Forever Mine[BL]

Chapter 21: When There Were Dynasties/Arc 3.4

Wang Tao returned home and walked up to Madame Wei who was gardening.

"Mum?"

"Ah, my son, you're home! How was your day?"

Madame Wei turned around and held her son's hand. Under the observant gaze if his mother, Wang Tao forced a smile as he replied.

"It was good. I'm doing well."

Madame Wei stared at her son for a moment before a frown appeared. Taking his hand, she brought him to the nearby pavilion and dismissed the servants.

"What's wrong child? You seem a bit down."

Wang Tao fidgeted a bit at this. He thought he hid it well but once again she saw through it.

Wang Tao had been feeling suffocated holding everything back but it wasn't like he had anyone to talk to.

Well, there was Zhou Jian but how could he say those things to his face if it's about him? And Zhou Yuan wasn't here, not that he would tell him anyway since it's about his brother.

"Mum are you sure? You won't mind?"

He was a bit worried as he'd grown to love his adoptive parents. He didn't want his parents to be disgusted.

The people here were fine with a man and gers being together as they didn't exactly see gers as men, hence gers were given female servants.

But when it came to two men, it wasn't accepted as well. Like two alphas instead of an omega and an alpha. As Wang Tao grew more and more unsure, he remembered something.

From his adoption till now, they had always been there for him haven't they?

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It was a bright and early morning, as Wang Tao sat at the table, silently eating his breakfast. Minister Wang and Madame Wei looked at each other as they tried to see who would speak up first.

Finally, Madame Wei spoke to the twelve year old boy,

"Umm, Wang Tao, how are you adapting so far?"

The boy looked up at her before lowering his eyes. He mumbled out a fine and continued eating. There was an awkward silence as the couple wondered what to do. Minister Wang cleared his throat and said,

"If you don't mind spending time with me, I could bring you to the palace more often and show you a few things."

The boy slightly lifted his head once the word palace left the man's mouth. They seemed to have finally got his attention as the boy nodded in agreement.

"Since that's settled, how about you tell us more about yourself? We'll do so too."

Madame Wei exclaimed as she saw more hope in deepening the relationship. She's always wanted a child she could dote on so she wasn't going to miss this chance.

"Like?"

"Like, what's your favourite colour?"

Wang Tao glanced at Madame Wei before answer a moment later.

"Black."

"Oh, it is a lovely colour. Um..."

Sensing that she was a bit stuck, the woman nudged her husband gently. Clearing his throat, Minister Wang threw out another question.

"Are you interested in any instruments?"

"...I...don't know."

"Ah, then how about I get you a tutor?!"

The madam exclaimed with a smile, jumping on the chance. When the boy hesitatingly nodded, her face lit up with glee.

The couple asked a few more question but soon realized that the boy wasn't going to talk anymore. They didn't mind as they knew he needed time to be more comfortable so instead, the two took the initiative to talk about themselves.

Wang Tao wasn't trying to be rude but he'd always been one of few words. He rarely spoke unless necessary and unless he was doing his job which came with his position, he was often alone.

He started speaking more to Zhou Jian as the decades went by because of their closeness. So of course he wouldn't speak too much to a pair of strangers.

But since he knew that they would be his parents now, he tried to push himself out of his comfort zone to speak with them, just as he did with Zhou Yuan. It was a bit harder in this case, especially since he had no idea how to act like a son.

All Celestials were created in isolated galaxies, so none had parents. Not in the way of being orphans (parents died) but in the way of having no one who gave birth to them at all. As a result, no Celestial had fully or half blood related siblings either so there were no such things as families for them.

Celestials could experience families in other worlds but Wang Tao had never seen the need to do so. This was the first time he had parents in a world he visited. Due to this, he has no idea how to react to the love and care being shown.