Chapter 8.4

Considering Yan Rui’s muddied history, Fan Yuan felt that he couldn’t be too presumptuous that the man wasn’t Warren. The scoundrel in question was Yan Rui, a madman who would split himself into three and court him! God knew how his brain circuits worked!

In fact, it was very simple if he wanted to suss Yan Rui out. Just as before when he made Yan Rui spill the beans, he could do the very same right now. Yan Rui couldn’t bear to see him get hurt anyway. However, that would be too boring, no? And it didn’t fit his current status of being the nation’s formidable marshal.

On top of that, this little rascal Warren was really a headache. If by any chance he wasn’t Yan Rui and his method to suss the man out didn’t work, he would easily make a fool of himself instead. To be frank, he didn’t even want to spare another gaze at the boy right now, let alone try to suss Yan Rui out.

Fine, his heart still refused to believe that the man of his family would become so shameless. He must be thinking too much!

Fan Yuan shut his eyes and lifted his head, allowing the warm water to run through his hair down to his chest. His two red cherries were particularly beautiful amidst the hot and humid air, and his delicate cream white skin looked extremely attractive. Overall, he had a very beautiful body.

The only drawback was that the male “symbol” was not prominent. As a Beta, the strength of the original host’s spirit and physique far surpassed that of most Alpha, but his body structure was closer to that of an Omega. You really had to say that God was truly fair.

During the early years when the original host had first joined the military headquarters, things were made difficult for him many times due to his stature and appearance, and many tall and large Alphas intentionally tried to violate him. Though he solved these issues easily in the end, such experiences made him detest being in a weak position, and his character gradually became indifferent and distant.

After he became the Federation’s Marshal with the status of a Beta, no one dared to say anything about his appearance any longer as his strength was enough to make people overlook his exterior. Everyone knew that differences between genders meant nothing to this person.

As Fan Yuan recalled the introduction to the story’s script, he rubbed his chin in silence. Somehow, he always had an inkling that something was off. He must be thinking too much, he must be!

After getting out of the shower, the running warm water behind him immediately stopped, and the drying equipment began to run. In barely a moment, the water on his body and even his hair had dried. After which, Fan Yuan quickly changed his clothes and went out.

Since he didn’t want to see the little perverted devil for the time being, something like sussing him out could wait for later……at least that was what he thought. It’s a pity that it didn’t work out.

Just as he got out of the bedroom, the housekeeper seemed to have been waiting at the door for a long time. When he saw him, the housekeeper immediately greeted respectfully, “Master, the Howell family’s Master, his wife and their eldest young master arrived half an hour ago and are now in the living room. May I inquire if Master has the time to meet them?”

The Howell family, which Warren belonged to, was originally a real estate tycoon of S Planet. The Master of this family had transferred his business to the Main Planet and attempted in vain to get to know the powerful figures here to elevate his family’s position exponentially. Unfortunately, the Main Planet was full of influential families, so how could they tolerate a nouveau riche family that was running around with ulterior motives? With little effort spared, they easily threw the Howell family in a sorry plight. The meaning was very clear, go back to where you came from.

How could Old Howell be willing? He had come to the Main Planet to show off his ambitions. If he went back dejected like this, his entire reputation would be gone. Thus, he could only grit his teeth and bet everything on giving his little son to Marshal Lawson in the end. Initially, he had gone in with a resigned and despairing attitude, but he didn’t actually think that his hopes would come true. For a time, the Howell Family had boundless fame within the Main Planet.

Unfortunately, this fame didn’t last long. Soon after the marriage, someone had found out that although Marshal Lawson had married his son, the Marshal didn’t treat the boy as his own. So this was a bit embarrassing. However, there was no way around it — Marshal? He was willful whenever he wanted to be. Old Howell nearly spat blood at this, but he could only run away with his tail between his legs, not daring to say a word.

There was actually a reason why the original host disliked them. Businessmen were fond of being calculative. Howell’s family, in particular, had no principles and integrity regarding money, and they would easily climb all over somebody. If you gave Old Howell a pair of wings, he would want to fly. He had to be controlled, or else he would go in and over his head all the way to the skies!

In order to avoid trouble, the original host once, this family was not allowed to visit him privately without his consent.

