I thought I was a jerk

The person who came was Xue Fu.

Xue Fu and Xue Ci really didn't look alike, they were very different in appearance and personality, so that the reception staff had to confirm his identity repeatedly before believing that he was indeed Xue Ci's brother.

It is not easy to withdraw from the busy company affairs.Xue Fu finished handling those difficult official duties ahead of time, and his eyes were slightly dark blue, but this did not damage his momentum or handsomeness in the slightest.Xue Fu's back was straight and he sat upright.His figure is well proportioned, and he is able to perfectly support the ironed and well-fitting suit. Even if he is just sitting in the bare living room, he shows the aura of a business meeting on an important occasion, which makes the reception staff around him feel good. Dare to come out, and he is full of awe and respect for him, and he comes over from time to time to ask if there is anything else he needs.

There are also men claiming to be Xue Ci's elder brother.

That's Mr. Xue's elder brother.

For the people in the laboratory, they may not have the strings to please each other, let alone treat them with care.But in the laboratory where scientific research results determine the status, they are looking forward to the genius who can research the core circuit, so they are so careful and cautious towards Xue Ci's brother, as if he has his own halo.

Xue Fu waited in the living room for a while before he came to Xue Ci.

His younger brother stood at the entrance, and the shadow fell to the ground first and approached him.

Then Xue Ci stopped walking.

The laboratory uniform was unbuttoned a few times, but it was not completely taken off, so it was draped loosely on the shoulders.Xue Ci raised his head to look at him, his face was calm, his black eyes were as dark as ink, but Xue Fu's heart softened a little.

Xue Ci's face was paler than his white uniform.

Xue Fu always felt that he had lost a lot of weight, his height did not grow, but his figure was much thinner.Standing under the light at the door like this, the shadows that fall on the ground are all slender and narrow, and the body seems to be blown down by the wind.

"...You didn't take good care of yourself." After a long while, Xue Fu finally spoke.

He knew it a long time ago, when he realized that Xue Ci was still in the laboratory so late, he should have known how tired Xue Ci was.

The usually cold look melted away in that instant, Xue Fu's eyes could not conceal the pain in his eyes, and even his voice was hoarse, as if he was afraid of disturbing a certain young animal.

Xue Ci, who has always been cold and hard-hearted, was also slightly dazed by this undisguised worry.He closed his eyes slightly and said something softly.

"elder brother."

Xue Ci did not expect that the person waiting outside the door would be Xue Fu.

He shouldn't have come to see Xue Fu.

But after hearing how long he had been waiting, out of a certain mood, Xue Ci silently changed his decision.

This conversion is very rapid.Not only soft-hearted, but also a premonition of unwillingness to owe.

With Xue Fu's attention to him, it is of course impossible not to know about the PDL competition and the chip, but he has not intervened before.At this time, the two found a more convenient place to talk, and Xue Fu was staring at his younger brother, as if greedily trying to make up for the missed meeting share during this period, before slowly letting out a sigh of relief.

"Chip technology, you are willing to donate it to the country for free. This matter is handled very well." Like an elder brother guiding a younger brother in a persuasive manner, Xue Fu's tone is full of praise, and there is also a hint of pride.

"A lot of people are after you. But the presence of brother and father won't let them have any chance of success." The bloody meaning behind these words is well hidden.Xue Fu seemed to be the most gentle and harmless elder, he leaned over, his smile and eyes were very warm, "Ah Ci..."

Xue Ci avoided his hand.

The sadness in Xue Fu's eyes was clear to everyone at that moment.

He seemed to smile, but there was no smile in his eyes.But as if not feeling embarrassed, he withdrew his hand casually, and continued: "Some people you have to avoid, they are very dangerous. Brother has sorted out the candidates for cooperation and will send them to your mailbox. This time, I just want to remind you to pay attention to the crisis, after all, if you want to leave Xue's house, you will face more risks..." He babbled, speaking very fast, as if he couldn't stop what he wanted to say for a while, but Xue Ci suddenly interrupted him.

"Brother." Xue Ci said calmly, "You don't need to come next time."

"I won't see you again."

"..." Xue Fu's words were choked for a moment.

He rolled his Adam's apple slightly, and was speechless, and he couldn't make a sound for a long time.

After a long silence, Xue Fu closed his eyes.He felt that the eyeballs were beating restlessly, hidden in the eye sockets and slightly undulating.Xue Fu didn't dare to open his eyes, so as not to be seen by Ah Ci when he was vulnerable, he just smiled bitterly and said, "Ah Ci, you are so cruel."

"What did brother do wrong, just because of him?" Xue Fu realized his gaffe after saying that sentence.He quickly calmed down his emotions, but he still couldn't hold back his words. There was a kind of madness that forced himself to calm down, "Because of an illegitimate child, you think my brother has done too much, so you don't want the Xue family, or even your brother?"

