CH 141

Chapter 141: Elder Brother is Like a Friend, Younger Brother is Like a Son

This restaurant’s beef noodles are extremely delicious. Don’t judge it by its small storefront, it is a rare gem of a restaurant.

Neither of them had eaten much for lunch, so when they smelled the fragrant bowl of noodles, they both suddenly felt hungry. Nothing was more important than eating right now. They each picked up a bowl of noodles and buried their heads in the bowl to eat.

Wang Jiexi has always had a good appetite, and if eating were considered a skill, he would definitely be an expert.

Zhou Mushi ate carefully and looked at Wang Jiexi’s eating style, feeling a bit sad.

He was clearly at death’s door, yet he was still pretending to be fine in front of others. He was trying his best to eat like a good person, taking big mouthfuls of food, which made Zhou Mushi feel sorry for him.

Thinking about this, he felt even more sorry for Wang Jiexi.

After all, he was a brother who shared the same flesh and blood, and he must find a way to help him.

Considering Wang Jiexi’s current physical condition, being in his early twenties and strong as an ox, he couldn’t fathom why Zhou Mushi would pity him so much.

While eating, he was thinking about how to help Jin Yang cover up the truth.

Zhou Mushi didn’t speak for a long time, maybe he still didn’t know, otherwise how could he wait for him to finish eating.

Men always eat faster. In no time, they finished the two bowls of noodles, and there was no reason to delay any longer, so they said everything that needed to be said.

“Hey, what’s wrong with you? Why did you come to the hospital?” Zhou Mushi asked in a gentle tone.

“I have a friend (Jin Yang) who is seriously ill. I came to consult a familiar doctor,” Wang Jiexi explained.

Zhou Mushi sighed inwardly and thought to himself: People in this world are all the same. When something happens to themselves, they insist on saying ‘a friend of mine’. Who doesn’t know that this friend is actually themselves? This child still wants to hide it, sigh! He is after all from our Zhou family. I can’t let my irresponsible father only care about his own pleasure and not care about his own son’s life and death.

“Um, I… actually wanted to ask if you would consider moving in with us?”

“What?” Wang Jiexi was shocked by Zhou Mushi’s proposal.

Seeing his strong reaction, Zhou Mushi thought to himself: It seems like he just wants to quietly die alone. This is too pitiful.

“Although it may seem abrupt, but ultimately you are still part of our family. The conflicts between our parent’s generation are not related to us. Even though Dad doesn’t say it on the surface, I know that he has been concerned about you since he found out that you are his son.”

Wang Jiexi breathed a sigh of relief. At least it wasn’t because of Jin Yang’s incident.

“In fact, I only came to do the DNA test to fulfill a long-standing wish. I’ve gotten used to my own life these years. He has never appeared in my world, so there’s no love or hate between us. You can tell him not to feel pressured. Didn’t he himself not even know about my existence? Since he doesn’t know about me, there’s no need for him to feel sorry towards me.”

Wang Jiexi spoke especially candidly. He sincerely confided in Zhou Mushi about Zhou Qingwen’s problem.

However, to Zhou Mushi’s ears, this did not sound very pleasant.

Wasn’t it obvious that he was mocking and taunting his father for being irresponsible? To the point where a child who was abandoned and left to fend for himself couldn’t even hope for a little father-son bond and didn’t want to cause trouble for anyone.

Zhou Mushi felt a pang of sadness, and he realized that his father really did owe people an apology. A child who was too obedient was not forced to be that way by life’s circumstances, and it was really pitiful to see.

“Now that you know, why don’t you try getting in touch with some more family members? Being together as a family, eating meals and chatting is also good.”

Wang Jiexi felt his head spinning. Clearly, he could see that Zhou Mushi was not in good spirits, and he suspected that it was because of Jin Yang’s situation. It was really heartbreaking, so why was Zhou Mushi so focused on trying to find a brother?

However, looking at his frail and weak body, it is really worrying. If he continues like this, it will be hard to say whether this person will exhaust himself before Jin Yang.

No matter what Zhou Mushi does now, as long as it can distract him and help him heal over time, it is hoped that his feelings for Jin Yang will gradually fade away and he will not feel so miserable.

However, it is unclear whether the Zhou family knows what he has been through. Most likely, they don’t, otherwise, how could they have allowed him to come to the hospital all alone, looking so pathetic?

He doesn’t have any love or hate towards the Zhou family, nor did he think about going back before. To be honest, he didn’t feel as strongly against them as he once did.

Since he has been entrusted by Jin Yang to take good care of Zhou Mushi, this is a good opportunity for him.

Thinking so, Wang Jiexi said, “What about you?”

“Me?” Zhou Mushi didn’t know what he was referring to.

“Are you also staying at home?… It’s a bit awkward if it’s just me.”

After experiencing with Jin Yang’s sudden departure, every time Zhou Mushi returned to the house he shared with Jin Yang, he often felt emotionally overwhelmed. Staying at his family’s home was also an option.

“Yeah, I’m also going back to stay. I’ll bring you with me.”

Life is always particularly strange. When Wang Jiexi liked the person in front of him, he immersed himself in fantasies, from when he could see Zhou Mushi again, to how to start a relationship with him, and even how to meet his parents. He had imagined all of this, but he never thought that just two years later, he would actually enter the door with Zhou Mushi because of these complicated reasons.

Not sure if it was his good fortune or a past life’s misdeeds that led to this.

On the day that Wang Jiexi entered the Zhou family’s home, Zhou Qingwen and his wife, who had just returned from a prenatal checkup, were completely dumbfounded.

They knew about Wang Jiexi’s situation, and although Zhou Qingwen felt guilty, he didn’t want to burden the child with an additional father figure if he had no interest in being one at the time. So he simply accepted the fact that they had an extra son and moved on.

But what was Wang Jiexi doing here today? Even though it was perfectly reasonable for their son to bring someone home from their own family, it still left Zhou Qingwen and his wife feeling confused.

What expression did Mushi have? He has been acting strange lately. Could it be that the upcoming addition of a child in the family is causing anxiety for Zhou Mushi?

That seems unlikely. It is said that nowadays, children react particularly strongly to the birth of a second child in the family. Could it be that their 26-year-old son has also developed a rebellious attitude, rejecting his stepmother’s baby in her belly to the extent of bringing back his illegitimate child from outside to compete for his sister’s love and the family’s assets?

Old Zhou felt that his mind was probably confused, while his well-intentioned child Mushi, dragging his weak body, was frantically signaling to his father with his eyes.

After carefully considering the meaning in his son’s eyes, Zhou Qingwen finally came to a conclusion: …he couldn’t understand it!