I became the God Brother of the Regent King after Transmigration!-Chapter 318 - 240: Meaning

"So... should I leave again?"

Upon hearing Gu Lan’s words, Wei Chengyuan stood stunned for a while, dumbfounded, and asked.

There were still patches of dirt smudges on his face, and his eyes were wide open. Gu Lan thought he looked like he had grown a pair of drooping dog ears on his head.

Gu Lan: "That’s not necessary, making it seem like I’m messing with you... Besides, I have something to tell you."

She looked towards Rong Heng: "Brother Hang, don’t you think Yuan looks familiar?"

Rong Heng glanced at Wei Chengyuan, his voice cold and indifferent: "Besides you, I never look at other men."

Gu Lan felt a numbness in her head and said: "Shut up!"

Only then did Rong Heng scrutinize Wei Chengyuan more carefully.

Such a tall stature, taking up so much space.

Familiarity he didn’t feel, just irritation at the sight of him.

Rong Heng’s eyes narrowed: "Earlier, when Wei Junzhuo wanted to speak to you alone, did he mention anything about Wei Chengyuan besides the matter of Li Yuanju?"

Gu Lan: "Yes, Brother Hang, you also think Yuan and Wei Junzhuo are quite similar, right?"

Rong Heng: "No, I was just guessing."

"..."

Wei Chengyuan looked confused: "What are you guys talking about? Why can’t I understand any of it?"

Gu Lan furrowed her brow and silently moved a few steps away from him: "It’s been a while since we’ve met, Yuan, you’re getting dumber, and why do you smell so bad?"

Wei Chengyuan: "I... smell?"

He sniffed himself and immediately pinched his nose, hastily explaining:

"Sorry, Lanlan, when I was traveling, I ran out of provisions and was too hungry. I had no choice but to eat a Heart Closing Pill, then I traveled continuously. The last time I bathed was when I passed a small stream, and now it’s been ten days..."

Gu Lan twitched the corners of her mouth, feeling as if she too had become smelly, especially when looking at Wei Chengyuan’s face, she now felt that even Wei Junzhuo was not so noble and cold.

"Eating the Heart Closing Pill again, you think it can stave off hunger? No wonder you’ve become dumber since last time."

Gu Lan said, opening her palm with a serious tone.

"This time, give me all the Heart Closing Pills, you’re not allowed to eat a single one. Even if you develop antibodies and won’t lose your memory, eating them as meals will make you an idiot. If you become an idiot, I won’t want you."

Wei Chengyuan felt very aggrieved, but seeing Gu Lan say such harsh words about not wanting him, he reluctantly took out the small box from his pocket and handed it to Gu Lan.

Gu Lan opened it and counted; there were still more than a dozen pills inside.

Wei Chengyuan asked: "Lanlan, now can you tell me what you wanted to say?"

She put away the Heart Closing Pills, gazed into Wei Chengyuan’s eyes, and slowly said:

"What I want to tell you is, Yuan, you still have an older brother... even an older sister."

"Older brother?" Wei Chengyuan’s eyes slightly trembled, repeating the words.

"They are General of Wei, Wei Junzhuo, and Princess Consort Jin, Wei Liuyu. You are a descendant of the former Imperial Family of Wei Country."

After Gu Lan said it, she suddenly remembered what Marquis Gu once said.

He said that back when Wei Liuyu appeared in the Capital City to build a Wei intelligence network and frame Madam Zhou, she used the guise of "seeking relatives."

Isn’t it possible that Wei Liuyu wasn’t lying back then, that she really wanted to find Yuan? But at that time, Wei Chengyuan might have been in the Northern Territory, beside Old Marquis Gu, so she naturally couldn’t find him.

Yuan is a descendant of the Wei royal family; did Old Marquis Gu know his identity?

Wei Junzhuo is stationed at the Southern Border of Yan Country, but Yuan was raised in the Northern Territory. Did he get lost or was he secretly plotted against by someone? Wei Junzhuo didn’t ask about Yuan’s specific identity, perhaps considering this point too.

As she pondered, Wei Chengyuan kept repeating "brother, sister," his amber eyes gradually turning murky and dark.

Rong Heng was the first to notice something amiss and called out: "Wei Chengyuan?"

"No..." Wei Chengyuan let out a low growl, his tall figure crashing to the ground.

"Yuan!" Gu Lan hurriedly called out his name.

Wei Chengyuan tightly closed his eyes, yet curled into a ball on the floor.

His muscles were spasming and trembling, arms hugging himself, groping on the ground, he hid in a corner and buried his head in his arms.

