Chapter 247 Chapter 247 The Three Brothers of the Xu Family
Fang Peihong glanced at Xu Yunfan and said bluntly, "It's just that you look so much alike."
Fang Zixi looked at Xu Yunfan carefully, then at Bao'er who was secretly looking over her shoulder. "You three look alike. Yunzhuo has short hair, and you have short hair too. What's your name?"
Xu Yunfan said formally, "I'm not changing my name. My last name is Xu, my given name is Yunfan. Look how young I am." He pointed his palms at Xiaobao and said, "I'm eighteen this year. Brother, look at Xiaobao. He's three years old, right? Four years ago, I was just fourteen. Do you think a fourteen-year-old like me would change my name and kill you? If you still don't believe me, you can check it out. I only came to your place last year. How could I possibly cause trouble with you?"
The three Fang, Pei, and Zhou brothers looked at each other. Yes, Xu Yunfan still looked very young. Wasn't he still a half-grown boy four years ago? Their fourth brother couldn't be so hungry and thirsty. They hadn't thought of this at all at the time.
Fang Peihong, realizing it was a misunderstanding, choked up and asked, "If you're not, why would Bao'er call you father?"
Xu Yunfan shook his head and sighed, "This is a long story."
Fang Peihao: "Then please keep it short."
Xu Yunfan: "...Xiaobao was abducted to our place by human traffickers, and was found and brought back by my husband. As for why he calls me father, you can wait until he calms down and ask him. As for why he calls my husband daddy, it's not that he doesn't recognize people, but he doesn't remember what happened before. I guess he was abused during the abduction, so he can't remember some things."
The Fang brothers were struck by lightning, and Fang Zixi was even more shaky and almost fell. Fortunately, Fang Peihong was quick to help him.
"It's all my fault, it's all my fault." Fang Zixi started crying again, gasping for breath, and Xu Yunfan thought he was going to faint.
When Xiaobao saw him crying, he was so scared that he shrank back into Qin Run's arms, even putting his two little hands away, like a turtle hiding in its shell.
Seeing this, Qin Run thought Xiaobao's behavior was very funny, but he couldn't help feeling sad. "Xiaobao, don't be afraid. That's daddy. He's your little daddy. Can you look at daddy?"
"What about you, Daddy? Aren't you my daddy?" Xiao Bao asked in a muffled voice without looking up, "He is my daddy, so am I not your child?"
The entire living room was plunged into an eerie silence where one could hear a pin drop because of Xiaobao's words.
Fang Zixi's lips were trembling and he couldn't speak. Afraid of scaring the child, he forced himself not to cry out loud and looked at Xiaobao eagerly.
Xu Yunfan comforted the frightened Qin An and Qin Mu, then brought Xiaobao over. "Alright, a real man sheds blood and sweat, not tears. Why are you crying?"
Xiaobao wanted to shrink into Xu Yunfan's arms, but Xu Yunfan pulled his head up several times, pouting and saying unhappily, "Father is bad. Xiaobao is only three years old, still a child, not a man."
"Oh, now you have demonstrated your flexibility to the fullest." Xu Yunfan sneered. When this guy was in the village, he would often complain that his father had no ambition, wasted time, did not know how to study hard, and was always worried about growing up quickly. He said that a family cannot do without a man, that people will look down on them, that the father cannot be relied upon, and that the Qin family can only rely on him in the future, and so on. Xu Yunfan gritted his teeth and his fists itched when he heard this. If it were not for Qin Run's protection, Xiaobao would probably have to eat "stir-fried bamboo shoots with pork" every now and then.
Xu Yunfan put an arm around Xiaobao's chest and turned him around. "Your daddy will always be your daddy. Other kids only have one daddy who loves them, but you're amazing. You have two daddies who love you. Isn't that great? Other kids would have laughed their heads off, but you're crying. If I were you, I'd be so embarrassed that I'd be humiliated like a monkey."
Qin Run touched Xiaobao's chubby face and said, "That's right, Xiaobao, as long as you call me daddy, you will always be our family. Don't be afraid. Your daddy misses you very much. If you do this, he will be very sad and upset."
