was only to that extent.
The woman was a gentle adult who bought ice cream for the little boy and even got one for Shao Mingyu. It was the first time Shao Mingyu had received a gift from a stranger, but it was only to that extent.
However, all these “only to that extent” made Shao Mingyu stop at the amusement park.
He had never imagined that this pause would affect his life for the next sixteen years.
“…I started to help your mother search for you. I went to see Song Ze whose father was the chief of the police station at that time. I followed your mother to watch the surveillance footage at the amusement park and had people search for any other information.” Shao Mingyu said slowly.
He received photos of the boy from Yu Lan’s mother. In the photos, the boy was always smiling, innocent, sunny, and cute.
He went with Yu Lan’s mother to the apartment they rented, where there were photos of the mother and son all over the place.
He also often listened to the woman tearfully reminisce about their past as mother and child.
Yu Lan, Ah Lan.
He had a pair of deep blue eyes, which was also the reason his mother had chosen the name for him.
He liked to eat grapes, or anything with grape flavor. Shao Mingyu vaguely remembered that even his newly released omega pheromones were grapes.
He liked to watch TV dramas, cartoons, and he loved kittens and puppies, as well as all kinds of small animals.
He loved learning and had a competitive spirit.
He worshiped his mother who was a model, and he often imitated his mother’s runway walk, which made her laugh heartily. When they striked poses for photos, he even had more talent than his mother.
……
Day by day, Shao Mingyu’s understanding of “Yu Lan” became more and more profound.
That boy had inexplicably embedded himself in his heart, becoming the most familiar and special presence during his youth, apart from his close friend Song Ze.
Yu Lan froze.
“Less than a year after you disappeared, your mother passed away due to illness.” Shao Mingyu said in a low voice.
Yu Lan’s eyes turned red.
Although he calmed down, he realized that his mother had passed away a long time ago was a fact. However, he now understood that his mother wasn’t an imaginary woman who had “given him away shortly after he was born”. She was the woman who had been with him for six years, loved him, exerted great effort in raising him, only to be separated from him due to unforeseen circumstances. At this very moment, the image of his mother became very vivid in his mind, and caused great pain in his heart.
Shao Mingyu paused and gently brushed his hand against the youth’s forehead to comfort him.
“After my mother passed away…” Yu Lan spoke softly.
Shao Mingyu continued to narrate what happened.
Yu Lan’s mother had passed away, but Shao Mingyu didn’t stop searching for him.
Searching for Yu Lan had almost become a habit for him.
Song Ze was his close friend, and since he was told about Yu Lan’s situation sixteen years ago, he had always insisted on accompanying him.
They followed news about human traffickers and kept an eye on any possible locations where they might appear.
At the age of fourteen, they even went to the red-light district without informing their families, just because there were some unusual activities there.
However, although they ultimately uncovered a case, they also almost caused a major disaster, and Shao Mingyu was severely scolded by his grandfather for the first time.
As Yu Lan listened, tears fell from his eyes again.
He unexpectedly remembered that time when they were making the transcript in the spaceship, when he mentioned the “orphanage”, it had brought out strange reactions from both Song Ze and Mr. Shao.
At this very moment, all his doubts have been answered.
They knew everything about his past.
They worked hard for sixteen years leading up to the day of their encounter on the spaceship
Shao Mingyu lowered his head and kissed him, his voice soft and gentle, “Little Grape, don’t cry anymore. Your eyes are all swollen.”
“Mr. Shao…” Yu Lan choked up with emotion, “I remember, on the day when the human trafficker couple took me away, they mentioned that there seemed to be some commotion outside. The couple chose the oldest spaceship and took the long route with me, while the rest of the human traffickers guarded the other omegas. It seemed like they intended to use the remaining better spaceships for the rest of the transfer.”
These, Yu Lan had originally told Song Ze all of this when they were making the transcript at that time.
“Yes, Xingyu Group had been providing technical support to the police. At that time, we had just supplied batches of new and advanced detectors and the police had designated a set of locations for their usage. The hideout of those human traffickers just happened to be within one of these locations. Before long, they probably noticed something was wrong, but they didn’t exactly know what it was. In fact, it was also a strategy employed by the police and one of the ways those detectors were used.”
“In the event that the human traffickers were forced out, the location could be deduced but their exact route couldn’t be determined. That’s why they ended up accidentally encountering our spaceship.” This was also later confirmed by Song Ze to Shao Mingyu after further investigation.
“But no matter what, once they were forced out, they entered the area under the control of the police, and they were subsequently apprehended.” Shao Mingyu stated slowly.
