Chapter 58: 3.17 Second Small Star – Before the Storm

Meng Lan had gone missing for a few days. He didn't go home for a week and never called even once. Meng Huang finally felt something happened to Meng Lan which is why he visited his son at the company.

Upon entering the CEO office he saw his precious son seated on Mo Yijun's lap naturally while doing his work. With the latter's arms wrapped around Anya's waist hugging him from the back, they were talking about work.

A project about Anyi City which used to be called the underground city.

Meng Huang with a dark face, fuming in anger, "D-Damn brat! L-Let go of my precious son!" said the doting father of Meng Anya upon entering the CEO office.

The couple just looked at the fuming figure of their father with innocent expressions on their faces saying, 'Why are you here?'. When the old man saw such mirrored expressions on the couple made him get more angry.

Meng Huang, "An'er get off him. Else you'll have to be separated until your marriage day!"

Hearing such convincing threats from the childish old man of theirs, the two can only reluctantly separate from each other.

After all it took a long time before they formally convinced this old man to accept their engagement. Though the minister's secret visit had more substantial effect when he came over to talk to Meng Huang and Xue Ling formally asking for Meng Anya to be engaged to his only legitimate son, Mo Yijun. As for the content of their adult conversation the couple of course knew thanks to the surveillance system Galaxia who allowed them to watch the live feed of these adult's conversations.

To summarize the conversation, the Prime Minister had sold his son, Mo Yijun to Meng Anya. He promised to give everything owned by the Minister's house to Anya after the two got married. Except for the minister position reserve for Mo Yijun almost everything was presented to Anya as a dowry by this Prime Minister. Of course, at the beginning Meng Huang is not willing to let his son be with Mo Yijun.

At first he thought that the boy lied to him as Mo Yijun never told him that he was the hidden lord of the underworld whom he made business with a few more times in the past. Meng Huang had always thought that the Lord of underworld to be an dangerous old man, never would he have expected it to be the same young man who instantly replied to his issued task 'Looking for the strongest bodyguard'.

He should have thought it through. After having business with the underworld, the latter side never accepted his tasks on the same day he issued it. It usually took a few days or a week before his task got approved. Only for that last task of looking for his darling son's bodyguard that the underworld had replied immediately. Much less for the real lord to come over his house playing the role of his darling son's bodyguard himself.

If his brother-in-law, Xue Ling didn't talk to him over the intimate relationship of the children and that his darling son loves Mo Yijun a lot. He would never accept the offered engagement of this treacherous Prime Minister who had a deep rooted crush towards his own wife. Tsk! He knew what kind of obsession this old bastard feels towards his deceased wife. If this man didn't treat his darling son as his most precious one in the world, he wouldn't allow this man to live.

It took a few days before their engagement was officiated. But their marriage was postponed as they still needed to find the missing Meng Lan who suddenly disappeared after that day Mo Yijun confronted Cao Junzi almost making the latter the last eunuch in China. The couple knew where Meng Lan is, using the Surveillance System Galaxia, but Meng Anya is not willing to save him.

Within the three chances he had given Meng Lan, two of it had been used up. First is when he schemed to steal their company and second is when he had planned to gang rape his elder brother. He only had one chance left to make an action that would convince Meng Anya to spare him. Not helping him is Anya's decision, he wanted to see how Meng Lan would move when the person he loves still wanted to hurt Meng Anya. Whether he will choose his family or the person he loves.

Moreover Galaxia is a main system that only Meng Anya and his husband could access while the control for the subsystem Milky Way is under Lin Xia and his lover, Ye Baiyu.

Few days later the engagement between them was secured. The Prime Minister's House had opened a Press Conference introducing Mo Yijun as the only legitimate heir for the Minister's throne. Of course, the relationship between Meng Anya and Mo Yijun was revealed on the same day. Mo Yijun's reputation soared after that conference. Many ladies from the upper spectrum wanted to have their daughters or sons be betrothed to Mo Yijun.

It didn't take long for news about Meng Anya not being suitable for Mo Yijun to spread online. The couple choose to ignore it. Though Mo Yijun secretly ordered Lin Xia and Ye Baiyu to take control of the news online making sure to spread it more. In the end, the group of old men from the government couldn't hold back their anger seeing the name of the most precious pearl of their country getting tarnished in such a way. To clear Meng Anya's bad rumors, they had no other choice but to reveal his other identity.

Few days after that Meng Anya's hidden identity as the country's precious pearl was revealed. The news and facts about his hidden identity rendered everyone speechless.

Meng Anya, globally known as the devilish world genius 'Odin'. His identity has always been highly confidential. His inventions like Artificial Intelligence controlled systems like 'Meteor' was widely known under his name as Odin.

Meteor is an information security system used to gather information globally with highly secured system firewalls. The government uses this system to catch wanted criminals and prevent hackers from taking over their country's database. He also helped in inventing precise radar and new invented military weapons in secret for the country. These are some few things Meng Anya had given to the government as an offering for his freedom. He will provide them innovative inventions in exchange they protect his identity as Odin. Even those theories under nano materials were perfected by him as well.

They even know his extremely high technology new invention. The Artificial Womb that combines people's genes to create a baby which is not that different from a baby from a natural birth of a woman. The duration for the baby to be born is the same as natural birth. After 9 to 11 months the parents will be able to bring home their baby with them. The first baby that was successfully born from AW (Artificial Womb) is a baby whose parents were a pair of same sex couple who worked under Odin.

Currently their baby is already one year old and there are no problems with the child at all. The first baby got both parents' features and at sight knew who the parents were. This godly invention that creates even a new life even made Odin more famous especially towards those same sex couple whose dream is to have a child of their own. They were extremely delighted when the facilities for AW were opened to the public.

