Chapter 056 – This Tragic End of the World: A Gentle Little Submissive – “Current brother and former brother” (06/09)
East District.
Xie Chenyang parked his car outside the alley and led Yue Qing and Guo Yu toward a small shop.
Zeng Shun and several of his men were playing cards and drinking inside, with melon seeds and peanut shells littering the floor.
Hearing someone enter, Zeng Shun didn’t even look up. “If you’re here to buy something, look for it yourself. If you want to hire someone, get to the point.”
“What about if we’re here to cause trouble?” Xie Chenyang asked arrogantly.
Zeng Shun raised his head abruptly, and when he saw Guo Yu behind Xie Chenyang, his expression became lewd. “Hey, baby, did you miss me and bring some friends to have some fun together?”
Xie Chenyang smiled sharply and raised his hand to create a space that trapped them all inside.
They couldn’t move, and no one outside could see them.
“Every day, I add to my special abilities. This pocket space won’t disappear for at least a year. Little Fish, how long do you think they can last without food or water?”
Guo Yu smiled wanly. “I hope they can hold out a bit longer.”
Xie Chenyang: “Do you want me to let them out so you can beat them up first?”
Guo Yu shook his head. “Let them leave this world silently and helplessly.”
“Little Fish, you’re too soft-hearted. Let’s go.”
Guo Yu took a long look at the empty seats and the ground covered with sweet potato peels. He told himself that this was the right thing to do.
Why dirty his own hands? Let them die slowly in pain and despair.
He would forget all about them and not fall into despair as they wished.
Next, Xie Chenyang and the others left the East District and went to the mall.
When they returned home, Father He was sitting in his wheelchair and watching TV with Mother He.
“You’re back?” Father He smiled and touched the handle of the wheelchair. “This was sent by Xiang Qi from your team. He was afraid we wouldn’t accept it, so he just left it and didn’t stay to chat.
”I’ll thank him,“ Xie Chenyang said as he carried out three suitcases. ”These are clothes I bought for everyone. Mom, can you put them away once you have time?
Mother He nodded with a smile.
“I don’t know if you will like them. Next time you and Dad can go out and buy them yourselves. I also bought some for Guo Yu.” Xie Chenyang walked into the kitchen. “You guys check them out first. I’ll go cook. Ah Qing, come help me.”
Yue Qing: “… Mm.”
As soon as he entered the kitchen, Xie Chenyang closed the door behind him and pressed Yue Qing against it.
Yue Qing’s eyebrows twitched. “Don’t mess around.”
“I’m not messing around.” Xie Chenyang lowered his head and leaned on his shoulder. “Ah Qing, I feel a little uncomfortable. I need a hug.”
Yue Qing thought of He Parents’ current situation, then reached out and wrapped his arms around his waist, silently comforting him.
“I feel really uncomfortable”, Xie Chenyang said, straightening up slightly and speaking regretfully. ”But my parents are here, so it’s not convenient. How about you help me–”
Yue Qing’s face darkened. He pushed him away, lowering his voice. ”You really are…lewd!”
How could he even think about doing that in a time like this?
Taking a step back, Xie Chenyang looked down at him with dissatisfaction and scowled. “Did you not hear me? Did I ask you to act indecently? Be honest! What’s wrong with missing your lover? Is this how you think you should show your feelings?”
Yue Qing: “…” He must be an idiot.
Xie Chenyang looked up and smiled. “Then how about a kiss?”
“…Go cook dinner.”
“Let me kiss you first. If you don’t kiss me, I won’t do it.”
Yue Qing reminded him. “I don’t need to eat. But your parents need to eat.”
Xie Chenyang eventually won a fierce kiss from his lover and went to cook with his lips still tingling.
“You cook, I’ll prepare the vegetables.”
In the master bedroom.
Father He lowered his head and took out one piece of clothing after another from the suitcase and handed them to Mother He.
Mother He folded and hung some, gradually filling the empty wardrobe. “This one will look good on you,” Father He said.
“My face is like this, and you still say that without feeling embarrassed?”
”In my heart, you are always the most beautiful.”
Mother He said helplessly, “We’re not young anymore. Aren’t you afraid your son will laugh at you?”
Father He placed the skirt on the bed and said, “Put this here. You can wear it later. I’ll tell you how beautiful you are, and not only will our son not laugh, he’ll agree with me!”
Mother He laughed at first, but then her eyes welled up with tears. “I thought… we would never see him again.”
Father He rolled his wheelchair forward and grabbed her hand. “We found him. Xiao Chen is doing well and has grown up.”
Mother He squatted down and leaned against him, tears falling down her cheeks. “I was afraid that if we were like this, people would look down on him.”
“How could that be?” Father He patted her back gently. “Xiao Chen has good friends. They won’t look down on him.”
“But he has such poor taste, that Sun Xu…”
“People are bound to make mistakes sometimes. Isn’t it already over?”
When they tidied up and returned to the living room, Mother He looked at the closed kitchen door. “Why did he close the door just to cook?”
Father He coughed lightly. “He’s young.” He understood what was going on in the kitchen.
The meal was very sumptuous.
It had been a long time since the He family had eaten such white rice and colorful, delicious dishes. They ate every last bite of the food Xie Chenyang had cooked.
Guo Yu hurriedly washed the dishes, his face flushed.
Mother He looked at Xie Chenyang and said softly, “Little Fish was an orphan with only an older brother, but they were separated after the apocalypse. Your father and I want to adopt him. What do you think, Xiao Chen?”
“That’s a great idea,” Xie Chenyang said sincerely. “Ah-Qing and I are in the prime of our courtship, so I definitely won’t have time to keep you company. With Little Fish around, I’ll feel much better.”
His mother smiled.
