Su Jingyang and Ling Li looked at each other, and then at the person who was called Ah-Qian only to see that he had put a hand on his bulging stomach, his face was pale and his figure was shaky.

The person outside the door are continued, the original soft tone seemed to be mixed with deep sadness, "Ah-Qian, I know you're inside. I've been looking for you for so long; I missed you so much, come out, alright? Come home with me."

Ah-Qian shook his head vigorously and pressed his lips tightly together without making a sound.

The man didn't get a response and gave a frustrated sigh, he then slightly raised his voice: "The friend beyond the door, it was my person who broke in just now. Please help open the door so I could take him home."

They turned out to be a husband and wife, did they separate after a quarrel? Su Jingyang shifted his steps subconsciously, and Ah-Qian yelled out: "Don't open the door!"

Su Jingyang froze in his tracks. He didn't plan to open it, but they couldn't just keep going on like this.

At this time, Ah-Qian finally spoke. Su Jingyang heard his voice crack and cry with some forbearance: "Ling Jia, go, you've confessed to being wrong in the past. You- I don't love you at all!"

Lin Jia was silent for a moment outside the door and suddenly chuckled softly. He said with tenderness: "You lie to me, I've been with you for half a year, why would you have no affection for me? If you don't love me, why do you still keep my child? Ah-Qian, it's not that you don't love me, you're just afraid to admit that you've fallen for me. Why can't you face it honestly?"

Ah-Qian seemed to be in a daze, after a while, he began to tremble. He hugged his head tightly with his hands, his expression seemed to convey that he was in extreme pain. He roared: "You're talking nonsense! Go away, go!"

He was pregnant and was too emotional, his cheeks were flushed and his footing was unstable. After his roar, his body almost couldn't hold on and softened. Fortunately, Su Jingyang reacted quickly and rushed over to catch him.

Su Jingyang saw that Ah-Qian wasn't doing well and couldn't help but said to the person outside: "This Young Master... Lin, he's in a special situation right now, you should leave first to not irritate him. You two should calm down first for the night."

After a long time, Lin Jia sighed in resignation, "I can only entrust my wife first and trouble my new friend, I will make sure to repay you someday."

Just as Lin Jia's footsteps went away, the door was knocked on again. Ah-Qian, who had just relaxed, immediately tensed up again. His hands firmly grasped Su Jingyang's arm and his breath was disturbed.

Rong Ci's voice sounded outside the door: "Su Jingyang, do you need help?"

Su Jingyang knew that he must've heard the movements here, so he said no. Rong Ci gave a hum and left the sentence: "I'm looking after Ah-Xuan, let's talk later."

"..." This guy understands quite well.

After Ah-Qian calmed down for a while, Su Jingyang and Ling Li helped him sit down at the table and prepared a cup of hot tea for him. Ah-Qian took it quickly and looked at the two people in front of him with watery eyes. He thanked them very sincerely, Su Jingyang also received a wave of energy by the way.

Ah-Qian drank two sips when his eyes suddenly caught the half bowl of noodles on the table that hadn't been eaten, his stomach groaned a few times without warning. Ah-Qian suddenly felt a little embarrassed, he lowered his head and raised a hand to hold his stomach.

Ling Li knew that pregnancy always brought hunger, so he hurriedly got up and quickly went to the kitchen to cook a large bowl of noodles for him. Ah-Qian really was hungry, he hurriedly thanked him and picked up his chopsticks to start eating, even the noodle soup was all cleaned up.

Ling Li was about to go and serve him another bowl. Ah-Qian covered his mouth and burped a little bit. The roots of his ears were red, and he shook his head a little embarrassedly, saying that he was full.

There was another knock from the door, saying that Young Master Lin had ordered a meal and especially dictated that it be brought to this room.

Ah-Qian's expression was stagnant, he didn't open the door but directly let the servant retreat.

Ah-Qian sat for a while and suddenly stood up to leave while supporting his waist. Su Jingyang felt that it wasn't safe for him to run around at night with a big belly, so he asked him to stay for one night and leave early tomorrow morning.

"Furthermore, if you leave at this time, your husband will definitely follow. It's better to come clean and make it clear so that you don't always have to hide."

Su Jingyang learned from the content of the conversation between the two just now that Ah-Qian had been hiding from Lin Jia for some reason, but it shouldn't be because of derailment or something. Ah-Qian sounded like he had some difficulties.

Sure enough, Ah-Qian listened to Su Jingyang's suggestion and smiled with endless bitterness, "Between me and him... it's rare to say anything clearly."

Ah-Qian still sat back slowly under Su Jingyang's persuasion. There were two dark shadows under his eyes, it seemed that he hadn't slept well for a long time.

Maybe he had been depressed for too long and wanted to talk too much, and Su Jingyang and Ling Li looked so kind and friendly. His eyes became wet and he finally couldn't hold back, with red eyes he told of his and Lin Jia's past.

