Ye Heng stared blankly. Why did everyone mention Ye Zhouâs name with this tone??
What Ye Heng didnât know was that Zhou Wendaoâs heart was flipping back and forth. Ye Zhou actually had an older brother? Ye Zhouâs older brother actually came to the university? Did Ye Zhouâs older brother know about his and Shang Jinâs matter?
Zhou Wendao thought for too long and Ye Heng couldnât help but interrupt him. âClassmate?â
Zhou Wendao came back to his senses and quickly cleared his throat. He asked tentatively, âYouâŠare really Ye Zhouâs brother? Blood brother?â
Ye Heng was baffled, but still replied, âBlood brother, soâŠdo you know Ye Zhou?â
Zhou Wendao lowered his head and sighed. Should he say he knows him or not? Knows him or not?
It was obviously the behavior of concealing something, and it made Ye Heng mistakenly think that Ye Zhou was like heâd imagined: he was in a difficult situation at school.
Now that nothing was clear, Zhou Wendao didnât dare to rashly tell Ye Heng about Ye Zhou living outside. He asked suspiciously, âSince youâre his brother, you didnât talk to Ye Zhou before? Itâs just making a phone call.â
âI came in a hurry and forgot to say. I just called and no one answered.â
âSo itâs like thisâŠâ Zhou Wendao said insipidly. He clenched the snack bag and kept sighing that if heâd known earlier, he wouldnât buy snacks today. Well, now he was completely unprepared to meet a big Buddha. Seeing that he was going to the boysâ dormitory, Zhou Wendao took a turn to take Ye Heng to the sports field, planning to take him around a lap before bringing him back. It was best to contact Ye Zhou during this time. He took out his phone and said, âIâll try giving Ye Zhou a call.â
Finished talking, he couldnât wait to dial the phone number. Hearing the beep in his ear, he kept praying for Ye Zhou to answer the phone.
In the rented room, Ye Zhouâs mobile phone next to the pillow kept flashing, but it was on mute so that Ye Zhou, who had his head tucked in Shang Jinâs arms, didnât feel it at all.
âHeheheheâŠBig Brother, maybe Ye Zhou is busy right nowâŠâ Zhou Wendao put his phone back in his pocket and rubbed the sweat on his pants. âIâll take you back to the dorm first.â
âIs Ye Zhou doing okay at school?â
Because Zhou Wendao was anxious, heâd been absent-minded. So when Ye Heng asked again, he hastily said, âItâs good, itâs good.â
Ye Heng glanced at him with a great deal of distrust in his eyes. With such a perfunctory answer, perhaps Ye Zhou usually wasnât okay at all?
After walking for nearly a quarter of an hour, Ye Heng suddenly stopped and said, âWeâve just been here.â
A sweat dripped down Zhou Wendaoâs forehead. No way!! Heâd been found out.
Ye Heng looked directly at him and said, âIâm used to remembering the road in unfamiliar places. Fortunately, I have a good memory. Donât tell me that a student whoâs been here for two years would get lost.â
Zhou Wendao was short, and was half-a-head shorter when facing Ye Heng, not to mention now that Ye Hengâs aura was fully opened. His tears quickly flowed like lasagna. Zhou! Your brother and you arenât alike at all! Is it easy for me to hide yours and Shang Jinâs relationship?
Zhan Xing passed by right when Zhou Wendao was in a dilemma. He rushed in front of Zhou Wendao and glared at Ye Heng. âWhat are you doing? Troubling my brother?â
Zhou Wendao quickly stopped Zhan Xing and explained, âItâs a misunderstanding, misunderstanding. Heâs here to find Ye Zhou.â
Zhan Xing immediately raised an alarm in his heart. Since Shang Jin and Ye Zhou were together, theyâd quarrel from time to time, and all of A Uniâs students would panic and think everyone was their enemy. Now that Shang Jin and Ye Zhou finally entered their honeymoon period, what was this strange man looking for Ye Zhou trying to attempt?
