Chapter 87: I Was Wrong
Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
Editor: Karai
Luo Songran had never tried making a cake himself; he only knew how to eat them. But this time, he unexpectedly found it interesting to make a cake by himself, especially when he smeared layers of cream on it, feeling a sense of accomplishment.
Even though it looked a bit ugly.
“You can smear while turning the cake base; it will be more even that way.” The man saw the clumsy pregnant man in front of him awkwardly smearing the cake base left and right and smiled as he walked up to help him.
Luo Songran caught a glimpse of the man coming to help him and felt a bit discouraged. “It’s ugly, but I can do it myself.”
After saying that, he realized that his attitude was not very good and glanced at the man, feeling a bit apologetic.
The shopkeeper smiled and shook his head. “It’s okay, come on.”
“I’ll pay for the teaching fee, don’t worry.” Luo Songran lowered his head and continued making his cake. It was rare for him to have the opportunity to make a cake himself. Later, he would show off to Duan Yizhou. This was something he made.
The shopkeeper was worried that standing like this might be uncomfortable for him, so he took a tall chair and gave it to him to sit on. “Sit and spread slowly; it’s okay. I have time today.”
“Why do you have time?” Luo Songran asked while smearing the cake base. “I see it’s a bit… quiet here.”
“My bakery only supports pre-orders and pickup, or private cake making, so there won’t be customers sitting here.”
Luo Songran looked at the shopkeeper with a puzzled expression. “Can you make money like this?”
The shopkeeper saw that the little pregnant man had a bit of cream on his face, perhaps accidentally getting it there just now. He pointed to the corner of his lips. “You have cream here.”
Luo Songran instinctively wanted to lick it off but seemed to miss. He looked at the shopkeeper again. “Is there more?”
The beautiful little pregnant man seemed completely unaware of what this action meant to an alpha, let alone the harmless appearance of asking if there was more cream on his face.
Some people are just naturally endearing.
“Yes, let me help you.” The shopkeeper took a tissue and bent down to help him wipe it off. When he lowered his eyes, he asked, “You’re pregnant, and you must be quite far along. Aren’t your family worried about you going out alone?”
Ding ding ding—
Just as the shopkeeper’s voice fell, the door was pushed open from outside, and the wind chime made a crisp and pleasant sound as it collided with the door.
Luo Songran instinctively looked out the glass window and could see the person walking in from outside. When a familiar tall figure came into view, he felt a jump in his heart.
Oh no.
It was Duan Yizhou.
He quickly brushed off the shopkeeper’s hand helping him wipe his face. The window was so big that you could see what was happening inside as soon as you entered. It wouldn’t be good if Duan Yizhou misunderstood.
Then he stood up nervously.
Duan Yizhou stood at the door, his gaze under the golden-rimmed glasses gradually relaxing from panic to calmness, but his face became gloomy because of the man standing beside Luo Songran, especially when he saw the man’s hand just now moving away from Luo Songran’s face.
Suddenly, there was an inexplicable blockage in his chest.
And coupled with the panic and confusion he had just heard from the bodyguard about someone missing, these two emotions mixed together made him want to harshly criticize this guy.
“Luo Songran.”
Luo Songran heard Duan Yizhou’s indifferent tone, felt a bit intimidated, swallowed nervously, and quickly walked out, forgetting even to take off his apron.
“Um, I—”
“Who allowed you to wander around?” Duan Yizhou looked at him with a grim face, seeing him still wearing the apron, covered in flour, and with traces of cream on his cheeks, and thinking that the man just now was wiping Luo Songran’s face.
His mood darkened a bit more.
“I didn’t wander around.” Luo Songran didn’t dare to say much when he saw Duan Yizhou exuding low pressure all over his body. He pointed to the opposite side and muttered softly, “I was eating ice cream with them over there just now, and then I asked them to buy something. When I saw a cake shop here, I came over.”
“Can you eat ice cream?” Duan Yizhou’s tone was stern.
“… I wanted to eat it.” After being criticized so harshly, Luo Songran felt wronged and lowered his head. “I just ate a little bit.”
