Second Marriage of a Wealthy Old Man

by Usui Takumii

not mine, novel updates. Ps: Bl, be warned.

4. 31 to 40

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On the second day after returning to Anluo, Meng Yang told Luo Xiu that he hoped Luo Xiu could send someone to help him take over his company. After careful consideration, Luo Xiu gave him several different plans for him to choose from. Meng Yang didn't understand these things very well, so he asked Luo Xiu to help him make a decision.

Half a month later, Sun Fengei, the president of the Meng Fragrance Company, came to see Meng Yang with many documents.

"Aunt Sun, long time no see." Meng Yang entered the small living room and looked at Sun Fengfei.

"Meng Yang, I haven't seen you for a while. I heard that your college is famous for it's strictness. Have you been busy studying?" Sun Fengfei asked with a smile.

"Studying is okay; I can handle it. I've been busy preparing for the competition," Meng Yang said as he sat down.

Sun Fengfei nodded and said, "It's necessary to compete if you want to be successful in fragrance."

"Aunt Sun, you've worked hard all these years," Meng Yang said sincerely and gratefully as he looked at Sun Fengfei.

"I…I'm quite ashamed that not only did I not develop the company into something better, I made the company's situation even worse year by year. My ability can't compare with your mother's. I wanted to make the company bigger and better, but it was really too difficult for me." As Sun Fengfei recalled many memories from over the years, her heart filled with emotion.

Meng Yang's mother and Sun Fengfei were close friends. When Meng Yang's mother learned that she had a terminal illness, she gave the company to Sun Fengfei, who was still Vice President at the time. Over the years, she was never two-faced as she helped Meng Yang manage the company, so Meng Yang was very grateful to her.

Meng Yang really wasn't good at operations and management nor was he interested in these things. What he could do was rely on Luo Xiu so that this company wouldn't be eliminated by the passing time, but instead be completely transformed into a new existence.

The Meng family's company would be connected to the Luo Group in the future, and Luo Xiu would send someone over to take care of the company. From the brand name to the company's internal management system, all of it would undergo major rectifications. If one wanted to have a new life, one had to endure the pain and abandon the old.

Although Sun Fengfei would no longer participate in the management of the company, in order to thank her, Meng Yang would still give her the annual salary that she deserved and let her receive her pension in advance.

Once Meng Yang had signed all the documents, he left with Sun Fengfei to get lunch. They talked about many things from the past and reminisced about the time when Meng Yang's mother was still around. It wasn't until the afternoon that Meng Yang sent Sun Fengfei away, and not long after Sun Fengfei left, Luo Xiu returned.

After he returned from Rong City, Meng Yang began to help Luo Xiu treat his headaches, so he asked Luo Xiu to return home on time.

In addition to smelling the incense, there was also fumigation (1), soaking, and massaging the acupoints and meridians with essential oil blends. Meng Yang had asked the housekeeper to build an aromatherapy room next to the bedroom, and it was both beautiful and comfortable. He also asked people to send in hot spring water every day as it could enhance the efficacy of aromatherapy.

Meng Yang poured the mixture with a medicinal fragrance into the hot spring water and swirled it around with one hand. He used his other hand to open the wooden board cover on the wall and set the temperature of the water.

Luo Xiu finished washing his body and walked out of the bathroom with a bath towel on. Turning his head to look at his figure, Meng Yang couldn't help swallowing as he said, "The water temperature has been adjusted. It'll be a half hour soak for today.

Luo Xiu entered the wooden tub with the bath towel on and sat down in the water with his back to Meng Yang, and Meng Yang wiped his back with a towel.

Luo Xiu's back muscles were very strong. His back alone gave off a solid and reliable feeling. This was the result of him continually working out in the office gym every day despite being busy.

Meng Yang unfurled the towel and rubbed it over Luo Xiu's shoulders and back using his hands, then slowly hugged him from behind. "Mr. Luo…"

Luo Xiu closed his eyes and tried to restrain himself.

Meng Yang rubbed his face on Luo Xiu's back. Luo Xiu's breathing became heavier and heavier as Meng Yang's breathing became faster and faster.

Luo Xiu suddenly turned around, grabbed Meng Yang, and kissed him deeply. Meng Yang was stunned for a moment before he circled his arms around Luo Xiu's neck and responded to him. Both of them were already deeply in love. The more they kissed, the more their hearts grew emotional, and the more they were moved. It was as if all the love in their hearts was expressed to each other through this kiss.

Luo Xiu loosened his grasp on Meng Yang and cradled his face. He looked Meng Yang in the eyes and said, "I want to keep you around and always take care of you. No matter three years or however many years later, I won't let you go. I'll have someone cancel the prenup agreement tomorrow; do you agree?"

Meng Yang was kissed until he was dizzy and his eyes were hazy, but once he heard Luo Xiu's words clearly, he nodded. "I do."

Luo Xiu kissed Meng Yang's lips again and then said, "Soon, you're going to take part in an important competition. You can't be distracted. When you finish the competition, we'll have a better and in-depth conversation about the future, okay?"

"Good," Meng Yang nodded again.

The two kissed once more.

Once Luo Xiu had soaked for half an hour, Meng Yang had him lie on the bed for incense therapy again. Covered in cloth, they fumigated the room for half an hour. Once this was over, Meng Yang asked him to turn over and lie on the aromatherapy bed. He then straddled his back to massage the acupoints and meridians with essential oils.

After massaging Luo Xiu, Meng Yang was sweating. When Luo Xiu went into the shower room to wash up, he also went back to their room and took a shower in the bathroom.

Meng Yang and his senior brothers took part in the Youth Competition in China. Over the course of three days, they had three rounds of competition. Meng Yang won first place in the competition, Yu Junchen took second, and Wu Feng performed superbly and unexpectedly came in third place. The top three students would be able to participate in the Western International Youth Competition.

Though the fragrance school of St. James University was recognized as the number one fragrance school in China, there were several other schools with strong fragrance programs. It could be said that they closely followed behind St. James University's fragrance school, and some of the students were very fierce. In order to reduce the pressure of competition and get more attention and resources, these students would specifically choose other schools.

This time, all the spots to participate in the Western International Youth Competition were occupied by their school, so it could be said that they were very popular in their school. The school administration was very happy and gave them open praise and awards.

After meeting for the praise and rewards, the students were to go to class, and those who didn't have class could just get ready to go home.

They would have a break in two days, and Meng Yang's senior brothers and sisters said they'd help him and Wu Feng celebrate. As they headed out of the school, they discussed how to celebrate.

Luo Sheng was standing outside the fragrance school, waiting for Meng Yang.

After Luo Sheng left the inn last time, he hurried to the Cheng house to discuss countermeasures with his grandfather. Under the guidance of his grandfather, he made up his mind to return to the Luo house and work in the Luo family's company as soon as possible, and try to get Luo Xiu's approval as well. But when he tried several times to go back to the main house on Longling Mountain, the guards at the foot of the mountain didn't allow him to even go up the mountain, let alone go back to the main house. As such, he could only wait outside the entrance to the fragrance school and stop Meng Yang to talk before he got in the car with his bodyguards.

Meng Yang saw Luo Sheng from afar. He subconsciously thought that Luo Sheng had come for Yu Junchen, but when he saw Luo Sheng watching him, he figured that he must be looking for him because he couldn't go back to the Luo main house. He must have wanted to find a way to get in through Meng Yang.

"Meng Yang…" Luo Sheng walked towards Meng Yang.

"What do you want to do this time?!" Wu Feng stepped in front of Meng Yang and glared fiercely at Luo Sheng.

"I want to talk to you," Luo Sheng said to Meng Yang. The disgustingly arrogant attitude he'd always had before with Meng Yang was now gone.

"He has nothing to talk about with you. Get out of here!" Wu Feng said with clear disdain on his face.

"Senior brother." Meng Yang patted Wu Feng's shoulder and said, "Go back first. I'll hear what he has to say."

Wu Feng wanted to convince Meng Yang to ignore Luo Sheng, but Meng Yang glanced at the bodyguard standing not too far away to signal that he didn't have to worry. Wu Feng still told him to be careful and not trust this person before leaving with the others.

"I don't want to just stand here and listen to you. I'm going to the coffee shop outside the Luo Group's building for some coffee, and if you want to say something, then come by yourself. I'll only give you one cup of coffee's time to speak," Meng Yang said and then walked to the parked car. The bodyguard opened the door for him, and he got in the car and left.

Luo Sheng followed them in his own car.

Meng Yang entered a spacious and comfortable private room. Once he'd ordered coffee, Luo Sheng arrived.

"What do you want to talk to me about?" Meng Yang glanced at him and asked.

"I want to apologize for what happened before," Luo Sheng said with a sincere expression.

"Which thing are you apologizing for?" Meng Yang asked after laughing for a moment.

"Everything," Luo Sheng replied. "I betrayed you by having a relationship with Junchen before I broke up with you. I brought people over to humiliate you and wanted to drive you out of the Luo family. I looked down on you and insulted you, and I apologize for all of it. I'm sorry. I was wrong before."

"So? Does it mean anything whether or not I accept your apology?" Meng Yang looked at the seemingly sincere Luo Sheng and thought that he was putting on a really good act.

"It's better for us to get along well with each other than to fight like this. I'm willing to accept the fact that you've married my father. After all, my father and I are still father and son, and this blood relationship can't be broken."

"But what good is it for me to forgive you?"

"My paternal grandmother, because of her relationship…because of a few things, she's currently unable to come back, but it's just a matter of time. If my father and I are legally separated because of your relationship, my grandmother won't spare you when she comes back. I have a bad relationship with my father because I didn't grow up with him, so he won't give me face over you. But my father has always been very filial to my grandmother. Do you think that my father will side with my grandmother or with you?"

"You're threatening me." Meng Yang already understood Luo Sheng's purpose. Luo Sheng and his grandfather had planned to not let Luo Xiu sever their relationship at least until Luo Xiu's mother returned. This is why he came to apologize so humbly and said that he wanted to get along with him peacefully. In reality, he meant to threaten him with Luo Xiu's mother.

Luo Xiu's mother was abroad, accompanying her lover for ten years while he received treatment. Her lover was still very sick, so Luo Xiu's mother wasn't willing to take even one step away from him. Even when Meng Yang and Luo Xiu got married, his mother hadn't come back. It could be seen how much Luo Xiu's mother liked and valued this lover.

"I'm not threatening you. I just don't think it's worthwhile for us to continue fighting like this, so I'd really like for us to peacefully get along."

Meng Yang sneered in his heart, but pretended to think before saying, "Although what you've said is very reasonable, I'm not willing to accept your apology so easily."

"Then what do you want?"

"I hope you can show me your sincerity."

"You say it and I'll do it."

"First of all, I am married to your father, and it's a fact that I'm your elder. I hope you'll treat me as an elder when meeting me in the future. I'm going to celebrate with my fellow students the day after tomorrow. Call Yu Junchen and your friends together, and let me see if you've really made up your mind to accept me as your elder and get along well with me."

"Good, I'll pay everything for the party then," Luo Sheng said.

"Then I'll see you the day after tomorrow." Meng Yang then got up and left. Since Luo Sheng had sent himself to Meng Yang's door on his own initiative, he'd like to see how long he could endure.

It would take time for Luo Xiu and Luo Sheng to go through the procedure to legally terminate their father-son relationship. There were two ways to go through this procedure. First was to have the father and son go in person, because many things needed to be untangled. The second was if the father suddenly found out that the child wasn't his own and needed to go through the process of breaking their legal parent-child relationship.

Meng Yang guessed that Luo Xiu would take the second choice. When the time came, he would put in for a DNA test, cut off the familial relationship, and throw it in the Cheng family's face.

After entering Luo Xiu's office, Meng Yang went over to Luo Xiu directly. Sitting down on his armrest, he put his arms around Luo Xiu's neck and told him about Luo Sheng coming to find him.

"Does your mother really hate me?" Meng Yang asked him.

Luo Xiu's hands paused in his typing as he said, "Even if she comes back, you don't have to listen to her, no matter what she says."

"But what if she bullies me? Will you go along with her, or will you protect me?" Meng Yang asked in a worried tone.

"Don't worry. Even if she is my mother, I'll protect you and won't let anyone bully you," Luo Xiu said.

"With that, I'm relieved. Thank you, Mr. Luo." Meng Yang kissed Luo Xiu's face, then got up and sat down again on Luo Xiu's leg. He looked at him and said, "I won first place in the China Youth Competition. Last time, we agreed that you'd grant me one request."

"You say it," Luo Xiu said.

"I want you to go abroad with me for the competition."

Luo Xiu opened his schedule on the computer and looked at it, and then agreed, "Okay, I'll do my best to fit it in the schedule."

"Thank you, Mr. Luo," Meng Yang said, kissing Luo Xiu.

Luo Xiu answered Meng Yang's pink lips and tongue, kissing him passionately.

The two enjoyed a vigorous kiss with the time passing quickly.

Meng Yang had assigned Luo Sheng to take him and his friends to party at the Bishui Villa of the Cheng family and to reserve this venue with no other guests allowed. Luo Sheng, with the consent of his grandfather, immediately sent people to prepare it.

On the day of the party, Luo Sheng took Yu Junchen and his friends to the Bishui Villa to wait for Meng Yang and the others. Yu Junchen thought it was just a normal party, so he invited all of his friends.

Once Yu Junchen arrived at the Bishui mountain villa, he and his friends were planning to tour the villa. However, Luo Sheng asked them to wait in the reception hall. They didn't know what they were waiting for, but they didn't ask many questions. Such a large number of people could spend a long time just chatting after all.

Yu Junchen got up and went to the table next to the freshly sliced fruit and poured himself a fresh cup of juice. Just as he was about to drink it, Luo Sheng came over to him and whispered, "No matter what happens, you shouldn't say anything. Just stay silent."

"What will happen later on?" Yu Junchen asked confusedly.

"I have to temporarily reconcile with Meng Yang right now. For the sake of a long-term future plan, I must be able to endure this much. In order to be successful, one has to bear what an ordinary person cannot," Luo Sheng said, his eyes firm.

"Meng Yang?" Yu Junchen asked in surprise. "Will Meng Yang be coming?"

"Believe me, everything is just temporary. Sooner or later, everything I do now will be doubled and returned to him! At that time, I'll make his life worse than death!" Luo Sheng ground his teeth. He said this not so much to Yu Junchen, but to himself.

Luo Sheng didn't expect Meng Yang to sincerely reconcile with him. He knew that Meng Yang wouldn't miss out on this opportunity to torture him.

When Yu Junchen was about to continue asking about what was going on, Meng Yang brought Lu Yunjing, his senior brothers, and Xiao Ke and his friends in.

Luo Sheng and Yu Junchen's friends immediately stood up once they saw them. They thought that Meng Yang had deliberately come and brought people along to make trouble.

On Meng Yang's side, apart from Lu Yunjing, no one else knew why Luo Sheng was here. Neither side gave way as they began to glare at each other.

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Luo Sheng took a deep breath and said to his friends, "Today's party was specially arranged to celebrate my little dad winning first place in his competition. All of the people who came here today will be friends in the future, so I hope you can get along well and not argue with each other anymore."

Nearly all of them were astonished by the turn of events. They looked at each other, thinking that they were either hearing things or dreaming. Otherwise, how could such things come from Luo Sheng's mouth?

Meng Yang smiled, then looked at the wine on the table next to him, motioning for Luo Sheng to get him a glass of wine.

Luo Sheng went over and poured a glass of red wine for Meng Yang.

Meng Yang looked at the wine in his hand and said, "White wine."

