After Marrying Bigshot Vegetable Boss - Chapter 1
“Congratulations, Mr. Chu Wang, congratulations, Mr. Yu Lan! Congratulations to them!”
“Thank you all for attending their wedding—”
Yu Lan was awakened by this sudden noise, feeling a splitting headache.
A wedding.
What wedding?!
He felt like he was enveloped in something, and everything around him seemed blurry, as if covered by a layer of mist.
How could he be at a wedding scene?
He remembered just minutes ago, leaving class, walking past the unfinished teaching building, and a brick fell from the top, hitting him right on the head—
Yu Lan’s consciousness gradually returned, and surprisingly, there was no pain where the brick had supposedly struck his forehead.
He looked around; moments ago, he was still at school, but now he stood in a lavishly decorated and prestigious hall, hosting a private party in what seemed like a luxurious villa.
However, the issue was that his position didn’t seem to be among the guests; instead, he was in the center of attention on the… stage.
A sharp and delicate female voice suddenly sounded very close to him, interrupting his thoughts.
“Xiao Lan, Xiao Lan?” A finely dressed woman approached, smiling in a seemingly gentle manner, yet lacking any sincerity.
Yu Lan was still a bit confused and didn’t respond immediately.
The woman quickly added, “Xiao Lan, today is your wedding with Mr. Chu Wang. Don’t daydream, okay?”
Who are you, Auntie?
Yu Lan’s eyebrows twitched imperceptibly, almost blurting out.
Seeing his confusion, the woman was about to say something, but a well-dressed and extraordinary middle-aged woman walked over. She immediately resumed a gentle and refined demeanor, as if explaining to her for Yu Lan’s sake, “Our Xiao Lan is more introverted, please bear with her, Mrs. Xi.”
Yu Lan pinched his finger, feeling the pain as he squinted his eyes; it wasn’t a dream.
Still in a daze, he suddenly caught two words in the noisy background.
—Chu Wang.
… Wasn’t that the main antagonist from a novel he read last night?
These two words acted like a switch, awakening memories both belonging and not belonging to him at this moment.
In the overwhelming shock, Yu Lan began to realize something.
It seemed like… he transmigrated.
The reason he knew was solely because his roommate, seemingly amused, sent him a link yesterday, saying he shared the same name as a character in a novel.
It was a city novel with plenty of elements but lacked logical consistency. The story portrayed how the Yu family, twenty years ago, was framed by a dismissed nanny who swapped the newborns. The truth was only revealed by chance many years later.
As time passed, the fake young master was well-raised by the Yu family, becoming polite and cultured, winning the hearts of everyone in the story. Meanwhile, the real young master, due to his peculiar personality, moved through several families, becoming increasingly distorted.
Upon recognition by the Yu family, the real young master’s character didn’t improve. He openly and covertly created obstacles for the fake young master, seeking attention but ultimately becoming universally disliked.
On the other hand, the fake young master, although not related by blood to the Yu family, was gentle, understanding, and won the affection of everyone in the novel, rightfully earning the title of a heartthrob.
In the book, there was also a major antagonist named Chu Wang, a powerful figure in City A, who, due to a car accident, became a vegetable.
Chu’s family exhausted all methods and finally found out that the solution to their problem was a joyful marriage. The chosen partner had to be someone from the Yu family.
Upon receiving this news, the Yu family, torn between wanting to align with the Chu family and not wanting to lose their fake young master, reluctantly agreed. Naturally, the chosen candidate ended up being the real young master.
So, the answer was clear: the fake young master named Yu Ling was the protagonist of this book. Coincidentally, he transmigrated into the cannon fodder character designed to highlight the real one’s beauty and goodness.
When Yu Lan read this part yesterday, he couldn’t help but curse. What a trashy and brainless novel, even his grandma would say it’s ugly!
The crucial point was that in the book, Yu Lan’s ending was extremely abrupt.
The Yu Lan in the novel, after marrying the vegetable person Chu Wang, had a complete mental breakdown. Not only did he plan to use the Chu family to go against the fake young master but also secretly seized Chu Wang’s property. He would sneak into Chu Wang’s sickroom late at night, using some perverted methods to torment his husband.
Sometimes when “Yu Lan” was in a bad mood, he would grab Chu Wang’s hair, throw him on the ground, and vent his frustrations by stomping on him.
Unexpectedly, just three months after their marriage, the joyful ceremony seemed to have a real effect— the major antagonist, Chu Wang, miraculously woke up.