“Just a little bit? If you eat ice cream and feel unwell, what will you do?” Duan Yizhou suppressed his anger and asked, “Let’s not talk about this for now. Why didn’t you tell the bodyguard before leaving? Without your chip location, they couldn’t find you. Isn’t that worrying them?”
“I just wanted to eat a cake over there.”
Duan Yizhou saw that he still didn’t realize the danger, his brows furrowed tightly. “Can you eat the cakes outside? You might be allergic.”
Luo Songran thought he obviously knew, glanced at Duan Yizhou, saw his expression still fierce, and quietly lowered his head again, feeling a bit sad:
“Don’t speak to me so harshly.”
The shopkeeper behind him couldn’t bear to see the situation and stepped forward. “These gentlemen, it’s like this. Just now, he also told me about his condition, so I let him make the cake. He didn’t eat a cake with eggs.”
Duan Yizhou looked at the approaching alpha, but he wouldn’t feel angry about it. The man came over and spoke for Luo Songran, looking very familiar, and suddenly a fire rose in his heart.
“Luo Songran, go home.”
Where would Luo Songran dare to say no? Just as he was about to walk towards Duan Yizhou, his wrist was suddenly grabbed by the shopkeeper next to him. He turned his head in surprise and quickly pulled his hand away.
“Is he your husband?” The shopkeeper caught this fearful movement, his gaze falling on the man next to the little pregnant man, full of doubt and wariness.
Although he was wearing a perfectly tailored suit, it didn’t necessarily mean he was a good person.
Luo Songran nodded. “Yes.”
“If there’s anything you need help with, you can say it. It’s a legal society now; there’s no need to suffer.”
Luo Songran suddenly looked embarrassed. He quietly moved to Duan Yizhou’s side, grabbed the hem of his suit, and tugged, indicating him not to be so stern. Then he smiled at the shopkeeper and explained, “He’s not like that. My husband is very good to me.”
Duan Yizhou saw Luo Songran still daring to smile at this man, and his anger increased again. He held Luo Songran’s hand and met the shopkeeper’s questioning gaze directly. “Thank you for your concern and reminder. We are very loving. But I still want to say that while concern is appreciated, being overly concerned about my lover can lead to misunderstandings.”
With that, he pulled Luo Songran out.
“Hey hey hey, I haven’t paid yet.”
“I’ll ask the bodyguard to pay.”
“Duan Yizhou, what happened to your manners?”
“I don’t have manners today, nor will I have warmth.”
“You stingy.”
“Hope you still have the energy to argue later.”
“… What are you doing?”
The door of the cake shop closed, leaving only the crisp sound of wind chimes colliding and the gaze passing through the glass window.
In the car—
The back seat was silent at this moment.
This kind of low pressure made Luo Songran realize that his situation seemed really awkward. He glanced at Duan Yizhou sitting next to him, seeing his silent and dark-faced appearance, which was rare.
So he reached out and patted Duan Yizhou’s thigh. “Honey?”
Duan Yizhou didn’t answer.
“cousin?”
Duan Yizhou still didn’t answer.
“Little Zhou Zhou?”
After hesitating for a while, Luo Songran propped himself up on Duan Yizhou’s thigh side and leaned slightly.
This action immediately caught Duan Yizhou’s attention. He frowned and looked at Luo Songran. “What are you doing?”
Luo Songran, seeing him so nervous and innocent, said, “I want to sit on your lap.”
The bodyguards driving in the front were speechless. Hey, there are still people here.
Duan Yizhou knew from his words that this guy wanted to act cute and get away with it again. He crossed his legs, clasped his hands on his knees, turned his body slightly, and looked out the window.
This made Luo Songran quite frustrated. He sat back in his seat with his arms folded, looking angry. “I should have just continued making cakes if you were going to ignore me like this!”
This man is really stingy!
Duan Yizhou glanced at the little troublemaker beside him who was starting to get angry. “What, do you think you’re right now? Do you think I can’t criticize you and you can do whatever you want?”