Xu Yunfan lifted Xiaobao's chin with his index finger, lowered his head to look him in the eye, and said patiently, "Xiaobao, your father misses you so much. How sad would he be if you did this? If you were in his shoes, and you missed your father, but he ignored you when he saw you, wouldn't you be sad?"
Just imagining what Xu Yunfan said, Xiaobao felt very aggrieved. "It's sad. Dad doesn't love Xiaobao. Xiaobao will be so sad that his heart will burst out of his throat."
Xu Yunfan: “…”
That's a bit exaggerated.
Xiaobao, who had nowhere to hide, had to look up at Fang Zixi. At this time, Fang Zixi had completely lost her previous madness. Her eyes were red and big tears rolled down. When Xiaobao looked over, Fang Zixi wiped the tears from her face, raised the corners of her mouth with difficulty and bitterness, and revealed a smile that was uglier than crying.
Seeing this, Xiaobao was stunned for a long time, until Xu Yunfan patted his butt. The little guy suddenly started crying, sobbing with discomfort and grievance, and stretched out his hand to Fang Zixi, "Daddy, why don't you go find Baoer? Baoer has been waiting for you for a long time and you didn't come back!"
Xiaobao pouted and cried, "Daddy, please don't cry like this. Xiaobao is scared. Xiaobao loves you and doesn't want you to cry."
Fang Zixi was stunned for a moment, and after she came to her senses, she hugged Xiaobao and the father and son hugged each other and cried bitterly, making Xu Yunfan's ears buzz.
After a while, he slapped Xiaobao on the butt and said, "Come on, you're crying and howling non-stop, right? Stop crying. You're losing too much urine and you're dehydrated."
Xiaobao sobbed and said unhappily, "It's not like ghosts crying or wolves howling. Xiaobao was crying super loudly."
Xu Yunfan was speechless. Was it necessary to say such an embarrassing thing so proudly?
Xiaobao's wolf-like cry came to an abrupt end. As soon as Xiaobao stopped, Fang Zixi also stopped and kept kissing Xiaobao's face. The latter actually looked shy and enjoyed it.
Xu Yunfan rolled his eyes and walked over to Qin Run, looking as if he had missed out on a billion dollars and felt regretful, but also as if he had finally understood something and was relieved. "Xiaobao has found his family. We don't have to worry about anything else from now on."
Xu Yunfan and Qin Run have spent a lot of energy and time raising Xiaobao for such a long time. They love Xiaobao but dare not love him too much, for fear that when Xiaobao's family comes, they will be heartbroken and suffer for a long time.
Qin Run hummed in frustration, resting his hands on Qin An and Qin Mu's backs, not daring to even look at Xiaobao. He was afraid that if he did, he would want to snatch Xiaobao back.
Qin An and Qin Mu seemed to understand something. They looked at Xiao Bao eagerly, clinging tightly to the corner of Qin Run's clothes. Qin Mu curled his lips and shouted, "Xiao Bao, come down, we're going home."
"Oh!" Xiaobao responded habitually, holding Fang Zixi's face and kissing her twice, then patted Fang Zixi's arm, "Daddy, let me go down, my uncle is calling Xiaobao, Xiaobao wants to go home with uncle."
The four brothers of the Fang family: "..."
"Baoer, your home is here." Fang Peizhou's heart was hanging in the air. The nephew whom they had taken good care of and loved for several years was going to become someone else's?
Xiao Bao's eyes were filled with tears. He looked at the Fang brothers, then at Qin Run and the others. The tears that had finally stopped fell again, "But...but I can't bear to leave my father, uncle, and father. I also can't bear to leave my uncle, father, and grandpa and grandma."
Hearing this, Qin Run glanced at Xiaobao and knew that he had remembered. He was reluctant to return the child, and similarly, Xiaobao was reluctant to leave him!
But life has always been like this. How many things can be achieved in two ways?
Qin Run didn't dare to speak. In front of Fang Zixi, he had no right to ask Xiaobao to go with him.
"You call him father?" Fang Zixi obviously missed the point. He asked Xiaobao curiously, "Baoer, why do you call him father? He is not your father." Xiaobao can do whatever he wants with other things, but this point must be corrected.
