Chapter 65

Translated and Edited by KitKat

Ling Qing sighed, “She said you have thick thighs and that I should hold onto you tightly.”

Hearing this, Yu Chen burst out laughing, “That’s pretty good.”

He kissed Ling Qing a couple of times and continued, “It’s a pity that we are at your house tonight. Tomorrow I will work hard to get you pregnant as soon as possible.”

Ling Qing：！！！

Ling Qing did not think there was any need to refute him！

After all, it is possible to give birth!

“Let’s forget about it. Indulging in sex will hurt your body. Better to wait for two more days.”

“Then it’ll just take two days to get you pregnant.”

Ling Qing：……It’s better to get a divorce!

The two got intimate in the room for a while. At 7pm, the Ling family had a formula dinner and Ling Qing and Yu Chen went downstairs to join them.

Since it was a rare family occasion, Father Ling brought out a wine bottle and everyone had a drink. It also commemorated the New Year.

Ling Qing was afraid of getting drunk so didn’t drink much but Ling Bai drank a lot and finally raised a toast to his parents with sparkling eyes, as if he was about to cry any second.

Ling Qing guessed that he had probably discussed the date with Shu Tong and sensing that it might be soon, he understood Ling Bai’s actions.

It was rare that Ling Qing did not hit him but also had a drink with him and tousled his hair.

Ling Qing had guessed it right. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Ling Bai and Shu Tong made a bold decision. Without the knowledge of either family, they booked a hotel and brought both families together.

Father and Mother Ling arrived earlier and they were very puzzled after they were seated, “Why did we have to come out today? Couldn’t we have a get-together at home?”

“Something is going to happen”, Ling Bai faltered in his speech.

Soon, Shu Tong arrived with his parents.

When the two families met each other, the four people were stunned as they had no idea what their young ones were up to.

Ling Bai led, “Dad, mom, you know Shu Tong. These are his parents.”

Father and Mother Ling gave a “hmm” and looked at each other, feeling that the situation was unusual.

Shu Tong’s parents also looked at each other and wondered what their son was up to.

Just as Ling Bai was feeling awkward, Ling Qing and Yu Chen arrived. Ling Qing, as soon as he saw all the protagonists present, greeted them politely and pulled Yu Chen down to take a seat.

The room was silent.

After what seemed like a long time, Father Ling asked his youngest. “What’s the matter little one? Both you and Shu Tong have called your parents here. What’s going on?”

Ling Bai had always been a timid child and couldn’t say it so he turned to Shu Tong and said, “You say it.”

Although Shu Tong was bold, he did not know how to broach the subject that would hurt his parents so he quibbled along with Ling Bai.

“Don’t you always say that I can’t do this and I can’t do that? Aren’t you the only smart one here? You tell them!”

“Now you say that I’m smart about this kind of thing. Don’t you always dislike listening to me? You tell them ba!” 

Seeing the two of them like this, both Father and Mother Ling felt uneasy.

Father Ling sternly said, “Ling Bai, tell us what is going on here! Why have you called us out here during the holidays?”

Ling Bai couldn’t say it.

As he stared at father Ling, his eyes became sore. 

Seeing that Ling Bai was about to cry, Mother Ling felt that her premonition was about to come true. She spoke to Ling Bai in a calm but irrefutable tone, “Ling Bai, let me tell you! Just because your brother married Yu Chen doesn’t mean that you can also get married to a man. Look at how old you are! Are you trying to kill your father and i?”

Ling Bai: ? ? ?

His eyes instantly stopped being sore.

Shu Tong was also taken aback for a moment. What the hell is with this kind of reasoning!

‌And Ling Bai, are you crazy? Quickly refute her!

He quickly said, “It’s not what you think it is.”

Mother Ling snorted coldly and stood up. “That’s for the best. Xiao Tong, I welcome you to come to my house to play on the weekends but if you want to develop a relationship with Ling Bai that goes beyond friendship, you’d better stop now!”

Shu Tong：……

_{Shu Tong glanced at Ling Bai beside him. How did he develop a relationship with Ling Bai other than just being friends?! This guy is so stupid! Do you think I have lived too long?!}

_{There was still disgust in Ling Bai’s eyes, and he said angrily, “What kind of eyes do you have! I like mature and charming people who give me a sense of security. I don’t even want you to back me up like this!”}

_{Father and Mother Ling:……}

Ling Qing and Yu Chen:……

Ling Qing raised his hand to touch his forehead. Didn’t you have a clever mind a few days ago? Why are you being stupid again today? This type of self-detonation was too fast!

