FEADE 63

Chapter 63

Translated and Edited by KitKat

It was the same room that they had stayed in during their first visit but the emotions between the two of them had undergone a massive shift.

Ling Qing still remembered how he had had to warn Yu Chen not to cross any boundaries while he himself had unconsciously rolled into Yu Chen’s arms while asleep.

Yu Chen had also been good tempered and hadn’t pushed him away but just let him continue to hug him.

Ling Qing thought of this and couldn’t help but laugh out.

”What are you laughing about?” asked Yu Chen

”Just thinking about how happy I am”, answered Ling Qing

“My wife is giving birth?” Yu Chen asked.

Ling Qing sat on the bed and gave him a kick, “Your wife is the one giving birth!” 

Yu Chen grabbed his leg and smirked, “En, my wife is giving birth.”¹

Ling Qing：……

Ling Qing wanted to get up and hit him but Yu Chen grabbed his arms, hugged him close and kissed him.

After kissing him, he asked, “Want to give birth or not?”

Ling Qing bit his lips and firmly answered, “Not giving birth!”

Yu Chen wasn’t annoyed and hugged him back into his arms saying in a soft voice, “If you don’t want to give birth, then don’t give birth. I’m happy even if my wife doesn’t give me a baby.”

Listening to his innocent words, Ling Qing looked down at his abdomen and felt a little awkward.

He touched it silently. Although Yu Chen and him hadn’t frequently been intimate recently with Yu Chen wearing a condom all the while, he couldn’t help but think of any unintentional fishes that might have gotten through the net.

Ling Qing was inexplicably worried.

What if there was a little fish that had slipped through the net?

He frowned and thought for a while but felt that there was nothing he could do.

Could he still fight it if it happened?

Not to say whether the concept of abortion would have any effect on his body.

When he thought that that would be his and Yu Chen’s child, he couldn’t help it.

Yu Chen had a good appearance and Ling Qing also liked his personality. If he could have a little fish like him to raise, he presumed it would be very interesting.

Compared to the original owner’s appearance, he preferred Yu Chen’s good looks and if the child ended up looking like him, he could just give him the same surname.

Ling Qing felt like that was a splendid idea and that he could follow through!

“It would be great if this little fish could let Yu Chen reincarnate by himself….”

Yu Chen watched him smile and frown for a while and couldn’t help but ask him, “What are you thinking about that your expressions are changing so frequently?”

“I’m thinking of having you give birth,” Ling Qing said

Yu Chen smirked, “Dream on.”

”If you could give birth, would you?” Ling Qing asked him.

Yu Chen held him in his arms, thought for a moment and whispered and answered, “I guess so. Just so that we can have our own children.”

He pinched his face and continued, “Just to have a child that is like you.”

”You want your child to be like me?” Ling Qing asked him.

Yu Chen pointedly said, “Then what else? Have one that is like me? I can just look in the mirror then!”

Ling Qing laughed out loud and felt that what Yu Chen said seemed to make sense.

Seeing him happy made Yu Chen smile so he held him and kissed him once more. “Let us adopt a child in the future; one that looks like you. We will treat it as if it were birthed by us.”

Ling Qing listened to his dialogue, neither accepting or rejecting it.

He just touched Yu Chen’s face and thought to himself, “There’s no need to adopt. They could have a child of their own after all.”

Just like most heterosexual couples in the world.

A child that would be a testament of their love and a forbearance of their lineage.

”Kiss me”, said Ling Qing smilingly. “Kiss me and I might be able to make your wish come true.”

Yu Chen kissed him without hesitation, with a smile in his eyes and teased, “What wish do I have?”

”You’ll find out later.”

From this day on, Ling Qing could face the issue of pregnancy and childbirth with a calm mind, no longer repulsed like he had been in the beginning.

Ling Qing thought that this must be the love that had brought about this change in his mindset.

He might have already liked Yu Chen a little more than he had thought initially.

Ling Qing felt that this was great and that if it continued this way, he might fall in love with Yu Chen thoroughly.

He looked at Yu Chen and heard him say, “Close your eyes.”

“Why?”

“If I tell you to close your eyes, just close it, ba.”

Ling Qing closed his eyes and heard Yu Chen ask him, “Left hand or right hand?”#

”Left hand”, said Ling Qing.

“Open your eyes.”

　　Ling Qing opened his eyes and saw a red envelope in Yu Chen’s left hand.

       Do I get a red envelope too?” he asked in surprise.

