Chapter 76: Isn’t the relationship too complicated?

Shi Xiaoai turned around and saw two half-grown boys standing at the gate of their yard. They were standing facing them stiffly without saying a word.

The two boys were about sixteen or seventeen years old, one was about seven or eight years old, and they were dressed exactly the same, both wearing military uniforms, military caps, and a pair of cotton gloves around their necks.

They look quite similar, and it seems they are brothers.

Judging from their clothes, the two children should come from well-off families, but they both look a little disheveled.

Especially the little one, it looked like he had fallen.

I don't know where the sleeve was rubbed, but half of the sleeve was covered with black kerosene. There was a large abrasion mark on the knee, and there was a hole in the pants.

When they saw the family coming back, the two children's eyes first showed joy, but then the joy turned into uneasiness.

The younger one even moved closer to the older boy and grabbed his sleeves with his hands.

When Xiao Ai was about to ask who they were, Cheng Yang had already gotten out of the car.

He walked towards the two children, stopped when he got close, and rubbed the older one's head with his hand, saying, "You've grown so big."

The boy's tears suddenly came down.

He suddenly covered his face with his hands and sobbed.

Cheng Yang sighed, stretched out his arms and pulled the boy into his arms, gently scolding him: "Why are you crying? You're already an adult, but you're still acting like a child."

Although he was scolding, his tone was so gentle that anyone could hear the heartache in it.

"Brother!" the boy finally cried out.

"Brother! Brother!" He called out repeatedly.

The word "brother" seemed to open a valve, causing him to ignore his younger brother. He shook off the child and hugged Cheng Yang tightly with both hands, then cried out: "Brother, you can't leave me this time!"

The voice sounded extremely aggrieved.

Cheng Yang didn't answer. He just hugged his brother back tightly, pressed his head on his shoulder, and buried his head in his brother's hair.

Shi Xiaoai didn't ask anything. She jumped out of the car and then picked up the two children.

Mingrui, who had just been arguing with Cheng Yang and showing disgust towards him, now held his sister's hand tightly and looked seriously at the two brothers hugging each other in front of him. There was a tension in his eyes that he himself was not aware of.

Shi Xiaoai didn't have any memory of these two children, but from the voice she could tell that the older one must be Cheng Yang's younger brother.

But didn’t Cheng Yang’s parents divorce when he was a teenager?

Who is that little one?

She couldn't help but look at the little guy who had a nervous and uneasy look on his face.

The child felt Shi Xiaoai's gaze and nervously leaned towards his brother.

But he soon mustered up the courage and called out to her clearly, "Sister-in-law."

The voice was not loud, but the pronunciation was absolutely clear. Not only did Xiao Ai hear it clearly, but even the two brothers who were originally hugging each other and crying couldn't help but stand up straight and look at him.

Shi Xiaoai did not answer immediately.

She smiled at the child, then turned to look at Cheng Yang, whose emotions had calmed down, and said to him, "Don't stand at the door anymore. Let's talk about it when we get home."

Cheng Yang finally reacted. He pointed at the tall boy and introduced him to Shi Xiaoai: "This is my brother Cheng Lin."

Then he looked at Cheng Lin and said, "This is your sister-in-law."

Cheng Lin quickly wiped the tears from his face, smiled at Shi Xiaoai a little embarrassedly, and called out in a hoarse voice, "Sister-in-law."

Shi Xiaoai agreed and nodded at him.

While the two of them were greeting each other, Cheng Yang's eyes fell on the little guy.

He looked the child up and down, his expression calm but his eyes were quite sharp.

Under his scrutiny, the already somewhat reserved child became noticeably nervous.

He moved closer to Cheng Lin in fear and grabbed his brother's sleeve.

Seeing this, Cheng Lin quickly held his brother's hand and explained to Cheng Yang, "Brother, this is Cheng Kai, our younger brother, our biological brother."

He emphasized the last word.

After he finished speaking, he didn't dare wait for Cheng Yang to respond and immediately pulled Cheng Kai again, even deliberately put his arm around his shoulders and urged him, "Call me brother quickly!"

Cheng Lin's tone sounded a bit disgusted, but the people present could still clearly feel the closeness between the two brothers.

