Second Marriage of a Wealthy Old Man

by Usui Takumii

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

5. 41 to 50

Taking Meng Yang's hand, Luo Xiu slowly walked away.

"How is your friend?" Meng Yang questioned, "Why did he come here to recuperate?"

"He has a serious insomnia problem. He had taken a lot of medicines which hadn't helped and damaged his body badly. The problem got worse, his personality became irritable, he even began to hallucinate. Sometimes he couldn't differentiate if he was awake or asleep. We always knew he had insomnia, but didn't know it was so serious. He kept it secret. We only got to know when he almost got into an accident."

"Powerful directors like you who are in charge of such big companies have to bear a pressure ordinary people can't imagine. Just like your headache; your long-term sleepless work caused it. Everyone studying aromatherapy knows, although the degree will vary, eight among ten company heads have sleep problems. Many of such company heads will spend a lot of money on aromatherapy after having physical problems." Meng Yang questioned again: "So is there an effect from his aromatherapy now?"

"Several aromatherapy Masters worked together to research and dispense medicine for him. Recently, he has used essential oil massage, aroma medicine bath, fumigation, acupuncture and moxibustion. There are some effects from all of this. However, as a branch of ancient medicine, the characteristic of aromatherapy is that it works slowly. He has an impatient personality and can't let go of the company, so he can't take a good rest."

"The accumulation of time caused this problem, of course, the treatment will be slow. If they discovered the problem right at the beginning, after taking an excellent treatment, it would not have taken so long."

"He told me now he can sleep for a while at night, but he would wake up again after a short sleep, which makes him feel more tortured. I was thinking about the sleeping aid you gave me making me sleep every night until dawn, maybe you can use it on him."

"I made it specifically for you to match your physical condition. If I use it on him, it might be useful, but sometimes not. This is uncertain." Meng Yang replied.

"Why not try?" Stopping, Luo Xiu looked at Meng Yang and spoke, "Go see his condition. I'll ask him to show you his previous treatment records. If you are sure that you can cure him, I'll get him to leave here and receive your treatment. Of course, it's better to be successful, but, even if there's no effect, I have ways to make you a full member here as soon as possible."

Looking up at him, Meng Yang asked, "I thought you didn't want me to join the Aromatherapy Branch?"

"Joining the Aromatherapy Branch will have many benefits for you and you can learn a lot. Plus, the state government established the Aromatherapy Branch to supervise and train aromatherapists. To protect and support the development of aromatherapy, the government invests a lot of money every year. This is not a private domain of those old men. You can't let them decide everything just because they've been here for a long time. I can't bear to let you suffer, so I don't want you to join as a pre-member, moreover, your talent and ability are enough to become a full member directly."

Thinking for a while, Meng Yang felt that what Luo Xiu said was very reasonable. This was not a privately owned place of those old men. Why can't he study here? He wants those people to know what speaking with strength means.

"Okay, then I'll go see your friend's situation first." Meng Yang answered.

Holding Meng Yang's face in his palms, Luo Xiu kissed his forehead and after taking his hand, he moved onward.

Luo Xiu's friend was thrilled to see Luo Xiu bring Meng Yang to see him. He stayed here alone, feeling he was about to grow mushrooms. He wanted to have a friend come talk to him but knew everyone was busy, so never took the initiative to ask them to come.

After inquiring about Luo Xiu's friend, Meng Yang silently made a note in his heart, said his goodbyes and went home with Luo Xiu.

Returning to the main house, Meng Yang took Luo Xiu into his study, opened the safe, and showed him some of the books written by the Meng Family ancestors.

"I'll tell you a secret. These books about perfumery and aromatherapy by our ancestors were passed down from generation to generation in the Meng family. I treated your headaches and made Su Di wake up using the methods learned from the book."

Luo Xiu picked up a book, read the text on the cover.

"Qi Jiaxiang Ji?"

"Our ancestor's surname was Qi, not Meng. Because of his great medical skills, various forces hunted down one of my great grandfathers. He was a person who loved freedom and did not want to rely on power, so he changed his name and hid. Later, he couldn't practise medicine at all, so went back to Qi's hometown to make incense. It's just that a doctor can't hide their nature, so a lot of medicinal incense and aromatherapy methods have been developed and passed down from generation to generation."

"It turns out to be something like that." Luo Xiu nodded.

"There's a rule in our family, the contents in these books must not be circulated, and we must not let others know that our Meng family has these books, otherwise I am afraid it'll cause huge inconveniences. But... My head wasn't very good before. At that time, I told Yu Junchen about this matter and showed him the contents of two books. Probably because he is still thinking about these books, he must have not told others about this matter, but in the future, he is likely to spread on about it."

Thinking for a while, Luo Xiu replied, "It doesn't matter. We'll deal with it depending on the situation. These are things written by your ancestors and belong to only you, it has nothing to do with others. Those who are studying aromatherapy now, aren't they all learning from the predecessors?"

Meng Yang nodded. Opening a book, he spoke, "I already understand your friend's situation. There are several ancient recipes specifically for his situation in this book. Give me some time to study which one is more suitable. There are several rare medicinal materials in it. I don't have them here. Find a way to get them. If you can't, I'll try to see if I can replace them."

"Okay." Taking Meng Yang into his arms, Luo Xiu spoke, "Don't work too hard, it doesn't matter if you take it slowly."

"In fact, except for some ancient recipes that were specifically recorded because of their particularly good effects, most of the content in these books, are very esoteric and difficult to understand." Meng Yang shared his concerns with Luo Xiu: "Although I've been studying very hard, I still feel the difficulty, and it'll only become more and more difficult in the future. I am worried I'll no longer understand and comprehend these contents when I study further."

"Don't push yourself too hard. Aromatherapy is not a panacea. The Masters of the Aromatherapy Branch have more problems that can't be solved. You are still so young and being able to do this much is already great." Kissing Meng Yang's face, Luo Xiu replied, "You are so smart, put a lot of effort and hard work into your studies. You'll surely make brilliant achievements in the future. You should be more calm and confident because you are not only young but also a genius."

Feeling Luo Xiu's kisses constantly falling on his cheek and hearing his praise, Meng Yang felt his confidence gaining energy again.

"Are you confident in me?" Meng Yang questioned.

"Of course." hugging Meng Yang tightly, Luo Xiu answered: "My headache was cured by you. You also caused the boy named Su Di to wake up. I have confidence in you not just because of my love for you, but because this is what I feel."

Luo Xiu lowered his voice and spoke to Meng Yang's ear: "You are so young, so beautiful, so outstanding. You don't know how lucky I am to have you. I think gods gave me the best and most precious reward after I experienced hardships in the past."

Listening to Luo Xiu's magnetic voice, Meng Yang felt his whole body going numb and empty. He needed something to fill him.

Luo Xiu kissed Meng Yang's lips and deepened the kiss. Wrapping his hands around Luo Xiu's neck Meng Yang kissed him back. As Luo Xiu's kiss gradually deepened further, Meng Yang raised his head and slightly opened his mouth to breathe hard, his eyes gradually becoming misty in confusion.

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By the time Luo Xiu carried Meng Yang off from the desk, Meng Yang weakly collapsed in Luo Xiu's arms like a rubber baby without bones.

Luo Xiu was about to wrap him in a thin blanket, however, Meng Yang suddenly held his hand, clamped his legs tightly, and said, "Tissue..."

Glancing down, Luo Xiu took a few tissues out of the tissue box on the desk, wiped Meng Yang clean, wrapped his body in a blanket, then carried him back to the bathroom to clean.

Meng Yang would attend classes as usual. At other times, he would concentrate on studying the ancient recipes recorded in the book. Meng Yang tried to mix it several times according to the formula, and it took over ten days before he finally felt the scent of medicine he smelled was completely in line with the smell and feeling described in the book.

Afterwards, Luo Xiu went to his friend letting him know that Meng Yang had prepared some aromatic medicine for him, and wanted him to go to another place for treatment. Hearing this, Luo Xiu's friend agreed without thinking too much. It's not that he believed in Meng Yang's abilities, but he was tired of being here and had long wanted to change places. He didn't have any expectations, but as long as he could change places, no matter which friend wanted to take him away now, he would follow along.

Luo Xiu specially made time to go pick his friend up. When he finished persuading and was about to take Li Yan away, several Masters of the Aromatherapy Branch had just come to see Li Yan's situation. After getting to know that Luo Xiu was going to take Li Yan away and let Meng Yang perform aromatherapy for him, these Masters, of course, stopped them immediately, and the Vice President also rushed over after knowing the situation.

"Li Yan lived here for more than a month, your group of people researched every day but still hasn't worked out a good method to cure him. His insomnia problem is still serious. You can't cure him, but you don't want him to go. You are planning to keep him another year or two, so you can earn more from him, right?" Luo Xiu criticised in an unabashedly ironic tone.

"Director Luo, what you said is a bit too much. Director Li's problem is very serious. It's impossible to get better in a short time. Long-term treatment is necessary. It might become more effective in one or two months." the Vice President replied.

"Then don't talk about Li Yan, in the past few years, are there any examples of these Masters curing a serious situation like Li Yan?" Luo Xiu questioned.

The Vice President thought for a while, "This..." but he really couldn't think of any.

Luo Xiu spoke mockingly: "Don't I know what the situation of your Aromatherapy Branch is? Naturally, there are people with actual skills but there are also many people who are not capable. Government invests so much money every year. People like us often give money. Originally, we wanted to contribute to the development of aromatherapy, but there are so many people who can become Masters by playing around. It's ridiculous to think about it."

With the few words Luo Xiu spoke, the faces of those Masters changed drastically.

"There's an old saying, no reward without merit* but this sentence doesn't seem to exist in your aromatherapy branch." Looking at the Vice President, Luo Xiu spoke: "Don't you have the statistics? People who get paid for their work without merit every year, how many are there? I think the statistics must be shocking."

[TN: *as the saying goes, it is pronounced wú gōng bù shòu lù, which means that one cannot accept payment for no reason without establishing merit. It also generally refers to the fact that it is not good for people, and it is impossible to accept gifts or preferential treatment from others.]

"Director Luo, that's not the case." The Vice President tried to defend: "The development of aromatherapy is not just about..."

Luo Xiu interrupted the Vice President and spoke, "I don't care about your so-called regulations. Or how many people eat free meals by taking advantage of the loopholes. I just wanted to warn you that if you continue like this, problems will occur eventually."

"Okay, okay, brother, the Masters were kind enough to want me to stay." Li Yan persuaded him. In fact, he was very surprised because he didn't know what happened to Luo Xiu today. It was like he had become a different person, every word thorny, unlike his usual self.

Looking at the Masters again, Li Yan spoke, "Masters, I know I may not be very polite by saying this, but you see, I've been holding on for so many days, but there is still not one night I can sleep well. It's so hard to fall asleep, then it doesn't take long for me to wake up again. Such repeated waking up and going back to trying to sleep is as uncomfortable as being unable to sleep all night. And I'm bored here, I can't do anything except for practising breathing. I'm really too uncomfortable. I'm just going to change my place temporarily and adjust my mood. After a while, I'll come back and continue to bother you."

When Luo Xiu got angry, his aura was full. Those Masters didn't dare to say anything to him. Seeing Li Yan had already decided to leave, they left with their anger.

The Vice President said nothing. When Luo Xiu and Li Yan left, he politely sent them outside the gate. He didn't want to offend Luo Xiu, not only because Luo Xiu was rich but also because Luo Xiu had relationships with the people above.

As they were afraid to say anything to Luo Xiu and failed to persuade Li Yan, the more the Masters of the Aromatherapy Branch thought about it, the angrier they felt. Since Meng Yang was a student of Lin Songtai, it would be Lin Songtai's responsibility to manage Meng Yang well.

When Lin Songtai was called in such a hurry, he still had no idea why. Right after getting there, those Masters besieged him with their saliva almost spraying onto his face.

After listening for a while, Lin Songtai understood what was going on. He was also a very short-tempered person. And of course, he was unhappy when he heard them cursing his student, making his expression ugly.

"Okay! Have you said enough?!" Lin Songtai retorted them unpleasantly: "If a person wants to go to another place for treatment, it's their right. Can you control it? What's the big deal? It's not so serious. Is it necessary to go on like this?! Even at your age, you can't live without troubling a child. Don't you feel embarrassed?!"

"Not only are you Meng Yang's teacher but also one of the veterans of the Aromatherapy Branch. Everyone in the Aromatherapy Branch has the responsibility to maintain our reputation in the aromatherapy world. Now that your student made such a mess, not caring about his teacher, are you asking us to just leave him alone and even say we can't get along with a child?"

"There are many private aromatherapy centres outside. If you want to maintain our reputation in the aromatherapy world and are so idle, why don't you take care of them one by one? Why do you have to just focus on Meng Yang and talk as if Meng Yang will definitely put Li Yan to death? At most, the treatment would be ineffective. Where is the seriousness you kept on talking about?" Lin Songtai looked at them and spoke, "He is my student, if something happens, then you come to me, I'll bear the consequences for him!"

Lin Songtai turned around and left with anger.

Returning to the academy, Lin Songtai taught the students while suppressing his anger. After class, he asked Meng Yang to stay and talk to him privately.

"Giving Li Yan aromatherapy, was it on your own initiative?" Lin Songtai questioned.

"Uncle Luo asked me to see if I could treat his friend's condition in the beginning. After I checked, I felt a little certain that I could cure him, so I asked Uncle Luo to take him to another place. If his environment changes, he can accept the new treatment in a different mood." Meng Yang answered.

"Have you prepared all the aromatic medicine for him?" Lin Songtai asked again, "How confident are you on this?"

"It's all ready, at least seventy to eighty percent confident." Looking at him, Meng Yang reassured, "Teacher, don't worry, I can guarantee, even if it doesn't work, there really will be no problems."

