Chapter 81 I'm Your Brother

The few people who had followed Miao Yanhua and were smashing things were stunned and didn't know what to do for a moment.

After all, this is different from what Miao Yanhua said! Although they also came with a little bit of excitement, they really came here to beat the mistress with real feelings!

That’s right, what Miao Yanhua told them was: the owner of this store had other thoughts about her husband and wanted to hook up with him secretly, but she accidentally discovered it, so she brought a few friends over to teach the "mistress" a lesson!

After hearing this, several people were filled with indignation! Although their relationship with Miao Yanhua was not that good, who wouldn't hate a mistress who destroyed other people's families?

So without thinking too much, he followed Miao Yanhua here.

But now they were told that they had been fooled! They immediately felt like fools.

But Miao Yanhua's husband wouldn't really... The eyes of several people looking at Miao Yanhua turned gossipy again.

Miao Yanhua's whole body started to tremble in an instant, and his face became more and more ferocious: "Bullshit! You are so dishonest that you even splash dirty water on other people's heads! You stinky xx..."

Seeing Miao Yanhua's swearing getting worse and worse, Qi Nian couldn't help but frown and interrupt him: "Do you have any evidence for what you said?"

Liu Yu was so angry that his brain became slow to react. Now he finally calmed down and grasped the key point: "Do you have any evidence for what you said? If there is no evidence, it is just a rumor. Do you want me to call the police and you can tell them?"

Miao Yanhua's expression changed, and he stiffened his neck and said, "You bastard, who are you trying to scare? Even if the police come, they can't do anything if I beat up my mistress!"

"Oh, you beat up the mistress? Then should I find the husbands of your husband's female sponsors and let their husbands also beat up your husband's male mistress?" Liu Yu said sharply.

"You...you're talking nonsense! You're the mistress!" Miao Yanhua was obviously a little scared, because she knew that this was probably true.

She had never thought about it this way before, but now when she recalled it, she remembered that she had seen strange women around her husband several times before.

Moreover, the women around him would change after a while. At that time, Miao Yanhua thought that they were just ordinary partners. The women around her husband looked quite old, so there was nothing to worry about.

Now that I think about it, the husband's expression was a little unnatural when he encountered her several times before, and he urged her to leave quickly. If they were just ordinary partners, how could he react like this?

After thinking it over, Miao Yanhua felt disgusted and even a little bit unacceptable that her husband actually did these things. However, apart from that, she was more greedy for her current wealthy life.

There were a variety of emotions intertwined, but the one that prevailed was the fear of losing my current life.

Therefore, her first reaction was to stop the other party and prevent him from disrupting her current life.

"Whether I'm talking nonsense or not, we'll know once we find her." Liu Yu has now managed to calm down. Having regained her sanity, she naturally wants to seize Miao Yanhua's weakness and let her know that she is not a soft persimmon that can be easily manipulated.

Liu Yu continued, "You know, I don't come from an ordinary family. I have some connections, so it's not difficult to find a few people."

Ahem, this is naturally to scare Miao Yanhua. No matter whether you can find it or not, when you go out, your identity is given by yourself.

It really worked. Miao Yanhua was frightened by Liu Yu's confident look and wanted to leave in a panic, but she still muttered in a low voice, "I'm too lazy to tell you this!"

Seeing Miao Yanhua's guilty expression, the few people who followed her looked at each other and believed even more about Miao Yanhua's husband.

The fire of gossip in the hearts of several people was burning fiercely. It was foreseeable that it would not be long before this matter spread among Miao Yanhua's circle.

But it's not that easy for Miao Yanhua to leave now. Liu Yu thinks that she is not someone to be trifled with. Miao Yanhua can come and go as she pleases?

Miao Yanhua, who was stopped by Cheng Yelei, had a bad expression on her face. She looked at Liu Yu fiercely: "What do you mean?"

"What do you mean by that? You came into my store for no reason and smashed things in my store, and you want to leave just like that? Do you really think I'm easy to bully?" Liu Yu said, pulling the corner of his mouth.

