Translator: Vivi from dummytranslationsEditor: old scarlet 😛

The villain and the protagonist are a family(8): Must let her discover it

When a person was at their lowest point in life, they were more easily touched. Zhou Yue Ze felt that this was perhaps the case at the moment, having been so easily won over by a meal.

In reality, he had already noticed that Jiang Han was different from what he had imagined. Ever since he lived in the Jiang house, the other person had never made things difficult for him, and he even helped him.

Moreover, he couldn’t deny that these acts of goodwill had moved him.

Zhou Yue Ze ate his food distractedly Occasionally, he would subconsciously glance at Xiang Han.

Xiang Han was picking up a piece of meat, lightly dipping it into a dish twice before he slowly brought it into his mouth. His actions were extremely graceful and when he parted his lips, his pink tongue could be vaguely seen.

Sensing his gaze, Xiang Han lifted his head and asked uncertainly, “What is it?”

“Nothing,” Zhou Yue Ze lowered his head and avoided his gaze.

Xiang Han noticed that he had barely touched his food and felt pity. Such delicious food yet he did not eat it, what a waste! There were kids in the federation who could not eat even if they wanted to.

Just as he was about to harden his expression and act the part of a parent to educate Zhou Yue Ze on the importance of cherishing one’s food, the other person suddenly looked down with an expression of desolation.

En? Could it be that he was too upset by the DNA report that even delicious food couldn’t save him?

It seemed that having just taken up the father role, he had a responsibility to care for his son’s mental wellness.

He coughed lightly and pretended to ask carelessly, “Since you already know the truth, what are your plans?”

“Plans?” Zhou Yue Ze looked up, confusion flashed through his eyes.

He had not thought about this matter yet, but he definitely would not return to the Zhou Family. In that family, every single person made him disgusted. Only Lu Wan...

Thinking back to the day at the hospital, that person had protected Zhou Yue Qing so ferociously. He was actually a little jealous and he also could not help thinking that Lu Wan actually did not know the truth. That she was also fooled by them. If she knew that he was her biological son, would she protect him like how she had protected Zhou Yue Qing?

Zhou Yue Ze still craved for a motherly figure, therefore, he still had some feelings of affection towards her. However, Lu Wan’s impression of him wasn’t good. He was afraid that once she learns the truth, he might obtain the opposite effect. He was even more afraid that Lu Wan would disdain him after learning the truth and choose to care for Zhou Yue Qing. If that was the case, it would be better to not know.
Seeing him silent for a long time, Xiang Han spoke up, “Since you haven’t thought about it, then don’t think too much. Right now, you need to prioritise your studies, other things can wait until after your college entrance examination.”

Zhou Yue Ze nodded, feeling that there was some sense in his words.

Xiang Han was addicted to playing the role of a parental figure and his excitement had yet to fade, so he continued to show his concern, “Has there been any rumours lately? How’s your study environment?”

Zhou Yue Ze was stunned. The rumours had indeed dissipated quite a lot lately, and he heard that on the day he hit Chen Jun Yu, Housekeeper Zhang had gone to see the principal. Could this be the reason why?

“You asked Butler Zhang to go to my school?”

You don’t say? Apart from your father (me), who else will care for you?

Xiang Han calmly replied, “Yes.”

Turned out he was trying to let his effort be recognised, Zhou Yue Ze suddenly understood and felt like laughing. He suddenly had the feeling that Jiang Han was actually very interesting.

On account of the table full of dishes, he thanked him, “There haven’t been many rumours and the environment is quite good, thank you.”

Xiang Han, “...” Will it kill you to say a few more words? You are not even the one with the character setting for facial paralysis. He wanted to say more but the System would not let him.

In the next few days, Xiang Han noticed a subtle change in Zhou Yue Ze. For example, in the morning, when he saw him, he would take the initiative to greet him. At night, when he got back, he would also greet him. Occasionally, he would even smile at him, and he no longer looked at him with bitterness and hatred.

Xiang Han was extremely relieved, this son finally seemed to show some improvements.

After learning that Zhou Yue Qing was discharged, Xiang Han was even happier. He wanted to take revenge on behalf of his son. The gift that he had painstakingly prepared could finally be used.

