Foolishly Flirting with the White Moonlight Leads to Being Marked - Chapter 21.2

Yan Qingqiu was frightened by him, her eyes staring straight at him. She handed the briefcase to Yan Fu, her throat feeling as though it had been sealed shut, leaving her unable to speak.

Yan Fu came over to take the bag and stood in front of her. Yan Qingqiu heard him let out a heavy nasal sound. After that, Yan Fu entered the living room and went directly upstairs to the second floor. Even the butler could not say more than a few words to him.

The butler wanted to comfort Yan Qingqiu, but she shook her head, indicating that she was fine.

Only after entering the house did Yan Qingqiu realize Song Qingre had been holding her wrist the whole time.

Her breathing came in broken segments. Her body was hot, her mood gloomy and low.

Yan Qingqiu did nothing that afternoon. She sat in the living room messaging Su Xingjie. More often, she looked upstairs. After Yan Fu went up, he never came down again. He did not even eat dinner and slept the whole time.

The butler also noticed Yan Qingqiu’s low mood and came over to comfort her. “It’s fine. You can sit together tomorrow. The company is too busy, and Sir hasn’t recovered yet.”

Yan Qingqiu nodded. “I know.”

It was just that when she went to sleep that night, her heart inevitably felt blocked. She held her phone and looked at it. The message she had sent yesterday had not been answered, and she did not know whether Mr. Yan had seen it.

As she was looking, a message came in.

It was from Song Qingre. She said: [Go to sleep early. Uncle is just tired. If you don’t believe me, wake up early tomorrow and see.]

Yan Qingqiu was used to bickering with her, so she was not very used to this tone. But Song Qingre’s words were very believable. She lay on the bed, her chin pressing against the pillow, and typed seriously: [Are you sure?]

Song Qingre: [Very sure. But if you sleep in tomorrow and look sloppy, your dad will definitely be angry when he sees you. Your good performance today will all be wasted.]

Her brain delivered a message to her: She’s praising me. Seriously this time!

Yan Qingqiu was just about to type “I don’t believe you” when the other side sent another sentence: [Although you didn’t want the physical examination, you still obediently finished it without dragging things out.]

Yan Qingqiu nodded. Yes!

But for some reason, she felt a little sad.

Yan Qingqiu: [I sent him a message yesterday, but he didn’t reply.]

Song Qingre: [Uncle was busy packing, running back and forth between the company and the research institute, and the trip back took thirteen hours. The people passing messages were all his secretaries. Uncle’s phone still isn’t turned on right now. How could he see it?]

Actually, Yan Qingqiu understood all of this, but she could not help feeling scared and anxious. Having someone tell her that all of this was normal made her feel much better.

Song Qingre: [Sleep early.]

Yan Qingqiu pressed down her anxiety, turned over, and worked hard to sleep.

Once Mr. Yan returned, she felt a sense of restraint. When Mr. Yan was not home, she could continue running wild. When there was no tiger in the mountain, the monkey became king. Now that the true owner had returned, she had become an outsider.

It was as if she was staying here temporarily. Being a guest at someone else’s house felt uncomfortable, and she had to become polite.

Half an hour later, she received another message: [Weren’t you going to tell Dad that I hit you? If you don’t rest early, how will you build up enough energy to complain tomorrow?]

Yan Qingqiu held her phone. She wanted to be angry but could not. She bit her lip. At least her heart no longer felt so tightly clenched. She hugged her pillow and sniffed it, feeling that it was not as fragrant as Song Qingre. She liked the scent of citrus.

That night, she did not stay awake all night. She slept fairly comfortably. When she woke in the morning, she first checked the doctor’s message. After changing clothes, she heard the butler knocking on the door.

The butler said softly, “Miss, I’ll take you to make breakfast.”

“Ai, all right.” Yan Qingqiu went downstairs quietly. Although poor children matured early, and Yan Qingqiu had learned cooking from the orphanage aunties when she was very young, the orphanage had limited ingredients. What she had learned was basically mixed stew.

Later, after she started working, she rented a single room. Apart from cooking some noodles and porridge, she had never handled any high-end ingredients. Her cooking level was zero.

Yan Qingqiu went to the kitchen and took the apron, preparing to tie it on. Just as she was about to grab the shrimp, Song Qingre came over. She said warmly, “Miss Yan, let me do this kind of rough work.”

