I thought I was a jerk

The interior of the restaurant was very quiet, and the music stopped at the gesture of the guests.The waiter came up to refill a cup of mint tea for him, then walked away with a smile.Xue Weixuan put his hands on the translucent jade-colored cup a little uncomfortably, feeling that the coolness inside had penetrated to his fingertips, and the veins on his forehead were twitching in shock.

From this angle, you can see the windmills circling outside the window, and the fountain rushing down, and the colorful arcs illuminated by the lights as bright as day.

Xue Weixuan has never been to such a high-end place... probably a restaurant.

Even though Xue Ci provided him with clothes with very soft fabrics and standard tailoring that seemed to be full of expensive prices, he even slightly cleaned up his hair and the green and red wounds on his face; Xue Weixuan still felt that those senior waiters in restaurants The eyes that looked over were full of astonishment, as if they were whispering how a little bastard like him would appear in such a place.

It's just that the occasional sight that falls over makes Xue Weixuan feel like he's sitting on pins and needles, feeling that there's criticism in it.

After all, he is out of tune with this place, a person from two worlds.

Just like him and Young Master Xue opposite.

Xue Ci was opposite him, looking down at the menu.Even the outer skin of the menu is in a foreign language that makes Xue Weixuan dizzy. He must not understand any of the words that are connected into strokes.

Young Master Xue was still wearing a mask, and Xue Weixuan's eyes couldn't help but focus on his pale skin like jade, and those curled eyelashes.

very long.

Xue Weixuan would sigh with emotion, why are his eyelashes so long for a man.

After about a few minutes, Xue Ci glanced at the sky, and suddenly asked him: "What do you want?"

Xue Weixuan refused without thinking: "I'm not hungry."

He couldn't read the words on the menu, and he didn't want to be embarrassed again.not to mention.He didn't really come to eat. If Xue Ci asked him to pay, Xue Weixuan doubted that the money in his pocket was not enough to pay for the meal.

Xue Ci didn't say anything more.

He is not hungry either.

In front of him was the same iced mint tea, in a translucent jade cup with crushed ice cubes at the bottom, and a little fresh leaf on the brim.Xue Ci reached in with a slender silver spoon and stirred slightly, making a clear crashing sound.Xue Weixuan raised his eyes slightly, he was a little surprised how the young master seemed to be drinking mint water like this...

Xue Weixuan crossed out the word "good-looking".

He muttered that it was pretentious.

Xue Ci took off the mask, and pressed the brim of the jade cup against his lips. He took a sip, and his mouth was filled with that fresh fragrance.

Xue Weixuan didn't care that the young master was still covering his face before. Anyway, he guessed that the young master from a rich family must protect himself and not leak information casually, so he didn't mind this eccentricity.But when Xue Ci took off his mask, he couldn't help but look over.

Glancing at this, he was slightly stunned.

Xue Ci didn't look like his father at all, but he had another, more attractive appearance, which made Xue Weixuan's movements slightly stiff, after staring at Xue Ci for a while. , before rolling down and closing tremblingly.

It really is too good-looking.he thinks.

The mother who could give birth to such a young master must also be an extremely gorgeous and beautiful, perhaps dignified and outstanding beauty.

Xue Weixuan thought of his mother again, pursed his upper lip slightly, and looked a little cold.

He was beginning to look a little impatient.

In fact, those waiters didn't look at him much.After all, Xue Weixuan's previous posture was very upright when he just sat and didn't speak, his back was straight and almost stiff, and his appearance was deceptive, at first glance he looked like a son of a certain family.

But Xue Weixuan became impatient now, and simply lay back, the seat was pushed a certain distance by his feet, making a "squeaky" noise, and those waiters were very restrained, so they didn't look over.Xue Weixuan just half-lyed on the seat, half-crossed his legs, and said carelessly: "It's been too long, why hasn't he come here yet?"