Lin Songtai nodded, "I also understand your character; calm, steady and thoughtful. You are definitely not a person who loves chaos. Now that you have enough confidence, do the treatment well. If something goes wrong, remember to notify me immediately."

"Yes, I'll keep that in mind." Meng Yang answered seriously.

Luo Xiu owned a villa in Beishan. Although the mountain was not high, the scenery and air were good. From construction to decoration and layout of the villa, the design style was very modern. Li Yan felt as a layman. He couldn't appreciate the sophisticated garden scenery but liked this modern automated building, as well as the thick and tall trees surrounding it. The lush and beautiful plants made him happy whenever he looked at them.

Meng Yang's treatment for Li Yan had already begun. Besides the medicinal bath and fumigation every day, it was natural to have a massage with essential oils, but it was impossible for Luo Xiu to let Meng Yang massage Li Yan himself, so Luo Xiu arranged a professional acupressure therapist and asked Meng Yang to instruct him twice, so he would know how to massage accordingly.

When he was in the Aromatherapy Branch, the Master in charge of Li Yan's aromatherapy asked him to sit and practise breathing and meditation every day. Although this was indeed a way to relax spiritually, for someone with Li Yan's personality, it only made him more restless.

What Meng Yang arranged to get him to relax was to let him do exercises such as swimming, playing ball, running to a point it would make him sweat, but not too tired. After asking Luo Xiu to hire two cooks for him, Meng Yang wrote the menu by himself, then got the cooks to follow suit to treat him through his diet. According to the book written by Meng Ancestors, it was necessary to pay attention so that the diet and medicinal properties can mutually be restrained. Correct dietary cooperation could also enhance the therapeutic effect.

Neither Meng Yang nor Luo Xiu had time to visit Li Yan every day, however, the staff working in the villa were all Luo Xiu's subordinates, and would get someone to specifically report Li Yan's daily situation to Meng Yang.

More than a dozen days later, Meng Yang and Luo Xiu finally made time to visit Li Yan in person.

When Luo Xiu and Meng Yang arrived, Li Yan had just returned from the tennis court with bodyguards. He took a shower and changed his clothes before he came out to talk to Meng Yang and Luo Xiu.

Li Yan reached out to Meng Yang, trying to shake hands with him, however, stopping him, Luo Xiu spoke, "If you have something to say, say it, don't move."

Looking at Luo Xiu, Li Yan spoke, "Gē*, living here is much more comfortable than the Aromatherapy Branch. They made me sit and relax every day, then practice breathing, long, short, deep and shallow. Not letting me do anything except breathing was simply torture for me. Now I can play ball, swim and watch the news every day. I can drink a little at dinner in the afternoon. In contrast, this is simply the difference between heaven and hell."

[TN: *brother]

"How did you sleep at night?" Luo Xiu questioned.

Li Yan stretched out two fingers and spoke a little excitedly, "For two hours, I slept for two full hours last night, so comfortable!"

Observing Li Yan's complexion, Meng Yang could see that his spirit was indeed much better, so he told him, "Since you can already lose two hours of insomnia, starting tomorrow, you can spend two hours a day to deal with work-related things."

"Really?! I can start working now?" Looking at Meng Yang, Li Yan questioned.

"But it must not exceed three hours." Meng Yang answered.

"Great!" Excited, Li Yan wanted to shake Meng Yang's hand again, but once again was blocked by Luo Xiu. He looked at Luo Xiu and told him, "All the doctors told me, the fact I began to have hallucinations proves my situation is already very dangerous. I must temporarily lay off work and take a good rest and treatment. I shouldn't think about it at all. But how can I do that so easily?"

"Your two younger brothers are doing a good job. They are not two-faced people. We can also help. You should just take advantage of it and take a good rest now." Luo Xiu replied.

"I've become accustomed to doing everything by myself for so many years and I really can't let go." Li Yan sighed: "I can feel more at ease now that there are two or three hours a day for me to understand the company situation."

His thoughts were understandable to Luo Xiu as he himself was used to it.

"When you can sleep for six hours every night, you can go back to the company, but you can't work over eight hours a day. And you must arrange appropriate exercise time and reasonable diet arrangements. Aromatherapy can't be interrupted as well. Thorough treatment will require at least one to two years of aromatherapy. It might even take four to five years as well, plus you can no longer mess around in the future." Meng Yang spoke.

Meng Yang asking him to start working now was also a soothing treatment learned from the aromatherapy book passed down by the Meng family. Although it takes a lot of effort to deal with work matters, it could also make him feel happy and at ease. If he was not allowed to work at all, he would remember and spend more time worrying more about the company's affairs. Sometimes, the effect of psychotherapy was actually better.

"Alright!" Li Yan agreed immediately: "As long as I can stop being tortured by insomnia and no longer have hallucinations, I'll listen to my sister-in-law's arrangements, and strictly follow them. Gē, when I get better, I must thank you for all you did for me!"

The three chatted for a while and then had dinner together. Li Yan kept saying how the chef's cooking skills were good, and the vegetarian dishes were all delicious, so much better than the meals of the Aromatherapy Branch.

Meng Yang and Luo Xiu continued their usual life and every once in a while, they would visit Li Yan and Meng Yang would adjust the formula according to Li Yan's sleep status.

Lin Songtai had visited Li Yan twice as well and especially did a pulse diagnosis for him. Seeing he was recovering so quickly and so well, he was surprised and at the same time relieved.

It's just that whether in the Aromatherapy Branch or in the academy, Lin Songtai and Meng Yang were both silent, and other Masters couldn't tell what was happening.

More than a month later, Lin Songtai gave his students an exam. Wu Feng was in a cold war with Qin Hong, and both of them had no intention of studying during this period. Hence, the exam was in a mess. Lin Songtai left out the two of them and gave a severe lesson. Even after chastising them, he was still angry, so he left frowning.

Lin Songtai seldom frowned this sternly. And he looked so upset suddenly. During this period, some masters who often secretly observed him naturally felt that there must be something serious. Recently, only Meng Yang's incident was regarded as a serious matter. So this news soon passed to the Aromatherapy Branch. After those old-fashioned old men got to know about it, they were already thinking about how to make a fuss over this matter.

Reprimanded by Lin Songtai, Wu Feng was even more depressed. He and Meng Yang found a quiet place to sit and chat.

"You have it better. You found a husband who loves you so much. As expected, an older lover will never hurt their partner. Should I just break up with Qin Hong and find an older one?" Wu Feng spoke extremely upset.

"Why say such angry words?" Although Meng Yang knew he was talking in his anger, he still persuaded him: "You've been dating Senior Brother Qin for so many years. Hasn't he always been nice to you? It's not that an older lover will definitely not hurt their partner. It mainly depends on whether the love is deep enough. I can see that Senior Brother Qin loves you very much. It's just a little misunderstanding, can't you let it go?"

As soon as Meng Yang finished speaking, his mobile rang. Answering the call, he spoke, "Uncle Luo, I'm coming soon."

"You came to pick me up?"

"Okay, give me a minute."

Hanging up, Meng Yang told Wu Feng: "Uncle Luo's friend had invited us to dinner. So he came to pick me up. He's waiting for me outside the academy. I'll go first. Let's talk tomorrow."

"Okay, quickly go now." Wu Feng nodded before saying: "I'll sit here for a while and then go back."

"Then I'm going." Meng Yang turned and left. While he walked he sent a message to Qin Hong asking him to come here and pick Wu Feng up.

Right after Meng Yang got into the car, he was immediately embraced in Luo Xiu's arms. Luo Xiu lifted his chin, holding it, he kissed Meng Yang's red and moist lips. He then barged his tongue deep into his little lover's mouth, teasing the little tender tongue.

Luo Xiu hadn't seen Meng Yang for a few hours and felt as if he had missed him for several years. Not seeing him for a few hours, he was as hungry as a person walking in a desert. Unfortunately, he couldn't always keep him by his side,

There was a soundproof baffle in the middle of the car. The two often go home together, so they were used to making out in the car, but today Li Yan had invited them to dinner and there definitely would be other friends of Luo Xiu attending as well. If their clothes were crumpled when appearing together, they would be laughed at.

After being overwhelmed by Luo Xiu, Meng Yang pushed him away before telling him: "I'm going to have dinner with your friends later. It'll be shameful if our clothes are wrinkled. Take your clothes off first."

Stretching his hand to open the front drawer, Luo Xiu took out a paper bag before saying, "Clothes are all ready."

"So you came prepared." Amused, Meng Yang put his arms around Luo Xis's neck and pulled him down, "Then you should move faster."

Intimacy in the car had a different excitement and pleasure. Although it would not be seen by people, it was still outdoors, on the street, while on the move. Looking at the tall buildings, crowds and vehicles outside the window, Meng Yang would be even more sensitive than normal.

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While the car moved forward steadily, Meng Yang was still breathing rapidly. After Luo Xiu wiped him clean, he nestled in Luo Xiu's arms to rest. When his fast-beating heart finally stabilised, he took out the clean clothes and pants from the paper bag and put on his clothes piece by piece starting from the underwear.

Luo Xiu quickly changed his clothes as well.

When Meng Yang turned on the phone camera, looked at his face, he couldn't help complaining to Luo Xiu: "I'm like this, how can I meet people later?"

Luo Xiu turned his face to look at him. Seeing his little wife's cheeks were flushed, eyes moist with tears, and his face was in love. He was reluctant to let anyone see him.

Opening the front small refrigerator again, Luo Xiu took out a cold towel from it, then helped Meng Yang wipe his face.

Seeing how thoughtful and well prepared he was, Meng Yang didn't know what to say.

Taking Meng Yang's hand, Luo Xiu walked into the private room. Several other close friends of Luo Xiu's had also arrived, waiting for them both.

Seeing Luo Xiu and Meng Yang had come in, Li Yan, who was chatting with his friends, hurried over, greeted them warmly, then invited them to sit down.

"Today I invited all of us who have a good relationship with each other!" Li Yan spoke excitedly: "I must promote my xiǎo sǎoz well. Over the years, I went from taking one or two pills to taking a handful of them. But the problem got more and more serious, and the treatments haven't been effective for so long, but now it's only been over two months. I can actually sleep for five hours!"

Li Yan became more excited as he spoke. In his excitement, he stretched out to hold Meng Yang's hand. However, reaching halfway, he paused, turned his hand to hold Luo Xiu's hand hard. Then, looking at Meng Yang, he spoke excitedly, "Truly. Thank you so much! I haven't been able to sleep well for years. Thanks to you, I can finally sleep well again!"

Pulling out his hand hard, Luo Xiu replied instead, "Sit down and talk, we won't run."

Several friends saw that Li Yan was about to burst into tears. It was really not in line with his usual image, so they all persuaded him.

"Okay, okay, calm down and don't scare people."

"Sit down, don't ruin your image as a tough guy."

"Why are you so excited?" Sitting down next to him, Wang Xuan questioned.

Li Yan waved his hand to Wang Xuan before speaking, "You fall asleep as soon as you touch the pillow. You can't understand how painful it was for a person like me who has been suffering from insomnia for many years. When I found out I was having hallucinations, not knowing if I was awake or asleep, and having that feeling of: want to sleep but can't fall asleep, was really painful!"

What Li Yan didn't say was that when he was extremely uncomfortable and painful, for a moment, he didn't want to live.

A few of their friends looked at each other. Although they couldn't feel how painful and uncomfortable Li Yan really was before, they all had seen his haggard and awkward face before. There was a feeling that he was running out of time. Now, not only he looks better, even his spirits are better. Actually, they all can understand why he is so excited.

With a wave of Li Yan's hand, several of his bodyguards pushed several carts over and opened the boxes on the carts one by one.

"I know xiǎo sǎozi* is not short of anything. I can't think of what to give as a gift for a moment. I am a layman, so I'll send some monetary** things first. I hope my xiǎo sǎozi won't dislike it. When I find something good, I'll send it to my xiǎo sǎozi."

[TN: *xiǎo sǎozi implies to small sister-in-law. I first left it as a sister-in-law, but Dorai Otoma mentioned you guys would like the original way better so changed it (❁´◡`❁)]

[TN: **Originally it was written as 'I'll send some vulgar things first', I've changed it as it sounded weird. But as I was told, in China, they count sending money as a shameless thing, hence the word. ]

Those boxes were full of gold bars. Li Yan was in the gold business. He had a chain of gold stores in various cities across the country.

Luo Xiu accepted this gift for Meng Yang, as he needed not to be polite to him after being friends for so many years.

Li Yan wanted to toast Meng Yang again, Meng Yang drank a small glass, and Luo Xiu drank the rest for him.

As the wine tasted good, Meng Yang wanted to drink another cup secretly when he saw Luo Xiu was still talking to a friend. Who knew that right when he brought the glass to his mouth, Luo Xiu would take his wine glass and replace it with a glass of juice.

Looking at the juice in his hand, Meng Yang flattened his mouth, then put the juice down to eat.

Although Luo Xiu took the wine away, Meng Yang had a keen sense of smell, especially in the various mixed dishes. The taste he likes would be particularly obvious when he smells it. The fruity aroma was really tempting.

When Luo Xiu's friend saw Meng Yang looking at the bottle of fruit wine, he poured another glass and secretly handed it to him. Whispering a 'Thank you', Meng Yang just took a small sip of the glass when it was once again taken away by Luo Xiu.

"Will get drunk." Looking at Meng Yang, Luo Xiu spoke.

"Just one drink won't make you get drunk." Looking at him, Meng Yang countered.

Luo Xiu's friends smiled when they saw him manage Meng Yang like a child and spoke for Meng Yang.

"Let him drink it. This fruit wine is like fruit juice. The low-degree wine is negligible and won't get him drunk."

"Yeah, let him drink if he likes to drink, it's just us, what does it matter."

They didn't know how bad Meng Yang's drunk state was, nor did they know his habit of being unable to stop once he started drinking. Luo Xiu didn't want to explain too much, so he could only say to Meng Yang, "You can only drink three glasses, one every ten minutes. We'll go home after drinking."