Yu Lan’s heart trembled.
So on that day, it was because of the technical support provided by Mr. Shao’s company that the human trafficker couple unintentionally took him on that long journey.
And because of the combination of buttons that Mr. Shao had told him sixteen years ago, he was able to make the spaceship lose control and hover there, encountering Mr. Shao and the spaceship.
Neither his mother, Song Ze, nor Mr. Shao ever gave up on searching for him.
And he also never gave up on his own future either.
That’s why they could reunite sixteen years later.
Shao Mingyu looked at the youth and smiled helplessly. “Why are you crying again?”
He paused for a moment after speaking and then whispered, “Little Grape, it would have been better if we could have found you sooner.”
Yu Lan wiped away his tears and shook his head. “Mr. Shao, it was the buttons you told me about that gave me the chance to escape.”
Shao Mingyu looked distracted when he heard this.
Yu Lan told the man everything that happened that day on the human traffickers’ spaceship.
Whether it was the escape or the reunion sixteen years later, they were both miracles achieved through persistence.
After listening to Yu Lan’s complete story, Shao Mingyu was stunned and his Adam’s apple rolled. He leaned down and gently kissed the youth’s lips.
Yu Lan closed his eyes and wrapped his arms around the man’s neck.
They shared a quiet and tender kiss for a moment, Yu Lan, with a slight nasal tone, said, “I want to remember everything.”
His mother, the summer day sixteen years ago at the amusement park, and Mr. Shao.
……
Shao Mingyu had no intention of letting Yu Lan see his so-called maternal uncle and aunt again. Those two, once Shao Mingyu and Yu Lan left, became frightened and kept bellowing their grievance and clamoring to see Yu Lan once more.
However, Yu Lan also didn’t want to see them.
He only learned through Mr. Shao’s bodyguard that those two seemed to be in desperate need of money recently, which led them to target him.
The photo that Yu Lan posted on StarNet during the day accidentally revealed his location. Of course, it only showed which planet he was on, but the most famous attraction on this planet happened to be this beach.
Still, generally fans wouldn’t immediately rush over just by seeing the location. Besides, the coastline was so long, who knew where Yu Lan was?
Nevertheless, they didn’t expect that the couple coincidentally met Yu Lan at that bar.
They initially thought that with their relationship as relatives they could easily deceive Yu Lan and take him away. Yet, they didn’t expect that the bar belonged to Shao Mingyu, and the people in the bar knew Yu Lan. Their actions immediately caught attention.
Detecting that something was amiss, they panicked. This led to more impulsive actions which exposed themselves even more.
As for what they planned to do after deceiving Yu Lan——human traffickers naturally only want to sell their captives. With Yu Lan now looking so outstanding and gaining a bit of fame, they naturally thought they could sell him for a higher price on the underground market.
It can only be said that this couple, who were at the end of their rope, were both sinister and yet incredibly foolish in their planning and actions.
“Mr. Shao, have you seen them before?” Yu Lan asked in confusion.
“They showed up at your mother’s funeral.” Shao Mingyu merely said.
Yu Lan became silent.
For what reason, it was quite obvious.
He didn’t ask further and just said, “Mr. Shao, at my mother’s funeral, did you…”
The man rubbed his head.
Yu Lan’s mood was complex as he said, “Thank you.”
“Why be so polite?” The man lightly chuckled.
Yu Lan, however, felt that no matter how grateful he was to this man, it would never be enough. He tackled the man, moved closer and kissed his lips. He said. “I am really grateful that you appeared in my life and my mother’s life. Thank you, Mr. Shao.”
Shao Mingyu also didn’t say anything anymore. He just kissed the youth until he softened and nestled in his arms, and gently asked, “Do you want to go see your mother?”
Yu Lan shivered, but then soon after nodded and said, “Yes.”
Although many of his memories hadn’t yet been restored, he wants to see his mother, the one who had left only a vague figure in his mind for sixteen years, but still left the most beautiful presence.
Author’s Note:
Previously, I saw some readers guessing that Ah Lan was Mr. Shao’s adopted child, but that’s not the case. These two only played games together for a little over an hour when they were children. Hahaha.”
T/N:
Our baby’s mother being the matchmaker for our baby and his man. ∑(O_O;). It’s so sad that our baby’s mother won’t be able to see our baby and his man together though (｡•́︿•̀｡).
Also my Internet be dying on me .･ﾟﾟ･(／ω＼)･ﾟﾟ･.
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