Back to the Peak

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Cheng Hong rarely relented, so Cheng Xuze didn’t want to pursue too much: “It’s alright, but what are your plans for Xiao Ran? Knowing that Xiao Ran doesn’t have radiation energy, why did you have him go to a radiation energy school?”

“Dad, isn’t this good now? Let Ranran stay in Spark City all the time.
As for Spark Academy, Dad, though this arrangement might be somewhat little inappropriate, I don’t care for him much.” Cheng Hong said directly, “With how suddenly he appeared, I can’t treat him as a son.” When Cheng Hong said this, there was even a trace of anger on his face.

Though Cheng Xuze saw this, he couldn’t speak in others’ place.
Anyone who had been plotted by others into having a child might not have good feelings toward that child, let alone that Cheng Hong was a man.
He didn’t have to bear the pain of pregnancy, and naturally had no feelings for the child.

“In that case, let Xiao Ran stay in Spark City in the future.
Don’t treat him badly.”

“Dad, he is my son, after all.
I won’t do anything to him.” Cheng Hong seemed to have some dissatisfaction with Cheng Xuze’s mistrust.

Cheng Xuze mainly wanted to learn about Cheng Ran from his son.
After that, he didn’t know what to say.
Finally, he said, “I signed a contract with Ran Xue a few days ago to open a pharmacy.
I’m afraid the family will be very busy in the future.
If you’d like, you can come back and help out.”

“I don’t know anything about family affairs, so I won’t be of any help if I go.” Cheng Hong’s eyebrows tightened more.

Cheng Hong didn’t say any more.
He slept in the guest room arranged by Cheng Hong with Wang Qing.
After dinner, he also met the pair of Cheng Hong’s children.
Both of them were cute, but they treated him with distant and frosty respect.
He was willing to show kindness, but he didn’t get a response.

Cheng Xuze felt uncomfortable that night, like he was separated from the family by a layer.
Cheng Hong and Qin Liu didn’t have pleased expressions on their faces at all.

“What are you going to do with Cheng Ran?” Qin Liu looked at Cheng Hong and spoke in a bad tone.

“Try again for the last time.
If it still fails, then it’s bad luck.” Cheng Hong gritted his teeth.

“The plan was originally a failure.
Don’t just believe in superstition.” Qin Liu frowned slightly.

“Didn’t you know that he had the best performance at that time? Who would have guessed that in the end, someone else would have performed better, and that on the contrary, he even grew to reject radiation energy.” Cheng Hong sunk in a bad mood when he thought of this wretched matter.

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“This time, a large number of inducers were added to the reagent, which was also prepared according to his genes.
If it succeeded, that would be enough.
If it failed, then his body…”

“Everyone knows that his health has been poor since childhood, and the Cheng family will provide him with food and clothing all his life.
This is a good thing that many people can’t hope for.” Cheng Hong didn’t care.
The story he told Cheng Xuze was a lie, but when he said he didn’t treat Cheng Ran as his own child, that was the truth.

He had just contributed one cell.
He had never associated with Cheng Ran before.
How could he have a father-son relationship with him?

In the early morning of the next day, Cheng Xuze left Anhang City by mobile fortress to return to  Yangtze City.
Cheng Hong had taken  him to the gate of the city.
After seeing him go, he sent a package to another mobile fortress to Spark City.

In fact, Cheng Ran’s health was not bad.
Apart from rejecting radiation energy, he had no other problems.
In some aspects, he was much better than ordinary people.
His resistance to viruses and bacteria was far better than most.

But what was the use of never forgetting? What was the use of strong resistance? If someone found out he was different from others, it might even be detrimental.

After sleeping alone all night, Shi Qingyang found that Gu Changjin’s face was even worse.
In addition, early in the morning, he saw many messages from Cheng Xuze last night.

Cheng Xuze didn’t send those strange and unreliable words this time.
On the contrary, he used a very normal tone and then said something about his children.

Seeing the somewhat vague information about Cheng Ran’s life experience written above, Shi Qingyang smiled and didn’t take it seriously.

Even if Cheng Ran was an illegitimate son, he had not been treated well before.
The only significant part of the matter was just to pay back the money the Cheng Family had spent on him in the future.

