Published at 4th of September 2019 10:08 am

Volume 5, Chapter 7

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"He is your son."

"No matter what it is, it cannot be more important than Young Master Daren. Therefore, when handling your affairs in the future, I will place Young Master Daren as the first priority."

Kyle... Weren't you the one who said these words?

Why is it that when more and more things are going wrong, and they seem to have to do with Dar, you're choosing to leave?

Devon leaned back in his office chair. As usual, this chair was damn uncomfortable. Hadn't he told Kyle to replace it already?

Unable to find a comfortable position, he simply sat straight up. His hand reached for his coffee cup on the table out of habit. Inside, he felt there was something wrong. Everything about the situation was wrong.

As he thought about the worrisome situation, he habitually drank another mouthful of coffee. Then he frowned.

Coffee with milk added in it was hard to drink. He would even prefer gulping down a load of that damned bitter melon juice as long as he could keep drinking his black coffee afterward.

Devon's thoughts kept drifting to black coffee's rich and uniquely bitter flavor Unacceptable! This was a request from Daren. Dar rarely asked anything of him, and it even was for the sake of his own health. How could he disregard his brother's good intentions?

"Has he really grown up?"

Devon was caught up in his memories again. He murmured, "That child, Dar, has been naughty ever since he was little. I gave him a ball to play with and he used that ball to smash my face. I gave him markers to draw with and while I was taking a nap, he drew flowers all over my face. He even brought a mirror for me to see and asked if they were pretty or not. When I said they weren't, he cried until I was willing to say they were pretty. After he found out I hated eating bitter melons the most, he would always force me to promise that if I didn't come to play with him, I would have to drink a lot of bitter melon juice right in front of him..."

"Even after not seeing him for over seven years, he hasn't changed at all. I don't allow him to fight, but he always ends up with injuries. I told him to obediently wait at home for news and not to look for the kidnapped Theodore Avery, and he runs away from home. I smack him once and he shuts off the emotion switch to ignore me."

Thinking about this, Devon couldn't help the bitter smile that surfaced. In fact, Dar wasn't a well-behaved child at all!

But now, not only was Dar looking after his health, even though something had happened Theodore, Ezart, and Elian's trio, Dar still obediently listened to his words and stayed at home to wait for news.

"He's grown up. He really has grown up..."

After Devon finished quietly saying this, he reached out and picked up his cup of coffee. He originally intended to drink another mouthful of coffee, but when he looked down and saw the contents of the cup were the color of milk tea rather than inky black, he stopped and frowned at this cup of coffee.

I'm really not used to this... The coffee in the cup wasn't as black as ink or as dark as his brother's eyes.

"Gege!"

Devon lifted his head and saw his little brother stick his head out from behind the door. He set down his coffee cup, and a smile stretched across his face. He asked, "What is it?"

Daren used a longing expression to plead, "Gege, will you do homework with me? It's lonely in the living room with only me there!"

Naturally, Devon agreed immediately. "Of course."

******

These past five days, Yue Baylian felt very unsettled. He only felt everything was completely wrong.

First of all was his top-priority assignment, which was searching for Elian's trio. But it was just like those three people had evaporated. No matter how they searched, they gained no results. Even if they had already been minced to pieces, the investigation still would have found most of the fragments of the bodies!

Then came Theodore Avery, who had fled five days ago without leaving a trace. Although they discovered that he went to Yelan Academy and brought Ezart along with him too, they vanished again after that. It was just like the two of them had dropped off the face of the earth, and were unable to be found.

And then there was Kyle. Strangely, at this critical moment, he still unexpectedly continued with his original plan to go on a business trip for five days.

Even Devon frowned at this, but in the end, he didn't stop the secretary from travelling. As justification, Kyle said, "The situation of the branch is urgent, and Yue Baylian is present at this end."

Fine! He had to admit, Dev trusting him so much made him a little thrilled.

However, the five days following that were like hell. Because he had temporarily assumed most of Kyle's duties, he had no time at all to take care of anything else. For example, taking a look at the booklet he picked up, contacting Shain Baylian, etc.

