Chapter 354, Part 354
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Duan Yi thought for a moment and said to him, "I'd say I half agree."
Ye Qingxi: "Huh?"
Agreement means agreement.
Disagree is disagreement.
What does "partial agreement" mean?
Conditional consent?
Duan Yi noticed his confusion and explained, "My background and my gender are two major disadvantages that cannot be changed, so your grandfather could not possibly approve of me marrying your uncle."
"But he won't break us up."
Duan Yi said, "He is a very good father and loves your uncle very much, so I can understand him very well. If I were him, I might not do better than him."
"So, you can still get married?" Ye Qingxi asked.
"If your uncle is willing and insists."
“Then he will definitely be willing and insist.” Ye Qingxi said without hesitation.
Duan Yi smiled and patted his head. "That would be best, of course."
Ye Qingxi: ...Wait, why are you touching his head?!
He's already so big, he'll be fourteen next month!
"Then I'll be going now," Duan Yi said.
Ye Qingxi nodded, "Then when my uncle wakes up, I'll tell him you've been here."
He said, "I can't keep it from him forever, can I?"
That's not good.
Duan Yi thought about it and decided it was a good idea.
This kind of thing can't be kept secret. He was already quite satisfied that he and Mu Feng had time to talk alone.
As for making Mu Shaoyan completely unaware that he had been there, that's unrealistic.
"Okay," he replied.
Ye Qingxi breathed a sigh of relief and saw him out of the courtyard.
He watched Duan Yi get into the car and drive out of his sight before returning inside to wait for Mu Shaoyan to finish his afternoon nap.
About half an hour later, Mu Shaoyan woke up and lazily went downstairs to get something to eat.
Ye Qingxi walked up to him at that moment.
Mu Shaoyan had just opened the refrigerator when he saw that he had passed by. He asked in confusion, "Are you hungry too?"
Ye Qingxi shook her head.
"Is there something you need from me?"
Ye Qingxi nodded, leaned closer to him and whispered, "Brother Duan Yi just arrived."
Mu Shaoyan: !!!
Mu Shaoyan: ? ? ?
Mu Shaoyan immediately turned off the refrigerator. He was no longer hungry or sleepy, and he was completely awake!
"What did you say?!"
"It's what you just heard."
What's he doing here?
"It seems they've come to see their grandfather."
Mu Shaoyan: !!!
Mu Shaoyan took out his phone and called Duan Yi.
Duan Yi was waiting at a red light when his phone rang. Seeing it was him, he answered it.
Mu Shaoyan's voice immediately reached his ears, "You've come to see my father?!"
"Um."
Mu Shaoyan: ...
"You're still saying 'hmm'? You're really bold!"
Duan Yi chuckled, "It's alright, your dad is a very nice person, and we had a pleasant conversation."
Mu Shaoyan: ? ? ?
Was he talking about his father?
Chairman Mu Feng?!
Although he thought his father was a good person.
But because that's his dad!
His father had nothing but praise for his son!
But to outsiders, it's a nightmare!
Especially the man who wants to marry his son!
"What did you talk about?" Mu Shaoyan asked curiously.
"We talked about our marriage."
Mu Shaoyan: ...
How could they actually "have a pleasant conversation"?!
"Are you sure your conversation went well?"
"certainly."
"Do you have some misunderstanding about what 'happy' means?" Mu Shaoyan asked sincerely.
Duan Yi smiled again.
He said, "He told me he wouldn't force us to separate."
"real?"
"Of course. But as your father, he wouldn't really approve of us being together."
Mu Shaoyan: ...
"So what is he doing?"
“He respects your decision,” Duan Yi said. “If you insist, we can get married; if you don’t, that’s also a good thing for him.”
"Shaoyan, I'm sorry that being with me means you might not receive your father's blessing right now, but I promise that I will work hard and one day he will be willing to give you his belated blessing."
Mu Shaoyan: ...
Mu Shaoyan was momentarily at a loss for words.
As a child, he naturally hoped to receive his parents' approval and blessings for his marriage, especially since his mother had passed away long ago, leaving him as his only father.
However, as her lover, Mu Shaoyan was well aware that this was not Duan Yi's fault.