On the contrary, Mother Ling was able to comfort herself after being surprised a little. Her son isn’t as straight as he should be. Alas, he was just a little silly.

“Let us go home now, Ling Bai”, said Mother Ling

Ling Bai looked at her with a troubled expression and said, “I haven’t said what I’ve gathered you all today to say. I cannot go home yet.”

“You both cannot leave yet as well.”

Father Ling angrily said, “Ling Bai, what is the matter?Tell me now!”

Ling Bai could say nothing, only being able to anxiously bite his lips.

Ling Qing was dying of laughter but felt that it was too cruel for both Ling Bai and Shu Tong to hear such words so he could only sigh and say, “Ling Bai and Shu Tong, their relationship is not what you think it is.”　　

In an instant, everyone’s eyes in the room now turned to him. 

Ling Qing looked at the six pairs of eyes trained on him and said gently, Mom and dad, Xiao Bai is not a child of our family but a child of the Shu family. Mom gave birth to Shu Tong but the nurse at the time was negligent and the babies ended up being swapped.”

Looking at the surprised people in front of him, he continued, “I was the one who discovered it first when I thought that I was not Mother’s child and did a paternity test. It turned out that I was but Xiao Bai wasn’t. Later, I asked Yu Chen to help check the events of that year and found Shu Tong, who is my real blood brother.”

“I told the two of them one after another and it was up to them whether they wanted to change back or not. This was an accident and no one here is to blame. I gave them the power of making the decision for themselves because they are the youngest and will be the most affected by what will follow when all of this comes out.”

“Shu Tong felt that everyone had the right to know. He was worried that if he kept it a secret and something unfortunate happened, he would be left with regrets and so we’d discussed and picked today to tell you guys.”

“But you’re all here too and this kind of thing is still too cruel to be said out loud even though we prepared and prepared for it, we are still unable to say it.” 

Mother Ling heard this and turned to look at Ling Bai who had his face down with tears streaming down his face and even though Shu Tong wasn’t crying, his eyes appeared red too.

She sat on the chair silently, looking at the state of the two children in front of her but couldn’t speak.

“What all you said now, is that true?” asked Father Ling.

Ling Qing nodded, “If you don’t believe me, you can do a paternity test.”

Father Ling remained silent.

The Shu family’s parents were silent too and the room became quiet again, with complete silence.

After the long silence, it was unknown who broke it and began to speak but Ling Qing witnessed a warm and emotional moment that he wasn’t quite used to.

Ling Bai couldn’t stop his tears and in the end, Shu Tong cried too.

The adults of the two families had lived with their sons for so long that after they found out about the mix up, they both wished that they could take both the children back to their homes.

Mother Ling and Mother Shu recalled about the two children’s past together and discussed Ling Bai and Shu Tong’s affairs in detail.

They kept talking until it was almost dark outside.

When they were ready to depart, Ling Bai naturally went to Mother and Father Shu and Shu Tong went over to Mother and Father Ling.

When several people departed at the entrance of the hotel, Ling Bai kept his head down, ignoring everyone.

Ling Qing guessed that he might be crying again. Ling Bai was just like that- timid, not smart, not strong and loved to cry.

A standard little lotus, but still just a little lotus who hadn’t turned black yet.

Even if he did turn black, he wouldn’t be vicious, after all, he was just a not-so-intelligent, gullible little lotus.

Anyone can lie to him. Su Yue did it, he (LQ) did it. The only one who had never lied to him was Yu Chen, who thought of him as a little brother. But he was still chased away by the muddleheaded Ling Bai.

Sighing, he turned to Shu Tong beside him. His eyes followed the car that had just departed and his eyes were red. Obviously, he wasn’t a person who cried but today, his eyes had turned red from holding back his tears.

Ling Qing touched his head with his hand and hugged him into his arms.

“If you want to go back home, go back whenever you want. Ling Bai is a little stupid so you should be worried about your parents.”

There was a sourness in Shu Tong’s nose. He leaned back and did not speak.

