Chapter 4: Our Lady
He choked and started coughing violently.
The maid behind him immediately came forward to help him calm down, and someone else brought him some water and tissues.
Xia was also panicked when she saw this. She put the noodles in her hand aside and ran to Lu Yi to apologize quietly: "I'm sorry, brother Lu Yi, did I scare you? I really didn't mean it..."
"Stop." Lu Yi said after taking a breath, "Just stand there. Don't get closer. I feel chest tightness when there are so many people around."
Xia stopped where he was, at a loss.
"I just thought that Brother Lu Yi might be hungry after coming back from the banquet tonight..."
"Stop, I think my meaning is very clear. I don't have any good feelings towards you, and you probably don't either. So let's just stay out of each other's way. I'm not interested in playing any brotherly roles with you, so just don't act that out in front of me, okay?" Lu Yi said quickly.
This was probably the longest conversation Lu Yi had ever had with Xia.
The original owner was arrogant and unwilling to pay attention to Xia, and after Lu Yi came through, he tried to avoid all communication as much as possible.
Lu Yi thought he had made it very clear, but Xia's reaction caught him off guard.
Xia was extremely happy and said, "Brother Lu Yi, you are finally willing to talk to me!"
Lu Yi choked, his breath stuck in his chest.
He should have just pretended he saw nothing and went back to his room!
"Don't you understand what I'm saying?" he couldn't help asking.
"I understand." Xia turned around and picked up the tray. "I asked the servant about Brother Lu Yi's dietary restrictions, and he said there is no cilantro in the noodles. But what a coincidence, Brother Lu Yi doesn't like cilantro, and I don't like it either."
As he spoke, Xia carefully placed the porcelain bowl on the dining table, and then looked at Lu Yi with an expectant look.
"Brother Lu Yi, come and have a taste!"
Lu Yi's mouth twitched slightly, and he walked around the table and complained: "This is obviously not a question of whether there is coriander or not."
"Listen, I don't care what you have in mind, I won't accompany you."
"But Brother Lu Yi, don't you really want to try it? I prepared this bowl of noodles carefully for you..."
"No, no, thank you, goodbye."
A night of drinking and socializing made Lu Yi extremely tired. He no longer had the energy to continue to tangle with the protagonist.
Lu Yi walked straight towards the stairs. He heard Xia's hurried voice behind him.
"Good night, Brother Lu Yi!"
He didn't look back, and ignored all the sounds with an expressionless face.
[I feel like the protagonist looks like he really wants to befriend you. ]
857 hesitated for a long time, and finally spoke in a low voice.
Unlike Lu Yi's immersive experience, 857 seems to have a God's perspective and can intuitively see everyone's maliciousness towards Lu Yi.
Each malicious value is quantified into a specific number, which truly and accurately reflects each character's likes and dislikes of Lu Yi, and is absolutely accurate.
The malicious value belonging to Xia has always been zero.
Lu Yi paused as he unbuttoned the collar of his lace shirt. [“I didn’t expect the system could be so innocent.”]
[You are the naive one! The protagonist has repeatedly shown his affection to you. ]
Lu Yi just felt that his stupidity was about to kick in. There was no expression on his face, but he looked dark and unpredictable.
The system subconsciously fell silent.
【“Really? Why do you think so?”】
Thinking that this was his own system after all, Lu Yi continued to ask patiently.
If 857 gave him a reason like "intuition" or "I feel it", he would definitely throw 857 into the small dark room!
——Yes, after exploring for a few days, Lu Yi didn’t discover anything else, but he found a way to use the system bug to throw 857 into the small black room.
857 keenly sensed a sense of crisis and immediately said: [Really, I'm not kidding. Xia's hostility towards you has always been zero! ]
Lu Yi blinked and repeated: [“Zero?”]
[Yes! Isn't it unbelievable? At first, I thought the malicious value system hadn't been adjusted yet. But today, Bart's malicious value has moved! ]
[This means that Xia really has no ill will towards you! ]
Lu Yi recalled Xia's timid look and said firmly: ["Impossible!"]
【How is it impossible? 】
[“You know the original text, and you witnessed my contact with Xia. Do you really believe that Xia’s malice towards me is zero?”]
Even if it was just a few dozen or even a single digit, Lu Yi thought it was normal and understandable.
But it is zero.
This is so abnormal.
Sia is not as harmless as he appears.
857 fell silent.
[Maybe, maybe he really was a saint in the early days...] 857 tried to make up for it.
[“Do you believe that he is the Virgin Mary, or do you believe that I am Lu Yi Klein himself?”] Lu Yi asked back.
857 was speechless, thinking that you are Lu Yi Klein himself.
[“Tongza, you are still too naive. You can’t judge a person by his appearance alone, and you can’t believe in something at the moment, otherwise you will be sold out and count money for others.”]
【“Humans are not good people.”】
Lu Yi changed into soft pajamas and stopped chatting with 857.
【“I’m asleep. Good night 857.”】
…
Unlike Lu Yi who fell asleep quickly, Xia still stayed in the hall.