It turned out that Ah-Qian's full name was Lu Qian, a disciple of Minshan School. As the seniors, they went down the mountain for experience. They met with a friend called Gao Zhanfei on the way. Lu Qian was introverted and shy, Gao Zhanfei was cheerful and laughed; they had completely different personalities but soon fell into deep love at first sight. Unexpectedly, while Lu Qian was immersed in the happiness and sweetness, Gao Zhanfei suddenly sent a letter saying that he was suddenly seriously ill and didn't want to delay him. He disappeared.

Unsuspectingly, he lost his love just like that. Lu Qian's heart was broken. He looked for him like crazy until he finally found Gao Zhanfei on the street half a year later, but he seemed to have amnesia and didn't remember anything about their past. His temperament had also changed drastically, completely different from before.

Lu Qian thought that his changes were related to illness and that he could recover from the loss. Lu Qian felt that he was already very lucky, he didn't force him to restore his memory. Although Gao Zhanfei didn't remember many things, he seemed to love him more than before.

Gao Zhanfei was a lot more overbearing from before, even a bit unreasonable; he didn't let Lu Qian talk to other men or go home too late, but Lu Qian still loved him and always embraced all his changes.

The two got married three months after reuniting, and Lu Qian soon became pregnant. But just when Lu Qian thought that e had left behind all suffering, he discovered in an accident that the Gao Zhanfei next to him wasn't the real Gao Zhanfei, but his twin brother Lin Jia! ! !

Gao Zhanfei and Lin Jia's parents separated shortly after they were born. Their father raised the elder brother, and their mother raised the younger brother, they had different surnames. The two brothers had never seen each other in their 20 years, but even this did not prevent them from having the same face.

Lu Qian thought he had already found what he had lost. He saw the man with his face on the street and rushed over to hug him tightly, sobbing. But Lin Jia didn't correct his mistake, and for some unknown reason, went along and played the role of his brother Gao Zhanfei, staying by Lu Qian's side for half a year.

Lu Qian accidentally heard this conversation between Lin Jia and his subordinates. After learning the truth, his whole person collapsed! He didn't know how to face it, he felt cheated, he didn't know where to go.

Lu Qian left when he was two months pregnant and hid for nearly five months, but he was still found by Lin Jia.

But Lu Qian didn't want to go home with him. He broke into Su Jingyang's room when he ran away in panic.

Lu Qian had red eyes, "I blame myself for being so confused. I was wrong. If I had found out, I could've stopped myself from making more mistakes. When I stayed with him before, I was already betraying and Zhanfei's feelings."

Su Jingyang asked in a low voice, "If you don't love Lin Jia, then why do you still want to stay with him?"

"I..." Lu Qian moved his lips and choked after a long time. The tears in his eyes finally fell and he lowered his head. Raising a hand to caress his stomach, he muttered: "Child... the child is innocent."

Oh, what a weak excuse. If Lu Qian really hated Lin Jia's deception and didn't have any affection for him, this child would've long since ceased to exist in this world.

Su Jingyang looked at the tear marks on Lu Qian's face in an extremely complicated mood. In fact, Lu Qian was a bit similar to Xu Mei; Xu Mei knows the difference between love and hate in his heart, but felt inferior and dared not accept it. Lu Qian was in love but didn't dare to admit it, because acknowledging it was a betrayal to him. He couldn't accept that he had betrayed Gao Zhangfei.

In the end, Lu Qian couldn't resist the exhaustion in his body and mind. He went to bed and fell asleep. Even though he had fallen asleep, his brows were still frowning.

Su Jingyang vaguely sensed that this pair might have something to do with him collecting energy, but with lessons learned from the past, he didn't dare to expect too much. However, he still secretly made up his mind to intervene in this matter, as for how much energy he'll finally gain, it depended on God's will.

It's just that although Su Jingyang had just come into contact with Lu Qian, he could already tell that he was a sensitive and fragile person, easily relieved and depressed. It would be much more difficult to untie the knot between him and Lin Jia than to match Xu Mei and Mu Jin.

Ling Li went to the opposite room to sleep with Ah-Xuan, Su Jingyang and Lu Qian slept on the same bed, one inside and the other outside, each with their own quilt.

Su Jingyang was sleeping close to the edge of the bed. In the middle of the night, he was suddenly awakened by the sounds of a fight outside the door. He was startled and sat up abruptly.

The sound of conflict disappeared, and he heard Lin Jia speaking in low voices with Rong Ci.

Lin Jia said, "Why did this friend block me for no reason? I want to retrieve my wife. Please give me this favour."

Rong Ci replied, "My wife is also inside. Do you think barging in at the dead of the night is appropriate?"

Su Jingyang was stunned and scolded silently: Shameless!

Lin Jia said, "Oh? I've acted rudely."

Rong Ci said: "If you know that you're rude, then leave. The two of them are resting well there. If you have anything to say, wait until dawn."

Lin Jia was silent. After weighing it for a moment, he finally left.

Su Jingyang looked back at the person in the bed. He was too tired and didn't awaken. As soon as Su Jingyang laid back, he heard Rong Ci whisper his name outside. Su Jingyang deliberately ignored him, but Rong Ci seemed to know that he was awake and said with a chuckle, "Don't scold me in your heart, go to sleep."