Before everyone's shocked eyes, Luo Sheng immediately turned to change it. Secretly taking a deep breath, he put down the red wine and poured a glass of white wine for Meng Yang.

Once he took the glass, Meng Yang said to the crowd, "Thank you for coming to celebrate with me today. As you can see, Luo Sheng and I have made up. Luo Sheng is willing to respect my status as his elder, and my heart is very happy, so I'll let go of things he did in the past. The present and future are the most important things. I'd like to have a good time today, and I hope you all have a good time and enjoy yourselves. I want to propose a toast to all of you to show my gratitude."

Meng Yang took up his glass and sipped it lightly, then gave it to Luo Sheng. He said to everyone with a smile, "Don't just stand here; it's rare to have such good weather. Go and have fun."

Though the other people still didn't understand, after Meng Yang left, they walked out in twos and threes and whispered about what was happening.

"What's wrong with Luo Sheng? Did he really acknowledge Meng Yang as his stepfather? That's impossible, isn't it?!"

"When Luo Sheng talked about Meng Yang before, he was gnashing his teeth and wanting to tear him up. Now this sudden change is too unbelievable."

"Isn't it because of the news from before?"

"But wasn't that just news without any followup? Luo Sheng's father didn't admit that the news were true."

"I need to find a chance to ask Luo Sheng what's going on."

While enjoying the scenery, Meng Yang walked into the pavilion and said to Luo Sheng, who was following him, "It's said that the mountain spring water of Bishui villa is very good. You have people make me a pot of tea with mountain spring water for me to taste."

"Yes." Luo Sheng immediately turned back and asked people to make tea for Meng Yang.

Meng Yang went into the pavilion and sat down, and Luo Sheng soon brought the tea in person.

Meng Yang opened the lid of the teapot and took a look, then said, "I don't drink green tea. It hurts my stomach. Make me a cup of black tea."

"Yes." Luo Sheng didn't say anything else, just immediately turned around and asked people to make a new pot of black tea.

Luo Sheng's actions shocked and appalled all the guests, not to mention Yu Junchen. Now he finally understood what Luo Sheng had said, but seeing Luo Sheng treat Meng Yang with respect and such a servile attitude made him feel extremely distressed and uncomfortable.

After the tea was made and delivered, Meng Yang took a sip from the cup and placed it on the stone table beside him. He said to Luo Sheng, "I hope everything you do today comes from the heart and can be maintained in the future. Then we'll be able to live in harmony without fighting. Go and talk to your friends, as they must be waiting for an explanation. I'll call you if I need anything."

"Okay," Luo Sheng nodded, then turned to his friends.

Xiao Ke went up to Meng Yang and asked in a low voice, "Have you really reconciled with Luo Sheng?"

Though Xiao Ke thought it was impossible, he was still worried.

"It's true on the surface, but not true in my heart…" Meng Yang said with a smile, "True or false, I can go back on my word at any time. Now I just want to see how much tolerance he has."

Xiao Ke immediately understood what he meant and nodded slightly, "Would you like me to test his patience for you?"

"Alright." Meng Yang agreed.

"This is just the beginning, and it's better not to go farther than is appropriate, otherwise you won't be able to play any longer," Lu Yunjing whispered.

"I know, I know the score," Xiao Ke said, "It'd be a shame if you just play with it once and don't get to play with it anymore."

((((I know the score is an idiom for I get the situation, does that need to be clarified? Or just replaced?)))) Just make a note to clarify.

Wu Feng came up to Meng Yang and said, "What's going on? Didn't you come to have fun today?"

"Senior brother, you just have to play as much as you want. You should enjoy yourself and eat; you don't need to pay attention to other things," Meng Yang said.

"Then we'll go and look around. The scenery here is really nice. If there's anything you need, you can call us." Wu Feng said.

"Okay, go ahead." Meng Yang nodded.

After drinking his tea, Meng Yang also walked around with Xiao Ke and Lu Yunjing.

Xiao Ke suddenly pointed to the watery surface of the pond and said, "Those fish are nice, with gold stripes over the red and beautiful shapes. You can see that they're expensive. Why don't you try out your son's filial piety with these fish?"

"This is the Cheng family's villa. Luo Sheng is just the grandson of the Cheng family and might not be able to act as the master and give things away here, right?" Lu Yunjing said.

"Though Luo Sheng is just his daughter's son, Old Master Cheng's expectations of him are even higher than those of the grandson in his own family (1), and his investment in Luo Sheng is more as well," Meng Yang said, "We can also take this opportunity to see to what extent Old Master Cheng is willing to compromise for his grandson, Luo Sheng."

"Shall I call him over then?" Xiao Ke asked.

Meng Yang nodded.

Xiao Ke turned and walked for a few paces, then called out, "Luo Sheng, come here for a moment."

Not only did Luo Sheng hear the call, but the others around also heard it. Seeing Luo Sheng walk by, people couldn't help but gather around, wanting to see what they wanted Luo Sheng to do.

"Luo Sheng, your little dad said that these fish in the pond are enjoyable to watch. If he likes them, he might as well take them back to enjoy them. What do you think?" Xiao Ke asked, looking at Luo Sheng.

Luo Sheng was stunned as he looked at the fish in the pond. The price of the fish was secondary, but they were difficult to buy with money. The most important thing was that his grandfather liked these fish very much and had to see them every time he came here.

"It seems impossible." Xiao Ke turned to Meng Yang and said, "I really thought that your son would be filial to you from now on."

"Meng Yang…" Yu Junchen wanted to say something, but was stopped by Luo Sheng.

"A few fish aren't worth anything. Since my little dad likes them, I'll have people grab stuff to get them. Little dad can take them home and play with them." Luo Sheng turned and pulled Yu Junchen away.

Yu Junchen looked at him, eyes wide with surprise. Those fish were his grandfather's favorite, and he didn't even get his grandfather's permission and would just send them away?

Luo Sheng wouldn't give the fish to Meng Yang without his grandfather's consent, because without his grandfather's consent, the villa's manager wouldn't let people catch them. As such, once he'd called his grandfather, he took people to fish in the pond.

After putting the fish into a white porcelain fish tank that had to be lifted by two people, they specially carried it over to Meng Yang to show him.

Meng Yang nodded in satisfaction and said, "Yes, they're even more beautiful up close. Send them to the main house on Longling Mountain, and have the housekeeper put it in my lounge."

The fish tank was carried away, and Meng Yang said that he was hungry. Luo Sheng immediately sent people to inform the kitchen, and then took them to the dining room.

Entering the classic and elegant room, Meng Yang sat at the main seat of the table, and the others divided and sat on both sides of him.

Meng Yang turned his head to look at the incense burner that was emitting smoke outside. He got up and slowly walked over, looking at it carefully. The bronze censer was just the right size, and the patterns decorating it were very beautiful. Meng Yang could clearly see that this was a very valuable antique.

Before Meng Yang spoke, Luo Sheng said, "If little dad likes it, you can take it back with you."

"Then I won't be polite with you," Meng Yang said with a smile, then walked back to sit down on the couch.

Yu Junchen's head lowered as he clenched his fists tightly. Before, he'd told Luo Sheng that he liked the censer very much. Luo Sheng told him it was a pity that his grandfather also enjoyed it very much, otherwise he'd give it to him. Meng Yang only looked at it now and Luo Sheng directly sent it to him. Although he knew Luo Sheng had his reasons, his heart was still angry.

The waiter arrived with a serving tray.

"This is boiled fish in spring water. The fish meat is soft and tender, and the fish soup is sweet and delicious. It's our signature dish here at Bishui Villa. Please have some soup to warm your stomach, then try the fish," the service personnel said to Meng Yang.

Meng Yang took a mouthful of the fish soup, nodded in contentment, then asked, "Does this fish have bones?"

"There are no pin bones (2), only a few little bones and spines. I'll help the guest pick them out."

"You don't need to." Meng Yang put the soup bowl down and looked at Luo Sheng.

"I'll do it," Luo Sheng said.

The service personnel looked at Luo Sheng, surprised, but still got up and stood aside.

Luo Sheng helped Meng Yang pick out the fish bones and spines, then put the fish meat in front of Meng Yang.

Taking a small bite with his chopsticks, Meng Yang said, "Yes, this is indeed a signature dish."

After that, Luo Sheng helped Meng Yang set up all the dishes.

Yu Junchen had no appetite. Watching Luo Sheng serving Meng Yang, he felt heartbroken and sad. Luo Sheng had told him not to say a word though, otherwise all his patience would have been in vain.

Luo Sheng's friends, looking between Luo Sheng and all the food in front of them, couldn't eat. They were very angry for Luo Sheng. Lu Yunjing and Wu Feng ate very happily, as the dishes were very tasty despite all.

"Meng Yang!" Luo Sheng's friend couldn't stand it, slamming a hand on the table and suddenly standing. He yelled at Meng Yang, "Don't go too far!"

Meng Yang slowly raised his head and coldly looked at him.

Meng Yang had deliberately asked Luo Sheng to serve him, and Luo Sheng restrained himself and earnestly served him as a filial son. However, Luo Sheng's friend couldn't help but be angry, hitting the table and scolding Meng Yang for doing too much. In fact, Meng Yang thought this wasn't much for what Luo Sheng had done to him in his previous life. If he didn't put Luo Sheng's face on the ground and step on it, it was already him being kind. It wasn't too much to ask him to serve a few dishes.

He simply looked coldly at the man and didn't speak. At this moment, he didn't need to say anything.

"Isn't it just a natural matter to be a filial son to one's father?" Xiao Ke looked at the man and said, "It's a family matter anyways. Luo Sheng didn't say anything, so why are you shouting here? You're rather nosy aren't you?"

"Luo Sheng, you're your father's own son, why should he be served by you? If you still have any guts, slap his face and drive him out of here!"

"Shut up!" Luo Sheng roared, standing up, "My business has nothing to do with you! If you don't like it, get out of here!"

"You…" Du Ming looked at Luo Sheng in disbelief and said, "I've known you since I was only a couple years old and have been your friend for more than ten years; how many of these friends are really sincere to you like this? Don't you know this in your heart?! Even real elders should respect others, but he's just deliberately torturing you! Do you think that the things you're doing will really make him let go of the past and get along with you?! Wake up!"

"I told you to mind your own business. What I do is my own concern. From today on, I don't have someone like you as a friend, get out of here!" Luo Sheng roared at him with an ugly face.

"Fine, I'll just feed my kind intentions to a dog!" Du Ming turned away in anger.

Meng Yang took a sip of fish soup and sneered. He thought to himself that this man really saw Luo Sheng as a friend, but not only was his brain a bit dull, he was also too emotional.

"I'm sorry everyone. He has such a self-righteous and hot-tempered character; please don't take it seriously." Luo Sheng said to everyone, "Don't be angry, little dad, I'll take the opportunity to teach him a lesson."

Luo Sheng's friends looked at each other, all feeling that Luo Sheng's servile posturing was too much. Not having any dignity or face, was it really worth it?

Yu Junchen's friends had been unable to figure out the situation since Meng Yang appeared. Now they were even more unsure, and therefore, were in no position to interrupt. However, they also began to worry. Even Luo Sheng had given into Meng Yang. They'd stood by Yu Junchen before because of the relationship between Yu Junchen and Luo Sheng, but now it seemed that their efforts to try and please Yu Junchen were in vain.

After dinner, Lu Yunjing, Meng Yang, and his senior brothers strolled around the villa before leaving.

Luo Sheng helped Meng Yang open the door of his car and said, "I've sent people to the main house with the things my little dad liked."

Once he was in the car, Meng Yang said, "I was very satisfied with your performance today, and I hope you can continue to maintain it in the future."

"Thank you, little dad." Luo Sheng closed the door and watched the car leave, hands trembling.

Meng Yang believed that Luo Sheng's patience was for the sake of the property of the Luo family. He knew though that Luo Sheng wasn't Luo Xiu's biological son and the Luo family's property had nothing to do with him, and that Luo Sheng couldn't obtain anything no matter how hard he strived for it. What kind of expression would he have in the future when he recalled everything happening now? Meng Yang was very happy as he imagined it and couldn't help but laugh. In this life, he wouldn't be a purely good or purely bad person. Instead, he'd be better to the good people and worse to the bad people.

Luo Sheng returned to his own room in the villa and smashed everything that could be smashed. However, the anger in his heart could not be cleared. Eyes red and veins bulging, he wanted to grab a knife and hack Meng Yang into a thousand pieces. But now he must endure this. He trembled with anger at the thought that this was only the beginning.

Yu Junchen had been standing in the corner, watching Luo Sheng destroy things and tremble in fury. He closed his eyes in pain, then walked over to hold and console Luo Sheng, "It's okay, your patience now will be worth it. You should be proud of yourself, because all sinners in life must have a period of time experiencing things that ordinary people could not bear. After you succeed, everything happening now will be proof of your perseverance."

Luo Sheng tightly hugged Yu Junchen and slowly calmed down as he listened to his words.

SMWOM 33

Meng Yang was busy not only studying, but also practicing for the overseas competition. He also had to finish his final aromatherapy licensing examination. Sometimes his brain was really worn out, so he rode his horse around Longling Mountain to relax his mind.

At the invitation of Luo Xiu's younger brother, Luo Qi, Bradley got off the car outside the gate of the mansion. He saw a noble and elegant light gold horse run by, and when he recognized the person on the horse, he was immediately stunned. It was as if he was seeing an illusion; in the bright sunlight, the exquisite and beautiful elven prince was astride a horse, and was riding towards him. How he hoped that the enchanting prince would leap down from the horse and dive into his arms.

Meng Yang was thinking about other things and didn't see Bradley as he rode away. Bradley followed Meng Yang with his eyes and didn't come back to his senses until Meng Yang receded from view.

"Mr. Bradley, please come in." Luo Qi saw that he wasn't paying attention to him, and raised his voice to call, "Mr. Bradley?"

Bradley snapped out of it and turned to look at Luo Qi.

"Come in, please." Luo Qi gestured with a hand.

"Mr. Luo, that was…" As he walked inside, he tentatively inquired. He pretended not to know Meng Yang so he could inquire about things he wanted to know.

"That's my elder brother's husband. They just recently got married," Luo Qi replied.

"Is that so? He looks very young."

"He really is very young, the same age as my elder brother's son."

"Oh?" Bradley asked, feigning surprise. "How did they meet and come to get married?"

"I don't know. My eldest brother just suddenly said he was getting married, and not only that, it was to his son's ex-lover."

"His son's ex-lover, how could that be?" Bradley truly was surprised this time.

"Come, come, come, we'll go inside and talk."

The day to depart for the competition abroad soon arrived. Luo Xiu had promised Meng Yang that he'd go abroad with him, but even if he tried his best to spare some time, he couldn't go until two days after Meng Yang would leave. However, Meng Yang and his team wouldn't immediately compete after going overseas, so it was fine for Luo Xiu to be two days late.

"You have to come to me as soon as you finish your work. You can't miss me competing, okay?" Meng Yang looked up at Luo Xiu and hugged him around the waist.

"Don't worry, I won't miss you competing," Luo Xiu replied.

Once Meng Yang and the others went abroad, there was still four or five days before the competition, so Luo Xiu had time.

Meng Yang wrapped an arm around Luo Xiu's neck as he stood on tiptoe to kiss his lips. Luo Xiu put an arm around his waist and held his chin to kiss him back.

Luo Xiu sent Meng Yang to the airport. Meng Yang reluctantly said bye to him and went to meet his senior brothers.