He said guardedly, âWhy are you looking for Ye Zhou?â
Ye Heng raised this question again: why was it that once he mentioned looking for Ye Zhou, their expression when looking at him was soâŠsubtle? How bad was his brotherâs reputation at school to cause even a mention of Ye Zhou to make everyone look at him with suchâŠdisgust?
Zhou Wendao whispered, âHeâs Ye Zhouâs brother!â
Zhan Xing breathed a big sigh of relief. âThat so. Sorry, big brother, but Ye Zhouâs no longer livâŠâ Words not yet finished, Zhou Wendao covered his mouth. Zhou Wendao desperately gave Zhan Xing a signal with his eyes.
Ye Heng easily guessed what he didnât say. His head exploded. It was exactly what heâd imagined. His poor little brother must have been bullied so heâd moved outside to live. He couldnât help but blame himself. If heâd known this, he would have come to A City earlier. He asked in the gentlest tone, âWhere does Ye Zhou live now?â
Zhou Wendao saw that he couldnât keep the rental house under wraps anymore and could only tell the truth. âWe donât know. We havenât been there.â It was mainly the love nest of the small couple. Theyâd all tactfully not gone over to disturb them.
This statement turned into something else in Ye Hengâs ears. His little brother had no friends, so no one would go visit him when he rented a house outside. Ye Heng decided to go tomorrow and look at the houses in A City. Ye Zhou had to study for at least two years. He had to settle here as soon as possible so that he could take his brother to live with him.
âThen, big brother, why donât we wait in the dorm first?â Zhan Xing remediated, âHe sometimes stays in the dorm.â
When Zhan Xing brought Ye Heng to the entrance of the boysâ dorm, Ye Heng gave a meaningful look at Zhou Wendao.
Zhou Wendao was scared until his back was soaked with a layer of sweat. It was over. Taking a deliberate detour was really seen through.
When they arrived at 403, Zhou Wendao quickly beat it. âZhan Xing, you take big brother over there. Iâm so sleepy. Iâll go to bed first.â
Zhan Xing didnât notice anything. He knocked on the door to 405, opened it and said, âBig Brother Ye, this is Ye Zhouâs dorm. This is Ye Zhouâs bed.â
Liu Yutian curiously said, âThis is?â
Zhan Xing introduced, âThis is Ye Zhouâs older brother.â
âHi, Big Brother Ye.â
Ye Heng nodded at him and walked to Ye Zhouâs bed. The neat bed was without a trace of wrinkle and even the quilt was folded into a tofu block. His eyes swept over to Ye Zhouâs desk and like the bed, it was clean and tidy. He picked up a book that was filled with notes. The handwriting was neat and clear.
Liu Yutian looked at Ye Heng and asked Zhan Xing, âSince Big Brother Ye came, why hasnât Ye Zhou come yet?â
Ye Heng put down the book and said, âI just called but it didnât go through.â
âThen why donât I give ShangâŠâ
âKe ke cough!â Zhan Xing severely interrupted him and kept giving him imaginary eyes.
Liu Yutian looked at Ye Heng and looked at Zhan Xing again. He immediately understood and changed his words. âIâll giveâŠYe Zhou another call!â
Saying heâd call Ye Zhou, in fact, Liu Yutian pressed Shang Jinâs number.
buzz buzz buzzâŠ
Shang Jin frowned and covered his face with the quilt.
Ye Zhou opened his sleepy eyes and pushed Shang Jin. âPhoneâŠâ
Shang Jin felt for the phone, squinted his eyes and pushed the green button. In a bad tone, âWhat?â
Shang Jin had woken up in angerâŠ
Liu Yutian swallowed his saliva. He swept over Ye Heng out of the corner of his eye and put on an act. âYe Zhou, where are you?â
âAh?â Shang Jin took a look at the screen of the phone and made sure that the other person was Liu Yutian, then placed it back to his ear.
