Chapter 60
The time to go home was set for the next afternoon. Chu Linchuan went downstairs with his luggage, and Xia Lanzheng was surrounded by Jiang Nian and Zhong Hai.
"Brother Xia, why are you leaving so soon?" Zhong Hai pulled him and stopped him from leaving.
Jiang Nian followed up by shouting, "Why did you leave so soon?"
Jiang Yuan yelled at the top of her lungs, "Why are you crying? Xiaoxia, you'll come play next time, right, Xiaoxia?"
Xia Lanzheng quickly agreed: "Yes, it's not like I won't come!"
Chu Linchuan waited in the stairwell for a while, listening to Xia Lanzheng say goodbye to her friends and urge Jiang Nian to study hard. Jiang Nian ran back to the house and grabbed a bunch of colorful hair ties.
"Brother Xiao Xia gives this to you. You must come next time."
Zhong Hai exposed her and said, "Jiang Nian, you just want to eat starch sausage."
After a while of laughing, it was almost time. Chu Linchuan came out from the shadows, handed the luggage to Xia Lanzheng, and went to the store to thank Jiang Yuan.
"Brother, who will pick us up today?"
"Li Ping'an, he's free today."
Xia Lanzheng said "Oh" and sat on the suitcase. From this angle, she just saw Chu Linchuan's hand.
"Where is the ring?" He was asking about the silver ring that Chu Linchuan often wore.
"I don't want to wear them anymore," Chu Linchuan said, pulling himself and his luggage back together. "Let's go back and get a new pair...Xia Lanzheng, stay away from the river."
Xia Lanzheng opened her palm in the air and said, "Okay, I've never worn a ring before."
Chu Linchuan's hand touched his face, and it made him shiver.
"Are you childish?" Xia Lanzheng bit his palm and gritted her teeth. "I'll bite you to death."
Chu Linchuan hissed in feigned pain. Xia Lanzheng didn't use much force, but she left a tooth mark on his palm. "Are you imitating Bao Bao in eating grass?"
Xia Lanzheng bared her teeth at him, but before she closed her mouth, Chu Linchuan pressed his lips with his fingers and wiped them.
This action was too ambiguous, and it immediately brought back some memories for Xia Lanzheng. He ducked his head and stood up uncomfortably. Before Chu Linchuan could react, he chuckled and jumped into Chu Linchuan's arms.
He pretended to pinch Chu Linchuan's neck with both hands, aimed at his Adam's apple, and rubbed it with his thumb.
"Chu Linchuan, you are finished. Prepare to die!"
Chu Linchuan held his knees, his Adam's apple rolling up and down in his palms: "Your lines have improved. The last master class was not in vain."
Xia Lanzheng pressed her Adam's apple to stop him from speaking. Seeing his lips, she suddenly felt an impulse. Chu Linchuan really fell silent and lowered his head in agreement.
Didi——
A shrill horn sounded behind me, deafening. After two horns, there was silence for a few seconds, and then another horn sounded one after another.
Xia Lanzheng snapped back to reality. With his back to the road, he couldn't see what was happening behind him. But Chu Linchuan's expression changed slightly, becoming the serious one he only wore in meetings.
He let go of his hand and placed Xia Lanzheng steadily on the ground.
Chu Linchuan's voice was hard to discern, and he said to someone not far away, "Why are you here? Where's Li Ping'an?"
As soon as these words came out, Xia Lanzheng's expression changed. He turned his head stiffly and saw through the lowered car window a face that looked even uglier than his own.
"elder brother……"
The person he called was Chu Linyu.
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Chu Linyu was so angry that his hands were shaking, and someone was adding fuel to the fire.
"Can you do it? If not, I'll drive. The road here isn't as smooth as in the city."
"Chu Linchuan, shut up! Are you...are you a human being?"
Xia Lanzheng was terrified. She was ordered to sit in the passenger seat, curled up in a ball, and said nothing.
