Chapter 66 My Brother Is Drunk

Since his biological parents came to find him, Zheng Mucheng's life...hasn't changed much.

Perhaps because he was adopted by foster parents shortly after he was born, Zheng Mucheng has no impression of his biological parents at all and has no basis for living with them day and night. Even the role of the blood relationship link is extremely weak. So, to be frank, to Zheng Mucheng, there is not much difference between his biological parents and blood-related strangers.

After realizing her true thoughts, Zheng Muqing couldn't help but feel indescribable guilt in her heart. She wondered if she was too cold-blooded.

She had read a lot of social news about parents searching for their lost children, especially the unimaginable pain and suffering some parents endured when searching for their lost children. Cheng Muqing was a soft-hearted girl, and every time she saw such news, she couldn't calm down for a long time, because she burst into tears because they couldn't be reunited.

She had never thought that what she had seen on the news would happen to her. After the initial shock and confusion, her first reaction was to resist being with them.

Yes, despite her resistance, she still couldn't quickly develop feelings of kinship towards two people who were strangers to her.

She knew this clearly, but after realizing her own feelings, and facing the eager and expectant eyes of her biological parents, she felt guilty after resisting, guilty that she could not return the same feelings to them quickly.

She not only feels guilty towards her biological parents, but also towards her adoptive parents. If she is too close to her biological parents, wouldn't that be a betrayal of her adoptive parents?

In short, Zheng Mucheng's relationship has been particularly complicated recently.

She was even a little afraid of receiving news from her biological parents. When Zheng Muqing replied to their messages, she had to think carefully for a long time, fearing that the other party would feel the indifference hidden deep in her heart from between the lines of her words.

She was afraid of hurting the couple who had been eagerly looking forward to reuniting with their daughter for many years.

Zheng Muqing went back and had a good talk with his parents. After a long silence, his parents said, "Child, although you are not our child, you are our child no matter what. Nothing will change. From now on, you will just have two more people who love you as much as we do."

Perhaps the words of her adoptive parents eased a lot of her anxiety. After hesitating for a long time, Zheng Muqing thought of the plain gray clothes on her biological parents and decided to take them shopping for clothes so that she could meet them.

Of course, Cheng Muqing used her own savings, which included her scholarship and the money she earned from working part-time with her classmates.

She thought it through very well and even considered what to say to her biological parents after they met.

But after actually meeting each other, that feeling of helplessness and unspeakable embarrassment still lingers.

After not seeing each other for more than 20 years, the gap between them has become unfathomable.

Zheng Muqing barely coped with the concern of her biological parents, but she was extremely tormented inside, so when she saw a familiar person, even though she was not very familiar with Liu Yu, she still couldn't help but take the initiative to greet Liu Yu.

At least there's someone familiar with me here, so it's not that awkward.

Since Zheng Muqing took the initiative to say hello, Qi Nian and Liu Yu naturally chose to walk over.

Liu Yu seemed not to notice the awkwardness between them and greeted them with a smile: "Senior sister, this is too coincidental, right? I didn't expect to run into you here. I thought I had recognized the wrong person just now."

Faced with the embarrassing situation of being discovered while sneaking out, Liu Yu still had a set of words to extricate herself.

Haha, she definitely wasn't trying to sneak away. She just didn't see who it was clearly and thought she had recognized the wrong person!

Qi Nian kept smiling and nodded as a greeting to Zheng Mucheng and the others.

Zheng Muqing didn’t care whether Liu Yu was trying to sneak away just now, she only knew that she was saved!

So, the three of them accompanied Zheng Mucheng's biological parents to buy clothes.

They had something to talk about when picking clothes. At least there was no awkwardness as just now when they had nothing to say. Plus, with the addition of Liu Yu and Qi Nian, Zheng Mucheng felt much more relaxed.

But she still felt a little guilty about doing this, so she carefully chose clothes for her biological parents.

The clothes here are very expensive, and Zheng Mucheng planned to spend all the money he had saved for so long.

"Try this one. The material is very good. It's winter now, and it's warmer to wear a down jacket." Zheng Mucheng took a men's down jacket and showed it in front of his biological father.