"Okay." Smiling, Meng Yang nodded, obediently agreeing.

Luo Xiu put Meng Yang's favourite dishes in front of him.

It was the first time Luo Xiu's friends saw him being so considerate and caring for others, and they knew Luo Xiu's personality. If it weren't genuine love, even if he was single for a lifetime, he would not get married, let alone take the initiative to do these things. They further understood the importance of Meng Yang in Luo Xiu's heart.

Luo Xiu started talking to his friends again. As long as a few of them get together, they would not only talk about the company and business but also about life and family matters. If some troubles were mentioned, everyone could discuss an idea to help. In this business sea, where there were frequent storms and waves, they have been close friends with each other for many years.

When Luo Xiu said that he would only let Meng Yang drink three cups, Meng Yang also obediently agreed. But promising was one matter and failing to keep it was another matter. If Luo Xiu was not there, Meng Yang would definitely try to restrain himself. However, Luo Xiu was by his side, and everyone else was Luo Xiu's friends. He felt that there was no need to restrain himself at all and just drank happily, so, within ten minutes, he had completely finished a bottle.

When Luo Xiu's friends saw he liked to drink, they gave him another bottle. Soon after, another bottle bottomed out. Luo Xiu naturally saw it, but he knew even if Meng Yang was not allowed to drink, Meng Yang would still drink, so he just waited for him to get drunk to take him home.

In less than half an hour, the completely drunk Meng Yang fell directly on Luo Xiu.

Luo Xiu hugged him in his arms. Seeing his distracted eyes, he knew Meng Yang was drunk. He told his friends: "You guys chat, he is going to sleep. I'll take him back first."

"He's drunk already?"

"This amount of alcohol... Can you even get drunk with just two small bottles of fruit wine? No wonder you didn't let him drink it."

"Then let's go back too, we can meet up the next time."

Picking Meng Yang up, Luo Xiu got up and walked out.

The others all got up to leave together.

After Luo Xiu got into the car holding Meng Yang, Li Yan leaned on the window to speak, "I've been living in your villa very comfortably, should I buy it or maybe replace it with another villa?"

"You live there as long as you want." Taking out the blanket from the front drawer, Luo Xiu covered Meng Yang's body.

"Thank you, Ge*." Li Yan patted Luo Xiu on the shoulder before speaking gratefully: "As long as I have something you like, just let me know."

[TN:*brother]

"You go back too, Meng Yang said your aromatherapy can't be broken now." Luo Xiu replied.

"Okay, let's go then."After giving a pat on the roof of the car, Li Yan watched the car gradually speed up away after the window was raised.

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…

Li Yan was an earnest person. Although he had no good results while living in the Aromatherapy Branch and had paid them money for his stay, he still went back.

With a gift, Li Yan thanked the Masters, who had performed aromatherapy on him while saying a lot of kind words, sincerely thanking them for their painstaking treatment before.

The Masters could see Li Yan's now much better complexion and how he was a lot more energetic than before. After checking his pulse again, they found that he was really much better than before, resulting in all of their expressions to become strange.

Li Yan did all the proper etiquettes and spoke all the polite words that should be said in place. As for what the Masters would think afterwards, it had nothing to do with him.

A few days later, Lin Songtai once again took the students to the Aromatherapy Branch to observe and study.

Before starting the discussion, Lin Songtai looked at the Masters who had besieged him before questioning: "I heard Li Yan came to give gifts a few days ago. I haven't seen him for half a month. What do you think of his complexion now?"

Those Masters were calm and silent.

"I saw him two days ago. His complexion used to be grey and unsightly. Now there is not much difference from a normal person."

Turning his head to the Master beside him, Lin Songtai asked, "So, is his body recovering pretty well?"

"Naturally, the recovery is quite good. I talked to him for a while and asked about his situation. He still relies on aromatherapy every day. Said he has two hours of deep sleep and three hours of light sleep every night, so he can sleep for five hours straight. He mentioned he feels refreshed every morning now."

Lin Songtai nodded, then turned around to shout, "Meng Yang."

Immediately getting up, Meng Yang walked behind Lin Songtai: "Teacher."

"Follow-up treatment is equally important. Don't let him go crazy again, otherwise, it will ruin all the accomplishments." Lin Songtai spoke.

"Don't worry Teacher, I've arranged a schedule for him to work and rest, and let someone supervise him strictly, I'll never let him mess around." Meng Yang replied.

"Ok." Lin Songtai nodded again, then looked at the Masters before telling them, "If you still have any doubts, you can raise them now and Meng Yang will answer them for you, so you can feel at ease."

"There aren't any questions?" Seeing them silent, Lin Songtai told Meng Yang: "Meng Yang, fearing you will put Li Yan to death, these Masters have broken their hearts for you. It's been so hard for them, you have to thank them."

"Thank you, Masters, for worrying and caring about me. Please accept my gratitude."Bowing down, Meng Yang saluted the Masters.

"This shows how the aromatherapy therapist licenses issued from national institutions are still reliable." Spoke out, one Master.

"That's natural. Otherwise, there'll be no need for the country to set up such an institution? If we only regard aromatherapist licenses certified by the Aromatherapy Branch as real aromatherapists, then there will only be fewer and fewer people studying aromatherapy and maybe it'll gradually disappear in the future. Unfortunately, some people just don't understand this truth."

"Why don't people understand, if they have no ability, they have no reason to be superior? Just because they are certified from a better institute. Does it mean that they are superior?"

Those Masters who had strongly opposed Meng Yang's aromatherapy for Li Yan were all sullen and left without a word.

"Okay, okay, it's almost time, let's start today's discussion, and for other things, we'll wait for some free time to talk."

Meng Yang walked back to his seat and sat down. The Masters also started today's discussion.

Yu Junchen lowered his head slightly thinking, Meng Yang must have relied on the methods in those books to do so well. If he could get those books, he would be better than Meng Yang.

The young man who had bumped into Meng Yang the last time, who was also Yu Junchen's graduated senior, looked at Meng Yang with a vicious eye from time to time. Meng Yang naturally felt it but was too lazy to bother with a mad dog.

Right when the discussion ended, the Vice-president walked in. After greeting the masters, he looked at Lin Songtai, "Master Lin, I have something to tell you."

"What's the matter?" Lin Songtai asked.

"Yesterday, after the President returned from the general meeting, he said that the main content of the meeting was regarding accomplishing the major branches to work harder and cultivate more outstanding aromatherapists. It's been said that it was necessary to work harder to discover people with such talent, and not to set too many unnecessary high thresholds and limit the truly talented people outside, which would be tantamounting to limiting the development of aromatherapy."

Looking at Meng Yang, the Vice-president continued: "After discussing with the President, I feel Meng Yang's excellent level is really rare. Our branch has the responsibility and obligation to train a genius like him. Let's go to my office and talk about other specific content."

"Okay, let's go." Looking at Meng Yang, Lin Songtai spoke, "Meng Yang, you come as well."

So under everyone's watch, the three of them walked out together.

The major branches also had competitive relationships. If they wanted to get more funds and attention from above, then they must train more excellent aromatherapists and let them see their achievements.

The Vice-president brought Lin Songtai and Meng Yang to his office to talk about making Meng Yang a full member. He gave Meng Yang a lot of preferential conditions and promised that as long as Meng Yang had an outstanding performance, he could make an exception and upgrade him from a junior member to an intermediate member in a shorter time.

Although these preferential treatments sounded very tempting and if it was some other student, they would definitely agree to it immediately, Meng Yang, did not agree immediately. He answered that he would go back and discuss with Luo Xiu.

Meng Yang massaged Luo Xiu's head, which was resting on his thighs while telling him what went on at the aromatherapy Branch during the day.

As Luo Xiu was too comfortable while being massaged by Meng Yang, his happy brain was utterly empty. Although he heard Meng Yang's words in his ears, he was not thinking, so he did not answer Meng Yang back.

"Did you hear what I said?" Seeing him silent, Meng Yang pinched his nose in dissatisfaction.

Luo Xiu finally returned to his senses before answering: "Well, I'm listening, you go on."

So Meng Yang continued to express his concerns: "Although as you said, I can learn more when I enter the Aromatherapy Branch, I heard that the Aromatherapy Branch's water runs very deep*. I have little experience, and I'm not particularly good at things. If you talk about strategizing, I'm not as good as a finger of yours. What if I get calculated against?"

[TN: *The original meaning is that the place where water gathers such as ponds and ponds has a large amount of water and depth. It is often used to refer to the background of things or characters that are complicated and unpredictable. If you participate in it, you will harm yourself if you are not careful.]

Sitting up, Luo Xiu put Meng Yang in his arms, "Don't worry. Although you are young and have little experience, you are smart and quick to learn. As long as you are careful enough, you won't be easily fooled. I'll support you in everything. So you don't need to be afraid of the deep water. I'll teach you how to swim. When you learn, you'll be able to understand the fun of swimming in deep water."

Meng Yang put his arms around Luo Xiu's neck and said, "That's true, with such an enormous sea monster like you, why should I be afraid of other deep-sea animals? Even if tiger sharks or big whales dare to bully me, I'll come to you and you can help me teach them."

"Youngers can be taught." Luo Xiu turned over, pressed on Meng Yang's body, starting their waist movement tonight.

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…

The procedures for Meng Yang to become a junior member of the Aromatherapy Branch were quickly completed. Now, he could enter and leave the Aromatherapy Branch freely without Lin Songtai's guidance. The most frequent place Meng Yang visited were the archives, to look for and borrow the typical cases and records of the aromatherapy processes before.

On this day, Meng Yang finished taking notes and returned the aromatherapy records he had finished reading. He then went to Wu Feng and others to see if they were busy, planning to go back to school with them.

Crossing the promenade, Meng Yang walked into the room where the door was left open, looked for Wu Feng's figure among the busy crowd, and walked towards him.

"Brother." Meng Yang called out.

Turning around to look at him, Wu Feng spoke, "Have you finished taking notes?"

"Yeah." Meng Yang nodded before asking: "How long do you need?"

"It won't be over for quite a while." Slanting his eyes, Wu Feng glanced aside, his face upset.

Meng Yang followed his gaze and glanced aside. He saw Fu Yuqian sitting and resting like a supervisor. Yu Junchen and his senior brothers were also sitting beside him, all speaking with Fu Yuqian. Obviously, this was something all the reserve members should do together, but Fu Yuqian only let Wu Feng and the others do it, while Yu Junchen and the others sat and rested. From just this, it could be seen how arrogant Fu Yuqian usually was, and how low the status of a reserve member was.

"Go find a place to rest or go back to school first, don't stay here, he'll trouble you again if he sees you." Wu Feng told Meng Yang.

Suppressing the anger that was gradually rising in his heart, Meng Yang turned around to leave.

"You stop." Fu Yuqian called.

Meng Yang stopped, turned around to look at him and questioned, "Is there something wrong?"

"There are too many things that need to be sorted. There aren't enough people to work, so you will also help." Fu Yuqian answered in a commanding tone.

"You are a junior member and so am I. Why are you asking me to do things?" Meng Yang asked coldly.

"On the basis, I've been a junior member for several years, I'm your senior!"

With a mocking smile, Meng Yang retorted: "You feel quite proud, don't you? I became a junior member as soon as I came in, you've been here for several years but you still are just a junior member. You are not ashamed but actually proud of it?"

Fu Yuqian stood up abruptly and glared at Meng Yang, "What do you mean? Are you being sarcastic?!"

"Even after giving such obvious facts, do I still need to be sarcastic? And didn't you say it yourself? You've been a junior member for several years, but with such a proud tone you were talking about being a senior. Well, with how bad you are, revert to a reserved member."

[TN: Ok so Dorai Otoma told me that this speech of MY was a bit confusing so I'm inserting a note just in case. MY and FY are both Junior members (they are full members but junior, senior members are people like MY's teacher) of the Branch, unlike MY's senior brothers and Yu Junchen who are only reserve members. Now why Fu Yuqian calls himself a senior above was on the basis he thinks that because he stayed in the Branch for longer than MY, he is more superior than MY who just joined.]

With anger, Fu Yuqian was trying to rush towards Meng Yang, however, Yu Junchen held him back: "Senior brother, forget it, don't worry about him. Meng Yang, don't say such words, brother is indeed your senior, asking you to do something is not excessive."

"What kind of senior is he?" Meng Yang spoke with disdain: "If I stay here for a few years and are still a junior member, I won't have the face to come here again, and will quit the Aromatherapy Branch by myself. He has no abilities but bullies the reserved members relying on the fact he is a full member, and still feels quite proud. I really don't understand. What are you proud of?"

Although Meng Yang's words made Fu Yuqian angry, he couldn't refute it. He threw away Yu Junchen's hand and rushed towards Meng Yang straight away.

Meng Yang deliberately did not hide and fell to the ground using his own strength.

"Meng Yang!" Rushing to Meng Yang, Wu Feng and the others questioned worriedly: "Are you all right?"

Supported by Wu Feng and the others, Meng Yang stood up. Glaring at Fu Yuqian, Wu Feng spoke, "You are simply..."

Stopping Wu Feng, Meng Yang told him not to speak, then clapped his hands while speaking, "You all saw it. It was him who made the first move."

"What if I did? You still want to fight back?"

Raising his fist, Meng Yang threw it out. When Fu Yuqian raised his hand to block, Meng Yang stopped his fist halfway and kicked Fu Yuqian in the stomach.

"Brother!" Yu Junchen and the others immediately squatted down to help.

But Meng Yang moved faster than them. He immediately squatted and squeezed Fu Yuqian's neck with one hand, while his knee of one foot pressed against his opponent's stomach, the other hand pressed his acupuncture point forcefully.

The people on Fu Yuqian's side wanted to push Meng Yang away, however, Wu Feng and the others immediately pushed them away to prevent them from touching Meng Yang.