Speaking of that, what was that child, Shain, doing? Shain should be calling him once a day to report, but five days had already passed without any news!

Yue Baylian couldn't resist bitterly saying, "He doesn't pick up his cell phone. This child has flown from the nest. Could it be he is now ignoring me?"

Aside from the above issues, there was also Dev.

He didn't know what was going on these past five days. Clearly his little brother was already obediently staying by his side. Although Daren was a little depressed from the situations of Elian's trio, Theodore Avery, and Ezart, and therefore didn't look too happy, at least he was being very well-behaved! He hadn't even run away from home like before!

But, Devon was still extremely unhappy. Even though he hadn't said anything, and would smile whenever he saw his younger brother, as soon as Daren left, his face wouldn't have a trace of a smile on it. It was so frigid it was like the Ice Age had suddenly arrived.

It just so happened that in the past five days, the person "without-Dar-by-my-side"-Devon got along with the best was Yue Baylian himself. So in the past five days, he already had the thorough experience that if Daren Solaris no longer existed in this world, the world would most likely have to say hello to an early Ice Age.

However, although the world wasn't frozen over at the moment, Yue Baylian was already living in his own premature Ice Age... If Devon hadn't been the person he liked, he would have returned to the somewhat-warmer Lunaris Alliance by the second day!

Although his mind was full of resentment over his hellish life for the past five days, Yue Baylian wasn't being idle. He was currently on the computer, reviewing some of the never ending files and reports, and coincidentally noticed an error. Immediately, he angrily opened communication lines with five secretaries and then bombarded them. The speed of his hands typing away was like an explosion. As he typed, the sounds the keyboard made were almost like the onslaught of five guns firing at once.

Bombardment over, he watched the video being displayed on screen of five secretaries who looked about ready to cry. Thinking once again that Kyle would be returning today really did make him feel much better. Most of the matters on his hands could be handed back into someone else's hands. He cheered up even more.

Wait a moment! Kyle will be returning today... Yue Baylian muttered, "If it's like this, why do I have to try so hard to handle these issues? Shouldn't it be better waiting for him to come back and throwing them at him to take care of?"

After thinking it through, Yue Baylian immediately made a prompt decision and turned off the computer. Then he planned to return to his room to look at that small booklet. As he passed by the living room, he looked down from the upper floor. He saw Devon sitting on the sofa with his younger brother, listening to him talk about school things...

"Gege, after I finish guarding Lance, I want to directly transfer to class A."

Devon froze. He asked with some surprise, "Why?"

"Because the things class A's teacher teaches seem to be more interesting and practical, so moving to class A would be better. If I'm moved to class A, going to class will make me much happier!" Daren replied, beaming.

Devon laughed and rubbed his Didi's head, promising, "O.K. As long as you are happy it's fine. I'll have Kyle handle this."

"Thanks, Gege!" Daren hugged his Gege, then began doing the homework lying on the table again.

Devon quietly watched his brother do homework instead of returning to his study to work, as he usually did.

By then, Yue Baylian was bored watching them on the upper floor. In any case, next up would usually be "brother-buddy-buddy" time, and he had no interest in that sort of thing. So he walked back to his room.

As soon as he returned to his room, he pulled out a thick finance theory book from the bookcase and opened it. In the center of the pages was a hollow space where the thin booklet lay.

"This thing that fell from Dev's treasured box... It has to be very important!"

Yue Baylian was in a good mood as he pulled out the booklet. Although he wasn't sure if Devon kne• this booklet existed or not, the contents of the booklet would decide what he should do about it next.

If the contents were something Devon wrote, after he finished reading them, he would of course put the booklet back quietly, and just keep it as another happy little secret.

If they weren't, then he would see what reward Dev would want to exchange for this discovery.

Cheerfully, Yue Baylian hummed a little tune and opened the booklet.

Darling. Devon. This is Mommy.

When he saw the first line, Yue Baylian froze. What? This is a letter from a mother to son? Why would a letterfrom home be hidden in such a secluded place? And did Devon know about this booklet or not?

