While I still treat you as my brother
What Cui Zhengyu feared most since he was a child was his parents' sighs.
"Didn't you beat Cui Ze in the exam? Oh, it's okay."
"Did Cui Ze take first place in the competition? Oh, it's okay."
"Father only took Cui Ze with him? You are all his grandchildren. Oh, forget it."
Every sigh he made revealed his incompetence. His parents had never forced him to do anything. That was why he always wanted to surpass Cui Ze, even just once, to at least make his parents happy.
But not once.
When someone is too good, it's impossible to feel jealous of them. This is the case with Choi Jung-woo and Choi Taek. He doesn't resent Choi Taek for always outperforming him, but every night, in the quiet of the night, he ponders one question: Does he still have a chance in this life?
Yin Yancan used a pot of rubber tree that had not yet taken root and sprouted to tell him that it was possible.
He will eventually bloom.
At this moment, Choi Jung-woo was really moved, and even felt that Yoon Eon-chan was not such a bad person. In a blink of an eye, Kwon Woo-ri handed a pot of emerald orchid to him, saying that he was a rare variety and did not need to work hard to bloom.
Cui Zhengyu was stunned again.
The Choi family values solidarity. Yu Li glanced at Choi Taek and wondered if Choi Jung Woo would be Choi Taek's helper in the future.
She curled her lips. "Both my father's and my mother's families have never been poor in my memory. Each generation has been filled with talented people. I'm the weakest in my family. My eldest brother, Quan Zaijing, is only four years older than me, but he's already graduated with a master's and joined the company. Do I feel inferior because my family members are so outstanding?"
"No, they create value and I enjoy the value."
Only Yu Li could describe eating, drinking, and having fun in such a refreshing and refined way. "The more outstanding people in my family, the bigger the platform they can provide me. If I'm in front of a building, I need to look up at the sky above, not just stay at the top floor."
Choi Taek is Choi Jung Woo's top floor, but there are so many tall buildings in the world, what's the point of defeating Choi Taek.
It’s better to soar to the sky with the help of family resources.
Everyone present looked at Yu Li in amazement when they heard this. They all thought that Yu Li was using her family's power to call the shots, but today they realized that she was not stupid.
Seeing everyone looking at her, Yu Li suddenly laughed: "Oh, sorry, that was Quan Zaijing who said that just now. I was just pretending. I guess you guys got fooled too."
Choi Jung-woo frowned. Is that so? Suddenly, he relaxed his brows. There was no point in dwelling on this. Quan Yu-ri was right. He shouldn't feel sorry for himself.
"Haha, that's quite philosophical."
The classmates all agreed. Whatever Kwon Yu-ri said was what it was, and they just had to nod.
"No wonder Brother Quan is so powerful."
"Please, is it my fault that my family has money? I definitely want as much as possible."
While speaking, I glanced at Yin Yancan. This guy is so annoying.
"I wish my brother could be as amazing as me, sitting on the shoulders of giants and taking off."
"You wish, hahaha."
…
There was laughter and joy. Classmates patted the back of Pei Chenghao's chair and said, "Kwon Yuri is amazing. I really want to be her friend. You think she's pretty too, right?"
Pei Chenghao glanced at Yu Li and didn't answer the question of "Is she pretty?" He just said, "It's quite interesting."
After giving the gifts and starting the luncheon, Cui Ze noticed that Cui Zhengyu had carefully put away the emerald orchid and rubber tree, and told Yu Li that her good intentions might be in vain.
As a long-time friend, how could he not know that Yu Li was talking about him? His third uncle was not very capable, so his grandfather asked him to stay with his father and take care of some trivial matters for him.
Choi Jung-woo is likely to follow him in the future.
Yu Li was politely answering other people's questions, but when she heard Cui Ze say that, she didn't care: "Just think of it as me disliking Yin Yancan. I don't care what your cousin thinks."
However, she was a little unhappy that Choi Jung-woo put her emerald orchid and Yoon Yeon-chan's rubber tree together.
"What a waste! I took this out from Quan Zaijing's Garden."
Cui Ze pretended to whisper: "I will play the role of Xiao Hei to rescue it tonight."
Yu Li whispered, "Won't we be discovered?"
Cui Ze: "If you are discovered, come and save me."
"No." Yu Li touched her hair. Hours later, her hairstyle was still perfectly still on her head. "In the eyes of most people, I'm very glamorous and beautiful."
Cui Ze, don't ruin her reputation.
In the afternoon, I went around the manor with Choi Ze, played for a while and then decided to leave. I declined Choi Ze's offer to drive me there. Yu Li said that Song Minjing was waiting for her at the mall.
"I'm going shopping, you can have fun by yourself."
Cui Ze shrugged, watched Yu Li go away, and returned to the manor.
In the evening, Choi Jung-woo saw off the last batch of guests and returned to the lobby exhausted. Choi Ze sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, watching the tablet.
"Aren't you sleeping yet?" Choi Jung-woo asked. He heard that Choi Taek was already developing his own career and was really working hard.
Cui Ze said: "I have something to talk to you about."
Choi Jung-woo stood there, the two of them alone in the hall. "What?"
Putting the tablet aside, Cui Ze stood up from the sofa and walked to Cui Zhengyu.
Cui Zhengyu was shorter than him, so he lowered his head slightly and said, "Give me the pot of emerald orchid that Yu Li gave me."
Huh? Choi Taek didn't expect him to say that. Choi Jung Woo was a little confused, and after a moment's reaction, he refused: "No, that's not right. That's a birthday gift from Kwon Woo Ri."
Cui Ze's expression remained calm: "Don't you prefer the Brazilian wood? There's no point in keeping the Jade Orchid."
