Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66 - The Chaotic Opening Ceremony
Chapter 67 - Winner I
Chapter 68 - Winner Ii
Chapter 69 - Winner Iii
Chapter 70 - Designing Objects Other Than Jewelry
Chapter 71 - Needless Doubt
Chapter 72 - The Miserable Si
Chapter 73 - Moonlit Manacles
Chapter 74 - Jewelry Case
Chapter 75 - To Be A Self-Aware Hamster
Chapter 76 - The Correct Way To Use ‘A Man Of His Words’
Chapter 77 - A Special Way Of Confessing
Chapter 78 - Insomnia Is Also Contagious
Chapter 79 - The End And The Sequel
Chapter 80 - Weather Change
Chapter 81 - What It Was Like Having Split Personalities
Chapter 82 - An Unexpected Need To Break-Up
Chapter 83 - It Would Be Great If He Could Be Exposed Immediately
Chapter 84 - But It Would Be Awesome
Chapter 85 - Nannan’S Whispers (Ii)
Chapter 86 - Nannan’S Whispers (Iii)
Chapter 87 - Heart Lock
Chapter 88 - The Modelling Hamster
Chapter 89
Chapter 90 - What Goes Around Comes Around
Chapter 91 - It Was Over Just Like That
Chapter 92 - En Route
Chapter 93 - Revisiting Four Seasons Manor
Chapter 94 - How Misunderstandings Are Created
Chapter 95 - Who’S Paying For It?
Chapter 96 - Trump Card
Chapter 97 - Being Taken Advantage Of As Usual
Chapter 98 - Hacked
Chapter 99 - The Strongest Public Relations Team
Chapter 100 - A Tie-Break In Twelve Hours
Chapter 101 - Chairman Yan Plays A Game
Chapter 102 - The Wish Of A Lifetime
Chapter 103 - One Week
Chapter 104 - Battling Wits And Courage For Nothing
Chapter 105 - To Those Who Cannot Take Advice
Chapter 106 - Before Lunar New Year
Chapter 107 - There Are No What Ifs
Chapter 108 - How To Say Goodbye
Chapter 109
Chapter 110 - Omen
Chapter 111 - New Year’S Worries
Chapter 112 - New Car
Chapter 113 - Making Glutinous Rice Balls
Chapter 114
Chapter 115
Chapter 116 - The Truth Will Still Lead To Death
Chapter 117 - Mastermind
Chapter 118 - More Troubles Ensues
Chapter 119 - It Could Not Get Any Worse
Chapter 120
Chapter 121 - The Meeting Of The White Cat And Hamster I
Chapter 122 - The Meeting Of The White Cat And Hamster Ii
Chapter 123 - Discovering The Mystery Of Life
Chapter 124 - Panic
Chapter 125 - Forget It Then
Chapter 126 - (Real) Exposed
Chapter 127 - Twists And Turns I
Chapter 128 - Twists And Turns Ii
Chapter 129 - Twists And Turns Iii
Chapter 130 - The Light At The End Of The Tunnel
Chapter 131 - Wrapped In Happiness
Chapter 132 - Do You Want To Become A Flaw?
