Chapter 96 Completed

Xiao Huai thought hard for a long time but couldn't figure out who he had a bad influence on.

But since this was someone else's house and they were using someone else's mercurochrome, he tactfully kept his mouth shut.

After applying the red medicine to the wound on his hand, Ji Yao turned around and screwed the cap on the red medicine.

When he turned around, he found Xiao Huai taking off his clothes.

Ji Yao was so frightened that he almost knocked over the table: "What are you doing?!"

Xiao Huai said: "Take off your clothes."

"Why are you taking off your clothes?" Ji Yao gritted his teeth and looked away.

I have to say that Xiao Huai has a really good figure. Serving dishes every day does not affect his ability to develop eight abdominal muscles. His muscles are evenly distributed and slender, showing the beauty of masculine power.

The weather was cold now and he was not wearing much. He quickly took off his clothes and almost exposed his breasts in front of Ji Yao.

"I also have a wound on my back." Xiao Huai said innocently.

"You, you have no shame!" Ji Yao's ears turned red with anger and his whole body was shaking with anger.

Xiao Huai was a little confused: "Why am I shameless?" Then he saw himself taking off his clothes and hurriedly explained: "I didn't mean to offend you on purpose. I just felt that we are both men. Even if you looked at my body, I don't need you to be responsible for me."

After saying that, Xiao Huai smiled shyly: "Actually, I am a very conservative man."

Ji Yao: ...

Xiao Huai said: "I never act like this in front of girls."

He said seriously: "After all, chastity is a man's best dowry."

Ji Yao: ...

Xiao Huai suddenly started chatting to himself and secretly told Ji Yao a secret: "Actually, I'm still a virgin."

Ji Yao felt himself becoming even more speechless: ...

Who the hell wants to know if you're a virgin?!

However, he was quite surprised.

Ji Yao knew that there was a very famous red-light district in this area, and men from far away would go to that street to have fun.

Several single men in Master Liu's restaurant, Xiao Wang, Xiao Kai and Xiao Jian, all saved up their money to go there together. These three men had a good relationship with Xiao Huai and often went out with him. He even thought that Xiao Huai was already an old acquaintance in the red light district.

Xiao Huai did not avoid suspicion. If he avoided suspicion too much, it would make him appear guilty.

Ji Yao recalled some of the unbearable past events, including his junior high school years when he was ostracized, isolated, and beaten.

He picked up the red medicine again and rubbed it on Xiao Huai's back a few times: "Okay."

Xiao Huai said sharply, "I noticed your perfunctory attitude. Are you really done applying it?"

Ji Yao said impatiently: "It's really healed. If you think it's not healed, look at yourself in the mirror."

Why is it so hard to earn this dollar?

After saying this, Ji Yao took out a knife from the cabinet and prepared to peel an apple.

From his perspective, he could see that Xiao Huai really obediently picked up a red mirror. The back of the mirror was printed with a beautiful woman wearing a cheongsam, which was a very popular red flower style.

Like a dog chasing its own tail, it twisted its body into a pretzel.

It's a joke you picked up for free, it's a shame not to read it.

Ji Yao ate it as a meal and peeled off the rotten flesh of the apple. In the end, only the core and the remaining flesh were left.

Xiao Huai confirmed that his wounds were fine. Seeing Ji Yao chewing on an apple, he asked in surprise, "How come you eat so fast? I wanted to ask you for some."

I just saw Ji Yao pick up a knife to peel an apple, and in the blink of an eye, the apple was gone.

After saying that, Xiao Huai saw the rotten fruit flesh on the ground, which was neatly cut by a knife. He suddenly realized that there was something wrong with what he said just now.

After all, Ji Yao was now his savior, so he said, "I think your apples don't look very good."

Ji Yao said with a cold face, "Get lost."

Xiao Huai left in a hurry. It was not that he didn't want to leave, but Ji Yao's face looked very ugly.

He was furious at being exposed, and also seemed to be about to beat him up. Although Ji Yao looked thin and leggy and not very good at fighting, at this moment, Xiao Huai felt that he might be ready to fight him to the death.

It was only after this day that Xiao Huai officially noticed Ji Yao.

He found that Ji Yao's presence in Master Liu's restaurant was almost zero.

That night, Xiao Huai realized that he might have offended Ji Yao, so he thought about compensating him during the day.