They went abroad to compete, representing both themselves as individuals and their school, and were accompanied by several masters. Another advantage to being a master was that even if you didn't qualify to participate in an international competition, you could still be funded by the school to go along with the students and teach as well as learn.

They arrived a few days before the competition because they wanted to visit different perfume gardens and plantations to buy some ingredients.

Once they got off the plane, no one thought that Bradley would be the one to receive them.

"Welcome, everyone." Bradley shook hands with the masters and said with a smile, "I'm in charge of reception this time. These elderly gentlemen, please come this way."

The students were all quite surprised. No matter what, a person of Bradley's status shouldn't be required to do reception work.

After watching the masters board the bus and leave, Bradley turned to the students and said, "Everyone, please get on the cars."

With the masters gone, the students couldn't suppress the excitement in their hearts. They were delighted to see the perfume icon and asked to take a picture with him.

"In the next few days, we'll meet everyday and have many opportunities for group photos. We shouldn't worry about it for now. Let's go to the hotel and rest first," Bradley said gently.

Most of the students were captivated by Bradley's gentle and polite demeanor, and in this world where same-sex marriage was okay, both males and females were fascinated by this person's charm.

Over a dozen black cars were waiting. Just as the students were about to board the cars one after another, Bradley approached Meng Yang and asked, "Would you like to take my car?"

Meng Yang looked at him and said, "No need, I'll stay with my senior brothers."

Everyone looked over at them and wondered why Bradley only invited Meng Yang.

Bradley smiled at Meng Yang and nodded, and turned to get into his car.

When the students arrived at the hotel, all the students were two to a room, and Bradley's assistant handed out the room cards to everyone.

Since the number of people was odd, Meng Yang was alone in a room. Meng Yang wasn't used to sharing a room with others, so he felt that he was lucky to have a room to himself.

When they arrived at the floor of their rooms, Meng Yang opened the door with his room card and was stunned when he entered. He looked down in thought for a moment, and turned to leave his room and went to Wu Feng and Qin Hong's room.

Meng Yang looked around Wu Feng and Qin Hong's room and said to Wu Feng, "Senior brother, I don't want to sleep in a room alone. Can I share a room with you?"

"Okay." Wu Feng didn't ask why and immediately agreed, and then said to Qin Hong, "You go to Meng Yang's room to sleep."

Because Wu Feng didn't hesitate to drive him away, Qin Hong looked at Wu Feng with a wronged look. (1)

"What are you doing? Go on," Wu Feng urged Qin Hong, and to Meng Yang, he said, "Meng Yang, give him the room card."

"Sorry, senior brother Qin," Meng Yang apologized as he gave the room card to Qin Hong.

"It's fine." Qin Hong then left with the room key.

After putting his things away, Meng Yang said to Wu Feng, "Senior brother, I'm going to make a phone call."

"Okay." Wu Feng nodded.

Meng Yang took his cellphone into the bathroom to call Luo Xiu. Once he got through to him, Meng Yang told him that he'd arrived at the hotel and that he'd rather Luo Xiu come later than have him stay up too late, and so on. They were really like a couple in love now. Even when talking about unimportant things, they could talk for a long time and were reluctant to hang up the phone. As long as they could hear each other's voice, they'd feel happy.

Though Meng Yang didn't want to hang up, he agreed to contact Luo Xiu in the evening and hung up to avoid disrupting Luo Xiu's work.

"Calling your husband?" Wu Feng asked Meng Yang as he came out of the bathroom.

"En." Meng Yang smiled and nodded as he sat down on the sofa.

"It seems that you really like President Luo," Wu Feng said as he looked at Meng Yang's face. "It's just a phone call and you have such a happy and sweet expression."

Meng Yang just smiled and didn't respond. He and Mr. Luo could be said to really be in love now. Though Mr. Luo hadn't outwardly loved him, Meng Yang was able to feel the affection in his responses recently.

Qin Hong came in and said, "It's time to eat."

Meng Yang and Wu Feng both got up. When they were about to leave, Qin Hong glanced at Meng Yang and said, "Just now, Bradley knocked on the door and announced that it was time to go down for dinner. He was obviously very surprised to see that the one who opened the door was me. Moreover, the room you got was a luxury suite."

"What's going on?" Wu Feng looked doubtfully at Meng Yang.

"Do you need help?" Qin Hong asked and also looked at Meng Yang.

Meng Yang thought for a moment and said, "I don't know what his purpose is. I'm guessing he wants me to help him guess prices and bid for ingredients. I don't want to accept his special treatment, so I randomly gave the room to senior brother Qin."

"Why do I feel like that's not the case? He's not interested in you, is he?" Wu Feng said.

Meng Yang was shocked for a moment, then said, "It's not clear what his purpose is, but I'll find a chance to ask him. Before I know what he wants, if he does anything inappropriate, senior brothers can help me block it according to the situation."

"I understand. Let's go then, we still have to eat," Wu Feng said.

They headed down to the hotel's restaurant to have dinner, and Bradley ended up not coming because of an unexpected incident.

On the morning of the second day, the masters went to participate in the international conference. According to the original plan, the students were to go to a plantation to see the growth process of various plants used to make perfume. Bradley came to pick them up and told them he'd take them to his private island to visit his perfume garden.

After hearing this, all the students felt this was an unexpected blessing, and were excited and full of anticipation.

Meng Yang bowed his head in thought. He didn't want to be dramatic and say that Bradley did these things because he liked him, but it was certain that Bradley would never do these things without a reason. No matter his purpose, he had to be on guard in order to not fall into Bradley's trap.

They set out to the port from the hotel, and then boarded the ship to head over to Bradley's private island. While on the ship, Meng Yang was with Wu Feng and Qin Hong. He'd seen Bradley glancing at him several times, and even when he'd been caught, he had continued to look directly at Meng Yang rather than avoiding his sight.

After arriving at Bradley's private island, the students excitedly got off the ship as they couldn't wait to explore the island.

"Please, don't worry students. I'll have someone take you to rest and eat something, and then I'll take you around for a tour," Bradley smiled. "In fact, the main reason for inviting you all here today was because I wanted to ask Meng Yang for some help. If I invited him to come here alone, he certainly wouldn't want to come, so I changed the original itinerary. I hope you all don't mind."

All the students looked at Meng Yang and thought that it was Meng Yang's good fortune that brought them to Bradley's private island. Even so, they were very happy.

Wen Yuan's face immediately changed. If he had known that it was because of Meng Yang that they could visit Bradley's island, he wouldn't have come here. Yu Junchen slightly lowered his head, with no expression on his face, and no one knew what he was thinking.

"I'd like to briefly introduce this island to you. This island is called Siris (2). Translated, this means lover, as this island is very charming and fascinating. Once you've explored it, you'll understand what I mean." Bradley looked at Meng Yang and said, "I've been studying your Eastern aromatherapy for the past two years. Meng Yang, I hope you can help me confirm the quality of several ingredients with your sensitive sense of smell. As a thank you, I can take you to see my private studio and collection room."

Most of the students looked at Meng Yang enviously.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Bradley. I'm still a student and can't help people judge the quality of ingredients well. It's better for Mr. Bradley to ask a more professional person to assess them." Meng Yang had already seen that the reason Bradley gave was just an excuse.

"You're too modest. I believe your strength has reached a professional level," Bradley said while looking deeply at Meng Yang.

If Meng Yang didn't understand the meaning in his eyes, then he really was stupid. Even Yu Junchen could see that Bradley liked Meng Yang.

Bradley didn't say anything else. He asked the students to get into the cars that would take them to the old castle in the middle of the island.

Bradley personally opened the door of Meng Yang's car and waited for him to board. Meng Yang was about to get in, then looked at his actions and stopped.

"Thank you, Mr. Bradley." Wu Feng went ahead of Meng Yang and got in the car.

"Thank you." Qin Hong also nodded to Bradley and got in.

Meng Yang got in the car last.

Facing this situation, Bradley just smiled and helped them close the door.

The students looked out the windows to admire the beautiful scenery that looked like an oil painting. They could help but appreciate it as they chatted and talked about Meng Yang.

"I didn't expect that we were able to come here because of Meng Yang."

"It's not that surprising, is it? Before we came here, the teacher said that Meng Yang should be able to place very well this time. Isn't it normal that a genius like Meng Yang would be valued by other international masters?"

"Yes, there are many benefits to his talent. We admire him too."

"Among Master Xu and Master Lin's students, I thought Yu Junchen would be the one that attracted the most attention. Meng Yang suddenly emerged though, and now even Yu Junchen is no match for him."

"It's obvious now that Meng Yang is better than Yu Junchen, but no one can say for sure about what will happen later on. Maybe Yu Junchen will break through and surpass Meng Yang again."

Wen Yuan sat in the car and said coldly, "If we'd known that Bradley was only inviting us to come here for Meng Yang, we shouldn't have come. It seems like we're receiving benefits from his light. Who cares about his light?"

"Everyone else wanted to come, so it would be useless for us to oppose it. We can't act alone," Zhao Zhi said.

Wen Yuan was very happy when they were on the ship. He thought they were lucky to be invited to visit Bradley's private island, but now that he knew the reason behind this good fortune, he wasn't happy.

Yu Junchen was looking out of the window while lost in thought, recalling the look in Bradley's eyes as he looked at Meng Yang. He was sure that Bradley liked Meng Yang. However, with the lesson from last time, he didn't dare act rashly this time. He felt that he'd really made a mistake. If he hadn't rashly told Luo Sheng that someone had entered Meng Yang's room as opposed to thinking of a way to use the information so that it could be used against him, maybe things would be totally different now.

After eating and drinking in the castle and resting for a while, they began to tour the island. As Bradley said, the island had great charm. The more they saw of the island, the more fascinated they became.

Though Meng Yang refused to help Bradley check the quality of his ingredients, Bradley still invited Meng Yang to visit his studio alone, and Meng Yang refused again.

That evening, Bradley went to Meng Yang's room and said he wanted to talk to him. After thinking it over for a while, Meng Yang thought that it would be better to talk to him. He asked Wu Feng to go to Qin Hong's room for a while and come back in ten minutes. (3)

"What do you want to say?" Meng Yang asked Bradley.

"You should understand my feelings for you, so you've been avoiding me, right?" Bradley said very frankly.

"I want to remind you, Mr. Bradley, that I'm married," Meng Yang said seriously and solemnly. "Keeping a proper distance from me is respectful to both me and to yourself."

"You really don't need to be so guarded against me. I won't do anything to you until you get divorced. For now, I just want to be friends with you, but I hope you can give me the chance to pursue you after you divorce your present husband."

"What makes you think I'm going to divorce my husband?" Meng Yang said unhappily.

"After you broke up with your ex-boyfriend, you very quickly married his father. Before that, you and your husband didn't know each other, so you couldn't have married for love. Though I've never been able to figure out what benefits getting married to him brings you, I can guess that it's very likely just a transaction; a marriage only in name."

"I'm not obligated to respond to your guesses, as what you think is your business, not mine. All you need to know is that I love my husband and we'll be together forever. There's absolutely no chance of divorce, so even if you want a chance, it's impossible," Meng Yang said firmly.

"You love your husband, but he doesn't necessarily love you. You haven't even joined together as a married couple. How long can your marriage last just with your wishful thinking?" Bradley asked.

"Mr. Bradley!" Meng Yang said sharply. "Your words have crossed the line, what qualifications do you have to comment on and judge my marriage with my husband?! I don't think I have anything else to say to you, so please leave!"

Bradley suddenly laughed and said happily, "If you don't deny it right away, then it proves that my guess is right. You and your husband really haven't consummated your marriage yet."

Meng Yang was really angry now. He took out his mobile phone and dialed Luo Xiu's number, wanting to ask Luo Xiu to send someone to pick him up.

"Hello, Mr. Luo, I'm on the island Siris right now, can you have someone…" Meng Yang's words weren't yet finished when his mobile phone was taken away by Bradley.

"Give it back to me!" Meng Yang demanded angrily.

"Meng Yang?" Luo Xiu's voice could be heard from the phone.

Bradley held Meng Yang's cellphone and looked at him seriously, saying, "Since you and your husband are married in name only, is it not better to divorce as soon as possible?"

Meng Yang suddenly stood up and grabbed for his cellphone.

Meng Yang punched Bradley away and snatched his cell phone back. Seeing the call had been hung up, he tried to dial back only to find the cell phone had no signal.

"What did you do?" glaring at Bradley Meng Yang demanded.

"Is there no signal?" Bradley rubbed his face where he'd been hit, "If there is no signal, a storm is about to come. It'll take at least a day and a night for it to pass. In other words, until the day after tomorrow, you won't be able to go back. But don't worry, such a storm usually won't exceed three days, so you won't miss the competition."

Soon after Bradley spoke, a strong wind swept in from the floor-to-ceiling windows lifting the heavy curtains completely. The timing was just perfect giving the illusion as if Bradley controlled it.

Meng Yang was so enraged that he grabbed Bradley from his collar and started beating him again.

Bradley never expected Meng Yang to take action on him, let alone his strength to be so powerful.

Although Bradley practised martial arts since he was a child and was better than Meng Yang, he was reluctant to fight back. So the only thing he could do was to evade and block Meng Yang's fists. However, it was inevitable that in between dodges there would be hits he couldn't avoid.

When Wu Feng entered the room, the first thing he saw was Meng Yang beating Bradley. He was taken aback a moment, then rushed to hug Meng Yang pulling him away.

"Meng Yang, stop it! Calm down!" still keeping his hold on him Wu Feng questioned: "What happened?"

Panting, Meng Yang slowly pushed Wu Feng away, looking at Bradley he uttered: "Get out!"

"Sorry, I didn't expect you to be so angry." Bradley glanced at Meng Yang apologetically.

"I told you to get out!" Meng Yang coldly retorted.

Bradley had no choice but to leave, he planned to have a good talk with him tomorrow after Meng Yang had calmed down. He felt that his biggest mistake today was not expecting Meng Yang's temper to be so hot.

He had countless calculations, even estimated the time the storm would arrive, but he never expected the usually calm and self-sufficient Meng Yang to actually deal with him so straightforwardly.

Raising his hand to touch his face once again Bradley couldn't help but smile. He felt that he might be hiding a bit of a masochist tendency. After being beaten by Meng Yang, he actually liked him even more. Even felt that fiery appearance of Meng Yang was pretty cute.

The wind outside continued getting louder and more powerful, a heavy rainstorm had begun to fall. After Wu Feng went over and closed the French windows, he glanced at Meng Yang and asked,

"What the hell is going on? Why did you fight? No, why did you start beating him?"

Sitting down on the sofa, Meng Yang glanced at the phone with no signal left. "We won't be able to leave here till day after tomorrow."

Wu Feng turned his head to stare out of the French window again. After sitting on the opposite of Meng Yang he chatted:

"This weather changed way too fast. Where did this storm suddenly come from? If this wind and rain get worse tomorrow, we won't be able to go out temporarily.

Besides, won't the weather stay the same at least a few days in a row? That'll make us miss the competition right?! I wouldn't have come if I knew this earlier."

"Bradley told me it will stop by day after tomorrow. He's a judge of the competition. If we can't participate, he'll have to be responsible, so it should not be a lie."

"That's good." Wu Feng was relieved. He originally wanted to continue asking Meng Yang why he had beaten up Bradley, but seeing him not in a mood to talk, he didn't.

Meng Yang sat in a daze. Every word Bradley said a while ago made him angry. He had waited and endured for so many years in his previous life but still failed to be with Luo Xiu.

It could have been his hard persistence that got him God's pity allowing him to be reborn.