Ling Qing and Shu Tong went back to the Ling’s family house together. Ling Qing didn’t want to initially but Mother Ling and Shu Tong both requested him to join them and he relented.

Ling Qing didn’t feel like he wanted to burden Mother Ling but thinking that Shu Tong might not be uncomfortable in a new environment so suddenly, he went along with Yu Chen.

While sitting in the car, Ling Qing sent a message to Ling Bai through WeChat, “When you want to come home, you can come home at any time. Our parents have raised you for so many years so it will still be okay for you to come back whenever you want to.”

After thinking about it, he sent over another message, “Don’t cry all the time. You are not young so you can’t be the same as before. The more you cry, the more people will lie to you and try to bully you.”

Ling Bai replied after a while, “I know.”

Ling Qing saw the message and thought, “Don’t I know what you know? You’re so stupid!”

Ling Qing sent over another message, “Call me if you have something to do or can’t resolve. Even if you leave the Ling family, as long as you listen to me, I won’t abandon you.”

Ling Bai: “Yes”

After a while, he replied again, “Thank you Gege.”

Ling Qing sent over an emoji and nothing was said after that.

He sighed and looked at Yu Chen beside him. “This matter should now be considered to be settled.”

“But you don’t seem to be happy,” said Yu Chen.

　　

“Originally, this was not a happy event. What’s there to be happy about?” replied Ling Qing

Yu Chen took a look at the red light, leaned over to kiss him and said, “But you did well.”

He continued to say, “You protected the image of the two families to the greatest extent, especially regarding the interests of Ling Bai and Shu Tong. No one ended up hurt during this incident and you gave them the greatest degree of choice and respect. They’ll all feel thankful to you.”

“I hope so ba.” Ling Qing said, “I hope we all have a great future.”

“Yes.” said Yu Chen softly.

Ling Qing smiled, held his hand tighter and shook it.

That night, Shu Tong talked to Mother and Father Ling for a long time and since Ling Qing had also tagged along, he supported him silently from his side by occasionally patting his head.

Needless to say, he had had contact much prior to the Ling parents and understood him better. The ones who were clueless from time to time were Mother and Father Ling and kept asking him questions about his life in the past.

Chapter 64

Translated and edited by KitKat

Ling Qing reached out without hesitation for a piece, “Here”.

Yu Chen took it into his and without putting it in his mouth, he reached towards Ling Qing and kissed his cheek, “Thanks baby”.

Ling Qing was also very cooperative, “As long as you like it”.

Ling Bai：……The piece of grapefruit in his hand instantly lost its flavour!

Ling Bai snorted, pulled off the skin from his piece of grapefruit and ate it angrily.

While this exchange took place, Mother and Father Ling looked at each other with only one expression in their eyes: How come you two are so in love now?

Mother Ling still remembered the time when she had gone to Yu Chen to ask him why he was backing out now when he had said yes at the time the news had been released to the press. When she had asked him whether he was playing tricks on the Ling family because the marriage partner had been Ling Qing, Yu Chen had reluctantly agreed to get married.

At that time, “Ling Qing” had stood by, watching with aggrieved resentment saying, “You’ve agreed.”

Ling Bai had sat on the sofa with a sneer, asking Yu Chen, “Yes, don’t you want to be with me?”

‌Yu Chen hadn’t spared a glance at “Ling Qing”, only looking at Ling Bai, saying, “Yes, I agree. I am willing to get married.”

Ling Bai was so incensed that he had clenched his fists and grit his teeth, all the while shouting at Yu Chen, “That’s great then! You better not regret it!”

“Don’t worry, I’ll never regret it.” After saying that, Yu Chen had directly left.

Now, coming back to the present….

Yu Chen spared no glance at nor cared about Ling Bai, only having his sights on Ling Qing.

Mother Ling turned to look at her youngest son and was surprised to find out that he had also been staring at her eldest son!

Whatever had happened to his infatuation with “Brother Chen” that he doesn’t seem to care about him anymore now?

Just look at what he was doing!

Mother Ling felt that she couldn’t understand the current situation at all and Father Ling opened his mouth just in time, “Xiao Qing, Xiao Yu, have you both eaten? What do you want to eat?”

Ling Qing and Yu Chen had picked the perfect time to drop by the Ling’s house. It wasn’t too early and they had deliberately missed lunch, intending to stay at the Ling house a little while longer.

