Chapter 37: Why Are You Crying?
The single sentence immediately awed the young Ye Niannian.
The young boy burped between sobs and looked at Duan Jinyan, intimidated, finally making the slow realization that...
This brother...
Really didn’t like him.
Seeing that he finally shut up, Duan Jinyan controlled the malice in his eyes. His delicate brows soothed and slightly tilted his head, half-smiling.
Creatures like children...
They are so annoying.
But...
He had to deal with Ye Niannian no matter how impatient he was because of Ye Niannian’s identity.
He was a five year old boy after all, he was easy to coo and a few words was enough to make him believe anything.
The little thing stood anxiously from afar, grabbing a corner of her dress, staring at Duan Jinyan with her round cat eyes.
Her first impression of him was that this “brodda” was really good looking.
“Woof!” The puppy who followed her here wagged its tail crazily as it saw her staring at him, biting her dress, wanting to pull her outside.
“Woof!” What are you looking at!!
Is that devil king someone you should be looking at?!
“Doggy?” The little thing’s eyes lit up. She bent down to pick it up and pouted slightly, “You’ve gotten fatter.”
“...”
That just hit its heart squarely in the middle.
It watched as Duan Jinyan walked towards him, tilting its head to the side, and collapsed in Ye Sang’s arms hopelessly.
Whatever.
Whatever happens, happens.
Although Duan Jinyan was as intelligent as a devil, her fathers weren’t useless either.
The male lead was still quite young. with Ye Sang being the only variable, the future winner is yet to be decided.
On the way to save the villains, perhaps it isn’t a bad idea to let this little thing get rid of the male lead?
The puppy wagged its tails as its imagination ran wild.
“...a kid?” Duan Jinyan sounded lazy as he leaned forward slightly, curving his eyes. His extremely delicate face showed the energy of a young teenager.
The little thing couldn’t help but take a few steps back as soon as he approached her.
She fixed her stare on him with her round cat eyes as part of the storyline appeared in her head.
Duan Jinyan.
The devil, black lotus, and yandere of the novel.
Other children saw things normally, but ten-year-old Duan Jinyan loved to fiddle with power and influence, and he loved to scheme.
He didn’t hold a concrete value of right or wrong, he either cut the weeds and eliminated the roots or cremated the bones and scattered the ashes.
After the little thing finished recalling the story plot with an endearingly silly and tilted head, her eyes gradually teared up under Duan Jinyan’s fake smiling eyes and she subconsciously decided to run away.
She doesn’t like this male lead!
“Little sister, why are you running?”
The young teenager dragged his voice on leisurely. He leaned forward with a profound smile and dragged Ye Sang back.
“Want to tell on me?” He raised his voice and he sounded like he was smiling.
Duan Jinyan looked down at the little thing and his cold finger wiped her reddish eyes gently as if he was picking up a fallen peach blossom.
“Why are you crying?”
He tilted his head to the side and smiled, sounding innocent like a child, “I won’t eat you, you know.”
Chapter 38: Your Flower Crown is Broken
The deer ears on Ye Sang’s head drooped down and she looked at him, intimidated.
She was afraid of her evil daddy, let alone this devil-like “brodda” who wasn’t even related to her by blood.
The little thing forced her tears back as she tilted her head to the side whilst pointing to the crushed flower crown in his hand, “It’s broken.”
And the other guy was crying so much too.
The little thing looked at Ye Niannian and as expected, he looked aggrieved.
The boy looked at the liquid from the flowers which tainted his fingertips and shifted his glance to the little girl standing in front of him in a clean white Ru skirt.
The nasty side of him was getting the best of him; if children weren’t such a nuisance when they cry, Duan Jinyan would’ve rubbed the red liquid on her face.
The young boy’s cold fingertips brushed across her soft white face and thought it was fun as he poked her.
“Shen Chuchen told you to come here?” Duan Jinyan cast a side glance at her and sounded like he was mocking her.
His phoenix eyes weren’t kind and gentle at all, but filled with thick and cold malice.
Some people were naturally like suns, and some people hated how clean and bright they are.
Unfortunately, Duan Jinyan was one of those who hated sunniness.
Others see mountains as mountains and oceans as oceans.
But when he saw mountains, rivers, and oceans, they were all just mountains of daggers and seas of flames.
...
The little thing bit her lips and backed off uncontrollably.
