HIS IDENTITY

Siqing woke up very early the next day. He picked his alarm from side table and turned it off. He got out of the blankets and walked to the windows opened the curtains and smiled.

He watched as the sun rays lazily piercing through the clouds and felt like the beautiful sunrise was just like his mood.He yawned lazily as he enjoyed the beautiful view

Today was his first time making breakfast for Su QianQian and he was excited to show off his cooking skills. Thinking of this, he quickly freshened up and ran into the kitchen.

He opened the fridge, seeing all the ingredients he would need he was glad that Aunty Zhao had restocked it before leaving.

Thanking her in his heart, he picked a few eggs, vegetables and some other ingredients that she had left inside.He quickly washed the vegetables then placed his phone aside and watched a few cooking videos repeating the same procedure as he made some buns, boiled eggs, a bowl of red date soup and a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice.

When QianQian walked down the stairs she was surprised to see that breakfast was already set on the table. She pulled a chair and sat down looking at the wholesome breakfast on the table.

Seeing her already in the dinning room Lu Siqing quickly picked up the bowls of soup from the kitchen counter and walked to the dinning room.

"Good morning" he said handing her a bowl of soup.

" Mm" she hummed "Good morning" she said and took the bowl from him." You woke up early just to make breakfast?"

" Of course. I promised to be cooking for you" he smiled and picked a boiled egg and placed it in her bowl.

"You are very capable" she said picking her spoon and scooped some soup from her bowl and softly blew on it.

Watching her pink pouted lips as she blew on the soup, his thoughts unconsciously travelled back to the accidental kiss a few nights ago.

He felt his body react and the tip of his ears, his cheeks and neck quick turned red and his cheeks started to burn. He guiltily bent his head hiding his face in the vapor from his bowl of soup.

Meanwhile QianQian who was seated opposite to him was busy enjoying her food not knowing that someone opposite her was very uncomfortable.

QianQian quickly left the table after getting a call from her assistant and Siqing finally breathed in relief. He was glad that QianQian had not noticed his situation or else he wouldn't know how to explain himself.

That day he stayed at home going through many cooking videos. He was determined to perfect his cooking skills and make her satisfied with him. The way to a woman's heart was definitely through her stomach. He had to capture her stomach first before capturing her heart

Thinking of this he smiled. He believed in his cooking skills and if he could perfect them then he was only one step from capturing her heart.

QianQian came back very late that evening. As she walked in to her bedroom, she was surprised to find it very well organized than she had left it. The bathroom was super clean and her usually messy wardrobe was arranged.

"Wow! This kid can really work like a horse" she said staring at her well organized room. She was a very busy person and barely had time to arrange her things which made her room a little messy. She left most of the cleaning and organizing job to the aunty who cleaned the house.

She walked in to the bathroom and quickly freshened up. As she opened the door and returned to her bed she was surprised to see Siqing walk in carrying a tray with a bowl of hot soup.

"You are not asleep?" She asked

"No. I was working on something on my computer when I had you drive in . So I warmed this bowl of soup for you. You can drink it before going to bed." He said placing it on the bedside table and sat on the couch opposite her.

"Thank you" she picked up the bowl and started drinking the soup. It was so delicious that she didn't want to keep the spoon away from her mouth. Watching her gluttonous behavior Siqing laughed. "Take it slowly or you'll end up scalding yourself" he said amused by her actions.

Feeling embarrassed for her behavior she awkwardly picked a napkin and wiped her lips." Did you clean my room? " She asked

"Yeah. I have to earn my living here. I can't just stay and do nothing" he said playing with the table fan. He was worried that if he didn't do anything she would kick him out.

Since he moved into his father's house he had learnt to take care of himself. No servants were assigned to him so he had to do most of the chores.

When he moved into QianQian's house he decided to work hard and earn his living here. He didn't want to stay idle as he was worried of QianQian getting tired of him and kicking him out. He didn't want to go back to living alone, not now when he finally tasted what it felt like to live with someone who cared about him. Not now when he finally felt what it was like to love someone.

" You don't have to do that. Your leg isn't fully healed yet"

" No, I have to do something for you. You helped me a lot I can't just stay here and do nothing. Am glad to be of help to you." He said.

QianQian felt like there was something wrong with the way he was talking but she couldn't put a finger on it. He made it sound like he was showing gratitude for the care she gave him all this time but in real sense it felt like there was some hidden message in his words.

"Siqing I have something to ask you and it's a bit personal. I hope you don't mind" she said putting the bowl aside and picked a napkin on the tray wiping her mouth elegantly

" You can ask me anything. If am able to answer it I will" he said smiling.

" You...What's your relationship with your family? You have been staying here a long time now and none of your family members have visited or checked on you. Also your evasive attitude the first time we met at the hospital left me a little bit confused."

Ever since they first met, QianQian has been curious about his family. She was curious about what kind of family would not care about the whereabouts of their son let alone call him. Ever since he got injured no one from his family came looking for him

Siqing silently looked at her and didn't say anything. He just stared at her as if he was trying to read something from her face.

Seeing his reaction, QianQian felt worried. She felt like she had said something wrong. More like she had overstepped her boundaries and that's the last thing she wanted. She didn't want to make him uncomfortable

"Actually you don't have to tell me if you don't want to. I just felt curious and decided to ask." She said

" It's okay I can tell you" he said smiling. He couldn't keep his identity hidden forever.

" Actually am an illegitimate child of my family to put it as most people would say am a bastard" he paused looking at her. He looked deep into her eyes watching her every emotion and micro expressions

He wanted to see her reaction to his family background. When he didn't see any disgust in her eyes like how other people look at him with disgust and contempt he suddenly felt at peace. She didn't hate his identity as an illegitimate child.

He found out about his identity when he was sixteen. His mother was a maid who worked at his father's house and had an affair. When his father's family found out of his existence they harassed his mother everyday. His wife threatened his mother countless times to stay away and later his mother passed away in a road accident .

He then moved into his father's house but he was treated terribly and he later moved out when he started campus and haven't been back since then.

"To put it in simple words there is no good relationship between me and my family" he said leaning back in the seat.

He was surprised that he actually said that much about himself to her without any fluctuation in his emotions.

He never talked about his identity for fear of how people would treat him. He has been bullied by other children and his brothers while growing up which lead to this fear. This forced him in to having a small circle of friends because he was worried of how they would treat him.

However,with QianQian he had suddenly said so much about himself unknowingly opening up to her.