He was filled with confusion, and continued to read on.

No matter what, Mommy will first tell you, and the soon-to-be-born Daren, that I'm sorry. If you two and your father are living happily, then burn this booklet If not, then continue reading!

After all, if this is discovered, then the one hurt the most will be you!

Actually, your family isn't real. You and Daren are only half-brothers with the same mother but different fathers.

"What?"

Yue Baylian was privately scared. Dev's pride and joy was only a half-sibling... But even so, the most that would happen is that Dev would be shocked, and would continue treating his half-brother as his precious treasure afterward!

Thinking of this, Yue Baylian felt that this secret wasn't anything important and continued reading.

Originally, Ji Yan Solaris, the person you now call Father, wanted to annex your grandfather's company. The only way to stop him from doing so was for me to leave my fiance at the time, Luo Ye, and then many ji Yan Solaris instead.

Devon, you need to clearly remember this: Although the person I loved the most was named "Luo" Ye, he took it from his mother's surname. Ye and Ji Yan were actually brothers with the same father but different mothers. He was an illegitimate child who lived outside the Solaris household.

By now, Devon, you have probably understood that, yes, Ji Yan stole his half-brother's fiancee. And in order to save your grandfather's company, in order to prevent your grandfather and Yefrom being ruined or even disgraced, I had to promise to many him.

But I could not accept this! I truly couldn't.

So, ever since that moment, I decided to have my revenge on him.

My revenge was...

......

Devon, I apologize to you. And I apologize even more to the unborn Daren.

After knowing the truth, I don't know if you will hate him like how Ji Yan hated his own younger brother. And ifyou truly do hate him, I cannot blame you. After all, I am to fault for all this But, but I am truly wrong.

Every time Daren kicks in the womb, every time I see the figure of the fetus from the ultrasound scan, every time I know he is a healthy little boy... I deeply regret my mistake. Daren is an innocent child. I shouldn't make him a means for revenge.

I have decided that after Daren is born, I will carry him away from the Solaris family.

If I fail to escape and if Ji Yan decides at last, that this time he will not let me go unpunished... Devon: Protect your little brother.

Please protect your brother, of the same mother but different fathers. Do not let Ji ran Solaris and Luo Ye's tragedy repeat itself.

Mother

******

The further he read, the more frightened Yue Baylian became. He had never imagined the truth would be this appalling.

"This is horrible!"

He bitterly smiled as he looked at this booklet. The booklet was so thin, just ten pages long, but it now made him feel incredibly heavy.

He couldn't help muttering once again, "So, does Dev know about this booklet or not?"

If he knew, everything was fine. Yue Baylian believed Devon wouldn't mind or care that he knew about this. Anyway, in the past five days, hadn't he already learned many of the Solaris Federation's secrets?

But if in fact, this was the first Devon ever learned of this message, then...

"If I had known this beforehand and given the booklet to Devon as soon as I could, then wouldn't he have been unable to blast me with anger for finding out about his past?"

For the first time, Yue Baylian sincerely regretted his bad habit of digging for other people's secrets.

Ring... Ring...

He jumped from shock, but quickly realized it was the sound of his own cellphone's ringtone. He couldn't help saying, "This really is a case of scaring oneself" He lowered his head and pulled out his cellphone, looking at the screen. The name displayed at the top was Shain Baylian.

He's finally willing to return the call, hm?

Yue Baylian was feeling resentful but didn't know who to take it out on, and by lucky chance, this defiant kid came by. Yue Baylian naturally wasn't very polite. As soon as he picked up the phone, he directly went to rebuking Shain. "What are you trying to do? Five days and not a single message from you. Are you rebelling?"

The cellphone transmitted Shain Baylian's voice. "Father! First listen to me, the situation is serious..."

"Shut up! I understand how serious it is!" Yue Baylian immediately shot back

"Eh?" Shain Baylian's voice held a trace of surprise. "Father, you already knew?"

"Of..."