Xiao Bao was stunned for a moment, about to cry, "He is my father, but he is not my father either. Xiao Bao knows."
Xu Yunfan slapped Xiaobao's butt again, and said with a slap, "What nonsense is this? Are you trying to make a brain teaser?"
Seeing that her baby was slapped again, Fang Zixi wanted to say something but stopped herself and finally fell silent.
"Father, you hit me again." Xiaobao was obviously displeased by Xu Yunfan's beating. He grabbed his butt with his fat hands and twisted his little body on Fang Zixi's chest like a big fat worm. "Daddy, put me down. Xiaobao wants revenge."
Fang Zixi kissed Xiaobao twice before putting him down. She then spotted Qin Mu and Qin An and quickly ordered the maids to bring in tea and snacks. "I'm sorry, I was so excited just now that I neglected you. What's your name, sir?"
Qin Run's attitude towards Fang Zixi was quite good. After introducing her, he didn't know what to say.
Fang Zixi, who had calmed down, looked at the three Qin brothers for a few seconds, and then her eyes fell entirely on Xu Yunfan.
Fang Zixi was watching him intently, as if she was looking through Xu Yunfan to see other people. This made Xu Yunfan feel uncomfortable, so he started a conversation, "Does Xiaobao's biological father look like me?"
This question is a bit thoughtless. If it doesn't look like the real thing, why would the three brothers of the Fang family admit their mistake?
Fang Zixi nodded, stood up and went out, and came out with a scroll after a while.
Seeing this, the three Fang brothers couldn't help but wonder, could it be that Xu Yunfan had some connection with Yun Zhuo? Otherwise, why would their fourth brother be willing to take out the scroll?
You should know that Fang Zixi treasures this scroll very much and usually does not allow others to touch it.
Fang Zixi opened the scroll, and Xu Yunfan and Qin Run looked at it curiously. After seeing it, Xu Yunfan almost thought he had aged ten years.
Even Qin Run couldn't help but widen his eyes, looking back and forth between Xu Yunfan and the person on the scroll over and over again.
Xu Yunfan, not knowing how to express his feelings at the moment, could only exclaim, "This...this is Xiaobao's father. He looks so much like me. No wonder Xiaobao and I look so much alike. This is hard to be happy about."
Xu Yunfan touched his face and said with a look of melancholy, "Are men as handsome as me not unique these days? I actually ran into someone who looks just like me."
Qin Run pointed at the man in the portrait and studied him for a moment. "They're different. Although you look alike at first glance, if you look closely, you two actually have differences. Look, your eyes are different, and his hair is a little curly, but yours isn't."
Xu Yunfan's heart started pounding when he heard this. He asked Fang Zixi to confirm, "Are you sure Yun Zhuo's hair looks like this?"
Short hair was not popular in the Dayan Dynasty. When he was selling food outside Qingfeng Academy, the students in the academy jokingly asked him if he was a Buddhist disciple who had returned to secular life, otherwise why was his hair so short?
Xu Yunfan lied and said he was from overseas, and that short hair was popular among men from overseas countries.
The so-called overseas country is nothing more than a non-existent country he invented in order to find an excuse for his origins.
So, why does the man in the painting have short hair like him?
Another thing Xu Yunfan remembered was that his father and older brother had slightly curly hair, but he was the only one who inherited his mother's.
This Yun Zhuo, is his surname Yun and his given name Zhuo, or is his given name just Yun Zhuo?
Xu Yunfan asked because he didn't understand.
Fang Zixi: "His last name is not Yun, it's Xu."
Although Fang Zixi and Xu Yunzhuo had only been together for a few months, Fang Zixi had known everything he needed to know, and Xu Yunzhuo had told him everything he knew, so the rumors from the outside world that he had been cheated were all lies.
"I know where you come from, and I also know that you don't belong here." Fang Zixi's just one sentence made Xu Yunfan feel like he was facing a formidable enemy.
Qin Run's expression changed immediately. He placed himself between Xu Yunfan and Fang Zixi, blocking Fang Zixi's sight from Xu Yunfan. "My husband is from overseas. Has Master Fang ever been overseas?"