She wasn’t afraid of her daddies, but she was rather terrified of this male lead.
After all, he played all five of her daddies and took total control over them in the later parts of the story.
The little girl never imagined that she would meet him this way.
Duan Jinyan let go of her and looked down lazily whilst leaning against the fence.
Then, he threw the flower crown back to Ye Niannian.
The little boy who was burping from crying immediately stopped and held the flower crown while looking at Duan Jinyan helplessly.
Did this perverted man’s good conscience finally awaken?
Wuwuwu.
The little tyrant Ye who was getting pushed around for so long also burst into tears of joy.
What a good person!!!
His Brother Duan is a good person after all!!
Ye Sang watched Ye Niannian shed tears because of how touched she was; she couldn’t help but to butt in softly despite the fact that she was too scared to go forward because of Duan Jinyan.
“But...”
“Your flower crown is broken.”
Ye Niannian stared.
Before a smile could bloom on his chubby face, it froze halfway after hearing Ye Sang’s words.
The little thing looked up and added more, “The flowers are broken, you can’t wear it anymore...”
Duan Jinyan, who thought he already successfully comforted Ye Niannian, stared. “...”
He had a bad feeling for no reason.
And as expected...
After Ye Sang spoke the ‘truth’, Ye Niannian tried to force his tears back with extreme difficulty. He studied the flower crown that was destroyed by Duan Jinyan and was suddenly drowned by misery.
He drew back the corners of his mouth and loudly screamed, “Waaaahh!”
His sharp and ear-piercing voice felt like it could flip the back mountain standing behind the Shen family.
The decibel of his cry shot up terrifyingly and sooner or later, his voice would draw others over.
The young boy’s pretty eyes curved up slightly, looking towards the little thing as his careless expression turned to a fake smile.
“...he’s crying?”
Ye Sang nodded. At this time, she was no longer scared of him and pointed towards Ye Niannian’s direction with confusion, “He’s crying.”
Chapter 39: Ye Niannian
At this time, there was no one around them, so Duan Jinyan didn’t bother to play pretend in front of her. The young boy’s long lashes fluttered and his breathtaking appearance was enchanting.
He leaned down and smiled at the culprit, “Go comfort him.”
“If others see him crying, I think you’ll know what the consequences are without even needing to think.”
He sounded like he was negotiating with her, but he was in fact threatening her coldly.
The little thing’s reflex was slow as she said drew out her “okaaay”, knowing that the cheap male lead sounded unhappy and wanted to throw her aside.
Little Ye Sang pursed her lips in grievance and had no choice but to approach Ye Niannian.
She squatted down and crispy said, “Don’t cry.”
She took out a lollipop from her little strawberry bag, passing it to him while mumbling, “Do you want it? If not, then I’m eating it.”
She originally had two; she was keeping one for her brodda.
If she gives one out, she would only have one left.
Ye Niannian’s crying stopped and stared at the lollipop in her hand quietly with teary eyes. He sobbed in confusion, “Wh-what’s this?”
Ye Sang said, “Candy.”
Her cheap Daddy was too stingy.
He only gives her three candies every week.
Now that she had to give one away, Ye Sang felt like her heart was bleeding.
Ye Niannian lived for so long but had never seen candy before. The Ye family was a family with a literary reputation and they were extremely tight with his manners. Despite the fact that his personality didn’t exactly turn out to be like a fine gentleman in a chaotic world like his parents expected, they were still strict on discipline.
For the entire five years he’s lived, he never even touched sweets once.
It was obvious how difficult this young master’s life was.
The little thing’s glance towards him immediately became pitiful. She lowered her furry little head and asked slowly, “Haven’t you had candy before?”
Ye Niannian, who was perfectly comforted, shook his head. A sweet milky flavor entered his mouth and he felt like he was going to faint from happiness.
Wuwuwu.
So this is what candy tasted like.
The small boy wiped the tears away and asked her, touched, “My name is Ye Niannian, what’s your name?”
He had decided.
This person will be his little girl.
No one can bully her!!
The small boy tightened his fist and looked extremely ambitious and aspired.
But...
When Duan Jinyan’s eyes lightly floated onto him, Ye Niannian’s “undaunted” body froze.
Then, the little thing replied, “Ye Sang” in her soft sticky voice, Ye Niannian immediately straightened his back again.
Mhm, that’s right!! Not even Duan Jinyan!