She noticed that her biological father was wearing a very thick cotton coat, which made the middle-aged man look a little bloated. Logically, her biological parents should be about the same age as her adoptive parents, or even a few years younger than them, but they looked much older than them.

They must have suffered a lot over the years, right? Zheng Muqing couldn't help but feel a little sad.

Seeing his biological father who was bewildered and wanted to refuse, Zheng Muqing coaxed and lied: "It's okay, this dress is not expensive, and the quality is good, it will definitely last for a long time."

"No, no, I can't spend your money." The middle-aged man refused madly: "Dad is satisfied now that you are living a good life."

The biological mother's eyes lingered on the clothes for a moment. Seeing that the style was a bit old, she nodded quickly: "Yes, no, no, how can your father wear such good clothes?"

Zheng Muqing knew that the couple must have been accustomed to being frugal for so many years, so they kept refusing, but he didn't know how to persuade them.

Seeing her helpless look, Liu Yu also persuaded her: "Uncle and aunt, just accept it. This is also a token of my love."

"No, no." The middle-aged man shook his head.

While they were talking, Qi Nian noticed Zheng Mucheng's biological mother, who had unconsciously walked to the side.

There are still men's clothing here, but it looks younger than the men's clothing in the area where Zheng Mucheng and the others are.

Zheng Mucheng's biological mother's slightly cloudy eyes fell on a short down jacket in front of her. This is a style that is very popular among young boys.

The other person raised his rough and old hand and touched the clothes carefully.

At this time, Zheng Muqing finally noticed that the middle-aged woman seemed to have gone somewhere else. When he turned around, he saw the middle-aged woman touching a short down jacket and looking like she wanted it very much.

The middle-aged man naturally noticed his wife, and quickly walked to the middle-aged woman and slapped her hand that was touching her clothes away: "What are you doing? Don't touch my clothes, or you'll damage them!"

The middle-aged woman came to her senses and said quickly: "I just remembered that our family... wanted it last time..."

"What nonsense are you talking about!" The middle-aged man's expression became a little fierce, staring at the woman: "Stop talking!"

The middle-aged woman had no choice but to shut up, but her eyes were still looking at the clothes in front of her reluctantly.

Zheng Muqing and Liu Yu came over and looked at the couple in confusion.

Zheng Muqing glanced at the clothes that the middle-aged woman had just touched and asked, "Do you think this one is good?"

The middle-aged man shook his head quickly: "No, no, that's not true. She just hasn't seen the world and is just looking around."

The middle-aged woman didn't say a word. No matter how the middle-aged man patted her, she didn't say a word.

Zheng Mucheng was a little confused about what was going on.

Liu Yu glanced at the middle-aged woman who was as silent as a log, and said with a smile: "Auntie, this dress is suitable for young people. It is not suitable for uncle. I still think the one that senior sister just showed is more suitable for uncle."

The middle-aged man waved his hands quickly: "I don't want it, I don't want it at all!"

"I think the one I just bought is pretty good." Zheng Mucheng said with a smile, and finally took the clothes and paid for them quickly.

Down jackets in winter are relatively loose, so you don’t necessarily need to try them on.

Seeing Zheng Muqing buy the clothes, the middle-aged man could only sigh and mutter, "Why buy that?!"

After sending her biological parents away, Zheng Muqing was a little confused: "Why do I feel that...she is a little unhappy?"

Zheng Mucheng didn't know what to call his biological mother.

"Auntie?" Liu Yu comforted Zheng Muqing: "Don't think too much, it might be a misunderstanding."

Zheng Muqing had no choice but to nod.

Then he said to Qi Nian and Liu Yu: "Thank you for accompanying me just now. Let's go, I'll treat you to dinner!"

Qi Nian felt a little embarrassed because he didn't do anything.

"Oh, it's just a meal, just think of it as making a friend." When Zheng Mucheng is not entangled, his personality is still quite generous.

Qi Nian had no choice but to say, "Thank you then."

"Haha, let's go, go, go."

Because of the feeling of eating for free, Qi Nian and Zheng Mucheng became familiar with each other, and before saying goodbye to each other, they even exchanged contact information.

——

"Mr. Chu?"

The assistant looked at Chu Rongshi with some concern. The latter had just drunk some wine and drank a little more than before.

The assistant originally planned to work overtime and send the person back. After all, overtime pay is triple.

