PE Ch40: Shock the whole family

Jian Yan stayed at Pan Yinchuan’s house for several days, making Pan Yinchuan look tired with dark circles under his eyes.

Every time he went out, Pan Yueshan looked like he had something to say but held back.

“What exactly do you want to say?” Pan Yinchuan looked helplessly at his father.

“Well… though young, one shouldn’t be too indulgent.”

“?”

“How long does Assistant Jian plan to stay in Jiuhe City?” Pan Yinchuan had no choice but to find Jian Yan and ask directly.

“I like it here. I plan to settle down here.”

“Settle down in my house?”

“…” Jian Yan hesitated and smiled helplessly, saying, “Of course not. I’m planning to look for a house here.”

“When do you plan to go?”

This topic couldn’t be avoided. Jian Yan could only continue, “Um, this weekend. Do you have time to accompany me? You know, I don’t know anyone else here.”

On such a small matter, Pan Yinchuan readily agreed, “Sure.”

Pan Yinchuan no longer had to worry about stepping on Jian Yan at night, and his sleep quality quickly improved.

Thinking of this, Pan Yinchuan went to work happily.

He had already obtained a certificate as a senior nurse level one, and with this certificate, he successfully interviewed for a rather peculiar position.

He became a secretary for a small company’s CEO.

The CEO had congenital health issues and many lifestyle taboos. He had hired many secretaries who didn’t quite satisfy him. Pan Yinchuan, who had nursing knowledge, a young appearance, and skills in applied writing and file management from university, smoothly took up the position.

After taking care of Xiu Ling, who had unpredictable mood swings, and then working at Huai Yu’s place, handling this secretary job felt surprisingly relaxed and easy for Pan Yinchuan.

The CEO also liked him a lot.

“Young Pan, sometimes I feel like you know more than me. When meeting clients from the province, I almost embarrassed myself, but you remained calm.”

“And that antique gun from the client’s collection, you could talk about it confidently, knowing it was a misprint produced by Sigel in ’93…”

The CEO couldn’t help but half-jokingly say to him, “Are you sure you’re not some young master here to experience small-town life?”

These were all impressions Huai Yu left on him.

But fortunately, they were not bad impressions.

Oh, except that now his s*xual orientation had no turning back…

Pan Yinchuan could only smile and say, “You’ve seen my employment records. Both my parents are locals.”

“Yes, yes, that’s why I find it so surprising haha.”

I wonder if the Boss still insists that he’s a young master, or if he’s just genuinely very satisfied with him.

Anyway, Pan Yinchuan’s days at this company were very comfortable. Even though he was just a junior secretary, everyone treated him with respect.

As the clock struck six, Pan Yinchuan finished another day of work.

Following Ms. Wang Xiu’s instructions, he bought some dumpling wrappers on the way home, swinging them in his hand as he walked up the steps…

“Why are you taking the stairs again?” Pan Yinchuan sighed helplessly, approaching to realize the figure seemed delicate.

Pan Yinchuan was startled and took a closer look—

“It’s me!” The Omega youth jumped up from the steps and tightly hugged Pan Yinchuan.

Just like when they first met at Yan Xue’s house.

Tears streamed down the youth’s neck.

He couldn’t smell the Omega’s pheromones, but his innate gender recognition made his skin tingle with warmth from being so close to the Omega.

“What’s wrong?” Pan Yinchuan tried to create some distance, but failed.

The Omega youth clung to him like an octopus.

“I miss you a lot,” Omega said.

Pan Yinchuan felt a bit bewildered. Why would he miss him? Did he have anything worth missing?

If it was just because he had once saved Omega, with the passage of time, it should have become a cherished memory in a long life.

“First, tell me, how did you end up here?” Pan Yinchuan tried to calm him down.

“I… I… I had no other choice, I could only come find you.”

“How did you even know I was here?” After their brief encounter at Yan Xue’s house, they hadn’t seen each other again, and the words exchanged between them were truly few.

“Yan Xue told me,” Omega choked out.

“Captain Yan?”

“Yeah.”

“Shouldn’t we go inside first?”

In the midst of this scorching heat, being held this close made sweat feel as if it were melting into one.

Pan Yinchuan felt his face heating up.

“Yeah.” Lin Shaoyan softly agreed, finally slowly letting go of Pan Yinchuan.

Pan Yinchuan took out his key.

He turned around to open the door, then his gaze followed and he caught a glimpse of the staircase landing below.

His mom and dad were standing there.

One looked relatively calm, the other was absolutely stunned.

