As it turned out, BeiTang MinQian had always treated him as a lover.
Su YuanHeng was unable to describe the feelings in his heart. But BeiTang MinQian is erupting in rage. He was already unbearably angry with Su YuanHeng's reaction at the villa earlier. At this moment, he was even more furious.
"Is there someone else? Huh? "
"What?" This time Su YuanHeng was the one stunned.
"I asked if you have somebody else!"
"What shit are you saying!" Su YuanHeng's voice also got louder.
"Then what is it with you? I haven't return in six months and when I do, why is your attitude so indifferent?"
"Indifferent......" Su YuanHeng was so angry that he was trembling from head to toes. "You just leave whenever you say you'd leave. Then gone for half a year and returned without even letting me know ahead of time. Then, the instant you got home, you made love to me on the floor......now you're telling me that I'm indifferent? Who is the one that is actually indifferent?"
BeiTang MinQian slightly narrowed his eyes, his beautiful pupils tinged with heavy gleams of light, emitting piercing chilliness. In that moment, there is a sense of being oppressed by this expression.
"Then, who is this Yan YuHeng?" He lowered his voice and stared at Su YuanHeng coldly while asking slowly.
"I don't know! I've already said that I don't know him!" Su YuanHeng's body was shaking uncontrollably.
"You-are-lying!" BeiTang MinQian stared at him closely.
Su YuanHeng was almost at his limit. Today, he was oppressed by BeiTang MinQian's sister to where he could hardly breathe and now he is wanting to explode from being accused of infidelity by BeiTang MinQian.
"Enough! BeiTang MinQian, what rights do you have to accuse me? It's not like your sensational gossip is any less? Aren't you the one that needed to get married? If we need to break up, it is also because you forced me!"
The living room suddenly quieted down. BeiTang MinQian did not say anything else, only stared at him closely.
Su YuanHeng slightly shivered. Then he suddenly realized what he had blurted out in anger.
BeiTang MinQian silently looked at him for a moment and then turned and walked to the other side of the living room.
"I'm going to sleep in the guest room today. I think we both need to cool down a bit." He said lightly and left Su YuanHeng alone.
Lying alone in the cold bed at night, the heated air made people feel suffocated.
Su YuanHeng turned the air conditioner on to the highest and tossed around while wrapped in a thin blanket.
He thought he was already use to the days without BeiTang MinQian by his side. But this person had only returned for one night and his lame body is already longing for his embrace.
Su YuanHeng stared blankly in the darkness, not knowing where to look. It wasn't until his eyes gradually became achingly painful that he drowsily fell in a state of dreamland, a place where he was sleeping but not really sleeping.
"XiaoLi, remember, wait for me here, daddy will be back soon."
"Xiao Li, remember, you need to wait for daddy. Be good."
"Good boy...Don't forget...Don't forget your name...Xiao Li...Fei Li...You promised that you'd never leave forever...you promised..."
This man, who uttered these words and abandoned him on this cold winter night, is his own father...
Su YuanHeng struggled in his nightmare.
Xiao Li.... Xiao Li... Fei-Li
Fei-Li!
Who is that? Is that him? No, no, no! He is not called FeiLi! His name is Su YuanHeng! His name is not Yan FeiLi......
"No –"
Su YuanHeng was breathing very heavily. He suddenly sat up, awakened by his nightmare.
His body covered in cold sweat, even his pajamas are soaked.
Su YuanHeng held his head forcefully and curled himself in bed.
No! I don't know you! Yan YuHeng......you are not my father......
—–
BeiTang MinQian was awakened by the urgently ringing doorbell early in the morning. He furrowed his brows as he went to open the door, still in his pajamas.
"Dang-dang-dang ─ Good morning!"
Siva shouting as he bolted inside, holding something in his hands and said with vigor, "Nutritious breakfast! La la la – hey handsome, no need to be too grateful to me. I'm such a considerate manager ah."
BeiTang MinQian creased his brows and looked at him as he walked into the kitchen in an imposing manner. He was about to say something but that mouth continued to talk endlessly.
"When you called me yesterday, I was really shocked. Having just returned for two days and you're already not being honest. You went shopping with Dr. Su and actually got caught. Your IQ has dropped hahaha...... Fortunately, you have a superior manager like me. Don't worry, don't worry. I've already met with the newspaper bureaus beforehand and got this all settled."
