After a Real Person Plays the Protagonist of an Anguish Novel [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 33.2

Chapter 33.2: Housewife Final Chapter

Having not seen each other for over half a year, He Chenguang had completely changed, becoming almost unrecognizable.

His appearance was haggard and withered; it was impossible to tell he was only twenty-eight years old. In contrast, Tang Yiqing had barely changed at all; instead, nourished by his small family, his complexion was ruddy, and his whole being exuded a lazy, charming air of one soaked in happiness.

He Chenguang seemed to have lost his soul. He lifted his dry eyelids, his gaze landing on Tang Yiqing across the window, and a sense of jealousy arose almost instinctively.

Why did he exhaust every scheme only to end up with this result, while Tang Yiqing did nothing yet harvested happiness?

Jealousy made him feel a bit more alive, but that was all. He didn’t even have the strength to be truly jealous now, and in the end, he simply lapsed into despondency.

“You called me here. What did you want to say?” Tang Yiqing asked.

He Chenguang clenched his hands. Seeing Tang Yiqing’s calm and composed manner, his heart stung again. His bloodshot eyes were covered by a layer of tears. “Did you… during this time, did you ever go to see Shen Shanyu?”

Hearing this, Tang Yiqing slowly shook his head. “No.”

“How could you not go see him!” He Chenguang became agitated. “Do you not care at all whether he is doing well!”

Tang Yiqing shook his head calmly once more. “He no longer has anything to do with me.”

“You raised him for four years! Four years! Is there no affection at all?” He Chenguang stared at him.

“Those four years have been ground away,” Tang Yiqing said. “I have a new family now, and a very cute son. I won’t think about the past anymore.”

He Chenguang almost lunged at the glass. “Don’t boast to me about how happy you are!! You have no heart at all! You should go see him!!”

Tang Yiqing frowned. “I have no heart? Then what were you thinking when you switched the children back then?”

He Chenguang’s body stiffened, and tears overflowed from his eyes. “I… of course I wanted him to live a good life!”

“He is currently with the Zhou family—specifically, the family of Zhou Yuzhe’s cousin,” Tang Yiqing said. There was no need to elaborate on the current state of the Zhou family. “You wanted him to live a good life, so what about now?”

He Chenguang slumped back into his chair, yet his mouth continued to accuse, “You should have let him stay with you!”

“When you were teaching him bad things, did you ever think about letting him stay with me?” Tang Yiqing said calmly.

He Chenguang covered his face and wept bitterly. He understood everything in his heart; he had no standing whatsoever to criticize Tang Yiqing. He just thought… Tang Yiqing was a soft-hearted person. Compared to Shen Mingzheng, a sliver of hope could still be seen in him, but now that hope was completely extinguished.

He had anticipated this, but when the truth sat before his eyes, it was still so painful, so full of regret.

“Go away…” He Chenguang said.

“In fact, you doing that wasn’t about him living a good life at all. That was just an excuse for your upward climbing,” Tang Yiqing pierced through his hypocrisy. “Were you thinking that if you weren’t discovered, even if you couldn’t marry into the Shen family, you would still have a connection through Shen Shanyu when you eventually acknowledged him in the future?”

He Chenguang’s bloodshot eyes immediately glared at Tang Yiqing. “Shut up!”

“In truth, all of this was entirely caused by you,” Tang Yiqing said. Compared to He Chenguang’s current frenzied state, he was perfectly serene.

“It was you who used him. He will understand this in the future,” Tang Yiqing said. “You’ll be about forty when you get out of prison, right? Twelve years from now, do you think he will still acknowledge you?”

He Chenguang’s pupils suddenly constricted. “What nonsense are you talking about! I am his biological mother! How could he not acknowledge me!”

“But it was also you who thoroughly ruined him,” Tang Yiqing said. “Shen Shanyu’s situation is like falling from heaven to hell. If you had been the one raising him all along, he might have grown into a healthy person. But now… his entire life has been ruined by you.”

“He will hate you. He will not acknowledge you as his mother.”

As the words fell, He Chenguang’s gaze became tragic and sharp, like a vengeful spirit crawling out of hell. His heart was in too much pain; he didn’t want to admit it, but what Tang Yiqing said was the truth.

“Nonsense! I am his mother! You’re talking nonsense!” He Chenguang was completely broken. “Tang Yiqing, you’re talking absolute nonsense!”

“Police! Police, arrest him! Arrest him quickly! He’s talking nonsense! He’s talking nonsense!”

Tang Yiqing stood up and didn’t look at He Chenguang again. He walked out, He Chenguang’s shrill voice echoing behind him.