But, as luck would have it, my family suddenly called anxiously, saying that their precious cat, Dandan, was lost!

The whole family, from his eighty-year-old grandmother to his five-year-old son, went crazy.

When his wife called him, he could still hear his son crying.

Because from the current situation, it seems that the egg was lost because the son was careless and opened the door of the house while playing and forgot to close it.

Dandan was very brave and he took the opportunity to slip away.

Losing a cat is a big deal at any time, but it is winter now. If we look for it too late, the pet cat that my grandmother has raised for ten years and has no ability to survive may be in danger of its life.

Oh, coming to think of it, according to seniority, the assistant should call Dandan "uncle".

On one side is the missing uncle (not really), and on the other side is the boss who seems to be drunk. This is the biggest problem the assistant faces in his life.

What's even more coincidental is that Chu Rongshi's driver just happened to be on leave today! Even if Chu Rongshi has a good alcohol tolerance and is not drunk, he obviously can't drive himself home.

Perhaps seeing the assistant's confusion, Chu Rongshi held his father's forehead and said, "There's something going on at home, so I'll go back first."

His speech seemed quite logical and he didn't seem drunk.

The assistant was a little hesitant about wanting to stay. If he didn't go home to see his uncle, he might be the sinner of the whole family.

So, in the end, I decided to go back and find the cat.

However, the assistant still had some professional ethics. Before leaving, he told Chu Rongshi that he had called his family.

"Please wait here for a while, your family will be back to pick you up soon." The assistant said this before leaving, indicating that he had already made arrangements.

Chu Rongshi responded.

Half an hour later, Qi Nian arrived at a private restaurant according to the location sent by his assistant.

"Sir, do you have a reservation?" the waiter asked with a smile.

"Uh...I'm looking for someone." Qi Nian said.

Fortunately, the waiter at the private restaurant was very professional. He didn't need to explain to Qi Nian. He just said, "Are you looking for the gentleman in Room 206?"

Qi Nian nodded quickly. He had just received a message from his brother's assistant and rushed over without stopping.

The waiter brought them to the private room 206, and they knocked on the door politely. After a while, a familiar voice came from inside, asking them to come in.

When the waiter opened the door, Qi Nian saw Chu Rongshi leaning on the sofa with his eyes closed. His handsome profile looked a little cold under the light.

It seems no different from usual, Qi Nian blinked and thought.

The waiter asked dutifully, "Mr. Chu, this gentleman said he is your brother, is that true?"

The guests are all drunk, so they certainly can't take everyone away. After all, it's dangerous for ordinary people to be drunk, not to mention that the people who come here to consume are not ordinary people.

So they have to make sure it is done, otherwise if something goes wrong, their restaurant won’t be able to bear the consequences.

Chu Rongshi opened his eyes when he heard the voice, and he looked quite clear-headed, but someone familiar with him would find that there was a difference from usual.

After the other party spoke, Qi Nian became more certain that his brother was really drunk.

The other party just smiled and said, "Nian Nian."

Such a Chu Rongshi carries with him an invisible attraction. At this moment, he seems to have taken off his strict and self-restrained coat. Just one look at him is enough to make people's heart beat faster.

"Brother, can you still walk?" Qi Nian walked over and asked him.

Chu Rongshi's reaction seemed slower than usual. He nodded and stood up.

He walked smoothly as usual.

Qi Nian breathed a sigh of relief and followed Chu Rongshi silently. Seeing that he was still able to walk in a straight line, he couldn't help but give his brother a thumbs up.

Great, when I’m drunk I look no different than I usually do!

Just as he was thinking, Chu Rongshi was suddenly tripped by something. Qi Nian screamed and quickly opened his arms. The next moment, a body that was bigger than his lay on top of him, and Qi Nian buried his little face in the other's arms.

The other person had a faint smell of alcohol on him, but it wasn't unpleasant. Instead, it had a kind of... addictive smell.

I realized that I was breathing involuntarily, my cheeks were hot, and I felt like a pervert.

When he came to his senses awkwardly, Chu Rongshi had already stood up again, but his hand was still on Qi Nian's shoulder.

The other party looked at him and said in a low voice: "Sorry."