Fu Yuqian was feeling so painful that his tears had come out, but he couldn't scream or even move. If he struggled, his stomach would hurt even more.

People on both sides started fighting, and there was chaos.

Some students who did not belong to either side ran to notify the administrator.

The administrator led people to rush over. Seeing such a scene, he shouted: "You all stop! You must not want to stay here anymore, isn't it?!"

The staff hurried over to separate everyone.

"What do you think of this place?! You dare to fight here!" Walking over, the administrator questioned, "Who moved first?!"

"He moved the hand first!" Pointing to Fu Yuqian, Wu Feng answered.

"He kicked me first. I just pushed him a bit!" Fu Yuqian spoke while covering his stomach with one hand and pointing at Meng Yang with the other. He was still shaking with pain.

Seeing the main culprits in the fight were Meng Yang and Fu Yuqian, the administrator knew he definitely could not manage this matter. So he took them all to the Vice President's office.

The Vice President was in a meeting with the masters to discuss some of the next work arrangements. Suddenly hearing the assistant report Meng Yang, Fu Yuqian and a group of reserve members were fighting, it shocked both the Vice President and the Masters. After living for so many years, this was the first time anyone dared to fight here. Everyone got up and walked out to see what was going on.

After rushing to the office, the Vice President looked at them and questioned, "What the hell is going on ?! Why fight?"

"They made their move first!"

"It was obviously you!"

"You beat up our senior brother!"

The group of people quarrelled again, making the Vice President slap the table vigorously and thundered, "Shut up, everyone!"

When everyone was finally quiet, the Vice President asked again: "Who moved first?!"

The administrator answered, "Fu Yuqian and Meng Yang started fighting first."

Looking at Meng Yang, then at Fu Yuqian the Vice President questioned, "You talk, what is going on?!"

"He insulted me first! Then he kicked me in the stomach and hit me when I fell on the ground!" Fu Yuqian angrily answered.

"Why was he scolding you and why should he hit you on the ground?" the Vice President asked again.

Fu Yuqian gritted his teeth without speaking.

Turning back to Meng Yang again, the Vice President questioned, "You tell me, why?"

"Fu Yuqian was responsible for arranging reserve students to clean up the items. Even if he does nothing by himself, he also lets all his juniors sit and rest, while leaving everything to other reserve members. Of course, given that this is the 'good traditions' of regular members of the Aromatherapy Branch oppressing the reserved-members, I said nothing. But he asked me to go clean up together. I asked him why he was ordering me. He said he had been a junior member for several years, making him my senior. I asked him why, even after him being a junior member for several years, he was not ashamed but proud of himself. He became so angry that he rushed over to hit me. Since he did it first, I couldn't stand there and get beaten by him. So kicked him."

"Is this true?" Looking at others, the Vice President questioned.

Everyone agreed, as Meng Yang did not tell a lie.

"Is that what he said?" The Vice President looked at Fu Yuqian to ask.

Fu Yuqian still gritted his teeth in silence.

"Since you all agreed that this is what he said, then this matter is indeed your fault." Looking at Fu Yuqian, the Vice President spoke, "You, as a senior, arranging things unfairly, was your first mistake. Troubling the members on the same level as you, was the second mistake. You were the first to move your hand. This was your third mistake."

Looking at Meng Yang, the Vice President went on: "You have done something wrong as well. If he was asking you for trouble, you could have come straight to me and complained instead of arguing with him. You are also responsible for humiliating him and making things worse."

Meng Yang squeezed a fist, knowing that the Vice President was preparing to play 50 boards at once, turning the big things into little things.

"One-handed slap doesn't make a sound*." A Master spoke irritably: "For so many years, our branch never had a fight. Why did such a bad thing happen right after he came?"

[TN:* So this is actually a saying which goes like "You can't clap with just one hand". But a little different. I will leave it like this since it will be referred to in the next few sentences. According to Baidu: Chinese traditional folk sayings. Metaphorical contradictions and disputes are not caused by unilaterally. Literally understood, it means that if you want to make a sound, it is impossible to achieve it with just one hand]

Turning around to look at the Master, Meng Yang spoke, "Why don't I slap you so you can personally hear the sound?"

"This bastard!" Getting up, the Master slapped the table before cursing, "You dare to hit me?! You thought just because you got the title of genius, you would be invincible?! I think you are crazy and don't know what your own last name is!"

"What wouldn't I dare?" Meng Yang spoke with a cold face, "I'm going to make trouble until I get to go to the leader of the association so I can ask whether this kind of senior, who specialises in bullying newcomers, deserves respect. Ask if I was doing something unnecessary by fighting back and swearing to go against your order to maintain this 'fine tradition'!"

Meng Yang!" Vice President scolded: "You talk less!"

"Why should I talk less!?" Meng Yang couldn't hold back the anger in his heart and thundered, "You ask them, Fu Yuqian troubled me time and time again, I endured it and ignored him. Now he directly moved at me. Do I have to endure the beating and scolding by him?! These kinds of Masters are not real Masters. These people actually lack morality, character, ability and talents. But relying on their old age and staying in this circle for a long time, they memorize a few ancient books, and they are very proud! My genius title, I got it after competitions, uprightly! If you have the ability, you can also take part in international competitions, win an international competition, and show us the title of genius!"

"You..." The Master Meng Yang was scolding at, had his blood pressure raised, he was too angry to speak.

"Meng Yang, have you said enough?!" The Vice President spoke in a low voice, suggesting Meng Yang not to go on.

"I didn't say enough! Anyway, I'll definitely go to the leader of the association to judge. It's not a big deal to not stay in your noble place. I'll simply tear off these fake old faces' hypocrisy today!" Meng Yang answered coldly.

"We'll go with you, we'll straightaway find the leader!" Wu Feng exclaimed, "No big deal, we shouldn't be such broken reserve members anymore! What era is this? Just because of different levels and long stays, don't even treat people as humans!"

"Let's go too!"

"We should no longer be reserve members!"

"Since everyone doesn't want to be a reserve-member, that's just right. In the future, let's leave all the opportunities and quota to Master Xu Wangya's students! Master Xu Wangya taught well!" Meng Yang went on, "His students have no abilities in actual competitions, but they have exceptional abilities at other times, whether in school or this branch, each and everyone acts as if they have saved the world. Every day when they look at others with their noses up, I really don't know what they are so proud of? It seems that only they are nobler than anyone else. Other students must not fight back or scold them!"

Meng Yang scolded Xu Wangya, who had been silent for a long time to his face, making his face become more ugly. Moreover, Fu Yuqian really was at fault in this matter. His behaviour could not be justified for any reason, since it was so unreasonable, he had nothing to say.

"Master Lin, please persuade him." The Vice President never expected Meng Yang to have such a hot temper. Not only did he dared to say anything, he also stirred the emotions of other people around him.

"He didn't say a word wrong, what do you want me to persuade him about?" With a calm face, Lin Songtai spoke: "These ones didn't have skills when they were young, even at this age, they still don't have them. But they still can't see the difference of others who actually have the skills. Even after relying on the title of a Master without living up to the name, they don't feel guilty at all! It's inconceivable."

Those Masters were so angry that their faces were green, but they couldn't refute at all.

"And you, Fu Yuqian!" Pointing at Fu Yuqian, Lin Songtai scolded, "It's been a few years you've become a junior member and you've become so proud of it? Your face must be too thick. What are you doing running rampant all day long? Why are you so mad? Because the President is your cousin? Call the President over so I can ask him why you are so arrogant because of him!"

"Master Lin, this has nothing to do with the President right?" The Vice President felt helpless. The young one would not listen, and the old one would also not listen. It seemed they couldn't continue talking today. Otherwise, till the young man's affairs were resolved, the old one would keep on arguing.

"Everyone, please calm down." The Vice President persuaded: "Today, go back and calm down. Let's discuss how to deal with this matter after everyone calms down. In fact, it's just a matter between these children. It's not a big deal to be so noisy, just..."

However, before the Vice President could finish speaking, his assistant hurriedly opened the door to relay, "Vice President, Director Luo is here."

Taken aback, the Vice President glanced at Meng Yang.

Before he was brought here, Meng Yang had already called Luo Xiu.

As soon as the assistant had finished speaking, Luo Xiu walked in from outside the door.

Right after Luo Xiu came in, he looked at Meng Yang and walked towards him.

"Are you injured?" Looking at Meng Yang, Luo Xiu questioned.

Meng Yang shook his head.

Breathing a sigh of relief, Luo Xiu asked, "Who beat you?"

"He did." Meng Yang pointed to Fu Yuqian.

"I just pushed you, it was you who pressed me to the ground and beat me!" Fu Yuqian defended loudly.

"Was the first move yours?" Looking at Fu Yuqian with cold eyes, Luo Xiu questioned.

Frightened by Luo Xiu's eyes, Fu Yuqian involuntarily lowered his head, not daring to look at him.

"Uncle Luo..." with a crying voice, Meng Yang approached Luo Xiu's arms, he looked like he was greatly wronged.

"What are you pretending to be! You..." Fu Yuqian was furious and immediately pointed at Meng Yang to curse.

Luo Xiu hit his hand hard with a backhand, making a loud noise.

"What do you mean?" Luo Xiu spoke with a stony face, "Uneducated!"

"Brother Luo..." Holding his hand, Fu Yuqian looked at Luo Xiu aggrievedly. The back of his hand was so hot and painful that it was already red.

Brother Luo? Meng Yang glanced at Fu Yuqian sideways. He saw Fu Yuqian's eyes which looked at Luo Xiu's were aggrieved and sad. Only then did he realize that Fu Yuqian liked Luo Xiu. No wonder he had troubled him everywhere since the first time they met.

"Director Luo, it's actually not a serious matter, it's just the fight between children." The Vice President persuaded Luo Xiu.

"Vice President Yuan put things too lightly. Meng Yang being only nineteen years old, he is indeed a child, but this one is already twenty-six, can he still be considered a child?" Luo Xiu looked at Fu Yuqian again after speaking, then spoke coldly: "Call your Elder Brother! I want to ask him whether he actually educates you!"

The Vice President tried very hard to make peace without going into the mud, but these people were more difficult than the one before, he really couldn't make peace. He could only wait for Fu Yuqian's Eldest Brother to come and see what he would say.

"Since the parents are here, Masters, please go back first, let their parents talk first, then talk about other things." The Vice President looked at the Masters and persuaded them.

These Masters just got up and left.

After sending away those Masters and letting the other reserve members leave first, the Vice President sighed helplessly in his heart. It was difficult to be the middleman, as he couldn't afford to offend both sides. Fu Yuqian was a student of Xu Wangya, and the President was his cousin, who was his superior. Meng Yang's side was even harder. Talking about Lin Songtai's position in the Aromatherapy academic world, even the Leader should give him some face. When it came to Luo Xiu, whoever was above doesn't matter, the Luo Group could not be offended.

After receiving the call, Fu Jiang hurried over. As soon as he entered the Vice President's office, he saw Luo Xiu and Meng Yang sitting on the sofa, while Fu Yuqian stood alone in the middle.

"What's wrong? What happened? How did the fight start?" Fu Jiang questioned.

"Director Fu, please sit down." After getting Fu Jiang to sit down first, The Vice President then told him what happened.

After listening to this, Fu Jiang glared at Fu Yuqian fiercely, then looked at Luo Xiu to speak, "I'm so sorry, Luo Xiu, my brother has been spoiled by my parents since he was a child. After my parents passed away, I had little time to discipline him, so let him develop such an overbearing character. Don't worry, after I take him back this time, I'll definitely teach him a good lesson!"

"Your brother dared to fight my wife. What else can he not dare to do here?" Luo Xiu answered blankly, "I've been friends with you for so many years. Even if he beats me, I'll not care about him, but if he beats my wife, you have to give me an explanation!"

Although Luo Xiu and Fu Jiang were not extremely close friends as they were with Li Yan, they were still friends. Now Fu Yuqian hit Meng Yang, and Luo Xiu understands Meng Yang's character well. He was not a proactive person, so it definitely must be Fu Yuqian's fault. No matter who Fu Yuqian was, if he dared to fight Meng Yang, he would never let him go. If Fu Jiang doesn't do it, then he himself will do it.

"You are right, don't worry, I'll definitely give you an explanation for this matter." Fu Jiang replied.

This matter had not yet come to an end. For now, Luo Xiu and Fu Jiang took Meng Yang and Fu Yuqian back.

After Fu Jiang took Fu Yuqian home, he shouted at Fu Yuqian as soon as he entered the study, "You kneel down for me!"

Fu Yuqian was stubborn and stood motionlessly. When Fu Jiang walked behind him, he kicked Fu Yuqian to the ground. Pointing at him and scolding: "Tell yourself, food, clothing, housing and transportation, which one am I not giving the best for you? The only requirement I wanted from you was to hope you can stand by yourself and don't make trouble for me! You even dare to beat Luo Xiu's wife now! You are afraid that I have too many friends and want to beat the few I have so I can be helpless, right?!"

"He hit me too. I pushed him a bit, but he kicked me to the ground and hit me in the stomach!" Not convinced, Fu Yuqian spoke out angrily.

"You still feel you are very reasonable and being wronged, don't you?!" Fu Jiang was so angry that he slapped his head hard from the back several times before speaking, "You provoked him first, the first move was also yours, but you blame him for fighting back?! Those other people you bullied before, they all tolerated it. And now when you were bullying Meng Yang because he did not bear it, you think it's his fault, right?! Do you think you are a prince and everyone has to endure you?!"

Fu Yuqian's head was buzzing. He was beaten for the first time after he grew up. He felt even more aggrieved and unwilling. He wondered, why could Meng Yang marry Big Brother Luo?! He was not worthy at all!

Seeing through his thoughts at a glance, Fu Jiang looked at him after sitting down: "Don't think I don't know what you think. Are you jealous of Meng Yang? Because you like Luo Xiu, did you deliberately trouble him? Go look in the mirror, it's impossible for Luo Xiu to like you. The more you trouble Meng Yang, the more Luo Xiu will loathe you!"