And now after finally having the opportunity to start a happy life with Luo Xiu again, anyone who dared to curse him to divorce Luo Xiu would be considered an enemy of him.

Meng Yang knew Bradley had underestimated him. He must have believed that by playing some petty tricks and showing a bit of romance, he would leave a good impression of him.

He was not Yu Junchen; who was already in a relationship with Luo Sheng but knowing Wen Yuan liked him, still ambiguous with him as well, enjoying the feeling of being loved by both men.

At night the noise of the storm got stronger in the passing, letting out roars which could scare children into crying sounding as if a monster deep in the sea was trying to break out.

Staring at his mobile, Meng Yang stayed up all night. Another reason which made him furious that time was those words 'Luo Xiu didn't love him' which stung his heart.

It was true that he and Luo Xiu didn't marry each other because they fell in love. Although Luo Xiu has shown his feelings for him during this period, Meng Yang still feels a little uneasy as he hadn't personally expressed it.

After getting hung up on Meng Yang's call, Luo Xiu called him back more than a dozen times in a row. Not once did it manage to get connected, so he directly contacted the hotel and Lin Songtai. Several phone calls later, he was informed that Meng Yang had been taken away by Bradley.

Within two hours, Luo Xiu arrived at the airport and boarded his private jet to go abroad.

As Meng Yang couldn't sleep, he just got up from the bed, sat on the sofa and watched the storm outside getting bigger and bigger.

Even when it was time for the sky to be bright, the outside was still very dark, there were no signs of the storm diminishing.

Even if Luo Xiu rushed to this country overnight, he surely won't be able to reach this island today, so although he really missed Luo Xiu at the moment, Meng Yang comprehended that he might come and pick him up tomorrow.

While breakfast, Bradley reassured everyone that the storm would pass by nightfall, so they would definitely be able to leave tomorrow not missing the competition.

The other students were not in a rush to leave, especially after being reassured by Bradley.

They actually felt fortunate being able to linger another day. Not only the castle they resided in was extremely beautiful, but there were also a lot of artworks from Bradley's collection they could enjoy.

Even if one doesn't do anything and simply sit in the hall in a daze, they could still live a happy life here being treated as if they were from the royal family of this country.

Bradley kept glancing at Meng Yang. He wanted to have a good chat with him but Meng Yang sat in the hall motionless, not even returning back to his room. Wu Feng and Qin Hong sat on each side of him making it impossible for Bradley to find an opportunity to talk to him alone.

Around noon, while Bradley was still pondering on how to get Meng Yang to be less vigilant and not be so defensive and resistant to him, a group of people suddenly strolled in through the front door making everyone resting in the hall stunned.

Meng Yang was taken aback for a moment, then stood up swiftly ran towards Luo Xiu. "Uncle Luo!"

Staring at Luo Xiu he expressed, "How did you arrive? Took a plane? It is too dangerous to travel in this kind of weather!"

Luo Xiu carefully observed the expression on Meng Yang's face holding it. Seeing that he had no other feelings of grievance apart from Meng Yang's concern for him, he momentarily relieved his heart. He took Meng Yang into his arms and kissed his forehead.

Meng Yang felt the slight tremble of Luo Xiu's lips. Taken aback, he looked up at Luo Xiu and exclaimed, "Uncle Luo..."

Meanwhile, a woman in formal clothes walked towards Bradley,

"Bradley, you are being too mischievous. Even after knowing that there will be storms these two days, you actually brought these students to the island without any authorization!"

She looked at him and taught: "Can you bear the responsibility if something happened to any of them?!"

Bradley looked at his sister, "I will naturally be responsible for their safety. Since I brought them here, I can guarantee that nothing will happen to them. " he responded calmly.

Glaring at Bradley, "Saying this is easy, Let's see how you are going to be responsible this time!" Isali replied.

"Speaking of which, in such a big storm, planes can't fly, even the ships can't go to sea, how did you get here?" Bradley inquired curiously.

"You can't go in the sky, you can't go on the sea, but you seem to have forgotten that you can go in the sea." Hugging Meng Yang, Luo Xiu walked towards Bradley.

"Submarine?!" Bradley was astounded.

Luo Xiu actually used a submarine in order to pick Meng Yang back one day earlier. This was not something similar to a private jet, as long as someone with special money can possess it. Luo Xiu must have paid a considerable price for borrowing the submarine.

Luo Xiu stared at him and answered, "I heard that you are a very intelligent person. But why couldn't you consider that after removing two of the three possibilities, the only one left would be the correct answer?"

Bradley was unwilling to show weakness and gawked: "Director Luo is really daring, but is this necessary? I just brought the students to visit the island and didn't plan on doing anything. Director Luo chasing him down like this. Is it because you are not very confident?"

"It seems that you really haven't loved before, so you can't possibly understand how I feel. For people who truly love each other, their other half refers to half of their own life. Nothing is more precious than one's life. When the safety of the other half of my life cannot be determined, I must quickly get it back at any cost."

Meng Yang looked up at Luo Xiu, his eyes slowly becoming wet.

When other students overheard Luo Xiu's words, they were shocked to discover how deeply Luo Xiu loved Meng Yang.

Invisible sparks flashed between Luo Xiu and Bradley's eyes, the atmosphere of the confrontation between these two made people beside them nervous.

However, Bradley was nearly ten years younger than Luo Xiu and didn't have the extra dozen years of experience in controlling the overall situation, compared with Luo Xiu's momentum, he was bound to lose.

Yu Junchen looked at this scene before him, then looked at Meng Yang, Silently putting his head down in thought. Two men with extraordinary appearances and extraordinary status were diametrically opposed for Meng Yang, although he also has two people who loved him deeply at the same time, he didn't know why he just felt a little envious of Meng Yang.

Luo Xiu took Meng Yang and went back, the other students were left to leave tomorrow by ship after the storm had passed.

"You want me and dad to clean up the mess after you caused all this trouble?"

Glaring at Bradley Isalie spoke,

"Dad and elder brother have cooperations with Luo Xiu's company. It's been going on for more than a year now. But now that you offended him, their cooperation will most likely discontinue. If all the preparations that took time, effort, and money failed, you'd better bear the consequences yourself!"

"Luo Xiu is essentially a born businessman, he'll have to bear great losses if he terminates the cooperation, so he'll definitely take care of the overall situation and won't be so arrogant."

"Besides, I didn't do anything to Meng Yang, simply wanted to test him out. It's just a momentary thing." Bradley whispered, "Though it seems that all it was self-defeating..."

"It's easy for you to say. Even if he doesn't cooperate with dad and eldest brother, there are a lot of people in line he can cooperate with. Others are waiting and you create opportunities for them. See how dad will clean you up this time!"

Bradley avoided his sister's eyes with a guilty conscience, then turned back to return to his room.

After Luo Xiu brought Meng Yang back to the hotel, as soon as he entered the room, he pressed Meng Yang to the bed and kissed him deeply.

Meng Yang circled his arms around his neck. Because he was kissed too hard, he could only accept it with his mouth open and not respond. He felt smug and infatuated by Luo Xiu's kiss. When he recovered a little bit, he found that his clothes and underwear had already been taken off.

"Uncle Luo ..." Meng Yang leaned his chin and hugged Luo Xiu's shoulders, feeling a little nervous because he knew what Luo Xiu was going to do next.

Luo Xiu abruptly paused and looked at Meng Yang firmly, "Meng Yang."

"You have no more chances to regret it anymore, now or in the future, even if one day you found that your feelings for me are not true love, even if there will be s a person who is more suitable for you than I am, even if you fall in love with someone else in the future, I will definitely not let you go. Even if you want to go, I must hold you by my side!"

After Meng Yang came to him, his state of mind began to change before he even realized it. For so many years, he deemed he had accustomed to loneliness. Believed that his closed heart would never allow anyone to come in, but the little guy under him just squeezed right in through a crack of his heart. Like an unreasonable little robber, he occupied his whole heart marking his territory.

With tears in his eyes, Meng Yang said: "I'll never regret it. I'm going to pester you forever. Even when I die, I'll be buried with you. No one can separate me from you. Not even you."

No one understood better than Meng Yang, how much he loves Luo Xiu. He had been living in a hellish life, struggling for fifteen years just so he could wait for Luo Xiu to find him. The love in his heart has still not been extinguished. How could he easily let go of the happiness he finally gained in this life?

Because these two were determined to love each other until the day they die, the emotions and feelings of their love had reached to a point of extreme. The words of affection they expressed were uttered as if they were speaking with an enemy.

After kissing and hugging each other, they expressed their love with actions. From here on, there will be no distance among them, as they tightly combined together becoming a real couple.

Meng Yang laid in Luo Xiu's arms sideways, breathing hard. Because he had cried a lot, his face still had tears on it. Although he was in pain at that time, he had also felt extreme pleasure. In the end, this was in fact his first time. The experience mixed with pain and pleasure had been too stimulating for him, that he couldn't help but cry.

Because Meng Yang's voice had become hoarse, Luo Xiu got out of bed and poured a glass of warm water. Holding Meng Yang in his arms, he helped him drink bit by bit.

After Luo Xiu put the drinking glass on the bedside table, he laid down to hug Meng Yang. Burying his face on his lover's neck, he enjoyed inhaling the fragrance his body emitted seriously.

Luo Xiu used to think that this alluring sweet smell that could make his entire body hot would only be emitted when Meng Yang fell asleep. But after doing it, he realised, the sweet smell on his lover's body now smelled even better, making him feel addicted.

Meng Yang hugged Luo Xiu tightly, his body still trembling lightly as the aftershocks from the sensations he underwent a while ago hadn't receded.

"Uncle Luo, let's have a baby as soon as possible." Meng Yang spoke in his hoarse voice.

"Well, it's really high time to have my own child now." Luo Xiu replied. Now that they are in a veritable husband and wife relationship, Luo Xiu feels that he was at the age where he should have his own child. Moreover, his current ability and strength were enough to protect Meng Yang and their children to have a stable life. He has been tolerant for so many years, the plans to deal with the Cheng family can now begin.

"Your own child?" Meng Yang asked, pretending to be puzzled: "Don't you already have one? I know you don't like Luo Sheng, but the blood relationship between you two can't be broken."

Luo Xiu sat up, gathering Meng Yang into his arms before he spoke: "Luo Sheng is not my son. His mother got pregnant after having an affair with her ex-boyfriend. They were forced to break up because the man was too poor. Both I and Luo Sheng's mother were forced to marry by our families. I was still young at that time. So I thought, even if there is no love, we still can live in a respectful relationship. But Luo Sheng's mother was too arrogant and bossy, her personality was really unbearable. After considering again, I decided to stay as far as possible from that woman in the future. Because of this, there were several times we were forced into the same room by our families. She took advantage of one of these times and gave me tea with medicine in it. I knew exactly what she was up to, but I deliberately didn't expose her. So I was fully conscious the whole time. Though nothing happened between us, soon after she actually became pregnant."

"Then why didn't you tell the truth?" Meng Yang asked.

"At the time I presumed that as neither of us married voluntarily, or even had any feelings for each other, it was no big deal even if she was pregnant with someone else's child. It really didn't weigh on my heart. Plus the power the Cheng family held back then was higher than ours, and my dad was not as shrewd and tactical as the old man Cheng, so if this matter was exposed, it would actually bring no benefit to our family.

I wanted to finish my studies, get my own standing and then find another reason to divorce Luo Sheng's mother. I planned on waiting till she gets back with her ex-boyfriend to disclose that Luo Sheng is not my biological son. Just that, before I graduated, my dad passed away making me the one to carry the Luo family's business on my shoulder.

Luo family's company was in crisis by the time my dad passed away. When the Cheng family saw this, they immediately started making trouble for our company, trying to take it down. They actually tried to crush our Lou Family business to the ground. At first, I thought Old man Cheng did this after knowing Luo Sheng was not my son. But after so many trials, I realised he didn't know. Because when the crisis was successfully turned over, he still had the dream of letting Luo Sheng inherit the Luo family's business."

Meng Yang raised his head, looking at him in distress. "All these years, you must have felt a lot of anger and suffered a lot." touching Luo Xiu's face with his hand he replied.

"It's all over." Luo Xiu answered calmly, but those few words contained a sadness an ordinary person could not understand.

"It would have been nice if I could be by your side at the time." Meng Yang wished if he could face all those hard days with Luo Xiu.

"You came to me at the best time." Kissing the palm of his hand Luo Xiu responded, "I don't want you to endure hardships with me. I want you to live a happy life every day. If I had met you at that time, I wouldn't be able to care for you at all, I wouldn't even be able to be with you."

Retracting from Luo Xiu's arms, Meng Yang leaned his head on his shoulders, saying: "Since Luo Sheng is not your son, we'll announce the truth after we have a baby so they can genuinely feel the smell of the broken dream. Uncle Luo, I want to get pregnant soon, you'll have to put more effort."

"Is it the kind of effort that doesn't stop even when your throat is hoarse after crying too hard?" Luo Xiu questioned.

"It's the kind of effort that would make me pregnant." Kissing him on the mouth, Meng Yang leaned back into his arms and got ready to sleep.

He hadn't slept a wink the night before, and now they had just done it. After such strenuous exercise, he was honestly too tired and needed to sleep.

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Until the Competition began, Meng Yang didn't interact with his classmates anymore. Luo Xiu helped him ask leave from Lin Songtai and took him to the hotel where the Competition would be held.

The hotel was located in a botanical garden, so the area was extremely large and exquisite. Except for a few tall buildings, the rest of the hotel was made of small villas. During the daytime, Meng Yang and Luo Xiu occasionally went outside for a walk, and they spent the rest of their time in the room, working very hard to create another human. (TN: Ah, my heart. ( ✧Д✧) YES! )

Two days later, Meng Yang went to meet Wu Feng and several masters who had come.

Wu Feng looked at Meng Yang's face and said to him, "It's only been a few days, but your face seems to have changed."

"How has it changed?" Meng Yang questioned doubtfully.

"How do you put a word on it? I feel like it's glowing. You look even better than before." Wu Feng answered.

Meng Yang smiled, thinking that if his face was really glowing, it would definitely be a joyous light.

Before the start of the competition, some preparations must be made. Participants from other countries have arrived in succession, and reporters were busy conducting interviews.

Several masters and students casually entered a lounge, waiting for the organising staff to come and take them over to see how the auditorium was arranged, so when the game starts tomorrow, they won't be pushed around.

Suddenly a few staff walked towards them quickly. At first, they thought that the staff were here to take them to see the auditorium, but instead, they hurriedly announced; "Sorry, please hurry and clear this area."

"Did something happen?" One of the masters questioned in confusion.

"Celsey is here for an interview. It'll only take five minutes. You can come in again after five minutes. Please, now leave quickly." The staff answered hastily.

"Quick, quick!" A staff member urged them again: "Celsey's car is about to arrive at the door. He doesn't like crowded places. If he sees so many of you sitting here, he'll surely not be interviewed, so don't freeze here, go out quickly!"

As the staff member was too anxious, their tone of speech and attitude became very bad. Although several masters were unhappy, they didn't want to care about these people who were just following instructions. So they got up and took the students away.

After they walked outside the lobby, they noticed a lot of reporters waiting behind the entrance. Three black cars stopped outside the lobby. After a few bodyguards got off, they opened the door of the front car letting out a blond, blue-eyed, masked youth. This was Celsey, the winner of the last two consecutive years.

The bodyguards drove the reporters away and escorted Celsey inside. A large group of people walked into the lounge where Meng Yang and his classmates had just been sitting.