But Ji Yao was like a mysterious and elusive hero. Xiao Huai couldn't find him at work, nor could he catch him after get off work. This situation lasted for a long time until a new shampooer, Tony, came to the Dream Hair Salon next to Master Liu's restaurant. He was only 28 years old and was gay.

Tony had a pair of sharp eyes, and he locked his gaze on Ji Yao as soon as he arrived.

Ji Yao had spent all his years working as a laborer, never paying much attention to his appearance. His hair was long, his clothes were unkempt, and he was completely careless about his image. But he and Ji Mian both resembled Lin Minzhi, and even surpassed her in appearance. Living in a small apartment in Master Liu's restaurant, he wore a stern expression all day long. For a while, no one noticed that Ji Yao was a flower that had taken root in the mud and blossomed.

Except Tony.

The first time Tony blocked Ji Yao, he was severely beaten by Ji Yao.

At the same time, Tony saw his appearance clearly and realized that this genius had found a treasure, and his entanglement with Ji Yao became more and more excessive day by day.

One day, Tony stopped Ji Yao after get off work and happened to meet Xiao Huai.

Xiao Huai took a look and thought, wow, heroes appreciate heroes - he originally wanted to say "hero saves beauty", but Ji Yao is a man, and Xiao Huai felt it was weird to say that - the opportunity has come.

So before Tony could give the flowers to Ji Yao, Xiao Huai knocked Tony to the ground with one punch.

Ji Yao was stunned and didn't react.

Tony was also beaten unconscious, and the flowers rolled to the ground.

Xiao Huai said, "Brother, has he been harassing you recently? Don't be afraid. My mom said that a drop of kindness should be repaid with a spring. Last time you saved my life, this time it's just a piece of cake for me to save you!"

At that time, there was no such precise term as "mama's boy", but Ji Yao did feel that Xiao Huai was a mama's boy.

Tony got angry, stood up and cursed: "You are fucking sick!"

When seeing Xiao Huai's height of 1.88 meters, the words "you are sick" became much weaker.

"You're the one who's sick." Xiao Huai's response was also childish: "Why are you harassing innocent people?"

He turned around and didn't forget to comfort Ji Yao: "Don't be afraid, I'm on your side and will help you teach him a lesson."

"Why are you blocking the employees of our Master Liu's restaurant? Tell me! What are your intentions?" Xiao Huai said righteously.

Tony was completely confused: "Who's up to this? I want to date Ji Yao!"

Xiao Huai's heartfelt speech came to an abrupt end.

Ji Mian was listening with great interest and quickly continued to ask, "Brother Xiao, what happened next?"

Xiao Huai said, "Then I found out that your brother likes men!" He was heartbroken and said, "Why didn't your brother tell you earlier? If he had told you earlier, what would have happened to Tony? He got punched in vain."

In fact, the facts are somewhat different from what Xiao Huai said.

Tony's entanglement at that time, coupled with the other party's unscrupulous disclosure of his sexual orientation, was tantamount to pushing Ji Yao into the fire pit in 1993. At that time, Ji Yao felt that everything he had just gained would be taken away from him, and he had even thought about how to resign from Master Liu's restaurant next.

Or, he would first be looked at strangely by Xiao Huai, just like his former classmates, who would feel disgusted and offended, beat him up, and then tell him to get out.

In an instant, many thoughts flashed through Ji Yao's mind, but he didn't expect Xiao Huaiyu to say something shocking: "Dating? Have you asked Ji Yao if he wants to date you? You are forcing him!"

Ji Yao's eyes suddenly widened, and Xiao Huai said, "Don't worry, brother. If you don't want to agree to him, I will help you beat him up."

Tony was also startled, and followed Xiao Huai's words: "Well, then Ji Yao didn't say that he didn't want to be with me..."

"You're talking nonsense." Xiao Huai said shamelessly: "Look at our physical conditions. If Ji Yao likes men, why doesn't he like me instead of you? Is he blind?"

Then he whispered to Ji Yao: "Brother, don't get me wrong, I didn't mean to say that you like me, I was just making a metaphor!"

Tony ran off in a hurry.

Ji Yao came back to his senses and looked at Xiao Huai: "Don't you feel disgusted?"

Xiao Huai said: "What's disgusting?"

Ji Yao's lips moved: "I like men."

Xiao Huai said: "What's so disgusting about this? You haven't broken any laws or disciplines. You can't control the heavens and the earth or whether people like men or not."

Ji Yao's heart lightened up immediately, and for the first time he spoke sincerely to Xiao Huai: "Thank you."