“Mom, Dad, you’re back.” Pan Yinchuan raised his hand. “I bought the dumpling wrappers.”

An Omega peeked out from behind him, cautiously clinging to his shoulder, with a softer tone: “So it was uncle and auntie… Standing there without moving, I thought we were blocking the way.”

Pan Yinchuan lowered his voice: “How long have they been standing there?”

Omega said: “Since I first hugged you.”

“……”

Wang Xiu suddenly spoke: “Don’t just stand there, come in.”

Pan Yueshan suddenly seemed to wake up from a dream, stepping onto the stairs: “Yes, let’s go inside first.”

He was somewhat clumsy, using both the same hand and foot.

The Pan family thus welcomed another guest.

The peanuts and sunflower seeds bought earlier were still uneaten, but were now put on a plate and served.

Pan Yueshan asked: “Are you also Yinchuan’s friend?”

Also?

Lin Shaoyan nodded obediently: “Yes, uncle and auntie, my name is Lin Shaoyan. Have other friends been here?”

Pan Yueshan said: “That Xiao Jian…”

“Assistant Jian?”

“You know him too?”

“I do.” Although they had only met once, Lin Shaoyan had already figured out his identity.

If he hadn’t been mistaken at the time, that Assistant Jian should have liked Mr. Huai…

Why was he here?

Did Huai Yu send him to find Pan Yinchuan?

Countless thoughts ran through Lin Shaoyan’s mind, and he was already planning to move somewhere else tonight.

At this moment, Wang Xiu asked: “How did you two meet?”

Lin Shaoyan recounted the time in the prison camp.

Talking about being trapped in Nanta City, Pan Yueshan could really empathize: “At that time we were so worried, afraid that something would happen to Yinchuan. You really went through a lot.”

Lin Shaoyan’s eyes turned red, and he nodded, saying: “Yes, I was undergoing my adult differentiation at that time. In a place like that, if my pheromones had leaked out, I would have been finished… Fortunately, Pan Yinchuan saved me. For my sake, he also went through a lot, a lot, a lot…”

He repeated it three times.

Obviously, seeing Pan Yinchuan and Huai Yu together back then had a huge impact on him.

It was indescribable in just three words.

Pan Yinchuan wanted to say, being with Huai Yu wasn’t entirely for you. Mainly, he wanted to survive. In a place like Nanta City, if he hadn’t met Huai Yu, he might have died.

Thinking about it, it was actually a kind of “fortune.”

But in front of his parents, he couldn’t say this.

“So, so there’s actually such a story…” Pan Yueshan murmured.

Wang Xiu suddenly asked: “Are you an Omega?”

Both of them being Betas, of course, couldn’t smell the pheromones.

Pan Yueshan was even more shocked upon hearing this: “What? Xiao Lin is an Omega?”

“And he shouldn’t be very old, undergoing adult differentiation in Nanta City, he should be only nineteen this year.” Wang Xiu said.

At this point, Pan Yueshan was too shocked to speak.

“Auntie, you are right.” Lin Shaoyan nodded, picking up the water poured for him on the table.

The light from the glass fell on his face, not diminishing his delicate features.

This was a typical, fragile, beautiful, and obedient Omega.

The kind most Alphas would dream of having.

Pan Yueshan swallowed hard, struggling to find his voice: “That… that Xiao Lin, did you come to find Yinchuan to play? Or is there something else?”

Lin Shaoyan blushed and said: “I just missed him.”

At this point, the doorbell suddenly rang.

Pan Yueshan immediately stood up: “It might be Xiao Jian.”

After saying that, he suddenly stopped in his tracks and first looked back at his son.

Pan Yinchuan: ?

What are you looking at?

Wang Xiu said: “Go open the door.”

“Yes, yes.” Pan Yueshan then walked to the door.

As soon as the door opened, Jian Yan didn’t enter but his voice came in first, he smiled and said: “I bought a pot of flowers, uncle, do you like it?”

Pan Yueshan didn’t dare to take it, only saying awkwardly: “This, how can we accept this?”

“Why are you being polite with me?” Jian Yan stepped in, placing the pot on a low cabinet beside him, then turned his gaze.

He and Lin Shaoyan’s eyes met.

And then quickly averted.

Lin Shaoyan!

Jian Yan remembered him too.

After all, working as an assistant, how could his memory be bad?

Why was Lin Shaoyan here? Was Yan Xue nearby?

Would Mr. Huai soon know that he came to find Pan Yinchuan?

