Chapter 50

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Ling Qing leaned against Yu Chen’s shoulder and smiled in satisfaction.

The two quickly changed into their pajamas together. Yu Chen hugged Ling Qing as he laid down on the bed, intending to sleep with his wife.

Ling Qing had been busy filming these days, so he fell asleep as soon as his eyelids shut.

On the contrary, Yu Chen remained wide awake.

He wasn’t in a hurry. He just lay there, looked at Ling Qing from time to time, then kissed him.

Feels kind of cozy.

At about four o’clock in the afternoon, Ling Qing woke up in a daze to the ringing of his alarm.

Two of Yu Chen’s long fingers pinched his slightly flushed face as Yu Chen asked, “Are you done sleeping?”

Ling Qing plastered his face into his pillow and shook his head, then burrowed into Yu Chen’s arms and mumbled, “Not yet.”

“Then sleep for a while.” Yu Chen’s hand stroked through the fluffy hair resting on Ling Qing’s head.

Ling Qing shook his head again, “I have something to do.” He raised his head and looked at Yu Chen aggrievedly. “I’m really busy.”

Yu Chen smiled and pinched his nose. “Wasn’t it you who decided to go today? Or do you want to go another day?”

“No, I can’t delay it any longer.” Ling Qing obviously had his own plans.

He cuddled Yu Chen a bit more, then tilted his head for a kiss.

Yu Chen kissed him tenderly and tightened his embrace. “Are you going back after seeing Shu Tong?”

He nodded.

Although Yu Chen was reluctant to let him go, he couldn’t persuade Ling Qing to give up his job, so he pressed another kiss to Ling Qing’s forehead and said gently, “Then I’ll see you in a few days.”

“Okay.” Ling Qing smiled, “I’ll wait for you.”

“Just don’t let me be entering your room be photographed,” Yu Chen teased.

Ling Qing laughed as he poked his face and smiled, “Why do you care about things like this? Don’t worry, if the two of us are photographed, I won’t explain it. I’ll let them talk.”

“Really?” Yu Chen didn’t believe it.

“Of course, who wouldn’t want to be your partner?” he replied, knowingly.

Satisfied, Yu Chen gave him a big hug and a kiss. “Be good.”

“Not be good. We need to get up now.” Once again, Ling Qing poked Yu Chen in the face as the two of them sat up.

“Go change. I’m taking you to meet your brother.”

Secretary Sun was a little surprised to see the two leaving the office together.

She watched Yu Chen enter the elevator, then lowered her head and reported to her friend group:

Pretty Sun:【They came out, the two of them came out together! Ling Qing had even stayed for a long time!!】

Beautiful Li:【For this long? What were they talking about? 】

Untroubled Wang:【Of course they were talking about love~~~[1]】

Pretty Sun:【President Yu went out, but I don’t know if he will come back. If he doesn’t come back, he will leave work early. He rarely leaves work early. 】

Beautiful Li:【Is it not normal to leave early after being visited by a beautiful lady~~】

Untroubled Wang:【I also want to get off work early, I also want to see Ling Qing, ying ying ying! I envy you so much Sunsun! 】

Beautiful Li:【+1, I also want to see the legendary President Yu, to see the legendary Ling Qing, to see this legendary pairing on the spot, ying ying ying! 】

Pretty Sun:【Alright alright, go back to work. If there are any melons I’ll remember to share some with you all.】

She put down the phone. Countless thoughts raced around her mind. Although she didn’t know what the relationship between the two was, she was still so curious!

Traffic was light as Yu Chen drove them to X University. Ling Qing sat in the car staring at his watch and waited until Shu Tong was supposed to be out of class before calling him.

“Hello.” A polite voice sounded through the phone.

Ling Qing said warmly, “I’m Ling Qing, are you Shu Tong?”

“That’s me.”

“Hello, I have some things I need to discuss with you and I hope I can take some of your time to do so. I’m at the gate of your school now. You will see me when you come out.”

Shu Tong was puzzled, “I don’t know you? What can we talk about?”

“It’s about your family background.”

Shu Tong laughed, “Did I hear you wrong? What do you mean? You aren’t going to tell me that I was held wrong and that you are my father, right?”

“Of course not,” Ling Qing replied calmly.

“That’s what I was saying.”

“I’m your brother,” Ling Qing corrected.

Shu Tong: “…”

“So can we meet? I’ll tell you the whole story. You have the right and should know the truth.”

Shu Tong went silent.

About half a minute passed before his cold tone replied, “You just said you were at the gate of my school.”

“That’s right.”

“I’ll come find you.”

After he finished speaking, he hung up the phone.

Ling Qing didn’t wait long before he saw Shu Tong leaving the school gate.

He opened the car door, put on a mask as he came out, and gave Shu Tong a call, reminding him that he was in the direction opposite to eight o’clock.

Shu Tong turned his head, saw him, and walked towards him.

“You are Ling Qing?” he asked.

Ling Qing nodded.

