Chapter 36 Brotherly War

That night, on the top floor of the City Lord’s Palace.

Fu Xingchen's slender and strong arms were lazily placed on the railing, and his eyes were aimlessly examining the royal city he had built in the darkening night, like a wolf king hiding in the dark and observing his prey.

Such a quiet and deep atmosphere was broken by the slow and clear sound of footsteps.

Fu Xingchen did not show any displeasure at being disturbed. As the footsteps got closer, he lowered his eyes and raised his lips, but his eyes were even colder than before.

Fu Xingyan bit the candy into pieces, raised his hand and threw the stick out of the rooftop, and finally stopped behind Fu Xingchen, leaving a distance between the two of them that was neither far nor near.

As soon as he finished his work and walked out of the institute gate, he was called over. He originally thought that they were there to discuss the matters of the regular leadership meeting, but since they were asked to meet on the top floor, it was obvious that they didn't want to discuss anything formal with him.

Thinking about it more carefully, he seemed to be able to guess why Fu Xingchen sacrificed his time to accompany Shao Leyan and also specially asked someone to call him over.

The answer is obvious.

"You don't have to go to this regular meeting. Just stay in the dungeon!"

Fu Xingyan was just about to strike first, but Fu Xingchen's words were completely unexpected to him, making the jealous love scenes he imagined in his mind seem naive and superficial.

His heart was blocked, his brain suddenly short-circuited, and he asked, "Why?"

Fu Xingchen then straightened up and looked back at this closest relative who was cut from the same mold as him and whose blood was thicker than water. His cheeks were tense, his lips were tightly pursed, and his expression was calm, even with a bit of rigid solemnity.

"Need I say more?"

Fu Xingyan shook his head in confusion.

He always thought that his brother wanted to seek an explanation from him because of Shao Leyan's matter and advised him not to have any inappropriate thoughts.

After all, what he said to Shao Leyan at the dinner table and his actions of deliberately interrupting the warm atmosphere between them could not escape Fu Xingchen's mind.

He was expecting to be blamed, scolded, and even be willing to accept a fight.

He was eager to make Fu Xingchen realize that it was unfair that he was the only one who was happy.

From Mu Jiaojiao to Shao Leyan, no matter who he has emotional entanglements with, it is not a matter of two people, but a tug-of-war between three people.

After waiting for so long, it turns out to be just a trivial matter of attending the regular leaders' meeting?

Fu Xingyan did not give up.

"Of course. If you don't explain clearly, how can I know the reason?"

"I don't want you to bother me and Yanyan anymore," Fu Xingchen said, his cheek raised impatiently, his voice lowered. "At this regular leadership meeting, I will publicly announce my wife in front of everyone. There's no need for a brother-in-law here. Just the two of us will be enough."

The more Fu Xingyan listened, the calmer his expression became, but only he knew that his heart was so excited that it was about to jump out of his chest.

The last time I felt this excited was when I learned about Shao Leyan’s special abilities.

His life, as dull and numb as a stagnant pool of water, was thrown into turbulent waves by the appearance of Shao Leyan.

The gray and rainy day ended, and the only seven-colored rainbow appeared when the sky cleared up.

Fu Xingchen waited for a long time, his sharp eyes seemed to want to stare a hole in Fu Xingyan's face, but Fu Xingyan never spoke, and his stunned look made people irritated.

He just thought that Fu Xingyan disagreed with his decision.

This also indirectly proves that Fu Xingyan has some special feelings towards Shao Leyan.

It's not just a simple relationship of exploitation between experimenters and experimental subjects.

However, he finally met his destined match, the love of his life, and even his own brother could not come between them.

He walked up to Fu Xingyan with a cold face and didn't stop until he was able to grab the other's collar.

Fu Xingyan just stared at his movements without showing even a hint of doubt.

No matter whether he really doesn't understand or is pretending not to understand, at least nodding will do.

"What's wrong?" Fu Xingchen asked with a sneer, "Don't you realize that your attention to your sister-in-law is a bit too much? It's enough for me to care about my wife, and there are no conflicts between the two of us that need you to reconcile!"

Fu Xingyan stared at Fu Xingchen's tense face. Looking at his reliable and steady brother, he gritted his teeth and clenched his fists to suppress his anger.

He felt an inexplicable sense of joy in his heart, and his body was shaking with excitement.

That's it.

The life he wants is exciting and full of conflicts like the one he has now.

Fu Xingyan's lips turned pale from pursing, the corners of his lips curled up slightly, and his excited tone fluctuated like waves.

"A regular leadership meeting isn't your wedding. With Shao Leyan here, are you sure you can wholeheartedly deal with that old fox Mu Sheng?"

Fu Xingchen's face darkened, and before he could refute, he heard Fu Xingyan's barrage of questions.

"And Mu Jiaojiao, you must understand her feelings for you, and you once had a crush on her. Seeing that you have a new lover, with her spoiled temper, how could she be kind to Le Yan?"

"There was nothing between Jiaojiao and me from the beginning to the end. You know it best. You had feelings for her and showed your affection to her. I never stopped you."

Fu Xingyan was stunned and tilted his head slightly, leaving only Fu Xingchen's sharp profile visible.

"I was only interested in her because you couldn't get Mu Jiaojiao's love. It wasn't even a good impression of her."

"So now, because I love Yanyan so deeply, you shift your target to her?"

Fu Xingyan burst out laughing, as if he was suddenly amused by Fu Xingchen's words, or thought of something happy.

"Of course not. She is different from others. No one can be compared with her."

The two men were arguing with each other in the dim night, and it sounded like a melodramatic drama of brothers falling in love with the same woman.

But this undercurrent of dispute had a different meaning when Shao Leyan, who was eavesdropping at the corner, heard it.

God knows how she happened to hear the two brothers quarreling, and even the gossip about the world's heroine Mu Jiaojiao was involved, because she was just asked by the assistant to pass a message to Fu Xingchen.

She didn't care who Fu Xingchen had liked. After all, she was just a vine clinging to a big tree, and she had no control over where the branches of the tree extended.

What's more, even if she really minded, Mu Jiaojiao was not someone she, an outsider in the apocalypse, could afford to offend. It was better to keep her distance from other people, so it was better for her to let this gossip go in one ear and out the other.

But I don't know what's wrong with Fu Xingyan. He keeps talking about Mu Jiaojiao, as if he won't stop until he hears Fu Xingyan admit that he and Mu Jiaojiao had some entanglement.

Shao Leyan was getting a little annoyed by what she was hearing, but the two brothers showed no sign of stopping. The conversations they kept repeating were so boring that she was almost falling asleep.