“It’s not like I don’t know how.” Yan Qingqiu was speechless as she held the shrimp. Even more skillfully than Song Qingre, she pinched the shrimp tail and removed the vein. She held it up for Song Qingre to see.

Song Qingre looked once and said nothing, watching her movements in silence.

The butler came over and said in surprise, “Miss, how do you know how to do this? Ai, you only need to move your hands casually. How could we really let you do it?”

“It’s just a shrimp.” Yan Qingqiu found this ridiculous. Could it be that a spoiled young miss did not even know how to remove a shrimp vein? Her simple and barren life received quite a shock.

But this was normal too. If she had been born into a wealthy family, she would deliberately be too lazy to even dress herself. There was no helping it. She had spent the past twenty years living a bitter life.

Since she had already started, she stopped acting awkward and hurriedly said, “Don’t make such a fuss. I’ll do it myself. With so many people squeezed together, you’re affecting my performance!”

She lowered her head and peeled the shrimp shells and removed the veins. The head chef beside her was dumbfounded. Miss was far too skilled. She looked as if she had professionally worked in a Xitulanya Restaurant before. Where was the picky, troublesome young miss from before, who could complain that rice in porridge was not cooked soft enough?

Yan Qingqiu calmly finished preparing everything, then asked the head chef to come in and teach her how to make steamed egg with shrimp.

It was breakfast. The food was simple, and there was no need to specially stir-fry dishes.

She also cooked a serving of porridge.

“Ai, I don’t know why, but seeing Miss’s skilled movements makes my heart ache a little.” The butler sighed. He had watched Yan Qingqiu grow up and also believed their young miss should be pampered. If she did not know how, then she did not know how.

The little princess at home should be loved by thousands and held in the palm of everyone’s hand.

Song Qingre withdrew from the kitchen and asked him, “Is Uncle awake?”

“He’s been awake for a while. He’s been in the study making calls. I’ll call him once everything is ready,” the butler said. “A surprise has to feel like a surprise.”

Breakfast took forty minutes. Steamed egg with shrimp, porridge, and dumplings were all made by Yan Qingqiu. At the end, she sighed inwardly. She had thought she would be challenging something difficult, but she knew how to make these simple things. Tsk.

The butler went upstairs to call Yan Fu. Yan Fu came down quickly, but his brows were furrowed. He really looked busy, and he was even holding a laptop. He sat at the table, eating while looking at the computer.

The butler asked, “How does it taste?”

“It’s fine. Not bad,” Yan Fu said casually.

“Miss made it,” the butler said.

Yan Fu did not notice at first. His finger tapped the keyboard. Then he reacted and looked in Yan Qingqiu’s direction. He tried another bite. The taste was indeed good. He found it unbelievable. “She knows how to make this?”

“Yes. She secretly learned it for you. We wanted to help this morning, but we couldn’t even get a hand in.” The butler looked at Song Qingre. “If you don’t believe me, ask Miss Song.”

Song Qingre nodded. “She was very skilled. Even I can’t compare to her. She probably practiced many times in secret because she was afraid of failing.”

Yan Qingqiu stood there stiffly. This time, she was wearing pants, her fingers stuffed into her pockets. She was silent, like she was waiting to be inspected.

Yan Fu’s heart ached. He lowered his head and stopped looking at the computer. After eating a few more mouthfuls, he said to the butler, “Go bring down my suitcase from upstairs.”

The butler moved quickly and brought it down within a few minutes.

“Gifts.” Yan Fu looked at Yan Qingqiu, his tone gentle. “For you.”

Yan Qingqiu still panicked when she met his eyes. She walked up in small steps and took it. “Thank you, Dad.”

The box given to her was quite heavy. Yan Qingqiu could not help smiling. She stood beside him holding the suitcase, leaving Yan Fu puzzled. Yan Qingqiu asked softly, “Can I look?”

“Mm?” Yan Fu froze, feeling that something was off, but unable to say what. He nodded.

Yan Qingqiu carried the suitcase and stepped back, then shuffled over to the staircase and ran upstairs in a flash, without the slightest trace of reserve. She sat on the bedroom floor and began unwrapping it. She took out the gift boxes inside and tore them open messily, completely without technique.

There were many things inside. There was perfume. She sniffed it. Dad had really good taste. This scent suited her extremely well.

