Chapter 599 - FUDANSHI

Shun was stunned for a moment before he began laughing. He could not grasp the absurdity of the situation. How could he have a boyfriend? It would have been less shocking if Wang Che said, 'I am your father.' 

Wang Che watched the laughing Shun without a change in expression. When Shun finished laughing, he looked at Wang Che with some guilt. However, he dismissed the thought. He did not need to feel bad for laughing. 

"Are you trying to trick me?" Shun asked. 

Wang Che was a little amused with the rare caution Shun showed towards him. He was not offended by the laughter. 

"What do you think?" Wang Che asked. 

"I think you are probably evil. You look like the kind of person who would take advantage of weakness to gain leverage." Shun lifted his head stubbornly, sticking his cute nose in the air. 

"Perhaps. But that does not change that you are my boyfriend." Wang Che said. "You can only blame yourself for your decisions." 

Shun could not think of anything to oppose these words, so his lips formed another unintentional pout. He did not know if this person was lying to him or not. But he knew that it was unlikely that Wang Che was a stranger. 

"Where are my parents? And my brothers? Wait, you said we are in Mountain Ridge? Are they still in Tokyo?" Shun asked before his eyes lit up. "Do they abandon me in the future because I started dating a man?" 

Wang Che felt helpless while looking at Shun. But at the same moment, he realised that there were some things that he did not know about his little bunny. The Shun he knew would not be happy that his family abandoned him. 

He was usually annoyed by their constant fussing, but he accepted their love. And he loved them. 

But despite the current state of things, it seemed like Shun was unhappy at some point. To Wang Che, the concept of avoiding a family because they loved one too much was too foreign to grasp. However, it seemed to be the reality of the younger Shun. 

"Do you think they would abandon you because of dating me?" Wang Che asked. 

Shun thought for a moment before he sighed. "No, they would not." 

If truth be told, they would probably have preferred it. His mother had brainwashed the entire family to believe that he was too delicate to take care of himself. She said that getting a girlfriend would only stress him out with demands. 

In her words, it would have been better if Shun was a girl. Then, his family would not have to worry about his future so much as long as they found a reliable man. His father was the one who had said that Shun could still marry a man. 

The rest of the family looked at him with surprise. The man coughed slightly while maintaining his dignified look. 

"What? I know what is going on in the world." He said. 

"Oh my goodness!" His wife slapped her cheeks on her face. "My husband is a fudanshi." 

"I do not know what you are talking about." The man coughed again and straightened his back. "We are trying to secure Shun's life." 

"Oh my goodness. My husband is a fudanshi!" His wife repeated in a voice so high, it might have triggered the dogs in the neighbourhood. 

"A what?" Shun's eldest brother looked at his mother with confusion mirrored on his younger siblings' faces. 

"Honey, look at your sons. That would be the correct reaction if you really did not know what I was talking about." Shun's mother pointed at their three sons. 

The couple began a back and forth argument about who knew what while the three brothers searched for the meaning online. When they found it, they were horrified. They moved away from their further in mock fear. 

Naturally, the further was embarrassed and angry with them. He took off his indoor house slipper and beat the three of them thoroughly.

Shun knew the story because he was watching from a hidden corner on the floor above them. That occurrence was during his second year in college. He had just come back home and gone to his bedroom to bathe and rest for a bit. 

He was planning on going downstairs, but he heard his family talking about him. They were almost always talking about him. And their faces would always light up when they were discussing him. It was like he was the centre of their world. 

Unfortunately, their love for him made it impossible for him to be a true part of the family. 

When he saw them talking about his future romantic prospects, he paused to listen instead of going downstairs to stop them immediately. Then, he realised how happy they were as they talked about finding him a man. 

He wanted to roll his eyes at their crazy thoughts, but all he felt was sad. He could not joke around with them as casually as they were doing it without him. No one would speak a harsh word to him. His father would never use his indoor slipped to beat him.

If he went downstairs, they would stop what they were doing and begin fussing over him. His mother would rush off to get him snacks, and his brothers would ask if anyone was bullying him, even though he knew they knew everything going on. 

His father would ask him about his schoolwork, but it was not to push him. He would tell him that he did not have to get stressed about it. If there was anything he could not do, they would handle it for him. 

So, even though Shun had brought his family that used to be cold to each other before he was born together, he could never be truly a part of it. He would always be the treasure they protected, so they would always treat him like a delicate flower. 

"Shun, Shun!" A commanding voice broke him from the memory. 

Shun scoffed and looked at Wang Che with annoyance. He found this man quite irritating, but a part of him was drawn inexplicably to him. He wondered if it was the feelings remaining from his forgotten memories. 

Or perhaps, it was the way the man looked at him. It made him feel like prey before a predator. The slight apprehension in his heart made him feel alive.

"You do not have to shout. I am right here." Shun said. 

"Yes, yes you are." Wang Che said a little eerily. 

Before Shun could say anything else, the hospital door burst open again. 

"My baby!"