In truth, it wasn’t that he hadn’t gone to see Shen Shanyu; he simply hadn’t appeared before him. After all, this was the child he had raised for four years; he couldn’t bear to see him truly fall into hell. And Shen Shanyu… was also innocent.

He felt regret for the child more than once, but the matter was settled. If he wavered and appeared before Shen Shanyu, it would only cause the boy greater harm.

He had investigated the family of Zhou Yuzhe’s cousin. Their family wasn’t deeply tied to Zhou Yuzhe’s company, so when the bankruptcy crisis hit, they didn’t suffer much damage. They were just a middle-class family. It might be hard for Shen Shanyu to accept, but the family atmosphere was very good. The couple was very affectionate; the husband was infertile, so they never had children. If Shen Shanyu stayed with them, he would certainly be loved.

Perhaps… in a normal family, Shen Shanyu would grow into a child with sound mental and physical health. Originally, this little sapling had been drugged and grew crooked; now there was a chance to grow straight again, but Shen Shanyu would have to rebuild himself.

However, he had no reason to tell He Chenguang any of this. It was He Chenguang who made everything like this. He was the culprit and did not deserve redemption.

This was his revenge—as Tang Siwen’s mother, his revenge for those four years.

Behind him were He Chenguang’s roars. He was begging. He begged Tang Yiqing not to give up on Shen Shanyu, begged him not to ignore Shen Shanyu.

At the same time, he was cursing, cursing Tang Yiqing to a miserable death. He was exhausted; every day in prison would be like being in hell.

Tang Yiqing didn’t want Tang Siwen to go inside; he was afraid the boy would be frightened. But just as he opened the door, Tang Siwen was standing right there. His little face was a bit pale, seemingly frightened by the screams inside.

“Mommy,” Tang Siwen said.

Tang Yiqing crouched down and gently stroked his head. “Let’s go home.”

Tang Siwen shook his head. “Mommy, I’ll say one thing to him and then leave.”

Tang Yiqing thought for a moment and finally decided to respect the child’s wish. “Go ahead.”

Inside, He Chenguang had stopped screaming. He seemed tired, and perhaps he had heard “Zhou Mo’s” voice. He peered out, asking softly, “Is that Zhou Mo? Zhou Mo, is it you?”

Then, Zhou Mo’s small figure appeared. He Chenguang froze; he hadn’t expected to actually see Zhou Mo. It felt like an illusion, and for a moment, his heart was a swirl of complex emotions.

“Why are you here?” He Chenguang said softly, though his voice was still raspy from screaming.

Zhou Mo walked up to the front. “I’m here to say goodbye to you.”

“Say goodbye?” He Chenguang murmured.

Zhou Mo gave an “En.” “Mommy said that by the time you come out, I’ll already be in college.”

“That is a long, long time from now.”

He Chenguang’s eyes were filled with tears; he was crying, yet his mouth was smiling. “Yes… a long, long time…”

Zhou Mo stood on his tiptoes and placed his hand on the glass. “Then for such a long time, you have to be good in there.”

He Chenguang froze. When he came to his senses, tears were streaming down his face. His hands were in handcuffs; he wanted to press his hand against that tiny hand, but Zhou Mo quickly withdrew it.

Zhou Mo walked toward the exit, then turned back to wave at him. “Be good in there. I’m called Tang Siwen now. I’m going to live a happy life. Goodbye.”

He Chenguang was completely shattered.

Tang Yiqing carried Tang Siwen out the main gate. He took a deep breath. The sun was bright and the breeze was light. They began their return journey together.

“Mommy, Little Uncle said he wants to eat cake and chocolate. He wants us to bring some back for him,” Tang Siwen said.

Tang Yiqing scraped his nose. “Is it you who wants to eat it, or Little Uncle?”

Tang Siwen immediately buried his face in Tang Yiqing’s shoulder. “Little Uncle wants to eat it, and I want to eat it too.”

Tang Yiqing let out a soft laugh. “Okay, we’ll go buy some.”

After returning home, he placed the purchased pastries and chocolates on the entryway cabinet. Shen Zeqi walked over. “You’re back.”

The other man’s natural way of greeting made Tang Yiqing daze for a moment, almost thinking it was Shen Shuowen. Shen Zeqi picked up the bag of sweets. “You actually bought it.”

Tang Siwen finished changing his shoes and ran over with Shen Zeqi. The two began to divide the chocolates on the sofa. Tang Yiqing hadn’t expected Shen Zeqi to actually eat such sweets.

“Siwen, you can only eat one piece. Watch out for cavities,” Tang Yiqing reminded him.