This appearance reveals a bit of his aura of wandering in the streets of the city, no matter how intimidating his clothes are, he can't hide his ruffian personality.

Xue Ci looked up at him.

"Don't tilt your chair, you'll fall over."

Xue Weixuan paused slightly.

Young Master Xue lowered his eyes again, stirred the mint tea in the cup, and continued to say calmly, "Don't lie down with your legs crossed, it's impolite."

Xue Weixuan felt a little stiffer.

He didn't reply to Xue Ci's words, but after a while, he quietly sat down again.

Xue Weixuan thought with a stinky face, it's not because of anything else, it's just that this is his benefactor after all, and it's not easy to offend so far.

It didn't make Xue Weixuan uncomfortable for long, the person they had been waiting for for a long time finally came belatedly.

This restaurant was originally selected by Xue Fu according to his younger brother's taste, and it is very close to the largest amusement park in Zhoucheng.After the meal, they can walk on the characteristic wisteria flower promenade here, take a walk under the giant windmill, and go to the amusement park.Xue Fu asked people to bring a camera, and prepared to take many precious group photos. After all, he had very little time to spend with Ah Ci... But Xue Fu did not expect that this should be a very beautiful day, but it never happened. It went off track from the start.

Xue Fu received a text message from Xue Ci and knew that Ah Ci was waiting for him inside.

But the meal together that he was looking forward to before made him hesitate extremely at this moment, even with a little hesitation as if he was about to go to the battlefield.

The accident that happened in the company, the fact that the illegitimate son came to the door and was discovered by Ah Ci, Xue Fu has already known through the report of his subordinates.

He made a big fuss, but it didn't help the current situation.

Xue Fu even started to get angry, but he was still too soft-hearted, showing weak sympathy that shouldn't be.Unexpectedly, he was discovered by Ah Ci now, which made him at a loss, and he didn't know how to face the possible questioning from his younger brother.

Of course, Xue Fu could fabricate various reasons to deceive Xue Ci, and he could also make the illegitimate son change his mind and admit to Xue Ci that he was just a liar who came up to make money, or even disappear forever to avoid future troubles——

But he has been hiding Ah Ci for so long, so how could he have the heart to fabricate the lies again and again to deceive his brother who trusts him so much.In the event of being exposed in the future, as an elder brother, he may never gain the trust of Ah Ci again.

Lies need to be constantly mended like a snowball, Xue Fu is very clear.

When Xue Fu thought of this possibility, he felt guilty, and when he thought of Father Xue who caused all these troubles, he felt a little resentful.

Let father come and explain to Ah Ci in person.

Xue Fu thought coldly, he had already made a plan, and when Ah Ci asked, he would push it all to his father and let him explain.

... Anyway, in the final analysis, it was my father who caused the trouble.

Being fully prepared, Xue Fu walked into the restaurant.The waiter stepped forward to greet him, and respectfully led the young master of the Xue family to the second floor.

Xue Ci had seen the vehicles parked outside and his brother coming down from the huge one-way glass through the window seat.Turning the jade cup in his hand twice, it covered his lips again, leaving a thin layer of water stains.

The waiter bowed slightly sideways, making way for Xue Fu.And after Xue Fu came to the second floor, there was no panic on his face anymore. With a gentle smile on his lips, he stepped over with his slender legs. When he saw Xue Ci, he walked very fast. In the blink of an eye, Xue Ci was in front of him.

"Ah Ci..." Xue Fu's voice was much softer than usual, as if he was comforting his younger brother.But when he got close, even if Xue Fu only had room for one person, he would not be so blind that there was one more living person beside him who couldn't see.

At first, Xue Fu found someone sitting there, but he only thought it was Xue Ci's friend in Zhoucheng, so he lowered his eyes and glanced at it, and after seeing the person's appearance clearly, his expression turned ugly.

Although he was ready for Ah Ci to know the existence of the illegitimate child, he was not ready for the three of them to be in the same room directly.

