Ti Shen 替身 (Volume 2: Perfect Deduction)

Vol 2 Ch 29: Origins - Can I Be Your Big Brother?

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This translation belongs to the translators and proofreaders of Giraffe Corps.

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The car drove up to a majestic mansion. 

"Young master you've come back!" a young teen of about thirteen or fourteen called out respectfully. 

"En."

"How is the misstress?"

"No worries, the doctor said she will be discharged from the hospital in another two or so days." The little young master replied although his entire focus was on little Ran Feng Ge who was asleep in the backseat of the car. He removed his own seatbelt and ran to the back door, his small fingers grasping onto the car door handle before throwing it open. Reaching in to tap on Ran Feng Ge's rosy cheeks, "Oi, Little Liar, get up, I know you are just faking it!"

Ran Feng Ge however remained asleep - his little face red, his small mouth open as his shallow breaths rang harsh.

The slightly older teen ask. curiously "Young master, who is this?"

"I found him on our way back! He's a little liar, but I saw through his scheme! You all will help me deal with him! Hmph, hying to cheat my family out of their money - no way!" the little boy announced before continuing, "Little Liar stop pretending! Get up now!"

Regardless of how much he rattled the other boy, Ran Feng Ge refused to open his eyes. Annoyed, the little young master crossed both arms across chest and ordered: "Ah Jiu, go get a bucket of water! 

"Young master..." Ah Jiu said as he eyed the unconscious Ran Feng Ge, taking in the red tinted face and the uneven breaths, "Young master, he looks like he's running a fever, must be why he's not waking up."

"...." The little boy balked at the information and hurried to the other boy's side, "A fever?". Raising his little hand against Ran Feng Ge's forehead, the little young master could not hide the surprise in his voice: "Ah, he is really running a fever!"

The reason why was because Ran Feng Ge had spent the entire night before curled up crying outside the hospital before falling asleep in the same spot. There was no way he wouldn't have fallen ill, he was but an eight-year-old child, how strong could his immunity be? The moment he fell asleep in that cozy and warm interior of the car, after all the stress he had been through recently, his body decided to just give up. 

The little young master forgot all about his plan to wake the Little Liar and quickly said: "Ah Jiu, quick! Carry him to my room. Ah Qu, go get Doctor Lin!"

"Yes!"

The dreaming Ran Feng Ge was full of unease, one moment all he could see were his uncles screaming at him, calling him a little bastard. The next moment his mother was hitting and screaming at him, most of it targeted towards his absentee father, calling him a liar, a bastard. Even his beloved grandfather who had loved him the most would only look at him with cold glare...

Ran Feng Ge could not stop himself from feeling as though he had been abandoned, he who was once the jewel and pride of his family, had fallen to the depths of becoming an unwanted burden.

He wanted to sob and wail at the top of his lungs, but no matter how much he tried to scream it all out, nothing came out. Forcing a sound only made him collapse into a coughing fit.

The little young master who had been standing by the bedside had watched Ran Feng Ge's expression morph from sadness, to guilt, to confusion, small pearl of tears were leaking from the corner of his eyes. His own heart wrenching as he watched the younger boy before him suffer in silence, Dr. Lin still hadn't arrived. Quickly grabbing the clean hand towel from the bedside table, the little young master soaked it in the pan of cold water and squeezed it out before applying it gently across Ran Feng Ge's burning forehead.