Married, but Still Strangers - Chapter 14
On Monday, Yue Lu went to work again, leaving Zhuang Yan alone at home.
It had been a while since he had read the “Secret Crush Diary” of the “Secret Crush Bro.” Calculating it this way, how was it that the weekends were more exhausting than the workdays?
Actually, whether it was a workday or the weekend, Zhuang Yan stayed cooped up at home. Therefore, there wasn’t much of a difference between workdays and weekends for him.
Opening the app, Zhuang Yan first saw the one thousand yuan and one hundred thousand yuan that had arrived several days ago. It seemed the “Secret Crush Bro” had adopted the suggestions he previously provided, and the practical results were excellent.
Zhuang Yan decided to redouble his efforts and clicked on the latest post from the “Secret Crush Bro”:
Sunny Day: “I got injured. He was very worried about me and even took me to the hospital for a full-body checkup.”
Thomas Rotating Giant Sow: “You’re injured? How did you get injured? Were you being chased by enemies?”
Let Me Pass Every Single Exam: “Probably. Seeing how rich he is, he must have a lot of enemies.”
Person Surnamed Zhai, I Hate You: “It looks like things are finally starting to take shape! Shouldn’t the next step be confessing, getting married, and having children?”
Thomas Rotating Giant Sow: “Did you forget about last time? He already moved into the guy’s house, and the result was just sleeping purely under the blankets.”
AAA Mock Exam Wholesaler: “Pitying his misfortune, but angry at his lack of action.”
Little Sweet Wind: “Look at you…you won’t confess, you’re just wasting time, and you’re making the other person guess. Who could possibly figure you out?”
Thomas Rotating Giant Sow: “Sisters upstairs, stay calm. Just watch it for fun; don’t take it too seriously.”
Black Swan: “You should simply act miserable in front of him. Say you have pains here and there—the kind of pain that can’t be found in a checkup.”
Little Sweet Wind: “Would that work? Don’t you think that’s a bit dramatic?”
Black Swan: “Whether it works or not, just give it a try. Anyway, could it possibly be worse than things are now?”
Thomas Rotating Giant Sow: [Like.jpg]
Person Surnamed Zhai, I Hate You: “When the poster finally catches his secret crush, we strongly demand to sit at the head table at the wedding.”
AAA Mock Exam Wholesaler: “You could also arrange some kind of surprise and take the opportunity to confess.”
Thomas Rotating Giant Sow: “A confession is impossible. I’ve been urging him to confess for a year, and his progress is zero.”
Black Swan: “Sister, by then, you’ll have to sit in the center seat of the head table.”
Thomas Rotating Giant Sow: “That is a must. Without me, those two wouldn’t be able to get married.”
Just as Zhuang Yan was reading the comments with great interest, a WeChat voice call popped up.
“Brother Xiaocheng, why are you calling me all of a sudden?”
“What do you mean? Am I not allowed to call you?” Chi Xiaocheng’s mood on the other end of the phone seemed quite good.
Zhuang Yan curled his lip. “You never visit unless there’s a reason; there’s definitely nothing good happening if you’re calling me.”
“This time it is a very good thing. I am taking Mom and Dad out to travel for a while.”
Zhuang Yan plopped down on the sofa. “How is that a good thing?”
Chi Xiaocheng raised an eyebrow and asked back, “How is it not a good thing? We’re going out to play!”
Zhuang Yan complained with dissatisfaction, “You guys aren’t taking me with you.”
Chi Xiaocheng chuckled. “Don’t you have serious business to attend to?”
Zhuang Yan compromised. “Fine, fine.”
“It’s almost your birthday. I’m saying Happy Birthday to you in advance!”
Zhuang Yan was dissatisfied. “Why can’t you tell me on the actual day of my birthday? Are you afraid you’ll be playing so happily that you’ll forget about me?”
Being exposed, Chi Xiaocheng laughed awkwardly. “Alright, alright, I won’t talk to you anymore. I’m going to pick up Mom and Dad now. If I’m any later, I won’t catch the high-speed train.”
After hanging up the phone, Zhuang Yan felt a bit melancholy.
He didn’t actually like going out to play, but he also didn’t want to be alone.
If Wang Mengmeng were still here, it would be great. That way, they could have gone out together as a whole family, and they could have even brought Yue Lu along.
Zhuang Yan didn’t know why he would think of Yue Lu. If Wang Mengmeng were still here, it would have been impossible for him to even know Yue Lu.
The two of them were originally not from the same world.
He would not have deliberately approached Yue Lu, and he would not have designed a plan to marry Yue Lu.
The two of them would have been like two very ordinary parallel lines that would never “banana” (cross) in this lifetime.