Therefore, at the Zhou Family’s gathering, Xiang Han’s subordinate unexpectedly arrived without an invitation, even dragging along a pale and trembling person who could not stand properly.

After Zhou Yue Qing saw the man’s appearance, he grew panicked and instinctively cowered behind Lu Wan.

But the bodyguard brought the person in front of him and said expressionlessly, “Mr. Jiang is extremely unhappy with Young Master Zhou’s act of gifting a present without even a greeting. But, considering the business relationship of the two families, Mr. Jiang does not intend to make things difficult for you. Having heard that young Master Zhou had just been discharged, Mr. Jiang had specially prepared a present, please accept it.”

After saying this, he promptly took out a laptop, projection devices and began connecting them, disregarding the Zhou Family’s reaction.

Zhou Yue Qing was frightened silly. Before he transmigrated over, he was only a normal civilian. Where would he see such a situation that looked like a scene from the mafia?

Lu Wan was very furious at first, but after hearing the bodyguard’s words, she couldn’t help looking at Zhou Yue Qing suspiciously.

Zhou Yue Qing instantly gathered his wits. His eyes reddened and his expression turned to one of being wronged as he said, “I don’t know what these big brothers are saying. Could it be that my younger brother blames me for what had happened and made Mr. Jiang misunderstand something?”

In other words, Jiang Han was helping Zhou Yue Zetake revenge on the Zhou family.

Lu Wan recalled the scene at the hospital and unconsciously believed his words.

There was even less to be said for Zhou Chengxi. He was clear about that person’s identity. Furthermore, he felt that Zhou Yue Qing was paying for his mistakes because he was the one who had placed the spy.

After realising that the identity of the person he had sent had been exposed, he could only silently scold a word, “Useless,” and then refuse to admit it. He forced a laugh as he tried to explain, “It’s a misunderstanding, it’s all a misunderstanding…”

But Zhou Yue Qing was extremely clear, this method was something he got someone to instigate Zhou Chengxi to do. Jiang Han directly targeted him, could it be that he knew something? Thinking of this, he was extremely anxious. If that was the case, Jiang Han’s power was much stronger than he had thought.

The bodyguard naturally ignored Zhou Chengxi. After connecting the video equipment, he forced Zhou Yue Qing to watch the torture scene. The one being tortured in the video was the spy whom they had placed in the Jiang Family. The scene was especially cruel and bloody, those who were watching it couldn’t help trembling. It was immensely unbearable.

The two elderly of Zhou Family almost fainted, crying out ‘what a blasphemy’. Zhou Yue Qing was pale with fright. His limbs trembled uncontrollably as if he was the one being tortured.

What he did not know was that the entire video was fabricated, something that Xiang Han had requested the System to do. After all, he was a foolishly sweet person, there was no way he could do something so cruel.

However, even though it was fake, the intended effect did not diminish even the slightest. System had combed through various military reports from the federation and made a compilation of various psychological punishments. With the addition of spiritual pressure, each and every frame was capable of putting its viewer through immense psychological torture.

Zhou Yue Qing wanted to faint, but every time he appeared as if he was about to collapse, the bodyguards would harshly tighten their grip, giving him endless pain.

When the clip finally finished, the entire Zhou Family was pale and sweating buckets, clearly having suffered a huge shock. Zhou Yue Qing fell back into his seat, unable to get up.

The bodyguard removed the USB and directly placed it in Zhou Yue Qing’s hand. He then said with an expressionless face, “Mr. Jiang said that he hopes you will enjoy it. If you’re free, you should watch it a few more times.”

W-Watch it a few more times? They’ll probably go crazy. Zhou Yue Qing who was still immersed in his fright couldn’t help thinking.

Zhou Yue Qing dared not accept, as if the USB was the devil itself and he wanted nothing more than to toss it as far away as he could.

The Zhou Family Master’s face was green. He violently struck the ground with his walking stick and angrily shouted, “Mr. Jiang is too much, does he really believe he can control the entire A City? Isn’t he afraid that we will expose this matter to the public and sue him on the grounds of violence?”