       Yu Chen never forgot that other than his face, what his wife liked the most was money.

 “Little kids have red envelopes and so do the older kids. Especially the ones who are little                         money-grubbers.”

Ling Qing accepted it with a smile and even asked, “Is there a lot?”

“The most valuable one is right in front of you yet you still ask if there’s a lot?” Yu Chen was helpless, “There’s someone more valuable than me.” 

Ling Qing laughed and nodded, “Yup. You said it yourself now.”

”What about your right hand?” Ling Qing asked. “What do you have in your right hand?”

“Guess”, Yu Chen said.

“A New Year’s present.”

“What present?” Yu Chen asked him.

How could Ling Qing know? “I can’t guess.”

“I’ll give you a hint- it’s the most valuable one.” 

Ling Qing gave him a once over and said, “Aren’t you the most valuable one? You’ve made a tiny figure of yourself and are giving it to me?”

Yu Chen：……

Yu Chen felt that his wife didn’t have any talent for guessing games.

He held out his hand and there lay a blue box on it.

Now, Ling Qing felt like he could guess. “Necklace or bracelet? It’s too big to be a ring.”

Yu Chen felt his heart stir as he looked at Ling Qing and wanted to ask him if he wanted a ring. But he felt too embarrassed to ask.

After all, the development of their relationship had happened in an unconventional way.

His marriage to Ling Qing was so pointless at the beginning that they had just gotten a certificate under Ling Qing’s insistence, without a wedding nor a ring.

It was just that the two of them had developed feelings for each other through close contact after marriage.

The journey that had begun at the end had taken Yu Chen by surprise and there was no slowing down. He wanted to wait for Ling Qing to also completely fall in love with him to enjoy the honeymoon phase of a burgeoning romance. 

Of course he wanted to give Ling Qing a ring but he wanted to wait until Ling Qing had fallen in love with him to do so.

Otherwise, the pressure on Ling Qing would be too much and Yu Chen was worried that he would blame himself if he were unable to reciprocate it.

He smiled at Ling Qing and asked, “Which one do you want?”

Looking at the size of the box, Ling Qing thought it ought to be a bracelet and said, “Bracelet”.

Yu Chen opened the box and Ling Qing leaned forward to take a look and immediately burst out laughing after.

It was indeed a bracelet. A bracelet of a small goldfish made of white gold. The little fish had a big head, bulging eyes and tail that looked like a swaying petal. How cute!

Ling Qing picked it up and looked at it, and saw that the two eyes of the little goldfish were studded with diamonds. The diamonds were pure and transparent, shining brightly under the light, as if the little goldfish was looking at him with its eyes wide open.

He looked at Yu Chen with a smile, “A little fish from a little fish?”

With a smile, he took the bracelet out of the box and helped Ling Qing put it on his wrist while saying, “So that people will know whose person you are.”

Ling Qing heard his tone full of possessiveness and thought that he was too adorable!

He looked at the bracelet on his and shook it and the little fish on it looked like it was swimming through the waves.

Ling Qing liked it very much but admitted with remorse, “It’s a pity that I didn’t prepare a New Year’s gift for you.”

Yu Chen didn’t care too much, “You give a kiss and that shall be my New Year’s gift.”

Ling Qing kissed him without missing a beat and said, “I’ll make up for it during the next New Year.”

When Yu Chen heard his promise for the following year, his heart felt like it had been dipped in sugar syrup, imagining Ling Qing by his side next year as well.

“Okay”, he replied.

That night the two of them had a bout of intimacy again but after it was over, Ling Qing couldn’t stop worrying about his stomach.

Even if a little fish slipped through the net this time, he didn’t want his child to become a jumping fish in his stomach as he had to shoot a variety show next that involved a lot of running and jumping.

It was better to wait a little longer, at least until the variety show was over.

Ling Qing and Yu Chen stayed at home for a few more days and on the sixth day of the New Year, they went back to the Ling’s house.

This was the first time Ling Qing had returned home since taking over the original owner’s body.

The Ling family also lived in a villa and Mother Ling had raised some winter chrysanthemums and Ling Bai was watering them with her.

Seeing Ling Qing come back, he abandoned his old mother and happily ran over to him, “You’re back!”

He was wearing a white down jacket and light coloured jeans, which seemed very in-line with a little white lotus’s image.

Ling Qing gave a non-committal reply and handed some things over to him without any politeness. “I bought some things for you and your parents.” 