"Why can Meng Yang do it, but I can't?!" Fu Yuqian shouted back loudly with tears in his eyes.

"Just because he looks better than you! He is smarter than you! He won first place in the International Youth Championship. He became a full member of the Aromatherapy Branch as soon as he joined. The sales volume of his perfumes is among the best even in Western countries. What about you? I ask you, what do you think you have to compare with him? In the beginning, everyone said you probably are a genius, and you got accepted as a student by Master Xu Wangya. You were so proud as if there were no other people like you in the world. I told you at the beginning, arrogance would make you regress while being humble would make it easy to learn. You just didn't listen! What about now? No good results in the competition, still a junior member after so many years. Ah yes, the even more ridiculous part is you don't feel ashamed, you still feel like you've been a junior member for a few years and you can teach others. You are, really..." Fu Jiang was so angry that he didn't know how to describe him.

"Even if you step back ten thousand steps and see all those people are inferior to you everywhere, what does it have anything to do with you? Why are you troubling others?!" Standing up, Fu Jiang commanded, "Keep kneeling down for me until tomorrow morning, check on your own thoughts and reflect. If you still don't feel you are at fault, then you can leave this home and go out to be self-reliant, so you also can feel what it is like to be bullied!"

After leaving the Aromatherapy Branch, Meng Yang and Luo Xiu got into the car and prepared to return to the main house at Longling Mountain. Hugging Meng Yang, Luo Xiu asked again: "Is there any injury on your body? Even if there is only a little pain, you have to tell me."

"It only hurt a little when I fell at the beginning, it doesn't hurt anymore. He couldn't beat me, so I beat him instead," Meng Yang answered.

"It shouldn't be the first time he has troubled you, should it?" Luo Xiu asked again, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"I didn't know his Eldest brother was friends with you, nor did I know he deliberately troubled me because he likes you. I originally thought it was because our two teachers didn't get along, so he was jealous because I was better than him. I just considered him as a mad dog, I was too lazy to be familiar with him. If I knew he was like this because he likes you, I would have definitely told you."

"He likes me?" Luo Xiu couldn't help but frown, his eyes suspicious.

Leaning in Luo Xiu arms, Meng Yang looked up at him to question. "Didn't you know?"

"I just met him a few times. Plus every time, there were a group of people. I only heard a little about his arrogant and domineering character. And knew his brother was Fu Jiang. Fu Jiang sometimes mentioned him in front of us, but he didn't tell me his brother likes me."

"Perhaps he tried to feel you out for a long time ago, and felt you had no interest, so he didn't say it clearly." Meng Yang replied.

Their group of friends often talked about him being unmarried for a long time when they got together. He couldn't remember Fu Jiang especially testing him, plus he was so busy that he had frequent headaches before. How could he remember such an irrelevant thing?

After returning home, as soon as they entered the room, Luo Xiu said to Meng Yang, "Take off your clothes and pants. Let me see if you are injured."

Meng Yang thought to himself, why does he sound like a hooligan? He couldn't help feeling a little hot on his face, and looked at Luo Xiu: "I told you, there's no injury, there's no pain."

"I need to take a look to rest assured." Luo Xiu started helping him take off his clothes.

While he usually did intimate things and did it in bed at night, Meng Yang was no longer shy, however, Luo Xiu's way of checking his body made his face increasingly red.

Luo Xiu really took a look as he said before. He was checking very carefully. Meng Yang, who was standing upright like this, had his breathing become more and more rapid.

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On the next day, didn't know where Li Yan had heard the news of Fu Yuqian troubling Meng Yang, he immediately became angry and called to question Fu Jiang. Fu Jiang had to explain it for a long time, promising Fu Yuqian would be punished. Only after saying Fu Yuqian must also apologize and admit his mistake to Meng Yang, did Li Yan hang up the phone. Other friends of Luo Xiu also called to inquire about this matter and told Fu Jiang he must educate Fu Yuqian well, otherwise, he would cause serious trouble.

On the third day, Fu Jiang took Fu Yuqian to Longling Mountain to apologize to Meng Yang and admitted his mistake.

Fu Yuqian's face was a little pale. He had only drunk a little bit of water in the past two days. His brother was determined to teach him. Truly scaring him, hence, he agreed to come and apologize to Meng Yang.

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have deliberately troubled you just because I am jealous of you. I know I was wrong. I promise I'll never show up in front of you again. I hope you can forgive me." Standing in front of Luo Xiu and Meng Yang, Fu Yuqian bowed and apologized after speaking.

"I already talked to my cousin yesterday." Fu Jiang told Luo Xiu: "My cousin also agreed with Yuqian taking the main responsibility for this matter. Because he caused the matter, they will remove him from the Branch as a full member, he won't be allowed to join the Aromatherapy Branch in the future. After checking out with other people, my cousin learned about how Yuqian's dominance had caused a lot of dissatisfaction. However, the Vice President has been helping him conceal it. So he has already reported to the general meeting to remove the Vice President, and he himself will bear the responsibilities that belong to him."

"Don't worry, this is not the end. I'll definitely let him suffer and receive some lessons later." Fu Jiang promised again: "In the future, I won't let him appear in front of you again."

Luo Xiu still felt unhappy, however, Meng Yang felt this result to be already very good. As long as Fu Yuqian no longer appeared in front of him in the future, he would not keep holding on to this matter. After all, compared with his deep hatred with Luo Sheng, this matter was really nothing. Even if Luo Sheng had already learned well and tried not to show up in front of him, he would never let him go.

After Fu Jiang left with Fu Yuqian, Meng Yang turned his head to look at Luo Xiu before questioning, "Why did the Vice President help conceal Fu Yuqian's affairs? Is it because of the President?"

"What do you think?" Looking at him, Luo Xiu answered, "Think about it."

Meng Yang looked at him uncertainly after thinking about it for a while, then asked: "He wanted to use Fu Yuqian. When Fu Yuqian makes a bigger issue he could squeeze out the President? Or am I thinking about people too badly?"

"You are very clever and worthy of being my little genius." Raising Meng Yang's chin, Luo Xiu kissed his lips after complimenting him.

"It's really knowing the people, knowing the face but not knowing the heart*." Meng Yang couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "I thought the Vice President was a good person, I really am still too young."

[TN: *Knowing the people, knowing the face and not knowing the heart, the old saying goes. It means that it is easy to know a person, but it is very difficult to understand a person's heart.]

"You are indeed young, and your body is as tender as a peach everywhere. You can get water with a single pinch." Taking Meng Yang's hand, Luo Xiu got up: "Let's go."

"Go where?" Meng Yang questioned doubtfully.

"It's rare to have a break today, I'll check your body." Luo Xiu answered.

"Check the body again?" Meng Yang's face immediately turned red, and he muttered in a low voice, "I said I didn't get hurt, but you checked my body every day."

[EN: Dorai Otoma: Baby, it's just an excuse hue hue hue]

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In a blink of an eye, the summer vacation was about to begin. The summer vacation time was precious to students. After going out to society, there would be no so-called summer vacations. Therefore, during the summer vacation, one must make a reasonable plan and arrangements. There must be enough time to relax and rest, but you can't just go only to play. The schools would also have a lot of activities during the summer vacation on which students could choose whether or not to participate.

Meng Yang looked at the brochure in his hand in a daze. This brochure evoked some of his memories. There were three words written on it, Feng Lin Jie. Feng Lin Jie was a continuous mountainous area. Meng Yang had visited this place four times in his previous life as this was an activity organized by the school to train students. If one performs well, they could add points to the annual total score, hence, Meng Yang went every time for points in his previous life.

Although it was voluntary, it wasn't possible for someone to go just because they wanted to. First, they must pass the physical fitness test. Then they must also learn the precautions after entering the mountain and pass the related exam. There were special coaches who would conduct some training, the training must also be assessed and passed before going. When they finally entered the mountain, although there were guides and staff to protect and give guidance, it was still very tiring and hard.

Meng Yang didn't know why, although he had visited this place four times in his previous life, he still felt a sense of resistance in his heart. He concluded this might be because of him having a shadow in his heart for mountain forests. Although the cliff where he was thrown down in his previous life was a few provinces away from this place Feng Lin Jie, he still felt uncomfortable in his heart.

After class, Lin Songtai asked Meng Yang to stay, saying he had something to tell. After the other students left, two more people arrived. Meng Yang recognized one of them as the school director.

"Meng Yang, are you planning to go to Feng Lin Jie?" Lin Songtai questioned.

"I... don't plan to go." Meng Yang answered, "I have many other things to do during the summer vacation."

"We hope you can think about it again. If you perform well after you go, we can give you more points appropriately." The director spoke.

"I don't care about points." Meng Yang immediately refused: "You know, I am already married, so I'm preparing for pregnancy. If I go to the mountains to stay for half a month, and just in case something happens, it won't be good, so I definitely won't go."

The director and the other person looked at each other. They didn't expect Meng Yang to reject them for such a reason. They informed Meng Yang there was an international live competition afterwards, allowing the participants to go to the mountains and forests to collect raw materials to make perfume. Meng Yang won the international number one last time. This time the school naturally wanted him to take part, so they hoped he would go to Feng Lin Jie to train first. They persuaded and persuaded, but Meng Yang still firmly refused, so they could only ask Meng Yang to go back and consider again.

Sitting in the car, Meng Yang looked out the window in a daze. He's been living on Longling Mountain for some time now, but he never realized he had a sense of resistance and fear towards forests. But thinking about it carefully, although Longling Mountain could be regarded as a mountain, it was not the same as those truly natural forests. Every place on Longling Mountain was taken care of every day that it was cleaner and more beautiful than a park.

In the evening, Luo Xiu returned to the main house and soon discovered that something was wrong with Meng Yang. He hugged him before asking, "What's wrong? Are you uncomfortable?"

Meng Yang leaned his head on Luo Xiu's arms and inhaled the smell on Luo Xiu's body, which made him feel a lot more relieved. He told Luo Xiu about the event.

"If you don't want to, don't go. Isn't it normal? And if it's going for half a month, I can't rest assured to let you go. It's right for you not to go." Luo Xiu stroked his face and kissed his forehead before saying: "Don't think too much. You don't have to participate in all competitions. You are so tired from studying. Just relax and rest during the summer vacation."

"Unn." Meng Yang responded with his eyes closed.

In order to prevent himself from thinking about other things, Meng Yang did other things to divert his attention.

At night, when he went to bed, Meng Yang was lying in Luo Xiu's arms, his brain was still asleep, however, his brows were frowning. It didn't take long for him to wake up and suddenly sit up.

Feeling his movements, Luo Xiu woke up, then sat up to hug him, "Are you going to the bathroom?"

Meng Yang shook his head.

Luo Xiu raised his face to press his face onto Meng Yang's forehead to feel the temperature, however, there was no fever, just a slight sweat. Looking at him again Luo Xiu questioned: "Had a nightmare?"

Meng Yang nodded in response then retracted his body into Luo Xiu's arms.

"I'll help you light up the sleep aid incense." Putting Meng Yang down to lie down, Luo Xiu got out of bed, took out the incense burner, then lit the sleep aid incense made by Meng Yang himself.

Getting back in bed, Luo Xiu took Meng Yang into his arms and gently stroked his back to comfort him.

Meng Yang had just dreamed of him being back under the cliff again. He couldn't see anything. He stumbled in the dark and couldn't find the way to leave. He didn't expect the daytime events to affect him so much. Only when he was by Luo Xiu's side, did he feel the most secure, however, he still had nightmares in Luo Xiu's arms.

Only now did he know, in his heart, there was still such a strong sense of fear about the things of the previous life. Unexpectedly he never had nightmares after he was just born again. Why did he have nightmares now?

Thinking about it seriously, Meng Yang recalled that after he was just reborn, he was busy breaking through Luo Sheng and Yu Junchen, busy getting rid of those vampire "family", busy saving Luo Xiu, busy making Luo Xiu falling in love with him, and then busy with all kinds of things, that he had no extra time at all to feel whether he still had shadows or fear from his past life.

But now, he and Luo Xiu are in love and he feels very happy every day. Although he was still very busy, the things that were very worrying seem to be gone. Everything was proceeding according to plan. It could be because of this, after seeing Feng Lin Jie's brochure evoked some memories of his previous life, the shadow in his heart had come out?

Luo Xiu had finished washing up and was about to leave for the company. Seeing Meng Yang listlessly sitting on the bed, he sat down by the bed. Stroking Meng Yang's face, he asked worriedly: "Do you feel uncomfortable? I'll take you to the hospital for a checkup."

Holding his hand, Meng Yang smiled, then shook his head before saying, "I don't feel uncomfortable, I just felt a little tired. It's almost the end of the semester. I've been studying for too long these days.

"Then don't go to school today and take a good rest at home." Luo Xiu looked at him before saying, "Whether it is exams, rankings, or other things, it is not more important than your body, you know?"

"I see." Meng Yang nodded in response, "I'll rest at home today and do nothing. Don't worry. Didn't you say that there's an important meeting in the morning? Go ahead."

Holding Meng Yang's face, Luo Xiu kissed his forehead hard before getting up and leaving.

After Luo Xiu left for the company, Meng Yang was lazy and felt he didn't have any strength. However, just lying down was too boring, so he took a book, went to the flower room, then leaned on the big sofa bed and prepared to read a book. After reading it for a while, he really couldn't concentrate on it, so used the remote control to play some light music, closing his eyes to rest.

Xiao Ke called Meng Yang to state he wanted to meet him to look for something. As Meng Yang didn't want to go out, he asked Xiao Ke to come directly to the main house to meet.

Under the guidance of the helper, Xiao Ke walked into Meng Yang's flower room. Although he looked very preoccupied about something, he still looked at the beautiful and peculiar flower room that looked like an illusion.