He felt much more relaxed and was in the mood to make a joke: "Aren't you afraid that I like you? You don't like men, do you?"

Xiao Huai said narcissistically: "I understand that you like me. It's only natural for someone as handsome as me to like me. I can understand why you can't help yourself."

Ji Yao smiled and said, "Idiot."

Xiao Huai said: "But I like women, you will always be my brother."

Ji Yao said "hmm", he was indeed not interested in Xiao Huai's style.

After all, normal humans wouldn't think of liking idiots, but people like Xiao Huai are very good friends.

Ji Yao smiled for the first time, and Xiao Huai said, "That's right. You should smile more often and don't have a stern face all day. Oh, and you should cut your bangs too. They're so long and look too sloppy. You can't ignore your personal image just because you like men and don't pick up girls."

As he spoke, he pushed aside Ji Yao's bangs and was stunned for a moment.

Ji Yao slapped his hand away: "I'll think about it."

Then, seeing that Xiao Huai was motionless, he turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Can I take back what I just said?" Xiao Huai said strangely.

Ji Yao didn't understand: "What are you talking about?"

Xiao Huai said: "You will always be my brother."

Ji Yao was touched and said, "Yeah. You too."

Xiao Huai said quickly and sincerely: "Brothers are like limbs, wives are like clothes. The best brother is to be my wife when I don't have a wife..."

Ji Yao's expression changed instantly.

"Your brother was really fierce at that time." Xiao Huai recalled: "I said I was just joking with him, but he punched me."

Ji Mian listened and complained silently: "Brother Xiao, you are not joking at all."

Xiao Huai said, "Of course." He was quite confident: "If this is really a joke, how can I be your sister-in-law here? Then the position of sister-in-law will change hands."

Ji Mian felt that what Xiao Huai said made sense, but Ji Yao's brows twitched when he heard it: "Don't say such foul language!"

"No." Xiao Huai cried out in injustice: "I was talking to Xiao Mian. It's inevitable that we sisters-in-law have more common topics during the New Year. I sat next to the high sofa and listened to my sister-in-law tell stories about the past..."

Ji Mian was so happy that he fell on Fu Chenyu with a smile.

Lin Minzhi also went downstairs at this time and found the bacon she had been talking about. She took it to the kitchen. Lin Yun liked to eat the bacon she cooked, so every time she came, Lin Minzhi would cook this dish.

Tonight is New Year's Eve, and Ji Yao and his friends started preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner in the afternoon.

Lin Yun had informed her family in advance that a friend of hers would come to her house to celebrate the New Year this year. From what Lin Yun said, it seemed that the friend was her college classmate. His parents were both abroad, and he had no one to take care of him in the country, so he came back to Tongcheng with Lin Yun and came to visit.

The little girl's name was Xu Li. She was a little scared when she came to Lin Yun's house. After buying some supplements for the elders, she asked Lin Yun, "Who else is in your family? Should I buy something for your brother?"

Lin Yun said, "No. It's okay, no need to buy."

Xu Li said: "That's not a good idea. It's just two gifts anyway. I'm bothering you during the New Year..."

"It's okay. Our family likes to be lively, don't worry, don't be afraid!" Lin Yun stuck out her tongue.

Xu Li finally felt relieved. She and Lin Yun were roommates in college and had a good relationship. She knew Lin Yun's family situation and also knew that Lin Yun had two brothers.

The eldest brother is married and has children. The nephew is a mixed-race child whose English name is Ethan. The other brother's partner is a boy. Xu Li silently analyzed the words to say hello in her mind, but she must not say the wrong words and make people dislike her.

After contacting her silently several times, he finally followed Lin Yun home.

The door opened, she looked up and was about to say hello, but when she saw the man opening the door, all the lines she had prepared in her head were forgotten in an instant!

Too-too handsome! Help!

Lin Yun jumped up and down to greet him, "Brother Mianmian!"

Ji Mian smiled and said, "It's snowing outside. Come in quickly. Your aunt has already prepared your favorite dishes. Hello, I'm Xiaoyun's brother."

Xu Li stammered, "Brother, hello, hello..."

She thought to herself, wow, is this Lin Yun’s second brother?

Judging from his age, he should be the second brother. He is so handsome. It turns out that all handsome guys are attracted to other handsome guys.

After entering the house, Xu Li heard Lin Yun happily shout, "Second brother!"

Xu Li said "Huh?" in her heart, thinking silently, wasn't that my second brother just now?