Chapter 133
Chapter 134 - Come To Yl
Chapter 135 - “Lifetime” Contract
Chapter 136 - The Hideously Adorable Design
Chapter 137
Chapter 138
Chapter 139 - The Little Tail That Was Forgotten
Chapter 140 - What Could Happen In Two Weeks
Chapter 141 - The Smitten Scoundrel Who Forgot His Friends
Chapter 142 - The Unusual Faye
Chapter 143 - Earth Day
Chapter 144 - First Attempt At Drunk Play
Chapter 145 - So It’S Okay
Chapter 146 - The World Really Is Small
Chapter 147 - The Genius’ Shortcomings
Chapter 148 - It’S Not A Confession
Chapter 149 - An Unexpected Acquaintance
Chapter 150 - Something Feels Wrong
Chapter 151 - The Man Called Yan Jin
Chapter 152 - The Ups And Downs Of The Past Two Months
Chapter 153 - Discussion
Chapter 154
Chapter 155 - Settling In
Chapter 156 - : I Already Understand
Chapter 157 - Bad Friends
Chapter 158 - The Evolved Incapable Ruler
Chapter 159 - Chairman Yan’S Mark
Chapter 160 - Holding One’S Head High
Chapter 161 - Assets That Could Not Be Given
Chapter 162 - The Person He Should Have Thanked
Chapter 163 - At Every Step
Chapter 164 - About His Elders
Chapter 165 - Improvement
Chapter 166 - Nan Wei Starts His Job
Chapter 167 - The Person In Control I
Chapter 168 - The Person In Control Ii
Chapter 169 - The Person In Control Iii
Chapter 170 - The Aftermath Of The Dismissal
Chapter 171 - The Price Of A Bowl Of Noodles
Chapter 172 - Business Trip
Chapter 173 - A Storm Approaches
Chapter 174 - Explosive News
Chapter 175 - Sense Of Security
Chapter 176 - Outside The Cubicle
Chapter 177.1 - Retribution (I)
Chapter 178 - Retribution (Ii)
Chapter 179 - Retribution (Iii)
Chapter 180 - An Unexpected Development
Chapter 181 - A Powerful Comeback (I)
Chapter 182 - A Powerful Comeback (Ii)
Chapter 183 - A Powerful Comeback (Iii)
Chapter 184 - Cancelling The Engagement And Coming Out Of The Closet
Chapter 185 - An Inescapable Past (I)
Chapter 186 - An Inescapable Past (Ii)
Chapter 187 - An Inescapable Past (Iii)
Chapter 188 - Chasing Memories
Chapter 189 - From Triumph To Sorrow (I)
Chapter 190 - From Triumph To Sorrow (Ii)
Chapter 191 - From Triumph To Sorrow (Iii)
Chapter 192 - An Unprofessional Abduction
Chapter 193 - Escape
Chapter 194 - Surveillance
Chapter 195 - Planned And Unplanned
Chapter 196 - Alice’S Insanity (I)
Chapter 197 - Alice’S Insanity (Ii)
Chapter 198 - Alice’S Insanity (Iii)
Chapter 199 - The Result Of Overlooking The News
Chapter 200 - Marriage And Honeymoon
Chapter 201 - He’Ll Be Back
Chapter 202 - The Final Week
Chapter 203 - Problems Exposed And An Appeal
Chapter 204 - Emergence Of The Dead
Chapter 205 - Post-Wedding Realizations
Chapter 206 - Chess (I)
Chapter 207 - Chess (Ii)
Chapter 208 - Chess (Iii)
Chapter 209 - Seeing Is Believing
Chapter 210 - Not Taking Visitors
Chapter 211 - Summer Springs Third Clinic
Chapter 212 - Will Never Bloom Again
Chapter 213 - Blood Type Confusion
Chapter 214 - The Gene Project
Chapter 215 - External Help
Chapter 216 - Hard To Say (I)
Chapter 217 - Hard To Say (Ii)
Chapter 218 - Hard To Say (Iii)
Chapter 219 - The Rotten Family
Chapter 220 - Finally, The End
Chapter 221 - The Life That Could Be Saved
Chapter 222 - The Cat Clan (I)
Chapter 223 - The Cat Clan (Ii)
Chapter 224(End) - Epilogue
Categories Genre: All, Completed, Romance, Shounen Ai, Slice of Life Status: Completed ______
Total Chapters in book: 224
Estimated words: 535798 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2679(@200wpm)___ 2143(@250wpm)___ 1786(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 535798 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2679(@200wpm)___ 2143(@250wpm)___ 1786(@300wpm)
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Chapter Two Hundred and Fourteen: The Gene Project
“So, do you have time for a quick chat?” Xiao Yu looked Yan Jin in the eye.
It was rare to see such a steadfast expression from Xiao Yu.
Yan Jin sighed in surrender. “Whatever.”
Xiao Yu happily dragged him to the sofa. He sat down opposite Yan Jin and pulled out a bag of sunflower seeds.
Under Yan Jin’s unamused gaze, Xiao Yu calmly dumped some seeds out onto the table and ran to grab a cup of hot tea and a bowl for the seed shells.
“Alright, whenever you’re ready.” Xiao Yu sat straight like a young student.
Yan Jin: “…”
Yan Jin lost all desire to start speaking to someone who had prepared snacks and drinks like this was storytime.
