Chapter 13

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Yu Chen grabbed his hand and hauled him off the sofa, looking at his younger cousins.

“You guys play alone. Your sister-in-law and I are going back to our room.”

Huanhuan was unhappy. “We’re still playing, you can go back by yourself.”

“You’re in your third year of middle school and still playing games! Did you do your homework? Have you written your essays? Did you review? What was your last exam score?”

Huanhuan, who was bleeding from a series of critical hits, “You’re so annoying, being like this just because we didn’t play games with you. I don’t like you anymore.”

Yu Chen was extremely calm, “Does it look like I care?”

Huanhuan: …

Yu Chen glanced at her, “Do you still want your idol’s autograph?”

Huanhuan: …

“You still playing?”

Huanhuan, “… not playing anymore.”

Yu Chen was satisfied. There was still enough time for them to read some textbooks.

“I’m reading my textbook,” Lele interjected, looking up at him, “I’m still doing my homework. Brother, can you let sister-in-law help me?”

Yu Chen: …

Yu Chen turned to Huanhuan, “Lele doesn’t know how to do his homework. Don’t you know? Help Lele do his homework, all of you, Xinxin, Yueyue, you do your homework too.”

Huanhuan: …

Xinxin: …

Yueyue: …

Lele: … I’m not happy about this either.

Ling Qing looked at the four stupefied faces in front of him and laughed.

Yu Chen turned to look at him, “Got something to say?”

“No, it just reminded me of Jia Baoyu*.” *Main character from the Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber, who got tricked into marrying someone

He looked at Lele, “Aren’t you glad your three sisters are doing homework with you?”

Jia Baoyu Lele: “… Do I look like I’m happy?”

“Are you not happy with your three sisters?” asked Yu Chen.

Lele: …

“Listen closely, brothers and sisters should help each other to foster their bonds.”

Yu Chen looked at the three sisters sitting on the sofa, “Teach Lele how to do his homework or I won’t take you out tomorrow.”

Huanhuan raised her hand, “So you’re saying, if we finish teaching him, we can go out to play tomorrow?”

“Yes.”

Huanhuan and Xinxin glanced at each other. The twins were of one mind as they cornered their pitiful little brother, “Come lil bro, your sisters will help you with your homework.”

Yueyue took out a pen and handed it to him, “You can do it!”

Ling Qing: …

Ling Qing almost laughed out loud. These demon sisters! So self-serving!

Yu Chen surveyed the little cousins in front of him and felt extremely smug as he pulled Ling Qing upstairs.

Huanhuan watched the two leave before she dared to whisper, “Brother is so petty, he doesn’t want to play with us and won’t let sister-in-law play with us.”

Yueyue shook her head, “Such is love.”

“Ah, I was planning on clearing all the levels today.”

“Another time,” Xinxin sat down next to her, “Sister-in-law is here now.”

“Yeah,” Huanhuan nodded and went to supervise Lele, “Hurry up and finish your homework or we’ll go out to play without you tomorrow.”

Lele snorted, not paying her any mind.

Ling Qing waited until he was pulled into the room before he asked, “What’s wrong? Coming back so quickly.”

“Nothing.”

“Then why don’t you let me stay downstairs.”

“What’s so fun about playing with them?”

“I think they’re really cute, just like their names, very very cute cute.”

Yu Chen laughed.

Looking at him, Ling Qing said, “Your family is pretty nice, they’re really interesting.”

“Haven’t you heard? If you love me, you’ll love my dog.”

“Huh?” Ling Qing blinked.

Yu Chen let go of his hands, “I said, it’s only natural.”

“You definitely said if you love me, you’ll love my dog.”

“Then love me and love my dog.”

Ling Qing: …

Ling Qing watched him, “Baby, you know you’re trying to catch the uninterested party?”

“All I know is how to chase,” Yu Chen looked back at him.

Ling Qing said helplessly, “Your ego is really too big.”

“Not as big as yours.”

I still have other plans*, do you mind? *he uses the word (tào) 套

Yu Chen looked him in the eyes, “What are you going to do, make a doll*?”

*Yu Chen is making a play on his previous words tào wá (套娃)

Ling Qing burst out laughing, “What am I, going to bundle your little cousins into one?”