She also found a necklace, and a pair of gold ingot earrings. Golden and bright. Father Yan truly had a firm grasp of her preferences. They were too pretty, so she simply put them on.

There was also a small crown hair clip inside. Yan Qingqiu put that on too. There were all kinds of small trinkets, such as a red nesting doll. The large doll opened to reveal a medium doll, the medium doll opened to reveal a small doll, and inside the smallest doll was a packet of candy.

Downstairs, Yan Fu still had not figured out what was wrong. He looked at the butler and took the initiative to ask, “Has Miss’s examination report come out?”

“It’s out. I’ll send it to your email now.” The butler had not had time to look either. He opened the email and forwarded it to Yan Fu.

Upstairs, Yan Qingqiu had no idea at all.

The doctor indeed would not send the examination to Song Qingre, but the hospital side would definitely send it to Yan Fu. After all, Yan Fu was the one who had hired the doctor, and the doctor still had to send him a summary. There could be no mistakes in these things.

Yan Fu pushed his glasses up and looked carefully. The more he read, the more shocked he became. He directly pulled the computer closer. The gland report said: secondary development, 89% differentiated into an SSS-level Omega.

Yan Fu was startled. He asked the butler, “Does Miss know?”

The butler was still reading. The more he looked, the more his brows furrowed. He had not known at all.

Song Qingre had been standing at the side the whole time. Her tone was very calm as she said, “She knows. And she doesn’t want others to know.”

Although his daughter was disobedient and often angered Yan Fu to death, he only had this one daughter.

On one hand, he had to take care of her self-esteem. On the other, he also had to worry about her safety.

Yan Fu looked at Song Qingre and said, “This matter… is quite serious too. It must be a huge blow to her. For now, let’s all pretend we don’t know. If she thinks she’s an A, then let her think that. What if we expose her and she can’t bear it emotionally? After all, for an Alpha to become an Omega, she definitely won’t be able to get past that hurdle inside.”

“Yes. Miss likes calling herself a fierce A very much,” the butler said. As he spoke, he regretted it. At that time, he should have noticed that Miss’s condition was off. In the past, she had not talked about it every day like this. It must have been because she felt uneasy and was satisfying her own self-esteem.

Thinking about how he took notes every day yet was still not as attentive as Song Qingre, he truly felt unqualified.

The chef came to deliver the menu. “Sir, do you think eating these dishes over the next few days is fine?”

Yan Fu glanced once and rejected it. “How can Miss eat these? These are too stimulating. Change them.”

The Yan family had never had an Omega before, but he still knew that when an Omega was differentiating, they had to be especially careful, and some things could not be eaten recklessly.

Yan Fu was very angry and said sternly, “Uncle Dong, Miss has almost finished differentiating, yet how did you not notice at all? Fortunately, Xiao Re was watching her.”

The butler also felt that his work had not been thorough enough and consciously admitted fault. “Sorry, Sir. Because I am a Beta, I didn’t pay enough attention to girls’ private matters and was negligent. I can contact a physiology teacher to help Miss.”

Yan Fu said, “She is spoiled, and her temper is bad. We also need to call more doctors. We have to make changes as soon as possible. Many rough habits at home all have to be changed.”

“Mm.”

As they spoke, the person upstairs who had finished opening gifts came out.

Yan Qingqiu only went downstairs after putting on all the things. Yan Fu was on the phone with the doctor, his tone heavy. When he saw her, his tone became gentle and soft.

Now, it seemed as though they had returned to her childhood. He had been busy with work and was always flying everywhere, with no time to spend with Yan Qingqiu. The only compensation he could give was gifts. Afraid she would become tired of them, he always put a lot of thought into finding unique little things.

Every time, his daughter would wear everything on her body and run next door to show off, happily telling others, “Look, my dad still loves me a lot.”

Moreover, no matter where his daughter was, she was always energetic and fiery. In front of him, she would always act spoiled. No matter how old she was, her voice was always sweet when she called him “Dad.”

Yan Fu kept it brief and hung up the phone. Seeing Yan Qingqiu, he said, “Just like when you were little.”

Hearing this, Yan Qingqiu walked in front of Song Qingre and spun around once, simply showing off her father’s love. Thinking that Song Qingre’s parents had both passed away, she only showed off for a little while before quietly walking back.