I'm asleep, who's scolding you. Su Jingyang turned over and pulled the quilt to cover his head, he fell asleep again in peace.

Su Jingyang finally saw Lin Jia's face the next day. He was tall, young and handsome; with eyes like stars. When he looked at Lu Qian, his eyes flashed with a deep and hot light. Everyone could tell that he loves Lu Qian deeply.

Lu Qian kept avoiding his gaze, his eyelashes trembled and his chest was surging.

Lu Qian accepted Su Jingyang's opinion before taking the initiative to meet with Lin Jia, he wanted to make it clear that the two were no longer fit together, and that he shouldn't continue entangling him. He was probably afraid that Lin Jia would cause disorder, so he begged Su Jingyang and all of them to stay with him.

Su Jingyang really hoped that the two of them could talk about it, but before it could even start, Lu Qian avoided looking at Lin Jia at all.

After Lu Qian knew the truth at the time, blood boiled in every part of his body and his head felt like it was being split open. After crying and quarreling with Lin Jia, he couldn't bring himself to calmly listen to his explanation and disappeared.

So far, this was still a mystery in Lu Qian's mind.

Why did Lin Jia not explain when he recognized him wrongly on the streets at the time.

The smile on Lin Jia's lips gradually disappeared. He looked at Lu Qian's profile and didn't speak for a long time.

Lu Qian was very angry, turning around and glaring at him: "We've now come to this, yet you still refuse to tell me the truth?"

Lin Jia smiled brightly, he tilted his head slightly and said in a soft voice: "Ah-Qian, you're finally willing to look at me, la¹!"

Lu Qian closed his eyes, his lips pale.

"Well, don't get mad, I'll tell you everything. If you hadn't been too excited I would've told you already, but Ah-Qian, you ran too fast, I couldn't catch up with you." Lin Jia said with a trace of grievance.

Lu Qian's heart trembled when he heard this. At that time, he stabbed Lin Jia in an impulsive confusion. Although it wasn't fatal, he still shed a lot of blood and couldn't give chase after he cruelly left.

Lu Qian knew that his subordinates went to do errands and would come back to treat him soon, he wouldn't be in any danger. But afterwards, his chaotic brain gradually became sober, and Lu Qian realized that he was caught in distress. But he still tried his best to avoid Lin Jia's search, he wanted to stop this absurd mistake, but... he can't keep on betraying Zhanfei anymore.

Lu Qian shook his head, he listened to Lin Jia explain slowly and was shocked!

It turned out that Lin Jia knew he was looking for Gao Zhanfei and deliberately waited on the streets to be seen by him. Before that, Lin Jia had been following him quietly for half a year, that was, starting from when Lu Qian first started looking for Gao Zhanfei everywhere. Lin Jia followed him like a shadow, but Lu Qian didn't notice it.

Lu Qian's eyes widened, and his hands tightly clasped trembled. This was completely beyond his imagination.

"In fact, I always knew that I had an older brother. I was very curious, so I wanted to find him, but I didn't expect to find you two together." Lin Jia said that with his eyebrows slightly raised. He paused. Su Jingyang, who was watching. wondered if he silently skipped something.

"It didn't take long before Gao Zhanfei disappeared when you started looking for him everywhere. I thought that your condition wasn't very good, and was very worried about you, so I silently followed you. Of course, Ah-Qian, don't think you're stupid for being able to find me, I used concealment Kung Fu. I followed you silently for half a year and watched you for half a year, I couldn't help thinking... I should be the one you're looking for so desperately, ah." Lin Jia's tone was yearning, and there was a real look of envy and jealousy on his face. He stared at Lu Qian, his tone of voice seemed to slow down and become gentler, "So I went to the streets to wait for you; posing as Gao Zhanfei, pretending to have amnesia, letting you take me home. Ah-Qian, I love you, and you're in love with me. Gao Zhanfei's irresponsible, he's not worthy of you. We're a match made in heaven, so you shouldn't leave me. Those days when you weren't by my side- I thought I was starting to go crazy! Ah-Qian, be obedient, come home with me, alright? You're still pregnant with my child, running around outside all day, how dangerous it is!"

Lu Qian's face was as white as a piece of paper, his breath trembled, and he asked weakly, "So... so this is the reason you lied to me?"

Lin Jia said: "I know you, if you didn't lie to you, even if I have the same face as Gao Zhanfei, you'd always treat me as just his brother. I lied to you, but I succeeded; you're in love with me, Lin Jia, not Gao Zhanfei."

Lin Jia couldn't help but let out a cold snort: "You're very happy with me, aren't you? Gao Zhanfei, that scum, is not worthy of you. Dying outside is his retribution. Ah-Qian, you don't need to look for him anymore."

Originally, Lu Qian hadn't reacted particularly strongly, but when he heard this, Lu Qian suddenly stood up. His eyes were bloodshot, he pointed towards the door and ferociously said: "——You get out of my sight, never show up in front of me again! Get out!!!"

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Notes:

1- Something to roll off the tongue more easily.

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