"I don't prefer the Brazilian wood." Cui Zhengyu slowed down his voice. "How about this, take whatever you like from the pile of gifts today, except for these two pots of flowers."
Cui Ze didn't say anything for a long time, just looked at Cui Zhengyu quietly. It took so long that Cui Zhengyu felt uneasy, and the air became more and more tense.
Just as Choi Jung-woo was about to say something, Choi Taek smiled. His cold and hard features softened, and his handsome face revealed a charm different from usual. Choi Jung-woo wanted to smile too, but Choi Taek said, "Do you think this is a request?"
Cui Zhengyu's smile froze at the corner of his mouth.
The words that came out of Cui Ze's mouth were like a knife piercing his heart: "If my words were too polite and gave you the illusion that this matter could be discussed, then I will say it again."
Cui Ze: "Give me the Emerald Orchid while I still treat you as my younger brother."
"You, you..." Cui Zhengyu opened his mouth several times but couldn't utter a complete sentence. He tried to struggle, "If I weren't your brother..."
"If you weren't my brother, you wouldn't even be qualified to see that pot of emerald orchid." Cui Ze took over Cui Zhengyu's words and patted his cheek with contempt. "It's okay if you don't have the ability, but don't you have the self-awareness?"
Choi Jung-woo clenched his fists. This was the first time Choi Ze had a falling out with him, all for a pot of flowers.
"I understand." He still backed off. "I'll send the flowers over."
“…Does Kwon Woo-ri know about this?”
Cui Ze certainly didn't understand what Cui Zhengyu meant by asking, "Are you trying to tell Yu Li that I treat you like this? After all, we're still good friends during the day."
Yes, Kwon Wook-ri still persuaded him like that, and a glimmer of hope ignited in Choi Jung-woo's eyes.
Cui Ze turned his back, his tone becoming increasingly cold: "You can go find her and tell her the truth."
"If you ever get the chance."
Cui Ze left, leaving Cui Zhengyu in a daze in the hall. After a while, he returned to his room, took out the carefully placed emerald orchid and asked the servant to send it to Cui Ze.
Sitting back on the bed, the rubber tree was placed alone at the head of the bed.
In the end, you can only try your best to bloom.
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Yu Li didn't know that such a thing happened in the Cui family after she left, and even if she knew, she wouldn't say anything. Cui Ze and Cui Zhengyu are always multiple-choice questions, and the answer is very clear.
When going to school, I saw Yin Yancan being blocked on the road by Xu Youyuan. There were a lot of people in the square, all rushing to the classroom. Xu Youyuan probably did it on purpose.
"Hey, isn't this Pei Haocheng's savior, Yin Yancan?" Xu Youyuan's followers stopped Yin Yancan in his tracks. Xu Youyuan stood aside with her arms folded. "With such a high status, why are you walking to school? Didn't Pei Haocheng arrange a car for you?"
Yin Yancan didn't want to get involved: "I live near the school, so I don't need a car."
"Don't need it, or don't have it?" Xu Youyuan knew she couldn't get rid of Yin Yancan anytime soon, but she could still make things difficult for him. "Did you attend the Cui family's Cui Zhengyu's coming-of-age ceremony over the weekend? Was it fun?"
Knowing her whereabouts so well? Yin Yancan squinted his eyes and didn't speak for the time being, wanting to see what game Xu Youyuan was playing.
Xu Youyuan sneered: "I almost got fooled by you again. If my aunt's son hadn't also gone there, I wouldn't have known that you had such a low status in Pei Haocheng's heart. You even called him your savior. Do you really think you're so highly regarded?"
"What do you mean, the story about being a lifesaver is also fake?"
The students who were watching started to discuss: "But that's not right. Uncle Pei said this himself."
"That was Uncle Pei giving her face." Xu Youyuan said word by word, "Someone asked Pei Haocheng about Yin Yancan's identity, and Pei Haocheng said, what are you talking about?" She looked at one of the followers.
The attendant immediately responded, imitating the words perfectly: "I don't know her well, but my father said that Yin Yancan is his goddaughter."
"Hahahaha." Several people laughed together. "It's so funny. Pei Haocheng said he didn't know her well, but she still called herself her savior. Her face is so thick that it can be painted on a wall."
"How can there be such a thing as a goddaughter? Hahaha."
Yin Yancan stood in the center of the square, surrounded by mocking discussions. She knew that after Xu Youyuan said that, her status in Jiutang would decline again. Although she had no status to begin with, some people who were afraid of the Pei family's power and dared not touch her would try to challenge the Pei family's bottom line.
She looked at Xu Youyuan and suddenly said, "Do you know that a baby face is not suitable for such a cold and elegant expression? Do you think you are Quan Yuli?"
Xu Youyuan's smile disappeared in an instant, and her expression changed very quickly. When she stopped smiling, her followers also stopped smiling and looked at her anxiously.
Yin Yancan challenged: "Laugh, why aren't you laughing?"
Xu Youyuan didn't move.
Yin Yancan sighed: "So this is your weakness."
Xu Youyuan still stared at Yin Yancan gloomily. Suddenly, she raised her head and asked behind Yin Yancan, "Kwon Yuli, what do you think?"
Kwon Woo-ri is behind me? Yoon Eon-chan turned around quickly.
Yu Li hadn't expected to encounter something like this during a simple morning class. How would she feel about this? Wasn't she standing there watching?
However, Xu Youyuan would probably go crazy if he said this, so after thinking about it, he decided to make Yin Yancan unhappy.
"Xu Youyuan is right."
"Pei Haocheng added me as a friend. I asked about your relationship, and he really said that you two weren't familiar with each other."
"Besides, he said that his grandfather has denied the idea of taking you in as his granddaughter. How come you haven't heard this news?"
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