Translator: Mina
Editor: Yuika and Yufie
About a quarter of an hour later, Zhong Min's breakdown finally eased little by little. Her crying became weaker, leaving only her sobs, but she stayed in Si Yue's arms, not willing to lift up her head.
Ye Zhizhou gently released soothing waves of spiritual energy to comfort her little by little. Thinking over it for a while, he said, “Auntie, what do you want to know? I will tell you.”
“No, not auntie.” Zhong Min finally lifted her head from Siyue’s arms. Her red eyes looked like it would be filled with more tears at any moment. Her hand stretched out to pull on Ye Zhizhou’s sleeve. “You are my child, you are not allowed to call me auntie. I am your mother.”
“But…” Ye Zhizhou looked at Si Yue, and when he got his nod, he changed his way of calling her again. He held onto Zhong Min's hand that was pulling on his sleeve and wrapped his voice in a calming energy as he said, “Mom, would you like to know about what happened to my parents? I’ll tell you little by little.”
Probably because the calming spiritual energy began to take effect, Zhong Min gradually calmed down. She sat away from Si Yue and cleaned the tear streaks from her face, wiping away the traces of sadness. She took the information on the table and turned the pages over. She assumed her usual gentle and tender temperament, and addressed him seriously. “You talk, I'll listen.”
Ye Zhizhou got up and poured her another cup of tea, putting in an Anshen Pill on the sly, sorted out his train of thoughts, and recounted bit by bit. He told her everything without concealing anything, from the beginning when he found out about his real identity, to the end when they found Si Han's body in the barren mountain. Whenever there was a gap in his account, Si Yue would make a timely addition, and also adding in tellings of Si Youqian's misconduct in their family's company.
“It’s ridiculous.” The teacup in her hand was already empty. What she was told were all obviously very unbelievable and shocking, but, Zhong Min actually felt that she was even calmer than before, and even had a numb feeling of “So it was like this.”
“My marriage really is a big joke."
The reassuring happiness she lived in for so many years turned out to be all fake. She blamed herself for being too stupid, repeatedly burdening her children, even letting them harm Xiao Han… She put down the teacup, blinked away her tears and raised a hand to stroke Ye Zhizhou's cheeks. Her tone conveyed her guilt and sorrow. “Xiao Bao is the name that my little sister gave you, right? It's a name someone as silly as her would come up with…. Xiao Bao, Mom is very sorry to you, please don’t blame mom… "
“Mom, what are you talking about? I have never blamed you.” Ye Zhizhou tilted his head and he make small circles on her hand gently., He thought of the original plot, where Qin Bao was more important than anything else to his mother Zhong Min, and his heart felt worse and worse. Once they got such a gentle mother like her, who would even be able to leave her side?
"You are a good child.” Zhong Min forced herself to smile and looked at Si Yue. "Xiao Yue, this time it was hard on you… Where is Xiao Han now, I want to see him."
Si Yue clenched his fist for a moment and nodded. “Okay, I'll take you there tomorrow.”
No one slept well that night. Ye Zhizhou sneaked out of his room in the middle of the night. He went to Zhong Min's room door and used his spiritual strength to help appease her mood all night. The other person woke up several times and cried quietly for a long time. The more he listened , the more he wanted to hack Si Youqian into pieces.
The next day, Zhong Min got up early and deliberately dressed up. Her long-shoulder length hair was let down. Her elegant long skirt was replaced with a retro and beautiful mid-skirt. Her lipstick was carefully put on. Her appearance looked like she came from the older era. The slightest expression on her face was as beautiful as a painting.
“Does it look good?” She was a little shy and pulled on her skirt's hems. Although she tried her best to smile, it was difficult to hide her pallidness. “I was wearing this on the day of Xiao Han's disappearance… I said that I would take him to the amusement park. But, something came up…”
“It looks really good!” Ye Zhizhou hurriedly come up and pulled her along, not letting her continue to recall, deliberately pretending to be happy, “Mom, you look good no matter what you wear!! Let’s go, Big Brother already took out the car and is waiting outside.”