His talent that had awakened early enabled him to sense that the third person at the stairs had not left.
He pulled out the expensive wooden dining chair and sat upright in front of the still warm bowl.
The metal fork made no sound as it touched the porcelain bowl.
Sia underwent a period of closed training before he was allowed to enter the public eye under the last name of Klein.
It's about aristocratic etiquette.
He learned very well.
Be it the previous eighteen years or these few short days.
Even the royal family's professional etiquette steward could not find any fault with him.
Xia was not hungry, but he kept putting the noodles in front of him into his mouth one mouthful after another.
Even when he was eating pasta, he didn't make any extra noise.
Only the occasional faint sobbing sound revealed his restlessness at the moment.
Crystal clear tears fell into the soup with a "pat pat" sound, Xia's eyes became redder and redder, and her sobs became louder.
The noodles in his bowl became less and less, but the person at the stairs showed no sign of coming out.
Xia was still busy eating noodles.
Perhaps after a long time, when the noodles in his hands had completely cooled down, the man finally came out from the corner of the stairs.
"Well, maybe this is my dear brother Xia?"
The blond man pulled out a chair opposite Xia and sat down, staring at Xia who lowered his head.
Xia looked up when she heard the voice. There were obvious traces of tears on her cheeks and tears hanging on her eyelashes. Her sadness was still real.
Perhaps it was the dazzling tears in the corners of his eyes that made Zorn pause for breath.
"...Are you, are you Brother Zoen?" Xia asked in a low voice.
Astor and Lu Yi's unfriendly attitude towards him has made him completely retreat into his timid shell.
Looking at another Klein in front of him, his tone didn't seem to have the slightest confidence.
"Yes, I'm Zorn Klein, your second brother."
Zorn showed his kindness generously, and it seemed as if Xia was the only one in his blue eyes looking at him intently.
Xia sniffed and a few tears as big as beans fell uncontrollably.
His expression was full of grievance, and for a moment, Zorn seemed to have traveled through time and space to see his past self.
This made his facial features even softer, and he even reached out and gently rubbed Xia's head.
Xia opened his mouth, and just when Zorn thought Xia was going to tell him about his grievances, he heard him say.
"Brother Zuoen, do you want some noodles? There's still..."
Zuo En was startled and asked, "Is there still a share for me?"
Xia nodded. "I heard from the maid that Madam and Brother Zuoen came back today, but Brother Zuoen was sleeping during dinner, so I cooked noodles on my own initiative, thinking that whether Brother Lu Yi came back hungry at night or Brother Zuoen woke up in the middle of the night, they would be able to eat..."
There was a hint of tears in his words, and even though he tried hard to suppress it, one could still hear the hoarseness in his voice.
"Brother Zon, are you hungry?"
In fact, Xia's actions were purely to add drama. After all, the chefs in Klein Manor were on duty in shifts 24 hours a day, so there would definitely be no situation where anyone would go hungry.
And Zorn didn't have the habit of eating in the middle of the night, and he wasn't hungry, but when he saw Xia's cautious expression, he changed his words and said, "A little bit."
Xia was excited when he heard this and volunteered, "Then I'll go serve noodles to my brother!"
Zorn did not reject Xia's kindness, although this was something a maid should do.
The noodles were still hot when they were served, so Zoen took two bites of them out of courtesy.
As a result, when I looked up, I saw Xia's expectant expression.
To be fair, the noodles cooked by Xia are pretty good.
But it's just okay.
Which of the chefs in charge of the Klein family did not emerge from among thousands of chefs?
At best, Xia can only be considered an amateur player.
Zuo En said calmly, "It tastes great. I didn't expect you have a talent for cooking."
Xia was delighted and asked, "Really?"
God of Light, this is just a white lie.
"real."
Xia smiled, then lowered her eyebrows and said sadly: "I know that Brother Zuoen said this just to comfort me.
"I'm really happy tonight. In fact, I planned from the beginning that no one would eat these noodles. Just like what Brother Lu Yi said, many times I am just being sentimental."
"Lu Yi actually has no ill intentions." Zuo En was silent for a moment, "... He just can't adapt to the sudden change."
Xia forced a smile, "Really?"
"It's true." Zorn said seriously.
"The Klein family is actually not as scary as the outside world says. The blood behind this surname is more affectionate than you think. It's just that you will feel some pain during the process of integration."
"But..." Xia hesitated.
"You want to say that you are a illegitimate child?" Zorn smiled.
Xia nodded.
"It's all right," he repeated. "It's all right."
“We are the same.”
Xia was shocked and said incredulously: "Brother Zuoen, you mean..."
"I'm not even a Klein child yet." Zorn smiled, "I'll tell you a secret, my blonde hair was dyed with a magic potion."
Since there was no way to stop hair growth, Zorn could only keep dyeing the newly grown roots.
"The Klein name is far more powerful than you realize."
"In this family, everyone has their own way of life. Even if Lu Yi can't accept you, I believe you can still find a proper place in this family, right?"
Zorn put down his cutlery and stood up.
"Good night, Xia."
"Good night, brother."
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