Fang Zixi answered the question irrelevantly, "Have you just arrived in the capital? The children must be hungry. Big brother, why don't you take the children to eat something? Snacks alone won't fill them up."
"Okay." Since they couldn't bear to hear what their fourth brother was going to say, Fang Peizhou and the others decided not to leave him alone.
"Go ahead, follow Xiaobao." Qin Run comforted the three children who were looking at him, "You go first, I'll come find you later."
Seeing Qin Run staying, Fang Zixi couldn't help but look at Xu Yunfan. Xu Yunfan couldn't figure out what Fang Zixi meant by that, so he said vaguely, "My husband knows exactly where I came from. He is my husband, and there are no secrets between us that cannot be told or that he is not comfortable hearing. As for what you said about not belonging here, Master Fang may have misunderstood. I came from overseas and was not originally from your place, but now I have settled in the Great Yan Dynasty, so I belong here."
Fang Zixi shook her head. "You know exactly what I mean, so I won't beat around the bush. You're not from overseas, nor are you from our world. You know exactly where you came from. Yun Zhuo said that the Great Yan Dynasty didn't exist in your place for thousands of years. So, you and we should be in different time and space."
It was precisely because Fang Zixi knew that Xu Yunzhuo had a strange background that she stubbornly sent people to look for him everywhere after Xu Yunzhuo disappeared.
He thought, maybe Xu Yunzhuo would come back after he went back? Xu Yunzhuo was not familiar with this place, and he was afraid that he would not be able to find him even if he came.
Xu Yunfan and Qin Run were no longer calm, and Qin Run's face turned even paler. "Xiaobao's father..."
If Xiaobao's father Xu Yunzhuo and Xu Yunfan came from the same place, and the other suddenly left without saying goodbye, would Xu Yunfan do the same one day?
Fang Zixi was silent for a moment, then exhaled. "We've known each other for half a year. At first, he thought he couldn't go back, and I thought so too. It was just a pity that one morning I woke up and found he was gone. No matter how hard I looked, I couldn't find him. It was as if he had evaporated from the face of the earth."
Qin Run's face turned even paler, almost bloodless. He held Xu Yunfan's hand tightly, "How can you be sure that Xu Yunfan is from the same place as Xu Yunzhuo? Yunfan has been here for more than half a year. He wouldn't disappear suddenly like Xu Yunzhuo."
I don't know whether this sentence is to comfort myself or to deceive myself.
Xu Yunfan was not unaware of the worries and fears of the people around him.
Fang Zixi looked at Qin Run, as if he saw his past self. When he found out Xu Yunzhuo was missing, he was as scared as Qin Run and turned pale.
"Yun Zhuo said his family is very rich. His parents are both businessmen. He has two younger brothers. He is the eldest. The second is Xu Yunyue and the third is Xu Yunfan. He also said that his two younger brothers don't know they have such a big brother."
Xu Yunfan shuddered. It was too scary. Had Fang Zixi investigated him?
"Yun Zhuo said he was very talented since he was young, a genius. As for the extent of his talent, I don't know. He only told me that he was taken away by your country's special department when he was six years old. Because the special department produces things that some people don't want them to develop, he had to "disappear". The Xu family pretended that he didn't have a son. Even if his parents wanted to see him, they had to apply in advance and meet him secretly. Therefore, many people don't know that the Xu family even has such a person like him."
Xu Yunfan chuckled twice, not knowing whether he believed it or not. Lang Sheng said, "Well, what you said is a bit unreasonable. My grandparents said that I am the smartest child in the Xu family. I have a photographic memory, and I am good at both civil and military affairs. I can be said to be both wise and brave. It doesn't make sense that he was taken in by the country, but I am not appreciated by them, right?"
In fact, Xu Yunfan believed Fang Yunxi's words to some extent. Damn, Fang Zixi even got his eldest brother's name right. Could it be that this person figured it out by counting on his fingers?
Moreover, there are some departments in the country that are indeed not well known to the outside world, and the scientific researchers in them are not available to you whenever you want. In order to protect these scientific researchers, it can be said that they have "died" in the public eye and have "disappeared". Even their families cannot see them easily.
As for some other scientific researchers of lower rank, you may not even see them once every one or two years. When they go home to visit their families occasionally, the country has special military personnel to protect them.
