Chapter 72 Unable to withstand the interrogation
Xue Wenxiang watched Xu Cangyu leave, but he dared not chase after him. He was even afraid to see the unfamiliar look in Xu Cangyu's eyes.
The fire in his heart had long since died out; now only endless regret remained. He began to recall Xu Zangyu's words.
Then he thought of how unfamiliar Xu Zangyu looked when they first met, which didn't seem like a deliberate act. Could it be that Xu Zangyu really had amnesia?
What he did just now, how is he any different from an animal?
Xiao Mingxin said he had internal injuries, and he didn't know if it was from the masked man that day, because he hadn't noticed it just now.
Xu Zangyu always appears so vibrant. He wipes away his tears and resentment, and he always appears so radiant and beautiful in front of others.
Upon hearing Xiao Mingxin say that he was seriously injured, Xue Wenxiang's first reaction was shock. By now, it was too late for regrets.
*
In the darkness, Zheng Ruo heard the door to the side room open and rushed to Xu Cangyu's room with joy, "You're finally back! I thought you'd fallen into the hands of those people..."
The words abruptly stopped, and Zheng Ruo then realized that there was another person beside Xu Zangyu, a member of the Tianyi Sect, whom he hated the most.
Xiao Mingxin showed no surprise, and instead exchanged pleasantries with her, saying, "I'm sorry to have troubled Miss Zheng to take care of my junior brother during this time."
Zheng Ruo couldn't even manage a smile because Xiao Mingxin's words were so offensive. She was clearly Xu Cangyu's family, yet Xiao Mingxin's words made it sound like she was being excluded, as if Xu Cangyu were his own.
“You don’t need to thank me. Brother Xu is my family and my fellow disciple, so of course I will take care of him. But you, I remember that Brother Xu left Tianyi Sect a long time ago and is now a nobody. How can he be worthy of being called your junior brother?”
Xiao Mingxin's eyes were deep, and he placed his hands on Xu Cangyu's shoulders as if no one else was around. "In my heart, he will always be my junior brother, and no one can change that."
Just like a dog wagging its tail and urinating to mark its territory, Zheng Ruo glanced at Xu Zangyu and, seeing that he didn't refute her, swallowed her anger.
"Brother Xu, you're back so late, you probably haven't eaten yet. There's food prepared in the kitchen, I'll go and bring it to you."
“There’s no need to trouble Miss Zheng. I’ll treat my junior brother’s injuries first. I’ll bring the food. It’s getting late, so please get some rest to avoid staying up too late.”
Zheng Ruo gritted her teeth and glared at the man with a forced smile. He spoke eloquently, but in reality, he was subtly trying to get rid of her. She hated people who used roundabout methods to cover up their ambitions, and she was even more worried about Xu Cangyu staying with him.
Brother Xu is kind-hearted and never thinks ill of people; how could he possibly outwit this smiling tiger?
She always felt that Xiao Mingxin had an abnormal obsession with Xu Zangyu, but this obsession was hidden under his elegant attire, so it would not be easily discovered.
It will only make people who accidentally see it think it's their imagination.
"Aruo, you should rest first. My senior brother and I still have things to discuss."
Zheng Ruo reluctantly left, watching Xiao Mingxin close the door in front of him.
"Snap!"
With the sound of the lock clicking shut, the surrounding spiritual energy fluctuated slightly, indicating that a barrier had been set up in this room.
She just left, and Xiao Mingxin immediately set up a barrier. Who exactly is she trying to guard against?
"Aruo is straightforward and doesn't really have any bad intentions. You don't need to take her words to heart."
Xu Cangyu was afraid that he would harbor resentment, but Xiao Mingxin just smiled and shook his head, "I wouldn't hold a grudge against a little girl. Actually... what she said is not wrong. I am not your senior brother at all now."
Xiao Mingxin lowered his eyes, his expression gloomy. It was unclear how effective his seclusion had been during this period, as his face still looked somewhat pale.