It was just after 3pm and there was still sometime before dinner. Ling Qing estimated that they wouldn’t be able to leave for a while so he replied, “We’ve already had lunch. If it’s time for dinner, we’ll just have some stir-fry.”

“Okay. What do you and Xiao Yu want to eat?”

Ling Qing gave the names of the dishes he wanted and his mother noted them all down to be sent to the aunt who was in charge of cooking.

After chatting politely for a while, Mother Ling found an excuse to let Ling Qing go upstairs with her to her bedroom.

“What’s the matter?” asked Ling Qing.

Mother Ling patted the small sofa next to her, motioning for him to take a seat.

Ling Qing went over and sat down, wondering what she wanted to tell him.

“Why did you become an actor all of a sudden? Being an actor means you have to travel a lot and now that you are finally with Yu Chen, you should seize this opportunity to stay by his side. It’s fine if you don’t want to be his assistant but why be an actor?”

Mother Ling found it incomprehensible as she looked at him and asked, “What do you think?”

“Why should I be an assistant? Why can’t I have a career?” Ling Qing retorted.

“If you want to have a career, how can you guarantee to keep Yu Chen?” said Mother Ling. “You do know how you got married to him in the first place, don’t you?”

“What kind of family the Yu Family is, don’t you know? It is a position that our family cannot climb up to in this lifetime so naturally you have to hold onto him tightly when you have got the chance. Aren’t you afraid that Yu Chen might dislike your career in future? Don’t you think that he might divorce you over it?”

Ling Qing gave a laugh and said, “So you want me to give up my career just to hold Yu Chen’s thighs like a dodder flower? Do you think that is appropriate?”

“What’s not appropriate about that? If it wasn’t for your own good, would I have to say all this to you?” Mother Ling was exasperated that Ling Qing was simply ignorant, unwilling to understand her painstaking efforts!

“How much is your career worth? You’re with Yu Chen now. You wouldn’t have to worry about your livelihood for the rest of your life!”

“A woman can have a baby and keep the husband tied to the family but what about you? You’re a man and you can’t have a child. How would Yu Chen feel about that down the line? You don’t even have any insurance to keep him tied to you, yet you still want to be an actor! You really cannot distinguish what is at stake here!” Mother Ling expressed her concerns.

Ling Qing looked at her and felt that he could see a glimpse of his parents from his past life. For them, a child wasn’t an independent individual with thoughts and needs, needing to be respected. He had just been a means to achieve their goals.

 His father had said to him, “I didn’t want your mother to give birth to you but she did it in spite of that, so naturally, you should follow your mother.”

His mother had then said to him, “You’re talking as though I had the child through mitosis. You don’t want the child now so why didn’t you let me get it aborted at that time? The surname is Ling so he should naturally follow you!”

Ling Qing had stood by silently, listening to their arguments.

When they were in love, they only spoke sweetly to each other and when they had divorced, they always ended up in fights.

Ling Qing hadn’t understood; why neither of his parents had loved him and why it had all ended up like this.

　

It has gotten out of hand now.

He had bent down to pick up the pen that he had dropped but hadn’t gotten up until he had silently wiped away all his tears.

“Then did you just give birth to me and Ling Bai to maintain a secure relationship with dad?” Ling Qing questioned Mother Ling.

“Why should I use a child to keep Yu Chen? Can a broken family be saved? Of course not. It is the elders who should save it, not the child! What has the child done wrong? Why must it bear the responsibility of holding the family together? If you can’t keep what you want, then let go. If you can’t keep the person of their own free will, it’s useless to force it.”

“What I do and where I go is all up to me. It is my freedom to live the life I want and there is no way to stop me or interfere with it. If Yu Chen likes me, we’ll be considerate of each other and live happily. If not, if he says that he doesn’t like me and wants to get a divorce, I won’t stop him either.”

“It is irresponsible to give birth to a child when there is no harmony between the parents. What has the child done wrong and why should it fall on the child’s shoulders to maintain a broken relationship? It is ridiculous that you think a child will solve all the problems in a relationship.”

Ling Qing stood up, raised his eyes slightly and said, “Perhaps what you said makes sense to some but it doesn’t work for me. I don’t need you to worry about the matter between Yu Chen and I.”