And Cheng Kai's dependence on Cheng Lin, and Cheng Lin's love for Cheng Kai.

Cheng Yang watched the interaction between his two younger brothers calmly, his expression did not change, but his eyes were extremely complicated.

Despite being urged repeatedly by his brother, Cheng Kai did not show any dissatisfaction.

On the contrary, after meeting Cheng Yang's eyes again, he suddenly grinned and shouted clearly: "Brother!"

The voice was loud, and his expression was filled with undisguised joy.

The same thing happened when he looked at Cheng Yang, his eyes were filled with happiness, admiration, respect, and pride...

Cheng Yang raised his eyebrows, suddenly feeling uncomfortable being stared at by the child.

I couldn't express the dissatisfaction stuck in my heart no matter what.

He nodded, then reached out to help the child straighten his military cap.

Then he looked at his brother deeply, gritted his teeth and said, "Go home first, and we'll talk about it when we get back."

Pushing open the gate, several people moved the things from the car into the house.

Shi Xiaoai sent them to the cabin to talk, and went to the kitchen to turn on the stove, wash her hands and cook.

A few minutes later, Cheng Yang followed in. He had already changed out of his new clothes. As soon as he entered the room, he started rolling up his sleeves, then came over and said, "Let me help you."

"No need, just go and talk to them." Shi Xiaoai chased him out.

"Let them stay by themselves. I'll help you. You must be tired after running around for the whole morning." Cheng Yang said as he went sideways to pick vegetables.

Shi Xiaoai stopped what she was doing and turned to look at him.

Seeing that Cheng Yang really squatted down and started to pull out vegetables from the cupboard, and was not just talking, she sighed softly and walked over to stop him.

Then he said to him, "Okay, you're really not needed here. Go over and keep them company, and keep an eye on Mingxi and Mingrui.

I see Cheng Lin and the others have a travel bag. Go check if there are any spare clothes in there. If there are, have Cheng Kai change his outer clothes quickly and soak his uniform in detergent. If he doesn't soak his clothes properly, he probably won't be able to wash them out."

Seeing that his wife was not really angry, Cheng Yang's expression was obviously relaxed a little.

He stood up and chuckled as he agreed, "Okay, I'll go watch him change."

"Well, let's go quickly." Shi Xiaoai said and turned to walk back.

Who knew that before he took two steps, the man hugged him tightly from behind.

Cheng Yang put his arms around Shi Xiaoai's waist and pressed her back tightly against his chest.

Before Xiao Ai could resist, he rested his chin on her shoulder. He tilted his head and whispered in her ear, "Wife, you are so kind."

The breath that blew into Shi Xiaoai's ears made her whole body numb.

The earlobes turned red instantly.

He stood there too stiff to even move.

Cheng Yang's breathing became heavier as he watched her ears gradually change from pink to bright red.

His eyes seemed to be glued to that little earlobe and he couldn't move them away.

I just think it's so beautiful that it makes me salivate and I can't wait to swallow it.

Before Cheng Yang even realized it, he couldn't help himself and leaned over to put the pink little soft flesh into his mouth.

This action was completely accidental. Not only Shi Xiao Ai, but even Cheng Yang himself was stunned.

When he came to his senses, he felt a buzzing sound and all the blood in his body rushed to his head.

He greedily tried to go further, but suddenly felt a pain in his abdomen——

His beloved wife had already elbowed him without any hesitation, making him gasp!

Cheng Yang let out a hiss and quickly let go, then jumped to the side quickly.

He couldn't help but laugh out loud, rubbing the place where he was hit with his hands, and said exaggeratedly: "Are you serious? You really are willing to do it. Now you are not afraid of touching my wound?"

Shi Xiaoai's face turned black.

She shook off Cheng Yang and walked quickly forward, cursing without looking back, "Are your ribs hurt? Get out of here, get out of here, and stop bothering me!"

Seeing that his wife was obviously angry and about to explode, Cheng Yang couldn't help but burst out laughing.

In order not to really anger his wife, he didn't dare to pester her this time and ran away very quickly.

What he didn't know was that when he couldn't see, the corners of Xiao Ai's lips were slightly raised.

But this smile was quickly replaced by a sigh.