Tang Siwen pouted, and Shen Zeqi said, “Don’t worry, I’ll only give him one piece.”

“Mommy, I’ll only eat one piece,” Tang Siwen said, acting obediently.

At this moment, Shen Shuowen came out of the bathroom. Tang Yiqing froze and instinctively smiled. “Why did you come back so early today?”

Shen Shuowen looked at the adult and child on the sofa dividing chocolates, the expression in his eyes growing deeper. “What did you buy for them?”

“Just some desserts and chocolate,” Tang Yiqing said.

Shen Zeqi looked toward him. “Big Brother, do you want some? This brand of chocolate is especially good.”

Shen Shuowen, with a grim face, ignored Shen Zeqi and pulled Tang Yiqing directly toward the bedroom. “Come here, I have something to say to you.”

Tang Yiqing followed him into the room with some confusion. The moment the door closed, Shen Shuowen kissed him, his hand moving down his waist.

Tang Yiqing pushed him. “What are you doing? It’s daytime, and… and…”

But his words were all blocked by Shen Shuowen’s mouth. Tang Yiqing felt that Shen Shuowen had been even more frequent lately; he was almost unable to handle it.

His usually steady husband’s aura was somewhat restless. Tang Yiqing didn’t know what to do, so he could only release pheromones to comfort him first.

After a while, suppressed groans sounded in the room. Tang Yiqing covered his mouth, not daring to make a sound. When he was bullied too hard, he only looked at Shen Shuowen with red eyes, whispering for him to be gentler, fearing he would be heard by the child and Shen Zeqi outside.

Meanwhile, Shen Zeqi was leaning against the door. The corners of his eyes were stained red. He closed his eyes and listened quietly; suppression and desire crashed into him simultaneously, and his blood heated up.

It was painful, yet he didn’t want to leave.

Just then, Tang Siwen ran over, holding up a pastry for Shen Zeqi. Seeing him, Shen Zeqi immediately left the door. He took a deep breath, stepped forward, and picked up Tang Siwen, leading the child away from there.

He still couldn’t let the child know about such things too early; it was hard to explain.

He never imagined that one day, while the person he liked was having sex with his brother, he would be responsible for looking after the child.

Shen Mingzheng did not expect that the second person to visit him would be his Eldest Brother, Shen Shuowen. Half a year had passed, and only his mother had visited once. This was his second time seeing a member of the Shen family at the Control Center.

“Big Brother, does Yiqing still refuse to see me…?” Shen Mingzheng said.

Shen Shuowen shook his head. “He doesn’t want to see you. Don’t try to contact him anymore.”

Shen Mingzheng’s expression dimmed. “What did you come for?”

“It’s like this: your detention has reached six months… you can be transferred to a psychological disease intervention center. I’m here to handle the procedures for you,” Shen Shuowen said.

Shen Mingzheng almost laughed. His once-handsome face was now full of defeat. “Fine, whatever you say.”

Shen Shuowen sighed. “Six months is the result of our efforts. Given the degree of your loss of control and the number of people affected—six Alphas are still suffering from gland damage, and several Omegas were influenced into public heat, causing serious consequences—six months is the shortest time possible. Don’t blame Mom and Dad; they worked hard to pull strings.”

Shen Mingzheng shrugged. “How could I? How could I blame them? It’s already good enough that they don’t blame me.”

He said this, but his face was somewhat twisted. Yet he had to submit to the current control procedures and rely on his family to get out.

“They are very angry,” Shen Shuowen said calmly. “You caused a huge scandal, and the news of the child switch spread… You can imagine how the outside world judges the Shen family.”

“It’s normal for Mom and Dad to be angry. They might come to see you in a while.”

Shen Mingzheng had no outside news in here. What Father and Mother Shen usually cared about most was now completely ruined by him. He no longer had any temper left.

He suddenly thought: after his mother visited him, the doctor drew his blood and took his hair. At this moment, he suddenly wanted to laugh, thinking of a dark joke about himself. Did his mother come for a paternity test?

Now their family had become regulars at the identification center. Would his mother wonder if he was also switched at birth? Otherwise, how could he have done so many stupid things?

Shen Mingzheng did indeed start laughing like a madman having a sudden fit, but he quickly reined it in and said urgently, “Let me out quickly! I’m really going to become a mental patient in here!”

Alphas who entered the Control Center were heavyweights, especially S-class. The treatment here for Alphas who had caused disturbances was very severe. The specific treatment methods… to put it bluntly, were a bit like personality destruction.

