62 – For the rest, I have a way to force her to reveal her flaws.
Angry old father could not stop the cub’s joy, and could only watch the cub jumping up and down the stairs.
An Xing didn’t know what An Zhaoming had been planning in that short period of time, and what plans had failed. He carried the small bundle upstairs, hummed a song and took a bath.
Counting the time, his brother Shen should have arrived home by now, and got cleaned up. The teenager was wearing Snoopy pajamas, lying on the bed with his wet little curly hair, and video calling the man.
“Shen ge, Shen ge, you are busy?” (T/N: Ge is pinyin for older brother.)
The teenager’s voice is sweet, and the man who originally wanted to read another document did not hesitate to turn his footsteps toward the bedroom and said in a soft voice:
“I’m not busy, what’s wrong?”
“Let me tell you ah Shen brother, mom and dad said, in the future I’ll be the adopted son of the An family! Ning Rong will be my elder brother from now on!”
Lu Tian Shen paused, realizing that the An family was trying to make the little fool’s heart grow stronger.
According to the law, you can’t adopt a child who has already reached the age of 18. In other words, the so-called adopted son of An Xing does not have any legal effect. The An family’s claim of adoption is based on the fact that they have raised An Xing before.
In other words, if An Xing can disown the An family as his adoptive parents, the An family can also disown An Xing as their adopted son.
But obviously, they don’t want to do that. Even if they were not legally bound, they still wanted to be a family.
Thinking of this, Lu Tian Shen warmly said:
“Aunt Shen told me that your family will hold a banquet at the end of the month to announce Ning Rong’s identity. At the banquet, they will also announce your status as an adopted son, is that right?”
An Xing happily nodded her head, “Yes, yes!”
The man revealed a light-hearted smile.
“That’s good, congratulations.”
An Xing knew that what Lu Tian Shen was congratulating him about was not that he would be able to stay in the An family from now on, but that he would be able to stay at home with his family. He couldn’t help but smile and narrow his eyes towards the man.
Looking at the teenager’s cute and adorable look, Lu Tian Shen’s heart was tickled and he could not wait to tell Tang City that this little fool was his. He couldn’t hold back and teased the teenager.
“So, can I attend the banquet as your fiancé?”
What’s wrong with that, of course you can!
Just as he was about to reply like this, An Xing suddenly remembered an important thing – he was not born in the An family, and if Lu Tian Shen wanted to marry into the An family, he should actually look for Ning Rong.
But ……
The young man’s hesitant look fell in the man’s eyes, but the man did not think of anything else and thought that the little fool was shy.
“Don’t be nervous, Xingxing, I’m just kidding.”
An Xing hugged a pillow and covered his face, only revealing a pair of almond eyes, looking at the man on the screen.
Lu Tian Shen lost his smile, “You both are the main characters in this banquet. Our engagement will be announced on your birthday.”
This voice is low and gentle with a smile, without the slightest bit of reluctance.
An Xing had always known that Lu Tian Shen was very indulgent towards him, and every time he became aware of this, he would always find that the man could be even more indulgent towards him. In his heart, Lu Tian Shen is different.
Without realizing it, the scene in the square tonight surfaced before his eyes. Under the dim streetlight, the man smiled and reached over to touch his head, holding him in his arms and sticking to him, as well as accompanying him to buy snacks and walk with him …….
An Xing thought that in the past, he was just reluctant to give up such a good brother to Ning Rong. But now, he doesn’t even want to give up his status as a marriage partner to Ning Rong.
What if Shen ge treats him so well because the two of them are in a marriage?……
He refused to think about this possibility.
“We’ll talk about it when the time comes.”
The young man’s face was buried in the pillow, and with a small, sticky, trailing voice, he said vaguely, feeling a little guilty.
He’ll just wait until he figures it out and breaks off the engagement with Shen ge..
*
Because of the chaos of the previous night, the next morning, the An family got up late. Luckily, it was a Saturday and there was nothing to do, so the family came downstairs only at nine o’clock to get ready for breakfast.
An Xing had just walked to the dining table when he looked at Shen Ying suspiciously.
“Mom, what’s wrong with you, didn’t you sleep well last night?”
Shen Ying was originally in a daze, and when she heard these words, she turned her head a little sluggish, her eyes slightly open.
Facing the woman’s eyes, An Xing froze, and then worriedly grabbed the woman’s hand.
“Mom? Did you have a nightmare last night?”
An Xing did not know how to describe that look. The woman seemed to be caught in a nightmare and not wake up, in a trance, and the moment she saw him, it was like a person who had been immersed in darkness for a long time saw a beam of light, a look of disbelief and as if she had been robbed of her life.
But, obviously everything is quite normal ah.
An Xing blankly held Shen Ying’s hand, and his eyes looked toward An Zhaoming for help. An Zhaoming is also a little worried, gently holding his wife’s shoulders.
Shen Ying was a little confused between dream and reality, until the teenager grabbed her hand, and then she suddenly came to her senses. She grabbed the young man and looked at him almost greedily.
Her beloved little son is standing in front of her alive, healthy and energetic, not being bullied and despised, not being hurt in any way. No ……
Without even being able to say goodbye, he became a cold and broken body.
Shen Ying had a nightmare, she hoped that it was always just a nightmare, and hoped that she would never enter that kind of nightmare.
Her eyes slowly moved to the back of the teenager. Ning Rong had just come down the stairs and was standing next to An Xing, looking over with the same concern. The two children stood very close to each other, the boy’s gaze was clear, upright and heroic, full of vigor and vitality.