"Okay, go ahead and curse if you want," Chu Linchuan said, "Just watch the road, okay?"
What responded to him was a sharp brake sound. Chu Linyu's expression twisted. He glanced in the rearview mirror and rubbed his face heavily.
"Brother," Xia Lanzheng said tentatively, "Brother, don't be angry."
Chu Linyu raised his head and was about to explode, but when he saw Xia Lanzheng's face, his curse for his father turned into a sigh.
He turned around and glared at Chu Linchuan, pointing at him and saying earnestly, "Zheng Zheng, tell me, was it him who forced you to do this?"
This sounded particularly familiar. Xia Lanzheng had seen it in countless melodramatic stories.
"No, no one forced me!"
Xia Lanzheng choked and used her hand to push Chu Linchuan, wanting him to say something too.
Chu Linyu held his hand back: "Did I misunderstand? It must be right? Actually, I saw it wrong. There is nothing."
It’s just hugging each other and touching each other’s hands. Who says brothers can’t do this?
"You're right," Chu Linchuan lifted himself off the chair and gently removed Chu Linyu's hand from Xia Lanzheng. "I thought you would be the last one to notice. Today, I've impressed you."
"..." Chu Linyu stared at his hands, his pupils trembling, and another string of curse words came out, "You're crazy, Chu Linchuan! Are you crazy! I was wondering why you worked overtime to finish the project some time ago, it turns out you did this to me!"
He spoke excitedly, and his saliva flew straight to Xia Lanzheng's face. Xia Lanzheng didn't dare to move. Chu Linchuan winked at him, meaning don't worry, it's okay.
This doesn't look like nothing happened. Chu Linyu's eyebrows and eyes were flying around, and he was so angry that he even rolled up his sleeves.
Chu Linchuan knew Chu Linyu's character well. This man would never stop talking until he finished speaking.
The car finally quieted down, and the atmosphere was even more eerie.
Chu Linchuan got out of the car, opened the driver's door, and pulled the person out.
"Sit in the back and let me drive."
Chu Linyu was so angry that he felt dizzy. He slumped into the back seat. Seeing the profiles of the two people in front, he thought that this was not going to work. He immediately got out of the car and brought Xia Lanzheng back with him.
"Is it really that serious?" Chu Linchuan adjusted the rearview mirror, put his hands on the steering wheel, started the car and turned on the turn signal. "We are all adults, what's wrong with having a relationship?"
After Chu Linyu calmed down from his anger, he fell into a long silence, as if he was reshaping his worldview.
Xia Lanzheng remained silent. What else could he say at this moment? He hoped he could stop Chu Linyu when he made his move.
After driving for forty minutes, Chu Linyu seemed to have fallen asleep. Xia Lanzheng quietly took a bottle of water, unscrewed the cap and handed it to Chu Linchuan.
"Brother, drink some water."
Before Chu Linchuan could reach out, Chu Linyu took it first: "Okay, I'll drink it. Thank you, Zheng Zheng."
"You're the only one feeling awkward in this car," Chu Linchuan opened the window slightly, letting the wind blow directly into Chu Linyu's face. "Why didn't Li Ping'an come?"
Chu Linyu took a big gulp of water and squeezed the bottle until it snapped. "He couldn't come because of something. It's a good thing he didn't come, otherwise I wouldn't have seen him."
Xia Lanzheng had been an ostrich all the way, and now, sitting close to Chu Linyu, she said without hesitation: "Brother, we are serious. Chu Linchuan didn't force me, and no one forced me..."
Chu Linyu looked at Xia Lanzheng, and Chu Linchuan in front of him also glanced at him.
In fact, they had an invisible tacit understanding, which Xia Lanzheng did not notice.
Chu Linyu’s reaction was understandable. Just curse her, and that was it.
He wanted to make sure Chu Linchuan and Xia Lanzheng wanted to be together peacefully. As long as he got a firm answer, he would not take any drastic action.