"Sit down." Meng Yang spoke.

"I've never seen such a fantastic and beautiful flower house. How did you come up with such a design? It's too imaginative, right?" Xiao Ke spoke after sitting down.

"I chatted about my own ideas, and it was designed by a designer Uncle Luo invited after paying heavily." Meng Yang was also very satisfied with this flower room, which was a gift from Luo Xiu.

"I have one thing I need some help with. I really can't think of other suitable people, so I can only ask you for help." Xiao Ke spoke out.

"Talk about it." Finishing the milk in his hand, Meng Yang replied.

"After Su Di woke up, he has been undergoing rehabilitation treatment. His body recovered quite well. When the doctor confirmed they could discharge him from the hospital, I took him back to his own home. It was all normal at first, I really thought he was already completely normal and I was very happy. Although he occasionally has nightmares at night, we all thought it would be better after a while, but the problem became more and more serious. By now, he's not able to sleep every night, or you can say he doesn't dare to sleep. When he sees a car, he'll be so scared to the point he begins to shake. It has severely affected his daily life and health."

"He has a very serious psychological problem." Meng Yang inquired, "Did you take him to see a psychologist?"

"We've seen a psychologist many times. The psychologist gave us a lot of suggestions for us to try. He also performed hypnotherapy, but there was no good effect. The psychologist said, let us try aromatherapy as a powerful aromatherapist can change people's dreams when they are lightly asleep. If Su Di can face it bravely in his dreams, it'll play a significant role in his mental and psychological health. Although I know many very powerful aromatherapists, the only aromatherapist I trust is you."

Meng Yang thought for a while before speaking: "For some people who have light sleep and many dreams, good aromatherapy can indeed change dreams or make people enter deep sleep, but it only works for people who are usually stressed and prone to nightmares. According to your description, Su Di's psychological problems are too serious. To change his dream state, I can only say that aromatherapy is not so powerful yet."

"But this is our only hope. We've tried various other methods, even medicine, but they had no effect. Even if we solely let him stay in the house without going out, he'll still keep suffering at night. After he gets awakened by nightmares, he doesn't dare to sleep." Looking at Meng Yang with pleading eyes, Xiao Ke spoke, "I hope you can help me figure it out."

Meng Yang sighed as he couldn't bear to refuse him. He thought about it for a while before speaking, "Well, let me make some sleep aids for him first, you can take them back to give him and try. As for the change of dreams you were saying, it's definitely not possible in a short time with my current ability. But I'll try my best to read the ancient aromatherapy books and go to the branch to find the previous aromatherapy records, to see if there are any methods that can be used as a reference. Another point is to find a better psychiatrist who must allow him to overcome his inner fear, otherwise, any method will treat the symptoms rather than the root cause."

"I see, thank you for your willingness to help." Xiao Ke thanked gratefully.

Meng Yang went to the studio, after preparing the sleep-enhancing incense, he also gave him some medicinal herbs for bathing, as well as essential oils for a massage to take back.

After Xiao Ke left, Meng Yang went to the study again, opened the safe, then searched among the aromatherapy books. Discovering a few books he thought might be useful, he put them on the desk and sat down and read them.

Change a dream? It felt so difficult just listening to it. Meng Yang sighed while flipping through the book. He hadn't solved his own psychological problems yet, but he was about to help others solve their psychological problems. He had realized what it means to be a healer. Now, it was easy for him to help others analyze their problems, but he himself couldn't easily face the inner fear in his own heart.

Meng Yang didn't have the slightest clue even by the afternoon. His mind felt as if it was stuffed with cotton and couldn't turn. Not only just this day but he also had no clue for the next few days. And when he himself went to bed at night, he still had nightmares. Even sleep aid had no effect. Hence, he had to hide this from Luo Xiu, not daring to let him know.

The school's leaders had not given up on persuading him to go to Fenglin Realm. However, Meng Yang had spent enough time in the mountains in his previous life, so he didn't want to go anymore in this life, furthermore, the fear in his heart made him not want to face it, so he was firm in refusing them again and again.

After all the examinations at the Xiang Academy were over, the students officially entered their holiday.

There was a custom in their country, on the day of the holiday, the family members, relatives or friends must bring them home with gifts after students finish a semester of study.

Hence the students were standing at the gate waiting for family members or friends to pick them up after packing their things.

Seeing Luo Xiu walking towards him, Meng Yang waved at him with a smile.

As soon as Luo Xiu appeared, he immediately attracted everyone's attention, as his sense of presence and aura was too strong. Whether it was the parents or students, everyone couldn't help but look at him.

"Is that your classmate's family or friend? He looks so handsome!"

"His figure is superb, like a male model."

"Don't know if he is married or not. Do you know that classmate or his family? Can you introduce me to him?"

"He's already married, just here to pick up his wife."

"He's actually married?! What a pity!"

"What pity, he's the chairman of the Luo Group. You won't have a chance even if he wasn't married."

Meng Yang walked forward quickly and hugged Luo Xiu's waist. When he was about to speak, Luo Xiu kissed him.

Luo Xiu's actions made the people next to him widen their eyes unconsciously, thinking they should really let go.

Meng Yang let him kiss for a while before pushing him away, looking at him expectantly and saying, "Where is my gift?"

Taking out a small box from his pocket, Luo Xiu gave it to Meng Yang, then kissed Meng Yang's forehead before speaking, "Thanks for working hard this semester."

Meng Yang opened the box with expectation, however, after seeing the contents of the box, it stunned him. Taking out the contents, he looked at it repeatedly. Although he thought it looked like a room card, he felt Luo Xiu was unlikely to deliberately give him a room card today in mischief.

Too lazy to guess, Meng Yang questioned directly. "What is this?"

"Room card." Luo Xiu answered.

"It's really a room card?" Meng Yang replied unexpectedly, then questioned him suspiciously: "For what did you give me the room card for?"

"There are too many gifts, so I put them all in the hotel room. You can open them there." Luo Xiu spoke in Meng Yang's ear: "Tonight and tomorrow, we'll stay in there all day. So you'll have enough time to open all your gifts. I'll allow you to open one gift at a time for each time."

Meng Yang looked up at him, his face flushing slightly.

"Let's go." Hugging Meng Yang, Luo Xiu prepared to leave.

"Meng Yang!"

A voice sounded behind Meng Yang, making him feel very upset when he heard this voice.

"Meng Yang, wait a minute!"

Originally, Meng Yang didn't intend to pay any attention and was about to leave with Luo Xiu directly, however, Yu Junchen ran up quickly blocking in front of him.

"Meng Yang." Looking at Meng Yang, Yu Junchen spoke, "Uncle Yang, my mother, as well as uncle and aunts, have gifts for you."

"Go away!"

Meng Yang felt very disgusted with Yu Junchen's entanglement. Yu Junchen interrupted all the happiness he was feeling just now, making the anger in his heart to burn uncontrollably, rushing into his forehead. Suddenly, he felt his eyes go dark. With both legs rendered soft, Meng Yang fell down.

Luo Xiu's arm hugged Meng Yang tightly: "Meng Yang?!"

Meng Yang who had fallen into an unconsciousness could not hear Luo Xiu's voice calling him.

Immediately picking Meng Yang up, Luo Xiu ran to the car. After the bodyguard helped him open the door, he hugged Meng Yang into the car and shouted, "Hurry up and drive!"

"Meng Yang, Meng Yang?" Luo Xiu's heart seemed to be held tightly by a hand, making it difficult to breathe as he patted Meng Yang's face nervously.

Putting his forehead against Meng Yang's forehead, Luo Xiu tried to convey his thoughts to him that he must be fine while praying in his heart for Meng Yang not to be seriously ill.

Yu Junchen watched Meng Yang faint in front of him, then Luo Xiu quickly carrying Meng Yang away. As this all happened so quickly, he was stunned for a while without responding.

"What's wrong with him again? Why did he faint?" Yu Junchen asked his mother.

"He definitely didn't want to see us, so I must have pretended on purpose." One of Meng Yang's aunts* curled her lips as she spoke.

[TN: *so there are two aunts it seems, one from father's side and one from the mothers. The aunt above was written as from the mother's side]

"I think so, otherwise, how could he faint?" Meng Yang's other aunt replied: "Anyway, we are also his elders. Now when we take the initiative to reconcile with him. He doesn't even look at us. He even pretends to be dizzy and goes away."

Lowering his head, Yu Junchen thought for a while, then raised his head to speak: "Mom, go back first. I have something to do later so I'll go back tonight."

"Okay, let's go first."

Soon after they all left, Luo Sheng walked out from behind the enormous tree on the left and stood beside Yu Junchen.

"Do you think he really fainted or pretended?" Yu Junchen asked Luo Sheng.

"I hope he really fainted and had some incurable disease." Luo Sheng spoke while gritting his teeth, "It's best to be something that can make him suffer."

Luo Xiu walked back and forth outside after Meng Yang was pushed into the emergency room. He had never experienced such a flustered feeling. If there was anything wrong with Meng Yang, it would make him more uncomfortable than killing him. While he was panicking, he blamed himself very much. He had clearly seen Meng Yang's condition was not very good but didn't insist on taking him to the hospital for examination. He assumed Meng Yang must have been exhausted because of the end of the term. Completely forgetting that Meng Yang was an aromatherapist, not a doctor. Even if he was a doctor, it was impossible to know one's own body well. How could he really believe he was ok just because he said he was?

For Luo Xiu, who was outside, every minute felt like years, however, for Meng Yang's mind, time seemed to have stopped, as he had arrived in a dark dream where he couldn't feel the passage of time at all.

Meng Yang understood that he had fainted, he also knew Luo Xiu must be very anxious now. Although he thought he must wake up quickly, he didn't know how to.

Right after Meng Yang tried hard to wake up quickly, he suddenly heard a cry of a baby. At first, he thought he had heard it wrong, but the baby's cry became more and more obvious, so he turned and walked towards the direction of the sound. He saw a bright light on the ground, and a little baby lying in the light.

After walking over and squatting down, Meng Yang carefully held the child in his arms. When the child was in his arms, he stopped crying immediately. Meng Yang liked it to the extreme that he felt it was not enough looking at this white and tender fat boy. Hence Meng Yang just hugged the child and coaxed him while watching. He couldn't recognise how much time had passed but suddenly remembered Luo Xiu was waiting for him to wake up, then a light appeared before his eyes.

As soon as Meng Yang opened his eyes, he saw Luo Xiu looking at him intently and affectionately. He opened his mouth and said, "Uncle Luo, child..."

Holding his face, Luo Xiu kissed Meng Yang's forehead before speaking, "The child is doing fine, you are fine, don't worry."

"Doing fine?" Meng Yang had wanted to say he just dreamt of a child. Why would Luo Xiu say the child was doing fine?

"The doctor examined you. You've been pregnant for over two months. You fainted because you were too tired recently." Luo Xiu answered, touching his face.

"I'm pregnant?" Meng Yang still had no reaction.

"Well, you are pregnant." Luo Xiu thought Meng Yang heard the doctor's words while he was unconscious, so he inquired about the child as soon as he opened his eyes.

Seeing Meng Yang wanted to sit up, Luo Xiu immediately helped him up, letting him lean in his arms.

"I have a baby?" Putting his hand on the stomach, Meng Yang wondered why he had such a dream just now. Although he knew the kid in his stomach was definitely not as big as a little finger, he felt, the little boy he just dreamt of was his child.

Meng Yang was one of the very few men who could conceive naturally. This was something which was confirmed while he was very young. Other men who couldn't conceive naturally could only have kids through the help of medical technology if they wanted to have children on their own. However, through natural conception, the children would be healthier and smarter.

Luo Xiu kept his hand on top of Meng Yang's. He could understand the joy and emotions Meng Yang was feeling in his heart right now as he was feeling the same. He was almost forty. Only now did he have his own child. He himself didn't know how to describe his mood at this moment.

"Are you happy? We are going to have a baby." Looking up at Luo Xiu, Meng Yang asked.

"Happy." Kissing the corner of Meng Yang's mouth, Luo Xiu answered, "But you'll definitely have a hard time in the next few months."

"This kind of hard work is worthwhile and brings happiness." Meng Yang hugged Luo Xiu tightly as he spoke, "We have our own children. It's a life created with yours and my blood fused together. This was my long-awaited wish, I really feel very happy and satisfied."

Luo Xiu held Meng Yang in one hand and held his face in the other, saying, "I'll let you have a happy and stable life, and promise that no one will interfere with you, no one will do."

"I believe you." Meng Yang replied.

Embraced each other tightly, the two kissed affectionately. This kiss did not carry any lust, just full of emotions and affection.

The two kissed for a long time before they separated. Looking at Luo Xiu, Meng Yang spoke, "I want to go home, I don't want to stay here."

"Okay, I'll take you home soon." Picking Meng Yang up right after speaking, Luo Xiu then walked out.

Luo Xiu took Meng Yang back home, put him on the bed, placed a large pillow behind him, letting him sit back.

"You happened to be on vacation now. So take a good rest in these two months. Put everything else aside and take care of your body first." Luo Xiu expressed while looking at Meng Yang.

"Sit here and hug me." Meng Yang patted the position beside him.

Sitting next to Meng Yang, Luo Xiu hugged him in his arms.

Leaning against Luo Xiu's arms, Meng Yang felt an unprecedented sense of satisfaction. Now, they were a family of three.

Hearing his cell phone ring, Meng Yang picked it up and took a look, then handed it to Luo Xiu, "It's the Director of the academy. He must want to advise me to go to Fenglinjie again. You pick it up."

Luo Xiu took Meng Yang's cell phone and clicked to connect, then talked to the director.

Luo Xiu's words were simple and clear. After greeting the director, he stated Meng Yang was not feeling well and must recuperate at home. Although his tone and attitude were normal, he made people feel there was no room for discussion on this matter, making the Director want to never call again.