His father disliked homosexuality, but Duan Yi was a man, and there was no way to change that, so things had to be this way.
"It's alright," he said. "Are you still on your way? Then be careful on the road."
"I know."
"Then I'll hang up now." After saying that, Mu Shaoyan hung up the phone and leaned against the refrigerator with a worried expression.
Ye Qingxi looked at him and comforted him, "Brother Duan Yi was quite happy when he left."
Mu Shaoyan looked down at him and reached out to ruffle his hair.
Ye Qingxi: ...
You two are truly a perfect match!
He started ruffling my hair without warning!
Don't you even know how old I am now!
However, seeing that Mu Shaoyan was in a complicated mood, he considerately did not refuse his advances.
After Mu Shaoyan finished massaging, he straightened up and prepared to go to Mu Feng's study.
Did you have a pleasant conversation?
He doesn't believe it!
However, Mu Feng was not in the study; he was in the bedroom, preparing to take a short nap.
Just as he lay down, Mu Shaoyan pushed open the door and walked in.
Mu Feng: ...
Upon seeing this, Mu Shaoyan quickly said, "Then you go to sleep first, I'll come back later."
After saying that, he turned around and prepared to leave.
Mu Feng was speechless. "Speak, what is it?"
"Um... Duan Yi is here?" Mu Shaoyan asked him.
Mu Feng knew that.
"Um."
So what did you two talk about?
Mu Shaoyan curiously moved closer.
Mu Feng looked at him. "What? Are you afraid I'll bully him?"
"That's not it," Mu Shaoyan said. "You're not the kind of person who bullies the weak. I'm just a little curious, what's he doing here out of the blue?"
"Why don't you ask him? Why are you asking me?"
He said you had a pleasant conversation.
Mu Feng: ...
In a sense, Duan Yi's temper is actually quite good.
"Right? How could that be?" Mu Shaoyan knew it couldn't be true just by looking at his expression.
It can't be considered a happy occasion just because no fight broke out, can it?
Mu Feng: ...
“He came to me about your marriage, and I told him that I was not happy about it, but I would not force you to break up.”
That's it?
"Otherwise?" Mu Feng retorted. "He naturally said some words to express his loyalty, saying how much he loves you and how much he likes you. What, you want to hear that?"
"That's a pity, I didn't bring a voice recorder with me."
Mu Shaoyan: ...
"That's not what I meant," Mu Shaoyan said, somewhat embarrassed.
Mu Feng snorted, "Then what do you mean?"
"Aren't you just afraid I'll make things difficult for him?"
"If I tell you Mu Shaoyan, I will definitely put him in a difficult position, and I will definitely tell him that he is not good enough for you. If you ask me what I think about your marriage, I will always say the same thing: I do not agree with it."
"But if you insist on marrying him, like your older brother did back then, I won't interfere with your decision."
"Everyone has their own destiny. Just like your older brother, he didn't know he would be reunited with his own son before he got married."
Mu Shaoyan didn't expect him to say that.
The main point is the last sentence.
What does he mean by that?
He could have easily chosen not to say that.
But he specifically mentioned it—that although his brother had married his sister-in-law against his will, he had inadvertently ended up with his son.
At this moment, Mu Shaoyan vaguely sensed that his father might not be as strongly opposed to his marriage as he appeared.
Indeed, before yesterday, his father had always admired Duan Yi, and perhaps he still does now.
However, he hoped they would always remain just friends, and not anything more.
"Thank you," Mu Shaoyan said softly. "Don't worry, Duan Yi and I will definitely live a good life together, and I will definitely live a very happy life."
That would be best, Mu Feng thought to himself.
"But if you're really going to be with Duan Yi, you should really think about the child issue," he cautioned.
"No need to think about it." Mu Shaoyan didn't think there was anything to think about at all. "Neither of us can have children, so let's not have any. Xiao Xi is also a shareholder of our company. When we get old and Xiao Xi grows up, he can inherit the company directly, which is perfectly legitimate."
Mu Feng: ...
Mu Feng was speechless. "Can you stop staring at Xiao Xi? That's your brother's son, not your son!"
"If an elder brother can be like a father, then why can't a nephew be like a son?"
Mu Feng: ...
