TMDP CH 15

Chapter 15: Huh? Infertile?

Xia Ye sat on the floor, crying his heart out.

As Xia Li caught his breath and came back to his senses, he started crying too. He flung himself onto Xia Ye, holding onto him and crying just as desperately. When Han Mingxiu tried to come over to console them, Xia Li angrily pushed him away, shouting, “You lied! Dad’s upset, Dad’s angry, Dad’s crying! You’re a bad person—you lied!” He even managed to hit Han Mingxiu on the head a few times before hugging Xia Ye tightly and continuing to cry.

The loud wails and shouts upstairs were so intense that Tang Xi ran up in a hurry to check on them, only to find one adult and one child sobbing uncontrollably, while Han Mingxiu clumsily fumbled about, not knowing how to help.

Mrs. Han, furious, pointed at Han Mingxiu and scolded, “What is wrong with you? You’ve been upstairs for barely twenty minutes and already have both of them crying. Unbelievable! Are you even capable of being any more of a mess?”

“M-Mom…” Han Mingxiu pleaded, resigned.

Mrs. Han, heart aching for the distressed child, picked Xia Li up to soothe him, then turned to Xia Ye, saying, “Xiao Xia, it’s okay, don’t cry. If you have something to say, just say it—we’re all here to support you. If he deserves a beating or a scolding, don’t hold back.” She shot a fierce glare at Han Mingxiu. “You’re both adults, so speak plainly and clear things up. No more secrets. Don’t frighten the child. I’ll take Xia Li downstairs, and the second floor is yours. Nobody’s leaving tonight until this is all sorted out.” She took Xia Li out, closing the door behind her, leaving the two men alone in the room.

Xia Ye continued sitting on the floor, crying, while Han Mingxiu stayed beside him, quietly waiting for Xia Ye to finish and calm down.

As Xia Ye’s sobs gradually subsided, Han Mingxiu managed to stir up another hornet’s nest.

Out of everything he could have said, he chose the most piercing topic.

“You shouldn’t have been so harsh with Xia Li; he’s so little and doesn’t understand anything,” Han Mingxiu said. He wanted to tell Xia Ye, It was my idea for Xia Li to say that; this is all my fault, so blame me instead. But before he could finish, Xia Ye exploded for a second time.

Xia Ye already deeply regretted losing control and lashing out at Xia Li—he was sure he’d scared the poor child terribly. But who was this bastard to criticize him like this?

“Yes! I shouldn’t have been harsh with him; he doesn’t know anything,” Xia Ye shouted angrily. “It’s because he’s so young that I have to take care of everything. I worry about him getting cavities, so I don’t let him eat sweets. I’m concerned about caffeine affecting him, so no chocolate, either. I’m young too, and I didn’t understand any of this. I read parenting books on my own, learning all the do’s and don’ts. I’m constantly setting boundaries, yet you just give him whatever he wants.”

Feeling wronged and frustrated, Xia Ye continued, “He’s easily won over with just a bit of candy. I can’t afford any of these toys…” As he spoke, he angrily picked up a dinosaur toy and threw it at Han Mingxiu, tears flowing as he fumed at his own helplessness.

“I gave birth to him, raised him, and established rules for him. And yet, you show up, do nothing, and he starts calling you ‘Daddy’? Do you even know how much time I spent teaching him to say ‘Dad’? Do you know that when he finally learned to say ‘Dad,’ I was so happy I couldn’t sleep that entire night, but I had no one to share it with? There was no one for me to tell that he could stand on his own, that he’d started to walk, that his teeth hurt when he bit down.”

Xia Ye lowered his head, covering his face, his voice heavy with exhaustion and embarrassment. “He nursed from me until he was one year old. Sometimes he bit me so hard it made me bleed. It hurt so much. But you… you had the nerve to ask me how many people I’d let suck on me.” Unable to contain his resentment, he growled through gritted teeth.

Tears started to fall from the corners of Han Mingxiu’s eyes, leaving him speechless.

Xia Ye lifted his hand, using the back of it to wipe his tears. He kept alternating between his hands as his tears fell freely. Sniffling, he continued his complaints. “He wanted a puppy, and you just gave him one. That’s a living being! He’s so young; can he really handle the responsibility of a life? Just a puppy? Is that what you’re teaching him? Play with it when you feel like it, then toss it aside when you don’t? It’s just a puppy to you. Just an Omega to you…” This was where his true pain lay.

“No, baby, Xia Ye, please listen to me—I’ll explain everything,” Han Mingxiu finally moved. Ignoring Xia Ye’s resistance, he reached over and pulled him into a hug, holding his head against his neck, one arm pressing firmly against his back while his other hand gently stroked him from the back of his neck to his waist. Han Mingxiu discreetly released a faint trace of his pheromones. His little uncle had advised that a minimal amount of pheromones could help calm his agitated Omega.

At first, Xia Ye struggled, but hearing “baby” weakened him. He was exhausted—tired from crying, tired from yelling, and tired from all the resentment. It had been a long time since anyone had called him “baby,” a long time since he could lean into someone’s arms. He decided he could treat Han Mingxiu as a sofa, just temporarily. Quietly, he leaned against his human-shaped sofa, breathing in the familiar calming scent, and entered a dazed state, listening to Han Mingxiu as he began to talk about his infertility.

Huh? Infertile? Oh! The test was wrong!

Ha! So I’ve suffered for three years, and it boils down to two words: misdiagnosis!

No, it should be six words: Han Mingxiu is an idiot!

So when he said, “That’s not my child,” he really meant it.

How could he be so shameless? He was the one who stopped loving first, who looked for excuses to walk away, yet he put all the blame on me, claiming I’d been unfaithful.

Xia Ye trembled with cold disbelief.

“Baby, I’m truly sorry. I don’t know how to ask for your forgiveness. At that time, I panicked. I thought… I thought you’d fallen in love with someone else and were pregnant with their child. I thought you were going to break up with me. I admit I was childish—I wanted to say it first, thinking it would hurt less that way.”

“I heard that when you were in school, you skipped two grades? So you got your master’s degree two years earlier than most people?” Xia Ye suddenly asked.

“Huh?” Han Mingxiu was puzzled as to why Xia Ye was asking about skipping grades now. Xia Ye already knew this—they had talked about it in the past.

“When you skipped those grades, did you also skip health education and physiology?” Xia Ye asked calmly, leaning against Han Mingxiu. “So you didn’t know that an Omega who has been marked, even temporarily, can’t conceive with any other Alpha during that period?”

With a single sentence, Xia Ye jolted Han Mingxiu awake, as if he’d been struck by lightning. His whole body froze.

He knew. An Omega who has been marked completely belongs to the marking Alpha.

That’s why he’d made sure to mark Xia Ye on schedule. The effect of a temporary mark usually lasts seven to ten days, but he had insisted on re-marking him every three or four days, almost obsessively.

Without a single lapse.

T/L: Bro… Han Mingxiu is so d*mb, it makes me so f mad. Xia Ye better beat the s out of him. 

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