If I really have an older brother who was taken away from me when I was young and trained to be a scientific researcher, it seems reasonable, but also seems unreasonable that I don't know his existence.
Xu Yunfan suddenly remembered that he always had an extra birthday present on his birthdays. He once asked his family who gave it to him. Xu's parents said it was from their friends. After asking so many times, Xu Yunfan also realized that they intended to avoid talking about it.
friend?
Who is so generous in making friends these days?
Houses worth over a billion yuan and cars worth tens of millions of yuan were given away just like that? And they kept giving them away for several years straight?
Xu Yunfan was very upset. He originally thought that the three-year-old Xiaobao was so smart because he looked like himself. It turned out that he didn't look like his uncle, but like his father. How could a person who was taken away by the country since childhood be an ordinary person?
He must be a genius at least! So, the genius that my grandparents talked about was just a lie?
Fang Zixi choked up when he heard Xu Yunfan's words, thinking to himself, he didn't know whether Xu Yunfan was excellent or not, but he knew, and was certain, that this man was very shameless!
Who would have the nerve to brag about themselves like this?
Fang Zixi pursed her lips. "Yun Zhuo said that although he couldn't leave the institute often, someone would tell him about family matters. He said that he had two younger brothers, and the third brother was the most similar to him, a perfect combination of his parents' genes, so..."
Fang Zixi felt a little embarrassed when she heard the following words, even when she was just repeating them. Back then, Xu Yunzhuo said those shocking words with an extremely gentle face, and Fang Zixi once thought that she had misjudged him.
"Just what?" Qin Run asked curiously.
Fang Zixi blushed and glanced at Xu Yunfan, "He said that he is just like his third brother, he is incredibly handsome."
When Xu Yunzhuo appeared, he was wearing a pair of what he said were glasses. He looked very gentle and refined. At the first sight, Fang Zixi was attracted by his unique temperament.
That was a kind of steadiness that he rarely felt in other young masters. Xu Yunzhuo gave him a sense of solid security.
During their daily interactions, Xu Yunzhuo seemed to know everything and could talk about many topics, but sometimes, he seemed like a fool who didn't even know some basic common sense. For example, whether a boy would have his period, this was something that was obviously embarrassing to talk about, but he could ask it without batting an eyelid, and even specially wrote it down. When he learned that he was a bisexual, Xu Yunzhuo was very considerate and caring towards him. Faced with such a good-looking, knowledgeable, and considerate man, which boy would not fall for him?
When he was with Fang Zixi and talked about his family, Xu Yunzhuo seemed like a different person. Every word he said about his younger brother sounded so proud and complacent.
Something like, "My brother is as smart as me, as handsome as me, and he's so handsome that it's infuriating to both God and man..." In short, these words completely overturned Fang Zixi's impression of Xu Yunzhuo.
Fang Zixi: "Yun Zhuo said that his third brother is also very smart. His parents said that he is a natural scholar, but it is impossible for all three brothers to hand over their talents to the country."
Xu Yunfan couldn't help but glance Fang Zixi up and down. Even if he didn't want to believe it, he had to believe it. "So, you are my little brother?"
Fang Zixi nodded. "I believe Xu Yunzhuo wouldn't lie to me. If you really are from the same place as Xu Yunzhuo, then I am indeed your brother, and Xiaobao is your nephew."
Qin Run's legs went weak. Since Fang Zixi knew where Xu Yunfan came from and he was Xiaobao's father, he shouldn't have any ill intentions towards Xu Yunfan. "Brother, did you tell me why he appeared in our Great Yan Dynasty?"
"No, even he himself was surprised that he would appear here." Fang Zixi shook his head.
Qin Run: "Yun Fan too, will he..."
"No," Xu Yunfan looked into Qin Run's uneasy eyes and said seriously and sincerely, "No, Run'er, I have a hunch that I won't be like my brother. You know, my hunch is very accurate." It's not only women's sixth sense that is accurate.
Even though Xu Yunfan was so confident, Qin Run still felt uneasy. "What will I do if you leave?"
He was so scared that if Xu Yunfan suddenly disappeared one day, he would definitely go crazy.
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