The bodyguard glanced at him and said, “You’re thinking too much. If a person were to really undergo such a thing, they would have died earlier on during the torture. Gao He was simply too engrossed in acting and accidentally overdid it. He is completely unharmed.”

With those words, the group of people left. The Zhou Family Master was so furious he clutched onto his chest and gasped for air. As for Zhou Yue Qing, he could finally faint in peace.

At this moment, Xiang Han was swirling a glass of red wine, sitting on the sofa in his study with an extremely satisfied expression.

[Ah, Little Nine. Say, how long do you think the transmigrator can last?] He couldn’t help asking.

System, [I synthesized the clip according to an E-grade psychological attack. If a person has a spiritual grade of F or below, they can only endure it a maximum of five times.]

[Hmm, that makes sense. I heard that the person called Gao He could only watch it three times before he collapsed.] Xiang Han’s spiritual force wasn’t even at the F-grade so he naturally didn’t dare to watch.

Having taught the transmigrator and the Zhou Family a lesson, Xiang Han was particularly happy. However, he never thought that his actions would cause problems for Zhou Yue Ze.

That night, Zhou Yue Qing was rushed to the hospital. His condition was said to be extremely dire.

Lu Wan was so enraged that she no longer cared about what Jiang Family and what power they had. She directly found Zhou Yue Ze and scolded him furiously.

From what she had seen, everything was Zhou Yue Ze’s fault. If he hadn’t coaxed Jiang Han to help him take revenge, how could her Yue Qing be in this state?

Zhou Yue Ze innocently suffered a scolding and in the end, he couldn’t help but ask, “Hypothetically, if your son was not Zhou Yue Qing, but me…”

“You?” Lu Wan interrupted him agitatedly, “You’re just an illegitimate child and even a bed partner for another man now. Are you worthy? If I really birthed a shameless son like you, I would have already killed you myself.”

“Let me tell you, Zhou Yue Qing was raised by me and will forever be my son in this life. He is the legitimate heir to the Zhou Corporation. A scheming person like you will only be able to hide in a corner and use underhanded methods your whole life while being jealous of Yue Qing.”

The blood in Zhou Yue Ze’s face drained, and his expression even became distorted. Biting his lips, he slowly said, “Okay, I understand.”

When Zhou Yue Ze returned to the Jiang house, Xiang Han was sitting on a rattan chair in the living room, leisurely reading a novel. Seeing him return, his head didn’t even raise as he asked, “You’re back?”

Normally, Zhou Yue Ze would stop and glance in his direction before replying an affirmative. But this time, the other person directly went upstairs as if he hadn’t heard a thing.

Xiang Han lifted his head with a look of puzzlement.

The housekeeper by his side bowed slightly and told him, “Young Master Zhou’s expression is not good. I’m afraid he might have been wronged in school.”

Xiang Han hastily gave the bodyguard a call and after learning of the matter, he immediately became displeased and told his system, [Why did his mum… Should I let her know the truth in advance?]

[But with Lu Wan’s proud personality, if you were to tell her directly, she might not believe it.] System slowly analysed the situation and replied.

[En, that’s why we have to think of a way to let her discover the truth by herself.] Xiang Han thought for a while before he decided to start from Ji Wei’s side.

End of Chapter 26
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T/n: This arc's drama is ✔ if you're confused, here's a breakdown:

Zhou Yue Ze (our main protagonist) is the Zhou Family's biological son, but have been swapped out with the illegitimate son(Zhou Yue Qing). They were both born on the same day, and the illegitmate son (ZYQ) had heart problems so Father Zhou swapped them becos money problems.

Illegitimate son is a transmigrator. In the original story, illegitimate son was sent to Jiang Han and had a heart attack and died. After transmigrator took over, he plotted for our main protagonist (ZYZ) to be sent over to Jiang Han.

The only people who knows about this now are: Father Zhou (Zhou Chengxi), his mistress (aka ZYQ mother, Ji Wei), transmigrator( Zhou Yue Qing) and Xiang Han + Zhou Yue Ze, our main protagonist.

might do a character list if it's too confusing, let me know

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