“I’m doing it for your own good!” Mother Ling said angrily. “Why don’t I just go and tell him? I’m no longer afraid that you’ll suffer!”

Ling Qing smiled and said, “Thank you.”

After speaking, he opened the door and walked out.

Mother Ling patted the coffee table angrily, frowning depressedly.

“Did you and mom just have an argument?”

Ling Qing was just about to head downstairs when he  suddenly saw a small head poking out not far away.

Ling Qing：……Are you afraid that others will not know that you’ve just eavesdropped? You were obviously hidden so why are you blowing your cover now?

“Come here”, said Ling Qing.

Ling Bai quickly moved out from behind the wall and walked over.

“Eavesdropping on our conversation? Who gave you the courage?” Ling Qing questioned him.

Ling Bai looked over the railing innocently and asked, “Can’t I be curious?”

“You eavesdrop because you’re curious?”

“I was afraid that you’ll quarrel with mom.” Ling Bai’s voice was weak. “I have to leave and can’t stay here anymore so I wanted to help you persuade mom before I left.”

“You and mom used to quarrel a lot and Shu Tong doesn’t know mom’s temper so I wanted to help you by talking to her.”

Ling Qing didn’t expect that he still had such thoughts, “It’s rare that you are still so sensible.”

Ling Bai looked at him with a dissatisfied look，“You see me as an old love now，just hear the new news and laugh and not even care about the old crying! I’m here for you now. I don’t mean to be stupid, annoying or ignorant.”

Ling Qing：……Although it was straight to the point, there was a certain subtlety in his tone.

Ling Qing acquiesced and did not refute. Ling Bai was surprised, “You really only see me like that!!! You only love the new now and dislike the old! Did you ever really love me?”

Ling Bai was very sceptical, Ling Bai didn’t feel so！

Ling Qing stroked the little dog’s head, “I loved you, I loved you. But you also know old love, it’s not always so valuable.”

Ling Bai snorted and was very angry.

Ling Qing smiled and said, “You don’t have to be worried about me and you don’t need to persuade mom. She has already lived up to half of her life. She won’t listen to you if you persuade her. She will only think that you are ignorant who doesn’t understand her good intentions. Wait a little longer. I will show her that everyone has the right to choose their own path and what she thinks is correct might necessarily not be true.”

Ling Bai nodded and asked again if Ling Qing didn’t need his help in persuading their mother.

Ling Qing patted his head and said, “I still need your help. Where is your sister-in-law? I’ll go look for him.”

Ling Bai：！！！

Listen to him talking like he’s not the sister-in-law himself!

Look at how he treats his new love compared to his old love! Ling Qing has no heart!

“You go and find him yourself, scumbag!” Ling Bai was so angry that he turned around to leave.

Ling Qing grabbed him by the collar, “What did you just call me?”

Ling Bai struggled a few times but couldn’t break free so he aggrievedly called out, “Brother”.

“Where is your sister-in-law?”

“In your room”, Ling Bai was reluctant.

Ling Qing let him go and warned, “If you dare to speak ill of me again, I won’t care about you from now on. I’ll just let Shu Tong call me brother.”

Ling Bai was shocked, “Are you still a man?”

Ling Qing pinched his face and said, “Does a scum man count? Did you not just say that I was a scumbag?”

Ling Bai：……

Ling Bai fell down like a little white lotus after the rain and wind, distraught.

After Ling Qing destroyed his brother’s flowery mind, his mood improved a lot and he happily walked towards his room.

Ling Bai was left alone and sighed, looked up and happened to see Mother Ling standing outside her room for who knew how long.

Ling Bai didn’t know how much she had heard but was sure that his voice had been soft so she probably couldn’t have heard them.

Ling Bai meekly walked towards her and asked, “Mom did you hear that just now?”

Mother Ling took a look and nodded.

Ling Bai looked at her calm face and thought to himself, “Why didn’t she talk about what she had heard? He wanted to hear her opinions!”

Mother Ling didn’t speak so he could only comfort her, “Did you and big brother argue just now? He didn’t mean to quarrel with you. It is just that he has his own intentions and the things he wants to do.”

Mother Ling smiled and reassured him, “Can I not know? There are two paths on the road one travels and every mother wishes for her child to take the easy route. Isn’t it good to make money lying down? Why do you have to fight for yourself? Maybe it’ll all be in vain later.”