Mu Feng was too lazy to waste words with him. "When the Mu family has a suitable child in the future, I will bring him back for you."
"No, no, no," Mu Shaoyan quickly refused, "There's no need."
"Why is it unnecessary?!" Mu Feng didn't understand. "Everyone else has children, but you don't? Is that appropriate?!"
"It's suitable," Mu Shaoyan said. "I don't necessarily need to have it."
“If Duan Yi could have children, and we could have a biological child together, that would be fine. But we can’t have children right now, so it’s pointless to raise a child just for the sake of raising a child.”
“Moreover,” Mu Shaoyan said seriously, “I thought about it when I was eighteen. I can’t and don’t want to love any other child more than Xiaoxi.”
“If this is my biological child, then I am the child’s biological father. The child came into this world because of me, and I have a responsibility and obligation to him/her. I love him/her more than Xiaoxi, and I can accept that.”
"But now, I'm destined not to have any biological children. If you were to bring one to me, would I love it or not?"
“It would be unfair to the adopted child if I didn’t love him.”
"If it's about love, I'm not really willing."
Mu Shaoyan's life is a typical example of one that has never been wasted. His life has been too smooth. Whether it is family, friends or lovers, none of them have caused him any major sorrows. As a result, his thoughts always have a childlike side of innocent and simple nature.
Ye Qingxi accompanied him through the confusion of his eighteenth year, leading him to where he is now, making him the current CEO Mu.
Eighteen-year-old Mu Shaoyan looked at his little nephew and said from the bottom of his heart, "I wish you were my child."
At twenty-six, Mu Shaoyan still remembers how he felt when he said those words at eighteen.
He still very much hoped that Ye Qingxi was his child.
But he has grown up, so he will never say such things again.
He would only love him silently, like he loved his own child.
Therefore, he did not want to have other children.
He couldn't, and didn't want to, love any child who wasn't his own more than Ye Qingxi.
Without Ye Qingxi, he wouldn't be who he is today.
If it weren't for Ye Qingxi, he would have been lost for who knows how long.
If the female protagonist in a TV show or novel who redeems a male protagonist from his self-destructive adolescence can become the most important woman in his life, he will never be able to love anyone else more than her.
Why can't Ye Qingxi, who saved him, become the most important child in his life?
Why must we have another child, so that he can love, care, and surpass Ye Qingxi?
Mu Shaoyan couldn't understand it.
He also asked his father the truthfully.
Mu Feng: ...
Mu Feng wanted to tell him that this was different.
When your child becomes your child, regardless of whether he is your biological child or not, he is your child. At that time, you can naturally love him more than Xiaoxi, and Xiaoxi will not mind.
But Mu Feng didn't say it.
He knew very well what Mu Shaoyan cared about, and he also knew that only someone as sentimental and passionate as Mu Shaoyan would care about such a thing, and that even though he was already twenty-six years old, he would still follow the heart of his eighteen-year-old self.
This is a unique quality of Mu Shaoyan.
It is part of his soul.
It's not something that can be changed by his persuasion.
So Mu Feng didn't say anything.
Well, he thought, Mu Shaoyan is still young. When he gets older, he might have new ideas, and then they can discuss the issue of having children.
"Get out," Mu Feng said. "Don't think I find you pleasing to the eye now."
Mu Shaoyan: ...
Mu Shaoyan could only silently leave his bedroom.
Ye Qingxi leaned against the wall not far away, waiting for him.
Upon seeing him come out, she immediately straightened up.
Mu Shaoyan looked at it and couldn't help but laugh.
He said that he could not and did not want to love any other child more than Ye Qingxi.
Because there will never be another person who will go through so much with him, no matter what happens, and stay by his side.
Show him care, support him, and face the challenges together.
This is what Ye Qingxi looked like when he was eighteen and taking the college entrance exam.
When he started his business at the age of 22, Ye Qingxi was in the same situation.
Now he's twenty-six and getting married, but Ye Qingxi is still the same.
He never doubted, questioned, or stopped him; he only tried to help him and hoped that he could get what he wanted.
He doesn't need to be his child, Mu Shaoyan thought, because no matter whose child he is, he will love him.
Love him as you would your own child.
I will love him forever, for a lifetime.
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