Chu Wang himself was indifferent, unpredictable, and couldn’t accept marrying while sick for the sake of joyous recovery. When he learned about what “Yu Lan” had done, he was furious and decided to settle the score together.
First, he threw the joyful wife who had tormented him into a mental hospital. Then, he directed his anger at the Yu family, who had chosen the real young master to visit them, using both legal and illegal means to humiliate and torture them. The Yu family was pushed to the brink.
Next, filled with beauty and goodness, Yu Ling intervened, persuading the major antagonist Chu Wang and saving the Yu family. He even developed an admiration and affection for him.
In the end, everyone in the book reconciled because of the fake young master. Antagonists shook hands, let go of their obsessions, and the fake young master finally married his childhood sweetheart. World peace was achieved, and the story concluded with celebration.
Yu Lan: … How is this plot not considered idiotic?
But now, the question isn’t whether it’s foolish or not.
Yu Lan rolled his eyes in his mind—after all, if the plot follows the book, he’s the one who would be locked up in a mental hospital for a lifetime!
He had just finished the college entrance examination and was eagerly anticipating university life. How did he end up here so quickly, about to participate in a joyous marriage with a vegetable person?
However, at the moment, Yu Lan surveyed his surroundings.
Everything in front of him wasn’t prepared for someone else; it was the pivotal scene in the book where Yu Lan, as one of the main characters, attended the wedding with the vegetable person.
The person who spoke to him just now was the long-lost birth mother from the novel, Liang Zhiyu.
And the one trying to please the called Mrs. Xi was probably Chu Wang’s mother, Xi Yun.
After sorting this out, Yu Lan suggested: …
It would be better if the Earth just exploded right now.
But it’s too late to run away now. If he reached this point, it means the Yu family had already sold him.
The book mentioned that the Yu family had no qualms about it; they agreed to take some money and let Yu Lan go. After that, they had no intention of initiating contact again, contributing to the “darkening” of “Yu Lan.”
Fortunately, he had stayed up with dark circles last night to finish reading the entire text, knowing that Chu Wang would wake up later, giving some hope for a turnaround.
But how to turn things around was a big problem.
Just as he was contemplating, Liang Zhiyu had finished chatting with Xi Yun and approached him.
With an exquisite makeup on her face, Liang Zhiyu’s expression turned cold when she saw Yu Lan hadn’t spoken yet.
With a stern face, using a voice audible only to both of them, Liang Zhiyu threatened, “Yu Lan. We’ve come this far; you have to go through with this marriage, willingly or not.”
Even though she had a refined makeup, under the lights, facing Yu Lan, her eyes revealed an undisguised layer of disgust.
Disgust and contempt, without any warmth towards the child.
As if Yu Lan in front of her was a plague to be avoided, a curse that would bring misfortune upon contact.
In the hall, many guests had come for the spectacle, probably aware of the Yu family’s situation. Seeing the two on stage in a deadlock, they quietly discussed.
“Is this the child the Yu family brought back? He never speaks and seems quite dull.”
“More than that, heard he’s lifeless no matter where he goes… seems to have a consistently bad temperament.”
“While it’s not his fault due to the twists of fate, people naturally have biases.”
Liang Zhiyu heard some of it, raised her eyebrows, and sneered.
She didn’t expect that even after threatening with money, the person in front of her had no reaction at all.
Although he usually looked like he was dead, he seemed even more disheartened now.
Presumably, he didn’t want to marry into the Chu family—understandable. Facing a vegetable person with no consciousness, being like a widow, and yet this person was still considered his husband. Just thinking about it was terrifying.
But considering how obedient and cute Yu Ling was, and how filial he was to her, Liang Zhiyu couldn’t bear to let him jump into this pit.
It was an unavoidable situation.
Thinking of Yu Ling, she became happier, raised her eyebrows, and thought with a hint of satisfaction.
Yu Lan, however, wasn’t concerned about what Liang Zhiyu was thinking.
He had grown up in an orphanage, and the person who treated him the best was Aunt Liu, who secretly left him an extra piece of cookie every night. The most heard words were, “Don’t be disheartened; your biological parents just can’t find you, but they must love you very much.”
While reading the book yesterday, he didn’t feel much, at most, cursing the weak plot and missing logic. But now, being immersed in it, he felt surprised.
Liang Zhiyu, after all, was the birth mother of “Yu Lan” in the novel. Could someone really dislike their child who had been missing for over twenty years?
So, when he looked back at Liang Zhiyu, there was a bit of innocent curiosity in his eyes, and he was amazed at Liang Zhiyu’s skill in changing her expression.