For the time being, Luo Xiu didn't intend to let others know about Meng Yang's pregnancy. He would hide it for a while and wait until Meng Yang's belly was too big to hide before announcing the news of Meng Yang being pregnant.

Meng Yang had arranged a lot of plans for his summer vacation, although now he must ensure sufficient rest time, so they have cancelled all the plans that could be cancelled. Plus, after knowing he was pregnant, he felt better. Meng Yang felt as if he was full of energy and courage in his heart, and stopped having nightmares at night, completely restoring to his previous state.

In fact, Meng Yang understood very well that he had not overcome the fear and shadow in his heart, solely because he knew he had a child, courage that he could do anything to protect the child temporarily suppressed the shadow in his heart. Eventually, he still had to face what should be faced, and what should be overcome still had to be overcome by himself, but right now, the most important thing for him was to give birth to the child safely and healthily.

Although there was enough rest time, it was impossible for Meng Yang to do nothing, otherwise, he would get bored sick, therefore he took a rest while continuing to study how to help Su Di cure the psychological problems caused by the nightmares and insomnia.

Meng Yang's cloudy mind was also restored. He suddenly had the idea, since Su Di was suffering from a psychological problem, he couldn't just use the aromatherapy method to change his physical condition. Rather, he could use the aroma itself to let him dream and change it within the dream making him full of courage. For example, there were perfumes which would make people feel sexy, while would make people feel sweet and happy. There were many other perfumes that made people feel very elegant, romantic and inviting. Blending these perfumes was not a hard task for Meng Yang. However, it was a big test for him to create an aroma that could change even dreams, yet he must try to see if he could accomplish it. Hence Meng Yang found out and researched books related to aromatherapy, then tried repeatedly to accomplish developing such aroma.

During the summer vacation, Meng Yang visited Su Di several times to find out about his situation in person. Every time he went, he would take new aromas to Su Di. Although Su Di's situation improved, Meng Yang felt he still did not achieve the effect he wanted, hence feeling he must research and find more aromatherapy ingredients.

Soon a month and a half passed. In the last half of the month, the Masters and students of Xiang College needed to return to school in advance, as there was another international competition about to begin. As usual, every time the college had students who needed to go abroad, the school would arrange students of the Masters to visit and study abroad before the competition started.

As the incident of Bradley taking the students to his private island without authorization happened last time, Luo Xiu contracted and arranged for all matters concerning the students going abroad this time.

The students would go abroad in a few days under the supervision and protection of the person in charge arranged by Luo Xiu, while Meng Yang, who was accompanied by Luo Xiu, had already left the country in advance to wait for them.

"Where is this?" After getting out of the car, Meng Yang questioned while looking around, "Aren't we going back to the villa?"

"This is a gift." Putting his arms around Meng Yang, Luo Xiu kissed his lips.

"Gift?" Meng Yang looked around puzzled before asking, "Where?"

"The land we are standing on now, everything you see now and in a while, is a gift from me." Luo Xiu hugged Meng Yang and walked to the carriage beside him: "Let's go."

Meng Yang, who was asleep in the car until now, was still a little confused. He couldn't understand what Luo Xiu meant, so he got into the carriage with Luo Xiu's help.

"The scenery here is really beautiful." After Meng Yang sighed inwardly, he looked at Luo Xiu speaking with a smile: "Are these sceneries also a gift for me?"

"Yes." Luo Xiu hugged Meng Yang, "This is An Erfei Manor. I bought it. It's written under your name. You can visit it later and see if you like it."

"Really?" Although Meng Yang thought it was a scenic spot, he never expected Luo Xiu to buy the manor.

The carriage drove slowly on the flat stone road for over ten minutes before they entered the castle. Meng Yang was already fascinated by the scenery along the way. The outside of the castle had a very majestic feeling, yet the inside was warm and comfortable. The sense of art and all the warm colours combinations made Meng Yang feel very comfortable and warm in his heart.

After Luo Xiu took Meng Yang to look around, he stopped in the garden before asking, "Do you like it?"

"No one would ever dislike it here." Holding his waist, Meng Yang smiled. "So you should have asked me how much I liked it, then I would have told you I like it very much. I really like it very, very much."

"You liking it is more important than anything else." Lifting Meng Yang's chin, Luo Xiu carefully and delicately sucked and kissed his red lips, stuck his tongue into his mouth entangling it together with Meng Yang's.

The two stood kissing in a sun-filled garden. The picture was beautiful as a movie shot. The two, who were truly in love, expressed their inner love to each other in this way, making it seem as if to be surrounded by a halo of happiness.

The butler behind them captured this scene with a camera. He wanted to paint this moment into an oil painting as a gift to his two masters.

"Are you hungry? What do you want to eat?" Hugging Meng Yang in his arms, Luo Xiu walked inside.

"Anything's fine. I want to eat something light." Meng Yang answered, "It must have cost a lot of money to buy this manor? But we can only live for a few days a year. Just thinking it will be empty for the rest of the time. Such a pity."

Meng Yang's considerations were always practical.

"Although there's not much time to live here now, after you graduate, we can live here whenever you want.e can also often take our children on vacation." Luo Xiu replied.

Meng Yang also thought that Luo Xiu's words made sense. Luo Xiu was here to help him open a perfume company. He would definitely come to this country often in the future. It was also very good as a vacation place. The children would love it. Watching his children running and playing in the garden, what a beautiful picture would be, just thinking about it made him feel extremely expectant. It seemed he was about to change his mind. As long as he could possess it, it didn't matter if he couldn't use it most of the time. This beautiful place like a Western Wonderland belonged to him now.

After washing up at night, Meng Yang took off his nightgown, opened the quilt and laid on the bed waiting for Luo Xiu. He clasped the quilt covering his body. He wasn't sure if it was because he was in a completely strange place or because he hadn't done it with Luo Xiu for a while; he felt a little nervous while looking forward to it.

Luo Xiu came out of the bathroom wrapped in a bath towel wiping his hair with a towel.

"Uncle Luo..." Meng Yang reached out to him.

After walking to the bed Luo Xiu looked down at him.

Meng Yang caught the edge of his bath towel with his fingers.

Holding Meng Yang's hand, Luo Xiu sat down by the bed, leaned over and put his forehead against Meng Yan's forehead before asking, "Are you sure you can?"

"The doctor said, the first three months and the last three months are not allowed." Meng Yang hinted: "You have to be careful."

Luo Xiu untied the bath towel around his waist, opened the quilt and went to bed laying down beside Meng Yang then spoke as he kissed his cheek: "I'll be very careful, how about you directing?"

"Okay." Meng Yang wrapped his hands around Luo Xiu's neck, then kissed him back.

Turning over to face Meng Yang, Luo Xiu tried not to put any weight on him. He spoke in a magnetic voice in his ear: "Go ahead, Little Commander*."

[TN:* MY is a two-member team now. Hence the name]

"This Commander wants a cannon!" Meng Yang said boldly.

"Do you want to consider it again? As a reminder, considering our Commander's physical condition, the cannon will hurt you." Looking at him Luo Xiu spoke.

Biting his thumb, Meng Yang thought about it. He was pregnant now. So he really shouldn't need such a fierce weapon. After serious consideration, he answered: "Then use something less fierce than a cannon."

Luo Xiu couldn't help but smile, "Anyhow, you just want a gun, right?"

"Hurry, don't linger." Blushing, Meng Yang answered.

"Then asking the Commander to check it first." Luo Xiu replied.

Meng Yang reached into the quilt.

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Unlike the intense and hot process in the past, Meng Yang felt the tenderness in Luo Xiu's cautiousness. No matter his mind or body, it seemed as if he was about to melt in his tenderness.

"How do you feel, Little Commander?" Luo Xiu questioned Meng Yang, "Do you feel comfortable? Are you satisfied?"

"Very comfortable." Meng Yang demanded while breathing hard, "Do it again."

"Once a night is enough." Luo Xiu spoke stroking his face.

"Do it again." Meng Yang felt he still hadn't had enough, only half fulfilled, he at least wanted seven to eight points of fullness, hence once again urged: "Hurry."

Luo Xiu had no choice but to continue to meet his requirements.

Before his other classmates came to this country, Meng Yang had been living in the manor. During the day, Meng Yang would enjoy and admire the scenery in the manor. At night, he enjoyed the comfort and satisfaction Luo Xiu brought to him with gentleness in bed. Although Luo Xiu sometimes had to leave to deal with some things during the day, not able to be with him all the time, Meng Yang still felt like he was on vacation, which made him feel very good. The fact that such a place belongs to him made him feel thrilled. Even if he couldn't live here every day.

A few days later, other students from his school also arrived. This time they were not staying in a hotel. Meng Yang asked Luo Xiu to arrange for them to live in the manor.

The students got off at the entrance of the manor as well, then the carriages took them to the castle in the centre of the manor.

Because the scenery is so beautiful, the students couldn't help taking out their phones to take pictures, raising their hands to take beautiful photos which looked as if they were desktop screensavers.

"It's so beautiful!" This was the tenth time Wu Feng spoke the same sentence after entering the manor. It's so beautiful. He sighed with Qin Hong: "I feel like I have entered the special effects of a movie. Is this a fairyland? It's too beautiful."

"Yeah." Qin Hong agreed: "The key to the beauty is that all these beautiful sceneries make people feel like they are formed naturally, rather than being artificially changed. This is such a rare place. I understand the high value of this place."

"Your thoughts are really vulgar*. You've ruined such beautiful scenery. You are not allowed to talk anymore." Wu Feng spoke dissatisfied.

[TN: *Remember how they believe talking about money is a vulgar thing. Hence the sentence. ]

All the carriages entered the castle, and Meng Yang was standing outside the hall door with the staff to greet them.

"Meng Yang!" Right after Wu Feng got out of the carriage, he walked towards Meng Yang.

"Brother." Looking at Wu Feng with a smile, Meng Yang spoke, "I haven't seen you for more than a month. You look a lot thinner?"

"Don't mention it. I was in Feng Lin Jie for the first half month, then they brought us to Qu Yaojun in the second half of the month. They actually let us stay in the mountains for more than a month. So cruel. Even after I took a rest for ten days, it still didn't help me recover." Wu Feng complained. He hadn't wanted to go to Feng Lin Realm, but the school leader persuaded him to go there with Qin Hong repeatedly. He almost wanted to run away rather than do various training in the mountains.

Meng Yang's smile stiffened when he heard the words Qu Yaojun, but it quickly returned to normal.

"It's hard work." Meng Yang patted his shoulder, then greeted Qin Hong who came over: "Brother Qin."

Qin Hong nodded.

After everyone got out of the carriage, Meng Yang spoke while looking at them, "You are welcome to stay and play. You'll live here in the next few days. I hope everyone won't feel any inconvenience. Please come in."

Turning around, Meng Yang led them inside. At this time, Luo Xiu walked out with his assistant and bodyguard.

Seeing the formal black suit he was wearing, Meng Yang questioned after he approached, "Are you going to a banquet?"

"One of my friend's father has passed away, you... go to bed early tonight, I may come back late, don't wait for me alright." Luo Xiu wanted to say it was not good for Meng Yang who was pregnant to go into such a place, so he would not take him to go together. However, there was a large group of students standing behind Meng Yang. So he said nothing, only telling Meng Yang to go to bed earlier.

"I see, pay attention to safety on the road." Meng Yang replied.

"Go to bed early, don't stay awake till too late." Lifting his chin, Luo Xiu kissed him on his mouth, then led his staff away as everyone watched.

Meng Yang asked the maid to take these classmates to their rooms to wash and rest while the other matters were left to the housekeeper to arrange. He took Wu Feng and Qin Hong to their room then listened to Wu Feng's narration on what they both were doing in the mountains; such as what kind of training he did. Wu Feng kept on complaining, mentioning the school was sick every three words he uttered.

After everyone took a break, Meng Yang invited them to have afternoon tea, but he did not force anyone to take part. They could also continue to rest in the room. The maids would deliver various refreshments to their room, or they could walk around enjoying the scenery.

Wen Yuan walked into Yu Junchen's room to see Yu Junchen standing on the balcony looking at the scenery outside in a daze. He walked to his side to question, "Envy?"

Coming back to his senses, Yu Junchen turned his head to look at Wen Yuan with a smile: "If I say I don't envy, brother won't believe me right? Who can not envy someone who owns such a place?"

"Junchen, I can't give you such a life, but my heart for you is absolutely..."

"Brother, I..."

Yu Junchen interrupted Wen Yuan's confession, however, before he could speak of his refusal, a knock on the door interrupted him making the two of them look back at the same time.

It was a few other people who asked them to go out together. Although this was Meng Yang's place, Meng Yang did not treat them differently. The servants were also very kind to them, letting them know there were guards in the places where they were not allowed to enter. Other than that it didn't matter if they went around anywhere else, there were many helpers in the manor who would look after them. Everyone felt since they were here under the school's name, there was no need to be cautious. They really didn't want to miss such beautiful scenery.

"It's really beautiful here, wherever I see is as beautiful as a painting."

"It's not just beauty, I feel after I entered here, inspiration continued to emerge in my mind."

"Yes, it's this feeling of continuous inspiration that gives me the illusion that I feel like a perfume genius."

"Except for Junchen, it is impossible for us to have such a place in this life."

"Yes, even if Meng Yang has children in the future, I think Luo Sheng is most likely to inherit the Luo family's property. After Junchen and Luo Sheng get married, he will definitely be able to own such a place."

"That's natural. Luo Sheng is the eldest son. When Meng Yang's child grows up, it will be years later. Junchen, when you have such a beautiful manor in the future, you must always invite us to be guests."

"Luo Sheng and I are together because of our genuine love, he just happened to be the eldest son of the Luo family. Even if he can't inherit the Luo family's property in the future, we'll just live a normal life. As long as I can be with him, I will be happier than owning more than a dozen of such manors. I love him not because of money or material possessions, but because I love him." After Yu Junchen finished speaking, he glanced at Wen Yuan.