This place would make a person rigid, turning them into a collection of rules and boundaries. Negative emotions like eroticism, violence, and destructive desires would be completely annihilated. People who left this place would become “good people.”

They would first perform gland surgery on them to lower their rank, then perform a thorough psychological transformation. After getting out, they would feel fear when encountering those negative things.

This was a small part that had to be sacrificed to maintain social order. They would be transformed into people who posed no harm to society or others—they might not even be able to get angry anymore, possessing absolute emotional and pheromone stability.

“Big Brother! Try a little harder!!” Shen Mingzheng’s eyes were bloodshot. “I can’t stay here for another day! I don’t want to be treated for any psychological disease!”

Usually, Alphas who entered the Control Center didn’t get out for at least half a year. The impact Shen Mingzheng caused was very serious; half a year was considered short.

“This is an inevitable procedure. Your psychological evaluation score is currently very low,” Shen Shuowen said seriously. “We must wait until you are completely treated.”

“As long as you cooperate with the treatment and achieve a full recovery, you will definitely be out within two years.”

“I can’t wait!” Shen Mingzheng’s eyes were bloodshot. He wanted to get angry, but he was restricted by psychological barriers, making him look a bit neurotic. “I’m going crazy! Look at me—am I not transformed well enough already!”

Shen Shuowen frowned. “It will be much more relaxed at the psychological treatment center. It won’t be like here. Once you are mostly recovered, the family will bring you back for home treatment.”

Shen Mingzheng appeared somewhat frantic. Right at that moment, an alarm sounded; his pheromones were about to go out of control again.

Shen Shuowen turned to leave. If he hadn’t come, Shen Mingzheng’s state might have remained stable. But because he came, Shen Mingzheng’s emotions began to flare up—this was his own lack of consideration.

“Big Brother! Tell Yiqing I miss him very much! I will definitely go find him when I get out!!” Shen Mingzheng roared. “I will definitely go find him!”

Shen Shuowen paused. He frowned, then turned back and took a red booklet from his pocket. The booklet was passed through the slot. When Shen Mingzheng saw the object, his eyes instantly grew hot, and his hands trembled uncontrollably. He took the object in his hands; it said “Divorce Certificate.”

“Don’t look for him again,” Shen Shuowen said seriously. At this moment, he seemed to be shrouded in a dark cloud.

There was already a Shen Zeqi in the house; he didn’t want another Shen Mingzheng. Tang Yiqing had liked him for so many years and had a four-year marriage with him; Shen Shuowen couldn’t gamble even a tiny bit.

Upon leaving, the staff informed him that Shen Mingzheng had lost control again, and the date of leaving the Control Center would have to be postponed.

Shen Shuowen looked at him and asked, “How long is the delay?”

“At least three months,” the staff member said. “If his condition worsens, it could be more than half a year.”

“I trust you, but I don’t want the Shen family to end up with a madman. Do you understand?” Shen Shuowen asked.

“Rest assured, we are professionals,” the staff member said. “We are simply reducing social harm.”

With that, the staff member handed over a form. “Mr. Shen, take a look at this. For the moral standards to be emphasized for Mr. Shen Mingzheng, please select three.”

Shen Shuowen scanned it and finally checked the same line three times: “Do not interfere in other people’s families, reconstruct a healthy perception of relationships.”

Leaving the Control Center, he saw the people inside the car through the window, and his face softened.

He sat back in the car. Inside, Tang Yiqing and Tang Siwen were each holding an ice cream.

“Why were you so long?” Tang Yiqing handed over the ice cream in his other hand. “Eat quickly, Hubby, it’s about to melt.”

Shen Shuowen laughed and took it. A sweet scent spread through the car.

Shen Shuowen turned his head. “How about we go to City B for a few days?”

Hearing this, Tang Yiqing’s mind wavered; he was considering it. Just then, his phone rang; it was Shen Zeqi.

With ice cream in his hand, it wasn’t easy to answer, so Tang Yiqing pressed the speakerphone. “Hello? What is it?”

The voice on the other end was a bit weak. “Where are you? Why aren’t you back yet?”

Tang Yiqing paused, and before he could answer, there was a “thud” from the other end, followed by silence. “Zeqi? Zeqi?”

Tang Yiqing’s face was full of worry. He looked at Shen Shuowen, and Shen Shuowen looked at him.

The car stopped abruptly. Shen Shuowen secretly gnashed his teeth and turned the car around. This strange family of four—perhaps… Shen Zeqi was impossible to shake off.

They would just live like this.

Slowly, the sound of talking rose in the car again. At this moment, the sun was setting. The direction the car was driving was toward home.

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