Feeling sorrowful about the passing of time, Zhuang Yan sent a message to Yue Lu: “Do you think two parallel lines can banana?”
Due to an input method issue, Zhuang Yan had mistyped “intersect” as “banana” but he didn’t notice it.
At the very top of the chat box, the two words “A Cong” quickly changed to “The other party is typing…”
Subsequently, Yue Lu sent a picture. On the picture, there were only two bananas and they were bananas that looked very much like bananas.
Zhuang Yan slowly typed a “?”.
Yue Lu explained, “Look, even bananas can be parallel.”
Zhuang Yan: “…”
What a cold joke.
Yue Lu then typed: “I went through a lot of trouble to find these two bananas. [Aggrieved Puppy.jpg]”
Zhuang Yan replied perfunctorily: “You’re so great! [Thumbs Up.jpg]”
Yue Lu sent another emoji of a well-behaved puppy sticking out its tongue, and their conversation came to a temporary end.
However, Zhuang Yan soon caught sight of the first sentence he had typed.
No wonder Yue Lu had taken a photo of two bananas; it was because he had typed the wrong word.
It was all the fault of that abominable input method.
Zhuang Yan had a sudden flash of inspiration. He dashed downstairs, bought two bananas, and came back up. Then, he placed the two bananas across each other and sent a photo to Yue Lu.
“Look, the bananas have intersected.”
Yue Lu replied immediately: “Yes. [Finger Heart.jpg]”
Dinner was prepared by Zhuang Yan in the afternoon and brought to Yue Lu’s company to eat with him. After eating, it was still Yue Lu who drove Zhuang Yan home.
Perhaps for a long time in the future, he would maintain this kind of lifestyle.
“A Cong! My tulip has turned into a narcissus.” Zhuang Yan came in from the balcony holding a pot of narcissus.
“Hasn’t it always been a narcissus?” Yue Lu was puzzled. He had recognized it as a narcissus at first glance when he saw this pot of flowers. Did Zhuang Yan really not know all this time?
Zhuang Yan curled his lip. “I only bought it because I thought it was a tulip.”
“It’s okay, narcissus is also very beautiful,” Yue Lu comforted him.
“That still doesn’t make it a tulip,” Zhuang Yan said with dissatisfaction. “When I go downstairs tomorrow, I’m going to throw it away.”
“Why?” Yue Lu didn’t understand. “Is it simply because it’s a narcissus and not a tulip?”
“Exactly. I wanted a tulip. What use is there in keeping it? Since it’s useless, it should be thrown away.” Zhuang Yan placed the pot of narcissus on the ground and took out his phone, planning to buy a new pot of tulips.
“I have to look more carefully this time; I can’t be cheated again.” Zhuang Yan held his phone, huffing with anger.
Yue Lu laughed at him. “Why are you getting upset with a pot of flowers?”
“How am I getting ‘upset’?” Zhuang Yan retorted. “I am angry!”
“Okay, okay, okay.” Yue Lu felt that the way Zhuang Yan looked when he was being serious was very cute.
“You don’t need to cook dinner for me on the evening of the 6th. Come to the company to find me, and I will take you out to eat.”
“Okay.” Zhuang Yan picked and chose, finally selecting a shop with fairly good reviews, completely failing to realize what day the 6th was.
On the afternoon of the 6th, Zhuang Yan arrived at Yue Lu’s company early.
The receptionist already knew Zhuang Yan. When she saw him walking toward the CEO’s private elevator, she even smiled and greeted him.
“You’re here!” Yue Lu put down the pen in his hand with pleasant surprise.
“I’ll just sit on the side; I won’t disturb you.”
The afternoon sunlight shone through the floor-to-ceiling windows onto Yue Lu. This light was neither scorching nor hot; it just happened to give him a layer of warm halo.
Zhuang Yan lost himself in the sight for a moment, and he was even startled when Yue Lu stood up.
“What’s wrong with you?” Yue Lu teased him.
Zhuang Yan took the fruit juice Yue Lu handed him. “It’s nothing. I just think you actually look quite good.”
“I have something to attend to temporarily; you might have to wait a bit longer. If you feel bored, I can have the secretary set up a computer for you to play on.” Yue Lu turned his head away, feeling a bit embarrassed.
“It’s fine. I’ll just look at my phone for a while.” He definitely did not want to use a company computer. Who knew if there were any trade secrets inside?
A couple of days ago, he had watched a “face-slapping” drama where the protagonist played on a computer at a company, only to be framed for stealing trade secrets. Under the pressure of public opinion, the protagonist was forced to jump off a building and then was reborn… cough, he was getting off track.