On the way to the funeral home, the three people were very silent. Zhong Min nervously clutched her bag and looked very upset. When she arrived at the destination to see the gate of the funeral parlour, her face turned pale again, and Ye Zhizhou immediately wrap her gently with his spiritual energy, continuously calming her down.
Si Han’s clothing has been filed as evidence, so when he was pulled out, he was only covered by a layer of white cloth. Zhong Min hands trembled the whole time as she reached out, but she couldn’t even manage to hold the corner of the white cover. It was Si Yue who eventually walked forward and pulled up the cloth.
The body had been completely rotted and only a skeleton was left. There was nothing to look at, but she kept her eyes on it for a long time, wiping her tears again and again. As if what was covered by the white cloth and what she was looking at was not a lifeless skeleton, but her sleeping son. Ten minutes later, Si Yue took her away from the funeral parlour. Ye Zhizhou poked Tong Tian and then later handed the two photos to Zhong Min after getting on the car. “Mom, I can do a little human bone imaging. These were made using the images left by Si Han Ge. This is what he would have looked like as a teenager and adult. He looked very similar to you.”
Si Yue glanced at him from the rearview mirror with probing eyes. First finding the bones of Xiao Han in the vast barren mountain, and now making these simulation photos, and the restored photos of Fang Shuhe in her original appearance… There's really too many functions assumed by this little brother.
Feeling his look, Ye Zhizhou raised his eyes and looked at him in the rearview mirror and smiled. He knows that he has revealed a lot of flaws, but what is he afraid of? Si Yue is a smart person, and he naturally understands what should be asked and what should not be asked.
The young person in one of the photos had a beaming smile, similar to Zhong Min in seven or eight points, and he had such a gentle gaze. The young man in the second photo is more than ten years older. He has become a gentle and elegant handsome adult. He also smiles, and the joyful emotion in his eyes make others smile without noticing.
“Xiao Han would look like this when he grows up. He was always such a happy child…” Zhong Min stroke the photos lovingly, she smiled but it looked pained. “If he was still alive, he would probably look like the second photo when I would die.”
She looked at Ye Zhizhou, with a hint of gratitude and regret in her eyes. “Xiao Bao, thank you…you should call me auntie, I shouldn’t snatch the position of your mother from Xiao Ke.”
“Okay.” Ye Zhizhou tactfully nodded.
After finishing lunch, Zhong Min took the brothers to the bank.
“They say 'humans would die for wealth while birds would die for food[1]‘, but I didn’t expect Si Youqian to be that crazy .” Opening the safe, she took out several paper bags and a box and handed them to two people respectively. “The document bag is filled with shareholding contracts. There is another key for the safe in the box. The safe contains a few pieces of antiques, some gems, and jadeites, they're dowries that my mother left for me and Xiao Ke.”
Si Yue looked over the file and his face was full of shock. “Mom, these…”
“It's all things your grandfather bought.” Zhong Min sighed and raised her hand and touched the box. “That year, we lost Xiao Ke during the upheaval. After searching for her multiple times, the clues pointed to overseas. Your grandfather's English wasn't very good, but he was determined to brave through any hardships. He went out of country and wandered around to look for her. Years past and he didn't manage to find her, but he got a lot of things he collected over time.”
Because his main purpose of going abroad was to find someone, Zhong Min's father didn't think about doing business after getting money. He bought a lot of shares from other companies, and relied on those every year to find his daughter.
“He just wanted to make a little money to use to find Xiao Ke…” Zhong Min smiled at the thought but quickly changed her expression. “For more than 20 years, your grandfather bought dozens of shares from the stocks of foreign companies. Some companies went bankrupt, some developed better and better, and finally, they became what you see today… Later, the clues were broken, and he heard the news that Xiao Ke had actually returned back to the country. Your grandfather hurriedly brought these back to the country… In addition to the shares in the file bag, there are some older stamps, commemorative coins, collection of original paintings, some famous paintings he got by chance, as well as a patent."
