“Yes, you look good. Brother Zhuang Long is the best-looking,” Fang Yusheng answered.
Fang Yusheng’s words were especially obedient, unlike him at all. Zhuang Long stared at Fang Yusheng and looked at him carefully. After confirming that he was still Fang Yusheng and not an impostor, he rubbed his face in discomfort and scolded him, “What’s wrong with you!”
Fang Yusheng, who would go against the heavens for no reason, was more to his liking.
Fang Yusheng adjusted his sitting posture and corrected himself. “No matter how good-looking you are, you won’t be as good-looking as me.”
Hearing this, Zhuang Long finally felt at ease. His expression darkened as he asked Fang Yusheng, “What exactly are you trying to say? If you have something to say, just say it. Don’t beat around the bush.” Because he knew each other too well, Zhuang Long understood Fang Yusheng’s style of doing things. He had left his little wife behind to look for him. It was obvious that he had something on.
This was a typical man who had forgotten his brothers after getting a wife. He definitely would have rather spent the night with Qiao Jiusheng. He must have something important to say to him.
Fang Yusheng clicked his tongue. “You know me too well. I do have something to tell you.” When Zhuang Long looked over lazily, Fang Yusheng said slowly, “Xiao Li has an older sister who looks a little like her.”
Zhuang Long was actually not familiar with the Lawson family. He knew that Xiao Li had many brothers and sisters, and many of them were more ill than healthy. Zhuang Long did not know that Xiao Li had a biological sister. After being married for so many years, Xiao Li had never returned to the Lawson family, nor had she told Zhuang Long about her family.
Zhuang Long had heard some of the rules of the Lawson family. It was said that because the women in their family did not marry foreign men, and men did not marry foreign women either, almost everyone married within the family. Therefore, the children they gave birth to were always some with flaws.
Xiao Li had an older sister. He didn’t even know about this, but Fang Yusheng, an outsider, did. In comparison, Zhuang Long felt that he was even worse than an outsider.
Fang Yusheng stared at Zhuang Long. His expression changed drastically.
He could guess what Zhuang Long was thinking. He almost couldn’t help but curse at him. Fang Yusheng really couldn’t understand what Zhuang Long had done to Xiao Li in the past. They had been married for six years, but he didn’t even know his wife’s family situation. It was no wonder that Xiao Li wanted to divorce him.
After staring enough, Fang Yusheng said, “As far as I know, Xiao Li’s sister is already dead.”
Zhuang Long was stunned for a moment.
He still didn’t know about this.
He couldn’t help but lower his head and ask very softly, “What was the cause of death?”
Fang Yusheng said, “She had hereditary heart disease. She died in the middle of a surgery.” Fang Yusheng’s expression was obvious that he had more to say. Zhuang Long could tell, so he frowned and asked, “What’s wrong?”
“Do you know when Sister Xiao Li died?”
Zhuang Long shook his head.
Just as he finished shaking his head, he thought of something and his expression froze. His right arm, which was resting on the arm of the chair, began to tremble slightly. His throat felt dry, and he found it difficult to speak. Zhuang Long’s lips moved for a long time, and it took all his strength to ask, “Could it have been… four years ago?”
When he asked this and thought of that possibility, Zhuang Long’s heart ached.
If that was the case…
Then he would truly be worse than a beast!
Fang Yusheng’s gaze darkened. Zhuang Long saw him nod.
With a bang, Zhuang Long felt as if all his strength had been drained.
He sank into a chair, losing all thought and sensation.
So that was it!
Xiao Li had lost her sister, but he knew nothing about it. He had never cared about Xiao Li’s family or her. All he cared about was his dignity. In places he could not see, had Xiao Li also shed tears in secret?
When he was in the research room and did not sleep for the entire night, could Xiao Li have sat alone under the lights in the living room, quietly waiting for him to return? Could she have wanted to tell him what she was thinking and tell him about her grievances?
Zhuang Long did not dare to think too much about it.
His fingers were trembling slightly. He covered his face with his hand and said to Fang Yusheng in a hoarse voice, “You’re killing my heart.”
Fang Yusheng fell silent.
He had to admit that after Zhuang Long recognized his feelings for Xiao Li, telling him these things would indeed be killing him.
But he had to tell Zhuang Long.
“I haven’t finished speaking.”
“Enough!” Zhuang Long was afraid that he would hear something even more shocking. He stood up abruptly and swung his hand, wanting to return to his room.
Fang Yusheng did not ask him to stay.
Zhuang Long was about to leave the courtyard when he arrived at the entrance of the dining room. At this moment, Fang Yusheng, whose back was facing him, said lightly, “Xiao Li’s sister is Bruce’s girlfriend.”
His footsteps suddenly stopped.
Zhuang Long stared at the ground, his gaze flickering.
The light in his eyes was very bright, almost as if he had been reborn.
Fang Yusheng took a sip of tea.
He heard Zhuang Long’s footsteps return.
Zhuang Long sat down opposite Fang Yusheng again. Suppressing his racing heart, he asked Fang Yusheng, “What do you want to say?”
“Why did Xiao Li marry someone who should have been her brother-in-law?”
Zhuang Long could not answer this question.
“I don’t know.”
Fang Yusheng pursed his lips. This was something he could not figure out.
He supported his cheek with his hand and tilted his head. “I also heard that Xiao Li actually looks especially like her sister.” Fang Yusheng looked at Zhuang Long and asked, “Who exactly do you think Bruce thinks Xiao Li is?”
Zhuang Long felt cold.
“Are you serious? Do they really look alike?”
“Yeah.”
For a moment, Zhuang Long fell silent.
That man’s affection for Xiao Li… Did he treat her well because he loved her, or because of her face? Did he love her, or did he only treat her as a form of comfort?
If it was the latter…
Zhuang Long would never watch helplessly as Xiao Li marries Bruce!
He had already said everything he wanted to say. Fang Yusheng had achieved his goal. He stood up and returned to his room. He pushed open the door but did not see Qiao Jiusheng. He frowned and left the room, going to the room next door where the two little fellows were. It turned out that Fang Zikai had woken up from a nightmare and Qiao Jiusheng was comforting him.
When Fang Yusheng pushed the door open and entered, Fang Zicheng was sitting alone on his small bed. He looked at his sobbing brother expressionlessly.
Qiao Jiusheng hugged Fang Zikai. As Fang Zikai cried, he said, “That snake said that it wanted to eat me. I watched as it swallowed me into its stomach. I kept shouting for my parents and brother to save me, but… but when I was swallowed by the snake, I realized that my parents and brother had also been eaten by the snake!”
“Waa! The snake ate our entire family!”
Fang Zikai had yet to recover from his nightmare. He was terrified.