“But if we all live in the same way, what’s the point of living our lives? Isn’t it just to copy and paste what others are doing? We have to go out on our own to try and make our own destinies.”

“It really surprises me that you’re saying such things now. But…”

She looked at Ling Bai suspiciously, “What’s the matter with you today? Haven’t you always had a bad relationship with your brother? Why are you helping him explain himself?”

“Did I? I don’t want to be like that anymore. I am afraid that you will be unhappy.” Ling Bai, then, sincerely said, “I hope you are always happy.”

Even after I am gone.

……

Ling Qing found his room following the memory of the original owner and when he pushed open the doors, he saw Yu Chen lying on the big bed, seemingly asleep.

He walked closer and whispered to Yu Chen, “Are you asleep?” Not wishing to disturb his rest, Ling Qing turned around to leave.

As soon as he turned his back, he was grabbed from behind, right into Yu Chen’s arms and directly carried onto the bed.

Ling Qing couldn’t help but smile, “You’re still pretending to be asleep?”

“Is the acting very realistic?” asked Yu Chen.

Ling Qing laughed, “Just because I trust you, I didn’t look too closely. Otherwise, how could you have fooled me?”

“That also shows that my acting skills aren’t that bad ” ,Yu Chen said cheekily.

Ling Qing squeezed his face, “You’re really thick-skinned!”

“What did your mother tell you?” asked Yu Chen.

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The author has something to say：

Ling Qing：Told me to have a baby

Yu Chen：I get it. I will work hard!

Ling Qing：……You don’t have to work so hard, it’s okay :’)

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

Chapter 62

Translated by KitKat　

It was cold this winter and the New Year came early.

Ling Bai and Shu Tong were in talks of waiting until the year end to bring up the topic of swapping each other back with their adoptive parents.

Ling Qing, looking at the two pairs of eyes in front of him, said helplessly, “It’s fine for you to decide for yourselves. There’s no need to tell me. The protagonists of this matter are the two of you and it’s fine as long as the two of you are happy.

Shu Tong and Ling Bai glanced at each other and decided to leave it at that.

“Aren’t you going home these two days?” Ling Bai asked Ling Qing, “It’s almost New Year, why don’t you go home and have a look?”

Ling Qing had no feelings for the Ling family nor was he the original owner. Who knows if the Ling family could notice the difference so he refused, “Let’s wait. I have something on today. I’ll go back when I’m done.”

“Isn’t it all finished? What else is still left to be done?” Ling Bai was puzzled.

“Why are you talking so much? Who doesn’t have personal business to attend to?” Shu Tong retorted.

Ling Bai glared at him, “Why are you interrupting me when I’m talking to my brother?!”

Shu Tong sneered coldly, “Please pay attention to your words. He and I are the real brothers here.”

Ling Qing：……

Ling Qing noticed that a battle was about to break out between his brothers so he silently drew out a deck of cards and said, “Come on. It just so happens that the two of you are here together. Let’s play a game of fight the landlord.”

Ling Bai, who is a loser when it comes to card games: …..

Shu Tong, who plays fight the landlord with his parents everyday: …..

They shook hands in reconciliation, thinking, “Can they not fight?” 

Finally, the two of them, depressedly, accompanied their brother for a few rounds of cards for a while. Ling Bai and Shu Tong lost a lot and then, after having dinner, they dejectedly parted from Yu Chen’s house.

Seeing them leave looking so glum, Ling Qing sent back the money that he had won from them through WeChat.The two silly brothers immediately became happy and kept on sending him loving emoticons, not realizing that the money was originally theirs.

Ling Qing played another game before Yu Chen came back. He had to attend a work event and drank there, hence being late.

“Ling Bai and Shu Tong had come over?” he entered the bedroom and asked while changing into his nightgown.

Ling Qing stared at him without any hesitation and said with great interest, “En. They said they wanted to change back after the New Year.”

Yu Chen was surprised, “It’s the first time I’ve seen two contradicting parties be so peaceful and leave room for discussion.”

After he finished speaking, he saw Ling Qing staring at him unblinkingly and he didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, so he beckoned him to come over.

“Why?” Ling Qing approached him.

Yu Chen handed him the sash for his robe and said, “Just see what’s there to see and tie it for me.” 