The man’s tone was dark and serious, completely different from usual.
Luo Songran hadn’t expected Duan Yizhou to speak to him in such a tone. He was already angry that Duan Yizhou hadn’t comforted him on the plane and hadn’t seen him when he woke up. Now, he was criticizing him for nothing.
Was this how relationships became after marriage? Becoming so unkind and impatient towards him?
His eyes couldn’t help but redden. “You still call this not criticizing me? You’ve been criticizing me since we entered the cake shop, even in front of others. And now, you’re still criticizing me in front of these two gentlemen. Is this not criticism?!”
The two gentlemen in the front pretended not to hear, not to hear, not to hear.
After all, this little guy had just been using tears to manipulate them. Now let’s see how he would manipulate Mr. Duan.
The choked-up voice of the little pregnant man sounded, and Duan Yizhou’s Adam’s apple rolled. He looked at Luo Songran, seeing his eyes already reddened and tears ready to fall. Originally, he was determined not to soften, but he was still a bit shaken.
“Can you stop running around? And threatening them with tears to get food, do you think I don’t know what you’ve eaten? Also, if they can’t find you, I’ll fire them.”
Luo Songran originally wanted to argue back, but hearing Duan Yizhou say he would fire the two gentlemen made him a little panicked. “You can’t do this. It’s my fault, not theirs.”
“If they didn’t protect you well, it’s their fault. I criticized Jiang Yi the same way last time, and he was demoted and had his salary reduced. This time, think about where you went wrong. The fate of the bodyguards depends on you.”
Luo Songran thought it couldn’t be like this. If he ended up causing trouble for others because of himself, he would feel guilty. He glared at Duan Yizhou, clenched the hand on his leg, feeling both angry and wanting to cry in his heart, but he couldn’t. Well, endure for now, apologize first, and then get angry!
Duan Yizhou’s peripheral vision caught the angry and tearful expression of this little troublemaker, and naturally, he didn’t want to criticize him, but this guy always didn’t know danger. He even paid little attention to what he ate, dared to run around, and almost made the bodyguards unable to find him.
During the meeting, the bodyguards told him about Luo Songran’s mood when he was missing, sinking into the depths of despair and only thinking of the worst possible outcome. Of course, in the end, he still had some reason, after all, he had Luo Songran’s chip location.
The bodyguards would naturally criticize him, and saying they would be fired was just to scare the little troublemaker. They just wanted him to learn a lesson.
After all, the identity of the young master of the Luo family and the president of Neptune Technology Group was enough to make people jealous. The last kidnapping incident made him and the Luo family still have lingering fears.
Luo Songran naturally didn’t know what they were doing behind his back. They did this just to keep Luo Songran safe.
“I know I was wrong.”
The choked voice of Luo Songran came, and then he saw this guy trying to climb onto his leg.
“What are you doing?” Duan Yizhou quickly held him, after all, it’s not safe, especially during this stage of pregnancy, if he hits or bumps into something, it would be bad.
Regardless of whether Duan Yizhou allowed him or not, Luo Songran insisted on sitting on his lap. Perhaps seeing that Duan Yizhou had no way to stop him, he sat down on his legs, put his legs on the side of Duan Yizhou’s legs, and leaned forward.
When Duan Yizhou felt the protruding pregnant belly touch him, at that moment, he truly let go of his anger.
“Honey, I know I was wrong. I won’t run around anymore in the future.”
Duan Yizhou didn’t know how many times he had heard this sentence. “It’s not very convincing.”
Luo Songran held Duan Yizhou’s hands and placed them on his abdomen, looking at Duan Yizhou with tears streaming down his face. “Then you can punish me by patting my abdomen and teaching me a lesson.”
The pregnant man on his legs was crying so pitifully, shedding tears as he said he would accept punishment and lessons. Sometimes people are so angry, sometimes they are so heartbreaking.
Feeling the softness in his palm, seeing Luo Songran crying so pitifully, Duan Yizhou’s heart softened completely. To hit or not to hit?
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