“Okay.” Yue Lu continued to immerse himself in work, while Zhuang Yan began reading the “Secret Crush Diary” of the “Secret Crush Bro.”
“His birthday is coming up soon. I want to give him a surprise.”
Little Sweet Wind: “And then take the opportunity to confess! Dry wood and fierce fire, get the marriage certificate, and have eight babies in one birth!”
Thomas Rotating Giant Sow: “Curse it, the first comment was actually snatched away this time.”
Little Sweet Wind: “Jie jie jie jie jie jie!”
Thomas Rotating Giant Sow: “The first comment next time will definitely be mine.”
Little Sweet Wind: “The poster will definitely succeed this time; you won’t have another chance! Jie jie jie jie jie!”
Thomas Rotating Giant Sow: “How is that possible? Even when his secret crush gets married and has children, he still won’t necessarily have confessed to them.”
Little Sweet Wind: “I! Don’t! Believe! It! Would he really say nothing during such a great opportunity?”
AAA Mock Exam Wholesaler: “Are there few instances where he says nothing during a great opportunity?”
Little Sweet Wind: [Disappointed.jpg]
Person Surnamed Zhai, I Hate You: “If I hadn’t actually received the money, I would really suspect he was just an account trying to get followers.”
Birthday? Oh right, the 6th seemed to be Zhuang Yan’s birthday.
Was Yue Lu going to celebrate his birthday today?
Did Yue Lu know which day his birthday was?
He should know, right? After all, they were married.
Yue Lu didn’t drive the BYD this time; instead, he switched the car to a Cullinan. The BYD was only used when he went to pick up Zhuang Yan to go home.
The car drove for an unknown amount of time. The skyscrapers outside the window became fewer and fewer. Zhuang Yan suspected he had encountered a “pig-butchering” scam and thought Yue Lu was planning to sell him off tonight.
Just as Zhuang Yan was planning how to hijack the car and escape later, the vehicle came to a stop.
Yue Lu considerately helped Zhuang Yan open the car door and unfasten his seatbelt. Zhuang Yan stepped out of the car warily, following Yue Lu into the building in front of them and arriving at the top floor.
The top floor was decorated with various fresh flowers, and it was so romantic that Zhuang Yan was rendered speechless.
The roof was transparent, allowing them to see the starry sky outside.
Yue Lu pushed over a small trolley, on which sat a cake that looked to be about six inches.
“Happy Birthday, Prince Beibei.”
“This… Yue Lu, you are so childish.”
Zhuang Yan finally understood why Yue Lu called him “Beibei.” He took the Prince Beibei toy off the cake and fiddled with it with great interest.
“You’ve also seen the Prince Beibei cartoon?”
Yue Lu answered, “I have. I also liked watching it very much.”
“When I was a kid, I even pretended to be Prince Beibei, going everywhere to uphold justice. The result was just getting a beating with a feather duster from my mom.” Zhuang Yan shrugged.
“Upholding justice is so good! It’s those adults who don’t understand the hearts of children.”
Zhuang Yan burst out laughing with a “pfft.” “You certainly seem to understand the hearts of children.”
“Hurry and blow out the candles,” Yue Lu urged.
Zhuang Yan shook his head. “I have to make a wish first.”
“Okay, make a wish first.”
The candles were extinguished, but Yue Lu still didn’t turn on the lights. He took Zhuang Yan’s hand and they sat on a large bed.
Is it going to start tonight?
Zhuang Yan lay on the bed, feeling a bit nervous.
And at that moment, the transparent glass above their heads slowly opened, and fireworks of various shapes began to go off outside with loud bangs.
The final firework read: “Wishing Zhuang Yan a Happy Birthday!”
After the fireworks finished, the lights were turned on.
So, it wasn’t that?
Zhuang Yan felt a bit of regret.
Yue Lu once again took Zhuang Yan’s hand and led him to the dining table, which was laid out with various exquisite dishes all of which were Zhuang Yan’s favorites.
“Why was the last part ‘Wishing Zhuang Yan a Happy Birthday’?” Zhuang Yan was puzzled.
“Beibei is a term of endearment; Zhuang Yan is your name,” Yue Lu explained.
“Alright.” At least he had cleared up why Yue Lu called him Beibei, so it wasn’t a total lack of gain; at least he knew he wasn’t a substitute for some other Omega.
It was just… would Yue Lu also call other Omegas that?
Would any Omega who stayed with him be “Prince Beibei”?
However, now was clearly not the time to ask that.
It didn’t matter how many Omegas Yue Lu had had; what mattered was that his Omega now was called Zhuang Yan, and in the future, the other father of Yue Lu’s children would only be Zhuang Yan.
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