Then, she looked up and saw Fu Chenyu sitting on the sofa.

Xu Li almost blurted out, "Holy crap!" She knew Lin Yun was a beauty, but she hadn't expected her family to have such good genes. The salty, handsome guy on the sofa was also quite good! What was going on? Meeting two incredibly handsome guys within five minutes of each other. Was this a New Year's gift from God for her?

After Xu Li greeted Lin Yun, she whispered excitedly in her ear, "Your brother is so handsome. I envy him."

Lin Yun chuckled, "But they all got married young."

This was not the end. When Xu Li saw Ji Yao and Xiao Huai, she was already sitting on the sofa, shocked and speechless.

Lin Yun sneaked into the kitchen in a mischievous manner, called out "Brother Ji Yao" and "Brother Xiao", and then hung on Lin Minzhi, trying to be naughty and wanting to eat the bacon first.

Half an hour later, Lin Yun's real biological elder brother Lin Xi finally arrived. With him came a beautiful blonde girl, Lin Yun's sister-in-law, who was British. She was holding his little nephew Ethan's hand.

The looks of this family of three should not be underestimated.

At this moment, the handsome guy had seen Xu Li so many times that he was numb. He said calmly: "Is this also your brother..."

What she actually wanted to ask was, how many good brothers do you have?

Why are they all so handsome?!

Is this reasonable?!

Xu Li spent the New Year at Lin Yun's house, surrounded by the most handsome men she had in over 20 years. She sat happily on the sofa, praying non-stop. Lin Yun asked her what she was doing, and Xu Li said she was thanking God.

On New Year's Eve, the nanny was sent home early. A not-so-funny Spring Festival Gala skit was being performed in the living room. Ji Yao was dealing with company matters. Xiao Huai sat next to him, using his knees as a mouse pad. His hands were not idle either, cracking walnuts for Ji Yao like a man.

In Xiao Huai's words, men should be more virtuous and considerate, otherwise they will be hated by their husbands sooner or later.

Lin Xi's wife was adjusting to the jet lag upstairs, but the little boy Ethan especially liked to stick to Ji Mian, and was even teased by Lin Xi, who said that Ethan was just like Lin Yun when she was a child, who didn't like his own brother but liked other people's pretty boys.

When the dark history from many years ago was dug up, Lin Yun was so angry that she danced with joy and wanted to fight with Lin Xi.

Ji Mian hugged Ethan and fell asleep halfway through watching TV. The reason he insisted on sitting here was to wait for the moment when the New Year's Eve bell rang and Ji Yao and Lin Minzhi gave him a red envelope.

"Ding, ding, ding--" The New Year's bell rang three times, and finally it came to Ji Mian's favorite part.

Fu Chenyu and Ji Mian received red envelopes from Lin Minzhi and Ji Yao respectively. As soon as he got them, he said thank you sweetly. Just like when he was a child, he put his arm around Fu Chenyu's neck and said exaggeratedly: "Fu Chenyu, we are rich!"

Lin Minzhi looked at them with a smile, and Xiao Huai reached out to Ji Yao pitifully: "Husband, do I have a red envelope?"

Then Ji Yao twisted it hard with his hands.

Lin Yun and Xu Li received the most red envelopes. Xu Li was flattered. She didn't expect that Lin Minzhi and the others had also prepared red envelopes for her.

Lin Yun told her to take it with peace of mind. The two little girls had no interest in watching the Spring Festival Gala downstairs. They didn't even watch the second half. They just held their phones and whispered to each other.

The snow outside was getting heavier, and the heat inside the house had painted a layer of frost on the windows.

Warm and bright light came through the small window. Ji Mian was holding Ethan, and their two heads, one big and one small, were lying on the table.

Ethan didn't know Chinese very well, so Ji Mian took out a Chinese pinyin chart and taught him to read sentence by sentence.

Fu Chenyu looked at him with a hidden smile, and heard Ji Mian's clean voice, as gentle as water: "Do you know how to pronounce this? Uncle will teach you a formula passed down from our ancestors today."

Ethan stared at Ji Mian with wide eyes. Ji Mian pointed at the Chinese table and said, his eyes curved into crescents:

"The little fish touched 'Ji, Qi, Xi' and wiped away her tears without crying..."

"Little Fish met 'Ji Qi Xi' and wiped away her tears, smiling..."

The voice sounded in Fu Chenyu's ears again, enunciating each word, spanning decades of time.

Twenty years have passed, and nothing has changed.

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