The reason Xiao Mingxin acted this way was entirely because of him. Xu Cangyu felt guilty and grasped Xiao Mingxin's hand that was hanging by his side, then hugged Xiao Mingxin's waist.
“I haven’t forgotten those unpleasant experiences I had at Tianyi Sect, but I will not hold a grudge against my senior brother because of them. In my heart, my senior brother will always be my senior brother.”
With a silent smile, Xiao Mingxin hugged him back, her voice low: "I thought my junior brother hated me too. In the dead of night, I often saw scenes of my junior brother being my enemy. Fortunately, these were all just dreams."
From childhood, Xiao Mingxin was seen as a towering figure in Xu Zangyu's eyes, the most outstanding and dazzling disciple in the crowd, someone that others always looked up to.
He seemed indestructible, but at this moment, Xu Zangyu saw a hidden vulnerability in him that no one else knew.
It wasn't obvious; even her vulnerability was repeatedly concealed, and her stubbornness was heartbreaking.
Xu Cangyu hugged him tighter, wondering if she had gone too far with her words.
Even though Xiao Mingxin was inexplicably mocked, he still expected her to be magnanimous and not hold a grudge.
This is like slapping someone, saying it wasn't intentional, and then forcing them to forgive you.
On second thought, Xu Zangyu realized he had gone too far.
“Ah Ruo is a businesswoman, and her straightforward nature will inevitably lead to her suffering losses one day. I will talk to her tomorrow.”
Xiao Mingxin frowned. "Don't speak ill of Miss Zheng because of me. You treat her like your own sister, so she's my sister too. It's just a child's unintentional slip of the tongue; it's nothing serious."
What a good person he is, still protecting those who bullied him.
Xu Zangyu felt even more guilty.
“She’s twenty years old, she’s not a child anymore. Even if you give in to her, others might not.”
Xiao Mingxing seemed unable to argue with him and sighed helplessly.
Xu Cangyu cupped his face and kissed him, "Senior brother, don't be unhappy, your brows are almost furrowed into a '川' shape."
A smile suddenly bloomed on Xiao Mingxin's lips, her eyes lifted, rippling gently like a spring breeze on a calm lake, so tender it was almost overwhelming.
Xu Zangyu was suddenly led to the bedside by him. "Let me see my junior brother's injuries."
His body suddenly stiffened, and he stammered, "Haven't we already seen it?"
Xiao Mingxin's hand, which was on his waist, traced down to his tailbone, and her fingertips pressed lightly. "I'm talking about the injury caused by Xue Wenxiang."
"He...he...how could that be...My internal injuries are because he angered me." Xu Cangyu looked away from Xiao Mingxin's gaze, but the pressure on his head did not lessen at all.
Xiao Mingxin touched his profile picture to comfort him, "Let your senior brother check whether you're injured or not."
The hand on his head gently moved down to the back of his neck, but Xu Zangyu felt as if his life was being held by that hand, and he was completely unable to resist.
He thought Xiao Mingxin hadn't seen it, which is why he was calm all the way back. It turns out he was waiting to settle scores later.
Xu Cangyu was both nervous and guilty. When Xiao Mingxin took the pillow and told him to lie down with it under his body, he did so without thinking.
When he felt the coolness in his lower body, he couldn't help but despise himself for being so obedient and compliant. He used to be the one who would criticize Xiao Mingxin for every word she said.
Before he could figure out when he had become like this, he heard Xiao Mingxin's deep voice: "It's swollen."
Xu Zangyu felt a burning sensation on her face, lowered her head, and buried her face in the pillow.
"Relax, let me check if there are any injuries inside."
With only half a finger inserted, Xu Cangyu hissed in pain, but Xiao Mingxin's seemingly gentle smile grew colder and colder, his eyes filled with gloom. Yet he maintained his expression, even his sneer was restrained, making him look completely broken.