Qi Nian's eyes wandered, a little afraid to look at the other person's face, and stammered: "No...it's okay. Let's...go back quickly."

Chu Rongshi seemed not to hear his words. He suddenly raised his hand on Qi Nian's shoulder and gently stroked her cheek. His slightly cold fingers caused a slight shiver.

Chu Rongshi was unaware of this and seemed to simply be concerned about him: "Why are you so popular?"

"I... I'm hot!" Qi Nian was almost embarrassed to death. He was now absolutely sure that his brother was really drunk!

"Hot?" Chu Rongshi frowned slightly, as if a little puzzled.

Qi Nian's head was about to smoke, and he quickly pushed Chu Rongshi's arm: "Yes, let's go home quickly, it won't be hot when we go home."

Chu Rongshi didn't say anything and was quite obedient as he was helped into the car by Qi Nian.

Qi Nian closed the passenger door and let out a breath. He was really hot now, with a thin layer of sweat on his back.

He quickly turned to the driver's seat and drove home.

Chu Rongshi sat quietly beside him, still no different from usual.

The car stopped at home, and Qi Nian took Chu Rongshi into the house and into the warm interior.

He was just about to get the hangover soup that the kitchen lady had prepared when he heard Chu Rongshi say, "It's hot at home, too."

Qi Nian was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that he had just told Chu Rong that he was hot.

He pursed his lips and said, "Yeah, I just need to take off my coat."

As he said this, he took off his coat, and Chu Rongshi nodded.

He went to the kitchen to get some hangover soup and asked Chu Rongshi to drink it.

After drinking, Chu Rongshi went to take a shower. Qi Nian was a little worried, so he waited outside. After seeing that he came out of the bathroom safely, he went to wash up and rest with peace of mind.

——

The assistant, who had been busy all night, slept for less than an hour before being woken up by the alarm clock and preparing to get up and go to work.

As soon as I woke up, I received a message from Chu Rongshi.

【Chu Rongshi】：Have you found the cat?

[Assistant]: Found it!

[Chu Rongshi]: Well, just rest at home today.

Assistant: “!!!” Is there such a good thing?

[Assistant]: Okay, thank you, boss!

The assistant, who had only slept for one hour, had no time to think about anything else. He closed his eyes happily and fell asleep again.

On the other side, Chu Rongshi stared at his fingers as if in a daze. After a moment, he bent his fingers slightly and clenched his fingertips in the palm of his hand.

——

When Zheng Muqing saw his biological parents again, he found that they were still wearing plain gray cotton coats.

She was a little puzzled: "Why aren't you wearing new clothes? Is it inappropriate? If it's not suitable, you can change it."

"It's not inappropriate." The middle-aged man said quickly: "It's fine, but the clothes are too good, we don't want to wear them."

"Yes, it's very good. We have never worn such good clothes." The middle-aged woman also said with a smile.

Zheng Muqing believed what they said. When she met Qi Nian and Liu Yu in the cafeteria, she felt a little sad: "I think they had a very hard life before. I bought them clothes, but they were reluctant to wear them."

Qi Nian was silent for a moment, then said, "I don't think this is your fault. You may feel sad, but don't blame yourself too much."

Liu Yu also said: "Yes, senior sister, I think you have done a good job."

"Really?" Zheng Muqing followed them and spoke out the knot in his heart unconsciously: "I feel that I can't get close to them. Isn't it said that blood is connected? Why can't I feel it at all?"

"Haha, I think this is all a lie." Liu Yu said with reason: "Think about it, if there is really a connection, how could there be such a bloody thing in reality that lovers eventually become siblings? Can't they feel the blood connection?"

"Ah... is this really true in reality? Shouldn't this be something that only happens in melodramatic TV dramas?" Qi Nian raised his paw silently to express his doubt.

"Alas, art comes from life, and reality is often more ridiculous than TV dramas!" Liu Yu said decisively.

Qi Nian: "...Okay."

"Puchi, you guys are so funny, aren't you?" Zheng Mucheng laughed unconsciously, feeling a lot more relaxed.

Qi Nian: Thank you. It’s mainly because Liu Yu is interesting and I’m just a supporting role.

"Well, maybe it's really like what you said, it's not my fault." Zheng Muqing held her face and said, "I should spend more time with them, maybe I will get to know them slowly."