Song Qingre echoed her with a soft “mm.”

Yan Qingqiu thought, It’s not like when I was little.

When she was little, she had always lived in the orphanage. During that time, there had actually been many aunties and uncles who wanted to adopt her. Every time, they would bring some clothes and small snacks. Only, those clothes and snacks would be shared with the other children too.

So… they were not truly hers.

Perhaps because she was young, her personality had a little bit of selfishness. She did not especially like those aunties and uncles. When it came to mutual selection, she was always not as obedient as the other children. She kept shaking her head and retreating. As a result, she grew older and older, and no more aunties or uncles wanted to adopt her.

Occasionally, she would also envy the children who were adopted, feeling that they had new families and better lives, with pretty clothes and small shoes. Hair ties could be worn like bracelets, and they would have moms and dads who loved them.

Envy was envy, but when someone truly reached a hand out to her, she would still shake her head.

After she grew up, the orphanage from back then was restructured. Speaking of it was truly sad. The orphanage was gone, and she was completely alone.

Yan Qingqiu returned to the table and stood there, saying directly, “Thank you, Dad. I like them very much!”

After Yan Fu nodded, she happily sat on the chair beside him, fiddling with her phone to take selfies, preparing to post on Moments and show off her gifts.

She did not notice anything unusual at all. Yan Fu had created a group chat.

He added everyone in the house except Yan Qingqiu. Because the situation was serious, Yan Fu briefly made an important announcement inside:

[@Everyone, everyone remember this. My daughter is very likely to differentiate into an SSS-level Omega. From now on, the household diet must be changed. Seafood is directly banned and cannot be given to her anymore. Head chef, discuss with the nutritionist and adjust the menu. Room servants, also remember to clean Miss’s room frequently. Change the sheets and duvet covers to the softest and most skin-nourishing ones. Gardeners, clean the courtyard several times today. Some flowers and plants can no longer continue being grown.]

The butler took out his phone and added: [I will personally inspect everything. Also, Miss’s temper may grow worse recently, so everyone must be understanding and improve your tolerance!]

All members: [Received!!!!]

That morning, the entire Yan household boiled over. Everyone knew.

Their young miss was about to undergo secondary differentiation, and she was even differentiating into an SSS-level super rare, super fragile, needing lots of love and care, delicate and soft-bodied Omega!

Yan Fu loved his daughter dearly. After doing all this, he still could not help worrying.

If he had not been busy recently, Yan Fu would have wanted to tell the nearby neighbors: My young daughter is about to undergo secondary differentiation. Irrelevant Alphas, please do not approach. Thank you for your cooperation.

Yan Fu calmed down, typed, and continued speaking earnestly: [No need to expose her. Let her continue pretending. After this time, she won’t have another chance in the future anyway.]

Everyone discussed it for a good while before Song Qingre expressed her opinion. She said: [When something was off with her earlier, I already noticed a clue. It’s just that she was awkward and shy, and her self-esteem is strong. She didn’t really want to admit the matter of secondary differentiation, so I never exposed her. Uncle, leave her to me. I won’t let her suffer.]

Yan Fu trusted Song Qingre very much. Over all these years, if Song Qingre had not stopped her, his useless daughter would have directly sold herself to Fu Ye. With Song Qingre around, Fu Ye could not get close to his daughter. More accurately, his daughter had no way to go find Fu Ye.

The butler and Yan Fu both nodded, feeling that Song Qingre was comparatively attentive. It was feasible.

Yan Fu: [I’ll trouble you, Xiao Re.]

Butler: [Thank you, Miss Song.]

Head Chef: [Thank you, Miss Song.]

Everyone else: [Thank you, Miss Song!]

Yan Qingqiu saw that they were all looking at their phones. She secretly pointed her phone at her dad, who was working seriously, and took a picture of him too. After posting it to Moments, she knocked on the table. “Hurry and eat. It’ll get cold soon.”

Author’s Note:

On that morning, everyone in the whole family knew I was an Omega, while I was still kept in the dark, worrying that Dad’s food would get cold.

Miss Song: Don’t worry. I won’t let you suffer.

Miss Yan: Why has my gland started hurting?

Su Xingxing: Damn it, I’m still kept in the dark.

Once again, I successfully challenged my weak point, so… won’t you give me nutrient solution to replenish my body? What if you all squeeze me dry?