"Brother, sister... don’t... brother, save me..." Wei Chengyuan mumbled incessantly.

"Yuan, Wei Chengyuan, what’s wrong with you!?" Gu Lan urgently looked at him.

The man in front of her seemed to recall something terrifying, such a tall and agile young man, now hiding in the corner, trembling, too afraid to even open his eyes.

Seeing him like this, Gu Lan’s heart ached, suddenly recalling how Wei Chengyuan used to like crouching under the tree stump at Step Lotus Hall, always so quietly.

"No, don’t... don’t bully him, and don’t..."

As Wei Chengyuan said this, he suddenly fell to the ground, dry-heaving with gut-wrenching intensity, his face immediately turning pale as paper.

Gu Lan disregarded the filth on him, grabbing his arm, and shouted word by word next to his ear: "Yuan, look at me! You are Wei Chengyuan of Dingyuan Marquis Mansion! No other person has anything to do with you!"

Wei Chengyuan painfully opened his eyes, after seeing Gu Lan in front of him, he froze for two seconds, then hugged his head and beat the hard ground repeatedly.

"My head, it hurts, Lanlan, my head hurts so much—" Wei Chengyuan murmured, and soon, his forehead had turned a bluish hue.

"He must have gone through some bad experiences, and those experiences are related to Wei Country." Rong Heng squatted down, pressed a point on Wei Chengyuan.

Wei Chengyuan finally stopped trembling, he looked at Gu Lan, reached out a hand, gently stroked her soft hair, his gaze gentle like a harmless little animal:

"Lanlan... don’t worry, I will protect you."

After he said that, he fainted.

Gu Lan stared at him blankly, the warmth of his palm still seemed to linger on her head.

After checking his pulse, Rong Heng shook his head: "His body is fine, it’s his mind that’s ill. I can’t treat the mind."

Gu Lan said: "The last time he had such an episode, it was when he recalled the battle in Yunzhou. He blamed the deaths of Old Marquis Gu and Aunt on himself, ate the Heart Closing Pill to forget, but this time, it’s even worse."

Rong Heng lowered his gaze, recalling: "Do you remember the dossier I investigated about Wei Chengyuan back then?"

Gu Lan nodded: "The dossier said he was the adopted son of Old Marquis Gu, his father was General Wei Zheng under Old Marquis Gu’s command."

Rong Heng said: "When Wei Chengyuan was six, his father, Wei Zheng, died in battle, that’s when he became Old Marquis Gu’s adopted son. In that case, Wei Zheng wasn’t his father, but a false identity created by Old Marquis Gu. Only Old Marquis Gu could forge those family records for him, and something happened to him in Wei Country before he turned six."

"These matters, I’m afraid, only Wei Junzhuo knows clearly."

Gu Lan narrowed her eyes, recalling Wei Junzhuo’s emotionless golden eyes.

The next day, Wei Chengyuan slowly woke up.

He remembered what Gu Lan said before he fainted, but he couldn’t think deeply about it; his face was still very pale.

"So, I’m not a member of the Wei Family..." Wei Chengyuan’s voice was filled with loss.

He wasn’t Wei Zheng’s son, so he had no real connection to the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion. But he liked the mansion; he was meant to protect Lanlan.

"Since grandfather gave you the Wei Family identity, you are Wei Chengyuan of Dingyuan Marquis Mansion, and by giving you that name, it meant he had already regarded you as a true family member." Gu Lan looked into his amber eyes and said earnestly.

The name of Old Marquis Gu of Dingyuan Marquis Mansion was indeed Gu Yuan.

And Yuan’s "Cheng" character, shared with Marquis Gu, Gu Chengluan, and Second Young Master Gu, carries the Old Marquis Gu’s "Yuan," sufficiently proving he is a member of the Gu family despite not bearing the Gu surname.

Wei Chengyuan steadily looked at Gu Lan, before his eyes flashed fragments of memories—he remembered a young Lanlan still in her swaddling clothes, babbling her first words with a child’s voice.

Once, confusion and helplessness were dispelled when he witnessed the birth of new life, hearing a newborn’s first cry.

From then on, Gu Lan became his purpose for living in this world.

"We won’t mention Wei Junzhuo again, nor Wei Liuyu, you are yourself."

Gu Lan realized that what pushed Yuan beyond his limits wasn’t the names Wei Junzhuo or Wei Liuyu, but the terms ’brother’ and ’sister.’

Wei Chengyuan returned to his senses, smiled gently, and with resolve and stubbornness said:

"Lanlan, I will always be Wei Chengyuan of the Gu family, not someone from Wei Country."