Shadow In Your Mind [ARC 1- 5]

Chapter 158 - His father is the real heartless one

A/N: So sorry for the late update! Been sick >.<

XG 158 - His father is the real heartless one

Only when his father looked at his eldest son did he finally catch something. [YiWen is wasting time.]

It took Chen YiWen by surprise when he saw the frown on his younger brother's face. "Are you feeling unwell?"

"... No. The curry is quite strong."

Chen YiWen stared at the curry rice and then at his brother who often eats very spicy food as a challenge to himself. As someone that prefers milder spices, Chen YiWen thinks that today's curry was just right and not tongue burning. Plus, Chen Yibo was on his second portion and had not looked out of the ordinary when eating the first portion.

He did not think much of it and asked, "Do you want water?"

"... Please."

Chen Yibo really needs to drink water to buy him some time to readjust his thoughts. He had always thought his father was proud of his eldest son and willing to pay more attention to him. Adding to that, their father was quite lenient with his eldest son. But why would his father's thought give him the impression that his father valued his eldest son just because he would be useful in helping his research?

Did his elder brother know that?

Meeting Chen Yibo's strange gaze, Chen YiWen asked, "Can you still eat the curry rice? Do you want me to find other food?"

"Don't waste food," Director Chen interrupted with a slight crease between his eyebrows.

Chen Yibo adjusted his expression. "Father is right. I will finish it. It's delicious and the spiciness is toleratable."

"If there's no issue, go and finish the sample testing," Director Chen told his eldest son before turning to his younger son. "Rest and go to test your ability once you recover your strength. If there's anything wrong, press the alarm."

"Father, it's still better to have someone look after Yibo beside him," Chen YiWen said.

"There are others that can do that. You have something important you still need to finish," Director Chen said.

"Father, did mom rarely get sick?" Chen Yibo suddenly asked.

Chen Yibo's sudden question resulted in another thought from his father.

[Meng Ya.]

That was the name of Chen Yibo and Chen YiWen's mother.

"She takes care of her health well and her positive mindset boosts her healing speed. It's unreliable to assume things based on such things even if she did have the Alpha gene," his father said.

His wife had long passed away and even if he was able to get to his wife's grave, he would not disturb his late wife's rest just to verify the guess. It was enough to just assume his son got the Alpha gene from his wife, as he himself does not have it.

Chen Yibo waited for more thoughts from his father since his expression was slightly reminiscing, but there was nothing other than her mother's name.

Could it be that he could only read vocal thoughts, not emotions, not memories, or imagination? All this while, he could not read the emotions behind their thoughts. What he heard was the person's voice in a neutral tone, without fluctuations that betrayed what they were feeling. So he could only guess their mood from their facial expression or the content of their thoughts.