Well, she now feels like the big sister in the TV series.

And the "little brother" Cheng Yelei did his job responsibly to block people. When Miao Yanhua went left, he went left, and when Miao Yanhua went right, he went right, with the main message of "Don't think of escaping".

Miao Yanhua was so angry that her hair almost stood up. She looked at the people who followed her and said unhappily, "Why don't you come over and help me? Are you just going to watch me being bullied here?"

One of the people was speechless after hearing this: "Big sister, we are not hired thugs by you. We will do whatever you tell us to do."

"That's right, and I think what the poor boss said is right. You smashed other people's things and you want to leave like this? How is that possible! But boss, you should know that smashing things was not our intention. It was Miao Yanhua who deceived us. We thought you were..., ahem, anyway, let Miao Yanhua take care of the compensation."

Miao Yanhua was so angry at their words that she almost fell backwards. Although she knew that these people were just superficial friends of hers, wasn't it too much to say it so directly?

If I had known this earlier, I would have spent money to hire a few people!

"I'm unlucky today. Can't I compensate you?" Miao Yanhua rolled his eyes and still said arrogantly.

"Of course you have to pay compensation, but you'd better wait a moment, the police will be here soon." Liu Yu smiled and found a place to sit down. Well, now she is not the one who is anxious.

She turned her head and gave Qinian a look: Thank you!

Everyone smiles in unison: a simple act of kindness.

A moment later, the police arrived.

At this time Miao Yanhua finally admitted her mistake and cried, saying that she was wrong. After all, she had just been educated that her previous behavior was a rumor. If Liu Yu pursued the matter, it would not be so easy to understand.

Liu Yu didn't bother to care whether she was pretending or not, and took compensation from Miao Yanhua for the loss.

Miao Yanhua breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the matter was over. However, she forgot that among the people who followed her to make trouble, there was a well-known big mouth.

That day, Miao Yanhua saw her husband coming back with a very bad look on his face.

Miao Yanhua asked him what was wrong with a bit of anxiety, but her husband frowned and looked at him, asking without any context, "You already know, right?"

Miao Yanhua was stunned for a moment, then forced a smile and pretended to be stupid: "Ah? You know something?"

The husband looked at her. Although he thought it was a shameful thing before, Miao Yanhua obviously knew it now. He closed his eyes and said, "You know how I made all that money, right?"

Miao Yanhua was still playing dumb: "I know, isn't it just what you earned from doing business?"

The husband said nothing, but just looked at Miao Yanhua quietly.

Finally, Miao Yanhua couldn't laugh anymore. She suddenly burst into tears and shouted, "Why! Why did you do this? You know... I didn't dare to go out these past few days..."

Everything she was proud of turned into a joke. Those people she once looked down on now laughed at her, saying that she and her husband would suffer retribution for taking such dirty money.

Miao Yanhua locked herself at home, blaming her husband in her heart, why did he do this, why did he cast a thick layer of haze over the money she loved!

She is no longer happy spending money and living in a big villa!

She began to have wild thoughts, "retribution", was the fact that they had never had children a retribution?

But Miao Yanhua did not dare to question her husband, for fear that he would blame her for making the situation so bad.

She used to have a peaceful and beautiful life, but the enviable life she had before can never be brought back.

She was so sad and regretful. Why did she go into the details of things she shouldn't know? As expected, knowing the truth doesn't always bring happiness.

Miao Yanhua didn't expect her husband to be more upset than her. He threw things and yelled, "Do you think I want to? If I don't do these things, can you live the life you have now? Can you go in and out of those luxurious places and live a life of luxury? No, you will only run around for a living every day, nod and bow to those rich people for a loan for a house, and beg for mercy! Why is your life so good now? I have endured all this for you!"

Miao Yanhua had no idea how strange the habits of those rich women were. Some of them even liked to brush him hard with steel wool...torturing him madly.

Although he was like a plaything in front of those rich women before, at least in the eyes of those who didn't know the truth, he was a superior person and he could be envied by others. But now, those people all know it.

