Chapter 6: Honghui

After Yinzhen completed his first task and was rewarded with five crystals, he suddenly remembered something important. "System, did you tell me everything? Why don't I have the original owner's memory?" From all the time-travel and transmigration novels he heard of, most of the time, the time-traveler would receive the original owner's memory. Where's his?

"...."

Yinzhen's eyes narrowed and his indifferent expression became gloomy. When all the eunuch and maids in the study saw his face that was as black as the bottom of a pot, the all held their breath, not daring to breathe.

"Don't tell me-"

"Beep-beep-beep-the system Wi-Fi is not connected. Repeat, the system Wi-Fi is not connected. Currently connecting...."

When Yinzhen heard what the system said, he sneered, and the chilling aura he released became even colder. If anyone stepped into the study right then, they would find that their spines would be frozen as if they were in an ice room.

"Defective product, stop playing tricks."

"-Connected! What did the Host say? The main system's Wi-Fi encountered some problems, so I was busy connecting."

"Shut up." Yinzhen scolded. He had never seen such an incompetent and forgetful system. Reporting to host the original owner's memory was a basic duty, but it forgot. Useless.

"Ahem. My inability to give you the original owner's memory and the storyline was due to some bugs, but now that I'm connected again, the previous bugs have been cleared. So Host, do you want to receive the memory and storyline now?"

"Go ahead." While he was agreeing, Yinzhen scolded the system for its excuses in his heart.

Two hours later, the servants in the study found that their Lord's dark expression had turned even darker. Although they secretly complained of the Lord's moodiness, they didn't dare to make a sound for fear of provoking the Lord's anger.

A while after Yinzhen was done receiving the original owner's memories and the world's storyline, an eunuch arrived in the study and whispered into his ear. When he heard the content, Yinzhen raised an eyebrow.

In the original story, Honghui was struck with a high fever, so Ulanara Yixiu sent someone to ask the original owner for a physician, yet it was that moment that Ulanara Rouze fainted. How could the original owner, whose head was bewitched by his beloved wife, care about some child he only met a few times? Thus, he waved away the messenger, and only sent physicians to diagnose his beloved wife.

Yinzhen had nothing to say about the original owner. He was the kind of man that would indulge and spoil you if he loved you, but would wish you to die faster than anybody else if he didn't.

Ulanara Rouze though, is she so innocent as everybody says? She seduced her brother-in-law while her sister was pregnant, and fainted just when Honghui was seriously ill and needed a physician. Pregnancy is fine, but why faint right at that time? Is it a coincidence or deliberate act?

Yinzhen suspected that Honghui's illness was not natural, and the first suspect he thought of was Ulanara Rouze, who was pregnant, so he sent people to spy on her movements.

Yinzhen was still a bit hesitant, but when he heard the eunuch's report, he was sure that Ulanara Rouze was a white lotus, and she's not even the good kind. Accusing her sister of being a troublemaker and warning her to not overstep her bounds, this was further evidence of Ulanara Rouze's "innocence."

When Yinzhen thought that he was now Honghui's nominal father, and the child who was under four years old would die of backyard schemes soon, his modern heart couldn't help but be shaken. Anyway, it is he whose currently occupying this body, so it's best to prevent more deaths right?

To prevent Honghui from being harmed, he had to cut off Rouze's power and influence in the mansion. The best way is to take away her right to manage the backyard.

However, what excuse should he use to restrain Rouze? Yinzhen shook his head. He had just arrived here, it's best not to shake things up too much, else who knows whose feathers he'll ruffle. If he acts recklessly, he might expose or pit himself.

Yinzhen glanced at Su Peisheng who had just returned and said, "Let's go. Go to Ulanara Ce Fujin." He wanted to see Honghui, at least he hoped that the kid's illness would not be incurable, else even if he was not the original owner, he would feel guilty for his inability to save the child. Not to mention, instead of thinking of a way to restrain Ulanara Rouze, he would have to think of way to appease Ulanara Yixiu.

Anyways, he was free now, so why not? Speaking of which, he really had to thank his luck. He transmigrated when the original owner had just finished his assigned errand and was granted a leave of three days, giving him barely enough time to integrate into his environment. If he arrived when the original owner was doing his errand, he didn't know how badly he would mess up the original owner's work.

Walking into Yixiu's courtyard, Yinzhen saw her feeding Honghui medicine. When he saw the sick Honghui, Yinzhen was a bit surprised. The child looked thin and weak, as if a little cold would take his soul away.

Yixiu was shocked when she saw him approaching. After hurriedly setting down Honghui's medicine and performing a standard greeting, she asked, "Why did the maids not tell this concubine of the Lord's arrival? Let this concubine make fun of herself in front of the Lord."

"It's this king who told them not to inform you." Yinzhen said as he walked towards Honghui's bed. "Honghui?"

"Who are you?" The thin child on the bed asked timidly, his innocent eyes showing confusion and fear. When Yinzhen heard Honghui's question, he was really ashamed of the original owner. What a responsible father, his son doesn't even know what he looks like!

However, seeing the child's fear, Yinzhen felt embarrassed. To be honest, it's not surprising that the child would be afraid of him. Yinzhen had always carried a cold and ferocious expression on his face.

"My Lord, please forgive Honghui. He is young and insensible." Yixiu hastily spoke for Honghui, "Honghui, that's your Ama."

Yinzhen was slightly amused with Yixiu's demeanor. The woman acts like he would be angry with a sick child. Turning to Honghui, he nodded, "Yes Honghui. I'm your Ama."

"Ama?" Honghui's eyes widened, and the confusion in them turned into joy. Ever since he was sensible, E-Niang told him he had an Ama, but he had never seen his Ama. He really wanted to see his Ama, but E-Niang said he couldn't, she always said his Ama was busy working outside.

"Is Ama here to see Honghui?" The three year-old child asked expectantly. Although he was ill, the child's voice was as sweet as candy in Yinzhen's ears.

"Yes, Honghui is sick, so Ama is here to see Honghui." As he said this, Yinzhen's cold expression softened, and a slight smile formed at the corner of his lips.

"If Honghui is sick more often, will Ama visit Honghui more often?" Honghui asked. In his mind, if he could see Ama more often, it's fine even if his body continues to feel hot.

"Nonsense. If Honghui is sick again, Honghui won't be able to see Ama anymore." Yinzhen admonished lightly. When Yinzhen heard the childish logic behind Honghui's question, he couldn't help but feel the helplessness of parentage.

Thinking of this, Yinzhen felt weird. To the moment of his death, he never had a wife nor a child, but now that he transmigrated, he was suddenly stuffed with both. Raising a three year-old child to adulthood, educating him, find him a wife, help him watch over his children, Yinzhen suddenly felt that the years in this life were going to be long.