“Sorry, not allowed.” Yu Chen firmly rejected it.

Ling Qing glared at him resentfully. These little kids were so cute, but he was forbidden from playing with them! He really wanted to play!

Play with all of them! Not let them go!

That evening, the two went to sleep early. Before falling asleep, Ling Qing resolutely reminded himself not to roll over to Yu Chen’s side.

Nevertheless, Yu Chen woke the next morning to find himself in a familiar bind. He looked down and was unsurprised to see Ling Qing embracing him. Reaching out, he grabbed the quilt to pull it up.

Ling Qing involuntarily moved, holding him tighter and rubbing against him.

Yu Chen stopped pulling the quilt and waited for him to calm down before looking at him peacefully.

To be honest, Ling Qing was pretty good looking.

With white skin and a picturesque appearance. If you closed your eyes a little, he looked harmless, but if you opened your eyes wide, he looked aggressive.

Before, he didn’t like Ling Qing’s appearance and didn’t want to get involved. Furthermore, he and Ling Qing didn’t get along.

However, they got along unexpectedly well these days. Especially after they had that chat in the car. Ling Qing seemed to have snapped out of it and stopped fooling around. Even when Ling Bai came to their house, Ling Qing didn’t cause a scene.

Instead, he earnestly informed him of their discussion and even told him about Ling Bai’s origins. For the first time, Yu Chen discovered that Ling Qing was capable of communicating in a way that made sense.

“It would be nice if you could stay like this,” Yu Chen whispered.

It was an accident for them to get married. At the time, he had been fighting with Ling Bai, trying to get him to leave Su Yue.

However, Ling Bai was unwilling to, so he put himself in the middle, asking Ling Bai to choose between himself and Su Yue.

Ling Bai became more unwilling and they had an argument.

Ling Bai asked, “Is it because you like me that you won’t let me be near Su Yue?”

“I just don’t want you to get hurt,” Yu Chen naturally denied.

However, Ling Bai didn’t believe him. At the end of their dispute, Yu Chen himself was unsure whether his desire to protect stemmed from liking Ling Bai.

He tried to persuade Ling Bai, “Su Yue isn’t good for you, you should avoid him.”

Ling Bai refused, and neither party conceded defeat.

Eventually Ling Bai blurted out hurtfully, “Don’t use protection as an excuse to interfere with my friendships. I’m an adult, I can live without you. If you want to protect me, can’t you just protect me? You’re just trying to control me!”

Yu Chen coldly replied, “If that’s how you think it is, then in the future, you’re on your own. I won’t interfere in your business.”

“That’s fine. If you don’t care, that’s for the best. I’ve already been controlled by you before, don’t control me in the future.”

Yu Chen was so upset that he left.

Afterwards, Yu Chen calmed down and went back to Ling Bai’s house to have a discussion when he heard Ling Bai and Su Yue saying, “It doesn’t matter, you don’t need to worry. Brother Chen isn’t really mad at me. Give it a few days and he’ll come back to reconcile.”

Su Yue sighed with relief, “That’s good, I’m afraid that I will affect your relationship.”

“No way, Brother Chen and you are like my older brothers. Both of you treat me well. He can’t bear to leave me.”

Yu Chen stood not far away and listened to their harsh words. He finally understood why Ling Bai would recklessly quarrel with him all the time. It was because in his view, Yu Chen wouldn’t dare to leave him.

This was definitely not the case in the beginning. At the time, he had rescued Ling Bai from being bullied. Ling Bai grabbed his arms and begged him to become his friend, saying that he needed someone to help him.

He was only 16 or 17 years old at the time, and was a young man with a heart of justice, so he promised Ling Bai that he would protect him. And he did. However, their relationship had unknowingly changed.

Yu Chen felt the situation was nonsense. Ling Bai was nonsense. He, himself was nonsense.

Ling Qing appeared as he tried to leave, saying, “You really came. Xiao Bai said you would definitely come within 3 days to make up.”

Yu Chen’s impression of Ling Qing wasn’t very good and he was too lazy to deal with him, so he tried to bypass him to leave.

Nonetheless, he had only taken a few steps before he heard Ling Qing continue, “You also come from a respectable family and have a high status. Why are you following him like a dog?”