The lower half of his face was covered by a mask, only revealing his beautiful eyebrows and eyes. Shu Tong looked at it, feeling inexplicably familiar.

It wasn’t until he got into the car that he realized that it was because Ling Qing’s eyebrows were somewhat similar to his.

But at this time he had yet to get in the car, so he only asked, “What are my parents’ names?”

“If you’re asking about your biological parents, your father’s name is Ling Hui, and your mother’s name is Wu Xiuyun; If you’re asking for your current parents, your father’s name is Shu Wen, and your mother’s name is Zhang Cuiyin.”

Shu Tong didn’t speak.

Ling Qing pulled down the mask slightly and let him take a look at his face. “I’m a star, so don’t worry, I won’t kidnap you. Get in the car and let’s find a quiet place to talk.”

Shu Tong saw him then I vaguely remembered something. “I know you. You’re the one who had an affair with Qin Yanyu a few days ago.”

“So can you get in the car now?” Ling Qing repeated.

Only then did Shu Tong feel at ease. He reached out to open the door and took a seat in the back.

Ling Qing also returned to the car.

Yu Chen drove them to a cafe. There were few people around as Yu Chen walked them into the private room.

He and Ling Qing sat next to each other and Shu Tong sat down opposite Ling Qing.

The three ordered drinks before Shu Tong got straight to the point: “Tell me, what’s going on?”

Ling Qing thought for a while, then slowly said, “Twenty years ago, your biological mother and adoptive mother were in a hospital preparing to give birth to a child. The result was that a few days before you were born, something went wrong with your biological mother’s ward, and there was a vacancy in your adoptive mother’s ward at that time, so she moved there.”

“Then you and the other child, who is now my younger brother, Ling Bai, were born one after another.”

“You were born on the same day, but at different times. The hospital was very busy at the time, and the nurse in charge of taking care of the two of you was inattentive, so she made a mistake. The wrong child was held without the knowledge of both parties.”

“It was only two months ago that I found out that my brother and I are not actually brothers. That’s why I started investigating this matter and found you.”

“How should I believe what you said?”

Ling Qing pulled out. A piece of his own hair was handed to him, “You can do a paternity test. After the test, you can decide if you want to believe me or not.”

Shu Tong looked at it and took it after a bit of silence.

He asked, “How did you find out that you and your brother are not blood brothers?”

“Probably because we didn’t look alike since we were young.” Ling Qing said, “We don’t have the same personality, temperament, or appearance. At first, I thought I was the one who wasn’t biologically related to my parents, but it turns out it was him all along.”

“Do you have a bad relationship with your family?” Shu Tong said sensitively.

“It can’t be considered bad, it’s okay.” Ling Qing smiled, “It’s just that as a parent, it’s inevitable that you prefer the younger son.”

“Then they can accept that the younger son they love is not actually their biological child ?”

Ling Qing let the words sink in, looked at him, and said, “Before thinking about this question, you should consider first: are you willing to come back to the Ling’s house?”

Shu Tong lowered his eyelashes silently. His voice was very soft as he murmured: “I don’t know.”

He looked at the table, thinking that everything that happened today was ridiculous.

It was a scenario he never imagined would happen.

It was like he was shooting a TV drama.

“I don’t know if I want to go back. I’m doing well now, and my parents are very kind to me. My mother is very gentle. Every time I go home, she asks me what I want to eat in advance, and starts to prepare it for me early. I don’t like to buy clothes, so she buys them for me. She is afraid that I won’t like what she buys, so she often secretly gives me money to buy whatever I like.

“My dad looks fierce, but he is actually very protective of me. When I was a child, I fought with my classmates. I said it wasn’t me who did it first, but the teacher didn’t believe me and asked me to apologize. If I didn’t apologize, she would call my parents. I called my dad. As a result, my dad stood firmly on my side and refused to let me apologize. The other party must apologize first, saying that if the other party makes the first move, there is no reason not to fight back.”

He mulled over his past quietly before slowly turning silent, unable to say more.

Ling Qing said nothing. Accidents were always the most annoying.

Especially this kind of accident.

“You are very lucky. The adoptive parents you met are very good.”

Shu Tong nodded.

He asked Ling Qing, “My adoptive parents don’t know that your brother and I have been swapped, right? They didn’t do it on purpose, right?”

This is what worried Shu Tong the most, even though Ling Qing had just clarified it was all an accident.

His worries couldn’t settle down. What if Ling Qing had lied to him, or what if his current parents already knew that he was not their biological child.

When he was young, he and his parents watched a TV series where the parents from a poor family secretly exchanged their child with one from a better-off family so that their own child could live a good life in the future.

At that time, his mother disapprovingly said: “Which family would be so insensitive to their own child? Isn’t this ruining the happiness of both families?[2]”

Shu Tong puzzled, “Then why do you still watch this kind of TV?”

“Am I not watching it till the end to see if the family will find out the truth?” Mother Shu reasoned.