Xiao Yu blinked his eyes expectantly as if to ask, why aren’t you starting?
Chairman Yan couldn’t resist the blast of cuteness and raised a white flag. “Okay, where do you want me to start?”
“Anywhere is fine *crack*. But, I guess the most important, *crack crack*, is maybe why you and Chu Ge are fighting.” Xiao Yu began cracking open seeds as he spoke. Despite the serious topic, his tone sounded like they were simply gossiping during an afternoon break.
Before, Xiao Yu might have believed that their fight wasn’t so complicated. However, after chatting with Chu Ge all of last night, he was no longer so naive.
According to Chu Ge, the Yan Family had trapped Yan Jin’s mother in an asylum while publicly declaring her death in order to seize the Du Family’s assets. Yan Jin’s lack of concern had indicated his own tacit approval in winning the successorship.
In the past, Xiao Yu had always eagerly looked forward to Yan Jin and Chu Ge talking about real aristocratic family secrets. Whenever his expectations weren’t met, he’d mutter to himself that those two weren’t true aristocrats. But now, with one of these secrets looming before him, he found that these secrets weren’t melodramatic or amusing at all. They left unfading wounds on the people closest to him and could happen at any time. This was the epitome of “death being preferable to life”.
Xiao Yu even looked back on his previous gossipy self with disgust.
All interesting gossip had a prerequisite: it had to happen to someone else.
When it happened to a close friend, gossip quickly lost its sweet shell, revealing fresh blood and malice within.
Like faked deaths and asylums.
Such a ridiculous plot had actually happened in reality.
Xiao Yu couldn’t imagine how Chu Ge felt when engaging in this business war and even less how Yan Jin felt as he counterattacked.
Even if one side won, what next?
Did it matter who won?
This struggle was destined to end without a winner. Chu Ge and Yan Jin’s schism was already unavoidable.
The sin from twenty years ago wouldn’t repeat, but they were still suffering the consequences twenty years later.
Xiao Yu had been in tears when his chat with Chu Ge this morning had gone south.
Xiao Yu knew that Yan Jin wouldn’t hide a simple misunderstanding. Chu Ge also knew this. After Yan Jin had assumed control of the family’s international businesses, very few people would have been able to compel Yan Jin to do anything against his will.
Thus, Yan Jin’s current attitude was a silent acceptance to Chu Ge’s claims and conclusions. On the other hand, Chu Ge couldn’t accept that his brother of twenty years was despicable enough to abandon his own mother.
No one would believe this relationship could be mended.
The only person harboring any hope was Xiao Yu.
No matter how the odds were stacked, Xiao Yu wouldn’t lose trust in Yan Jin.
This trust wasn’t for no reason. Neither was it because Yan Jin was his lover. It was because he knew better than anyone else what kind of person Yan Jin was.
Some would point out that he had only known Yan Jin for at most two years, while Chu Ge had known Yan Jin for twenty. Could Xiao Yu really claim to know Yan Jin better?
Perhaps there was some unreasonable arrogance there, but Xiao Yu truly felt this way.
It was because he had a perspective no human could ever have with Yan Jin.
He felt a little sorry for Chu Ge, but there were some things that even time could not contend against.
So, he believed in Yan Jin and his gentle tenderness. He believed Yan Jin definitely wasn’t the cold-hearted demon Chu Ge said he was.
“How much did Chu Ge tell you?”
“I think everything including the seizure of Du Family assets, the faked death, and the asylum,” Xiao Yu stated the chilling events without any hesitation.
“Well, he got me there.” Unexpectedly, Yan Jin wasn’t angry that Chu Ge had told all this to Xiao Yu. Instead of mocking Chu Ge as he normally did, Yan Jin sarcastically indicated his acceptance.
Xiao Yu was spooked. He’d thought that Yan Jin would either force a laugh or give a cold smile that foretold Chu Ge’s doom.
Was he really that merciful?
That couldn’t be the real Chairman Yan.
Yan Jin found Xiao Yu’s alarmed expression extremely funny and stole half of Xiao Yu’s seeds.
“Hey, a gentleman asks first before taking. Have some decency. You’re ruining my setup,” Xiao Yu complained while grabbing some more seeds from the bag under the coffee table.