Who gave them the confidence to come uninvited? Fan Yuan gaze turned cold as he icily said, “Not meeting.”

The housekeeper lowered his head and added in a low voice, “Madam has already headed over first just now……”

Fan Yuan took a deep breath in silence. Very good, a thing that was great to pass the time with had suddenly become complicated. Stinky little brat, what kind of mess are you trying to stir up!

Although he didn’t want to see that clingy koala right now, and even more that he definitely didn’t want to turn into an eucalyptus tree, he just took a bath, okay!

But! That stinky little brat’s hooligan ways were all taught from his mother. If he let them reunite again, god knew what kind of torturous methods they would come up with next time!

He walked quickly to the meeting room, but suddenly stopped. Fan Yuan turned to look at the housekeeper who was panting behind him, “Did they say what was their purpose for coming here?”

The old housekeeper gasped, “I heard- I heard that the Howell Family’s……Old Master missed…missed our Madam, he said he wants to let the brothers get together.”

Fan Yuan nodded but did not speak as he continued walking in the direction of the living room. This time, he wasn’t in such a hurry as before. Instead, he said to Xiao Wu, “Pass me the information about Brother Koala.”

“Ding, transmission complete.”

“So fast!” Fan Yuan quickly browsed through it before gritting his teeth and asking, “This is his information?”

Name: Arthur Howell

Age: 22

Gender: Male Omega

Marital status: Divorced

Height, weight, appearance, life experience? Nothing? And it still dared to say this was the data?!

“Ding, the script does not provide information about this character. The above information is extracted from the dialogue of passerby A.”

Fan Yuan sincerely said, “Thank you for your hard work.”

Xiao Wu: “……”

When he arrived at the living room, the automatic door opened after a quick scan. Fan Yuan walked in expressionless, giving a brief glance over the situation inside. He then proceeded to sit on the main seat as he calmly stared at the family.

The Howells, along with their eldest son, stood up in a hurry and greeted him. Warren quickly stood up and looked at him carefully with a little panic and also anticipation in his eyes.

Fan Yuan averted his gaze as he was too lazy to look at that little perverted devil. Instead, he moved his gaze towards the rumoured older brother. This Omega looked quite average upon first glance. He was a head shorter than Warren, pure and clean, and his face was even more smooth and delicate. It was a pity that he was married before, otherwise, Howell would have definitely sent him over instead at the beginning.

But what was the meaning behind dressing so extravagantly to visit his little brother?

However, it doesn’t matter what the meaning behind it was. Anyway, the plot mustn’t be messed up, he just had to send them all away. Fan Yuan said calmly, “Warren, come here.”

Warren heeded the call and made a horse sprint over to his side, sitting obediently beside him and leaning on him. He explained in a soft voice, “Marshal, these are my parents and elder brother. My brother just got divorced last month. My parents were worried that there wouldn’t be anyone to care for him for the later half of his life, so they brought him here to see me and cultivate some feelings, and to also gain some insights……”

As Fan Yuan listened to his endless babble, he furrowed his brows and pinched his chin, questioning, “Did I let you speak?”

Warren immediately shook his head and rubbed against his palm with a face of pleasure. Fan Yuan’s hand trembled with fright before he shifted to the side without a change in expression.

——Damn it, I’ve met the bane of my existence!

Expressionlessly, he looked at the three people who were still standing and said with a cold tone, “When did my Lawson Family become a market, that anyone who wants to come can come?”

Old Howell hung his head low and said respectfully, “Marshal, I sent you a message yesterday……”

Fan Yuan interrupted, “Did I agree?”

Old Howell immediately silenced when he heard these words. Based on the news he had seen before, he thought that his little son had finally won some credit for himself, but it seemed that the fact of the matter was not quite the same as he assumed. The relationship between Marshal and Warren did seem to have eased, but……why did the Marshal seem to hate them even more?

If Fan Yuan knew what the man was thinking about, he would definitely respond with these eight words: To feed without teaching, is the father’s fault!

For the child to be so annoying, of course the parents had to be responsible!

Seeing his father and mother’s submissive appearance, Arthur was also very afraid. A person with such a high status like Marshal was someone he had only seen on the Internet previously. At that time, he felt that such a big figure was far out of reach. He never thought that Marshal Lawson would have a worse temper than the rumours belied.