The "course" of "of course" hadn't left Yue Baylian's lips before he realized his mistake. The serious issue that he obviously knew about was the revenge of the previous generation of the Solaris family. But he had only just learned about it from a reading a booklet, so Shain couldn't have immediately called to tell him about this.

It had to be some other issue!

Yue Baylian frowned and said, "No! I made a mistake. You speak first. What happened?"

"Father, have you recently noticed anything strange about Daren Solaris?"

Hearing this, Yue Baylian replied, frowning, "I have noticed nothing. These past five days, I have been preoccupied with the Solaris Federation's operations, and have been so busy that I can hardly distinguish the ground from the isky anymore. How could I have the free time to observe him?"

"Is that so?" Shain Baylian's voice sounded upset. "Then Father, you know of the Theodore Avery and Ezart situation, correct?"

As soon as he heard this issue mentioned, Yue Baylian became furious and he yelled again, "Five days ago, I wanted to ask you about this matter. I've been searching for those two until my head was about to explode. I constantly wanted to ask you, at the academy that day, if you had noticed."

Shain Baylian suddenly cut off his words, and threw out a bombshell: "They're with me. Theodore Avery and Ezart are both with me."

Hearing these words, Yue Baylian fell silent for a while. He was so angry he began laughing. With abnormal tenderness, he said, "Shain. You haven't seen me in so long; have you forgotten what fate befalls those who anger me?"

"...Father, I had no intention of offending you. It was actually because, in the beginning, I was hiding them and validating whether what they said was true or not, and was completely beleaguered."

Upon hearing this, Yue Baylian temporarily suppressed his anger to ask, "What did they say?"

"They said 'Daren Solaris' is fake. And that the Solaris Emperor absolutely cannot know of this matter, although they themselves do not know why."

Hearing these words, Yue Baylian's jaw suddenly dropped. This situation shocked him even more than the truth from the booklet just now. The little brother that Devon doted on to death every day was actually a fake? If he discovered this Then this world was a step closer to an Ice Age.

Yue Baylian was forced to squeeze out words to reply, "Are you certain this is true?

"Initially, I also didn't believe them, but the Principal said "

"Wait! Principal? Do you mean Yelan Academy's principal? How does this concern him?"

"Theodore Avery and Ezart's situation doesn't concern him, but Elian and the others do. The Principal has conclusively determined that when Elian's trio disappeared, it was Daren Solaris' doing. However, Father, you know that Daren Solaris would never do such a thing. With his identity, he wouldn't need to..."

"Unless it was a fake's doing!" At that moment. Yue Baylian also understood.

Put this way, the situation was rather strange. Ehan's trio disappearing was already bad enough. Although he wasn't there himself and didn't understand the full story, as soon as Theodore Avery's issue was brought up, even he felt that it was too strange.

He was at the scene at that time, so he felt it was especially odd. Clearly a few seconds before, everything was fine. How did a huge situation like Theodore suddenly wanting to replace Daren with DSII happen?

In addition, he also faintly felt that Theodore wasn't the kind of person to do something like this. Although they hadn't spent much time with each other, it was enough to make him aware that that guy was a scientist through and through. A doctor with an experiment fetish But definitely not schemer material.

At that moment, Shain Baylian's voice came over the cell phone again. "The Principal said, Elian and the others vanished at the opera house. I'm afraid that Daren Solaris was replaced there as well. We're currently investigating which opera house it is... Aiyah! Father, I must first hang up. If there is any new information, I will give you a call. Also, you must never tell the Solaris Emperor that Daren Solaris is fake."

"Wait a moment! You have to give me a reason... Shain? Shain?"

Beep, beep...

He hung up on me!

Yue Baylian bitterly turned off the phone, then threw it onto the bed. But this throw made him notice the booklet lying on the bed again... His facial color turned even grayer.

First it was the revenge of the previous generation of the Solaris family. Then suddenly even Daren Solaris was a fake. What could be next? In any case, no matter what happened, he wouldn't be surprised anymore...

"Yuer?"

Yue Baylian jumped from shock, turned around, and saw Devon standing in the doorway. Yue Baylian hurriedly sat down on the bed, hiding that booklet of truth underneath his bottom. Fearing Devon would be suspicious, he also deliberately put on a coquettish pose, and then asked, "Dev, you had the time to come into my bedroom?"

