The Scum Gong’s Redemption Manual (Quick Transmigration) 27

Chapter 27

Lin Zhiyan was in a daze. Lu Ze slowly pulled him into his arms. “Gege, I said from the very beginning that since I dared to confess to you, I definitely had the confidence to convince my family.”

Lin Zhiyan’s heart was still in turmoil. He looked at Lu Ze and said slowly, “You went back today to talk to them about this?”

Lu Ze said, “I hadn’t planned to say it at this time, but my dad found out, so I just took this opportunity to confess.”

Lin Zhiyan slowly gripped his collar and murmured, “A Ze…”

He hadn’t expected that what he had been worried about, before it had even truly become a worry, would be resolved by the man in front of him.

He had not left him with any difficulty.

So casually, yet so naturally, he had shouldered all the pressure of coming out, without leaving him with any risk.

This completely shattered the faint worries that Lin Zhiyan had always had since the bet.

A full sense of security.

Lin Zhiyan’s voice was a little hoarse. “Did your uncle say anything?”

As he spoke, he thought of something else and raised his hand to pull at Lu Ze’s clothes. “Did he hit you?”

Lu Ze held his hand and said with a smile, “No, nothing.”

“He’s always doted on me. Besides, my mom and my brother are there. He can’t do anything.”

He thought for a moment and, meeting Lin Zhiyan’s worried gaze, smiled. “He did say a few words, but he couldn’t win an argument with me, so he could only hold in his anger.”

Lin Zhiyan looked at him in a daze. “Your uncle… really agreed?”

Lu Ze smiled. “I told him how good you are, how outstanding you are, and how many people are pursuing you at school. What reason does he have to not like you?”

He rested his head on his shoulder and said in a low voice, “He also said that I usually don’t do any serious work, and that I’m dragging you into the gay circle, that I’m a bastard, and that I don’t know how to consider the consequences…”

“No…” Lin Zhiyan murmured in refutation. “No.”

“You’re great.”

“There’s no one better than you.”

Lu Ze held the back of his neck and slowly caressed it, his smile gentle. “So, Gege, you really believe me, and you’re planning to spend the rest of your life with me, right?”

Lin Zhiyan looked up at him, his long, thick eyelashes trembling. Like a sacrifice, he planted a kiss on his lips:

“I believe…”

I’ve always believed.

The two held each other tightly. After a long time, Lin Zhiyan finally calmed down. He looked at Lu Ze and pursed his lips. “You… don’t you want to ask about my family?”

Lu Ze paused, then said in a gentle voice, “If Senior wants to talk, I’ll naturally listen. If you don’t want to talk, it doesn’t matter either.”

“In short, you’re mine now. It has nothing to do with anyone else.”

Lin Zhiyan couldn’t help but smile. After laughing, he slowly fell silent.

Perhaps it was Lu Ze’s unhesitating coming out that gave him courage. Recalling his own past, the things that had once troubled his heart no longer seemed so difficult to talk about.

“…Actually, there’s not much to say.” Lin Zhiyan slowly opened his mouth, as if he were reminiscing. “It’s just the very common kind… my mother was my father’s mistress.”

Lu Ze listened to him quietly.

Lin Zhiyan slowly organized his words. “She deluded herself into thinking that if she gave birth to a child… that is, me, she would get a title. But what she didn’t know was that there were many women like her.”

“My father had many women, and also many illegitimate sons and daughters. One more of me was not much, and one less of me was not little.”

“It’s ridiculous that she was too naive and always thought she was special. She planned to get pregnant with me, and gave birth to me, but she didn’t even get a single good word from that man.”

“At first, she might have still held some hope, thinking that no matter what, I was still that man’s biological child, and it was impossible for him to ignore me. So for the first few years after I was born, she was quite good to me. Although she would often hit and scold me when she was in a bad mood… but at least she fed me.”

“Later, as time went on, she slowly recognized the reality, and she became more and more impatient with me, always hitting and scolding me, feeling that my existence had not brought her any benefits, but was instead a burden that was holding her back from finding someone better.”

“She often didn’t come home… sometimes she would come home in the middle of the night. If there was food at home, I would try to cook some for myself to fill my stomach. If there was no food at home… I could only go hungry.”

After all, he was still young at that time, not even in elementary school, and he had no money.

“Sometimes, the old man and woman next door would take pity on me and give me some food.”

Although he was often accompanied by their condescending and contemptuous gazes, and their words pointing out that he was an illegitimate son who had destroyed someone else’s family… but without them, Lin Zhiyan might not have lived to this day.

Lu Ze’s arms around him tightened.

“Later, as I grew older, she disliked me more and more. Sometimes she would come back drunk and hit me when she saw me. The neighbor couldn’t stand it once and called the police, so she restrained herself a little. At that time, I was just old enough to go to elementary school, so the police ordered her to send me to school…”

And that was how he was able to go to school.

