Chapter 141

10.8 - There's no relationship between us

translator: xiin

editors: alamerysl & BlueBug

Xue Ling first went into the bathroom, washed his face and rinsed out his mouth, changed his clothes, and tried to comb through his curls that were still stubbornly messy as always.

By the time he came out again, Wen Ruoyi had already taken the congee off the stove and the steamed buns out of the steamer. They were placed onto the plate one by one, and were white, fat, and very cute.

"Where did you get my key from?"

"Last time, when I went to get medicine for you, I prepared a spare just in case." Wen Ruoyi brought out the sauces he had prepared and sat down after everything was ready. "Although your house is very clean, it's obvious from the empty refrigerator and the basic kitchen utensils that you're not taking good care of yourself. The medicine you have at home is out of date and you haven't even changed it."

"That doesn't mean that you can just make a copy of my key and walk into my house as you like." As soon as Xue Ling finished speaking, a steamed bun was placed against his lips.

"Have a taste? I don't know what you like, so I made it the usual way."

Xue Ling wondered in his heart if he really cooked at home... but he didn't ask it out loud and merely gave Wen Ruoyi a glance before lowering his head to bite into the steamed bun. "Mm..."

The steamed bun was not very big, and could be finished in two or three bites. After he bit through the skin, the aroma of cooked meat burst out and entered his nose. The specially blended pork was wrapped inside the skin and gave off a distinctive fragrance after it was steamed. When a bit of the steamed bun soup entered his mouth through the bun, Xue Ling almost wanted to cry.

This taste was very familiar. In every world, as long as it was food that Su Xuanyan made, it would always carry his touch, and it was always the same. All of a sudden, he was able to eat his food again in this world - Xue Ling inexplicably choked up.

Ah, he really wanted to place his head into the man's embrace and rub against him...

He carried such thoughts, and looked at Wen Ruoyi with eyes that were flooded with moisture.

Wen Ruoyi was still uncertain about his temper, and suddenly saw him with tears in his eyes. He got up in a rush and came over to ask, "What's wrong? Is it so delicious that you want to cry?"

Xue Ling did not know whether to laugh or cry, so he skirted the reason and said, "I want to cry because it tastes bad!"

Wen Ruoyi saw him laughing again and felt a little more at ease. Just now, his heart had really gone into a panic. He really couldn't bear to see the person in front of him giving him such a look, and reached a hand to rub his head. "Just eat more if you like it. I made a lot, and if you can't finish it today, we can put it in the fridge."

Xue Ling knocked away his hand and was about to speak when the doorbell rang.

The access panel for the door to the apartment complex was set in the wall beside the dining table. Xue Ling glared at Wen Ruoyi, and then went to see who had come for a visit so early in the morning.

In fact, it was not that early, but it was habit for him to sleep in. For him, any time before noon was considered early morning.

The person on the other side of the access panel looked very familiar. His brow was very similar to Xue Ling's. Xue Ling raised his eyebrows - he had not expect that Mu Sichao would choose to come visit him today. It seemed as though he had already finished digesting all the information that he had learned yesterday...

"Elder brother." As he accepted the call via the intercom, Xue Ling smiled and greeted Mu Sichao even as he pressed the button to open the gate and let him in. "Hold on. Come up first, I'll open the door for you." The button he had pressed would open the gate to the apartment building. Mu Sichao was not like Wen Ruoyi at all and would not do things like pretending to be a resident in order to get into the apartment building.

Xue Ling glanced at him contemptuously. He had clearly started dating him because they looked similar. As a result, he completely changed his tune and was now saying they didn't look alike at all.

Mu Sichao: "..." Was it an illusion? Why did he feel like his good friend was on guard against him?

"After my parents divorced, I followed our father while Simu followed our mother. We've been separated for over ten years, and have never met before, so I never brought it up with you. I've been looking for my mother all these years, but in fact I was also looking for Simu."

Wen Ruoyi wasn't interested in these things, and simply made a sound to acknowledge he had heard. He basically knew everything about Mu Sichao. What he was more interested in now was how Xue Ling had spent these years.

"Simu... I came today because I wanted to ask you about some things." Mu Sichao wrung his hands, and looked a little awkward. "You mentioned before that you had mother's personal effects..."

"Oh, I do." Xue Ling wolfed down the steam bun in his mouth, then wiped his hands and turned to the bedroom. "Mother left something for you before she died, and told me to give it to you when I find you. I brought it with me when I moved, so it's with me now."

Wen Ruoyi did not follow them, but began to conscientiously clean the table.

He could hardly be more virtuous.

Xue Ling brought out the things that belonged to Mu Sichao based on this body's memories and handed them over. These things had originally been left for Mu Sichao by their mother, but in the original plot, Ning Simu did not really like this elder brother that was vying for his lover's attention, so he had never brought this up. The relationship between the two brothers had not been close to start with, but it became more and more distant as Ning Simu tossed about.

Mu Sichao brought everything to the living room before going through them. He looked at them one by one.

Contained within the box were all the letters him and their mother had sent back and forth. There were also letters that their mother had written to him from time to time, but they were no longer able to reach him, so she would mail out one copy, and then keep another one as a backup. She had kept them along with their previous letters so that one day it could all be delivered to Mu Sichao.

Even up until the end of her life, she was still writing letters to Mu Sichao. Mu Sichao only opened and read one letter, and was already left in a sad trance.

Xue Ling quickly stopped him from continuing to read the letters. "Elder brother can bring these back with you. You can read them slowly later on. When I was small, I often watched mother write these letters to you, and she always wrote them with a smile. I think she wouldn't want you to be sad when you read them, so be happy."

Mu Sichao froze for a moment, then nodded his head and said solemnly, "Okay."

"Simu..." He was silent for a moment, clenching the letter in his hand. He finally looked up and asked Xue Ling, "Would you like to move in with your elder brother?"

Xue Ling very naturally shook his head. His answer was firm. "I've already grown up, and I want to live independently. I understand elder brother's meaning - we only have one another left in the world, but it's not necessary for us to live together in order to be close... I really like elder brother, and if elder brother is worried about me, you can also come to find me as often as you'd like~"

"You can also go online and listen to my singing~ Your mood will become better when you hear me sing~"

Mu Sichao saw how he was smiling, and knew that Ning Simu really didn't need to live with him. He sighed rather helplessly and said, "That's true. In that case, I'll find you more often in the future. Simu sings online? What kind of songs?"

Wen Ruoyi looked up lazily and said, "How long have you not been on Weibo? You'll be able to find him if you look at my recent Weibo posts."

Mu Sichao: "..." He had been right earlier. His friend was really being hostile towards him... Was it necessary... That was his blood related brother - what kind of things could happen between them? For him to be jealous to this extent... The person in front of him really was nothing like the Wen Ruoyi that he knew.

"Ah... Elder brother, there is an animation festival in the city this month. Our channel plans to have an offline meeting. Would you like to go with me?"

"Hold on. You're having an offline meeting? How come I don't know about this?" Wen Ruoyi's voice was a little cold as he interjected, forcing Mu Sichao to hold back whatever words he was about to say.

Xue Ling blinked, and looked at him innocently. "There's no relationship between us. I have no obligation to tell you anything about what I'm planning to do."

"You and Twilight don't even look alike." - Wen Ruoyi

this quote cracks us up.