He felt as if everyone was laughing at him.

Miao Yanhua looked at her husband who had collapsed and curled up into a ball and burst into tears. On the one hand, she felt sorry for her husband having to endure all this, but on the other hand, she was secretly afraid that he would make a decision that would make her lose her current life.

In Miao Yanhua's heart, nothing is more important than having money. She previously suspected her husband of having an affair, and she was afraid that he would let a mistress take over and force her away.

That's why she bites people like a mad dog.

"I know you're doing this for our family." Miao Yanhua cried sincerely and tried her best to comfort her husband and calm him down.

Miao Yanhua made a decision: "Let's move."

The husband raised his head and looked at her.

"Let's move to a place where no one knows us and cut off contact with those people, so that no one will know." Miao Yanhua carefully persuaded her husband: "In the future, we will still be as glamorous and enviable as before."

Miao Yanhua praised her husband like crazy: "I know that you are no different from those men who stand tall and proud. No, you are more admirable than them. No one can laugh at you."

The husband nodded slowly: "Okay."

Seeing that he agreed, Miao Yanhua breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, her current life was saved.

——

Just when Miao Yanhua and his wife were planning to move, Qi Nian welcomed his first New Year in this world.

It is no longer like before, when I was squeezed in a small rental house, watching the Spring Festival Gala alone, looking at the fireworks outside through the window, and envying other people’s family reunions.

Actually, it was not so bad at that time, as he could still watch those beautiful fireworks for free. But later, the city banned fireworks, and these only excitement disappeared.

In the small rental house, there is only a terrifying silence. In fact, Qi Nian has already gotten used to being alone, but every Spring Festival, he still feels sad and envious.

So he never looked forward to the arrival of the Spring Festival before, and was even a little afraid of it.

But this year is clearly different.

Early in the morning on New Year's Eve, Qi Nian was awakened by the noise outside. Realizing that the family would be busy today, he quickly got up, dressed, washed up, and went out with his curly hair on his head.

Ning Min and the others have already started to get busy. Chu Zhen is chopping meat, and Ning Min and Chu Rongshi are preparing the New Year's Eve dinner.

"Nian Nian is awake? That's great. You and your brother go outside to put up the Spring Festival couplets. I see other families have already started putting them up." Ning Min gave instructions while waving a shovel.

Qi Nian happily agreed: "Okay! Where are the Spring Festival couplets? I'll go get them!"

By the time I got the Spring Festival couplets, Chu Rongshi had already come out of the kitchen with a small ladder and placed it at the door.

Seeing Qi Nian running towards him happily, he smiled and said, "So happy?"

"It's the New Year, so of course we'll be happy!" Qi Nian said as a matter of course.

Chu Rongshi didn't know what he was thinking about. He raised his hand and rubbed his little curly hair, and then Qi Nian looked at him with dissatisfaction.

He withdrew his hand.

Qi Nian climbed up the ladder with a grunt, took the couplet handed to him by Chu Rongshi, and pasted it on the door: "Brother, take a look and see if it's straight!"

Chu Rongshi glanced at it and said, "Okay."

Only then did Qi Nian feel relieved and smoothed out the couplet.

After working for quite a while, the doors were finally sealed, lanterns were hung and blessing characters were pasted on them, and the Spring Festival atmosphere was instantly created.

The highlight of the day was dinner in the evening, so I just had a simple breakfast and lunch.

In the afternoon, Chu Tianyan and Chu Tianheng called separately, and Ning Min told them to remember to eat dumplings.

Whether you are at home or not, you have to celebrate the Spring Festival.

The long-awaited New Year's Eve finally arrived, and the family gathered around the table to eat the New Year's Eve dinner.

Although there are many varieties, they have a small number of people, so they don't cook much of each dish to avoid leftovers.

"Look at my collection!" Chu Zhen took out a bottle of red wine and looked at it curiously: "I usually don't want to drink this, but today is the New Year, so I'll open it."

"Oh, you're quite generous today." Ning Min said with a smile, urging him to open it quickly.