But Liang Zhiyu was unaware of Yu Lan’s changes in these few minutes. She just wanted to finish this matter quickly. So, she coughed and continued to intimidate, “If you upset the Chu family tonight, don’t talk about giving you money. You’ll have to go wherever you can. I’m considering this for your sake—”
Unexpectedly, before she could finish the sentence, Yu Lan suddenly moved and spoke, “Mom?”
Liang Zhiyu was stunned, and all her preplanned threats and enticements were suddenly stuck.
She looked at him strangely.
At this moment, Yu Lan’s facial features were clearly no different from before, but the gloom that had enveloped him seemed to be neutralized by something, becoming completely non-threatening.
The key was… he had never called her that before.
Something is off, completely off.
Normally at the Yu family, he always had that deadpan look and constantly tried to oppose Yu Ling. How could he suddenly become a different person?
However, because Yu Lan’s voice wasn’t quiet, and she was worried about being heard by the people around, Liang Zhiyu had to suppress her previous expression and, under everyone’s gaze, portray a loving appearance.
She forced a smile, reached out, and pretended to want to embrace him, saying, “What’s wrong, Xiao Lan? Shy, not a big de—”
Just before the last word came out, she found that Yu Lan, like a little rabbit, had panicked and dodged her motion, avoiding her embrace.
Liang Zhiyu’s hand froze in place: “…”
Then she heard Yu Lan speak in a very gentle and pitiful voice, saying, “Sorry, Mom, did I upset you again?”
Liang Zhiyu instantly took a sharp breath.
Yu Lan’s thoughts were simple too; Liang Zhiyu always put on a stern face for him and a smiling face for the Chu family and guests. Pretending and putting on an act—everyone knew how to do that.
According to his philosophy from childhood to adulthood, people shouldn’t endure grievances. It’s best to return them immediately; taking a step back would only make one angrier later on.
Although he didn’t know how well he was acting, having grown up in an orphanage, he was undoubtedly one of the best at sweet-talking.
Liang Zhiyu forced a smile, wanting to quickly brush it off, “Xiao Lan…”
However, Yu Lan, as if he hadn’t seen her opening her mouth, interrupted her words and continued to apologize, “I’m sorry… I’m sorry, Mom!”
He shook his head in a bewildered manner, feeling guilty, “Blame me; I was too nervous, that’s why I zoned out and let you hear those comments!”
“I know those comments are not true!” he urgently wanted to defend, “You’ve been so good to me, I know it the best! At home, I am the child you love the most!”
His words suddenly became more confidential, and Liang Zhiyu opened her mouth but couldn’t interrupt.
With a tearful appearance, Yu Lan continued, “I know, even though you always give the best things to my brother, you always worry about me being hungry at night and leave me the leftover rice and dishes!”
“I also know, even though you always take my brother out to play, send him abroad for studies, you never forget to remind me to take care of everything at home, learn from Auntie how to clean…”
“But I also understand, strict with oneself and lenient towards others, your gentleness to my brother is for outsiders, and your strictness to me is the true treatment of me as family!”
Yu Lan began blaming himself, “It’s all my fault; I should have spoken up earlier and not let you be misunderstood…”
His voice wasn’t loud, but just enough for everyone nearby to hear.
The atmosphere at the scene became somewhat awkward – after all, even though the Yu family had been reluctant to bring it up, who didn’t know about their child being mistakenly taken away all those years ago?
The Yu family was treating their recently found child like this?
Some whispers started to circulate.
“Tsk tsk, this child is so pitiful, right? Look at him, clearly he has suffered a lot before, and when he finally returns home, nothing is his own, and he gets pushed out by his own family.”
“Just think about it. Finally coming back to your own home, only to find out nothing belongs to you, and you get pushed out by your family.”
“Hush! I didn’t say he’s suffering here!”
“Why does it feel like he’s being threatened? Look at how scared he is…”
Liang Zhiyu’s expression was nothing short of dramatic, and she finally couldn’t bear it anymore, “Yu Lan! Don’t stir up trouble here!”
Unexpectedly, Yu Lan seemed to be genuinely frightened by this statement, as if it were the last straw that broke the camel’s back. His eyes instantly turned red, and with a teary voice, he exclaimed, “Mom! I know that a mother’s love is silent, but as your biological child, how can I watch you silently sacrifice so much for me!”
Yu Lan bit his lip, seemingly holding back tears, and concluded with the poetic level of an elementary school recitation, “Your motherly love is truly magnificent!”
Liang Zhiyu looked utterly bewildered: ???
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