Listening to Shang Jinâs tone, Liu Yutian madly sweated in his heart and pretended to calmly say, âWhy didnât you pick up when I just called you?â
Shang Jin was silent for a second and then casually handed the phone to Ye Zhou. âYour phone call.â
âHeyâŠâ
Liu Yutian was moved to tears. Shang Jin was really Shang Jin. Without having to explain, Shang Jin immediately knew what he wanted to say.
âDonât say anything. Your brother is here and is now waiting for you in the dorm. Come back quickly!â Liu Yutian spoke out like the patter of a machine gun. Soon after, he cast Ye Heng a glance and pretended to complain, âWhere did you go? I gave you so many calls but no one answered.â
Ye Zhou said in a daze, âWhat brotherâŠâ
âWhat âwhat brotherâ, your own brother!!â
âMy brotherâŠâ Ye Zhouâs head that was on standby finally woke up. He suddenly sat up in shock. âMy brother!â
Ye Heng impatiently said, âCome, let me talk with him.â
That hard-to-refuse imposing manner made Liu Yutian easily hand over the phone before he had a chance to respond.
âZhou Zhou.â
âBrother, youâŠâ Ye Zhou picked up his mobile phone from the bedside and saw the 10 missed calls on the screen. âWhy didnât tell me in advance that you were coming?â
Ye Heng said carefully, âAm I bothering you?â
âNo, noâŠâ Ye Zhou turned over, got off the bed and said, âIâll be back in a minute.â
Ye Heng considerately said, âNo rush. Why donât you tell me the address and Iâll go to you.â
Ye Heng looked at Shang Jin who was still in a deep sleep and hurriedly said, âDonât, donât, donât! Iâll be right back. Wait half an hourăŒno, twenty minutesăŒIâll be right back. Brother, see you later!â
This was the first time Ye Heng had experienced such an âenthusiasticâ Ye Zhou. He was going to hang up the phone when his eyes accidentally swept over the name of the contact on the mobile phone screen. He vaguely saw the word âShangâ, but not waiting for him to look closely, the cell phone was snatched away by Liu Yutian.
Liu Yutian pretended to carelessly ask, âBig Brother Ye, what did Ye Zhou say?â
Ye Hengâs attention was drawn away. Heâd calmed down after contacting Ye Zhou and was a lot more good-natured to Ye Zhouâs classmates. âHe said that he would be back in a minute.â
Liu Yutian said in embarrassment, âThatâs good, thatâs good.â
On the other side, Ye Zhou kicked Shang Jin with his foot while putting on his clothes. âI wonât be back tonight.â
Shang Jin opened a corner of the quilt and said in a low voice, âYour brother came?â
âYeah, my relationship with my brother isnât so good that I could tell him about the two of us. So Iâll stay in the dorm today.â Ye Zhou quickly washed up and kissed him before leaving. âSee you tomorrow.â
âWait.â Shang Jin sat up and said to Ye Zhou, âYour brother came. I have no reason to stay here so Iâll go with you.â
âNo!â Ye Zhou said, unyielding, âYou stay here today.â
Shang Jin said, âIt should be okay as a regular friend.â
âNo.â Ye Zhou remained unmoved. âIâm not sure I wouldnât give the game away in front of my brother.â Not to mention that the two people had lived together for almost three months and many habits had changed. Wen Renxu said that they were unconsciously dog abusers. What if it was seen through by his brother!
âOkay.â Shang Jin said helplessly. âYour brother came so hastily. Ask him if heâs booked the hotel. If he hasnât, just say it and Iâll help him make a reservation.â
âYeah, yeah.â Walking to the door, Ye Zhou paused again to explain, âAlso, donât call me. Weâll try our best to pretend to be ordinary classmates in these two days. When my brotherâs gone, our alert can be lifted, okay?â
Shang Jin waved his hand and gave him an âOKâ gesture.
Ye Zhou took a deep breath and quickly rushed toward school.