Although he wasn’t as smart as Duan Jinyan, he could play some tricks on him.
Everyone knew that Shen Chuchen was a heartless man and that he never treated Duan Jinyan like a human. His subordinates could curse and beat Duan Jinyan, and if he wasn’t careful, he might even get whipped.
He was poorer than a lower-class servant of a feudalistic society.
Although Ye Niannian pitied Duan Jinyan, it wasn’t impossible for him to save Duan Jinyan because of this tiny sense of pity.
It’s a blessing already if Ye Niannian didn’t try to add oil to the fire.
Saving him?
What a joke!
“Oh oh oh, your name is Ye Sang!” Ye Niannian suddenly realized something after he calmed down, “You share the same last name as me, then as your Brother Ye, I will take care of you in the future, how about that?”
The puppy stared. “.....” That’s kinda unnecessary.
The little thing tilted her face up, “What’s a big brodda?”
Ye Niannian frowned as he heard her inaccurate pronunciation. As he was born into a literary focused family, he couldn’t help but correct her seriously, “It’s not a big brodda, it’s big brother.”
Ye Sang repeated softly, “It’s not a big brodda, it’s brodda.”
Chapter 40: A Dead Flower Can’t Come Back to Life
Ye Niannian’s face turned dark as he uncontrollably raised his voice, “It’s big brother, big brother big brother!!!”
Ye Sang was scared and wailed. She pouted and yelled even louder than him, “Waah!! Big brodda it is then, why are you screaming at me!!”
Duan Jinyan and the puppy stared.
It was obvious that the pronunciation was too hard for this child here.
Look how wronged she felt.
Ye Niannian’s ‘little girl’ suddenly cried, and his head started to hurt from her sticky voice before he could even feel the sense of accomplishment.
He thought, girls are so finicky.
Duan Jinyan grimaced.
Great.
The first one stopped crying and the second one started.
He had always been surrounded by tigers and wolves and he could handle those people like a fish in the water, yet he never felt as frustrated as now.
“Ye Sang?” The boy tilted his face and wiped off her tears with a finger, smiling slightly with his lips curved upwards, “There are quite a few influential families in the imperial capital, I’ve never heard of another family with Ye as their surname other than Ye Niannian’s family.”
“Either you’ve taken your mother’s surname, or...” Duan Jinyan paused his lazy voice and curved his pretty phoenix-like eyes upwards, “...or you are from an unknown small family.”
The boy looked at her, “Little sister, which one are you?”
His extremely charming and delicate eyes studied Ye Sang as if he was judging the value of an object.
It was undeniable that Duan Jinyan was extremely similar to her evil daddies.
They all viewed benefits to be the most important thing and they were all merciless.
Duan Jinyan had lived in a dark and gloomy environment since he was young, he was the worst out of all.
Normal children would probably freak out and be too afraid to speak in front of Duan Jinyan.
But is Ye Sang a normal child?
She dared to pull the hairs on those devils, there was no way she could be intimidated by this cheap brother.
Regardless of how she felt, she decided to keep crying.
She knew it didn’t matter that she cried, but she evilly didn’t want Ye Niannian to be happy either.
Ye Sang pointed at the flower crown’s ‘corpse’ and sobbed, “It’s dead!”
Ye Niannian, who was perfectly fine now, waved his hand carelessly, “I’ll just have my maid make me another one.”
The little thing tilted her face upwards and argued earnestly, “But...”
“It won’t be the same flower anymore.”
“...” Ye Niannian’s careless expressions froze.
The bad feeling in Duan Jinyan’s heart grew even stronger.
Ye Sang kept her face tilted and continued to sob, “Daddy said... what’s dead is dead, dead flowers can’t come back to life again.”
“...” Ye Niannian looked down at the poor flower ‘corpse’.
He recalled that it was a delicate flower crown a moment ago but Duan Jinyan had ruined it like this. With Ye Sang’s theory that “dead flowers can’t come back to life”, the boy was suddenly drowned in sorrow once again. He immediately wailed in grievance and despair.
The two children’s cryings almost flipped the back mountain up-side-down.
Duan Jinyan smiled as he watched the children. His hand leisurely reached into the pocket of his black trench coat and his pale fingers lightly pinched a tiny but sharp blade.
“...yo, who’s crying so pitifully?”
“Tell uncle, who bullied you two?”