He was completely different from the boy in her dream, who had dark and unruly eyes, then became dispirited and bitter, and finally desperate and miserable.
“Mom? Should we call a doctor? Are you really okay?”
The teenager’s careful voice woke up Shen Ying, her eyes were in a trance for a moment, and then cleared up. She was like a puppet that slowly came to life and became human again, showing a soft smile towards the children.
“I’m fine. I didn’t sleep well last night, and I haven’t regained my senses yet.”
An Xing instantly felt guilty and grabbed her mother’s hand, rubbing her forehead curtly.
“Just, just say that I have no plans to run away from home. Don’t worry! I am the son of the An family. I will support you in your old age together with my brother!”
The clear young voice sounded carefree, and Shen Ying felt that her body seemed to be warming up again. She tried her best to smile, touched the boy’s curly hair, and said softly to the two children:
“Okay, let’s eat.”
After breakfast, An Xing took his freshly baked brother to play games with him, while Shen Ying and An Zhaoming returned to the study upstairs.
“You tell me, was it Tan Xiu’s doing that Xingxing and Rongrong were carried wrongly at the beginning?”
Watching Shen Ying lock the door, An Zhaoming is puzzled. When he heard this sentence, his eyes suddenly widened.
“Ah Ying? You ……?”
Shen Ying did not say anything, but only looked at her husband, his eyes cold.
This kind of eyes, An Zhaoming,have not seen in a long time. Since An Xing was almost lost at birth, Shen Ying has become weak and sickly, and her work has shifted from the front of the stage to the back of the curtain, and she has fewer conflicts with others. An Xing has been a good boy and obedient from childhood. He is more worry-free than other children, and he will not let Shen Ying show such murderous eyes.
An Zhaoming vaguely felt that something was different. He was silent for a moment and nodded.
“Tian Shen and I both have this suspicion.”
In the past, Shen Ying did not ask, and he did not obtain the key evidence, so he did not mention it for the time being. Now that Shen Ying asked, he will say what he has investigated one by one.
“…… At the time in the hospital, only Tan Xiu may be able to swap two children. However, the hospital at that time did not have that much monitoring …….
Although it was confirmed that Tan Xiu had been looking for someone to spy on Ning Rong over the years, and it was also confirmed that Tan Xiu was involved in the Ning family’s career ups and downs, the most important thing was that they had no evidence that the two children were carried by mistake. .
So in order not to alert the enemy, An Zhaoming couldn’t even complain for the Ning family and Ning Rong.
Shen Ying was silent and didn’t speak. After a while, she spoke under her husband’s worried eyes.
“It doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter if there is no evidence. There will always be traces of her doing it.”
“From now on, keep an eye on her and her family.”
“For the rest, I have a way to force her to reveal her flaws.”
*
The newly crowned youngest member of the An family had a very comfortable weekend. Not only did his brother take him to play video games, but his mother fed him snacks.
When he went back to school on Sunday, An Xing rubbed his stomach and wondered if he had gained weight.
As usual, he carried a bunch of snacks and crafts back to the dormitory, divided the snacks between Zhou Bin and Chen Fang, ignored Su Yiran, sat in his seat, and packed things.
The things on the desktop were not to be bothered with, they were all semi-finished crafts and hand-drawn manuscripts. What An Xing mainly checked was his own locked drawer.
As usual when he returned to the dormitory, he took out his sketchbook from his bag and opened the drawer with the combination, ready to put the sketchbook in.
When he opened the drawer, he paused for a moment, and then continued to move as if nothing had happened.
Su Yiran, who had been secretly watching An Xing’s movements, was slightly relieved.
“Hey Xingxing, how’s your design for the competition coming along? Are you done?”
Zhou Bin, who was gnawing on a marinated chicken claw, remembered this matter and asked An Xing across the aisle. An Xing nodded his head and shook the book he took out from his drawer.
“It’s done, we’re waiting for the stone to be delivered, we’re going to start working.”
He knocked on the table, looked sideways at Zhou Bin and Chen Fang.
“At the end of the month, my family will have a banquet, you two will come to it ~ stay at my home at night, we will play games all night ah!
“Yes, yes, but not all night.” They responded positively. The two of them responded positively, “Last time you also said you wanted to stay up all night, but you were so sleepy that you couldn’t talk at twelve o’clock.”
An Xing blinked, face full of innocence.
Chen Fang curiously asked, “What kind of party is your family having?”
“To announce my brother’s identity!”
The young man tilted his head, his eyes full of pride.
Zhou Bin and Chen Fang applauded, while Su Yiran secretly skimmed his lips.
An Xing, this idiot, is still here, still having a good time. When the real young master of the An family returns to the throne, everyone will know that he is a fake, how can these young masters of Tang City, who have eyes higher than the top, still treat him with the same kindness as before!
Thinking this way, Su Yiran suddenly felt that he should go to the scene to watch the scene of An Xing being treated coldly by the public.
An Xing was chatting with the two men when he heard a voice.
“An Xing, can I go?”
An Xing paused in his movements and turned his head to see Su Yiran standing behind him with a smile.
“Although we had some quarrels and misunderstandings recently, after all, we used to be very good friends. I really want to accompany you on such an important day for you.”
Although he knew that this person was shameless, An Xing really did not expect that this person could be so shameless.
He looked at the young man for a few moments and suddenly smiled.
“Good, then you come too.”
An Xing heard himself speaking lightly.
T/N: My first language isn’t English, and there may be some grammatical errors. But I try not to deviate from the author’s narrative. If there are any errors or nonsensical sentences, feel free to comment.