The middle-aged man with the appearance of a young man lowered his eyes, his eyelashes hiding the emotions in his eyes, and he looked confused.

But this possibility had already been denied by Lu Qi himself and the housekeeper, right?

——

The story goes back to when Lu Qi was six years old, after the kidnapping incident.

After hearing Lu Jiu's reply "I'm participating in the competition," Xiao Luqi seemed like a completely different person. His attitude suddenly became cold and he uttered a dry "Oh".

Then he turned and walked away.

Xiao Lujiu tilted his head in confusion, looked at Xiao Luqi's back as he left, and suddenly shouted, "Are you angry?"

The black-haired boy paused, tightened his arms and legs, and said calmly, "No."

Lu Jiu put down the wooden sword in his hand and ran over. He stood in front of Lu Qi and approached him, almost nose to nose. He asked seriously, "Really?"

The boy looked at him twice, turned his head away stiffly and said, "Did you say that?"

Then Xiao Lujiu believed it, straightened up, nodded, and said as if he breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, I thought you were angry. Then I'll go take a shower first."

Lu Qi:……

oh.:)

After taking a shower, Lu Jiu found that his younger brother ignored him. The little boy holding the sword looked at Lu Qi's back in confusion as he decisively shook him off, and then turned his gaze to the old housekeeper of the house.

"Master Butler, what happened to Aqi?"

The old butler looked at the black-haired boy going away and narrowed his eyes slightly. "It's nothing, young master. Maybe he is just in a bad mood. You'd better let him be quiet."

Lu Qi was certainly not in a bad mood, he knew that.

But... after all, he is just an adopted child, not worth the young master's trouble.

There's no reason to lose your temper, right?

A dark light flashed in the old butler's eyes.

After all, he was the butler who had taken care of him for more than ten years, and with the buff of an adult, although Lu Jiu, as a child, was a little worried, he still nodded in agreement.

After all, adults always have better solutions than children.

Then Xiao Lujiu found that his younger brother ignored him after being silent for a few days.

Lu Jiu:???

He originally wanted to rely on his young age (although he was older than Luqi) to shamelessly twist Luqi and make people forgive him. But then something happened and this opportunity was shelved - he was sent abroad.

Although I sent messages to Lu Qi every day when I was abroad, I never received a reply.

Despite this, Lujiu still insisted on sending Luqi emails two or three times a week, chattering about all sorts of random things and apologizing, but he never received a reply.

After they returned to their country, their relationship improved a little after they spent a few years together.

But there was always a barrier between them, and Lu Jiu never understood why Lu Qi was unwilling to get closer to him.

——

At this time, under Lu Qi's questioning, he inexplicably thought of this possibility again.

The silver-haired swordsman raised his eyes slightly, with some hesitation in his gray-green eyes. He hesitated to speak, and finally asked tentatively, "Is it because of... the kidnapping?"

Even though the housekeeper had denied it many times, it suddenly popped up at this time, so he could only give it a try.

He really wanted to find a nominal younger brother to be close to.