Xue Fu never thought of forcing Xue Ci to question.

He always regarded this as a necessary gap between the two brothers when Xue Ci entered adulthood.As the elder brother, he should be the one to take the initiative to tolerate, not lose control of his emotions at this moment.

Xue Fu's lips were tightly pursed, he stopped the dangerous questioning, and changed to a gentle tone: "I'm sorry, Ah Ci. My brother is in a bad mood now, and he speaks impulsively, don't worry..."

Xue Ci said, "It's my problem."

His voice was cold.

The incandescent lamp inlaid on the top of the hair emitted a bright, pale light, which reflected Xue Ci's face as white as snow, and Xue Fu felt guilty and loving in his heart when he saw it, and he was so soft that he couldn't speak seriously.

"I always look forward and backward, always have so many 'unspeakable secrets', always hesitate and make decisions." Xue Ci said flatly.

Xue Fu's face also turned pale, he felt as if his heart was being tightened by a bundle of thin threads, and he couldn't breathe.It's just that compared to this gloomy mood, what makes him more painful is the kind of secret pain that comes back from madness after his thoughts suddenly stop flowing.

He seemed to be doing something that he would regret.

"Ah Ci." Young Master Xue's lips turned pale, "Stop. You shouldn't think of yourself that way..."

"Brother, have you ever thought about—" Xue Ci took a step forward, he was closer to Xue Fu, but the distance between the two seemed to be drawn further apart.

He raised his eyes slightly, "None of your favorites are true. Everything is wrong."

"Perhaps brother. You are much more 'cruel-hearted' than me." Xue Ci's voice was still steady and gentle.Those eyes were quiet, reflecting the light.

It was as if a thunderbolt fell in Xue Fu's ear, chopping him so hard that his headache was about to split.

He recalled a dream again.

Xue Fu rarely had nightmares.

He thought that absurd dream had long been forgotten by him in his memory, but it was still so clear when he found it now.

He saw that Xue Ci was injured, with red and swollen marks on his cheeks.Ah Ci resisted the pain and didn't make a sound, but when Xue Fu raised his eyes to look over, he could still see his reddish eye sockets with a misty mist floating on them.

Just this one glance made Xue Fu's heart cut like a knife.

But in the dream, he just swept over indifferently, and then walked away.

Or it turned into a very familiar office, and one of his secretaries put a stack of reports on the table.When Xue Fu picked it up to read, the documents turned into a stack of diagnostic reports again.

The secretary beside him said softly: "Boss Xue, Young Master Xue has been diagnosed."

What was diagnosed?

Xue Fu had a splitting headache, and he finally struggled to read the words on the diagnosis report.And just one glance, Xue Fu's eyes were cracked, and his eyes were so painful that they seemed to bleed.

The name on it is Xue Ci's.

The diagnosed cause was cancer.Advanced lung cancer.

When Xue Fu had no time to feel sad or angry, the scene changed again, and now he was standing in front of a hospital bed.

Xue Ci's quiet, sleeping face.A face so skinny that it couldn't be seen because of the illness.

Someone covered his face with a white cloth in front of him.

Xue Fu in the dream couldn't even understand what it meant, he just felt ominous.

Then Xue Fu woke up.

He had this dream several times in succession.Some may be forgotten after waking up, but some are remembered so clearly by him.

And Xue Fu only felt that he was under too much pressure, maybe because he was too worried about Xue Ci, that's why he had such a dream.He asked a psychiatrist to see him, and even invited several metaphysical masters to check whether it was some kind of bad intentions. He set up an altar to drive away evil spirits and avoid filth. I don't know who played a role, and Xue Fu never had such a dream again.

Only now, after Xue Ci's voice fell, he remembered it together.

All the horrible nightmares, even those tiny dreams that Xue Fu had forgotten.

The Xue Ci in the dream was so young and fragile that anyone could hurt him.

However, the elder brother he looked at with envious eyes was just one of the people who hurt him.

Xue Fu still couldn't understand why he could be so cruel in his dream.

But now facing Xue Ci, he was only left with a guilty conscience.

He didn't even dare to call him "Ah Ci" anymore.

Xue Ci's clear but dark eyes were already closed at this moment.

He was too sleepy, as if the confrontation just now had exhausted all his strength.

"Just kidding, brother." Xue Ci said calmly, "It's just that I'm so cruel."

This meeting was a happy breakup.

Xue Fu was overwhelmed and left looking very embarrassed.

Xue Ci didn't seem to be affected in any way.After he finished his research, he simply slept in the bedroom next to the laboratory.It was only the next day that everyone noticed the change in Teacher Xue.

He seemed to be working harder than yesterday.