Devon walked inside, and lightly said. "I heard you talking, and you sounded very excited too."

"Nn It was that child. Shain!"

Putting one hundred effort into his acting, Yue Baylian revealed a flirtatious smile and whined, "That child is still a fledgling in the business world. He calls to ask about every little thing. It made me so annoyed that I cursed him out for a while!"

"What happened?"

After Devon finished casually answering, he walked over to the bed, and lowered his head to look at Yue Baylian. Because Yue Baylian was concealing two important issues, he couldn't help but have a guilty conscience. His best option was to quickly change the topic. "H-how is Dar?"

"Ifs already half past ten, so he went to sleep." Devon said as he walked another step closer, almost coming into contact with Yue Baylian's leg.

"Oh..."

The closer he came, the guiltier Yue Baylian felt. He could only prattle away again. "Th-then has Kyle returned?'

Devon slowly leaned over, saying as he lowered his head, "Not yet. He said the flight was delayed. It will be morning before he returns."

"W-what are you doing?" Yue Baylian couldn't help but swallow in fear, thinking, Dev's next move won't be to pull out his pistol and press it against my forehead, will it?

"I only want to kiss you." Devon replied gently. At the same time, he brought his face closer to Yue Baylian's.

What?

Yue Baylian was in a daze. He watched Devon's handsome face grow closer and closer, but uncharacteristically, he didn't feel a trace of intoxication. He couldn't help randomly thinking.

W-What was this? Dev suddenly wanted to take the initiate to kiss him? What had he done to deserve this? The past five days had been just like living in hell... Dev wouldn't be as kind as to give him a kiss like this, right?

How could a kiss from the imposing Solaris Emperor be this easy to obtain! Or was this some kind of conspiracy 9 Ah! Since even Daren had been replaced, it could be that Dev was fake too! It had to be, otherwise he wouldn't be trying to kiss him.

At that moment, Devon suddenly took hold of Yue Baylian's chin and revealed a mirthless smile. "You aren't paying attention! What are you thinking about?"

"Uh..."

Yue Baylian laughed twice and honestly said, "I'm only a little confused. Why are you suddenly trying to kiss me?"

"I need a reason to kiss you?" Devon let go of Yue Baylian's chin and straightened up. He tonelessly said, "Since it seems like you don't like it, then I'll just stop."

Yue Baylian didn't dare to say anything.

"Also, in the future, I'll take note to keep my hands off you. I don't want the newspapers to report that I harassed my secretary."

What? Face pale, Yue Baylian shouted, "Wait a moment! I was joking previously. I want compensation now, or we can change it. I'll treat you instead!"

He stood up, even puckering his lips, and then hurriedly sprang at Devon... Devon nimbly dodged to the side, leaving Yue Baylian rushing into empty space. Embarrassed, he suddenly didn't know what to do with his outstretched arms and puckered lips.

At that moment, Devon began chuckling, laughing until Yue Baylian started feeling somewhat angry. This stupid Dev. So he was just making fun of me? He really is a bastard!

"Laugh! Keep on laughing until you die, you jerk!" Yue Baylian hatefully cursed.

Hearing this, Devon stopped laughing instead, only leaving a smile on his face. He exclaimed, "It looks like you really are Yuer."

Yue Baylian froze. What was the meaning of this? Could it be that Dev was still doubting that he was the Yuer from their youth?

Just then, after Devon sadly smiled, he murmured almost inaudibly, "Why aren't they real..."

"Dev?" Seeing Devon's grieved expression, Yue Baylian couldn't help but ask about his expression.

After Devon turned his head, he noticed the booklet on the bed. Puzzled. he picked up the booklet and asked, "What is this?"

"Hm?" Yue Baylian greedily gazed at Devon's sorrowful look. When he heard the question, he only casually glanced over... It was the booklet with the truth!

Immediately, he yelled deafeningly, "That's my diary! You're not allowed to look!"