Then he asked Qinian, "Do you want to drink?"

Qi Nian took a curious look at the red liquid; it looked delicious.

Chu Rongshi said at the side: "The alcohol content is not high. If you want to drink it, you can try it."

Qi Nian nodded immediately after hearing this: "Then I'll try it."

He took a bite of the food, then curiously took a big sip of the red wine. He found that it didn't taste very good, but in order to avoid wasting anything, he drank it all.

Seeing this, Chu Zhen thought he was a drinker: "Have you finished? I'll pour you some more. I didn't expect Nian Nian to have a good alcohol tolerance, haha."

"I don't want to drink anymore." Qi Nian said quickly, but he didn't expect his uncle to move quickly and poured him half a cup.

Everyone thought: "..."

Well, now that it's poured, I might as well drink it.

He was about to take the cup and drink it, but Chu Rongshi was quicker than him, took his cup and said, "I'll drink it for you."

Qi Nian: “!!!” But that’s the cup I used!

He subconsciously looked at Ning Min and Chu Zhen, and they didn't seem to notice anything unusual.

Qi Nian could only watch Chu Rongshi drink the half glass of wine for him. His brain, which had been somewhat active to begin with, suddenly became out of control.

He had just used that cup, so wasn't that... an indirect kiss?

No, what on earth is he thinking about? Qi Nian raised his hand and touched his cheek, and felt that his face was particularly hot.

"What's wrong?" Chu Rongshi asked him at this moment.

In order to prevent Ning Min and Chu Zhen from noticing anything, Qi Nian lowered his head and said vaguely, "Nothing."

He smiled lightly when he heard Chu Rongshi, then poured a glass of drink in front of him: "Drink this."

Qi Nian lowered his eyes and found that Chu Rongshi seemed to have specially changed a cup for him. So, this guy must have noticed what he was thinking about just now?

How embarrassing! Qi Nian dug his toes into the ground.

I don’t know if it was his imagination, but his cheeks seemed to get even hotter. He even felt a little dizzy from the embarrassment.

"Niannian?" Chu Rongshi saw Qi Nian sitting on the sofa without saying anything for a long time. He put his hand on his shoulder and shook it gently.

Qi Nian's cheeks were red and her reaction was much slower than usual. She tilted her head and looked at him: "Hmm?"

"Is Nian Nian drunk?" Ning Min also noticed that something was wrong with Qi Nian.

"What do you mean drunk? I didn't drink!" Qi Nian muttered in dissatisfaction. Like every drunkard, he was unwilling to admit that he was drunk.

Ning Min was amused by his expression and poked Qi Nian's red cheek: "Okay, okay, I'm not drunk."

Then he whispered to Chu Rongshi and Chu Zhen, "Don't mention it, she's actually quite cute when she's drunk."

Chu Rongshi was helpless: "Mom, stop teasing him, I'll take him back to his room to rest."

Ning Min took the opportunity to pinch Qi Nian's cheek again, met his resentful eyes, and said with a smile: "Go, it's getting late."

I originally planned to stay up all night, but the kids are drunk, so I decided to go back to my room and rest.

Chu Rongshi nodded and helped Qi Nian up. At first, the other party was quite well behaved, but when they got into the room, he became "disloyal".

Qi Nian looked at the handsome "strange man" in front of him, staring at him with wary eyes: "You... who are you!"

"I'm your brother." Chu Rongshi glanced at the drunkard and wiped his face with a hot towel.

"Mmmm..." Qi Nian's eyes went dark and he suddenly felt like he couldn't breathe.

He was looking at Chu Rong with his hair slightly wet on his cheek, as if he was studying something.

Chu Rongshi held a toothbrush with toothpaste squeezed on it, pinched Qi Nian's chin with his fingers, and said gently, "Open your mouth."

Although the drunkard didn't recognize people, he was still well-behaved and opened his mouth obediently.

But when his teeth were being brushed, Qi Nian frowned and wanted to say something, but because he was brushing his teeth, he had to hold it in and let the other person brush his teeth carefully.