In just one second of eye contact, both felt a bit guilty. But only a bit, and soon both were at ease.

“Xiao Jian, this… you sit too. Xiao Lin said he knows you, are you… all friends?” Pan Yueshan felt he was getting confused.

“We know each other.” Jian Yan said with a forced smile.

“Let’s start making dumplings.” Wang Xiu decided, “It’s getting late, we need to have dinner.”

Jian Yan immediately rolled up his shirt sleeves: “I’ll help.”

Lin Shaoyan hesitated, saying: “I… I don’t know how to make dumplings.”

“It’s okay, you just eat.” Pan Yinchuan thought having another one like Jian Yan who was so at home would be troublesome.

Lin Shaoyan smiled with pursed lips: “Then what should we do?”

Pan Yinchuan still wanted to figure out what was going on: “Let’s go talk.”

He got up and took him to the bedroom.

The three people left in the living room immediately stared at the door.

The air seemed to quiet down again.

Wang Xiu calmly pressed her temple, then after washing her hands and putting on gloves, she said, “Come over, let’s make dumplings.”

Pan Yueshan hazily gathered around, not daring to look at Jian Yan’s expression.

Inside the room, Pan Yinchuan lowered his voice and asked, “Why did you say you had nowhere else to go but here? What about your family?”

“Back at Yan Xue’s house, I had a lot to say to you, but I couldn’t say it. I was afraid Mr. Huai would treat you badly because of me, so I kept quiet…”

Hearing this, Pan Yinchuan’s heart softened a bit, and he said in a low voice, “Then tell me now.”

“I went to Nanta City to work. My parents died very early, leaving some money for my grandma, who barely managed to raise me to adulthood. A month before I went to Nanta City, she passed away. I didn’t have much education, and I didn’t know what my future would be, so I thought I might as well work… I didn’t expect to differentiate into an Omega in the prison camp.”

Pan Yinchuan was stunned for a moment and handed him a tissue.

“If I hadn’t differentiated, maybe I could have been selected for the Beta trial plan like Assistant Jian? Maybe when I saw you again, I would have been more impressive.” Lin Shaoyan said with a bitter tone.

Seeing him not take the tissue, Pan Yinchuan had to wipe his tears for him, saying, “Don’t cry…” His words of comfort were interrupted.

“No.” Lin Shaoyan shook his head, “If I hadn’t differentiated, I wouldn’t have met you.”

Pan Yinchuan paused in the action of holding the tissue, his eyes widening slightly.

These words sounded strange no matter how he heard them.

“That time in the central city, you were taken away by Mr. Huai, and I was detained by Yan Xue. Maybe it was to please Mr. Huai, so he wouldn’t have any worries?”

“Or maybe it was just that powerful people suddenly got interested and wanted to play, like keeping a pet rabbit…”

“Yan Xue forced me to be his lover.”

Pan Yinchuan’s eyelid twitched heavily, “You had just reached adulthood then…”

“Yes, but why would an Alpha care about that? He was a major, from the central city, and many people admired him.”

“Following him wasn’t good at all. Others thought I was lucky. If I dared to resist, it meant I was ungrateful. And those who admired him also hated me. I couldn’t adapt to the life of high society at all; they mocked me for not knowing those manners and gave me derogatory nicknames…”

Pan Yinchuan took a deep breath and placed a hand on the back of his neck, a comforting gesture.

“Yan Xue didn’t care?” Pan Yinchuan asked.

“He was a major, with countless things to deal with. Except when he wanted to feel the gentleness of an Omega, he didn’t think of me at all. He threw me into that circle and ignored me.”

Pan Yinchuan frowned deeply.

He lowered his eyes and saw Lin Shaoyan’s tears falling like broken beads.

“I didn’t want Yan Xue’s favor at all. I should have been a Beta, but I suddenly differentiated. I don’t want to be an Omega, I don’t want to…”

Pan Yinchuan patted his hair, “Yes, I know.”

Lin Shaoyan’s tears shimmered slightly.

He knew, he just knew, that Pan Yinchuan would deeply empathize with him.

“Yan Xue’s parents also hated me, thinking I was a vixen. But who wants to be a vixen? His parents came to me angrily… I couldn’t stand it anymore, so I ran away.”

“I don’t know if Yan Xue will come looking for me, probably not. After all, I’m just a toy, he can easily find another, more exquisite one…”

“After leaving the central city, I didn’t know where to go. I just wanted to see you. I really, really wanted you to reach out to me again, like in the prison camp.”

