After Marrying Bigshot Vegetable Boss - Chapter 22

Yu Lan was stunned for a moment before he understood Chu Wang’s meaning.

To his surprise, the other party’s words did not make him feel as awkward as he had imagined.

Chu Wang’s gaze was not scrutinizing. When Yu Lan looked up, he felt a barely noticeable warmth.

Maybe it was because Chu Wang was not a naturally gentle person, but had become more serene after being trapped here for so long—Yu Lan thought, realizing that the other party probably wasn’t angry.

“Mr. Chu.” This time, he called him lightly, without any deliberate tone or affected voice, reverting to his usual demeanor.

“You…” Although it was extremely embarrassing, Yu Lan was more concerned about the specifics than the embarrassment, so he paused before asking, “How much did you see?”

Yu Lan’s hopeful thoughts clamored inside him, wishing Chu Wang would say something like “I only saw a little bit.” However, he subconsciously knew very well that he had probably been exposed completely.

Chu Wang seemed to see through his thoughts and, with some amusement, paused before asking, “How much do you want me to have seen?”

“…” Yu Lan thought, just as expected.

He wore a dejected expression and, without any pretense this time, genuinely looked pitiful as he gazed at Chu Wang. “I wish you hadn’t seen anything at all!”

Although Yu Lan had been through a lot, he was still not twenty years old and retained a certain youthful spirit.

He knew Chu Wang was probably not easy to deal with, but perhaps because he had spent the most time with him lately, he subconsciously acted a bit spoiled.

“Sure.” Surprisingly, Chu Wang agreed, nodding cooperatively. “Where would you like me to start forgetting?”

“…” Yu Lan’s shoulders slumped. “Forget it, just pretend I didn’t say anything.”

As soon as he said this, he noticed Chu Wang subtly curl his lips into a smile.

“At first, I wasn’t sure if I could talk to you, but I gradually noticed the pattern. I just never had the chance to tell you,” Chu Wang said after smiling.

Yu Lan was not foolish; he knew very well why Chu Wang hadn’t found the opportunity to speak.

After all, during that period, he had been in two completely different states before and after turning on the device.

As for what he had said to evoke pity, he didn’t even dare to recall.

Should he praise Chu Wang for being considerate, sparing his dignity, or marvel at his patience, pretending nothing had happened?

Without a word, Yu Lan collapsed onto the sofa, pulling a blanket over his face.

Two seconds later, muffled groans of a soul in torment emerged from under the blanket.

Whatever, he thought. There’s no persona left to maintain anyway, so whatever happens, happens.

Gritting his teeth, he mentally prepared himself again, then suddenly lifted the blanket, his eyes reddened from lack of oxygen, and looked at Chu Wang weakly. “Then why did you…”

“Help you?” Chu Wang finished his sentence for him.

Still sprawled on the sofa, Yu Lan nodded.

Chu Wang’s tone was unequivocal: “How could I possibly help him?”

“Don’t you think I…” Yu Lan hesitated, thinking of words like manipulative, deceitful, scheming, two-faced, but he couldn’t choose any to describe himself.

And he didn’t want to choose any, either.

Although… Although he had been the one deceiving first, how could Chu Wang endure for so long, pretending to know nothing!

Yu Lan knew he was in the wrong but couldn’t help but think this for a moment.

“Yu Lan.” Unexpectedly, Chu Wang didn’t respond directly but said lightly, “Time to turn off the device.”

It took a second for Yu Lan to realize what Chu Wang meant.

Probably feeling guilty, he quickly said, “Oh,” twice, and barefoot, with the blanket draped over him, he ran to Chu Wang’s side, reached out, and touched him.

Thinking for a moment, he opened Chu Wang’s barely closed hand and took out the two osmanthus flowers in his palm.

As Chu Wang had said, the osmanthus flowers in autumn were very fragrant.

Perhaps because he had resigned himself to fate, with a bit of buffer, he looked at Chu Wang again and asked, “Mr. Chu, why?”

Chu Wang looked down and saw Yu Lan’s fingers hooked around his, with a bit of golden osmanthus attached.

A soul has no sense of smell, and the sensation of being touched was almost nonexistent.

Why?

Chu Wang remained silent for a moment before speaking calmly, “Isn’t it natural?”

To Yu Lan’s surprise, none of the derogatory words he had thought of in his mind were used by Chu Wang. “Your biological mother and brother treated you poorly. Isn’t it normal for you to retaliate?”

“You came here alone, wanting to live a better life, so what’s wrong with showing weakness for that?” 

Yu Lan was taken aback by the fact that Chu Wang had already prepared all the reasons for him. “Huh?”

“What I mean is, we’re in this together.” Chu Wang’s expression remained unchanged, as if stating something very simple. “I didn’t tell you before not because I was deliberately hiding it, but simply because I didn’t have the opportunity.”

“You can still do whatever you want in the future, but…” 

Just as Yu Lan thought Chu Wang was finally going to make a request, he heard him say the next moment, “But you don’t need to force yourself to be alert in front of me anymore.”

Although sometimes intentionally pretending to be pitiful was cute.

In that moment, Chu Wang even felt a hint of regret, thinking that Yu Lan probably wouldn’t act like this in front of him anymore.

Yu Lan’s original anxiety finally dissipated, and his tone gained some strength, but he still repeated his confirmation several times.

He had forgotten that Chu Wang in the book was also an impatient, cold-tempered, and unfeeling person.

Anyway, what he saw was the truth.

The book even described Yu Ling as a paragon of virtue and kindness!

When he finally came to his senses, Chu Wang began to explain some of his previous speculations.

For example, how long Yu Lan’s touch could last, and when it would disappear.

“But I don’t know outside,” Chu Wang said, “like the first time and today, when the contact area is larger, it seems that my soul can appear near my body.”

“What if the range is larger and the time is longer?” Yu Lan extrapolated, adding variables. “Would that mean I could see you outside as well?”

Chu Wang didn’t say he had already considered this question a long time ago, but just pondered, “I’m not sure.”

He actually wanted to say “Let’s try it,” but the last two words circled his lips and didn’t come out.

“So, Mr. Chu, you can always hear voices, but the difference is whether I can see you?” Yu Lan summarized.

Seeing Chu Wang nod, he was about to analyze further when he suddenly remembered…

“Then, when I took you to the company…” Yu Lan didn’t finish his sentence, but all the things he had done suddenly came to mind.

Calling himself Chu Wang’s wife in front of Chen Lin, and in the conference room, rubbing Chu Wang’s skin to assert sovereignty…

Yu Lan: ……..

Yu Lan: !!!

No wonder as soon as he came back, Chu Wang told him how to access the intranet, how to issue statements, and how to remove Chen Lin from the system…

He had been watching all along?!

This was something he couldn’t dwell on, but Yu Lan couldn’t stop himself. Pushing forward, he remembered his intimacy with Chu Wang in front of Zhang Yan.

Wait.

Zhang Yan.

That name set off alarm bells in his mind.

Just as Yu Lan was regaining his composure, he asked tentatively with a glimmer of hope, “What about when Secretary Zhang came over last time?”

-We have an underground love affair.

-It’s not hard, as long as there is love, it’s not hard.

-Ah Wang pursued me relentlessly back then!

Yu Lan pinched his philtrum and looked up to see Chu Wang seeming to recall the same thing. Then, with a tone full of curiosity, he said, “What should I call you? Lan Lan?”

Here it comes~ I’ll make up for the missing chapter during the day.

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