Xue Weixuan has a smooth and arrogant personality.And even though he yelled loudly in front of Xue Fu, he still felt a sense of awe in his heart when facing Xue Fu, who looked so cold and unpredictable, and he was very alert to know that Xue Fu was actually not a very easy person to get along with.

This is more like a wolf cub's avoidance and intuition of danger, if his current situation is not too clumsy...Xue Weixuan actually doesn't want to get in touch with people like Xue Fu.

In the past, every time he came to Xue Fu, he deliberately controlled the number of times, and he only asked for money, rather than threatening him to get something he shouldn't want—so he never really stepped on the bottom line of the other party.Xue Weixuan thought that if he danced like a knife, he would capsize the gutter one day, but he didn't expect this day to come so quickly.

Xue Fu was so dissatisfied with letting Young Master Xue know of his existence.

Xue Weixuan looked at Xue Fu's face, silently clenched the cup in his hand tightly, veins popped out of his too thin hand.The expression on his face remained unchanged, but his back was slightly arched, as if the hair all over his body had blown up.

Xue Fu stood aside, staring at Xue Weixuan, without saying a word, there seemed to be some burning liquid flowing in the viscous air, tightly strangling the person's throat.

This weird confrontation lasted until Xue Ci raised his eyes.

He said, "Sit."

Xue Fu sat down on one of the opened seats with a bang.

The loud sound was almost inconceivable to the young master of the Xue family who had a good family education.

Then Xue Weixuan saw the change on Xue Fu's face that made him extremely vigilant. The momentary gap can be called the successor of Peking Opera's face-changing.

Xue Fu's expression was gentle, he lowered his head slightly, and the corners of his lips pursed inexplicably revealed an innocence, as if deliberately showing weakness.

"You listen to my explanation."

Xue Weixuan: "..."

Xue Ci paused.

He said calmly: "Brother, it's not your son, what do you want to explain?"

Although there was a hint of deceit in it, at this moment, Xue Fu still nodded without hesitation, wanting to get rid of all the relationship between this matter and himself.

"It's just," Xue Ci's expression was still very calm, and his lowered eyebrows revealed a beautiful, soft-hearted temperament, "If brother admires him very much, he should take him by his side and teach him well. In the future, you will become a brother who satisfies you, rather than letting him continue to live an unsustainable life now."

Xue Weixuan's expression at that moment can only be described as "cracked".

He knew what Xue Ci wanted him to do, so when he came to meet Xue Fu with him, he felt that the young master's money was too easy to cheat.

Don't say 500 yuan, just give him [-] yuan.

Even if it might offend Xue Fu...but compared with life-saving money, it is not too embarrassing.

However, Xue Weixuan really didn't expect Xue Ci to say such a thing. He didn't want to be moved by crying bitterly, but besides being shocked, he was always a little vigilant, and suspected that Xue Ci called him over for a better cause. humiliate him?

Otherwise, how...how could he say such a thing.

Xue Weixuan had to press his lips tightly so that he would not let himself reveal a look of embarrassment, and his face would not turn red because of it, which is a complicated state of mind that is both ashamed and entangled.

And Xue Fu——

When he heard Xue Ci say these words, the expression on his face was more like a bolt from the blue.After waiting for a long time, I finally collapsed my expression, suppressed the chaotic emotions, and said tentatively: "Ah Ci, you, you..."

The hesitant expression on Xue Fu's face became heavier: "Are you jealous?"

Xue Ci: "..."

"No, brother."

Xue Fu is not very good at dealing with his younger brother's emotions, but even if he is as slow as him, he can still find that Xue Ci is not trying to quarrel with him, but even his voice seems to be cold.He didn't dare to think about it any more, and said carefully, "Ah Ci, don't be angry. I never had such thoughts."

"Everything I do is out of a..." Xue Fu hesitated for a while, "It doesn't matter if it's a small compensation for my father, or a kind of sympathy. I never thought about it." Take him with you, or treat him like a brother."