Ling Qing helped him tie it up while also saying, “I’m fixing it for you now but I’ll take it off later.”

Yu Chen smiled and leaned over to kiss him. “Then I’ll just have to wait and see.”

Ling Qing suddenly tightened the sash and Yu Chen was caught off guard. He hissed, with eyes full of helplessness, he stretched out his hand and pinched Ling Qing’s face, “Is it fun?”

“It’s fun.” Ling Qing smiled and slowly relaxed the strength in his hand and helped him tie a bow.

Yu Chen looked at the big bow on his waist and was silent for a moment. He thought, “Since the wife tied it, even if it was a big butterfly, I should praise him.” “It’s well tied.”

Ling Qing almost couldn’t hold back his laughter and thought that Yu Chen was just too cute. “I like it too.”

Yu Chen hadn’t eaten well at his work dinner so he asked the cook to make some porridge and bring it up.

Ling Qing also ate some with him. He said, “After the New Year, come back home with me. I haven’t gone back for a long time and it doesn’t feel right.”

“Okay.” Yu Chen had no problem with it. “It is just that I have to go back to the mansion on New Year’s day. Since our family has always spent New Year together, we can’t miss it.”

Ling Qing also had no qualms about it.

He wanted to be good to Yu Chen’s family and said, “I’ll buy some gifts for them later.”

“Hmm okay.”

The two of them finished drinking the porridge and moved to the bathroom. As Ling Qing had said earlier, he stripped Yu Chen off his sash and robe.

Lights out

New Year arrived when the first snow fell in City X.

Yu Chen and Ling Qing returned home two days earlier. The Yu parents had already prepared the New Year’s goods and had asked the aunt to tidy up their bedroom, waiting for them to come back.

“I can see that you two are getting along really well so pick a day to hold the wedding ceremony.” Yu Chen’s mother whispered to him while Ling Qing was accompanying Father Yu to watch TV. “You can’t hold off having a ceremony forever.”

Yu Chen looked back at Ling Qing, who was not far away, and said thoughtfully, “Wait a little longer.”

“Why ah?” Mother Yu asked him, “You don’t want to have a wedding with Xiao Qing?”

“Of course not.”

Yu Chen expressed, “It’s just that he is an actor and holding a wedding at this time will inevitably attract attention. In the future, no matter how far his achievements go, people will always criticize him.”

“Then how long do you want to wait? Wait until Xiao Qing receives awards in the future? How long will you have to wait ah?”

Yu Chen didn’t feel like it would be too long as he could see that Ling Qing was very talented in that area.

“Is that so?” asked Mother Yu.

Yu Chen smiled and said, “Let’s see his TV series this year and then you’ll know too.”

Mother Yu also smiled and said, “That’s good. After you have a wedding and are stable, you can think of adopting a child.”

“Let’s talk about it later ba.” Yu Chen was in no hurry to have a child and Ling Qing is still young and they are in their honeymoon phase. He wanted to enjoy the sweetness of just their world of two people for a while longer.

Seeing that he had his own ideas for his future, Mother Yu stopped persuading him.

This year was lively for Ling Qing, the house full of people, old and young, gathered to celebrate together.

While the elders drank and chatted, the children ate snacks and played games. Every corner was full of lively laughter.

The four siblings had been happily playing games with him since the past 6 months and hadn’t been forgotten to be included this time as well. They sat beside him and let him carry them through the game.

Yu Chen pushed his younger siblings aside and sat down next to Ling Qing and asked, “Is your sister-in-law just there to play games with you? I saw him playing games last time and even now you haven’t spared him!”

“Of course not.” Huanhuan said cheekily, “Sister-in-law is still my idol. Look, I’m still the leader of my sister-in-law’s fanpage.” She said, proudly showing Yu Chen and Ling Qing her Weibo page.

Ling Qing looked over and saw five bold words: “Youth League Special Task Force”　

Ling Qing：……

Xinxin was also in tune with her sister, saying, “I am the deputy team leader and I even drew pictures for my sister-in-law!”

Ling Qing: ……that’s even more powerful!

“I’m editing the videos and when sister-in-law’s drama is broadcast, I can edit those clips for him too!” said Yueyue, not to be outdone.

Ling Qing: …… It is also very powerful!

Little Lele was silent for a long time and lowered his head, pretending to have quit the group chat.