Numerous same sex couple came over to get enlisted. They were tasked to donate any amount which will be used to make more facilities worldwide. The truth is that no one had expected him to be Odin. At first when the engagement between him and Mo Yijun were announced, they thought that Mo Yijun was blind for choosing a hedonist young master like Meng Anya as wife and was disappointed.

But after learning about Meng Anya being Odin, they felt that the two were meant together. Both identities were highly classified, and they saw how they love each other when they re-watched their engagement ceremony. Mo Yijun's hands have never left Meng Anya's waist the whole night.

When eating the two shared utensils and feed each other. They even saw the scene when Meng Anya fell asleep that Mo Yijun placed him on his lap hugging him to his embrace letting him sleep as much as he wanted. Even when the party was over Meng Anya was carried by Mo Yijun in his arms to their car.

Their love was well known and globally accepted except for one.

In a secret villa under the Cao Family.

A well decorated living room with 24 inches flat tv was hanging on the wall.

Cao Junzi, who is currently holding the remote with his trembling hands, is currently watching the television which broadcasted the rerun of the Engagement Ceremony between Mo Yijun and Meng Anya. Both Cao Junzi and Meng Lan under house arrest were shocked by Mo Yijun and Meng Anya's identities.

One is the next in line for the throne of Ministry while the other is a precious pearl of their country. It can be said that Mo Yijun was the next minister in line to have the right power to be able to protect their country's treasure which is Meng Anya. Odin, the founder of the newly created global system, Helix, a subsystem under the Milky Way.

Helix is an AI controlled system which connects the whole reality into a world called Virtual Reality. Together with a worldwide distribution of VR connectors in the form of helmets, chips, and lifesaving capsules, which allows one to enter the Virtual World. Virtual World can be considered a new world controlled by the allied countries leaders with China in lead.

Odin created this new world allowing vast new resources which can be contributed to the globe. Because of this, many wanted to kidnap Meng Anya like in the original plot, but under the severe protection of Mo Yijun, who eliminated the culprits on spot, was able to control the others with fear of his defying strength, cruelty and mercilessness.

In China he was called Yan Luo (King of Hell), while outside the country he is known as Loki. Because of these achievements, Meng Anya's task to repair the World Error is about to be completed. Once his lifetime for this world ended, this world was scheduled for a reset and upgrade. Making this little small star evolve to a semi-futuristic world in the future.

On the other hand, unable to bear his envy and jealousy, Cao Junzi threw the remote to the screen before him, the sounds of something breaking was heard. The screen of flat television before them was fragmented. Meng Lan was not able to escape on time making a few shards to scratch his arm which he used to protect his face.

CRASH!!! Blood was flowing on Meng Lan's arms, but his expression was indifferent as if he doesn't feel the pain of his bleeding arms at all. After being imprisoned in the villa without being able to escape or contact even his family he had long lost his love and kindness for Cao Junzi.

If not for the fact that he heard from the servants of this villa that his father and brother were doing everything to look for him, he would have long taken his life in despair.

[A/n: Because the details and use of the systems' made by Odin is considered confidential by the government that the media were not able to share to the people of its strength and limitation as it was forbidden by law. Layman only sees the systems Odin made as a superficial virtual gaming world and a high technology program. No one even knew the existence of Galaxia and Milky way which had the full control of Helix and Meteor Systems. ([Core System: (Galaxia)], [Galaxia's sub-main system: Milky Way], [Milky way's subsystems: Helix and Meteor])].

In rage Cao Junzi, "That bastard! Bastard!!! Next Prime Minister!? Who the hell are they kidding!? He doesn't have that right!?"

Rebuke Meng Lan, "He is the only legitimate son of the current Prime Minister. If it's not brother-in-law to be seated next in line as the Minister, then no one has the right."

Cao Junzi grabbed Meng Lan by his collar in anger, "Do not call him brother-in-law! Only the Business Emperor is as worthy as Meng Anya's other half!!!"

Meng Lan glared at him with eyes full of hostility. "You do not deserve my Big Brother at all!!!"

Hearing the words Meng Lan just said made the rage inside his mind berserk. With his thoughts cloud with anger Cao Junzi suddenly grabbed Meng Lan's throat intending to strangle him. He's eyes reddening in fury, clouding his mind with nothing but anger.

Cao Junzi in rage, "Take it back! There's no one but me who deserves Anya more. If he cannot become mine, then... No one else would be able to do so!"

Meng Lan choked badly when he felt the hand wrapped around his neck lessen in strength.

Coughing...! Wheezing...~

Cao Junzi who calmed down for a moment when he heard Meng Lan's constantly coughing, then seeing the reddish strangle marks on Meng Lan's slender neck, he couldn't help but felt slight guilt in his heart. Though his eyes remained cold and indifferent as he looked at Meng Lan unconsciously, worry glinted from within those cold irises as he saw Meng Lan's miserable state because of his berserk actions.

He couldn't understand his feelings. He wanted to possess Meng Anya but looking at Meng Lan he felt that in this world this man should be the person he is supposed to love. But controlled by his jealousy, lust and greed, his thoughts focus on wanting to have Meng Anya. Burying his adoration and feelings towards the Meng Lan to his subconsciousness.

Preparing to leave the place, he first left orders to his people to call a doctor to treat Meng Lan and kept him locked up in his villa.

"Call my private doctor. Don't let him escape. Commence the plan for tonight 's party." Said Cao Junzi before taking his leave.

Not noticing that Meng Lan's eyes, whose head was lowered, were emitting coldness and disappointment that never would he have expected from before. Meng Lan completely lost his love towards Cao Junzi and his heart slowly tainted with hatred and disgust. His heart had been completely broken the moment this man had treated him worse than before. In his heart he couldn't help but blame himself for being blind. Like this kind of man, is he brain damaged?