“Later, she came home less and less. As for me, I also found a way to make money at school, by doing homework for others and giving them answers. I could save a few yuan a day.”

At that time, he would bring a big bag to school every day, because the children in his class would drink milk or other drinks every day, and the empty bottles could be sold for money.

Sometimes he would deliberately go home late after school, just to pick up the bottles they didn’t want.

The school also probably knew about his situation. In addition to waiving all his tuition and miscellaneous fees, they would also help him where they could.

Lin Zhiyan was unwilling to say too much and glossed over those experiences, saying lightly, “Every time she came back and saw that I wasn’t dead, she would curse me for being unlucky, and then she would leave after a short while.”

“Later, after I graduated from elementary school, I got into a junior high school with the best grades in the city. I chose a private school where the tuition and miscellaneous fees were all waived, and the scholarship was also very high. From then on, my life slowly got better.”

He paused, looked at Lu Ze’s heartbroken eyes, and smiled. “Actually, it’s nothing. I don’t remember much about my childhood. There’s nothing to care about.”

Lu Ze stroked his hair and was silent.

Lin Zhiyan seemed a little embarrassed. He pursed his lips and continued, “After I started junior high school, I lived in the school dormitory. I would occasionally go home, but I never ran into her. It wasn’t until later that a neighbor told me that not long after I started junior high school, she had come home once, packed her things, and left.”

“She never came back.”

She didn’t actually have many things in that house, so even though she had been gone for so long, Lin Zhiyan hadn’t noticed that anything was missing.

Lin Zhiyan said, “She probably thought… that I could support myself, and she could finally get rid of me, this burden…”

“From then on, I never saw her again. I heard that she seemed to have gone to another city and found a new one…”

Lin Zhiyan smiled at him. “Actually, it’s really nothing. I’ve never met my so-called father. As for my mother, no matter what, I’m grateful to her for giving birth to me.”

“Later, after I started junior high and high school, I got a lot of scholarships every year. My life was actually quite good. I’m not as pitiful as you think.”

“My grades were good in the college entrance examination, and the total amount of scholarships was a large sum of money. So you see, my life might be even more comfortable than many other students.”

He raised his hand and slowly smoothed the frown on Lu Ze’s brow. “Don’t think too much about it. I’m telling you this just because I feel I should tell you, that I should be honest with you, not to make you think about things.”

He wrapped his arms around his waist, a hint of shyness in his expression. “Those are all in the past for me. Only you are my present.”

And future.

Lu Ze lowered his head and kissed his forehead, saying in a low voice, “It will be. Your present and future will be good.”

“Gege, someone will love you in the future.”

Outside, it had started to snow at some point. Flakes of snow fell on the chaotic ground, covering everything on the land, burying the past, and heralding a new future.

The bell in the city center rang as scheduled. The old year had passed, and the new year was coming.

…

After the New Year, Lu Ze strictly followed what he had said before and went to the old residence every two or three days, bringing with him things that Lin Zhiyan had carefully prepared.

For Lin Zhiyan, he had never had the experience of pleasing elders, but since they were Lu Ze’s parents, this experience was particularly novel and nerve-wracking.

He was clearly the type who didn’t like to socialize with people, but for this matter, he even specially consulted with his seniors and even his professor who had already met their parents, asking them what to prepare.

Lu Ze just watched him busy himself, occasionally reminding him what Father Lu liked and what Mother Lu liked. Even his big brother and sister-in-law had a share.

In short, every time Lu Ze went back, he never went empty-handed. And it turned out that being attentive was indeed useful. Every time he sent something back, Father Lu’s reaction on the surface was calm, but according to Mother Lu and Lu Zhun, he was actually very fond of it afterwards.

Although his expression was a bit conflicted.

Day after day, it became a habit for Lu Ze to talk about what papers Lin Zhiyan had recently published and what projects he had participated in. From the very beginning when he would almost cover his ears and not want to listen, to later when he could barely listen to a few words, to finally being able to listen calmly and occasionally express his opinion, and at the same time, complain about his own son’s idleness.

Whenever this happened, before Father Lu could finish his words, he would remember that his own son was no longer the idle one he used to be. He also had his own career.

And his career was not bad.

For a moment, the words were stuck in his mouth, and he would angrily chase him away.

Lu Ze was not surprised and just smiled and said he would come again next time.

And so, “next time” and “next time” came to the day before the Minor New Year.

Father Lu and Mother Lu’s attitude was softening more and more. Lu Ze thought that it was only a matter of time before they truly accepted him, but he didn’t expect to receive a text message from Father Lu on the night before the Minor New Year:

“It’s the Minor New Year tomorrow. Bring him home for a meal.”