Lin Shaoyan said as he roughly wiped his eyes: “But this is not good, Jian Yan is here, he will tell Mr. Huai, and Yan Xue will find out… If Yan Xue feels humiliated and comes to catch me, what will happen to your family?”

Lin Shaoyan said tremblingly, “I should leave.”

He raised his swollen, red eyes: “I’ll leave after eating the dumplings, okay?”

Pan Yinchuan said, “Don’t go.”

“Then, then I’ll leave tomorrow. Yan Xue won’t arrive so quickly today…”

“Don’t leave tomorrow either. Um… stay here for now, I’ll think of a way. Assistant Jian won’t tattle.”

Lin Shaoyan’s tears flowed again as he stared fixedly at Pan Yinchuan.

He just knew!

He just knew!

In such a terrible place as the prison camp, knowing that his differentiation might cause big trouble, Pan Yinchuan still firmly chose to save him.

This time was no different.

Pan Yinchuan would still firmly “save” him.

“How did you escape? Will Yan Xue notice your absence immediately?” Pan Yinchuan asked.

“I was so scared that my memory of it is a bit blurry. I need to think, let me think…”

“Okay, take your time. I’ll get you some ice for your eyes.” Pan Yinchuan turned to leave.

Lin Shaoyan suddenly lunged forward to hug him.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

Jian Yan’s voice came in: “Your phone is ringing.”

Pan Yinchuan quickly broke free from Lin Shaoyan, went to the door, and took his phone.

Lin Shaoyan followed him out, meeting Jian Yan’s gaze again.

This time, Jian Yan saw a coldness in his eyes.

Pan Yueshan walked over and weakly asked, “Xiao Lin, did Yinchuan make you cry?”

Lin Shaoyan shook his head and smiled: “I just haven’t seen him in a long time, tears of joy. Pan Yinchuan also let me stay here, I’m so happy…”

Then he timidly asked, “Is that okay, uncle?”

Pan Yueshan stuttered: “This, it is, okay. After all, we don’t have any Alphas here, but…”

At this moment, Lin Shaoyan noticed the coldness in Jian Yan’s eyes.

He understood.

Why did they say Jian Yan wouldn’t tattle… because Jian Yan also had an unspeakable “secret.”

Lin Shaoyan felt more at ease, after all, Omegas were more easily favored, weren’t they?

On the other hand, Pan Yueshan couldn’t make a decision and simply turned around, squeezed into the kitchen, closed the door, and asked Wang Xiu, “What should we do? I saw Xiao Jian’s face turn green!”

“Why did another one come… and it’s an Omega. Always hugging our son. His eyes were even redder when he came out, and he said he wanted to stay overnight. What about Xiao Jian then?”

Wang Xiu was also confused, “Maybe we got it wrong.”

“Got what wrong?”

“It seems Yinchuan doesn’t like Xiao Jian that much either.”

“Then what about this Omega?”

“Not sure, but he seems to like Yinchuan.”

“But he’s an Omega, a very well-behaved Omega!” Pan Yueshan was troubled on behalf of his son.

He finally mumbled, “But we can’t let things get out of hand, our family’s excellent genes of fidelity can’t be ruined because of him.”

At this moment, Pan Yinchuan answered the phone, “Hello.”

“Hello, it’s me.”

“…Mr. Huai?” Pan Yinchuan was stunned, then reflexively covered the phone and went to the balcony to take the call.

“Have you seen Lin Shaoyan?” Huai Yu asked.

So it was about this.

Pan Yinchuan pressed his lips together and said, “No.”

“Aren’t you going to ask who Lin Shaoyan is?”

“I remember him, the Omega I rescued in Nanta City.”

“And you’re not going to ask why I’m calling to ask you?”

“…I’m not interested.”

The phone fell into sudden silence.

But neither of them hung up.

Pan Yinchuan thought, if I hang up first, wouldn’t that make me look guilty?

But why didn’t Huai Yu hang up either?

Listening to the faint breathing on the other end of the phone, Huai Yu finally said, “I see.”

Without an extra word, he hung up the phone.

Assistant Zhang asked, “He really went to Mr. Pan’s place?”

At this moment, Yan Xue burst in, saying urgently, “I just discovered my backup ID card is missing. Lin Shaoyan has it and can easily cross state borders with it.”

“Can’t we track the card’s usage to find out his route?”

“My ID card is highly confidential and requires your authorization…”

“Bring the machine here, I’ll authorize it with my fingerprint.”