In fact, in Cheng Ran’s case, if he had not been brought toCheng Hong, he might have had a better life.
The country’s government raised orphans for free, and if orphans had talent, they would also be fully cultivated.
In Cheng Ran’s case, someone might even have vied to take him under their wing and teach him.

Without a doubt, it was quite lucky for Cheng Ran to have ended up with Cheng Hong.
After all, if Cheng Ran had gone another way, he and Shi Qingyang might not have ever met.

Shi Qingyang comforted Cheng Xuze and went downstairs to find Cheng Ran: “Ranran, do you want to go out to play?”

“Where to?” Cheng Ran asked curiously.

“Go to an amusement park.” Shi Qingyang smiled and said.
When he was sleeping with Cheng Ran before, he found that Cheng Ran had been reading some books about the hunting down treasure.

He had never paid attention to things like this before, but after realizing that Cheng Ran was pursuing him, he was naturally unwilling to be outdone.
Finally, Shi Qingyang found a forum, browsed over the posts, and recalled the TV dramas in his memory.

Amusement parks—a lot of people wanted to go there, right?

Shi Qingyang had not been to an amusement park for more than 20 years, and Cheng Ran had never been.
When they arrived at the place, they both found that it was different from what they imagined.

The rides that went up and down, or spun people around, were all child’s play to Shi Qingyang.
He was also worried about Cheng Ran’s injury, so he wouldn’t play.
Other amusements were childish and didn’t seem fun…

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While Shi Qingyang was struggling, he suddenly saw Cheng Ran stop in front of a machine.

This was a robot decorated with sunflowers.
The face plate was a screen.
As long as you swiped your card to pay a certain amount of money, you could play the displayed mind games.
After passing a certain level, you could also get a lollipop.

In fact, the lollipops were commonly sold outside, but in the eyes of children, the robot’s gifts were always better than the ones they bought, so they eagerly pestered their parents to play.

When Cheng Ran walked by, there was a parent who was playing with different plants on screen.
At first, it was very simple, but when it came to the level where the prize could be won, it became very difficult.
A lot of different plants were crowded together, which made people confused.
Once they were connected wrongly, they would lose time.
The parent was in a hurry and finally failed.
The robot didn’t give a lollipop.

“Do you want to play, Ranran?” Shi Qingyang saw this scene.
While the parent was pacifying their child, he quickly brushed the contact terminal.

Cheng Ran didn’t play fast at first, and just passed the level.
But as time went on, his speed became faster and faster…

The sunflower robot spoke encouraging sounds such as, “Dear, you’re so amazing!” and its words were becoming louder and louder.

Cheng Ran could connect the same alien plants accurately without any pause, so before long, the robot took out a lollipop from its stomach and gave it to Cheng Ran.

However, Cheng Ran continued.
After a while, he broke the record and got two lollipops.
But even so, he still didn’t stop and kept going…

The strange plants on the machine kept popping up over and over, but Cheng Ran passed all the tests.
He shook his aching hands, and his eyes were bright: “This is so interesting.”

“Do you want to continue? You can play other things on it,” Shi Qingyang asked, grabbing the handful of lollipops to hold onto.

“Sure.” Cheng Ran pointed to the ‘Spot the Difference: Mutant Beasts’.

Shi Qingyang held more and more lollipops in his hands.
The three-year-old child who had been pestering his father for lollipops suddenly burst into tears: “Dad, they took all the candy away! Dad!”

Who knew if the child’s heart was somehow linked to the the robot.
At this moment, the petals on the sunflower robot’s head suddenly lit up: “Sorry, all gifts have been delivered.
Please wait a moment.” As soon as the voice fell, the robot suddenly ran away.

Shi Qingyang was holding a large handful of lollipops.
He was almost unable to hold any more.
He thought Cheng Ran would give some to the child, but unexpectedly, Cheng Ran took off his coat and wrapped up all the candy: “Shall we come back when we’ve finish eating them?”

“Sounds good.” Shi Qingyang laughed.

Just as Shi Qingyang and Cheng Ran returned with the big bag of lollipops, Gu Changjin finally received the box sent from Cheng Hong.

Translator’s Note

Aaaahhh baby Cheng Ran!!! Cheng Hong and his wife are so shady and cruel yo.
Don’t let anything bad happen to Ranran ;;;;

Also lmao at ignoring the crying child and taking all the candy away