Beta Chapter 25: So Cute

Chapter 25: So Cute

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Karai

When Luo Songran felt hungry, he hadn’t even raised his head before he saw expensive leather shoes following behind his white ones, with the shoe prints he had just stepped on still visible.

“Did this child scare you?” 

Luo Songran raised his head, and the tall man squatted in front of him, meeting Duan Yizhou’s gentle gaze once again. It seemed that in this man’s eyes, no matter what he did or said, no matter how harsh, it could all be tolerated limitlessly.

He instinctively avoided Duan Yizhou’s gaze, pursed his lips, and looked elsewhere. “Scared? I’m not scared.”

If he wanted to leave, then let him leave. He was only considering his own well-being. What was there to be afraid of? Wasn’t it just the fear of pregnancy? Wasn’t it just having a child? If others could, so could he.

Duan Yizhou squatted in front of Luo Songran, listening to his feigned casual words. His gaze fell on the pursed lips that were almost pouting and the hand tightly clutching his pants, the knuckles turning white with force, even trembling.

He knew he was very scared. From these past few days of not wanting to answer his calls, he could tell that Luo Songran was filled with fear and confusion about the unexpected pregnancy. Regardless of whether Luo Songran had deceived his feelings or not, he bore half the responsibility for the pregnancy. After all, he had indeed lost control that night.

“RanRan, I know you’re brave.” Duan Yizhou covered his trembling hand with his own. This little hand was unusually cold in the heat of summer. He coaxed gently, “Whether you like me or not, as another father of the child, I have the responsibility to take care of you, to protect you. So, don’t be afraid, okay?”

“I find you men a bit foolish.” Luo Songran suddenly sighed, looking worriedly at the man squatting in front of him. “Are you really a PhD?”

Duan Yizhou was speechless. Why was he being personally attacked? “Are you questioning my education?”

Luo Songran was momentarily amused. “Are you unaware that I deceived your feelings?”

“I know.”

“Then why are you speaking to me so gently? Don’t you want to question me about anything? Don’t you want to ask me why?” Luo Songran calmed down now and realized that Duan Yizhou had been the calmest throughout the entire process. The real victim was much calmer than him.

“I told you, I like you. I can’t bear to be harsh with you. I’m confident you’ll fall in love with me.” Seeing that Luo Songran’s face was somewhat pale, probably due to low blood sugar, Duan Yizhou took out a lollipop from his pocket, tore off the wrapper, and handed it to him. “Did you skip breakfast again?”

Their interactions over the past month were not fake. Whenever they had free time on weekends, they stuck together. They woke up to each other’s faces. He knew that the kid loved to sleep in and would skip breakfast, going straight to lunch upon waking up.

Luo Songran stared at the lollipop handed to him for a second, swallowed his saliva, realizing he indeed hadn’t had breakfast. He had vomited in the morning again. The sweetness tempted him a bit. Without thinking, he lowered his head and put the lollipop into his mouth. The sweetness instantly filled his mouth, soothing his brain.

Feeling slightly calmer now, he licked the lollipop and snorted, “So what if I fall in love with you? We’re just in a business relationship. If you want a child and I marry you and get registered, will you allow me to go out and date? I don’t care whether you love me or not.”

Seeing Luo Songran’s tongue licking the lollipop, his lips becoming moist and plump, Duan Yizhou adjusted his glasses, hiding the depth of his gaze with his palm. “So, how do you plan to get your household registration? Shall I personally talk to Director Luo?”

Luo Songran’s action of eating the lollipop abruptly stopped. He took the lollipop out of his mouth and bumped Duan Yizhou’s arm with his knee. “Are you done? Stop scaring me with my dad all the time.”

“Did I scare you?” Duan Yizhou held onto his unruly knee.

Luo Songran glared at Duan Yizhou, then reluctantly lowered his gaze. “…Of course you did. You scared me to death.”

His tone was both fierce and timid.

Duan Yizhou’s lips curled slightly. He stood up and then reached out towards Luo Songran. “Let’s go, I’ll take you to have breakfast.”

Luo Songran coldly pushed away Duan Yizhou’s hand and stood up by himself. However, he stood up too quickly, and his vision darkened. His body swayed, his knees suddenly weakened, and then a large hand wrapped around his waist.

