Chapter 1: My Wife

“Brother Lu, who is this…?” a young man with dyed blond hair asked Lu Fu cautiously.

He secretly wondered, ‘Why does this person look so much like Brother Lu’s white moonlight who has been abroad for years and never returned? Could it be that after all these years, Brother Lu still can’t get over him and has started playing the substitute game straight out of some melodramatic TV drama?’

Still, he felt that the boy in front of him looked much more obedient, as well as much more delicate and pretty, than that person.

His skin was snow-white, the corners of his eyes slightly rounded, the tip of his nose small and delicately upturned, and his lips naturally cherry-pink.

Look closely, and there was also an innocent, somewhat helpless softness about him that made him look like an easy target for bullying.

He looked very young, around seventeen or eighteen.

At a glance, he was the kind of good student who would sit in class with both hands neatly placed on the desk, listening attentively to the teacher.

It was genuine obedience, too, not the kind that was deliberately put on.

Of course, in Brother Lu’s eyes, the person he loved was always the most beautiful.

He had always regarded Qi Yu as some pure and adorable little angel untouched by the mortal world.

If he had not accidentally witnessed Qi Yu’s hidden, darker side back then, perhaps he too would have been fooled just like Young Master Lu.

Remembering the warning Qi Yu had given him at the time, the blond-haired young man couldn’t help but shiver.

‘Forget it. He was only a minor lackey, so he’d better not meddle in things that weren’t his business.’

Lu Fu glanced at Jiang Mian, who had automatically taken the seat beside him the moment they entered the private room, and irritably took a drag of his cigarette.

When he had first encountered Jiang Mian, it had been while he was driving back to his villa.

At the time, Jiang Mian was dressed like a little beggar, standing blankly in the middle of the road.

Even when he saw the car drive right up in front of him, he didn’t know to move.

His clear eyes blinked repeatedly as he curiously examined the car, as though he were looking at some rare and precious treasure.

Even when the horn sounded, he still didn’t move.

Instead, his eyes seemed to grow even brighter.

He didn’t know whether his eyes had been playing tricks on him at the time, but he could have sworn he saw Jiang Mian lower his head and say to the car, “Hello…”

Like some idiot.

He drove the car forward a little farther, but the little beggar still didn’t leave.

He even reached out and touched it.

‘Getting greedy, are we? Or is he pretending to be stupid?’

Who would be so fearless of death?

Unless there was something wrong with his brain, he obviously had some ulterior motive.

At the end of the day, anyone who approached him was nothing more than someone coveting his money.

And Young Master Lu was certainly not the kind of pushover who would let others manipulate him.

Anyone who dared set their sights on him would have to pay the price.

As it happened, he had nothing better to do over those few days.

So he decided to play along with this reckless little thing and see exactly what tricks the other party was trying to pull.

Thus, he brought the little beggar back to the villa and simultaneously instructed his people to investigate who was really behind him.

However, after bringing the little beggar home and cleaning him up, he discovered that the boy looked incredibly familiar!

The little stray cat had transformed into a little celestial being.

Wasn’t that face practically a replica of Qi Yu’s appearance from five years ago?!

Although they were only about sixty percent alike, it was obvious that whoever was behind this had put considerable effort into it.

Who had gone to such lengths to find someone like this and send him to approach him?

‘f*ck!’

He really couldn’t resist him!

Even if he didn’t do anything, it would still be nice to keep him around as eye candy!

But who could have known that Jiang Mian was a complete and utter little idiot?

All he knew how to do every day was eat and sleep, then sleep and eat.

He had absolutely nothing else to do.

His name really did have the character mian in it, meaning sleep.

On the first day he brought him back, if Uncle Li hadn’t realized something was wrong and called to tell him, the kid probably could have slept for several days and nights straight.

He had tossed Jiang Mian into the villa, and half a month had already passed.

Yet he had never once seen Jiang Mian take the initiative to seek him out, let alone seduce him.

Knowing that Uncle Li was kind-hearted, the little idiot called him “Butler Uncle” this and “Butler Uncle” that all day long, and had been taking exceptionally good care of himself.

Just half a month later, his originally thin frame had already become pleasantly plump.

And he still hadn’t made a single move.

He was simply far too incompetent at his job!

Who exactly had sent this person to approach him?

Had they just sent him over without even training him?

Although his people’s investigation had revealed that Jiang Yu’an’s background was completely clean, that very fact only made him seem more suspicious.

He didn’t believe there could be such a coincidence in this world.

How could someone who looked so much like Qi Yu happen to come looking for him?

After all, when Qi Yu had gone abroad to study back then, he had cried like a f*cking idiot and wanted to follow him.

But his eldest brother found out and gave him a brutal beating before locking him up at home for several days.

Ever since then, everyone in their social circle had known that he liked Qi Yu.

Come to think of it, Qi Yu should be coming back soon, shouldn’t he…

“He’s just a kid. I brought him out to see the world.”

Lu Fu pulled himself out of his thoughts and lazily leaned back against the sofa, leisurely exhaling clouds of smoke as he casually brushed the question aside.

If he didn’t bring the little guy out for a walk every once in a while, he was going to get fat enough to turn into a little pig.

His thoughts wandered even further.

‘If I ever go broke in the future, maybe I can become a pig farmer and make a fortune that way.’

Jiang Mian smelled the pungent smoke coming from Lu Fu’s direction and wrinkled his nose slightly.

Then, little by little, he shifted toward the corner of the sofa, trying to get farther away from the unpleasant smell.

He thought his movements were subtle.

He had no idea that Lu Fu had seen every bit of it.

With a cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth, Lu Fu frowned slightly and asked in an irritated tone, “What are you hiding from?”

Despite saying that, he still raised a hand and waved toward the back, signaling for a server to bring over a glass of fruit juice.

His mouth was practically dry, yet he didn’t even know how to ask for something.

He certainly hadn’t been like this with his Butler Uncle.

‘Fine, let him die of thirst.’

The blond-haired young man, Xu Sheng, twitched an eyelid.

‘Fruit juice? Who comes to a bar to drink fruit juice?! For this kid? When did Brother Lu become so considerate? Was he ever this attentive to Qi Yu? Was he? No, right…’

Xu Sheng’s mind was a complete mess.

He had a vague feeling that he had just discovered something extraordinary.

The other rich young masters in the private room remained completely oblivious and continued chatting among themselves.

“Young Master Lu, why order fruit juice? Only kids drink fruit juice. Drink alcohol, drink alcohol!”

“Young Master Lu, it’s rare for us to get together after so long. Don’t ruin the mood!”

“Let your little lover have a drink too. But wait, is he even of age?”

“Why isn’t he saying anything? Is he shy? He’s really obedient…”

“Young Master Lu…”

Lu Fu swore under his breath, then stood up and pulled the surrounded Jiang Mian over to a corner.

“Alright, alright. You guys drink first. I’ll come over later.”

After saying that, he lowered his head toward Jiang Mian.

“I’m talking to you. Are you mute?”

“He can’t even speak.”

“After being surrounded by so many people just now, he didn’t even know to hide.”

‘Is he finally starting to understand and getting scared now?’

“I’m not mute.”

Jiang Mian looked utterly dazed as he moved from one sofa to the other.

After finally realizing what Lu Fu had asked, he made no attempt to be tactful at all.

Pointing at the cigarette in Lu Fu’s hand, he honestly said, “It smells bad. I don’t like it.”

He couldn’t understand why Lu Fu wanted to eat something that smelled so terrible.

And why he kept spitting out something so unpleasant while eating it.

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