Wen Yuan knew Yu Junchen was telling this to him, finishing the rejection that he hadn't said just now.

The next day, other students went to visit a nearby plantation, while Meng Yang followed Luo Xiu to an auction.

Meng Yang flipped through the auction brochure then spoke, "What are we going to buy? There are really various things on this list, most of them being antiques."

"These are collections of a rich man before his death. After he passed away, just as everyone hoped, his son finally bankrupted his company. That's why this auction took place."

"Why was everyone hoping so?" Meng Yang asked in confusion.

"Relying on being rich and powerful, his son felt he was superior since birth, and because he was an only child, they spoiled him growing up. Everyone looked down on this. Naturally, he offended many people." Luo Xiu answered.

Meng Yang touched his stomach subconsciously.

Watching his movements, Luo Xiu hugged him into his arms, then spoke with a smile: "Don't worry, I'll never allow our children to be like that. I'll do my duty as a father and educate them well, letting them become persons who could bear everything independently."

"I believe you'll be a good father." Meng Yang raised his head to kiss him.

After arriving, the two got out of the car. Luo Xiu took Meng Yang's hand and walked into the auction hall. The magnificent look inside resembled a grand banquet. But for the guests who come to participate in the auction, this was really like a partition banquet, whoever had the money could take what they wanted.

"Luo Xiu, what a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet you here."

A woman looked at Luo Xiu with a smile and walked towards them.

Meng Yang originally thought she was an acquaintance of Luo Xiu, except when he turned his head to see Luo Xiu's expressionless face, he was a little confused. Because even if she was just a common acquaintance, Luo Xiu shouldn't be like this.

"So this is who Luo Sheng was telling me about, the partner you just married?" Cheng Fangfei reached out to Meng Yang: "Hello, I am Luo Sheng's mother."

Meng Yang froze for a moment, then stretched out his hand with a smile: "Hello."

Taking Meng Yang's stretched out hand back, Luo Xiu looked at Cheng Fangfei, "Speak directly if you have something to say."

"I haven't seen you for so many years, you still have the same temper as before." Cheng Fangfei smiled looking at him: "I have nothing to say, just came over to say hello to you. However, if you don't mind, I want to invite you and your new...wife? Is it okay to have a meal together?"

"It seems that you have forgotten what the consequences are by playing in front of me? Or do you feel you haven't received enough lessons?" Luo Xiu questioned coldly.

"What can I play in front of you? I just thought it's been so many years. It is better to let time take away the past, cherish the present, and live in harmony? After all, we still have one child between us."

Meng Yang sneered in his heart as he listened to her words.

Luo Xiu didn't say a word but looked at her coldly.

Cheng Fangfei couldn't help shaking slightly in front of Luo Xiu's cold eyes, making the smile on her face become stiff.

"Let's go." Meng Yang pushed Luo Xiu to the side.

Cheng Fangfei looked at their backs with a calculated expression in her eyes.

After the auction started, Meng Yang and Luo Xiu walked over to the round table and sat down.

Meng Yang had already looked through the catalogue of auction items, and there was nothing he particularly liked. But since he was here, he had to take a few things back, so pointed out a few things in the catalogue then asked the assistant to bid later.

Cheng Fangfei was sitting at a table not far from them. Meng Yang didn't know if it was a coincidence or Cheng Fangfei did it deliberately, two of the things he fancied seemed to be what Cheng Fangfei wanted very much, however, in the end, he still got both of them.

Seeing the things she wanted were taken by Meng Yang, Cheng Fangfei was secretly anxious, because these two things were the gifts she prepared to win and give to Luo Xiu's mother. She especially came just for these. Cheng Fangfei knew how Luo Sheng's current situation in the Luo family was not good. As Luo Xiu married a young new wife, he would naturally have children again. So she must help Luo Sheng, not to let him be too passive. The way was to get the support of Luo Xiu's mother.

For so many years, Cheng Fangfei had concealed the fact, Luo Sheng was not Luo Xiu's biological son, struggling to tell the truth. After so many years, she had told no one about this, including Luo Sheng's biological father. She felt since no one else knew, this lie could also become real. As long as she didn't say it, Luo Sheng would always be Luo Xiu's eldest son.

Turning her head to glance at Luo Xiu's profile, Cheng Fangfei thought how this man, who had made her hate him so much many years ago, now looked so attractive.

Cheng Fangfei's friend said to her: "Your first husband is richer than the three husbands afterwards, unfortunately, you didn't get any benefits from him."

"He only got so rich many years after I divorced him." Cheng Fangfei answered.

"I heard he bought the Erfei Manor some time ago. Although you have a child, he has remarried. If you want your child to inherit everything from him, plan hard."

"Naturally."

After the auction ended, while Luo Xiu was talking to his friend, Meng Yang went to the bathroom, with his assistant and bodyguards following him.

Coming out of the bathroom, he met Cheng Fangfei in the corridor.

"Your name is Meng Yang, right?" Cheng Fangfei asked Meng Yang with a smile.

Raising his hand, Meng Yang motioned the bodyguards and assistants to stand a little further away, then looked at Cheng Fangfei and answered, "My name is Meng Yang, hello Aunt Cheng."

Cheng Fangfei's smile stiffened because of Meng Yang's 'aunt', but she quickly returned to normal before speaking again: "You were dating Luo Sheng, originally you should have called me aunt, but Luo Sheng didn't know how to cherish you, I think you are much better than Yu Junchen."

"Thank you, but I don't regret breaking up with Luo Sheng at all. Uncle Luo can give many of which Luo Sheng can't. Moreover, Uncle Luo is gentle and considerate and spoils me. Sometimes I even feel that it's thanks to Luo Sheng and Yu Junchen getting together, I had a chance to be with Uncle Luo." There was a clear sense of happiness in Meng Yang's smile.

"It's normal for an older man to love his young wife. Also, you are so young and beautiful, and really outstanding." Cheng Fangfei continued: "Are you free tomorrow? I want to have a good chat with you, I've been wanting to apologize to you for the excessive things Luo Sheng had done."

"Although Uncle Luo is very good to me, he's very strict with me. Even if I say a word to other men, he'll be unhappy. Although you are a woman, I think he will never agree with me going out to meet you." Pointing to the back, Meng Yang spoke, "Look, even when I go to the toilet, people follow me all the time."

Cheng Fangfei glanced at the bodyguards, thinking Luo Xiu had such a strong possessiveness. But he had married such a young boy at an age where he would be curious about everything and could not resist temptation. So it's normal to manage him tighter.

"You don't need to apologize to me for Luo Sheng's affairs, because Luo Sheng himself has already apologized to me. Plus Uncle Luo said, not to care about him. After all, even if there was no father and son relationship between them, Luo Sheng is his eldest son, so it cannot break the blood relationship. So it's enough to scare him." Meng Yang smiled, "I'm trying to forget and ignore those things so I can try to get along with Luo Sheng. Because I don't want Uncle Luo to feel embarrassed."

Cheng Fangfei nodded: "If there is a chance, I really want to talk to you about some things Luo Xiu would never tell you. I think we can talk when I return to China after a while. I hope I'll have the opportunity to meet you alone by then."

"Okay, I'll find a chance to meet you again after returning to China," Meng Yang replied.

After Cheng Fangfei left, the smile on Meng Yang's face disappeared immediately. He found that Cheng Fangfei's character differed completely from that of the wayward and domineering lady before. It seemed the four marriages of hers had made her a lot smarter. After Cheng Fangfei and Luo Xiu got divorced, she got married three more times obtaining a lot of fortune from her three ex-husbands. She was a representative figure of getting rich by marriage.

Meng Yang did not return to the manor at night. He and Luo Xiu went to a dinner party, then stayed in a villa in the city for one night. He had already made an appointment with Celsey to meet tomorrow. After Luo Xiu was gone to the company, he would go out for his appointment.

After Meng Yang came to the outside of the hotel suite where Celsey was staying, he was just about to ring the doorbell when the door opened from the inside. However, it was not Celsey who opened the door, but Bradley with messy hair and dishevelled clothes.

Meng Yang was stunned by this unexpected meeting, while Bradley was obviously more surprised than Meng Yang. After closing his eyes and wiping his face, Bradley took a deep breath before walking around Meng Yang, leaving quickly.

As there was no need to open the door, Meng Yang, and his bodyguard who was there to assist him walked in directly.

"So early? I thought I had gotten up early today." Celsey who had just finished washing walked out of the bedroom in his nightgown. He didn't expect Meng Yang to come so early.

"I always go to bed early and get up early, which is good for my health." Looking at him Meng Yang asked, "What happened to Bradley? He looked like he was ruined."

"I met him at a friend's party last night. I talked about a perfume topic he was interested in. When I left, I asked him if he wanted to continue talking. So he came here with me, and we continued to drink and talk. It's inevitable for something to happen when you drink too much." Walking to the bar, Celsey poured himself a glass of wine, looking towards Meng Yang he asked, "Want a glass?"

Meng Yang shook his head in refusal, "I don't drink well. One cup of alcohol and I'll be drunk. If I get drunk with you, Uncle Luo will never allow me to meet you again."

As neither he nor Luo Xiu wanted anyone else to know about it, Meng Yang didn't tell Celsey about his pregnancy.

Celsey nodded, Taking out a bottle of pure water from the refrigerator for Meng Yang, he signalled Meng Yang to enter the study with him. This suite had been purchased by Celsey for a long time, hence, it was equivalent to his residence. Taking the small suitcase from the bodyguard, Meng Yang followed Celsey into the study.

Sitting down on the sofa, Celsey put the wine glass on the coffee table, then lit a mint cigarette, "It's a pity you got married so early. If you are not married, I could have taken you to experience more interesting things."

"Fortunately, I am married, otherwise I'll definitely be infected by you." Meng Yang sat down on the sofa opposite him.

"Life is only a few decades, it is natural to enjoy it to the fullest." Celsey shook his feet slightly before saying, "As long as I have money, I can experience any kind of life. I can be like a king. Letting me choose all those whom I fancy."

"You still need to spend money for something like that?" Looking at him, Meng Yang asked, "Aren't there so many falling in front of you one after another, kneeling to call you your Royal Highness?"

"If they take money, then they must manage their own mouths. This is the rule. People who don't follow the rules will not end well." Celsey answered after taking a sip.

"Then how were you and Bradley last night?" Meng Yang asked.

"To be honest, I'm a little disappointed. After all, he looks so...you know, I thought he was an idol in the perfume industry. If I collide with him physically, I would also have an inspirational collision. But nothing. Failed to satisfy me."

Meng Yang thought for a while before speaking, "Maybe it's because of drinking too much?"

"Regardless of the reason, I am no longer interested in him. A man who can't satisfy me or get me inspired is useless to me." Putting down his glass, Celsey got up and walked to the desk: "Breakfast time is over, let's talk about business."

Meng Yang glanced at the empty wine glass Celsey had placed on the coffee table, but said nothing. Even among friends, he shouldn't just casually comment on or guide others' living habits.

While Celsey took out the perfumes he had made during this period, Meng Yang also took out the perfumes he had made from the suitcase. They had to choose the perfumes that were most suitable for co-branding to match the sales among their respective perfumes. They evaluated each other's perfumes' and gave opinions on whether it would be better to remix the top, middle, and back notes. Finally, some content of the next co-branded perfume was determined.

Returning to the manor at night, Meng Yang went to the study to find Luo Xiu in his nightgown after washing.

"Uncle Luo." Putting his hands on the desk, Meng Yang looked at Luo Xiu before speaking, "Can you help me."

"What can I do for you?" Luo Xiu immediately stopped his movements and asked Meng Yang.

Meng Yang walked around the desk, sat on Luo Xiu's lap, put his arms around his neck and answered, "I need you to give me some inspiration."

"What do you want me to do?" Putting his hand on Meng Yang's stomach Luo Xiu spoke, "Without hurting you and our child."

"I want you to seduce me, without touching me." Meng Yang answered while aligning his forehead against Luo Xiu's.

"Are you sure what you want is the inspiration to mix perfume?" Luo Xiu asked.

"This kind of inspiration can't be expressed at 100%. A 100-point inspiration can only be shown up to 30 or 40 percent. If I can show it over 50 percent, it would definitely make people fall in love with it irresistibly. But this is on the premise that I have inspiration." Meng Yang answered.

"Baby, it's not that I want to refuse you, but are you sure you can stand this kind of stimulation now?" Luo Xiu asked uneasily.

"Don't be too stimulating, be gentle, so I can bear it." Meng Yang replied.

"So demanding? I really can't help you" Getting up, Luo Xiu walked out of the study with Meng Yang in his arms.

Carrying Meng Yang to the door of a room, Luo Xiu told him, "Close your eyes."

Meng Yang closed his eyes obediently.

After entering the room with Meng Yang in his arms, Luo Xiu put him on the recliner, "You can open your eyes."

Wondering why he was being so mysterious, Meng Yang opened his eyes eagerly. After seeing the layout of the room, he froze for a while before he came back to his senses and asked, "How come I didn't know there is such a room?"

"I wanted to wait until you gave birth to let you know." Luo Xiu replied.

"Was it specially designed by you?" Looking at the luxuriously furnished but lustful room, Meng Yang really admired the designer of this room. It was full of artistic sense.

"Previous nobles in this country would have such rooms, some even had more than a dozen. The design of this room can be regarded as years of accumulated experience."

"So, what do you want to do?" Meng Yang asked, looking at him.

"It's a pity you can't do anything now, and can only watch. But you are only allowed to do this once during your pregnancy." Looking at him, Luo Xiu spoke.

Meng Yang just laid down like that, then looked at Luo Xiu.

According to Meng Yang, Luo Xiu did not touch him, but he got all the inspiration he wanted.

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After sleeping all night, Meng Yang woke up early the next day. With the memory of last night still clear, he did not eat breakfast but went to the studio with a glass of milk to get busy.