“Okay, okay!”

Two or three minutes later, the screen showed the results.

“The last entry record is in Weian State.” Huai Yu’s tone was cold.

“Weian State borders St. Ann State, St. Ann State, Jiuhes City,… he really went to find Xiao Pan?” Yan Xue said, his temples throbbing.

“Deactivate your backup ID card,” Huai Yu said.

“It might… it might be too late. Even if deactivated, he still has special spouse privileges.”

“You two registered for marriage?”

“Yes, just waiting to hold a small banquet…”

Assistant Zhang thought, wow!

“Lin Shaoyan has some tricks,” Huai Yu commented flatly.

“What tricks? He’s very well-behaved and clingy…” “Okay, he was fooling me.” Yan Xue now recalled how he couldn’t help but brag to Mr. Huai, saying how Lin Shaoyan made soup for him, waited for him late at night, clung to him desperately…

He wanted to bang his head against the wall!

“Does he have money?”

“Yes… initially, he only had my supplementary card, but later I transferred money to his card. When preparing for the wedding, I also gave him some valuable jewelry and property.”

As Yan Xue spoke, he became furious again, “What does he want? Wasn’t I good enough to him?”

Huai Yu stood up and said coldly, “It seems he wants to use your money and my people to build a happy family.”

Yan Xue: “…”

He was furious but didn’t forget to remind, “Mr. Huai, your person doesn’t seem to be yours anymore.”

Huai Yu: “…”

Assistant Zhang chimed in, “Major Yan, our Mr. Huai is very concerned about you. He just called Mr. Pan to ask if he had seen Lin Shaoyan.”

“And? Did he see him?”

Huai Yu said coldly, “He said no.”

“Ah? So you guessed wrong?” Yan Xue was now too enraged to think straight.

Huai Yu said casually, “He lied.”

“Xiao Pan dares to lie to you?” Yan Xue’s voice rose, “Then what are we waiting for? Let’s just…”

Huai Yu said, “Good for him.”

Yan Xue: ?

“Prepare for tomorrow afternoon’s flight,” Huai Yu instructed the new assistant.

The assistant complied.

“Aren’t we going tonight?” Yan Xue was anxious, his Alpha possessiveness showing, “You know Xiao Pan is lying. What if he sleeps with my wife?”

“Then I’ll cut off your lower half.”

“Why cut me?”

“It means your lower half isn’t working well, so you couldn’t keep your wife, giving her the chance to run off to sleep with Pan Yinchuan.”

“…”

“There’s a global live broadcast meeting tomorrow morning. You better pull yourself together. Otherwise, everyone will know you can’t keep your wife because you’re not up to the task.”

“…I will.” Yan Xue squeezed out the words from between his teeth.

The next day was Saturday.

Pan Yueshan turned on the TV, intending to catch up on the news.

Lin Shaoyan, who stayed overnight at the Pan’s house, sat beside Pan Yinchuan, obediently peeling an orange for him.

Jian Yan, unwilling to back down and waiting for Pan Yinchuan to accompany him to see a house, sat on the other side peeling peanuts.

Wang Xiu set up a small table, preparing lessons while her thoughts were in disarray. She wanted to have a good talk with her son but couldn’t find the opportunity.

The atmosphere at home was a bit strange.

“The owner of the Central City is going to become him?” Pan Yueshan murmured as he watched the TV, “This person is so young, I haven’t really seen him before.”

Wang Xiu, used to responding to her husband, also looked up at the TV and said, “The more a person is like this, the more low-key they are usually.”

“That’s true, it’s also because the Central City is too far from us, we’ve only heard about Major Yan,” Pan Yueshan said with a laugh, pointing at the TV, “Hey, Major Yan is on too.”

Pan Yinchuan was eating a piece of orange and wanted to tell Lin Shaoyan to stop peeling.

He didn’t come here to be a servant.

But upon hearing Pan Yueshan’s voice, he also looked at the TV and was momentarily stunned.

This was the first time Pan Yinchuan saw Huai Yu in a military uniform.

Different from the usual high and mighty appearance.

He sat in the center, smiling, like an unyielding towering mountain.

He seemed to be… in a good mood?

Yan Xue beside him also looked fine.

So Lin Shaoyan should be very safe.

Pan Yinchuan looked down and ate another piece of orange.

Pan Yinchuan didn’t feel anything special, he just sighed inwardly and let it go.

But Wang Xiu noticed that both Xiao Jian and Xiao Lin seemed to freeze. …Was it because of someone on the TV?