—Why didn’t his three older sisters tell him what they did secretly? Sure enough, a woman’s heart is unpredictable!

Yu Chen looked at his three younger sisters and rubbed his temples and said, “Huanhuan, Xinxin, do you know that you’re in the final grade of junior high school? Why are you still chasing stars? Do you two feel like there’s not enough homework? I will help you tomorrow! I’ll call for two tutors for you tomorrow!”

“Also Yueyue, if you use the time used for editing videos to study, you can score higher grades!”

Yueyue looked at him aggrievedly, but said nothing.

On the contrary, Huanhuan replied confidently, “Can family affairs be called chasing stars? This is called mutual love, trust and support!”

“That’s right.” Xinxin backed-up her sister and questioned him, “Are you still a family with us?!”

Ling Qing was instantly amused by the two of them.

Yu Chen didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, “‌‌近在‌《孔乙己》吗？”¹

Huanhuan raised her head proudly and said, “Whatever. You’re not allowed to preach to me anyway.”

“I won’t say,” said Yu Chen and patted Ling Qing’s thigh and said to his sister, “Come on, listen to the idol’s advice then.”

Huanhuan: ……

Ling Qing felt like he had to be serious but he couldn’t, so he said gently, “Listen to me, study hard. If you don’t do well in senior highschool entrance examination, I will have to expel you from my fanclub.”

Yu Huan thought that the world was too cruel to her. Is there anything crueler than idols expelling their biggest fans from their fanclub?

She looked at Ling Qing, blinking her eyes, trying to look very pitiful.

Ling Qing had given her a warning and now soothed her by adding, “If you do well in the exam, i will let you come visit the crew on the set.”

“Really?” Yu Huan was surprised but then said pitifully, “My brother won’t let me go.”

“I’ll let you go but you have to first do well in your exam,” said Ling Qing.

“No Problem!”

Yu Huan stretched out her hand, gave Ling Qing a high-five, then snorted at Yu Chen and proudly flicked her ponytail.

Yu Chen looked at her smug little appearance and felt how stupid his little sister was.

At 12 am, Father Yu set off firecrackers in the yard. It wasn’t enough for him to set them off alone so he forced others to set off firecrackers as well.

Lele wanted to join in on the fun as well but his mother was worried so Ling Qing put on a sparkler for him. Hearing the crackling sound, he also laughed along slowly.

Huanhuan and the others didn’t like setting off firecrackers but liked to only watch them so Father Yu set off the fireworks again and let them watch. He had bought many kinds of fireworks, some with fixed patterns, some with meteor showers, some that rotated on the ground like small fountains and some that were as delicate and lovely as little stars.

Huanhuan and Xinxin looked at them happily, exclaiming “Wow” from time to time.

Ling Qing also stood by watching and then felt someone hugging him from behind.

“Happy New Year”, whispered Yu Chen into his ear.

Ling Qing looked back at him and also said, “Happy New Year.”

Yu Chen kissed him, and couldn’t help but want to kiss him again.

As soon as Lele turned around, he found his brother and sister-in-law kissing and almost cried out, but Yueyue covered his mouth quickly. Although she covered his mouth, she couldn’t help but take a glance or two at them while blushing and lowering her head.

After watching the fireworks, Yu Chen gave out red envelopes to his 4 young cousins and Ling Qing also brought out the New Year’s gifts that he had prepared a long time ago.

Huanhuan and the others happily took it and said very politely, “Thank you.”

“You’re welcome,” said Ling Qing.

Seeing that it was getting late, Yu Chen wanted to spend some alone time with Ling Qing and give him the gift that he had specially prepared for him.

“Let’s go ba. Let’s go back to our room.” He pulled Ling Qing over and led him to their bedroom.

The author has something to say:

Guess what Xiaoyu wants to give Qingqing?😏

The butler is at home for the New Year so there’s no small theater today~ 

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^1.  Yu Chen哭笑不得，“Is it near 《Kong Yiji》?”. This is what the above sentence translates to. If any of you have any ideas on what Yu Chen is trying to imply, please leave a comment!

T/n: Chinese is neither my first, second or third language so please be patient with me. There’s no update schedule as of yet but will try to be consistent as the next chapters roll by. Have a nice day and don’t forget to support our website!🤗