Simon was in his room, waiting eagerly for Yibo.

And fortunately, he arrived after some time. Simon smiled and proceeded to walk towards him, but his steps slowed as he heard what in his Yibo's mind

His smile slowly became dim and then dimmer before it completely vanished and then a very horrifying expression covered his face. He stopped dead in his tracks.

Feeling as if his legs had become that of stone and his heart was being bashed by a heavy boulder again and again.

Simon knew that his mother never wanted him and never really cared about for him. He was like a normal person she had in her walk of life.

But he didn't expect this.

"Simon?" Yibo called him out when he saw that Simon had stopped moving and he moved towards him but he only stepped back.

Simon's eyes became wet and once a tsunami of guilt came crashing down his peace.

An experiment?

That was all he was to her?

A damn experiment that was meant to discard because it did not succeed? No, it actually did but she does not know.

Yibo became worried when he saw tears slipping through Simon's eyes and he quickly went towards him and held his hand, "Simon? what happened son?"

Son?

He was her son and her... how can she do that to her own child, how can she experiment on her child?

Simon cried, for her, he killed his father, Zhan... Cheng... he ruined so many lives for her, who only saw him as an experiment.

Simon's heart was crushed into a million pieces and each piece gave him a thousand times more pain.

Simon cried non-stop and Yibo couldn't see his son crying anymore so he hugged him," Shhh... what's the matter son? come on say it."

He does not deserve this, his love, care nothing he deserves nothing.

What has he done?how can he be so blind and kill people who loved him so much to seek validation from someone who only saw him as an experiment.

Oh, how he wished that he had this power to read minds in his last life, how he wished that he knew that he had this power in him as well, it would have been better to read the thoughts of his mother everyone around him.

It would have been so much better if he had found Sean's book before.

Yibo sat down on the bed as he hugged Simon, he let Simon cry on his shoulder.

For a moment he was scared that maybe Simon heard everything he talked about with Zhan and Yanli but that was not possible as Nancy took him away.

After sometime Simon cried himself to sleep and he slowly whispered, before closing his eyes, "I am nothing but a failed experiment."

And Yibo heard that clean and clear, he felt chills run down his spine when he thought that his son knows how cruel this world and he hugged him tighter.

After sometime Zhan also came to the room and he saw Yibo holding a sleeping Zhan, "He fell asleep?"

Yibo nodded, absent-mindedly.

Zhan noticed how disturbed Yibo was and he should it was his son that people were hungry for if they get their hand on it then they will rip him apart.

Zhan gently walked and sat down beside Yibo, "He is asleep, did he cry?"

Zhan asked and Yibo who was tapping Simon's back nodded again, "Why?"

To which Yibo replied, "When I came to the room, he seemed normal and he was also coming towards him but he suddenly stopped in his place and started crying, he cried himself to sleep and didn't tell me anything, but before he fell asleep he only said, ' I am a failed experiment.' "

Zhan's eyes widened, "what? How?"

"Yes," Yibo spoke, "How? how does he know?"

Yibo's voice was shivering, "people say that he is favored that he is blessed but what does it seem like a curse? that tribe Zhan? and those experiments... it is a proof that those people are still trying to produce a favored one.

But there always has been one favored one and that is my son... so all those people who are being sacrificed, it's because of..."

Zhan interrupted him before he can say anything, "Because of their greed, it's their hunger for power, it's not your or Simon's fault."

Yibo sighed, "I don't want my son to live in hiding for the rest of his life, and for what? huh? why is it him that has to be hidden? And those people are free to run rampant and do anything?"

Zhan didn't have the answer to this question so he just held Yibo's hand and squeezed it, "I know... but I guess life is unfair."

Yibo closed his eyes and slowly kept his head on Zhan's shoulder, "I have already lost my parents Zhan... I was only ten when they were murdered in our own home and the Queen blamed it on the bandits, but my father had always criticized the working of this empire.

He strongly opposed the practice of salves and the ridiculous laws of this empire, he always voiced out his opinion, he made an enemy of all three, and guess what he had to be removed from the way. I always knew that these people were the cause of my parent's death, and I couldn't do anything about it.

Because I had no proof, no one to rely on because I was a coward and now they want to do the same to Simon?"

Zhan hugged him and gently touched his head with that of Yibo, whose was on his shoulder, "Your parents also knew about it, Zhan."

Zhan smiled, "I know, my parents also supported your parents, but they were never vocal about their thoughts, and still, they were killed, It cost me their deaths to realize that this empire is not as ideal as it is shown to be..."

Zhan kissed Yibo's head and hugged him tighter, "But I will not let the mistake repeat, what happened with our parents will not happen to us. Simon still has you and no one can take him away from you. I will make sure of that."

Yibo smiled, "I also have you and I will make sure that no one can take you away from me as well..."

Zhan laughed, "And how are you going to do that?"

"I will marry you."

Yibo's verbal attack was like an order to an imaginary swarm of butterflies to attack his fly in his stomach.

Zhan smiled and kissed him on the forehead, "I will marry you too."

Author's note: A short chapter for today, I am feeling really tired today, so Only one update today.