Lu Qingyao never imagined that Yi Mu was living such a difficult life in places he hadn't noticed.
In the original storyline of this world, there was not much description of Yi Mu's life.
They only said he was an illegitimate child. His mother didn't fight for him, and although his two older brothers were quite disgusted by his existence, they didn't cause any major sibling rivalry.
Lu Qingyao's original idea was to protect Yi Mu secretly, but not to interfere too much in his life.
After all, his identity was just Yi Mu's best friend, not a close family member like Li Xiaoyun.
Lu Qingyao had never expected that Yi Ganxian would dare to harm his own younger brother.
It's still that preconceived notions at play; the plot mentions that Igan Kenji is a cunning man who appears harmless but is actually quite ruthless.
Looking at the plot as a whole, Lu Qingyao's understanding of Yi Ganxian is that he is a typical capitalist who pretends to be weak while actually being strong, and is capable of doing many ruthless things in order to maximize profits.
In the story, Lu Qingyao and Yi Ganxian only met in the business world. Lu Qingyao only knew that Yi Ganxian was shrewd and capable, and did not even know that he had a SM fetish in private.
Therefore, Lu Qingyao was naturally unaware of his special feelings for his younger brother.
The thought of Yi Mu being locked in a dark room by Yi Ganxian, with hot irons branding his fragile skin, made him unable to control his urge to kill.
Yi Mu has already taken this matter lightly.
“I was young and ignorant before, and I was afraid that my mother would be taken advantage of by the Yi family, so I tolerated everything. Now it’s all good.”
With Li Xiaoyun gone from Yi Ming, Yi Mu had no more worries.
Even if Yi Ganxian threatened Yi Mu with Li Xiaoyun's job, Yi Mu would not be afraid.
He will be an adult soon. If Li Xiaoyun loses her job and the family has no source of income, he will go to university while working part-time.
After what happened today, Igan Xian probably won't come looking for Imu for a long time.
And Lu Qingyao will no longer give him the opportunity to threaten Yi Mu.
Li Xiaoyun quickly packed her bags and embarked on her journey to the neighboring city for further studies.
Yi Mu smoothly carried his suitcase and moved into the Lu family's house.
Ms. Lu had watched him grow up, and the two families had been neighbors for nearly ten years. She didn't feel uncomfortable having another person in her home and treated Yi Mu as family, telling him not to be shy.
Yi Mu's room was next to Lu Qingyao's. He noticed that Lu Qingyao was much more clingy than before, and would often find excuses to sleep in his room.
There was an unspoken barrier between them.
Yi Mu indulged Lu Qingyao's tantrums within the defined boundaries, and Lu Qingyao became even more unrestrained than before, expressing emotions that transcended brotherhood.
If the two used to be inseparable, now they're all lovey-dovey, which is obvious to outsiders.
Lu Qingyao would whisper in Yi Mu's ear, and their body language became much more intimate.
Lan Yu was the first to notice something was wrong; she knew that Lu Qingyao had feelings for Yi Mu.
She magnifies everything he does to Yi Mu, let alone their blatant behavior now, as if they want to announce it to the world.
She was consumed by jealousy and hatred. Thinking back to when she went out with Yi Ganxian not long ago, and how he revealed an important secret while drunk, her malice began to stir.
She didn't want to do this, after all, once the fact that Yi Mu was the illegitimate son of the Yi family was exposed, his senior year of high school would be over.
At that point, not only will it affect their studies, but they might even have difficulty staying at Ronggao High School.
He and Lu Qingyao should just be brothers. Even if Lu Qingyao likes him one-sidedly, if he doesn't reciprocate, nothing will ever happen.
But now the situation has changed.
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