"Such a big contest." Wu Feng spoke, his lips curled. He was still unhappy about being kicked out by those staff with bad attitudes.

"Who named him the winner of the last two years in a row? Plus, he will most likely win first place this year." Meng Yang replied with a smile.

The rest of the lounges were occupied by people, as they were too lazy to change places, they waited outside the lounge area. Only after half an hour later did Celsey finish his interview and leave. A staff member finally took them to see their allocation in the auditorium where they would be having the competition the next day.

After arriving at the seats assigned to them in the auditorium, the faces of the masters became even more displeased, this year they had three students participating in the competition, but the position was even further back than last year.

But there was no way for them to complain, none of the students participated in the competition last year even entered the top ten. And all the students competing this year are partaking in an international competition for the first time. In addition, the organizer this year had been changed, so this outcome was inevitable.

When the staff gave them the audience review cards, even though there should have been six qualified cards, only four were given to them. The school had finally won the quota for the audience review, but now, two of them were inexplicably missing. Of course, on such things, it was necessary to clarify what was going on.

When asked, the staff member evaded vaguely, saying that the administration above him only gave the four concessions, and slipped away stating that he was very busy.

At this, not only the faces of the masters were particularly ugly, even the students had black faces.

Lin Songtai glanced at Meng Yang and wanted to say a few words to him, but didn't want to put too much pressure on him. So the words which almost came out of his mouth were held in. Meng Yang however clearly understood what he expected, and decided he would fight for this injustice.

Everyone returned to their rooms with a stomach full of anger.

Internationally recognised masters such as Lin Songtai and Xu Wangya truly should not be treated in such ways. However, the difference between the fragrance culture of Western countries and the fragrance culture of Eastern countries were enormous, so the status of Masters like Lin Songtai and others were lower in the Western Fragrance Academy than in the Oriental Fragrance Academy.

The incense burning that has been handed down from ancient times of Eastern countries had nearly no market in the Western countries where they only liked perfumes, fragrances, and essential oils.

The perfume manufacturing industry in Western countries was extremely developed, while internationally renowned perfume brands in the Eastern counties were very few. Another point was that the incense culture in Eastern countries was something that mainly rich people could afford. It was not as simple as a perfume to understand, and it was not as convenient as the perfume to use, so it was less common than perfume.

In Eastern countries Perfumes has an enormous market, as anyone could use perfume regardless of whether or not they understood perfume, furthermore, there were perfumes at any price. Basically, it could be said that unlike incense everyone could afford it. Even if one doesn't do a good understanding, they won't be criticized and accused.

They were taking part in the Western International Youth Perfuming Competition, which mainly focused on making perfumes. In terms of studying fragrances, Masters such as Lin Songtai and Xu Wangya actually had higher qualifications than Bradley, yet Bradley was one of the main judges of this international competition, while these two masters could only be an audience review, and even the qualification of the audience review was very difficult to obtain.

Meng Yang knew the influence their Easterners had in the Western perfume industry was low, but he never knew that it was this low. Judging from the expressions of several Masters, they were especially despised after changing the organiser this year.

They should have received six qualification cards for audience review, but only four were given. Where did the other two go? Meng Yang suspected that the staff member must have sold the missing two cards to another with the way he evaded them at that time.

Originally, Meng Yang wanted to take part in the competition with ease, but now he was more restrained, determined to win beautifully.

The next day, before the game started, Luo Xiu sent Meng Yang outside the contestants' lounge.

"Don't be nervous and don't feel psychological pressure. It's good enough to play normally. I believe in your strength." Luo Xiu earnestly kissed Meng Yang's forehead as a blessing.

"Yeah." Meng Yang nodded with a smile.

Luo Xiu wanted to let Meng Yang go in, but looking at Meng Yang's face, he couldn't help but raise his chin and kiss those lips.

Wu Feng and Yu Junchen who were standing behind saw this scene and couldn't help turning their heads away. Wu Feng was embarrassed to look at them, while Yu Junchen's emotions were more complicated. So far, although he knew how much Luo Xiu doted Meng Yang, he did not expect Luo Xiu to genuinely love Meng Yang and love him so deeply.

In response to Luo Xiu's kiss, Meng Yang closed his eyes. After the two kissed for a while, Meng Yang's lips looked rosier when they separated.

"I'm going in." Meng Yang spoke.

"Go." looking at him Luo Xiu replied.

Meng Yang turned around and walked into the lounge with Wu Feng while Yu Junchen walked in behind them.

In the lounge, there were two spaces separated by a glass wall. Inside the glass wall, Celsey leaned on a large leather sofa to rest, while a few bodyguards stood outside. Celsey was inside the lounge alone while the other contestants waited outside.

Meng Yang and Wu Feng looked at each other, then found a place to sit down.

After sitting down, Meng Yang talked to Wu Feng in a low voice and suddenly felt that someone was looking at him. But turning back at the direction of the look, he could only see Celsey with his eyes closed and resting.

Meng Yang was a person who had lived with just his sense of smell and touch for more than ten years, so he knew that his feeling of being watched must not be wrong. Although Celsey had his eyes closed now, he definitely must have been watching him just now.

When the time for the competition was up, the organiser opened the door to the competition area and invited Celsey in first before letting other contestants enter the passage.

This treatment was impossible to get simply because he had won first place in the previous two years. Another reason for the organiser to be especially good towards Celsey was that perfume blended by him got the highest sales last year and the organiser had a business relationship with Celsey's company. So it was natural to treat the genius who could make them a lot of money well.

The sense of smell of these participants' was very sensitive, hence a glass separated the competition area from the audience. If not, having too many people would affect the performance of the participants.

In fact, a competition such as this was not entertaining. Still, nearly a thousand spectators from all over the world had come as the audience, and almost each one of them had rich backgrounds.

Most of these contestants were well known in their own countries. However, whether the audience was here to support these contestants or was an extreme lover of perfume wanting to witness this year's youth championship, one thing which was common was that them being a fan of Celsey.

In the competition area, more than a dozen Trapezoid display stands were kept in a row. Each one contained 20 or 30 kinds of single-scented perfumes in small brown bottles. Every contestant could choose ten to fifteen fragrances among these. Then blended these different scents were on-site. After the blending was completed, the main judges would rate them first, and the top ten with the highest scores would be voted by a hundred audience members from all over the world, choosing the winner among those.

After announcing the start of the competition, the president of the International Fragrance Association announced the theme of this year's competition as "Dream". Contestants immediately walked to the brown glass bottles and opened the caps one by one to select the fragrance they needed.

What was the significance of such a game? This game was mainly created as there were countless so-called perfume geniuses constantly appearing all over the world, and people kept debating whether these geniuses were worthy of their titles. Therefore, they simply gathered all the youngsters with the title of genius's together and then limited the scents letting them create a perfume to a theme. Lastly, they compared them to each other to find out who deserves the title of a genius among these youngsters.

In those brown bottles, although the liquid of the fragrance was extracted from the same plant, the quality of each plant was not necessarily the same, this test was to check the contestants' olfactory sensitivity and quotient, and the level of understanding of the raw materials.

After choosing, they could bring the fragrance they wanted to a countertop which had many utensils provided and start mixing. This was where the real talent of the contestant was actually tested. Not only would the order of mixing different scented liquids differ, but the ratio would also be different, and this made the final product diverse.

Some people took test tubes and droppers to confirm the ratio carefully, then carefully poured the liquid into the measuring cup according to their preferences, stirred gently with a stirring rod, and fanned the air with their hands to confirm the scent. If they believed that this was not the fragrance of their desire, they could restart the blending. In short, they could blend perfumes as many times they wanted within the prescribed time.

Because there were so many bottles and it took time to open them one by one, Meng Yang spent most of his time choosing perfumes with single fragrances. After choosing, he covered the table with the black cloth provided as the contestants' recipes should not be seen.

Meng Yang didn't use a test tube or a dropper but directly poured the single-scented perfumes of his choice into the measuring cup based on his feelings. Every time he added something, he would close his eyes and concentrate on smelling it.

Only the main judges were allowed to sit inside the glass wall. Bradley, who was grounded for the past two days by his father could only get out because he was a judge. He was almost thirty this year but he was still grounded. Bradley felt ridiculous every time he thought about it.

His gaze was only set on Meng Yang and the love in his heart could not be suppressed. What annoyed him the most was why didn't he meet Meng Yang earlier? Why was it only after the other was married and fell in love with his husband that he met him? Was fate teasing him?

Celsey glanced up at Bradley, then shifted to look at Meng Yang following Bradley's gaze. He paused for a moment, his thoughts unknown. Then lowered his head and continued to concentrate on developing his perfume.

Meng Yang put his prepared perfume into a clean, small, dark brown bottle, wrote his name and number on the label, pasted it on the bottle, and then pasted an unwritten label on top of that label. Before the blank label is torn off, they couldn't tell who made the perfume.

Meng Yang sent his perfume bottle to the round display stand and walked into the lounge. After other contestants put their perfume bottles one after another, they all would walk into the lounge and wait for the results to be announced.

When the time was up, the staff shuffled all the perfume bottles again and then wrote numbers on the blank labels before sending the bottles to the main judges to give scores. This was a very time-consuming process, and everyone was nervously remaining for the result.

After the main judges scored almost every bottle of perfume, the audience reviewers began to leave their seats to make preparations. The staff put the top ten perfume according to the points given by the main judges into ten small rooms arranged in a circle. An audience reviewer could enter each small room twice. After entering the room and smelling the perfume, they could write down their inner feelings and scores in the book outside before entering the next room.

While waiting for the audience reviewers to vote, the main judges started discussing.

"This year is really a bumper harvest for geniuses. In addition to the outstanding No. 3 perfume, there are also a few bottles of similar quality. I was really distressed and hesitant when I gave points."

"I am really curious about which contestant made this No. 3 perfume. The first place will definitely be them."

"Who will it be? I really want to know quickly. Although the perfume that wins the first place in the international youth competition every year sells very well, this No. 3 perfume will definitely have more explosive sales, and I'll definitely be one of the consumers."

"I think No. 3 perfume should be Celsey 's. Apart from him, who else has the talent high enough to mix such a dreamy perfume with limited scents? This time he has made a new breakthrough."

"Speaking of dreams, this No. 3 perfume is fully in line with the theme."

"Bradley, what do you think?"

"My feelings are also that the No. 3 perfume is the best, but it's hard to say who the blender of the No. 3 perfume is." Bradley answered with a smile.

"Don't you have confidence in Celsey ?" Smiling, a female judge teased.

All the other judges also laughed, because Bradley had been rumoured to be with Celsey before. Although Bradley had been denying it all the time, some people still liked to tease him with Celsey.

There was a little commotion over the audience reviewers. Originally, the one hundred audience reviewers were going to enter the small rooms in turns, but those who entered the perfume room No. 3 always had to be constantly urged by the staff to move on. And in the second round, when you can only enter the room you want to enter the most, many people stood outside the perfume room No. 3. Every person who went inside wouldn't come out voluntarily so the people waiting outside couldn't go in. The organizer had to find more staff to evacuate the crowd and then specify a time on how long one could stay in. They even had to let four or five people go in together because of the massive crowd.

After a tight waiting time, the glass wall between the competition area and the auditorium was lifted up. The host took the stage and announced that he had acquired the perfume which had won the first prize.

"This year's champion perfume is perfume No. 3. Both our main judges and audience reviewers are very fond of perfume No. 3, so perfume No. 3 got an overwhelming number of points and votes." The host stated: "Then, before the announcement of who the perfumer of No. 3 perfume is, let's get the main judges to evaluate this year's champion perfume."

"The feeling perfume No. 3 gives out is very beautiful. The gentle floral fragrance makes me feel very comfortable and the fruity fragrance feels just right. It makes people involuntarily want to explore deeper, like in a really wonderful dream."

"I gave No. 3 perfume a high score because I think perfume No. 3 has no boundaries. Regardless of men, women, children, young and old, you can feel the good feeling of this perfume. This is the most successful contestant in this competition, no matter who they are. I have to admit that they are a real genius."

"I think Linda is right. No. 3 has no boundaries because its scent is not too sweet and not too thin. The perfect floral and fruity scent make people feel very comfortable."

"Clean and pure scent, without any impurities, it is very comfortable and relaxing, makes people want to get closer, so I gave it the highest score and predict that it will be a big seller with a really high rating."

"This is a non-controversial scent because it is not intentional and very natural. It exists naturally unlike a blended scent, so it makes people feel very comfortable."

"Being able to get such a high evaluation from the main judges, I think everyone can't wait to know who the creator is."

"Celsey! Celsey! Celsey!"

In the audience, Celsey 's fans called his name repeatedly.

"It seems that everyone still feels that Celsey will still be able to win the championship this year. After all, before the start of this year's competition, he has already formulated more than a dozen award-winning perfumes." The host announced: "So now, please keep quiet and look at the big screen. I'm about to announce our winner!"

The audience fell silent immediately, and everyone was watching the big screen seriously.

The host picked up the perfume, pointed it at the camera lens in front of the table, and then slowly tore off the label.

"First place! It's our... Meng, Meng Yang?" The host's voice became smaller going high to low. He wondered if he had made a mistake. After confirming, the host suppressed his shocked heart. He quickly announced again: "The perfume No. 3's blender who won first place is contestant Meng Yang! This is a completely unexpected dark horse and now another true genius has born in the Western International Youth Competition. Soon, he will receive attention throughout the world!"

The host spoke passionately, but everyone in the audience hadn't reacted yet. Celsey's fans were even more dumbfounded. Someone actually beat Celsey.

The contestants standing on the side of the stage, after seeing this scene, also had different looks, and most of them were surprised.

Wu Feng grabbed Meng Yang's hand excitedly, and spoke with a very low voice: "You got the first place! You are first, Meng Yang! Great, so great! You are the first Oriental who won first place in the Youth Perfuming Competition of a western country! It's so meaningful and valuable!"

Yu Junchen had long expected that he could never be the first, but seeing that Meng Yang actually took the first place, he had an urge to cry.

He used to think in terms of perfumery talent he definitely could not compare with Celsey, but now he feels that if Meng Yang could do it, he could unquestionably do it as well, in fact, if he managed to get his hands on those ancestral books of Meng Family, not only could he definitely get the first place, he would definitely do better than Meng Yang.

However, what he didn't know was that most of the contents of these ancestral books passed down by the Meng family taught aromatherapy. Although they also taught perfumes, they had not recorded many perfume formulas. In this competition, Meng Yang completely used his own inspiration to formulate the perfume.

Under the host's greeting, Meng Yang went over to the stage to receive the award.

While Meng Yang was very happy in his heart, he was not particularly excited, because for him, this was just the beginning and he had a long way to go.

Celsey looked at Meng Yang. Although he was able to maintain his composure on the surface, he was actually very shocked. He had seen Meng Yang's information before the game. He knew that Meng Yang had a great sense of smell and that he mixes the incense that needs to be burned extremely well. That's why he had won first place in his own country. But according to the information about Meng Yang, he had never made a perfume before, not once!

"Old Lin, we have been waiting for so many years, continued to participate every year, and got laughed at every year. We were waiting for this day!"

"Yes, finally there is hope to achieve our plans and goals!"

"He is really a genius, really a genius among geniuses, it will depend on him to let more people understand Oriental fragrance Science in the future!"

"We finally get a chance to breathe in the Western academic circles!"

The masters were very excited. Although Lin Songtai didn't say a word, the excitement and satisfaction in his heart were more than that of others.

Xu Wangya's mood was especially complicated. In terms of the overall situation, he should be happy that a person from his country had won the first place. But the person who won the first place was Meng Yang. He felt that this was the beginning of Lin Songtai pressuring him in everything.