Finally he finished brushing, spitting out the foam, making two "Puh" sounds, and said in surprise, "I can do this myself."

Chu Rongshi paused and continued calmly, "I forgot."

The drunkard was a little slow-witted and was successfully fooled. He nodded and said, "Okay."

"But don't lie to me." Qi Nian's expression suddenly became depressed, like a little sheep whose fur was wet by the rain, sitting blankly on the edge of the bed.

Chu Rongshi frowned, looked at the depressed boy, and asked, "What did I lie to you about?"

"I've known it for a long time. You are not my brother. I don't have a brother at all." Qi Nian said with some sadness. He was so sad, but he didn't expose this "liar" just now. Maybe it was because he was greedy for the tenderness at this moment?

However, he also knew clearly that he had no brother and no relatives.

Qi Nian said sadly, "Don't lie to me. I'm not stupid, and I don't have any money to cheat you."

Chu Rongshi looked at the young man in front of him, and squatted down in front of Qi Nian with a gentle expression. He gently pushed away the hair that was covering his eyes, and said softly, "I'm not lying to you. I'm your brother. I'm sorry I'm late."

Suddenly, tears fell heavily on the back of Chu Rongshi's hand. Chu Rongshi felt as if his heart was being grabbed by someone and he felt a suffocating pain. He raised his hand and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of Qi Nian's eyes.

"Really? I have relatives too?" Qi Nian couldn't believe it. He had had this dream many times before, but it had never come true.

"Yes, you have always had relatives. We are the ones who came too late." Chu Rongshi held the boy, who looked like a wounded beast, in his arms and patted his back gently.

Qi Nian, whose brain was a little dull, slowly raised his head and looked at Chu Rongshi: "But... you don't look like me at all."

Chu Rongshi lowered his eyes and met Qi Nian's doubtful gaze: "..."

He suddenly said, "Actually, I am your...boyfriend."

After he finished speaking, his ears turned a light red where no one could see, his eyes were fixed on the boy in front of him, and his fingers at his sides curled up slightly.

The drunk Qi Nian was even more confused: "But, you just said you were my brother, did you lie to me?"

As he spoke, he looked at Chu Rongshi with some sadness, feeling sorry for having believed what he said a little bit just now.

Chu Rongshi: "I'm not lying to you. He can be my brother or... my boyfriend."

Everyone thought in unison: “?” Something felt wrong.

However, the thinking process of a drunk person might be a little abnormal. He quickly accepted this strange setting and focused on the issues that concerned him most.

Looking at Chu Rong eagerly, "Then will you...stay with me forever?"

Chu Rongshi's Adam's apple slid slightly, and he looked at the boy in front of him restrainedly, and whispered, "Yes."

At this moment, Qi Nian's eyes were particularly bright. He suddenly blushed and raised his head. His pink lips quickly touched Chu Rongshi's lips, then he separated them embarrassedly and whispered, "Thank you."

Although he had no memory of the two of them being together, he felt as if he particularly liked the person in front of him.

Hehe, he is finally not alone anymore!

Chu Rongshi looked at him with deep eyes. His instinct of thinking of a small animal made him want to escape quickly. He quickly hid himself with the quilt and said in a deep voice, "I'm asleep!"

In the quiet room, after a moment, Chu Rongshi raised his hand and gently touched the place that had just been kissed by the boy, with a smile on his face.

——

In the dim morning light, Qi Nian stared at the messy curly hair, poked his head out from under the quilt, and opened his eyes drowsily.

After a moment, the pair of eyes that were originally confused suddenly became clear and wide open.

——"He can be a brother or... a boyfriend."

——"Will you always stay with me?"

--"thank you."

Qi Nian no longer remembers what was said before, and only remembers the latter part. However, no matter what was said before, this part... is the one that should be forgotten the most!

Help! How could his brother do this! And he was tricked into kissing the other person! Qi Nian blushed and locked himself in the quilt, squirming madly.

Alcohol really harms people!