Xue Fu looked at Xue Ci seriously, with a gentle yet straightforward expression in his eyes, "The younger brother I recognize will always be only you."

Although Xue Weixuan didn't have much brotherly affection for Xue Fu, his face was still a bit ugly after being so clearly disgusted.Those eyes suddenly sank, Xue Weixuan turned his head away, stood up at once, folded his arms and said with patience, "Is that enough, young master? You asked me to come here to see your brotherly love, or To prove that you are really important in your brother's eyes?"

"Shut up." Xue Fu really had no patience for Xue Weixuan.Hearing his impatient mocking words, his eyes suddenly became gloomy and cold.He hasn't settled with Xue Weixuan for the debt he dared to make before Xue Ci's eyes, but it made him get carried away.

At the same time, Xue Ci also said, "Sit down."

Compared to Xue Fu's voice, Xue Ci's voice was very soft, almost overwhelmed by his elder brother's voice.But Xue Weixuan miraculously heard it clearly, his body froze slightly, and he sat down with his lips and teeth tightly closed, not knowing who he listened to first.

After Xue Weixuan became stiff like a puppet, Xue Ci's eyes fell on his elder brother again.

What Xue Fu said just now seemed to still be in his ears.

Xue Ci slightly closed his eyes.

It is even clearer than Xue Fu's serious analysis just now, but it has been more than ten years away from him—or the memory of the previous life.

The relationship between Xue Ci and his elder brother has always been normal.Xue Fu is the arrogance in everyone's eyes, the future heir of the Xue family.Xue Ci was mediocre, he was a dull second son who couldn't be enlightened, and he was extremely unloved.

Many people would sigh with emotion, how could Xue Fu have such a shocking figure, so he got such a younger brother.

Xue Ci sometimes thinks about it.

But most of the time, he was very proud of his brother's brilliance in various media.Even though he is not like those other young masters, he can still show off to his friends around him.Xue Ci has no friends, no one to confide in, which does not prevent him from thinking complacently in his heart:

That's my brother.

My flesh and blood.

Xue Ci always thought that Xue Fu's indifference was due to his natural temperament.

After all, Xue Fu is an excellent eldest son, with outstanding talent and no dust in his eyes.And who would use those worldly requirements to define a genius?

Xue Fu treated everyone in the same cold and calm way, and he was not a close brother, so it was not uncommon for him to receive equal treatment.

It should have been.

What's more, Xue Fu's treatment of Xue Ci is actually not that bad, at least compared to Father Xue, he is less gentle and considerate.He would call a doctor for Xue Ci when he was delirious with a high fever, and would occasionally ask about Xue Ci's current situation, and give some little care from his brother.

Xue Ci admired his elder brother very much, and it was reasonable to think that Xue Fu treated everyone like that.So it's not that he doesn't value himself, it's just that he has such a temperament.

So when he found that Xue Fu would pay more attention to another person...another younger brother, and even taught and supported him wholeheartedly, without any impatience, he would feel depressed in his heart.

Xue Fu took Xue Weixuan back to Xue's house.

Xue Ci was jealous, helpless, and full of hostility towards Xue Weixuan, but he never did anything.

Because it was his elder brother who brought Xue Weixuan back, a blood relative from the same parents as him.

Xue Ci always resisted and disdained Xue Weixuan who stayed in Xue Mansion.

He thought that his elder brother just saw Xue Weixuan being pitiful and had been wandering outside for more than ten years, so he took good care of him, took him back to the Xue family, and taught him as a descendant of the Xue family.

Until Xue Ci returned to Xue Mansion in the middle of the night, his brother and Xue Weixuan were still awake, the lights in the study room were bright, and the door was half closed.

Xue Ci passed by the door and heard their conversation.The bright lights are more like the winter sun, with a chill penetrating into the bone marrow.It seemed to illuminate all of his dark thoughts, and illuminated Xue Ci without any hiding place, to see him curl up and show an embarrassed posture.