The moment Ling Bai took it, his shoulders collapsed due to how heavy they were.

Ling Qing, having achieved his intention of teasing him, turned into a loving brother, asking, “Is it too heavy? Shall I take it for you?”

Ling Bai was about to agree, when he looked up and saw Yu Chen’s contemptuous gaze, he rushed forward in a fit of anger!

”Not heavy!” Ling Bai spoke stoically.

Yu Chen raised his eyebrows.

Ling Bai snorted and turned towards the door.

Ling Qing smiled and followed him in.

Mother Ling met him at the front door, and said with a smile, “Xiaoqing, it’s good that you’re home.”

Ling Qing took a look at her– Mother Ling was just as the original owner remembered, elegant and beautiful, even a little weak like a flower blowing in the wind.

Her temperament was actually somewhat similar to Ling Bai’s.

It was no wonder that she preferred Ling Bai.

Ling Qing responded, “I was busy before and never had time.”

Even if this was just an excuse, Mother Ling didn’t ask any further questions when she heard his words.

Taking a look at Yu Chen, she said softly, “Xiao Yu is here too.”

This was the first time that Yu Chen had accompanied Ling Qing home after marriage, and it was also one of the few times he saw Mother Ling again.

He hadn’t called Mother Ling “Mom” before, and he couldn’t do it now, so he just nodded, “Yeah”.

“Come in and sit down”, Mother Ling said with a smile.

Yu Chen and Ling Qing entered the house.

Father Ling was reading a newspaper in the house when he saw his eldest son coming in. He set the newspaper aside and invited them to come and sit down.

Ling Qing and Yu Chen sat down and Ling Bai ran over after putting away the gifts and sat down next to Ling Qing.

Yu Chen gave him a dissatisfied look but Ling Bai turned away from him, pretending he didn’t see it.

“Why did it take so long for you to come back?” Father Ling asked him, “You don’t want to come back to your maternal house after you get married?”

“Busy.” Ling Qing said, “I have a lot of work. I’m an actor now and I spend most of my time on the set and I seldom go back to my home.”

“Why did you suddenly become an actor?” Mother Ling was puzzled, “What’s so good about being an actor? It’s not like there is no property at home, there are many other jobs better than that. It’s not good for you to do whatever you want. Why do you have to be an actor?”

“I like it”, Ling Qing said concisely.

Mother Ling was not satisfied.

Ling Bai was afraid that Mother Ling would be unhappy again, so he hurriedly said, “Eat some fruit, brother. You eat this grapefruit, it’s so sweet, mom, you can eat it too.”

He gave each of them a piece of grapefruit, and said, “Acting is pretty good and the company brother works for is also Brother Chen’s company, so he can help him manage the company. Otherwise, Brother Chen and the others would only know the company’s people and projects but wouldn’t know what’s popular in the market and wouldn’t know how to handle a situation when people in the industry would comment on their company’s artists, so it’s inevitable that there will be times when decisions are made wrong.”

“This is called going deep into the industry, sinking into the market, making private visits through micro-services, and breaking into the enemy’s encampment.”

Ling Qing: …..

Ling Qing glanced at Ling Bai beside him calmly, “Do you still want to rush to answer? Have you eaten walnuts during Chinese New Year? Why is it that after a year, you have become a lot smarter?”

Ling Bai looked at him with a smile, very innocent and harmless, just like the whitest white lotus in the world.

Ling Qing handed him the grapefruit in his hand, “You eat.”

He said, “Rewarding you.”

Ling Bai was flattered, subconsciously looking at Yu Chen, his eyes hinting complacency.

Yu Chen: …..

Yu Chen stretched out his hand and gently rolled up Ling Qing’s sweater sleeve, revealing his little goldfish bracelet.

He moved his fingers down, slowly grasped Ling Qing’s left hand, crossed his fingers, and said softly, “Baby, I want to eat some grapefruit too.”

【Small Theater】

Housekeeper: Master, Ling Bai has been in love with Madam for three months.

Yu Chen: Is he willing to give up and repent?

Housekeeper: No, he also eats walnuts to nourish his brain!

Yu Chen: ! ! !

Although he is on vacation for the Spring Festival, the butler is still conscientious and pays close attention to the dynamics of the young master and his wife.

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¹↪ E/n Let4:  From what I understand, this is kinda like when you’re bickering and one says the other is an idiot and then the other person replies “you’re the idiot”. In this case it just slipped LQ’s mind that he is Yu Chen’s wife