Contractual Marriage: We’re Meant to Be Together

16. Name Dispute

Translator: Alanese Fantasy

Wei Qing frowned and pulled Yan Chuyang behind his back and said, “You seem to be pretty healthy.”

Wei Dongsheng’s face became gloomy, but he immediately restored and laughed, “I was excited at your marriage. So I recovered very quickly.”

Zhuo Zhanheng came over and said to Wei Qing, “This is just your father’s way. Never mind.”

Seeing the situation, Yan Chuyang came out from behind and bowed when he said politely, “Hello, nice to meet you. My name is Yan Chuyang… I’m Wei Qing’s boyfriend.”

Wei Dongsheng hurriedly helped him stand tall and said, “Be yourself. Be at home. No need to bow.”

Yan Chuyang stood there at a loss. Honestly speaking, he was a bit nervous. After all, this was his first time to meet Wei Qing’s parents. He wanted to leave them a good first impression.

“Come, Yang, take this.” Wei Dongsheng suddenly took out a red envelope and gave it to Yan Chuyang, “This is my gift to you for our first meeting.”

“Ah?” Yan Chuyang was shocked and hurriedly rejected the envelope, “Thanks for your offer, but it’s improper for me to take your gift. I… I have income.”

“Your income has nothing to do with me. This is my gift to you.” Wei Dongsheng once again returned the envelope to Yan Chuyang.

“But…” Yan Chuyang looked back at Wei Qing helplessly and whispered, “What should I do?”

Wei Qing frowned and pulled Yan Chuyang behind him unhappily, “Take it. It’s given to you. Don’t be afraid. What a fool!”

Yan Chuyang lowered his head and took the red envelope as if it was something difficult to handle. He kept silent for a while before he bowed again and said, “Thanks for your gift, Mr. Wei.”

Wei Dongsheng nodded. The more he looked at his son’s boyfriend, the more satisfied he was. In his eyes, Yan Chuyang was not only handsome and obedient, but also considerate and polite. This boy was indeed a perfect match with his son.

Wei Dongsheng raised his eyebrows and looked at Yan Chuyang, teasing him, “You and Wei Qing have already been married. Are you still calling me Mr. Wei?”

“Ah… this…” Yan Chuyang turned to look at Wei Qing. He knew what Wei Dongsheng was implying exactly, but at the moment, he didn’t know how to respond.

At the very beginning, Yan Chuyang believed it was an easy job to call him “father-in-law” since Wei Qing and he had got married, but when this time finally came, he started to feel it difficult to do.

Wei Dongsheng seemed to be only thirty to forty years old. In addition, this was their first meeting, so Yan Chuyang could hardly call him “father-in-law” at the moment.

Looking at the boy who was in a dilemma, Wei Qing said to Wei Dongsheng with a cold face, “Go and have another child, if you really want to become someone else’s father. Don’t force him to call you ‘father-in-law’.”

To Yan Chuyang’s surprise, Wei Dongsheng was not angry at all, but seemed to have found something more interesting. “Oh, good,” he said in an ambiguous tone, “You are indeed in love with each other. Now you are even protecting him in front of me.”

Wei Qing’s face became gloomy and he didn’t say anything though he was extremely uncomfortable with his words.

Wei Dongsheng could not be irritated because he was going to go through a heart operation. So Wei Qing could only restrain from having any argument with his father at the moment.

Zhuo Zhanheng came over and tried to ease the tension between the father and the son, “It’s getting late. Let’s start to have dinner.”

Four people sat down at the table.

That was a rectangular-shaped table. Wei Qing and Yan Chuyang were sitting together, while Zhuo Zhanheng and Wei Dongsheng were sitting together on the opposite side.

“Let’s start.” Wei Dongsheng kept putting food into Yan Chuyang’s plate, “Yang, you are too thin. You should have more.”

Yan Chuyang was surprised but nodded with astonishment, until the small bowl in front of him was full of food.

Wei Qing was eating slowly with a cold face, as if it had nothing to do with him.

“Chuyang,” Wei Dongsheng finally started his investigation, “When did you meet Wei Qing?”

Yan Chuyang choked and hurriedly drank some water before he answered, “I… I was once an intern at Wei Qing’s company. That was when we came to know each other.”

“Ah!” Wei Dongsheng smiled satisfactorily, “That is really a growing love partnership.”

“…Yes… somewhat.”

“That’s wonderful.” Wei Dongsheng sighed slightly, “I’ve asked Wei Qing to find a boyfriend long ago. Zhuo Zhanheng always blames me for my intervention in Wei Qing’s daily life. To be honest, without my advice, he would never find a good wife like you.”

Yan Chuyang smiled awkwardly, “Yes, you are right.”

“So,” Wei Dongsheng said delightedly while he leaned against the back of his chair, “I have driven that Shen Shimin away that year, which is the best decision I’ve ever made.”

Upon hearing that, Wei Qing’s body stiffened and everybody else became silent immediately.

It took a long while before Wei Qing threw the fork into his plate with a ‘clang’ sound. Wei Qing raised his eyes and asked Wei Dongsheng with a cold voice, “Driven her away? Have you ever driven her away?”

Wei Dongsheng’s face changed and his eyes flickered, “Not really. I just told her that we are a family with homosexual orientation. You likes men and will never fall in love with her. Then she became frightened and ran away. That meant she didn’t have any trust in you. That’s not my fault.”

Wei Qing sneered, “No, that’s not your fault. Who dares to blame you?”

Zhuo Zhanheng said, “Wei Qing, don’t talk to your father like this.”

Wei Qing lowered his eyes, exhaled a long breath and continued eating.

In fact, Wei Qing had already got used to it.

He grew up in such an environment, where Wei Dongsheng would randomly have him under control, while Zhou Zhanheng was another backup force of Wei Dongsheng, who would always help Wei Dongsheng exercise better control over him.

Both Wei Dongsheng and Zhuo Zhanheng were working in collaboration and were secretly controling everything in his life, no matter it was his business or his emotional life. Wei Qing had no choice but to follow Wei Dongsheng’s instruction.

Wei Dongsheng took for granted that Wei Qing was his son, and seemed to never regard Wei Qing as a living person, a person with his own thoughts and ideas.

Obviously, Wei Dongsheng raised him as a pet only.

Sometimes, Wei Qing really hated to be indecisive. Once he was decisive enough, he would definitely wage a fight against Wei Dongsheng’s control; after all, Wei Qing was already an adult. He had every capability to protect himself against any decisions made by Wei Dongsheng and safeguard his own businesses. But he was not that resolute enough.

Wei Dongsheng was at least the only family he had in the world.

No matter what, Wei Qing didn’t have the resolution to go away and leave Wei Dongsheng behind.

That was the root cause of his current lifestyle, paralyzed by his irresolute character.

Feeling the subtle changes in the dining atmosphere, Yan Chuyang coughed awkwardly, “Mr. Wei, have some…”

“Eat your meal.” Wei Qing interrupted him coldly.

Yan Chuyang immediately lowered his head and started to put rice into the mouth.

When finding the ongoing tension, Zhuo Zhanheng pulled Wei Dongsheng to stand up and said, “It’s getting late. We are very satisified to find your couple to live in harmony and peace. That’s enough. We are going home.”

Wei Qing didn’t say a word, but coldly stared at the table.

Zhuo Zhanheng sighed slightly, “Don’t mention the trivial matter in the past. Let it go.”

Wei Qing’s heart became painful and he thought to himself, ‘Let it go? I’ve always been an outsider and a puppet under control in the family since my childhood. Wei Dongsheng’s so-called family kinship is only his unilateral belief.’

‘I’m always lonely.’