At that time, the two were being intimate, trying out the position that Lin Zhiyan had been longing for, with him on top. Lu Ze just lay flat, coaxing him to exert himself. Lin Zhiyan’s stamina was insufficient, and he couldn’t get much pleasure from doing it himself. After a short while, he lay limply on Lu Ze’s body, his eyes misty, and his voice was coquettish and soft as he pleaded, “A Ze…”

Lu Ze made him say a lot of sweet words until his face was red, and only then did he stop.

Then, there was a period of absurdity.

By the time Lin Zhiyan was exhausted and lying on Lu Ze’s body, drowsy, he heard him say, “Gege, can you free up your time tomorrow night?”

Lin Zhiyan was really tired. He hummed from his nose and asked indistinctly, “What’s wrong?”

Lu Ze said lightly, “Let’s go home for dinner together tomorrow.”

Lin Zhiyan let out a long hum in agreement, then, as if he had realized something, he suddenly opened his eyes, propped himself up on Lu Ze’s chest, and asked, “What did you say?”

Lu Ze stroked his head, his smile gentle. “I said, let’s go home for dinner together.”

Lin Zhiyan was stunned for a long time before he raised his arms and hugged him, burying himself tightly in his embrace.

“Okay,” he said in a low voice, but the soreness in his eyes could not be hidden.

…

Before meeting the parents, Lin Zhiyan was very nervous. He repeatedly asked Lu Ze what Father Lu and Mother Lu liked and what their taboos were, and also asked if his clothes were the type that elders liked.

Even after Lu Ze put him in the car, he couldn’t help but chatter on.

Lu Ze just smiled and said, “Everything is suitable, everything is great. Gege, you’re so good. No one will dislike you.”

As they approached the old residence, the nervousness in Lin Zhiyan’s heart was about to materialize. But just as the car stopped steadily in front of the villa, Lin Zhiyan looked at the people who were greeting them at the door, and his heart suddenly relaxed.

These are Lu Ze’s relatives.

This was the only thought in Lin Zhiyan’s mind.

He stepped forward and greeted them gracefully. Father Lu’s expression was serious, and he just let out a hum. Mother Lu looked at him with a smile and kept saying, “What a good child.”

Whether it was the Major or Minor New Year, it always had the meaning of a family reunion.

The whole family sat together, and the table was full of home-cooked dishes. Mother Lu kept telling him to eat this and that, her face full of smiles.

Lin Zhiyan had thought he would be very nervous, but when he really faced it, he found that he only wanted to show his best side.

For Lu Ze.

In the end, even the seriousness on Father Lu’s face was a little hard to maintain. He chimed in and asked a few questions. When he heard about his future plans, he nodded and said, “Not bad.”

Although he didn’t say it explicitly, this was already his satisfaction with him.

Lin Zhiyan and Lu Ze looked at each other and couldn’t help but smile.

There was not much to do before the New Year, so Mother Lu told the children to stay at home and wait for the New Year.

Lin Zhiyan naturally had no objections. That night, he was arranged by Mother Lu to sleep in the same room as Lu Ze.

“Are you at ease now?” Lu Ze hugged him, his eyes smiling.

Lin Zhiyan’s cat-like eyes curved into a smile. He wrapped his arms around his neck, and his voice was soft and delicate. “I’m so happy, A Ze…”

This feeling of being recognized by family was really good…

Lin Zhiyan had never imagined before that he could have a scene where he sat and ate with a family in harmony.

He had thought that he would be alone for the rest of his life.

But God had been kinder to him than he had imagined.

Lu Ze carried him and placed him on the bed. “Gege, things will only get better in the future.”

After the Minor New Year was the Major New Year. Mother Lu had asked Lin Zhiyan to stay at this time, so there was no need to say what she meant.

So, during the New Year, everyone who came to the Lu family to pay New Year’s greetings saw that in addition to the two sons and a daughter-in-law, there was another young man who seemed to be particularly close and familiar with the second young master of the Lu family. Some people wanted to inquire about what was going on, but Mother Lu just smiled. “My second son is promising. In the future, I’ll have another son. This son is obedient and sensible, and has a good temper, much better than the two above!”

That person already had some ideas in his heart. Hearing this, he was even more secretly shocked, and only felt that the Lu family was simply fooling around.

It was one thing to be gay, but the Lu family had even agreed to it, and they even meant to bring him out into the open?

No matter what they thought, the Lu family’s meaning was already very clear, that they had acknowledged Lin Zhiyan’s existence.

They did not publicize it, but they did not hide it either. They were just very natural, and just right, telling outsiders that Lin Zhiyan was a member of the Lu family.

The people in the circle were all watching the show, thinking that the second young master of the Lu family was young and not yet settled. It was one thing for him to like to play, but the Lu family didn’t even care. If it became ugly in the future, wouldn’t it become a joke?

They waited, for a year, two years, three years. Not only did they not get the news of their breakup, but they instead received a wedding invitation from the Lu family after the second young master graduated.

The groom was none other than the very person they had thought would become a joke.