This Alpha Is So Devoted to His Wife - Chapter 13

And so, for the next few days, Lu Xing He waited for a “sunny day.”

A year passed in the blink of an eye.

Over that year, Duan Yu Luo and his close friend Lu Xing He had become die-hard Ultraman fans. Every day, they would transform into superheroes as soon as they saw each other. Not transforming felt wrong, and his brother would never join him in this game.

Only Lu Xing He would transform with him.

However, a piece of bad news arrived: his dad was going to study abroad and would take him and his brother along.

So, every day, he would pray, even kneeling on his bed before sleeping, clasping his hands together with great sincerity, and saying in a sweet, childish voice, “Buddha, please bless my dad not to get accepted to a university abroad. Please bless me so I can transform into Ultraman with Lu Xing He every day.”

His brother Luo Yu Duan, who was reading in the bed next to him, saw how obsessed his brother was. He flipped a page and said, “If Dad knew you thought like this every day, he might spank you.”

“Dad won’t know if you don’t tell him,” Duan Yu Luo said when he heard his brother. He quickly got down from his bed, ran to his brother’s, and flopped down on it. “Pig, aren’t you afraid we won’t be able to speak the language in America? What if they laugh at us?”

Luo Yu Duan’s book was knocked out of his hands by his brother’s leap. He hadn’t even had time to mark the page. He sighed and grabbed his brother’s collar. “Duan Yu Luo!”

“Why are you so fierce?” Duan Yu Luo stuck out his tongue guiltily. He quickly picked up his brother’s book, randomly flipped to a page, and put it back in his hand. “Here, here. Don’t be mad; it’ll make you ugly.”

“If you’re going to lie down, then lie down properly. You’ll get hurt jumping around like that,” his brother Luo Yu Duan said, letting go of his collar. “Then you’ll just cry.”

“Okay, I’ll lie down properly next time.” Duan Yu Luo crawled and lay down beside his brother, bringing his head close to see what he was looking at. “Didn’t we already solve this derivative problem?”

“I want to see if there’s another way to solve it.”

“Can I look, too?”

“Aren’t you going to continue praying to Buddha?”

“I’ll have to come back and study here. If Dad comes in after practicing the piano and hears me, he’ll definitely spank me. It’s better to stay here and study, so I look like a good boy.”

Luo Yu Duan saw his brother half-lying on his legs. He seemed to think of something. “Little one, why do you like Lu Xing He so much? Just because of Ultraman?”

“No,” Duan Yu Luo shook his head.

“Then why?”

“Because he plays Ultraman with me. That’s why I like him.”

“How much do you like him?”

“I like him a lot, a whole lot.”

“More than you like me, your brother?”

After asking the question, Luo Yu Duan saw his brother stare at him without saying a word. He immediately felt a little sad. Just as he picked up his pencil to continue reading, Duan Yu Luo hugged him.

“That’s different. Liking my brother and liking Lu Xing He are different.”

Luo Yu Duan was suddenly touched. As expected, a brother is a brother. It must be right that he likes me more.

But then, in the next second…

“Because you’re my family, and Lu Xing He is my Ultraman. He’s my hero!”

Luo Yu Duan was speechless. After a two-second pause, he said, “I hope Dad gets accepted to the university tomorrow.”

If they don’t go abroad, his little brother will be completely taken away by that Lu Xing He. So what if he knows about Ultraman? So what if he plays transform with my brother? So annoying.

“Ah~” Duan Yu Luo’s face crumpled when he heard his brother say that. He immediately knelt up and looked at the ceiling, clasping his hands together. “Buddha, please bless my dad not to get accepted~”

Luo Yu Duan said nothing.

Just then, their bedroom door was suddenly pushed open, and their dad rushed in.

“Sons! Your dad, me, got accepted!” His dad, Luo Songran, excitedly jumped onto the boys’ bed, causing his brother to bounce up. He was quick enough to grab his brother, then hugged him tightly. “Piggy, Dad got in!”

Luo Yu Duan almost cried. Had he just been launched into the air?

And Duan Yu Luo, who was lying next to his brother, was also about to cry. “Ah, Dad, why did you get in?” Lu Xing He said that Buddha is so great; if you ask for something, you’ll get it. Why is everything the opposite?

Luo Songran saw that his little son’s eyes were red, as if he was about to cry. “What’s wrong? Aren’t you happy that Dad got in?”

“But what about Lu Xing He?” Duan Yu Luo’s face fell, and he choked out, “I can’t just put him in a suitcase and take him with me.”

Luo Songran was curious and picked up his little son, laughing. “Then how about I leave you here, and you can live at his house and be his wife?”

When Duan Yu Luo heard the word “wife,” he thought about it. “If I’m his wife, I can be with Lu Xing He?”

“Mhmm.” Luo Songran smiled without saying more.

His other dad, Duan Yizhou, walked into the room just in time to hear what Luo Songran said, and a vein throbbed in his forehead. “Luo Songran, what are you teaching him? Most parents don’t want to let their kids go, but you’re just trying to give him away.”

“I told you before, if I had met you when I was little, I would have gone with you.” His dad, Luo Songran, thought it was a good idea. “Little one, why don’t you really go live at his house?”