“I bought the seeds. Why am I not allowed to eat them?” Yan Jin grumbled.
“Open your dog eyes. What does this say? ‘Hamster food’, do you see?” Xiao Yu waved the bag in front of Yan Jin.
As Yan Jin threw one into his mouth, Xiao Yu asked evilly, “How is it? Does it taste good? It has no flavor, right?”
Xiao Yu was right.
“… Why didn’t you grab a normal bag?”
“Ask yourself why you keep buying hamster food. The bedroom can’t fit anymore and the living room is almost full of it. I haven’t even turned into a hamster in a while.”
Yan Jin angrily retorted, “So you enjoy eating this?”
“I’m just used to it now. Who do you think has been eating all the hamster food in the first place?” Xiao Yu adopted a mock look of understanding. “If you still buy anymore after this, you can go figure out what to do with it.”
Yan Jin silently put his seeds back.
“… Don’t eat them anymore. I’ll use them for cooking later.”
“Don’t worry about it; it’s fine to just leave it too. Now, continue on with what you were saying earlier.”
Xiao Yu didn’t mind eating hamster food. First, all of the hamster food was custom ordered by Yan Jin and met human-grade food standards. As far as taste went, although it was tasteless, Xiao Yu actually felt that it was still better than the dried fruit he used to have in his oatmeal. Finally, Xiao Yu’s tolerance for hamster food was very high because he himself could turn into a hamster.
Perhaps it wasn’t good, but he could still swallow it. Maybe he could treat it as losing weight.
“The events that transpired…” Yan Jin suddenly began speaking, interrupting Xiao Yu’s thoughts about hamster food.
Xiao Yu immediately pricked up his ears. Yan Jin’s introduction sounded like those trite plays that began with “the events that transpired were just as expected”.
This type of prelude wasn’t good at all. It was immediately apparent that Yan Jin just wanted to get this over with.
Xiao Yu made a silent declaration that he definitely wouldn’t let Yan Jin off so easily.
“…are completely different to what you think.”
Xiao Yu: “…”
“I didn’t desire the Du Family’s assets. I didn’t scheme against them for successorship. Neither have I ever stood by as my mother suffered.”
Xiao Yu: “…”
What… the fuck.
Those three words summarized Xiao Yu’s current thoughts.
He’d mentally prepared himself to hear some embarrassing story about some youthful mistakes.
After all this, it was unexpectedly a misunderstanding!
Right now, Xiao Yu only felt like his heart itched, but in a while he would undoubtedly feel soreness in his heart.
The fuck? Why wouldn’t you say so earlier if this is a misunderstanding?
And what’s the use in telling me? Go tell Chu Ge, you numbskull!
Yan Jin could see Xiao Yu’s thoughts and laughed bitterly. In a somewhat mournful tone, he continued, “Babies born from the ‘Gene Project’ have special capabilities. Du Yirou’s child does not carry her blood. The Du Family sacrificed their own daughter to maintain the secrecy of the project. The Yan Family has been carefully watching Nan Qi for the last twenty years. Our encounter was the result of eight years of planning. Even he is the result of the ‘Gene Project’, perhaps the most successful result ever?”
……
“Uncle, is there a problem?” Nan Chan heard a sound and turned towards the approaching person.
“Uncle? Is that how you address me? If you want to stay with Nan Qi’s Aunty, I can satisfy your wish.” Nan Xu leaned on his cane as he took a seat.
“Do we even need to continue pretending at this point? Everyone here is clear on whose daughter I am.” Nan Chan’s tone turned frigidly cold as she set her book aside.
“Don’t make trouble out of nothing.” Nan Xu’s brows creased. “With Nan Qi around, the rise of the Nan Family is only a question of time. Don’t think that Nan Qi can protect you forever. If you dare—”
“—I didn’t say anything about not daring to, Uncle.”
“Brother won’t help you people. When he finds out the truth of what happened ten years ago, the Nan Family is done for.”
“I’m going to live until that day just so I can see this rotten family be finished with my own eyes.”
Total Chapters in book: 224
Estimated words: 535798 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2679(@200wpm)___ 2143(@250wpm)___ 1786(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 535798 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2679(@200wpm)___ 2143(@250wpm)___ 1786(@300wpm)
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