"..."
Ye Xiaotian looked at Su Luo with a serious expression, showing no intention of lying. His lips moved, but no sound came out.
His first thought wasn't fear, terror, or the desire to get away from Su Luo.
Instead, he felt guilty. He began to regret why he was so certain that Song Lingshan wouldn't really hurt Su Luo. When Ozawa Nami asked him for help, he shouldn't have refused, he shouldn't have stood by and watched, and he should have tried to find a way to rescue Su Luo.
Su Luo had no idea what Ye Xiaotian was thinking. She only felt that his gaze was incredibly complicated and assumed that he was scared, so she pretended to be relaxed and curled the corners of her mouth.
"Don't be afraid, I'm leaving now."
He stood up and prepared to leave.
But Ye Xiaotian pressed her back into place. Su Luo frowned slightly, looked up at Ye Xiaotian, and noticed that his eyes were red. She asked in surprise.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Ye Xiaotian rubbed his sore eyes, his voice trembling slightly.
"It's nothing serious. If you're sick, we'll get treatment. It's not a big deal. Aren't we good brothers? You don't want to be friends with me anymore, do you?"
After saying that, before Su Luo could answer, tears still streamed down her face.
He's so damn awful, how could he have let Su Luo turn out like this...
Su Luo blinked blankly; he had never seen Ye Xiaotian cry before.
I've never seen him cry, even when he was heartbroken and so poor he couldn't even afford a hundred yuan.
But now he's crying for himself.
He had never shed tears in front of Ye Xiaotian before, but seeing him like this, a sore feeling welled up in his nose, and he spoke very softly and cautiously.
"No, I didn't mean I didn't want to be friends with you. I thought you would be scared, that you would want to stay away from me..."
He had seen a lot of news before, and there were many children who were diagnosed with serious mental illnesses, but their families and friends disliked them and simply put them in mental hospitals without caring about them.
So he had just prepared for Ye Xiaotian to want to stay away from him, but he never expected that Ye Xiaotian would not only not despise him, be afraid of him, or stay away from him, but would instead feel sorry for him.
Ye Xiaotian said excitedly.
"I wanted to stay away from you, but you're back now, aren't you? If you and your sister-in-law are doing well in Tokyo, I will never go to see you again in this lifetime, do you understand?"
Su Luo calmed down and seemed to understand a little.
I understand why he didn't attend his own wedding.
I understand why he wants me to find my family as soon as possible, and it would be best if he could introduce me to a twin sister.
I understand why he's still single after being heartbroken for so long.
I understand why, upon hearing that I was ill, he didn't distance himself, but instead wept with heartache.
I've figured it out now, why he gets a nosebleed when he sees me dressed as a woman.
It turns out he had a crush on her all along, but because she couldn't accept that she was gay, and her family didn't approve either.
Moreover, she also has someone she likes, so she has never made it clear to herself.
Su Luo stared into his eyes and said with certainty.
"You like me."
"?!?!"
Ye Xiaotian was clearly flustered; he never expected Su Luo to break through this barrier so directly.
Oh no, he was just a little excited and didn't mean to tell him that he liked him.
He's already married; if I admit it, he'll definitely distance himself from me.
No, he doesn't want to be a stranger to him. Even being friends for life would be enough for him to be by his side.
"No, are you kidding me? I'm straight, very straight. How could I like you? Have you forgotten that I used to like Xiao Mei from our company? Don't talk nonsense, or I'll sue you for defamation! You're defaming me!"
Su Luo raised his hand and rubbed his temples. This kid couldn't lie at all. He would blush every time he lied, and now his face was so red it was practically steaming.
A ruthless rebuttal.
"If you don't like me, then why don't you have a girlfriend yet and are still a virgin?"
After not seeing Ye Xiaotian for several months, he really felt that Ye Xiaotian had become even more handsome and more mature than before.
He's rich, handsome, and young; women practically throw themselves at him. If he didn't have his eye on her, she wouldn't be single.
"Who said I'm a virgin? I have a girlfriend. Let me show you, she's got some serious looks!"
Ye Xiaotian was indeed feeling guilty just now, but he wasn't guilty at all now. He took out his phone and showed Su Luo photos of his girlfriend and their chat history.
Actually, this woman was his second casual sex partner, not his girlfriend, but that's not clear from the chat history.
Since he last lost his virginity, he hasn't used his hands anymore, since he doesn't have to take responsibility anyway.
For him, feelings and cooking can be separated; you can cook even if the feelings aren't that deep.
Su Luo didn't believe it at all, thinking he was bluffing. She took the phone to find loopholes, but found that it was actually true, and there were even private photos of the two of them. The photos were obviously not photoshopped, they were real!
What the heck? Am I overthinking this?
No way, how could this be?
Seeing that Su Luo was still not at ease, Ye Xiaotian continued.
"Okay, I'll be honest with you. I did have feelings for you before, but you know if my family found out I liked my man, my dad would break my legs and kick me out of the house. So I gave up on those feelings. Now I only have brotherly feelings for you, understand?"
"?!!"
The amount of information was too much for Su Luo to process for a moment. He hesitated, unsure of what to say.
Ye Xiaotian continued to give Su Luo strong medicine, speaking recklessly.
"Besides, now that you have this scar on your face, I really don't feel anything anymore."
Su Luo was completely relieved, and the corner of her mouth twitched slightly.
"Thank you!"
Ye Xiaotian breathed a sigh of relief and laughed carefree.
"Look at you, you're being so polite with me again. Why are you thanking me?"
Su Luo stopped arguing with him and got straight to the point, asking him to help her find out who had transferred the extra two million yuan to her account.
Ye Xiaotian made a phone call and found out the answer in fifteen minutes, looking quite troubled.
"This account is overseas."
Su Luo offered her own ideas.
"This money was transferred the day Nini disappeared. Do you think it might be related to Nini?"
Ye Xiaotian scratched his head and said speechlessly.
"That doesn't make sense either. If the person who sent you the money was the one who kidnapped Nini, wouldn't he be crazy? Why would he give you money? Shouldn't he be extorting money from you?"
Su Luo nodded slightly.
"That makes sense."
“Taking Nini away and then sending me money, this doesn’t make any sense at all.”
Suddenly, Su Luo had a flash of inspiration and thought of Su Jiani's mother, Zhao Qingsi.
If Zhao Qingsi was the one who took Nini away, then it makes sense. She's been wanted for over ten years, so she must have fled abroad.
The account that transferred money to me happened to be overseas.
Su Luo speculated.
"Could the person who took Nini away be her mother?"
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