Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat
Chapter 347 - 347 344 The Vain Butterfly

Chapter 347: Chapter 344: The Vain Butterfly Chapter 347: Chapter 344: The Vain Butterfly Wei Yue has now officially changed his name to Yu Yue, although the legal formalities for the public haven’t been handled yet, but his name has already been added to the Yu Family’s genealogy.

Initially, they wanted to wait until after Yu Heng’s grand wedding, to bring him to the ancestral hall to recognize his ancestors and join the clan before adding his name, but Yu Zexiao thought it was better to add it first. After all, he would be accompanying Yu Ci and Yu Feng to fetch the bride early tomorrow morning; it certainly wouldn’t do to introduce him as Wei Yue, would it?

They could verbally refer to him as Yu Yue first, but it always felt awkward as if the name wasn’t established properly, so Yu Zexiao insisted on adding the name to the genealogy first.

Seeing his own name branching out beneath him, no longer looking empty as before, Yu Zexiao felt quite a mix of emotions: excitement indeed—but even more so, regret.

He, who’d always been carefree, for the first time in his life, felt regret about his own life, lamenting that he hadn’t kept Yu Yue by his side to raise him personally during his childhood… Otherwise, he would now be able to slap him without hesitation whenever he back-talked—this little rascal, rebelling against you!

How dare he criticize his way of dressing!

However, the reality was even if Yu Yue said such things, he just had to listen; not only could he not lay a hand on him, he couldn’t even utter harsh words. To call him a brat was already pushing it to the limit.

In contrast, Yu Yue dared to say anything he wanted.

“A man in his forties dressed up all flashy, do you do it just to make everyone stare at you?”

Yu Zexiao was displeased, “Who is staring at me? Don’t spout nonsense.”

“Nonsense? That woman standing behind your sixth aunt in your house, don’t tell me you’re blind and didn’t see her.”

Yu Zexiao: …

Listen, is this how a son should speak to his own father? What a curse, why did he have to have a son?

Fuming, Yu Zexiao stormed back to his room.

Watching his retreating figure, Lishen stroked his chin and clicked his tongue before turning his head to look at Yu Yue, who was now comfortably brewing tea, seemingly unaffected by the recent quarrel.

Moreover, judging by the slight upturn of his lips and his clearly pleased demeanor, it seemed as though the argument had not affected him in the slightest.

Lishen was a bit perplexed about what his good friend was really thinking.

“Do you really enjoy arguing with your dad that much?”

To be precise, he thoroughly enjoyed angering his dad!

It was only nine in the evening now, and when they used to work in the lab, they never watched the clock—staying up all night was nothing out of the ordinary. Furthermore, they were currently adjusting to the time difference, so they didn’t feel the slightest bit sleepy.

Enjoying arguing with this man?

Yu Yue shook his head; it didn’t seem to be the case. He simply liked the feeling of seeing him angry yet powerless to do anything about it. How should he put it?

Since he had never experienced this before, Yu Yue was rather curious about it.

At the very least, compared to Yu Zexiao speaking to him cautiously, he found arguing made him feel more comfortable.

“You fit into your dad’s clothes quite well.”

Not only did the father and son bear a strong resemblance in their faces, but their heights and builds were also quite similar, which was why they could be mistaken for twins when seen together.

But Yu Yue was somewhat speechless about this; looking almost as old as his own father… Those in the know were aware that Yu Zexiao loved to dress up and took good care of himself, but those who didn’t would think he aged prematurely.

He pushed the brewed tea towards Lishen and pointed at his clothes, “Do you know? Out of his entire closet full of clothes, I could only find these two pieces that were wearable. I have no idea what his taste in fashion is, all these colors are flashy and jumbled mess.”

Lishen couldn’t help but laugh, “But you have to admit, your dad looks pretty good in them, and they make him look younger.”

Indeed, they made him look younger, a man in his forties looking like he was in his twenties.

They had hardly spoken a few sentences when Lishen’s phone rang. He glanced at the caller ID and directly hung up, frowning, “I don’t think they’ll stop until they find you. Maybe you should just make it clear to them.”

Their laboratory was currently working on two major projects. One of them was led by Yu Yue, but right as it had entered a critical phase, they stripped him of his authority and parachuted a new person in to lead the team, making it clear Yu Yue was to fully support him.

This man was the uncle of Wei Shixue’s illegitimate son, also a physicist, but his ability and talent were far inferior, the type who could be given a formula and still wouldn’t understand it without detailed explanations.

It was a blatant challenge and insult to Yu Yue, who shrugged it off with self-confidence.

Wei Shixue thought that by controlling Mo Wanyi, Yu Yue wouldn’t be able to stand up to him.

But he didn’t expect that mother and son would run into Yu Ci, nor that Yu Yue would recklessly go back to their home country with Yu Ci to find their real father. Then he turned off his phone, cutting off all contact.

Without Yu Yue, the laboratory wasn’t completely paralyzed, but at least the project he was in charge of couldn’t continue, as he had taken all the research data and materials with him.

So now, including Wei Shixue, a bunch of people were looking for Yu Yue.

Unfortunately, other than Lishen and Mo Wanyi, no one knew where he was.

Reflecting on it, Wei Shixue was really brainless. Knowing full well Yu Yue’s high IQ and limitless potential, he still arrogantly treated him as a fool to exploit.

Yu Yue looked down at the white jade porcelain cup in his hands, sneering, “What can they do if they’re not willing to give up? Even if they find this place, do they really think I’ll let them manipulate me like before? What a pipe dream!”

“What about your aunt? Wei Shixue won’t agree to a divorce easily. And there’s your great-grandfather…”

“My uncle took my great-grandfather to Australia, the air is good there. He’s accompanying him to recuperate before returning. For a while, Wei Shixue won’t be able to find him. As for my mom’s divorce…”

Yu Yue looked up and smiled, “We have his third lover to thank for that. She couldn’t stand being dumped by him and sent my mom the details of his second lover, as well as evidence of his company’s tax evasion. So now, he doesn’t have a choice but to divorce.”

Lishen was astonished, “How could it be such a coincidence…”

He didn’t even finish his sentence when he saw the smile on Yu Yue’s face and understood. There was no coincidence, it was all orchestrated.

Lishen thought, Yu Yue had never intended to oppose the Wei Family, but if he wanted to, he probably had a hundred ways to completely bankrupt and paralyze them.

Lishen felt relieved.

…

The next morning, not yet six o’clock and still dim outside, there was a knock on Yu Yue’s door.

“Xiaoyue? Are you awake? It’s time to get up, you need to join your second and third brothers to meet up with your eldest brother for the bridal escort.”

Woken up by the disturbance and just opening his eyes, Yu Yue was still a bit groggy. He looked up at the vintage canopy above his head, bewildered about his whereabouts, and hearing about second brother and third brother at the door, his mind was spinning.

Wei Shixue was an only child; in the Wei Family, he had no cousins or siblings, and Wei Shixue’s illegitimate children had always looked down on him… He remembered now, he wasn’t part of the Wei Family anymore. His surname had changed; he was now a Yu. His biological father was Yu Zexiao, a vain peacock!