"Aren't you even afraid of the pain? It's already rotting and bleeding inside."
With a buzzing in his ears, Xu Zangyu really wanted to hear nothing at all. But Xiao Mingxin gritted his teeth and spoke very clearly, word by word, and all the words he didn't want to hear went straight into his ears.
"You went down the mountain for more than ten days and didn't return just to find Xue Wenxiang? I used to think that Xue Wenxiang was just indulging in wishful thinking, but I never expected that my junior brother actually had a relationship with him."
Xu Zangyu was speechless with anger, his liver aching with rage. "How was I supposed to know that he would come right away... If I had cultivation, I would have struck him with a palm strike long ago."
Xiao Mingxin seemed to suddenly release his anger and said in a low voice, "It's my fault, I didn't take good care of my junior brother."
Xu Zangyu thought he had really softened his attitude, but suddenly a large section of the finger behind him went in, and he was in so much pain that tears welled up in his eyes.
"I almost let another man take my junior brother to bed."
No words were mentioned about Xu Zangyu's mistakes, but every action clearly carried the intention of punishment.
"Junior brother, do you like Xue Wenxiang?"
"Of course I don't like it." Xu Zangyu answered decisively. He shouldn't have thought that Xue Wenxiang wouldn't bite just because she was a wolf cub. Besides, a wolf cub that had been starving for five years had long since grown sharp-eyed and quick-witted. Xu Zangyu cried out in pain after being bitten once.
"Who does junior brother like?"
"I... I like Senior Brother." Xu Cangyu dared not refute under Xiao Mingxin's tyranny. Perhaps it was the shadow from his childhood, but although Xu Cangyu often retorted to Xiao Mingxin, he was still afraid of him, especially when Xiao Mingxin lost his temper. Xu Cangyu would subconsciously shrink into a quail, and his arrogance would disappear.
"Does my junior brother only like me?"
"Dang..." He had only uttered one word when he suddenly stopped. A figure in bright red suddenly appeared in his mind. He couldn't understand why this person had suddenly appeared in his mind, but he couldn't shake off the image.
"Who is my junior brother thinking about?"
Xu Zangyu snapped out of his long silence and shuddered again upon hearing the eerie voice.
"No, I wasn't thinking about anyone. I was just worried that the food in the kitchen might get cold."
When Xu Zangyu was nervous, his lies were very clumsy. He probably didn't even realize that his guilty conscience was completely obvious to others.
He was hoping to get away with it easily, but unfortunately, every expression on his face was being watched by Xiao Mingxin.
"Junior brother, are you hungry?"
"Uh-huh."
"Then I'll quickly apply the medicine to my junior brother," Xiao Mingxin suddenly pulled out a jade flute and a string of jade beads from his Qiankun bag. "Junior brother, you choose."
Xu Zangyu: "?"
"Junior brother, do you really intend to keep my finger in your mouth like this? The injury is inside, so I need to put the medicine in."
His head started buzzing again, and Xu Zangyu thought he might as well die. He would rather be stabbed than be injured in such a humiliating way.
One finger was already unbearable, but the jade flute, which was even thicker than a finger, made Xu Cangyu's scalp tingle at just one glance. He closed his eyes and chose the jade bead instead.
Yu Zhu was coated with a thick layer of ointment, and the discomfort from the swelling was immediately relieved. However, Xiao Mingxin's fingers did not leave, but instead pushed them further in.
Xu Cangyu held his breath, gritted his teeth, and tensed his legs.
Once he recovers, he'll definitely throw this piece of junk away.
"I originally planned to use these beads to make a sword tassel. Junior brother, if you've used them well, remember to return them to me."
Xu Zangyu: "…………"
He actually wanted more!!!
After applying the medicine, Xu Cangyu quickly pulled up his pants and tried to get up, but Xiao Mingxin pressed him back down with one hand.
"Don't move around, or it will fall out and we'll have to put it back in."
"..."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