Even stand on their side.
So when Xia Lanzheng said these words solemnly, Chu Linchuan and Chu Linyu fell silent at the same time.
"Brother, can you understand?"
Chu Linyu came back to his senses and looked at the back of Chu Linchuan's head with annoyance. Now he looked at Xia Lanzheng and didn't know what to say.
The car was driving smoothly, so he closed his eyes again. When he got near the Chu family, he coughed.
"If you two really want to do it, I won't stop you. Mom's side is probably okay, but Dad's pretty difficult to deal with. You better be prepared to get your skin peeled off."
Hearing him say so, Xia Lanzheng's eyes lit up immediately. She grabbed a bottle of water and handed it to him: "Brother, you are so kind. You are simply the best person in the world."
"No," Chu Linyu folded his hands, "I've been holding it in all the way. Chu Linchuan, drive faster."
Chu Linchuan stepped on the accelerator: "You are so old now, are you waiting for me to ask?"
"Forget it, just shut up," Chu Linyu said with a "tsk" sound, "I get annoyed just looking at you... When are you going to tell me?"
Xia Lanzheng listened silently. He hadn't thought about it in detail, nor had he discussed it with Chu Linchuan. He thought things couldn't be rushed; they had to be done gradually, bit by bit.
Unexpectedly, Chu Linchuan said, "As soon as possible, or wait a while? Anyway, you are here and can help stop it."
"Are you crazy?"
Xia Lanzheng and Chu Linyu looked at each other and spoke at the same time.
Chu Linchuan didn't respond, slowing down the car and driving into the Chu family's outer courtyard. The security guard opened the gate and drove a little further. Xia Lanzheng saw the flowers Chu Linchuan had planted in the yard.
With the joint efforts of him and Chu Linyu, the flower didn't give them any face and was drowned by them.
Yang Yuxiao and Chu Lang were sitting in the yard drinking tea. When they heard the sound from afar, they stood up to greet them and waved to them to go forward.
Xia Lanzheng ignored the restraint of the seat belt and scrambled onto the seat: "Brother, are you really not going to wait any longer?"
"Zheng Zheng," Chu Linchuan said, "I won't feel at ease unless I tell you."
Chu Linyu wanted to respond but held back.
He looked at Xia Lanzheng, who had been staring at Chu Linchuan's profile, her fingers gripping the back of the chair.
Chu Linchuan stopped the car, unbuckled his seat belt and turned around: "Of course, it's okay if you don't want to, I'll listen to you."
Chu Linyu was surprised. Seeing the look in Chu Linchuan's eyes, he finally felt that his two younger brothers were in love.
This shock was no less than the feeling he had when he saw them about to kiss in the car.
Xia Lanzheng pursed his lips, he understood what Chu Linchuan meant.
There were too many disturbing things, and this uneasiness not only swept over him, but also Chu Linchuan.
"Okay," Xia Lanzheng said, "Okay."
When getting off the car, Chu Linyu frowned and muttered, "Are you really not going to reconsider it?"
When they walked out of the garage, Chu Lang and Yang Yuxiao were standing a few meters away. Yang Yuxiao even picked a bouquet of flowers and put them into Xia Lanzheng's arms with a smile.
"Finally you're back, Zheng Zheng. Did you have fun this time?"
Xia Lanzheng was holding the flowers and speechless. He heard footsteps behind him, stopped beside him, and then someone held his hand.
Chu Linchuan smiled at Yang Yuxiao and Chu Lang: "He's not thin, I checked."
Everyone looked at their clasped hands, and their expressions varied for a moment. Yang Yuxiao met Chu Linyu's gaze the first time.
"They..." Chu Linyu touched his hair and winked at Chu Linchuan.
However, no one expected that it was Xia Lanzheng who spoke first.
"Mom and Dad, Chu Linchuan and I have something to tell you. How about we... go inside first?"
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