"If you're going to be in the media today, just say that you went with friends to go shopping to relax and it'll be fine. Furthermore, is there really all these people who have all these crazy thoughts? Everyone's attention will be concentrated on you. It won't implicate Dr. Su......Hey? Where's Dr. Su? He hasn't gotten up yet?"
BeiTang MinQian frowned, "Did you bring the car back?"
Siva waved his hands, "I came to get the car key. How could I get the car without the key?"
"Wait a minute," BeiTang MinQian stood outside the master bedroom and saw that the door is closed. He lowered his head and knocked, "Ah Heng, are you up? Open the door."
Siva's mouth dropped, staring in shock and silently mouthed, "You guys separated?"
BeiTang MinQian simply ignored him and continued to knock on the door but no one answered. He grimaced, "I'm coming in." As he was speaking, he opened the door and saw that no one was on the bed.
BeiTang MinQian was dazed for a moment. Then, he went to check the bathroom. There was nobody in there as well.
Siva stuck his head out and looked from behind BeiTang MinQian, "Dr. Su is not here? Did he already go to work so early? Aiyah, something's not right. Didn't I help him request time off?"
BeiTang MinQian walked into the bedroom closet and noticed that some of Su YuanHeng's clothes are missing, along with the luggage on the bottom.
Siva saw that he wasn't talking, sensing that the atmosphere is a bit subtle, he lightly coughed and whispered, "What happened? Did you guys have an argument?"
BeiTang MinQian was silent for a moment, then softly uttered, "It's nothing. He's probably in a bad mood and just went out to relax."
"Relax?" Siva was startled. "You've just returned for two days and he went out to relax alone?"
BeiTang MinQian ignored him. He went into the bathroom and started to shower.
Siva discreetly shook his head and returned to the kitchen to continue preparing breakfast.
After a while, BeiTang MinQian came out wiping his hair. Siva asked, "Do you want me to pick up the car?"
BeiTang MinQian looked up toward the coffee table in the hallway. Su YuanHeng has a habit of putting the keys there. But at the moment, there is nothing.
"......No need."
[At the Orphanage]
Su YuanHeng was looking at the orphanage's entrance door and felt intimately familiar, like a child who had wander out for a long time and had finally returned home.
He stood in front of the door for a moment, slowly raising his hand to push the big iron gate open.
The children seem to still be in class; the front yard is extremely quiet with nobody in sight.
Su YuanHeng walked into the orphanage on the familiar path. In the big hall on the first floor, the elder dean and a young staff member were taking care of a child. She looked up and sees him coming in; lifting her glasses as if she can't believe it.
"Mother Dean, how are you?"
The elderly dean surprisingly called out, "Xiao Li, it's you! You came back."
The elderly dean had worked in this orphanage for more than thirty years. Before Su YuanHeng was adopted, it could be said that he was raised by her, so this phrase "Mother Dean," unknowingly contains a lot affections and sadness.
The elderly dean got up and opened her arms to welcome him.
The luggage in Su YuanHeng's hand dropped to the ground as he reached out to embrace his long-lost maternal figure.
"Mother Dean. I've missed you......"
"......You kid, came back and didn't tell me ahead of time. I would've made your favorite stuffed dumplings......" The elderly dean was very excited, her voice was choking.
Su YuanHeng hugged her silently with his head buried on her warm shoulder.
After a while, the two finally calmed down. The elderly dean held his shoulders and happily voiced, "Let me see......you haven't been back for quite a few years, let me see if you got skinnier or fatter."
"Mother Dean, is everything okay at the orphanage? Did you receive the donations that I sent every year?"
"I got it. Everything is fine here. In recent years, there have been donations from the governmental and philanthropic companies which have greatly reduced our burden. The children's tuition fees are all fine." The elder dean observed him carefully. She lifted her glasses to wipe her tears and whispered, "You seem to have lost weight. Xiao Li, you got so much skinnier......"
Su YuanHeng softly smiled, "I was not fat to start with."
Everything appeared to be the same at the orphanage. The only thing different was that there seemed to be more children than before and there are some that are disabled. There were also some newly added equipment and even the interior was slightly remodeled.
Su YuanHeng stood in front of his former room.
Although it could be said that this was his room, in fact, at that time, it was a large room where eight to nine boys crowded together. Now it is divided into two sections, each section with four older children, almost like dorms.
Su YuanHeng glanced out the window of the room. He could actually see through the backyard to the big door. Twenty-six years ago, that was the main entrance to the orphanage.