“RanRan!” He faintly heard Duan Yizhou’s anxious voice, but it felt like it was coming from a distant place. He felt light-headed, unable to distinguish directions.

Finally, he passed out.

“Low blood sugar, low blood pressure. We need to be more careful with him in this state. Coupled with his allergy to egg protein, we need to be very meticulous and careful about his nutrition during this pregnancy. We mustn’t let him eat the wrong things, especially those high in egg protein. I’ve checked his medical records; he has a history of allergic shock and febrile seizures caused by eating eggs.”

In the hospital room, Duan Yizhou listened to his friend’s instructions attentively, his eyes never leaving Luo Songran lying on the hospital bed, receiving a glucose drip. He gently held his hand. “Alright, I’ll be careful. When do you think he’ll wake up?”

“He should wake up soon.” Dr. Su, with her hands in her white coat, looked at her friend’s worried expression. “Yizhou, are you serious about this child?”

“When have I ever been unserious? I’m serious.” Duan Yizhou added in his mind, very serious indeed.

“But he doesn’t seem very serious.”

Duan Yizhou gently rubbed the back of this fair hand, smiling. “I don’t have many merits, but my greatest one is patience.”

Dr. Su acknowledged this quite well and nodded. “Indeed, after all, when we were kids, you alone could manage us mischievous kids so well. You have a knack for dealing with children.”

Duan Yizhou chuckled and turned to Su Yi. “Dealing with children? No, this time it’s dealing with a little ancestor.”

Dr. Su was shaken by the cheesiness and speechless. “Alright, I can see you’re serious. You just wait for him to wake up; I’ll go and attend to my duties first.”

“Okay, go ahead. Thanks for today,” Duan Yizhou said seriously.

“Don’t worry, I’ll keep it confidential,” Dr. Su patted Duan Yizhou’s shoulder lightly, then put her hands back into her pockets and walked out of the ward.

As the door closed, the room fell into silence, with only the gentle sound of breathing.

Duan Yizhou looked at the still unconscious “little ancestor.” He stood up and walked to the bedside, took out his phone, and dialed his assistant. As soon as the call connected, he got straight to the point. “Jiang Yi, fish slice congee, lean meat congee without onions, steamed corn dumplings, dumplings, beef ball vegetable soup. Deliver them to Ward 1204 at Hui Xin Hospital immediately.”

The assistant Jiang Yi’s expression froze on the other end of the line. If it weren’t for the fact that it was his boss calling, he would have thought he was taking a food delivery order. “Hui Xin Hospital? President Duan, why are you at the hospital? Aren’t you supposed to be in class?”

“RanRan fainted due to low blood sugar and is in the hospital. Please, quickly get the food he likes and bring it over. He’ll want to eat when he wakes up.”

“Fainted?!” Assistant Jiang Yi exclaimed in shock. Sensing that his voice was too loud, he quickly covered his mouth and walked to the side, whispering, “Is something wrong? President Duan, if this gets to the big shots at the Galaxy Group… tsk.”

Duan Yizhou smiled knowingly. “What about it?”

Jiang Yi heard the undertone in his boss’s tone and immediately backed down. “I was wrong, I was wrong. I’ll go buy it now!”

“Please, deliver it to me in half an hour. Thanks,” Duan Yizhou said before hanging up the phone.

Jiang Yi was speechless. Such an ungrateful “thanks.” Being polite was really something.

Duan Yizhou put away his phone and turned around, only to find Luo Songran awake, staring at him blankly. Perhaps he hadn’t fully recovered yet, but he looked so obedient and cute, making Duan Yizhou feel like teasing this disobedient child until he cried. Putting away his thoughts, he walked back to the bedside and sat down. “Awake? Are you thirsty?”

Luo Songran didn’t say anything, just stared at Duan Yizhou.

Sensing Luo Songran’s gaze, Duan Yizhou bent down, gently brushing his hair away from his forehead. “You fainted just now. Are you feeling uncomfortable? Are you hungry? I asked my assistant to buy your favorite food. He’ll be back soon.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Luo Songran start to cry, his expression slightly stunned. Unable to resist this sight, Duan Yizhou’s heart softened. Whenever this guy cried, he couldn’t bear it and found him so cute.