Luo Xiu sat in the front row of the audience and smiled as he watched Meng Yang accept the award. He was extremely proud of Meng Yang. The joy he felt in his heart was stronger than for any of his own successes. He felt that Meng Yang really was the source of his happiness. As long as he could see Meng Yang's smile, he felt very happy. Seeing Meng Yang's success made him happier than his own.

After announcing the top ten ranking perfumes and their creators, the awards ceremony finally came to an end. When the audience left the auditorium, the reporters started interviewing the top three winners.

Most of these questions were mainly based on how Meng Yang felt about winning the first place defeating Celsey and how Celsey felt about it. However, to their disappointment, both these contestants answered very professionally so none of the savvy materials they were expecting could be obtained.

The most pitiful one out of these three was the one who won the third place. He had participated in the International Youth Championship for many years and finally managed to win third place, but sadly he had no sense of existence and was ignored by everyone inadvertently.

After the interview was over, these three returned to the lounge preparing to leave.

Bradley, who had been waiting for them in the lounge, looked at Meng Yang and spoke: "Congratulations."

"Thank you." Meng Yang thanked him calmly, then walked out.

As soon as Meng Yang went out, he was hugged by Luo Xiu who had been waiting for him outside the lounge.

Under the escort of bodyguards, Luo Xiu walked out of the lobby holding Meng Yang in his arms. Many reporters were waiting outside wanting to personally interview Meng Yang. Even though many of these reporters were present during the interview just now, they only allowed each person to ask one or two questions, so they still had many unanswered questions. And they were all competing to obtain the opportunity of a separate interview. After all, this was the first Oriental to win the Western International Youth Perfuming Competition.

Compared to yesterday, the current situation has taken a 180-degree change. Yesterday, no reporter wanted to interview Meng Yang, a contestant who they had never heard of before. But today, all the reporters were about to fight each other for the exclusive.

Getting in the car, Meng Yang plunged into Luo Xiu's arms, looked at him happily and questioned, "I got the first place, is there a reward?"

Stroking his face Luo Xiu asked back, "What reward do you want?" His eyes were full of pampering, feeling extremely proud of Meng Yang.

"Anything?" Meng Yang inquired.

"Anything is fine." Luo Xiu had no problem promising Meng Yang, he would willingly give him his own life, not to mention other things.

"I haven't figured it out yet, I'll tell you later after I think about it. I'm going to slowly accumulate my wishes. Then you must listen to me in the future." Meng Yang's answer was completely unreasonable, but a loved one being unreasonable was also a kind of happiness.

"Okay." Luo Xiu immediately agreed, kissing his soft lips.

There were many reporters who wanted to get an exclusive interview with Meng Yang. However, to their disappointment, they were all refused. So the only thing these reporters could do was to use their imagination and rely on speculation. This led many rumours spreading around such as Meng Yang being secretly cultivated by his country for years not exposing in advance as they wanted to shock the world with this genius. And finally shook the Western perfume industry in one swoop, at the Western International Youth Championship.

These rumours were so well-founded and justified that after reading the report, even Meng Yang's senior brothers questioned about it, wondering if Meng Yang could really be a talent secretly cultivated in their country's fragrance school to shock the Western countries.

When the news reached back to China, the domestic incense academic circles also became lively. Meng Yang's fame spread throughout the domestic incense academic circles.

While the masters returned to their villa's take a rest, Meng Yang and the others started playing in the pool. As the hotel occupied a large area, there were many large and small swimming pools. They only permitted the guests to enter the pool allocated to the area they resided. So Meng Yang and others could play happily as there were few people in the area they resided, plus not everyone would come to the pool.

Luo Xiu sat on a beach chair waiting. When Meng Yang took the sunscreen and asked him to apply it on him, Luo Xiu didn't allow him to take off his shirt but directly put his hands inside Meng Yang's clothes to apply sunscreen after rubbing them on his hands.

Obviously, this was Meng Yang's own request, but Luo Xiu's actions made him a little embarrassed. He blushed and urged: "Hurry, you don't have to be so thorough, they are looking."

"Then let them look, what are you afraid of?" After Luo Xiu helped him apply on the front, he then took Meng Yang into his arms and started applying on his back seriously.

Meng Yang laid on Luo Xiu's arms, circling his shoulders with both hands. Biting his lip, his face blushed brighter every second at the feel of Luo Xiu's broad and slightly rough palms moving on the skin of his back.

When Luo Xiu was finally willing to let go of him, Meng Yang quickly got up and trotted to the swimming pool and jumped in, trying to calm his already feverish body.

Luo Xiu sat on the recliner, watching Meng Yang and his seniors playing water volleyball, seeing Meng Yang smiling happily, Luo Xiu felt content. Suddenly a figure stopped beside him, he turned his head and glanced, then continued to look at Meng Yang in the swimming pool.

"I always thought Director Luo was a very sensible person." looking at the swimming pool in front Bradley spoke, "Didn't expect you to have such an irrational side."

"Different circumstances will lead to different outcomes." Luo Xiu replied: "You think the decision I made is irrational, but for me, it was a very sensible decision."

"Suspending cooperation with my dad's company, your company will also have to bear a certain loss. In my opinion, Director Luo shouldn't bring personal feelings to work. Meng Yang has been noticed by the entire world, and more will fall in love with him in the future. If Director Luo plans to privately offend everyone who is interested in Meng Yang, not only he'll not be able to take this tremendous pressure, even your company will be in a precarious situation"

"I will naturally have to bear some losses when I chose to go back on my previous settlement, but for the long term, I don't think my decision is wrong. I think you should be very clear in your heart that cooperating with your father's company is not the only choice I have. I know Meng Yang has attracted worldwide attention, I am happy to show him off to people all over the world, but this doesn't mean that I need to endure your offensive behaviour and can't fight back." Luo Xiu countered.

Bradley had always considered himself as a very smart individual, and there wouldn't be any unexpected things he couldn't calculate. Unexpectedly, first, he miscalculated on Meng Yang's temper, he never expected it to be so explosive making him directly charge at him. Second, he miscalculated Meng Yang's importance to Luo Xiu, never expecting him to pick Meng Yang in advance using a submarine. Third, he never expected Luo Xiu to directly suspend the one-year cooperation with his dad's company because of this. Now that his father ordered him to apologize to Luo Xiu, he had no choice but to follow suit.

"Director Luo, I apologized for my offensive behaviour and promise not to make such a move again. I hope Director Luo can reconsider cooperation with my dad."

"Go back and tell your father, I'll think about it."

Upon hearing this, Bradley knew that Luo Xiu's words were perfunctory, he could only question, "So, is Director Luo unwilling to resume the cooperation with my dad immediately?"

"Sometimes, things like emotions will be difficult for a person to control by themselves, so asking you not to like Meng Yang, this is definitely not realistic. But the behaviour is controllable, so my requirement is that you never take the initiative to approach Meng Yang, let alone pursue him."

Bradley was silent. If he agreed to Luo Xiu's request, it meant giving up the right to ever speak to Meng Yang on his own initiative again.

Coming out of the swimming pool, Meng Yang ran to Luo Xiu. He had naturally seen Bradley but sat next to Luo Xiu ignoring him. He spoke, "Uncle Luo, come let's go swim, they are all better than me. I can't swim very well, you come and teach me."

Just when Luo Xiu was about to get up, Bradley spoke, "It's better to have a match with Director Luo. If you win, I'll agree to Director Luo's request. If I win, you will immediately resume the cooperation with my dad."

"You want to compete on what?" Luo Xiu questioned.

"I heard from a friend that Director Luo's swimming is very good, so how about we compete in that?" Bradley answered.

"Wait for me to change into my swimming trunks." Luo Xiu agreed.

Hearing this, "I'll go change as well." Bradley turned and left.

"You guys are going to compete in swimming?" Meng Yang looked at Luo Xiu excitedly and spoke, "Then I will cheer for you from the side!"

Luo Xiu stroked Meng Yang's hair smiling, "Good," then turned around and left.

Meng Yang ran to his senior brothers and sisters to let them know about the swimming competition between Luo Xiu and Bradley, then asked them to get out of the pool for a while.

When Luo Xiu walked wearing a bath towel and swimming trunks, everyone sighed in their hearts about his figure.

"That muscle line, the proportion of the figure, it is simply perfect!" Wu Feng whispered to Meng Yang: "People like Director Luo are walking male pheromones machines. This figure, combined with his momentum can easily kill people ah. You have to be more careful, don't let him be snatched away by other little vixens."

Seeing Luo Xiu's body, not to mention others spurting blood, even Meng Yang couldn't help his heartbeat speeding up and flushing when he saw Luo Xiu in swimming trunks. This view shot him dead to the ground, not to mention others.

After a while, Bradley came over wearing swimming trunks. Some girls and boys by the pool didn't know who to watch. Thinking what a lucky day it was to be able to appreciate a half-naked male god for free. Not just one, but two at the same time!

"Bradley is not only a famous perfumer but also a supermodel, plus he's almost ten years younger than Director Luo, but standing together, they aren't inferior to each other at all. I really don't know who to look at."

"To me, Director Luo is more attractive. Even if he is a little older, he will dote on his lover, see how good he is to Meng Yang."

"Even though Director Luo is very handsome, I still like mixed-race handsome guys like Bradley, plus he's an idol in the perfume industry. I've admired him for a long time."

"I also think Director Luo looks better. If he also shoots an advertisement, it'll definitely attract many fans."

"I already have a poster of Bradley. If I had a poster of Director Luo wearing swimming trunks or underwear, I would post it on another wall and look at it every day."

After briefly warming up, Luo Xiu and Bradley stood by the pool and prepared to start the game. Luo Xiu asked Meng Yang to give the command.

Meng Yang felt it doesn't matter who wins or lose as Luo Xiu would always be the most attractive and most handsome man in his heart. Yet as he was about to call out, he still couldn't help feeling a little nervous. When he wasn't even a bit nervous while he competed this morning.

"Ready!" After a pause, Meng Yang shouted: "Go!"

Luo Xiu and Bradley jumped into the water at the same time. Their movements were very natural. One could hardly hear the sound of them tapping the water. Although their movements were not too big, their speed was extremely fast, moving in the water like sharks, invisible.

Everyone stood on the edge of the pool and watched, they couldn't help feeling excited and nervous. Though Meng Yang wanted to cheer on Luo Xiu, he had forgotten to do so due to his nervousness.

The two of them had agreed on a total of three rounds before the start of the game, On the first two rounds, the two were comparable in speed. But in the third round, Luo Xiu began to speed up growing the distance between the two of them.

Seeing Luo Xiu leading, Meng Yang finally called out excitedly like a child. "Uncle Luo, come on! Come on!"

Luo Xiu finished the third round back, leading Bradley by half a pool.

Meng Yang waited at the finish line. Right after Luo Xiu came out of the pool, he hugged Luo Xiu happily and spoke breathlessly: "Uncle Luo, you are amazing! I knew you'll definitely win!"

Meng Yang went on his tiptoes and kissed Luo Xiu's face hard, laughing happily.

Wu Feng who stood next to him couldn't help but shake his head. Although he also felt that Luo Xiu's speed was indeed quite powerful, however, seeing Meng Yang's joyful look, he felt that in the eyes of a lover any merit of their partner would be magnified infinitely. Meng Yang was just as happy as if Luo Xiu won the world championship, even when he won the international youth championship, he didn't smile this happily.

Bradley walked to Luo Xiu, "I lost." After speaking, he glanced at Meng Yang and left immediately. He was willing to gamble as he never expected to lose to Luo Xiu who was nearly ten years older than him. Now that he was defeated, he had to bear the consequences of his actions, and keep his promises.

After Luo Xiu won against Bradley, Meng Yang was even more excited than this morning when he won first place in the competition. He kept on kissing Luo Xiu's face happily, not being bothered by the onlooking crowd.

Meanwhile, the onlookers were also discussing.

"Director Luo won by half a swimming pool distance from Bradley. Isn't his physical strength and explosive power too good?"

"Even though Director Luo is nearly ten years older than Bradley, not only his body is comparable to Bradley, his physical strength is actually better than Bradley. He is way too strong."

"How long have you been living? Plus, how old are you now? Nowadays age is just a number, all it matters is the body age."

"Wasn't there a saying in the past, that life can't be as good as you always want? But aren't people like Meng Yang doing so well now?"

Holding Meng Yang in his arms, Luo Xiu asked: "Go swim?"

"Go go!" Pulling Luo Xiu into the water Meng Yang chatted: "I'm not good at swimming, you teach me, I also want to learn your shoo~hoo~hoo."

Entering the water, Luo Xiu first taught him the swimming posture, then he put his hand under Meng Yang's belly and let him practise.

After practising for some time, Meng Yang hugged Luo Xiu to rest for a while. Their two bodies were glued to each other in the water. This touch had a very different feeling. The two kissed affectionately, regardless whether there was someone beside them, making the eyes of people around them go blind.

When Meng Yang finally got tired from practising, both of them left the pool prepared to return to their room. Noticing many people peeking at Luo Xiu, Meng Yang wrapped his waist with a bath towel, thinking that this belonged to him, so no one else should see it.

Returning to their room, Meng Yang took off his wet clothes and pants, wrapped himself in a bath towel ready to take a bath. However, before going to the bathroom, he went to Luo Xiu and held his waist.

Looking at him, Luo Xiu questioned: "What's the matter?"

Meng Yang was too embarrassed to answer that he wanted to hug him because he looked too sexy in swimming trunks. So he abruptly answered: "Wait for me, don't take it off." then turned around and rushed away.

Flipping through his mobile phone, Meng Yang started taking pictures of Luo Xiu. While taking them, he instructed like a photographer: "Turn around a little, here, yes, like that, and behind."

When he was finally done, Meng Yang looked through the photos planning to use one as his mobile phone wallpaper. Luo Xiu's figure was similar to a male model. Just by taking a few photos, they all resembled similar to those printed ads made for swimming trunks.

"Are you done taking photos?" Luo Xiu questioned.

"Yes, yes, but let me pick the best one out of here, which one should I choose?" Meng Yang looked through the photos in distress.

Taking Meng Yang's phone away and throwing it on the bed, Luo Xiu then picked him up and took him to the bathroom. "Choose after taking a bath."

With the bathroom door closed, for a while, it was just the sound of running water, but later there was a faint cry which escalated from light to high, with a sound similar to flapping.

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Feeling he had no strength at all Meng Yang laid down on the bed; all he wanted was to sleep well.

Laying on his back, Luo Xiu kissed his face softly.

"Uncle Luo, I want to sleep." Meng Yang spoke feebly.

"Didn't you tell me to work hard until you get pregnant?" Luo Xiu teased.

"That also needs a rest, I..." Meng Yang wanted to answer that his physical strength was very limited compared to Luo Xiu, but he fell asleep before he could finish speaking.

Kissing Meng Yang on the cheek, Luo Xiu hugged him to sleep.

The two of them slept until nightfall before getting up to prepare for the evening banquet.

Hearing about the unfair treatment they encountered yesterday from Meng Yang, Luo Xiu frowned, then called his friend.

Half an hour later, the person in charge of hosting the competition brought people to apologize to Lin Songtai.

"It's our failure in management which brought such a situation. On behalf of the organizer, I would like to apologize." The person in charge spoke sincerely: "We have given a severe punishment to the staff member who sold your audience review qualifications privately, we have also reported those who purchased the audience review qualification certificate from him to the International Perfume Association and made them blacklisted, they will no longer be eligible for audience review."

