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There is physical and breathing proof of Peng Chuyue in Xiao Zhan's house even after his death.
And they are looking at Yibo right now. A boy and a girl, twins, nearly 4 years old. Late Peng Chuyue and Xiao Zhan's pups.
Maybe if he didn't know who was their dead omega parent, Yibo would have felt a little sympathy for the kids, even find them cute, but he can't. They are a reminder for Yibo that he's only a replacement in the household and that before him, there was another person in his place.
You can't compete with the dead, an old saying says.
But Yibo will try.
Caressing his pregnant belly he looks at the children and puts on his fake smile, even if they don’t like it, he is here now.
"Baba, who is he?"
"A-Ming, A-Chen, this is Yibo, starting today he will live with us, he's my husband"
New husband, but that remains unsaid.
Because maybe the "new" part would be difficult to explain to the children. How could you explain to them that his father remarried and his new spouse will come to live with them? In their childlike way they are still mourning their dead dad. From time to time they still ask about him, where he is? Will he come back?
But Peng Chuyue is dead, he has been dead for three years. He’s not coming back. Yibo made sure of that.
"Baba, why is Yibo fat?"
"Oh! A-Ming don't say that! He's pregnant. Soon you will have a little brother or sister to play with"
"Are they in Yibo's belly, baba?"
"Yes, they are"
"Just like we were in A-die's belly?"
Yibo stares at them, here they're again the little monsters mentioning Peng Chuyue. It would be better if they just shut up and play in the garden with their toys, far away from Xiao Zhan and him.
Maybe one-day Yibo would conveniently leave the door open and just let them get lost. But that's a bad plan, the service looks very diligently for the kids. After all, they are the same staff that was there under the orders of Xiao Zhan's first husband. They still care too much for Peng Chuyue, Yibo looks at them still polishing his photograph in the living room very earnestly. They are polite with Yibo but he knows they don’t like him. They seem to have their own opinion about Xiao Zhan's decision to marry Yibo and knock him up, just three years after Peng Chuyue died. Luckily their opinion doesn't matter.
There is something primal screaming at Yibo, that the children are a threat to him and his unborn pup. They look just like Xiao Zhan, with their big eyes and nice smile. But they still smell foreign to him, anytime he spends too much time with them he needs to throw up, and it’s not due to his pregnancy it is because they stink of Peng Chuyue.
After he kills them he feels sorry. Not for them, but for Xiao Zhan, he will cry and get sad, he knows.
But it will pass and Yibo will give him how many pups he wants and they will live happily ever after. Xiao Zhan has him now, he and their pup are all he needs. Yibo will make sure of that.