“Wuwuwu…” Luo Songran seemed to have thought of something. He turned over and pulled the blanket over his head, crying out in despair, as if after a long silence, he couldn’t hold back his emotions any longer. And the trigger for his outburst was the food Duan Yizhou had just ordered for him.

It was all the food he loved and wanted to eat.

“What’s wrong, baby?” Duan Yizhou saw the needle on Luo Songran’s hand starting to bleed as he moved, and quickly grabbed his hand. “You’re still receiving the drip. Don’t move around.”

Luo Songran heard Duan Yizhou’s words and didn’t move. With red eyes, he said, “…I’m very angry right now.”

If it weren’t for the pregnancy, he might still be able to deal with Duan Yizhou for a while, and then peacefully break up without owing each other anything. But now, what was this? Why did Duan Yizhou remember everything he liked so clearly? He didn’t remember anything. Not remembering anything was the right thing to do.

“Then tell me what you’re angry about, and I’ll change,” Duan Yizhou held his hand with concern, soothing him, “Are you very angry? Do you want me to get paper and pen to write it down?”

“Duan Yizhou.”

“Yeah, I’m here.”

“You’re too old.”

“…I admit it.”

“You’re too tall, I can’t beat you.”

“Then I’ll squat down for you to hit me.”

“You’re too busy, often on business trips, not a good boyfriend.”

“Then I’ll earn less money and go on fewer business trips in the future.”

“You’ve never cooked for me, you can’t cook at all. I like men who cook well.”

“I’ll learn to cook immediately.”

Luo Songran racked his brains to come up with Duan Yizhou’s shortcomings. His eyes suddenly lit up, and he turned his head to stare at Duan Yizhou. “You’re too big, you can’t shrink.”

Duan Yizhou found this guy so adorable. Whether he was angry or acting cute, he couldn’t tell, so he nodded seriously. “Yeah, I admit that. I’m sorry.”

Seeing that Duan Yizhou wasn’t angry at all, Luo Songran felt a bit futile. He turned his head away and didn’t speak anymore because all his temper and stubbornness seemed to be hitting cotton when directed at Duan Yizhou.

No matter how he acted, Duan Yizhou never got angry.

He really loved this guy to death.

Yeah, Duan Yizhou doesn’t seem to have much going for him. He is bad-tempered, willful, playful, bad at school, and cheats on his feelings. It’s just asking for trouble to continue to be entangled with him for the sake of a child.

“Where’s my phone?” Luo Songran suddenly remembered someone.

Duan Yizhou handed Luo Songran his phone from the bedside table.

Luo Songran took the phone and immediately opened the contacts, finding the person he wanted to call and dialed. The call was quickly answered on the other end, and he smiled sweetly. “Yuyu, are you busy tonight? I miss you.”

The person on the other end, He Yu, was melted by being called “Yuyu” like that, feeling cherished and surprised. “Why do you suddenly have time to call me?”

“Because I miss you.” Luo Songran glanced at Duan Yizhou and spoke softly, “Let’s go to the bar tonight at 8 o’clock, meet at the usual place.”

The coquettish tone in his voice made Duan Yizhou’s face turn black instantly.

He Yu couldn’t resist when someone he liked spoke to him like that, and he was immediately thrown into chaos. “Okay.”

After hanging up the phone, Luo Songran shook his phone at Duan Yizhou with a smile. “I have a date tonight.” He couldn’t believe that Duan Yizhou still wasn’t angry even though he was being publicly embarrassed like this.

Who knew Duan Yizhou didn’t get angry at all, still smiling, and said, “Okay, I got it. Have fun. Oh, by the way, baby, do you need me to drive you there?”

Luo Songran was speechless. Duan Yizhou was smiling, but he was wearing a cuckold hat in front of his face, and now he was even offering to drive him to his date. What kind of mentality was this? Was he expecting a “You’re amazing” in return? He pursed his lips in silence for a moment, watching Duan Yizhou still smiling so gently. He couldn’t find any reason to be angry, so he sneered, “Sure, thanks.”

Tonight, he wanted to see if Duan Yizhou could still endure, if he still wanted to like him like this.

 

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