"My parents didn't object. They said that I would have another pair of parents in the future." Zheng Muqing's adoptive parents are very open-minded. Maybe they are worried that their daughter will stay away from them, but they will not control their daughter and make her suffer for their own selfish desires.

Just as Zheng Muqing said, she has been meeting her biological parents more often recently, and she would send messages to Liu Yu and Qi Nian from time to time to share this.

[Zheng Muqing]: I feel like I have become closer to them. Although we are still not very familiar with each other, at least we are not at a loss for words when we get along with each other, and it is not so awkward anymore.

[Liu Yu]: That’s good. People need to spend more time with each other so that they can become close.

[Qin Nian]: Yes, yes.

A few days later, Zheng Mucheng posted in the group again.

[Zheng Muqing]: I found that they seemed to have encountered some difficulties and were in urgent need of money.

At this time, Liu Yu was still with Qi Nian. When she saw this message, her first reaction was: "Oh my god, this is not a scam, right?"

"It shouldn't be a scam, right?" Qi Nian thought so. At least Zheng Mucheng was indeed their biological daughter.

Liu Yu frowned and said, "Let me ask."

[Liu Yu]: Did they directly say they wanted money?

[Zheng Muqing]: No, I noticed it. I secretly heard them talking about what they needed money for.

[Zheng Muqing]: What I’m short of is not much, just $100,000. I actually have some savings, and I plan to withdraw it and give it to them.

Qi Nian couldn't help but speak.

[Qinian]: Ah... they probably won’t want it, right?

[Zheng Muqing]: At first I told them they really didn’t want it, but later on, maybe they really needed the money urgently, so they agreed.

【Zheng Muqing】: I will take them to get the money now.

Everyone thought: "Hiss..."

"Could it be that something urgent really happened at home?" Liu Yu still didn't want to think too badly of others.

Qi Nian thought of Zheng Muqing's intention to eat for free: "How about we go and take a look?"

Liu Yu: “That’s what I think.”

The two contacted Zheng Muqing, and when they arrived, Zheng Muqing was already preparing to withdraw the money.

Zheng Muqing's biological mother stared at the card in the other person's phone and said, "Really, no need, we can just pool it together."

Zheng Muqing smiled and said, "It's okay, you can use it first, and you can return it later if necessary."

"Eh? Liu Yuqinian, why are you here?" Zheng Mucheng turned around and looked at them in confusion.

She thought they were just asking casually, but she didn't expect them to come to her.

"Uh...I'm afraid you've been cheated." Liu Yu accidentally told the truth.

The middle-aged couple's expressions changed instantly, and the middle-aged woman began to wipe her tears: "How can you say that, kid? Mu Qing, I don't want this money anymore, so that people won't think I'm a liar."

"Ah...Liu Yu didn't mean anything else." Zheng Mucheng comforted the middle-aged woman somewhat awkwardly.

Qi Nian looked at the couple with scrutiny and began to investigate their situation. He felt that something was wrong with the couple.

After seeing the content about them, Qi Nian was shocked and angry: [Liu Yu was right, the couple's purpose in finding Zheng Muqing was not simple at all! Tsk tsk, I was almost fooled by their simple appearance! ]

[They wanted this 100,000 yuan, not because they needed it urgently at home, but because they were anxious to get their son married! The clothes that Zheng Muqing bought for them before were not something they were reluctant to wear, but were for their precious son! ]

[This couple pretends to be very loving, but if their son didn't need money to marry, who knows when their true colors would be exposed.]

[And Zheng Muqing was not lost as a child at all. Instead, the couple found that she was a "worthless" lady and abandoned her. ]

【Why did these two people think of this long-lost daughter of theirs? Oh, it turned out that they heard from somewhere that a family's long-lost daughter was found, and the old couple lived happily with the daughter who came back. They thought, hey, didn't we abandon a daughter before? Then, with the mentality of giving it a try, they found a program group for finding relatives and asked them to help them find their daughter for free. 】

[They are still thinking that if their daughter is alive and doing well, they will not recognize her, so as not to harm them. If things go well, their daughter will come back to help their precious son! 】

Qi Nian was stunned: [These two are too shameless, aren't they? They have no bottom line at all! ]