Lin Songtai glanced at several masters, seeing that their attitude was sincere, they accepted their apology. However, Lin Songtai knew very well that these people would not apologize just because Meng Yang took first place. The primary reason must be that Luo Xiu had done something. They have heard before that Luo Xiu had been actively striving hard to expand the Lu family industries in Western countries over the years and has his own power abroad. Now it seems this rumour was indeed true.

Handing over some gifts specially prepared for the distinguished guests, and another apology, the person in charge took the people away and left.

As audience judges, they had received the banquet invitation before they came. Hence Lin Songtai cleaned himself up and changed clothes to attend the banquet.

Holding Luo Xiu's hand, Meng Yang stepped inside the banquet hall. Just as they entered, there were many people waiting to come over and talk. Some wanted to get to know Meng Yang while some knew Luo Xiu. Because they had also received the news of Luo Xiu suspending cooperation with Bradley's father's company, many wanted to express their willingness to cooperate.

Another reason for such attention was due to the perfume Meng Yang developed during the competition. Everyone who smelled the perfume wanted to establish a relationship with him after recovering from that wonderful dream. They had a premonition of a lot of banknotes falling from the sky at that time. The sales of this perfume would definitely be extremely high. They understood that Meng Yang would definitely not sell the formula, but it was still good enough if they could have a joint launch.

Those who wanted to cooperate with Luo Xiu's company, as well as those who wanted to co-brand with Meng Yang's perfume were all looking for a chance to meet and say a few words to these two.

Looking from a distance, Bradley regretted his previous behaviour of being too rash. He had thought that it was a harmless thing to do since the two weren't married because they fell in love and he was overconfident in his own charm. But now the outcome has become like this.

Early next morning, they returned to China by plane. After returning home, there were various interviews and banquets, as well as the school's commendation celebration. Luo Xiu specifically arranged two assistants for Meng Yang to help arrange these things for him. Not all interviews should be rejected and not every banquet should be skipped. The ones which could be rejected would be rejected while at the important banquets that must be attended they least had to show their faces.

Meng Yang still spent most of his time studying the content of aromatherapy. Making perfume was not difficult for him, but aromatherapy was profound and difficult to master, it took time and effort to study it carefully.

In the end, Luo Xiu finally resumed his cooperation with Bradley's father, as Bradley's father found a person who had helped them before, who was Luo Xiu's friend. So his friend asked Luo Xiu to give him face. After sitting down and having a good talk, Bradley's father was willing to make a certain degree of concession in his interests, and Bradley himself assured Luo Xiu that he would never do anything to Meng Yang that offends Luo Xiu and Meng Yang. Hence, Luo Xiu agreed in order to save face for his friend.

After returning to China, Meng Yang's assistant handed him the aromatherapist license he had just obtained. Meng Yang took three exams before leaving the country, first was for a C-level license and the second was for the Grade B license, only after passing these two could one get the Grade A license.

With the license of an aromatherapist, Meng Yang was now able to give others aromatherapy, otherwise, it would be equivalent to practising medicine illegally. He was anxious to get the Grade A aroma therapist license, so he could try waking up Su Di as soon as possible.

"Aromatherapy?" Xiao Ke spoke: "Actually, we tried this method before. It should be said that I have tried all the methods that can be tried, but nothing worked, he just doesn't want to wake up."

"I won't dare say my aromatherapy can be 100% useful, but I can still say that it very likely could be used to wake him up. This is an ancestral formula from my family. I studied it for a long time based on Su Di's situation. Plus I can assure you, even if there is no improvement, there won't be any decline in his health." Meng Yang expressed: "Since you have tried many methods, try mine as well. Let's first try for a month and see the effects. Then let's decide again."

After seriously considering it, Xiao Ke agreed, recently he had heard a lot about Meng Yang, everyone was talking about Meng Yang being a genius among geniuses, and how he could even get the first place at Sheng Yaxiang Academy every month. Moreover, Meng Yang was a student of Master Lin Songtai, so he might really be able to help Su Di wake up. In short, giving him a shot would not be in vain.

After Xiao Ke signed the non-responsibility agreement from the hospital, Meng Yang took his assistants to the hospital to prepare for the first aromatherapy for Su Di.

Just as Meng Yang was about to guide them to start, a group of doctors suddenly barged in.

"Our Vice President is personally leading the doctors to patrol the rooms today. We heard that the patient in this ward was going to undergo aromatherapy, so we came to see." A doctor explained to Xiao Ke.

Vice President Wu looked at all the people in the ward and then questioned: "The aromatherapist you invited hasn't come yet?"

"I am the aromatherapist." Meng Yang answered.

"You?" looking at Meng Yang up and down, Vice President Wu immediately frowned before asking, "Do you have an aromatherapist license?"

Meng Yang motioned his assistant to show him his license.

After seeing Meng Yang's license of an aromatherapist, rather than going back, Vice President Wu frowned and said more unpleasantly: "This license is not certified by the AromaTherapy Branch."

"It is not a license from the AromaTherapy Branch, but is a legal license for fragrance therapists issued by a State government." Meng Yang replied.

There was indeed an aromatherapist license issued by the AromaTherapy branch, which was considered a more gold class. Nowadays many doctors and rich people tend to only recognize the aromatherapist license certified by the AromaTherapy branch. However, the certification held by Meng Yang was also a legal license issued by the state government through strict examinations even if it was not issued by the AromaTherapy branch.

"You are still a student, right? You've only studied aromatherapy for a few years, but dare to give aromatherapy to an unconscious patient in the hospital?" The deputy director questioned, "Which school are you from?"

"Sheng Yaxiang Academy." Meng Yang answered.

"Just because you are from a famous school, you are so courageous? How old are you now? Will you be responsible if things go wrong?!"

Seeing Vice President Wu's tone of voice became worse and worse, Xiao Ke immediately replied: "I have already signed the consent form. In short, your hospital won't be held responsible."

"Young man, let me kindly remind you if an aromatherapist license is not certified by the AromaTherapy branch, It is no different from waste paper. There are many garbage aromatherapists with such licenses, and you seem to be out of luck now. Just great, you brought here a garbage newcomer." Vice President Wu spoke mercilessly.

Feeling that this was his sense of responsibility as a doctor and vice president, Meng Yang had listened calmly when he questioned and said such words, but now his last paragraph really made Meng Yang angry.

"If you feel that all the licenses which are not certified by the Aromatherapy Branch are just a piece of waste paper, then you should ask the government to take away all the license examinations apart from the Aromatherapy Branch. I have a Grade A aroma therapist license obtained after passing very strict examinations. From a legal point of view, it is not illegal for me to give aromatherapy to anyone."

Looking at Vice President Wu, Meng Yang spoke: "Only the members of the Aromatherapy Branch club can get the certification from the Aromatherapy Branch. For various reasons, there are many powerful aromatherapists who can't join the aromatherapy branch. Why on earth do you say that a license which is not certified by the Aromatherapy Branch is waste paper? Is the Aromatherapy Branch more authoritative than the state government?"

"Obviously because you are not someone among those people." Vice President Wu also looked at Meng Yang and replied.

"Master Meng Yang, let me talk to him." The assistant stepped forward and spoke, "Vice President Wu, right? Can we go out and talk?"

Meng Yang rolled his eyes in anger watching his assistant, Vice President Wu and other doctors leave the ward. Everyone knew aromatherapy was a very conservative and safe treatment. Wouldn't this Vice President Wu know? He was just like some people who only recognized the certified license of the Aromatherapy branch, looking down on other licenses which were not issued by them. But in fact, there were many aromatherapists who chose other certifications because they did not want to spend that long time in the Aromatherapy branch.

Meng Yang first arranged fumigation, medicated baths, and acupuncture for Su Di, afterwards he lit the medicinal incense on the side of his bed every night and waited a month to see the effect.

Although everything regarding the sales of his award-winning perfume was not needed to be done by himself, there were some matters that required his presence, such as choosing a partner to co-brand his perfume. Hence Meng Yang could only stay in China for a few days before having to go abroad again. Luo Xiu screened the corporations which wished to corporate and ultimately suggested Meng Yang make his own decision.

As Meng Yang's own company only had a small reputation in China, the best way to improve quality was to co-brand with a big brand. They allowed the winning perfume of the annual youth championship to embed the official crown mark of the International Perfume Association on the bottle. Nowadays many prefer to collect this crowned perfume bottle, this led the winning perfume to be sold out each year. All the significant branded perfume companies preferred to have the crown mark on their brands, hoping to make a fortune out of this enthusiasm.

Reading through the screened companies, Meng Yang suddenly paused before questioning: "Win Qiu? Isn't this Celsey's personal brand?"

"Both Celsey's company and himself have the intention of collaborating with you. The conditions they gave were very sincere. Celsey also mentioned that if you are willing, he would like to meet you face to face." The assistant answered.

Meng Yang turned his head to glance at Luo Xiu who was standing by the French window on a call, thinking for a while.

When Luo Xiu finished the call and walked over, Meng Yang asked him: "Celsey wants to cooperate with me. Do you think he has other purposes? I heard he had a scandal with Bradley. Did he get to know Bradley likes me?"

"I already realized this, I think he genuinely wants to cooperate with you. Chairman of his company has a good relationship with me, so cooperating with their company is a suitable choice. Well, even if he really has ulterior motives and hides it well, I am sure I won't let him succeed. If you are not at ease, you can meet him for a chat to test him." Luo Xiu kissed Meng Yang before speaking, "I have to go to the company, if you want to meet Celsey, let the assistant arrange it."

After sending Luo Xiu out, Meng Yang seriously considered it, and eventually decided to meet Celsey.

Meng Yang went out under the escort of bodyguards after his assistant arranged an appointment.

Celsey, who had arrived a little earlier than Meng Yang, did not seem to be in good spirits.

"You... your complexion doesn't look too good, are you uncomfortable?" Can he talk about things like this? Meng Yang inwardly wondered.

"I didn't expect you to contact me today. I drank too much last night with friends, so I didn't sleep all night." Celsey rubbed his face with both hands before apologising, "It's rude to meet you in this state. I'm very sorry."

"It doesn't matter. I'm the one who suddenly contacted you without checking on your schedule in advance." Meng Yang replied, "It's better to go back and rest first. Let's talk tomorrow."

"I often get drunk, and still can talk about matters with hangovers. My sunshine personality is purely for display. In fact, I started drinking very early, don't assume that's because I've come across some misfortune or anything. I've never suffered, my parents love me incredibly. But I love to drink, plus I get a lot of inspiration when I'm drunk." Celsey spoke: "I can't wait to tell you about my ideas."

Thinking that this person was quite interesting, Meng Yang smiled before responding, "Tell me."

Celsey spoke about his thoughts to Meng Yang. How he liked the perfume Meng Yang made, which gave him inspiration. And if the two of them cooperated, they could combine Western romantic art with the healing beauty of the East, it would definitely be popular, even reaching unprecedented heights in the future.

Listening to Celsey's numerous explanations and opinions carefully, Meng Yang was highly tempted.

With expectant eyes, "What do you think?" Celsey questioned Meng Yang.

"I have to admit, your idea is very attractive to me, I indeed want to achieve it as quickly as possible." Meng Yang looked at him and spoke, "But there's one thing that still worries me."

"You mean Bradley?" Celsey asked directly.

"I know you like him, and you should likewise know that he likes me. If we collaborate and there are conflicts because of his affairs..."

"Sure enough, it's completely an oriental thought." Celsey smiled, "Bradley is not the first guy I like, nor will he be the last. I like him now but that doesn't mean that I'll always like him. In my life, nothing is more important than perfume. Doing something stupid for someone who doesn't like them back, that will never happen from me."

Celsey shrugged before speaking, "How many men are there? Why should I lose money for a man? Also, I will never stop dating men. I need to enjoy life to the fullest to get more inspiration. Bradley is just one of the many inspirations I haven't gotten yet. This is why I'm a little confused. Why did you get married at such a young age? There are so many interesting things in this world, why marry so early? Binding yourself?"

"I can't tell you the reason, nor can I describe my thoughts to you. Maybe one day, if you meet someone who can make you not afraid of living even in pain, and not afraid of dying even when you are happy. You'll understand how I feel now."

"Then I hope that I'll never meet such a person. I want to spend my complete life enjoying it. Liking just one person my entire life, I can't even imagine it."

The two talked for a long time before they separated, agreeing on formally starting discussions about cooperation tomorrow. Meng Yang also understood why Luo Xiu assured himself of cooperation with Celsey. He felt the crazy love and passion Celsey had for perfume. Although the two of them had completely different ideas and concepts, unexpectedly they were very chatty. Meng Yang had a feeling of meeting his confidant regarding perfumes.

Discussing the parts that needed him to be the master, Meng Yang hurried back to China after leaving several perfume formulas.

Less than a month after aromatherapy treatment, Su Di's fingers began to move.

When Xiao Ke noticed it, he immediately ran to get the doctor. He was too excited, making him stumble while running to the door, completely forgetting that as long as he had pressed the emergency bell on the bedside, the doctor would come.

After inspecting, the doctor was surprised to find Su Di showing signs of awakening.

Two days later, Meng Yang finally freed up time to visit Su Di, who had completely awakened.

Seeing Meng Yang coming in, Xiao Ke immediately got up and gave him his seat.

Meng Yang sat on the sofa next to the bed, looking at the pale and weak face of Su Di he questioned, "How do you feel?"

Su Di spoke slowly: "I had a long, long dream. It was pitch black everywhere. There was nothing but myself. I searched in the dark for a long time, but couldn't find a way out. I felt tired. I wanted to give up, but then suddenly a light appeared with a smoke-filled beam. There was a good scent of medicine after I smelled it and I suddenly had strength again. Under the guidance of the beam of light, I finally found the exit. It feels great to finally escape from the darkness."

"Thank you." Looking at Meng Yang, Su Di spoke gratefully: "I don't know how to repay you. If there is anything I can do, please tell me."

"You don't need to repay me, Xiao Ke will repay me for you." Smiling, Meng Yang replied, he then looked at Xiao Ke before saying, "Isn't that right, Xiao Ke?"

"Yes!" Holding Su Di's hand, Xiao Ke squatted down on the other side of the bed before speaking: "Don't worry, I'll definitely repay him for you."

With tears in his eyes, Su Di smiled at Xiao Ke.

"You just woke up. Only concentrate on taking good recuperation and conditioning. Don't think about other things, for the time being, just keep your body well." Getting up, Meng Yang advised, "Take a good rest, I won't disturb you. I'll see you later."

Xiao Ke stood up as well, "I'll send you."

After the two walked out on the corridor, Xiao Ke questioned, "How can I repay you?"

"I don't need you to do anything for me now." Meng Yang answered as he walked forward: "If you really want to repay me, end your rebellious phase as soon as possible, do what you should actually be doing. After you are capable, then come and ask me how you can repay me."

Xiao Ke was taken aback by Meng Yang's words.

"For yourself, and for Su Di, you should become mature as well. You squander money from home, then refuse to accept your family's discipline, even specifically try going against your parents, I look down on this kind of person the most."

Turning around, Meng Yang stepped forward to look at Xiao Ke before speaking again: "If I were like you, with my mother still alive, even when my father is old-fashioned and strict, is sincere to me. I would be... very thankful. You should cherish what you have now, so you don't end up regretting not doing so later."

Xiao Ke stood in the hospital's corridor, thinking seriously about what Meng Yang had just spoken.

"Student Meng Yang, please wait!" Two doctors quickly walked towards Meng Yang.

Standing in front of the elevator, Meng Yang turned to look at them.