“Huh?” Duan Yu Luo’s eyes lit up. “Can I?”

“If you go to his house, you’ll have to leave Dad, your other dad, and your brother. Are you willing to do that?”

His dad, Luo Songran, only meant to scare the little boy, but Duan Yu Luo didn’t even hesitate and immediately nodded. “Okay!”

Duan Yu Luo excitedly jumped off the bed. “I’m going to pack my bags now!”

His dad, Luo Songran, “…”

It was clearly not going to happen.

After a night of psychological preparation and a lecture, little Duan Yu Luo still couldn’t accept it. He cried until he fell asleep, hugging his blanket.

Lu Xing He was thunderstruck when he learned that Duan Yu Luo was going to study abroad with his family.

He couldn’t believe Duan Yu Luo was leaving.

On the weekend, the two families met.

They could have just left without a formal goodbye, but both sets of parents wanted to respect and protect the beautiful friendship their children had, so they decided to give them a proper farewell.

“Yes, we’ll be going to America in a month. I plan to study there for about a year and a half. As for our plans after that, we’ll have to see.”

Duan Yu Luo sat on the small rug by the sofa, looking down and counting his Ultraman cards. He was gloomy and didn’t say a word.

Lu Xing He was also sitting next to him, holding the stack of rare cards. They were a gift from the little one, who had just said he was giving them all to him and hadn’t spoken to him since. He was also in a bad mood and didn’t know what to say, so he just sat there.

For the first time, these two little boys were experiencing the feeling of being separated from a friend. Neither knew how to deal with this emotion, and neither wanted to say goodbye, thinking that not talking would prevent the separation.

Clemens noticed the tense atmosphere between the two little ones. He smiled, bent down, and patted Duan Yu Luo’s head. “Little one, I know your other dad has a plane. It’s easy to meet up if you want to, right, Bennett?”

Lu Xing He felt his dad looking at him, and it seemed to give him a topic to talk about. He slowly moved next to Duan Yu Luo and said in a low voice, “I didn’t know your other dad was so cool that he had a plane.”

When Duan Yu Luo heard Lu Xing He speak to him, the emotions he had been holding back instantly broke. Tears rolled down, dripping onto the Ultraman cards in his hand. He wiped his tears with the back of his hand.

“…Waaah, then… then I’ll buy you a plane too in the future. I’m also really cool.”

When Lu Xing He heard this, his eyes also turned red without him realizing it.

By the sofa, two small hands were held tightly, both unable to understand the emotion of separation. Why do they have to be apart?

The parents on both sides looked at each other and smiled helplessly. They felt sorry for these two emotional little boys. What do you do when you have a child with high emotional needs? You can only teach them with patience.

But separation is a topic that people will always have to learn and face.

Children are no exception.

One month later, before boarding the plane, Duan Yu Luo and his good friend Lu Xing He went through a regular farewell that felt like a parting of life and death. The two little boys cried so much that others who saw them thought something terrible had happened.

Duan Yu Luo was crying with snot and tears, solemnly accepting the limited edition Ultraman card that Lu Xing He handed him, as if he were receiving an award.

His vision was blurred by tears, and he couldn’t see the card clearly. His voice was muffled and milky. “…Xing Xing, can you wipe my tears? I can’t see which Ultraman is on the card.”

Lu Xing He took out the towel he had on his back, wiped Duan Yu Luo’s tears, and felt sad seeing his good friend cry so much. “Little one, don’t worry. I will definitely come to find you during the holidays.”

Duan Yu Luo buried his face in Lu Xing He’s towel and rubbed it all over. He looked up, his eyes still watery, and then, as if he thought of something, he put the card in the small pouch on his chest. He reached behind his collar, pulled out his own towel, and handed it to Lu Xing He.

“Let’s trade towels.”

Lu Xing He didn’t even question why they were trading towels. He just dazedly took the towel his little friend gave him. The name “Duan Yu Luo” was embroidered on it, along with an Ultraman.

“Your name is on this towel. This way, we can wear each other’s towels, and it’ll be like you’re with me, okay?” Duan Yu Luo said with tears, looking at Lu Xing He with great sincerity. “Temporary separation is not the end, but the beginning of new memories.”

When Lu Xing He heard this familiar opening line, he shivered with excitement. He gripped Duan Yu Luo’s small hand. “Even if we’re not together right now, we can still believe in the voice of our victory-winning partner and fight side-by-side. We will definitely grasp the future!”

“Yes, Ultraman!”

“Noah, I will miss you!”

“Then let’s trade towels one more time.”

“Okay!”

His brother, Luo Yu Duan, “…”

Finally, after another tearful Ultraman farewell, they successfully boarded the plane.

Once on the plane, Duan Yu Luo entered an emo state. He lay on his seat, holding his Ultraman cards, looking sad and dejected. His eyes were still red from crying, his face was all crumpled up, and he kept looking out the plane window.

It was a sunny day.

“Can I still see Xing Xing here?”

His brother, Luo Yu Duan, who was sitting next to him, said, “You can see the sun.”

Duan Yu Luo started crying even more.