Yu Chen’s complexion changed instantly. He glared at Ling Qing. “What did you say?”

Ling Qing smiled, approaching him. “I didn’t say it. Xiao Bai said it. He said you’re like a dog. That he’s the bone that you can’t part with.”

Yu Chen laughed with disdain.

Ling Qing pressed on, “I didn’t think so, but it turns out you are.”

“Get lost.”

“Are you mad? Turns out you act like this for him.”

Yu Chen didn’t want to respond.

Ling Qing finally revealed his intentions, “If only you belonged to someone else. I know your parents are trying to set you for a blind date, and my parents are also trying to set me up for a blind date. So, let’s get married. Xiao Bai hates me. If you married me, he’ll regret his decisions.”

“You don’t suit me,” Yu Chen stated, “Ling Bai doesn’t suit me either.”

Yu Chen wanted to leave but Ling Qing had already called Ling Bai over. Yu Chen saw the look in Ling Bai’s eyes and instantly became enraged —— it was a look of pure triumph.

Ling Bai smiled, saying confidently, “Brother Chen, are you here for me? I knew you weren’t really upset with me.”

Su Yue also smiled, “Xiao Bai and I were just saying that you would come and you did. He really understands you.”

Yu Chen looked at the people in front of him and snickered, saying, “I’m here for Ling Qing.”

The smile on Ling Bai’s face broke. Su Yue stared blankly.

“What are you looking for him for?” Ling Bai asked.

Ling Qing answered first, “You know these days, didn’t mom and dad want to set up a blind date for me? I asked Yu Chen to come over. I want to marry him.”

Ling Bai found it hard to believe.

Yu Chen saw his astonished look and was delighted. He confirmed quietly, “Yes.”

It was just a joke, this type of thing didn’t really have an affect on his ordinary affairs. Except Ling Qing wasn’t an ordinary person. As soon as he heard the ‘yes,’ he had gone to inform his parents.

Ling Bai was so furious that in a reversal of yin and yang, he wished them a happy marriage. Yu Chen heard this and responded with his own reverse of yin and yang, saying that ‘they would.’

Ling parents didn’t expect that one of their own would be able to rope in the Yu family’s big cabbage. That same night, they started spreading the news, for fear that Yu Chen would back out.

Within a few days, the Yu parents knew.

Their business partners knew.

Yu Chen’s phone was blown up by good blessings.

He never expected this type of development within a few days. He wanted to discuss this with Ling Qing but Ling Qing clearly didn’t want to discuss it with him and adopted an attitude of ‘what’s done is done.’

In the end, Yu Chen was annoyed. More annoyed at the fact that he had said ‘yes’ and ‘they would’ in front of Ling Fu and Ling Mu.

Thus, while he didn’t think much of Ling Qing, he was still forced by Ling Qing to marry. Even thinking about it now, he thought that Ling Qing’s approach was really troublesome.

He even searched his heart and realized that he had never had much contact with Ling Qing and didn’t give Ling Qing a good look. What was it about him that Ling Qing liked?

Money?

He looked down at the man in his arms and was unable to puzzle it out. Either way, he seemed a lot happier and more normal these days.

“I’ll keep pretending I didn’t notice,” Yu Chen whispered.

Ling Qing drew near and rubbed against his chin, as if understanding. Yu Chen smiled, bowing his head and lightly kissing his head.

Although he thought they would gradually cultivate a relationship over time, they were already married so they didn’t need to go through those steps.

If kids are willing to admit their mistakes, they would be rewarded. Big kids included.

He peered at Ling Qing, wishing that they would have a smooth and steady marriage.

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The author has something to say:

Yu Chen’s feelings for Ling Bai were simple: I took a younger brother who wanted me to protect him. Naturally, I have to be a big brother!

However, Ling Bai’s feelings for Yu Chen were simple: He treats me so well and he protects me, does he like me? That should be the case!

Original owner towards Yu Chen: Why is a man like Yu Chen with Ling Bai? What’s so good about Ling Bai? I don’t like it!

Steward: There is no small theater today, but Young Master stole his wife away once. I noted it down.

Yu Chen: …

Yu Chen: You know too much.

Steward: Thanks Young Master for the praise.

Yu Chen: …

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