He heard Xue Fu say with emotion, there was regret in his voice.

"Weixuan, if only you were my biological brother."

At that moment, Xue Ci's blood froze because of it, his whole body seemed to be frozen in ice, and his teeth chattered.

He also heard very clearly that Xue Weixuan seemed to let out a wry smile.Replied with the same regretful and somewhat shy voice: "Even if not, I will always regard you as my elder brother."

And not just because of jealousy.

Xue Ci could accept that his elder brother had another younger brother, that his father had another son, that Xue Weixuan suddenly invaded his life, and even received more favors.Xue Ci needs time to adapt, even if the process will make him painful and entangled, it will even take ten or twenty years to complete.For the sake of the family, Xue Ci is willing to adapt slowly and accept her changed life.

But the meaning revealed in Xue Fu's words is that he hopes that Xue Weixuan can replace him.

He replaced him as the young master of the Xue family, Xue Fu's younger brother, and his father's second son.

It was only then that Xue Ci discovered that he was the "poor" person.

All Xue Fu cared about was just a sudden pity.

What followed was a quarrel.

Xue Ci is really a child who has been obedient since childhood.He seldom had disputes with Xue's father, let alone confronted his elder brother, so that when he broke into the study, the sudden eruption was like the eruption of an extinct volcano that had been accumulated for a long time, even Xue Fu was stunned by it. It took a long time to come back to his senses, and he frowned deeply and looked at this younger brother who had never called out to him before. There was not even much anger in his eyes, just irritability and bewilderment.

"Xue Ci," he said, "what are you going crazy about?"

"Get out."

So Xue Ci completely got out of Xue Mansion.

If he hadn't relived his life, turned into a young boy of a few years old, and encountered a change that even Xue Ci couldn't resist, he probably wouldn't roll back again.

And now Xue Ci, as he said, is extremely restrained even going crazy.Xue Weixuan's existence was an introduction, and he could recall everything related to the other party very clearly.

Xue Ci is not interested in venting this depression on Xue Weixuan who is now powerless to resist.

So he brought Xue Weixuan to Xue Fu, and told Xue Fu very clearly.

Choose to take away your most admired and preferred younger brother, and he will grow into a young master of the Xue family who is enough to satisfy everyone, replacing him as a boring and unexpected existence.

Let everything go back to the way it should be.

Stop torturing each other again and again.

But now Xue Fu is also so determined, answering him with incomparable certainty.

Xue Ci started to have a headache.

He didn't reach out to rub his forehead, but just lowered his head and stirred the mint tea. The crushed ice had already melted, and tiny fluff-like impurities appeared in the originally extremely pure liquid.

After Xue Ci's brief silence, his fair face became even paler like melting snow, and his bright red lips parted and closed slightly.

"Brother, you don't have to be so decisive." Xue Ci's voice was calm, and his black eyes were as dark and silent as if a pool of ink had melted, "I'm not questioning you or testing you, I don't need you to use absolutes to block every respond to my words with the tone of a road."

Before Xue Fu couldn't help but defend himself again, Xue Ci took the lead and said: "You have to get along for a while before you know if it's suitable. Maybe your thinking will change in the future, and you will feel that Xue Weixuan is your younger brother……"

Xue Ci said: "It's also very good."

Xue Fu felt uneasy.

He couldn't figure out what Xue Ci's thoughts were, but he was worried that Ah Ci, who was so simple, might be coaxed by a slippery person like Xue Weixuan, and accepted him.Thinking of this, Xue Fu felt extremely conflicted, he couldn't tolerate Xue Ci having other brothers besides himself.

At the same time, I regretted it very much.

He had known for a long time that he should never take care of Xue Weixuan's affairs, otherwise he wouldn't have caused a mess now, and even facing Ah Ci, he couldn't help but feel guilty.

scourge.

Xue Fu thought full of anger.