Devon froze. The booklet in his hand had already been snatched away by Yue Baylian.

"Diary?"

Dev really didn't know about the existence of this booklet... It's all over! It's all over! Yue Baylian clutched the booklet, feeling that this booklet was much heavier than even a gold brick.

He turned his head around to sneak a look. Sure enough, Devon had suspicion in his eyes, but then he began laughing again, saying, "You didn't write about me, did you?"

He really didn't know. Yue Baylian suppressed his guilt with effort. He shot back, "If you understand, then don't ask!"

Devon shook his head and exclaimed, "I really don't understand why you like me so much. How much suffering have I made you endure?"

These words hit Yue Baylian's weak spot. He stiffened. Then he bitterly looked at Devon, and discourteously replied, "I also can't understand why you like your Didi so much. How much suffering has he made you endure?"

suffering has he made you endure?"

Devon immediately took a heavy blow, realizing how Yue Baylian had felt just now. He fell silent for a while, then opened his mouth to say, "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that."

He suddenly apologized... Yue Baylian was a bit dazed. Could it be as he had guessed, that Dev really was a fake?

"You don't have to be so surprised, right?" Devon saw his stunned expression and irritably said, "Even I will occasionally apologize."

"That's right! For example, it's already quite a lot if you apologize to your little brother." Yue Baylian teased back.

"Am I really that horrible? At least I apologized to you for that situation before, didn't I?" ... I think I did? After he finished shouting, Devon suddenly wasn't too sure anymore.

"You're really that horrible!"

Old and new grievances welled up in his heart. Yue Baylian's eyes were about to erupt in flames. Ignoring the booklet in his hands, he tossed it aside, and used both hands to grab Devon's neck. He growled through his teeth, "You have no idea how much I've sacrificed for you. If I could bring myself to, I would have long since slashed you with a knife... No! I would have subjected you to a death by a thousand cuts, so that your demise would be even more painful than what I felt when you originally forgot about me!"

"I understand..."

Devon bitterly smiled and said, "The more I sacrificed for him, the harder it was to let him go Cradling him in the palms of my hands and caring for him for sixteen years, no matter how it was, it was impossible for me to stop loving him..."

Hearing this, Yue Baylian suddenly wanted to cry, though no tears came out. I talked to you about love but you're talking to me about your brother It's as ifyou're not even listening, damn it. You really make me unsure of whether I should find it laughable or feel jealous.

At that moment, Devon's hands covered Yue Baylian hands. Looked at him deeply and said, "I can't let go of Dar. Yuer, what about you? No matter what I do, wouldn't you accompany me to the very end?

Puzzled, Yue Baylian looked at Devon. Devon's expression still held a trace of sadness. Only that pair of ruby irises could look so beautiful regardless of the expression they were coupled with.

He didn't know why Devon looked so pained. At the same time, he also knew he was being manipulated. However, he understood that for that sorrowful face, he would be willing to promise anything!

Yue Baylian gripped Devon's hands. He whispered, "Back when I tried to keep you trapped on the island, even my life was thrown away. Now, I'm no longer part of the Lunaris Alliance. So, until the day the world ends, what else is there left that can keep me away from your side?"

Devon wordlessly watched Yue Baylian. If he could watch himself, and if Dar had asked him this question, his reply definitely would have been very similar... Although they were completely different emotions, the willingness to sacrifice everything was equally sincere.

"Thank you," Devon said from the bottom of his heart.

Yue Baylian rolled his eye. He irritably said, "Don't say things like that. I'm not your younger brother. I won't be happy just because you thanked me!"

Devon suddenly stood up. He pulled Yue Baylian to his chest. and then tightly held him.

This sudden move scared Yue Baylian greatly, and it was a long time before he was able to react. He gently returned the embrace. Then, in a soft voice, he asked, "What's wrong?"

"Yuer. There's something I want to do."

Faced with this reply, Yue Baylian froze. He asked, "What is it?"

At that moment, Devon slowly raised his head. His pair of ruby red eyes spewed forth red flames with the intensity of magma.

"Revenge!"

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