In fact, he knew the purpose of his parents bringing him here. After seeing the situation before their eyes, they had already sounded the drums of retreat. But when a certain pair of eyes saw his own younger brother who had always been mediocre sitting by that esteemed figure’s side, coupled with rumours he had heard before, his head was immediately muddled with envy.

Up till now, Warren had never been as good as him. Why was he able to get Marshal Lawson’s fancy and live like a fish in water? Furthermore, he even got approval to take the entrance examination for military academy, making him a subject of envy by Omega throughout the entire Main Planet! Meanwhile, his husband had been snatched away by others!

Why did he have to go through a failed marriage? Why was Warren able to live happier than him?! If he was the one the Marshal took a fancy to in the beginning, the situation at home wouldn’t be so poor. He would firmly grasp the Marshal’s heart and make him obey his orders!

In secret, he gritted his teeth. He suppressed the fear in his heart and lifted his gaze to look at Fan Yuan, putting on a look that evoked tender pity. He cried out in a plea, “Marshal, please forgive my father and mother. They just missed Warren too much. I also missed him a lot. Ever since he married you, it has been a long time since he has contacted his family. We really wanted to know how he’s doing recently, so we made our own decision to come over.”

Hearing her eldest son throwing mud at the younger one in front of the Marshal, Mrs Howell called out with a low voice in shock, “Arthur, what are you babbling on about?”

Arthur took a sad look at Mrs. Howell and said bitterly, “Mother, don’t speak for him any more. Warren wants to go to the military academy, did he inform you of such a big matter in advance? We are his family, yet we need to learn about his recent developments from the news……”

“Arthur, shut your mouth!” Old Howell hurriedly sought to explain, “Marshal, things are not like that. Warren has always been very filial, in fact, he had always been a very sensible child since childhood……”

Fan Yuan raised his hand to interrupt him and said in a cold voice, “As for whether Warren is sensible or filial, actually, I don’t care about it at all.”

Arthur’s face instantly turned white and his fingernails almost penetrated the skin on the palm of his hand. The Howell parents’ feelings became even more complicated.

Only a certain scatter-brained person’s eyes lit up in a flash. With sharp reflexes, Fan Yuan swiftly stopped a koala who was trying to fly over and plonk himself on him, vehemently giving the person a glare. At this, Warren sat back, looking coquettish with a blush on his face.

The veins on Fan Yuan’s forehead were all about to pop up, and his gaze directed at the Howell parents became even more hostile.

Able to raise such an excellent Omega, and you still dare to say he’s what? Sensible? Filial? First teach him what is etiquette, righteousness and having a sense of shame, what are three obediences and four virtues, then we can talk about rest!

Directing his gaze at Arthur, he saw that the Omega’s eyes were still reddened, but the jealousy that flashed across the boy’s eyes made Fan Yuan’s expression much more hideous. He sneered, “You want to replace Warren and follow me?”

Just as Warren turned to protest, Fan Yuan quickly reached out to cover his mouth, gritting his teeth, “You keep your mouth shut!”

Warren conveniently gave him a kiss on his palm and shut his mouth as if he had been wronged, looking exactly like he’d been bullied.

Fan Yuan: “……” F*ck, so angry, but I still have to maintain a smile ????

Seeing that Warren was reprimanded, Arthur took it that his chance had come and immediately said, “Marshal, Arthur doesn’t want to replace anyone. It’s just that Arthur has adored Marshal ever since I was a child. As long as I can stay by Marshal’s side, I am willing to endure any hardship……”

The corners of Fan Yuan’s mouth twitched as he listened to the boy speak. He tried his best to stiffen his expression and look at Arthur with a stoic face, mincing out word by word, “Stay by my side? What do you think you are? I reluctantly took a liking to Warren Howell’s face, but as for you, Arthur Howell, you’re not even qualified to appear in front of me, understood?”

The last word was directed to the Howell couple. With these kind of disgusting people, dealing with them once was more than enough. He was too lazy to deal with them a second and third time.

With that, Fan Yuan pulled a certain little perverted devil who was lost in a daze to leave. He spoke to the housekeeper who was standing by the side, “See off the guests.”

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Leaving the living room, someone muttered shyly, “It turns out that Marshal likes my face……”

Fan Yuan: “……” I beg for a chance to redo this!!