Oh no! My yandere school beauty is so clingy!

Shen Yu silently moved his lips, repeating this simple word.

The air around him seemed to freeze as his gaze solidified.

Lin Anran also saw the words on the back of the photo.

At first, she was only moved by this maternal love, but soon she also noticed the glaring "they" and Shen Yu's profile, which suddenly became unusually stiff.

"You guys?" she repeated in a low voice instinctively, her brows furrowing in confusion, her eyes filled with bewilderment and a hint of unease.

She looked at the photo, then at Shen Yu's profile...

She gently reached out and tentatively touched the back of Shen Yu's hand with her fingertips, her voice filled with caution:

"Yuyu...aren't you...an only child?"

This question broke the suffocating silence surrounding Shen Yu.

Shen Yu's eyelashes trembled, as if she had been startled awake from a deep nightmare.

He slowly raised his head, shifting his gaze from the photo to Lin Anran.

He remained silent for a few seconds.

Those few seconds felt like an eternity to Lin Anran.

She held her breath and stared at him intently.

Then, he nodded very gently:

"yes..."

A few seconds later, Shen Yu spoke again, his voice even lower, tinged with a hint of uncertainty and dazedness, adding:

"I guess...right..."

Lin Anran's heart sank.

She understood the uncertainty in Shen Yu's tone—the brand-new, never-before-worn girls' clothes, the pregnant photo with the words "I love you all" written on it...

All of this seems to point to a past that Shen Yu himself may not have been aware of, or that has been deliberately concealed...

Her intuition told her that things weren't so simple, and there might be a bigger secret behind it all...

Shen Yu closed his eyes briefly, and when he opened them again, the turbulent waves in his eyes were forcibly suppressed.

He looked up at Lin Anran.

"Could I contact Su Linxue?"

"I want to ask her if she knows anything..."

Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Anran nodded vigorously: "Okay!"

She took out her phone, unlocked it, and handed it to him.

Shen Yu took the phone and found "Su Linxue" in the contact list. His gaze lingered on the name for a moment before he clicked on it and opened the chat window.

He paused for a few seconds, his fingertip hovering above the input box.

It was as if he was organizing his thoughts, or perhaps preparing himself mentally.

【My name is Shen Yu. I want to ask, do my parents have any other children? Do you know anything about them?】

Click to send.

Shen Yu placed his phone screen-up on the sofa between the two of them, and then sat there motionless, his eyes fixed on the screen.

Lin Anran also held her breath, her gaze following Shen Yu's eyes and landing on the small phone screen.

Time slipped away second by second as we waited, each second seemingly stretched and magnified.

"bite."

A crisp message notification tone suddenly rang out in the silent living room, breaking the almost frozen atmosphere.

Su Linxue's reply popped up on the screen.

Shen Yu's fingers suddenly curled up, and almost instantly, he grabbed the phone.

Lin Anran immediately moved even closer, her heart pounding in her throat.

The message was very simple, just one line, and one could even imagine the sender's tone of confusion and surprise:

【Huh? Other kids? What do you mean...? I don't know...】

Shen Yu wasn't too surprised when he saw it; he had guessed that Su Linxue probably didn't know something...

"Okay, got it, no problem, thanks."

After giving a brief reply, Shen Yu returned the phone to Lin Anran.

Lin Anran took the phone, looked at Shen Yu with some concern, and asked softly:

"Yu Yu... do you really think... it's possible? You have a sibling or something?"

Shen Yu shook his head and said, "I don't know, but I don't believe in rumors without basis."

Lin Anran didn't know what else to say, so she could only reach out and gently place her hand on the back of his clenched fist, which was resting on his knee.

Suddenly, Shen Yu moved.

He reached into his pocket and took out his phone.

Lin Anran watched him operate rapidly on the screen, his fingers swiping and clicking, seemingly logging into a website or launching an application.

"Yu Yu?" Lin Anran couldn't help but move closer, looking at the rapidly changing interfaces on his phone screen, and asked:

"What are you going to do?"

Shen Yu's finger paused on the screen for a moment, then he looked up at Lin Anran and answered softly:

"Schedule a prison visit."

"ah..."

Lin Anran was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, somewhat surprised...

Schedule a prison visit.

He's going to prison to see his father.

Shen Yu is going to ask the person who might be the only one who knows the whole truth, but who might also be the least willing to tell the truth...

Indeed, if anyone could know anything, it would probably only be Shen Yu's father. Besides asking him, there probably wasn't much else to do.

A few minutes later, Shen Yu made an appointment for three days later.

After his last visit, he had thought he would never go to such a place again and that the man should just die of old age in prison.

But I never expected that I would have to visit that man in prison because of this.

Moreover, you may not necessarily get the answer you want.

Shen Yu carefully packed everything away, put it back in the box, placed it in a corner, and said:

"Okay, let's not think about such complicated things for now. We should know in a few days. Let's not think about it now."

Lin Anran watched as Shen Yu concealed his emotions. It was clear that he cared quite a bit, but he knew that caring was useless, so he buried it in his heart for now.

Lin Anran knew she shouldn't bring it up now, so she nodded, smiled slightly, and said:

"Okay... I'll go heat up your medicine! Wait here, Yu Yu..."

"Ah... take your medicine..."

Just thinking about the bitter Chinese medicine from last night made Shen Yu's mouth start to taste bitter.

But there was no other way; to cool down, I had no choice but to drink it obediently...

Lin Anran went to the kitchen and heated up Shen Yu's Chinese medicine. The temperature was just right, so it wouldn't burn his mouth when he drank it.

Shen Yu watched Lin Anran come out carrying the Chinese medicine, took a deep breath, and silently prayed... It's okay, I'll just hold my breath and drink it all in one go...