“Your grandfather bought this patent from a student who was in dire straits. The student was very sick at the time. He wanted to go back to his hometown but had no way of doing that. Your grandfather felt that he was pitiful, so he helped pay for his medical bills and helped him go back home. Before the student left, he wanted to repay him, but because he was too poor at the time he could only sell his patent to your grandfather. Your grandfather knew that the student wanted him to accept the patent no matter what, but he has not used it ever since. He wanted to wait for the student to come back so he could return the patent one day.”
Si Yue and Ye Zhizhou had no idea what to say. Their grandfather had only wanted to earn some money to find his daughter, but he became a rich man. He coincidentally helped a student and got an incredibly valuable drug patent… Is this the reincarnation of the god of wealth?
“As long as you are holding this patent, those people outside who are still using this drug…” Ye Zhizhou couldn’t imagine what would happen if the patent was used, it was too terrible.
“This is also the reason why your father doesn't dare to touch that patent lightly. It is too valuable, and it concerns the lives of too many people.” Zhong Min touched the yellowed paper, and her voice slowly grew quieter. "What he wanted was probably this…… My father left us a will: that all of his belongings, except for some deposit funds and real estates, were to be left with his grandson or granddaughter. If Xiao Ke and I did not have any children, these things would have been donated to help other people.”
Ye Zhizhou's hand that was holding the box trembled. No wonder Si Youqian wanted to kill Zhong Ke and her husband and even carefully arranged for his illegitimate son to replace Si Han… Such a large fortune has been hidden from the sight of others for decades. Si Youqian's heart had probably long grew twisted because of it.
“When I married him, it was because I admired none other than his hard- working personality…” Zhong Min opened the box in her hand, took out the key of the safe inside, carefully touched it, and her tone gradually became colder. “I obviously have given him money to let him build his own business, and now our family's company has developed very well… but he's like a snake trying to swallow an elephant[2]! Xiao Ke's death, Xiao Han's death, and those years of him lying and hiding things from me, he must repay every bit of it!”
On the third day of the holiday, Ye Zhizhou went to the appointed place to meet Wei Songning, and then brought him to Qin Mo's car.
Wei Songning looked at Qin Mo and looked at Ye Zhizhou, frowning. “Mr. Si, where are we going?”
"Lushui Resort." Ye Zhizhou took away the car accident compensation data and set a different set of data in his hand. He spoke in a serious manner, "I am sorry to have deceived you before. This is the paternity test result of Wei Sihan and my uncle, Si Youqian, and the private messages they have made over the past few years. As a victim who had been deceived, I think you have the right to know the truth.”
Wei Songning was a little confused by the bomb Ye Zhihou just dropped. As he continued to read the information, his expression became more and more unsightly. “So he always had always known who his biological parents were? He wasn't busy part-timing during this holiday, but went to play at a resort with his parents?”
“Yes, look at this again.” Ye Zhizhou handed over Wei Sihan's disciplinary action letter and a few photos of his everyday life
In the photo, Wei Sihan's clothes looked very expensive. Wei Songning quickly opened the other photos and then flipped to see the disciplinary action letter and Si Youqian's signature on it. He slowly clenched his fist and gnashed his teeth. "White-eyed wolf[3], and a liar! In order to provide for two students, father had to work so hard he almost had no time to rest. But this guy, this guy he’s… a monster!
[The probability of Wei Songning falling in love with the protagonist dropped to 50%, may the host persist in his efforts.]
Ye Zhizhou looked at the screen, then looked at the scary look on Wei Songning's face, and cheered in his heart. Sure enough, we only needed to find the right spot to hit. Wei Songning only needed to learn about the protagonist's deceit for his flag to drop!
