The Gentle and Delicate Substitute Omega (21)
The Song family moved collectively to live abroad. They knew that if they did not move, they would likely perish. Shen Wenbai had asked Lin Xiyao if he wanted to bankrupt the Song family, but Lin Xiyao shook his head. Out of respect for Song Ren having raised him for eighteen years, he decided to let bygones be bygones.
The little kitten was too kind; he was truly a big-hearted cat.
Shen Wenbai felt incredibly moved, to the point of being overwhelmed.
Lin Xiyao’s birthday arrived soon. He dressed exquisitely and sat in the car, looking like a noble and aloof young master. His eyes remained fixed on the cars driving on the street.
He was looking forward to his birthday gift.
Shen Wenbai had long been prepared. He drove the car to a pre-arranged location where he had purchased a large quantity of jasmine flowers.
He intended to formally propose to Lin Xiyao there.
The jasmine flowers were beautiful, but Lin Xiyao, walking among them, was even more beautiful.
Lin Xiyao stood there, his gaze falling upon the jasmine petals. His heart inexplicably beat violently. The scene felt so familiar, as if he had experienced it once before.
The scent of jasmine permeated his nose. He reached out to pluck two flowers and held them under his nose to sniff. Stimulated by the jasmine fragrance, he felt hungry.
“Hubby, let us go eat!”
Shen Wenbai, who was just pulling out the ring, replied, “Hmm.”
When Shen Wenbai went to hold Lin Xiyao’s hand, he feigned carelessness and brushed against his ring finger, slipping the ring on.
Lin Xiyao looked at the large diamond, his eyes sparkling brightly. Considering the balance in his bank account and Shen Wenbai’s handsome face, this was definitely a win.
Yuanxiao seized the opportunity to set off fireworks. It had to perform well, as this host was truly a wicked one. On the surface, Lin Xiyao said to let it be, but in reality, Song Ren and his spineless wife had both perished.
They could go play mahjong underground with the original host’s parents; there were exactly four people, so no one would be missing for a full table.
Life after marriage was no different from life before. Lin Xiyao sat with his legs crossed, eating fruit. Beside him, Shen Wenbai was wrapping dumplings; this Alpha was incredibly virtuous.
The only thing he was dissatisfied with was the news sent by that Song eldest young master. Song Ren and his wife felt too much guilt, so they hung themselves.
Lin Xiyao stuffed a grape into his mouth. He did not believe this excuse; it was more likely they had been hunted down by an enemy. He refused to let anyone dump their slop bucket of problems on his head.
“Where is your little secretary?”
“Hmm? What secretary?” Shen Wenbai’s dumpling-wrapping motion paused, and he looked up at Lin Xiyao.
His little secretary? That steel Beta? Recently, he had been pursued by an Alpha and had been acting so tea-infused all day long, as if he had consumed tons of tea leaves.
“The little secretary who called you brother.” Lin Xiyao pouted. Shen Wenbai would not admit it, but he had seen it last time.
“That is an Alpha who is pursuing my assistant. Baby, you can rest assured; there will never be any romantic rivals by my side.” Shen Wenbai’s words were both a promise and a warning to himself. He would never allow anyone to destroy his love.
Lin Xiyao replied, “Oh.”
Days passed one by one. Lin Xiyao was a kitten favored by time, and the years left no traces on his face. He was still just as beautiful.
The only difference was that he was now obsessed with fitness, constantly picking up Shen Wenbai to spin him around.
“You are several years older than me. When you become paralyzed, I will carry you out just like this.”
The words were too rough, but Shen Wenbai was very moved. However, he did not agree with the sentiment. It was impossible for him to become paralyzed, as this body was his own.
If it had been the original host’s body, it might have been different, as the original host lived a wild life, likely contracting many illnesses early on and dying young, never reaching old age.
They never had children and never adopted any. The relatives of the Shen family began to get restless, occasionally bringing small children to see them.
Lin Xiyao was not a person who particularly liked children. Regarding these little ones, he remained coldly distant and had no fondness for them.
Seeing that Lin Xiyao did not like them, Shen Wenbai locked the door and told them to get as far away as possible. His will had been drawn up: the company would be donated, and the money would be converted into gold, which he would take with him.
Lin Xiyao had once fantasized about how to send Shen Wenbai away, never imagining that Shen Wenbai would be the one sending him off.
“When I die, you are not allowed to remarry. Otherwise, I will become a vengeful ghost and haunt you forever.”
“Alright, alright, I will not remarry.” Shen Wenbai accompanied his beloved quietly. As soon as the bad cat left, he would follow immediately; the concept of living alone did not exist for him.
“Hmm.” Lin Xiyao believed him. Shen Wenbai had never lied to him. There were precedents for remarriage; their next-door neighbor had loved his spouse for sixty years, and on the day his spouse passed away, he cried so hard he was hospitalized. Yet, a month later, a new person moved in, an Omega in his early twenties.
The old man claimed the Omega had the shadow of his late wife. It was sickening.
“Happy birthday.”
“Hmm.”
Shen Wenbai was just mourning his beloved in the time-space transit station when the bad cat rushed over and slapped him more than a dozen times with his paws, striking so fast that he created afterimages.
“You shameless thing! You took advantage of the cat’s vulnerability!” Lin Xiyao was so angry his fur stood on end, making him look even rounder.
“Do you not like me?”
Shen Wenbai did not ask anything else; he only cared about this one thing.
“I like you.” Lin Xiyao slapped him another dozen times. Liking him did not conflict with beating him.
“In the next world, you must recognize me early, or I will beat you to death.”
“What if you cannot beat me to death?”
“Then I will count it as you having cleared your bowels clean.”
“…”
Under the pedestrian bridge, a fortune-telling stall was set up. Shen Wenbai was fanning himself with a fan printed with Lin Xiyao’s beautiful cat photos. If one were to ask where the most people were, it had to be the park! And it was a weekend, too.
[Task background being transmitted…]
[Urban Divine Fortune-Teller Long Aotian script: Long Aotian was fiercely mocked by a money-grubbing girl. The next second, he obtained the Divine Fortune-Telling System and embarked on the pinnacle of his life.
Pure school beauties, glamorous female CEOs, sexy imperial sisters, whether they had fiancés or were single, they all fell in love with Long Aotian at first sight and became members of his harem.
Long Aotian did not truly love anyone. Wherever he went, he added to his harem, resulting in great resentment within the harem.
Task: Be devoted to one person until the end.]