Chapter 116: Childhood Trauma
“Why is it inconvenient?”
She walked over curiously.
Yue Zhongxian suddenly shielded the sink, his movements so large that half his body was leaned over it.
“Sister, don’t come over!”
Su Miantang: “…” Why is he acting like he’s guarding food?
Why so nervous?
Could it be that there’s something on the bedsheet?
Before she could think further, the youth interrupted her.
“Sister, aren’t you going to work yet? You’re going to be late.”
“?”
The youth, who used to cling to her, pester her, and watch her finish breakfast before seeing her out, was actually heartlessly issuing an eviction notice today. Moreover, he hadn’t turned his face to look at her once from beginning to end. Could it be…
She had played with him too much yesterday?
The little rabbit sure was petty.
“I know, I know.”
“Breakfast is on the table.”
Angry while waking up early, cold-faced while making breakfast?
So cute.
Before leaving, Su Miantang couldn’t help but ruffle his head once more.
Yue Zhongxian’s back stiffened abruptly.
She! Was! Teasing! Him! Again!
He couldn’t take it anymore…
But he didn’t dare turn his face to look at her, fearing that with one look, the decadent voices and postures that had floated in his mind all night would come rushing back.
He looked at the bedsheet in the water silently and began to think about a serious question.
When could he change back to his original form? When should he confess to her?
And how should he confess so that he wouldn’t be abandoned by her?
Imperial National Scientific Research Institute.
“Group Leader, the first batch of the new suppressant has been successfully developed. The warehouse is already bottling them. When will they be distributed?”
“Immediately.”
Su Miantang picked up a bottle of suppressant labeled with the name “Qin Yanzhou.”
“Have Alan deliver this box.”
“Okay.”
Just as she spoke, the photon communicator on the lab table suddenly rang. [Reporting to Researcher Su, a couple at the door wishes to see you.]
“Who?”
“The Chairman and Chairman’s wife of the Qin Group, Mr. Brooklyn and Mrs. Qin Xu.”
Qin Yanzhou’s parents?
What did they want with her?
The group members couldn’t help but start gossiping upon hearing this.
“The Chairman and Chairman’s wife of the Qin Group? Aren’t they known for being very haughty? Even government officials have to queue up and make appointments in advance. Why did they take the initiative to come to the Institute to find the Group Leader today?”
“Yeah, even if there’s something urgent, a notification through the light brain would suffice. There’s no need to come in person. It’s always been like that before.”
“Could they be here to find trouble? I vaguely smell something bad…”
“Group Leader, did you offend them when you went to the Crystal Light Tower last time?”
Offend?
She hadn’t even met them.
At most, she had poked their son with a dozen needles.
But Qin Yanzhou was such a big man; there was no need for him to complain to his parents and have them come to her workplace to settle the score just because he suffered a little loss, right?
“Group Leader, you absolutely must not see them. Who knows what they’re up to?”
“Yeah, let Alan go instead.”
“That won’t work. Alan is only an A-grade male. The Qin couple are both S-grade! We should notify the Dean!”
“But the Dean went to Blue Water Star yesterday for a lecture and won’t be back for three days…”
“It’s fine. They might just be worried about the ingredients of the new suppressant and came to inspect it.”
Su Miantang took off her gloves.
“Please invite them to the reception room.”
“Group Leader…”
“Don’t worry.”
The young girl left the lab and walked toward the reception room. She thought she would face stern questioning from the Qin couple the moment she entered and had already prepared herself mentally.
To her surprise, Mr. Brooklyn and Mrs. Qin Xu, who were dressed in formal wear and fine clothes, performed a “kneeling and palms together” salute upon seeing her.
In Central Star, this was the most solemn etiquette, generally only performed for benefactors or royalty, not to mention their noble status.
Su Miantang was somewhat overwhelmed as she helped them up. “Mr. Brooklyn, Mrs. Qin Xu, what are you doing?”
“Are you the developer of the new suppressant, Miss Su Miantang?”
Mrs. Qin Xu raised her head.
The moment she saw her, she understood why her son would approach and miss her.
She was truly too beautiful, and her temperament was so unique, like a goddess. It made people involuntarily yearn for her.
“I am.”
Brooklyn: “Honorable Miss Su Miantang, we couple have specifically visited your Institute today to apologize to you.”
“Apologize?”
“We know about the time you went to the Crystal Light Tower to collect samples from Yanzhou. We are here to sincerely apologize for his behavior and attitude at that time, and we hope to obtain your forgiveness.”
Su Miantang was stunned.
She hadn’t expected them to come personally for such a small matter.
This was completely different from the rumors of the arrogant, haughty, and cold-blooded top-tier plutocrats.
They were clearly modest, gentle, and polite.
“It’s okay. I didn’t take it to heart.”
“I didn’t expect you to be not only so beautiful but also so kind. However, I can’t help but want to defend my son. He didn’t treat you like that on purpose; he has a hidden ailment.”
Su Miantang: “A hidden ailment?”
“Miss Su Miantang, I don’t know if you’ve heard some rumors about him from the outside—that when he was six years old, he pushed a female into the water, nearly drowning her.”
“I’ve heard a bit about it.”
“Actually, that wasn’t the full truth…”
As Mrs. Qin Xu spoke, she sadly covered her face, looking like she was about to cry.
“Yanzhou is our eldest son and the only successor to the Qin Group. An S-grade male, he has been intelligent and handsome since childhood, with outstanding abilities beyond ordinary people. But precisely because his value was too high and he was too excellent, he attracted the jealousy and covetousness of many.”
“More than ten years ago, our business rival, Abigail, lost in the competition, and her family went bankrupt overnight. To make a comeback and also to take revenge on us, she actually kidnapped Yanzhou, frantically trying to forcibly mark him—a six-year-old child.”
“He was so small then and didn’t even know how to use his combat power. Even though he resisted until he was covered in wounds, the protective film of his glands was still damaged. But at the moment of destruction, the natural resistance of high-level combat power to low-level pheromones allowed him to burst out with powerful strength, directly blasting Abigail into the nearby sea. Thus… that’s where the later rumors came from, and it also left Yanzhou with a permanent hidden ailment.”
“From then on, he feared females, hated females, and resisted females. His condition was once so severe that if a female touched him or he smelled a female’s pheromones, he would break out in rashes all over his body, and sometimes he would even go into shock!”
“Over the years, we couple have sought out famous doctors throughout the Interstellar, but we haven’t been able to cure him. The doctors said this is a psychological illness. Only by overcoming his childhood trauma and his fear of females can he fully recover. But the unpleasant rumors from the outside have only worsened his condition. So…”
So that was it.
Su Miantang was suddenly enlightened.
She understood why he wanted to change researchers the moment he saw her, why he refused to look at her directly during the sampling process, why his attitude was so cold, and why he immediately pushed her away after accidentally hugging her.
It turned out he didn’t discriminate against or loathe females, but had severe psychological trauma. Under those circumstances, he had actually endured her for so long.
She suddenly felt guilty for misunderstanding him and harboring prejudice in her heart.
“Then, did my contact with him that day cause him any harm?”
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