After driving into the resort, the car stopped directly in front of the villa under the Si Yue's name. Ye Zhizhou took Wei Songning in. He first greeted Zhong Min, who was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window drinking tea, and then went to the sofa, where Wei Zhuang was laying on. He patted him on the shoulder. “Did you do what I asked you to do? Got any results?”
“You brat! I'm a detective, not a paparazzi!” Wei Zhuang immediately turned over and sat up, wanting to use a pillow to hit him. “Why am I following after some stinky man on a perfectly good holiday, and why am I stealing and sneaking in his room? I am obviously a highly respected detective!”
Qin Mo stepped forward to take the pillow from his hand and gazed at him coldly.
“You, you think I'm afraid of you, huh.” Wei Zhuang instantly wilted, and dragged the computer on the coffee table over. He then clicked on it, first showing them a few photos, then pointed to several recording files and video files. “I have edited all the useful ones. You can see it for yourself. I'm going back to sleep.” And he quickly ran to the other side of the room.
Ye Zhizhou looked at him with an amused smile, moving aside to let Wei Songning through. Wei Songning sat down on the sofa without hesitation and picked up the headphones plugged into the computer. After confirming that this side was done, Ye Zhizhou quickly walked a few steps to hold Wei Zhuang, injecting spiritual energy into his voice and smiling. “Xiao Zhuangzhuang, can you imagine if one day you and the illegitimate child met, and he was moved by your looks, while you were deeply touched by his resilient and positive attitude? You both quickly fall in love, and then do this and that..”
“Stop![4]” Wei Zhuang's face looked like the end of the world had come, screaming, “No! I don’t want to have such a lover!”
[The probability of Wei Zhuang falling in love with the protagonist dropped to 50%, may the host persist in his efforts.]
He retracted his hand with satisfaction and smiled evilly. He was confused before, when even after Wei Zhuang found out that the protagonist did so many bad things, his love chance did not fall. So it was actually because he lack outside stimulation ah…
That night Wei Zhuang had a nightmare, and the scene in the dream was very similar to what Ye Zhizhou described, and he was scared awake. When he woke up, the sky was dark, as if he was the only one left in the whole world.
The door was pushed open, the light from the corridor poured in, making the shadow of the man standing at the door very long.
“Aaaaah, a ghost, aah!”
Si Yue turned on the light with a dark look on his face, looking at him with eyes full of disdain. “What are you doing? Get up and eat, everyone is waiting for you. Also, Wei Sihan has made another movement, after breakfast it's time to start to work."
Wei Zhuang's nerves that had just relaxed were tightened and smashed directly. "I hate Wei Sihan! I don't want to stare at him! His face violates my eyes!"
Si Yue's brow twitched, and he directly left with a bang of the door.
[The probability of Wei Zhuang falling in love with the protagonist dropped to 20%, may the host persist in his efforts.]
Ye Zhizhou had a good appetite and ate an extra poached egg! Today, the speed of the flag dropping is so moving, and his calculations were accurate. Now the only person whose chance of love with the protagonist is 100% is He Jing! Wei Songning's points fell below the safe threshold after watching the video and listening to the recording!
But this He Jing… He blinked and poked the system information. A 37 year old widowed single father, the conductor of the famous orchestra, he had a slightly autistic seven-year-old daughter… He Jing's brain is so smart, his emotional intelligence should be high, and he had two reasons to love him in the original plot. The first reason is that Wei Sihan had a temperament similar to his dead wife's, and the second is that his daughter’s autism improved after spending time with Wei Sihan. This person was the moderator that allowed the male leads to tolerate each other in harmony…
Pulling the flag of such a person would take more than a conspiracy. He has to think of a way to get back. His daughter would be a good breakthrough point… He had an idea in his heart, and he slowly withdrew his thoughts and took a sip of the juice that was held in front of him.
“Tasty?”
“Yes.”