Shu Tong felt that such a mother would not secretly exchange her children, but he was still afraid that the plot in the TV series was not just fiction.

Ling Qing looked much richer than their family.

Therefore, when he listened to this dog blood story, he couldn’t avoid his worry and sorrow from arousing. [3]

“That’s not it,” Ling Qing replied. “They don’t know. Both of them are victims of this incident. No one knows, not even the nurse who made the mistake. She didn’t mean it. It was just an accident.”

Shu Tong breathed a sigh of relief. “That’s good.”

As long as his parents didn’t do it on purpose, Shu Tong felt that he could accept everything else.

“Are we the only ones who know about this now?”

“No, my brother also knows.”

Shu Tong was surprised, “You told him.”

“Of course. You two are the children involved, so you both should be the first to know. You need to be mentally prepared for this matter.”

“Then what does your brother think?”

“He is still thinking on it.”

“What kind of person is your brother?” Shu Tong asked curiously.

Ling Qing thought for a while. “My brother, he… To be honest, he’s a bit stupid and he isn’t a very good person. He acts quite carefully, and he occasionally does some very annoying things, but it’s not too bad, just… Overall he’s just not very likable.”

Shu Tong: “… …

“Then your brother seems to be really disliked by you.”

“It should be okay I think. It’s not like I bully him much.”

“So, you just went ahead and did the paternity test? You don’t want him to be your younger brother, do you?”

Ling Qing smiled and said indifferently: “I don’t really care. After all, I’m already an adult. To put it bluntly, the time when we could have grown close has long passed. From now on we will be considered two separate families.”

That’s true, Shu Tong thought.

“But being able to raise your brother like this shows that in this respect, my biological parents are not as good as my current parents.”

Ling Qing nodded. “You are right.”

The Ling family was really not very good at educating children. Otherwise, the relationship between the original owner and Ling Bai wouldn’t have been this crooked.

“I know you should be struggling now, so I won’t force you. You can think about it after you go home. When you figure it out, contact me again.

“Anyway, you have my phone number.”

Shu Tong nodded.

He put away the hair sample Ling Qing gave him then looked up and said, “If, and I mean if, I don’t want to be involved with your family, then can we pretend that nothing ever happened? That is, if your brother doesn’t want to switch back either.”

Ling Qing looked at him wordlessly for a long time before he whispered: “If this is your final decision, I will respect your choice.”

“But…” Shu Tong said with a rare hesitation: “But, isn’t it too unfair to your brother and the parents of both families?”

“You don’t have to worry about Ling Bai’s outlook. I told you before that he makes choices very carefully, so if he doesn’t want to switch back, it’s totally normal. The Ling family is a little richer than your family. So, you only need to think about yourself,. You don’t need to worry about the others.”

“Shouldn’t we consider our parents?” Shu Tong asked. “As a mother, having worked so hard to conceive a child for ten months before finally giving birth, should their feelings not be given to their own child?”

Ling Qing sighed and said, “Shu Tong, if you want absolute fairness, to be fair to everyone, then this matter needs to come clean. Your parents should know, my parents should know. Can you accept it? If you can’t accept it, don’t overthink.

“Reason and emotions, do you want reason or emotion? You have to pick one, do you understand?”

Shu Tong nodded, “I understand, I will choose one and I will call you in two days.

“Okay.”

“Before I decide, you won’t tell my parents about this, will you? My current parents, I mean.” Shu Tong finally asked.

“No, I won’t.”

“Thank you.” Shu Tong politely replied.

“You’re welcome.”

After Ling Qing finished speaking, Shu Tong stood up.

“Then I’ll go first. Goodbye.” Shu Tong turned and walked out of the box.

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The author has something to say:

Xiao Yu: Why do I have no lines, am I just a decoration?

Qingqing: Lucky Fish~~[4]

Xiao Yu: ……

Qingqing: It’s fine, you’ll have a lot of lines in the next chapter, there there~

Xiao Yu: [kissy fish.JPG]

Q: Steward Want, you haven’t appeared at all recently. Did you get sent to the countryside by Xiao Yu?

Steward Wang: Thanks for asking. I am at home, not in the countryside, it’s just that the Young Master hasn’t let me show my face, ha….

Author: Don’t worry, I’ll make sure you show up within two chapters~

Xiao Yu: !!!

Xiao Yu: [spitting bubbles in protest.gif]

[1] – pun that got lost in translation; Beautiful Li stated “談什麼呢” aka what were they talking about, and Untroubled Wang replied with “當然是談戀愛了” aka to date. so basically Wang jokingly played on the word 談 to insinuate that the two have an intimate relationship.

[2] – a more accurate but less professional way to translate this would be: why the frick would you want to shove your baby at another family, is this baby not yours? wont this screw up the happiness of other families?; “誰家的孩子不是孩子啊，這不是毀了人家一家的幸福嗎？”

[3] – dog blood; melodramatic/contrived

[4] – 招財魚 aka lucky cat but fish

lolimelon: ah look i managed to finish a chapter

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