After Guo Yu finished washing the dishes, he heard Mother He say that they wanted to formally adopt him and immediately looked at Xie Chenyang.
Xie Chenyang raised his eyebrows. “Why are you looking at me?”
His mother smiled gently. “Xiao Yu, you don’t have an objection, right? From now on, you will be brothers, and you will have another older brother.”
Guo Yu suppressed his tears and gave a choked “yes.”
In the apocalypse, he had experienced the coldness of many people. When he was at his lowest point and thought he was going to lose his life, Father He saved him.
Father He and Mother He treated him very well. They lived together like a family.
He actually… didn’t want to leave this warm family.
Now, he had been declared to be a genuine member of their family.
“By the way, Xiao Chen, Xiao Yu’s older brother is called Jing Lun. Could you keep an eye out for him outside?”
As soon as Mother He finished speaking, You Huang let out a gasp.
[What’s wrong?]
You Huang said, “The healing-type special ability user you’re looking for, his real name is Jing Lun.”
[What a coincidence! I thought his name was Li Yu?]
You Huang: “That’s a nickname. In these end times, people’s hearts are unpredictable, so he didn’t tell outsiders his real name. Instead, he used the nickname Li Yu, which was the name of the main character in a novel Jing Lun wrote based on Guo Yu.”
[That’s clever.]
You Huang: “This way, he doesn’t reveal his real name, but also gives Guo Yu a chance to guess who he is. To this end, he has been cultivating his own fame.”
[He might as well use his real name.]
Xie Chenyang sensed Guo Yu’s implicit expectation and smiled. “Okay. By the way, there’s a healing-type esper at the base. They should be able to heal Mom and Dad. Ah-Qing and I will go find him now.”
Mother He was surprised and delighted.
Who doesn’t care about their appearance?
She suppressed her excitement and said, “It’s getting late. Won’t it be inconvenient to go now? Maybe tomorrow…”
“It’s not dark yet. What’s inconvenient about it?”
Xie Chenyang stood up and reached out to Yue Qing. “Ah-Qing, let’s go.”
Yue Qing really wanted to ignore that hand. But the He Parents were still watching. He forced a smile, grabbed Xie Chenyang’s hand, and quickly pulled him away.
How shameless!
He’s so brazen in front of his parents!
Two grown men holding hands!
—– —— —–
Li Yu had a great reputation.
He had joined the base at the beginning because of the uniqueness of his ability, and became someone the leaders valued highly.
Because of him, many injured people were saved.
He also participated in vaccine research with other professors.
It wasn’t that other bases didn’t have espers specializing in healing, but he was the only one who had risen to level 4 so quickly. The others were still at levels 2 and 3, and their healing abilities were not even close to his.
Xie Chenyang drove to a detached villa and stopped. He whistled. “This place is really comfortable. Do you want to live in a villa, Ah-Qing? I can get one for you too.”
Yue Qing: “No, thanks.”
To him, no matter how big the villa was, it was not as comfortable as Xie Chenyang’s spacious one-bedroom apartment.
As soon as Xie Chenyang and Yue Qing got out of the car, they noticed several armed guards at the villa’s front gate.
One of the guards had seen He Chen before and whispered, “It’s He Chen.”
Xie Chenyang walked over and stood at a distance, neither too close nor too far away. “Hey, I need to see Mr. Li Yu. Can you help me get in? Just say that Little Fish misses his brother.”
Yue Qing glanced at Xie Chenyang.
Xie Chenyang leaned close to his ear and whispered, “I learned by chance that Li Yu’s real name is Jing Lun.” Xie Chenyang chuckled softly. “Isn’t that a lucky coincidence?”
Yue Qing pushed him away expressionlessly and rubbed his ear.
This guy deliberately whispered in his ear? Trying to seduce him in public again.
One of the guards went inside the guardhouse and spoke quietly. The person inside was on the phone.
They didn’t have to wait long before the villa gate opened. Jing Lun came out personally.
He was well-groomed and wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. His thin lips parted slightly as he asked, “Who are you?”
When he didn’t see the person he wanted to see, a flash of disappointment crossed Jing Lun’s eyes.
“I’m He Chen,” said Xie Chenyang. “I found my parents and discovered that they adopted a child named Guo Yu. He asked me to help him find his brother.”
Jing Lun was skeptical. “Why didn’t he come?”
If it was Guo Yu, he would have guessed his identity upon hearing his name. But if he had guessed, there was no reason for him not to come and confirm it himself.
“Oh, when I found them, he had encountered some unpleasant things, and my parents were injured. He doesn’t have any special abilities, so it’s not unreasonable for me, his new brother, to come find you, right, Second Brother?”
Jing Lun: “…”
“So, will you get in the car?”
“… Yes.”
Xie Chenyang raised his hand to the security guards who were about to follow. “You guys, don’t keep following us. It’s not like you don’t know me. I’m taking him away in front of you, how could I possibly harm him?
Jing Lun opened the back door. ”Listen to him.“
The car drove away leisurely.
Jing Lun’s voice was slightly rough. ”What… bad thing did he encounter?”
“Oh, he was–Ouch!
Before Xie Chenyang could finish his sentence, Yue Qing pinched him hard on the waist.
Xie Chenyang steadied the steering wheel and said with a hint of resentment, ”Why did you pinch me?“
Yue Qing’s voice was cold. ”Let him tell Li Yu himself.“
You Huang: ”…” Good pinch. He had no filter!
Xie Chenyang: “Did you hear that? You ask him yourself later. I’m not saying anything.” Otherwise, his waist would be ruined.
Jing Lun closed his eyes.
Various guesses flashed through his mind, and with each one, the air around him grew colder.
Edit: Krone
Proofread: Choux_choux