Qin Mo chuckled and wiped the traces of the juice left near his mouth. His eyes were pampered. “Then I will go make another glass for you.”
Ye Zhizhou reacted sharply, suddenly he was a little uncomfortable. He turned away from the other man, “No, I am not thirsty anymore. I am going to check the surveillance. Brother, you should rest early.” Then he ran off
The smile on Qin Mo’s face gradually faded, and his head began to faintly ache. He raised his hand and held it, squinting his eyes to cover his emotions. Why, why is Xiao Bao not willing to be close to him… This is not right, Xiao Bao is clearly his, he's his alone…
Zhong Min, who was preparing the fruit, turned her head and looked at him, a slight frown forming on her face.
Was she being too sensitive? But the way this Qin Mo looks at Xiao Bao…
Something happened on Wei Sihan's side. After he said good night to Si Youqian and Fang Shuhe, returned to his room, changed his clothes and ran out to the bar at the resort to pick up men.
They were stunned!
Surprisingly, the supposed "inexperienced pure bunny" protagonist actually frequent bars! Look at him naturally ordering the alcohol, his wild eyes when he danced, and his ambiguous intimate gestures when flirting with a strapping man… Ye Zhizhou covered his eyes and marked a big X on the system data! He had wondered how a pure white rabbit protagonist can get five male leads to fill his harem!
“Oh, they're using tongue, my eyes!” The megaphone transmission the mournful words from Wei Zhuang, who was stalking Wei Sihan .
[The probability of Wei Zhuang falling in love with the protagonist has fallen to 0%. Congratulations to the host for removing the third flag, may the host persist in his efforts.]
Wei Songning got up from the sofa with clenched fists, and his face angered. Si Yue stopped him, and he pressed him back onto the sofa. “Calm down, I didn't call you over to let you startle the snake[5].”
“Damn him!” He took a deep breath and sat down in anger.
[The probability of Wei Songning falling in love with the protagonist has fallen to 0%. congratulations to the host for removing the fourth flag, may the host persist in his efforts.]
… The speed of the flags dropping is picking up.
The room was silent as Zhong Min came out with the fruit plate. She smiled, “Don't look at things that could hurt your eyes; come and eat some fruit. After that everyone should wash up and sleep. This weekend, we’ll celebrate Xiao Bao's birthday. Everyone must remember to come!” She looked over to Ye Zhizhou. “I know that your real birthday is in December, and when it comes we will properly celebrate it again for you. But this time… let's use it to set Xiao Han to rest."
Ye Zhizhou nodded and covered the computer screen with Wei Sihan’s face on it.
On the fifth day of the holiday, Fang Shuhe, who had dressed fashionably for a few days, resumed her usual old-fashioned style while Si Youqian left the holiday resort in a staggered time. Wei Sihan stayed for a few more days before returning to school and then called Wei Songning. Of course, his phone call couldn’t get through. Ye Zhizhou took advantage of this time to enter the dormitory. He handed over an invitation card to Wei Sihan for the birthday party. “My dad absolutely wants to make up for my birthday party when he comes back after dealing with some customers. He wants me to invite some students to come home and celebrate, do you want to come?”
Wei Sihan, was stunned and then surprised. He had thought that the plan to expose the truth at the birthday party had been ruined. He didn't expect dad to be so skillful, he unexpectedly made it happen!
“Of course I’ll go!” He took the invitation card, and then stepped forward to pat Ye Zhizhou’s shoulder. “How can I miss your birthday? Don’t worry, I will prepare an unforgettable gift for you!”
“Really?” Ye Zhizhou also patted his shoulders and smiled meaningfully. “Then I'll have to look forward to it.”
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[1]人为财死鸟为食亡; Man would die for greed, and birds would die for food
[2] 人心不足蛇吞象; not content with what he has, wants more than he needs
[3]白眼狼; a ungrateful and vicious person to those that helped them
[4]This is said in English
[5]草惊蛇; to inadvertently alert an enemy
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