"We are going to write a report on Su Di's treatment. Could you please write a copy for us on the detailed process of his aromatherapy?" One doctor asked.

"I'll ask my assistant to give you an outline of the process." Meng Yang replied.

"If you can, can you please provide details… Of course, I am not referring to your formula, but the specific process and method so we can record and refer to it?"

"Sorry, I have something else to do, goodbye." After refusing, Meng Yang walked into the elevator, followed by the bodyguard.

"Student Meng Yang..." The two doctors watched as the elevator doors closed, and could only look at each other. Although they had expected to be rejected, they still sighed in disappointment.

The jointly launched perfume by Meng Yang and Celsey not only caused high sensation and popularity, but it also broke new heights on sales in a short time. Hence there was an insufficient supply in both in Western and Eastern countries. As there was a shortage of supply, and money couldn't buy the product, the demand became higher. This, of course, was part of sales techniques, called the hunger sales method, which would make people feel that the product cannot be easily bought, making the sales much higher than those that can be bought at any time.

Walking into the classroom, Meng Yang sat down in his seat, took out his things to wait for the class. He naturally felt other classmates watching him and were using their mobile phones to still discuss him, but he was already used to it.

With her hands behind her, a female classmate walked to Meng Yang's seat, her expression a little embarrassed. "Meng Yang..."

"Is there anything?" Looking at her Meng Yang questioned.

"Can you sign here?" The female classmate then placed an exquisite gold-plated card on Meng Yang's desk.

Meng Yang recognized this card, which was a gift in his perfume box. After quickly signing on it, he returned the card to the female classmate and questioned: "Is this all right?"

"Thank you!" Taking the card back, the female classmate spoke excitedly: "I really like your perfumes, but unfortunately I couldn't buy the other ones even after trying so many ways. When I buy the other ones, can you sign them for me as well?"

"Yes." Meng Yang nodded.

"Thank you!" Thanking again, the female student returned to her seat and discussed with her surrounding students excitedly.

More than a dozen classmates took cards to ask Meng Yang for a sign, which Meng Yang also did not refuse. The chatter in the classroom became louder and louder, it wasn't quiet until class began.

Yu Junchen just watched and listened, feeling very uncomfortable in his heart. He thought of the time Meng Yang told him before that if he wanted to be his opponent, it would depend on whether he could keep up with him. He cared little for those words before. However, he never expected it to only take him such a short time to pull them so far apart.

Meng Yang never expected him and Celsey becoming friends, nor did Luo Xiu. After all, their personalities and various concepts were very different. Besides their frequent conversations about perfumes, Celsey occasionally shared his life with Meng Yang, and some of that content was very explosive. After reading them, Meng Yang could only shake his head, feeling a little funny. He would even think sometimes that if he had not met and fallen in love with Luo Xiu, it actually wasn't a bad way to live a life like Celsey, full of indulgence and enjoyment.

Having such thoughts, Meng Yang felt that he must have been infected by Celsey's madness. He must never let Luo Xiu know, otherwise Luo Xiu would definitely not let him contact Celsey in private.

Even though sometimes Meng Yang thought that Celsey's indulgence was good, he never felt envious, because for him, Luo Xiu was the only destination in his life. He felt thrilled being loved by Luo Xiu. This was something no one else could feel. Even if he died, he would die in this happiness which would never leave him.

Today, Meng Yang, his senior brothers and sisters, as well as students from other masters, followed Lin Songtai to the Aromatherapy Branch. However, this time, apart from visiting and learning, there was another purpose for their visit. Which was to take the pre-member exam today as recommended students. This was another advantage of being a student of an international intense master.

"The scenery here is really good." Meng Yang said to Wu Feng.

The Aromatherapy Branch was bigger than the college they currently studied in. It was built in an ancient garden, with pavilions, towers and water pavilions, the scenery was elegant and quiet, making it a good place to recuperate.

"The scenery is good, but the people here are not." Because there were students from other masters, Wu Feng lowered his voice before whispering to Meng Yang: "Whether it is a full member or even a reserve member, all of them have their noses sky-high, plus they think they are superior, which is very annoying."

Before Meng Yang became a student of Lin Songtai, Wu Feng and the others had visited this place with Lin Songtai several times. For Wu Feng to say such a thing, it meant that he had got displeased while he had visited before.

Smiling, Meng Yang replied: "I heard even if we want to become a reserve-member, the threshold is quite high. The examination process is very strict and needs the approval of all the five masters."

"That's true." Wu Feng spoke with reluctance while curling his lips: "Several seniors passed the exam before, I was only a little short to pass the exam last time. As long as we pass the exam because our teacher will be there, it is a simple matter to get the other four masters to agree. So most of the reserve-members are basically students of these masters."

Meng Yang nodded. He really didn't want to take the exam, but to get the license certified by the Aromatherapy Branch, he must become a member here. The current situation was that many people only recognized the license certified by the Aromatherapy Branch. If he doesn't get it, situations such as getting looked down by the vice president a while back would definitely happen again. He must at least prove that he had the ability to get it before he was qualified to disdain such situations.

Reserve-members here were no different from a miscellaneous worker. Hence Meng Yang didn't want to become a Reserve-member. However, Lin Songtai told him that if he could get a high evaluation and score this time, he might be able to become a full member directly. There have been such situations before.

Walking through the bamboo forest trail, they went deeper into the garden. When they passed a courtyard with a garden, they saw a few people walking over, then turning. Meng Yang was taken aback for a moment and turned to Wu Feng before speaking: "I saw Uncle Luo, I'll go over and talk to him."

"Then I'll wait for you at the end of the front corridor, otherwise you get lost. But hurry, Teacher will go back after he speaks." Wu Feng replied.

"I know, I'll come right away." Done speaking, Meng Yang dashed towards Luo Xiu.

After walking closer, he called on at Luo Xiu's back: "Uncle Luo."

It quite surprised Luo Xiu when he heard Meng Yang's voice. Turning around, he looked over. Seeing Meng Yang rushing towards him, he also walked forward.

Hugging his waist, Meng Yang looked up at him before questioning: "Why are you here?"

"I came with my friend to see another friend. Recently his health deteriorated, so he is recuperating here." Luo Xiu noticed Meng Yang's cheeks had become a little red as had rushed over in the scorching sun. Touching his face he asked, "You came with your teacher?"

"Well, we came to visit and take the test today. If you are not in a rush to leave, come pick me up later. We can go back together." Meng Yang replied.

"Good." Luo Xiu agreed.

"Then I'll go first, Senior brother is still waiting for me." Meng Yang tiptoed and kissed him on the cheek, then turned around and walked away quickly.

Luo Xiu watched Meng Yang hurriedly coming and going like a gust of wind. Only after he watched Meng Yang's back disappear from his sight did he turn to his friend.

Luo Xiu's friend joked: "Your wife calls you uncle*? What kind of kink is this?"

{TN: *This chapter was one reason I left 'Uncle Luo' unchanged as the original novel even with most of the readers being uncomfortable with this way of calling.}

"He used to call that before we got married, still haven't changed it." Luo Xiu spoke with a smile.

"Well, it is not wrong to call you uncle, because you indeed can be his uncle, but with you two being married and all, what do you feel when he calls you that way?" Luo Xiu's friend teased with a smile.

"If you want to know what it feels like, tell your wife to call you like that when you go back, then wouldn't you know? But it certainly wouldn't feel as good as I do. After all, your old wife, how can she compete with my young and beautiful wife." Luo Xiu laughed.

"Oh! I get it now. You've become more and more shameless since you got married."

Luo Xiu and his friend walked forward while talking and laughing.

Walking along the house wall, Meng Yang hastened up the corridor. When I was about to walk around the corner, he suddenly stopped and stood still.

A few seconds later, from the other side of the corner, a person walked over. Seeing him holding something, Meng Yang continued to stand still and waited for him to pass first.

Because he was wearing cloth shoes and his steps were very light, it surprised the man to see how Meng Yang seemed to know he was coming over. As there was no sound when he walked on such a slate floor, he couldn't help but look at Meng Yang more.

At this glance, the man recognized who Meng Yang was and frowned. When walking past Meng Yang, he slammed into Meng Yang's shoulder.

Meng Yang didn't expect such behaviour nor did he know the reason for it, as he didn't know this person at all. Hence his body instinctively reacted sideways and avoided.

Because Meng Yang evaded, the man staggered, then all the boxes he was holding fell to the ground. He squatted down to pick them up. Seeing the boxes hadn't fallen apart, he stood up, looked at Meng Yang angrily then shouted: "Don't you have eyes?! What a mess! If something inside is broken, you can't compensate even if you have money, you know?!"

Meng Yang felt simply inexplicable. He stood motionless here, waiting for this man to pass. After deliberately running into him, did he just say he ran into him? Is this person's brainsick?

"Who are you?! Do you know where this is? You dare to walk around?" Not letting Meng Yang go, the man continued to curse: "Who brought you in, did you run in by yourself? Hurry up or I'll let the security throw you out!"

Glancing at him as a neurotic person, Meng Yang directly left. Thinking that he had met a mad dog, was too lazy to pay attention to him, and didn't want to delay because of him.

Seeing Meng Yang actually ignoring him, the man immediately became angry and shouted loudly: "You stop for me! Didn't you hear me!"

Meng Yang walked forward quickly, after another turn, saw Wu Feng waiting for him in front, he sped up his pace and walked towards him.

Afterwards, Meng Yang and the others visited the spice warehouse.

Lin Songtai was still talking to the warehouse management staff after coming out of the spice warehouse. While Meng Yang and the others stood outside waiting, a person rushed over suddenly.

Yu Junchen walked over to him, while Wen Yuan followed. "Senior Brother."

Meng Yang turned his head to take a look. Seeing the person who was talking to Yu Junchen and Wen Yuan clearly, he was taken aback for a moment, realising that this was Yu Junchen's senior and Xu Wangya's student. He must have already graduated as they had never met him in school.

Finally, Meng Yang understood why this person troubled him just now for no good reason. He felt that he must really be violating Xu Wangya's eight-character horoscope, as all of Xu Wangya's students seemed to have a vengeance against him. No, it should be that as he resented Yu Junchen, anyone who has a good relationship with Yu Junchen also resented him, perhaps unknowingly, it destined them to be incompatible.

"Meng Yang, let's go." Wu Feng called Meng Yang when he saw Meng Yang standing in a daze.

Recovering, Meng Yang immediately followed.

Lin Songtai took them to the exam hall and waited for the invigilators to prepare.

By the time all the masters and vice-president of the Aromatherapy Branch arrived, the invigilators were almost ready. More than a dozen recommended- students were seated, prepared to take the exam. Invigilators put the "test questions" in front of them asking questions and recording their answers.

Such an exam was very easy for Meng Yang. For the questions asked, not only he answered fluently but also expressed his own opinions.

When the exam was over, the invigilators showed the recorded the process and the scores to the vice president and masters.

Seeing that there were no problems, the masters approved their registration but debated whether to make Meng Yang a full member.

"With such scores and assessments, he is fully qualified to become a full member, no need to be in reserve."

"You can't just look at scores and evaluations. Experience is also very important. Only as a reserve member can he learn more basic things. It is a very important experience and is good for him."

"Speaking of experience, he used aromatherapy to wake up people who had been in a coma for more than a year, it has already spread around the circle. This is enough to prove that his foundation and talent are sufficient."

"Yes, plus he has already got the A Grade aroma therapist license, doesn't this prove that his foundation is solid enough?"

"Without a license certified by the Aromatherapy Branch, it's no different from waste paper."

"It's because people like your thoughts, it has seriously hindered the development of aromatherapy, making fewer and fewer people willing to learn aromatherapy!"

"This is called Ningquewulan*! Does increasing the number of licensed aromatherapists help the development of aromatherapy?!"

[TN:*a Chinese idiom, also made "Ningque not overrun". I would rather have fewer vacancies than lowering the standards to just ask for more.]

"You are simply unreasonable!"

"All right, masters." Seeing they were about to argue again, the vice president quickly opened his mouth and spoke: "Let's just discuss whether Meng Yang should become a full member directly, or we will temporarily put it aside and discuss this later."

As soon as the vice-president finished speaking, these masters each expressed their own opinions. Although Lin Songtai's people have tried their best to fight for Meng Yang, there were some masters who were particularly stubborn as they thought Meng Yang to be too young. As he was still in his first year, it was necessary to work harder and learn more basic things. They insisted Meng Yang start as a reserve member. Even vice presidents persuading was rendered useless.

In the end, when the vice president had to make a decision, he could only compromise. Originally, a member had to be in the reserve pool at least for three years. Hence, the vice president decided that Meng Yang should be a reserve member for at least one and a half years.

When Meng Yang heard this result, he hesitated. He didn't want to be a reserved member, but if he didn't, he would definitely not be able to enter the Aromatherapy Branch in a short time.

"Vice President Yuan."

Hearing the sound, everyone looked at the door at the same time.

"Director Luo?" The vice president was stunned for a moment, then stood up and looked at Luo Xiu before asking, "How come Director Luo is free today? Is it to pick up Meng Yang?"

"I came to take a look at Li Yan, then take Meng Yang back." Looking at the paper in his hand Luo Xiu questioned, "Is this Meng Yang's test record? Can you show me?"

"Of course." The Vice President handed the few papers to Luo Xiu.

"Student Meng Yang's excellence, even I think is rare. We'll definitely cultivate a genius like him..." The Vice President praised Meng Yang for Director Lou.

Listening to him praising Meng Yang, Luo Xiu was naturally happy, however, he still looked at the vice president and said: "Meng Yang becoming a reserved member, let's wait a bit longer. It's not yet time."

"This... Director Luo, you might not know the strict standards for recruiting reserved members in our branch." Pointing at the other students, the Vice President spoke, "These students are considered very good in the country, but even if they are, if they failed by at least one or two points, we won't accept them."

"Although I know little about your many regulations, I still know a little about reserved members." Raising his hand, Luo Xiu touched Meng Yang's hair. While putting his arm around his lover's shoulders, he spoke, "Meng Yang is still very young. I don't want him to suffer too much at such a small age. Although these excellent students all over the country are vying to become reserved-members here, in my opinion, your reserved-members do not differ from miscellaneous workers. They have to do all the hard work here. I can't bear to let him pick up even the smallest things at home, would I be willing to let him be ordered around here?"

"Director Luo, although being a reserve member is to do some chores, these are needed exercises for the reserve members. They can learn a lot from these things. These young people, even if they suffer a little, after getting treated, it's all good." The Vice President continued to persuade.

"Other young people suffering have nothing to do with me, but Meng Yang can't. As long as I'm here, I won't let him suffer at all, now or in the future." Looking at Lin Songtai, Luo Xiu spoke: "Old Lin, if there is nothing else, I'll take Meng Yang back first."

"Alright." Lin Songtai replied.

Luo Xiu glanced at the Masters, then led Meng Yang away, taking away Meng Yang's exam records with him.

The Vice President watched Luo Xiu and Meng Yang leave, then said to Lin Songtai, "You try to persuade him too."

"His husband is reluctant to let him endure hardships, how can I persuade him?" Lin Songtai questioned.

"You are Meng Yang's teacher. Won't they still have to listen to your words?"

"I am his teacher, not his father. Why should they listen to what I say? I really want to recruit more talented students for our branch. We can always guide them. It's a pity some people's brains are like stones in cesspits. What else can I persuade? Persuade other people's children to come and suffer?" Lin Songtai glanced at Xu Wangya, who had been silent for a long time, then angrily got up and took his students away.

The vice president could only sigh helplessly.