Shi Xiaoai knew what Cheng Yang was worried about. He was afraid that a fire would break out in the backyard while the situation in front was still unclear.

So he came here specially to please me.

Although Shi Xiaoai knew that she could not be so ruthless as to hold Cheng Yang back at this time, she could also understand Cheng Yang's concerns.

After all, this is obviously not a trivial matter.

The two children suddenly ran home without even saying hello in advance, and they were carrying luggage. It was obvious that they had run away from home without even asking!

If it were an ordinary family, and the child quarreled with his parents and ran out to find his brother and sister-in-law, the most people would worry about his safety, and then they would have a quarrel and give him a lesson, and that would be it. But what was the situation in Cheng Yang's family?

He and his father have severed their father-son relationship and have had little contact for more than ten years.

A few days ago, he once again rejected his father's advances, and the relationship between father and son returned to freezing point again.

At this time, two children came secretly. What should Cheng Yang do?

At the same time, what would his father think when he knew about this?

This is just one aspect.

In addition, the relationship between these two younger brothers and Cheng Yang is also troublesome.

Needless to say, Cheng Lin is definitely Cheng Yang's biological brother, with the same father and mother.

Listening to their conversation just now, Shi Xiaoai reasonably inferred that these two people should have been the ones who followed their father and mother when their parents divorced.

In the following years, Cheng Lin should have grown up with his father.

And Cheng Kai, this little guy should be the child of their father and their stepmother.

When he was born, Cheng Yang should have already gone to the countryside.

So it is very likely that before today, Cheng Yang didn't know that he had such a half-brother!

Thinking of this, Shi Xiaoai felt a little sympathetic towards the man——

What the hell is going on here? It's such a mess!

Not to mention what happened to the two children that forced them to run away from home and travel hundreds of kilometers to seek help from their brother, Cheng Yang was in a difficult position just thinking about whether they should stay or go.

If he told his father, it would definitely hurt his younger brother's feelings. Obviously, his younger brother Cheng Lin was much more important to Cheng Yang than his father.

But, we cannot help but say it.

Those two children are not even adults yet, and they just ran away like that. How can their family not be worried?

This is not something that can be concealed!

Shi Xiaoai's head hurt from thinking so much, but she couldn't think of a solution.

She shook her head vigorously, getting rid of all these messy thoughts.

She picked up a washed radish and began to shred it. She decided to cook first and leave the troublesome things to Cheng Yang.

Sure enough, at this moment Cheng Yang was also having a headache because of his two younger brothers' reckless behavior.

After returning to the room, Cheng Yang first went to see the travel bags brought by the two children. After seeing that they were bulging with clothes for the two people for all seasons, he couldn't help but twitch his mouth.

Cheng Yang didn't say anything, but took out a coat and asked Cheng Kai to change into it, then took his changed clothes to the bathroom and soaked them in detergent.

When he finished all this and walked back to the room with the thermos and teacup, he saw through the window that his two younger brothers were still sitting in their original places obediently, and had not moved since he left.

When he was out of sight, the two children finally showed an unconcealable nervousness and worry in their expressions.

Mingxi and Mingrui stood a little far away, looking at them curiously, but they didn't dare to come closer or speak. The room was extremely quiet.

Cheng Yang paused for a moment, then pretended not to notice anything and walked back in.

He placed the teacups on the table and called them over naturally, saying, "Come and drink some hot water. The meal will be ready in a while. Drink some water and then help yourself to the roasted sweet potatoes."

After saying that, he handed the thermos to Cheng Lin, indicating that he should greet his brother, nephew and niece. He then lit the charcoal brazier, placed a grill on it, and put a few washed sweet potatoes and small potatoes in it, letting them roast slowly.

Seeing several little ones gathering around, he gave his seat to Mingrui, indicating that he should play with his sister and uncle. Then he patted Cheng Lin's shoulder, pointed outside, and asked him to go out with him.

Because of the time constraints, Shi Xiaoai made a stew with bacon, radish and cabbage, and then stir-fried some shredded potatoes with vinegar.

She took out some seaweed and soaked it. Just as she was about to make a seaweed egg drop soup and start eating, she saw Cheng Yang and Cheng Lin enter the outer room.

She glanced toward the door, and Cheng Lin pointed at the table and said, "Let's talk here."