Chapter 92
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The child was sleeping very well, his soft hair lying on his forehead and pillow. His big twinkling eyes were closed, his eyelashes intertwined, curled up like two delicate fans.
But he was still too thin, with a pointed chin. If you touched it, you might hurt yourself.
Qin Muye didn’t disturb Rong Qiu, who was sound asleep.
The small beds in the orphanage weren’t very good, and if you moved a little, the bed boards would creak. Qin Muye had already tried lying down during the day, so when he returned to bed at night, he moved very lightly.
The little one was sleeping soundly, and he could faintly hear Rong Qiu’s snoring from the single bed beside him. The sound was faint but rhythmic.
The lights were already off, and the moon outside shone brightly, his eyelids gradually getting heavier. This was his first night in this world, and he didn’t expect to fall asleep so easily.
***
The next day, there was a commotion outside.
It sounded like the noise of children running and playing.
Qin Muye frowned irritably. A pair of soft little hands gently touched his brow, and Qin Muye was stunned for a moment, opening his eyes to see a certain curly-haired boy already washed up, tiptoeing at the side of his bed, his hair still wet, with traces of water not yet dried.
Rong Qiu’s eyes were bright and big, and when they met Qin Muye’s gaze, they twinkled with tiny lights.
“Pretty brother, good morning~”
Today’s Rong Qiu was much more familiar than yesterday, with his cheeks clean. You could tell from his hair that the little guy was trying his best to maintain his dignity. Qin Muye didn’t reach out to mess up Rong Qiu’s neatly combed hair.
“Pretty brother! Wash your face here!”
“Pretty brother! Eat here!”
Rong Qiu’s words were much smoother now, no longer stuttering like yesterday.
Qin Muye raised an eyebrow. Could it be that the little one’s stutter depended on his relationship with others?
If Rong Qiu knew he was being silently mocked as “Little Stutterer,” he would definitely explain with a sense of grievance that he doesn’t stutter. But now, Rong Qiu just sat happily on the bed, kicking his feet as he watched the handsome big brother bring one nice piece of clothing after another.
There were elephant-themed ones, rabbit-themed ones, and various other animal-themed shirts.
Wow! There were even little robots!
As Qin Muye displayed the fifth item, Rong Qiu’s already bright eyes lit up even more.
Still, the same old saying.
Too easy to understand.
“Do you want this one?”
“Yes yes yes yes yes yes!”
Qin Muye couldn’t help but chuckle.
He singled out the shirt with the cartoon robot picture on it, and paired it with a pair of shorts of the same color. The socks were all white, but there was a small yellow sun printed on the edge of the socks. The shoes were new too, and Rong Qiu treasured them, stepping lightly on the ground.
It was obvious that the child liked this outfit very much.
“Pretty brother!”
“Mmm?”
“Qiuqiu will buy it for you! When Qiuqiu growing up!”
The child couldn’t say the word “grows-up,” but “growing up” was equally innocent and interesting. Qin Muye couldn’t help but pinch the chubby cheeks of the little curly-haired boy, who looked chubby but actually didn’t have much flesh on his face. Qin Muye sighed softly in his heart; it seemed like he had to fatten him up.
Whether or not he fattened him up, it’s not something he can decide.
At nine forty-seven in the morning, a limited edition black sports car stopped at the entrance of the orphanage.
The man who got out of it was wearing a black handmade suit, and his feet were clad in fine black leather shoes. What was probably hard to ignore about him was the man’s pair of blue eyes.
The blue wasn’t deep, but under the sunlight, the man’s pupils were very clear.
He opened his phone and took a deep breath.
He wasn’t very familiar with his boss’s younger brother; he was just a worker in the hands of capitalists. If it weren’t for the fact that this young master had been brought here by his boss for an internship, he wouldn’t even have the young master’s phone number; he was often on business trips, and business trips were simply routine for him.
If it weren’t for the fact that the young master had taken a picture of a child for him, he wouldn’t have solved the matter on that side so quickly and returned to headquarters.
He indeed had a younger brother.
But he had never mentioned to anyone that he had a younger brother whose whereabouts were unknown.
Three years ago, his parents took his brother out of the province for a check-up, and they encountered a car accident on the way. His parents both perished in the burning car, but the official investigation found no trace of a third person, which would be his brother’s skeleton.
He could only hold on to a faint hope.
Searching outside all the time.
That was his own brother, and as long as his brother’s bones hadn’t grown for a day, he would consider his brother still alive in this world.
And now.
The child’s photo sent by Qin Muye was exactly the same as his brother.
Especially those misty blue eyes.
Their grandfather had the typical Y-country bloodline, blonde hair and blue eyes, which their father didn’t inherit, but he and his brother both inherited their grandfather’s blue eyes.
***
When Rong Qin was welcomed in by the nanny, Rong Qiu was in the middle of being fed with his mouth wide open. His curly hair was fluffy, but his body was thin, perhaps because Qin Muye didn’t buy the right clothes; the small shoulders of the child slipped out; but there was no way, the clothes looked big on him, and the Rong Qiu who liked mecha in the original world, here, the little dumpling showed an early interest in robots, picking clothes with little robots on them.
Qin Muye noticed someone coming, but he was still earnestly feeding Rong Qiu snacks, and a small bowl of steamed egg custard.
These were all ordered privately by him; he didn’t have an appetite for the orphanage’s breakfast.
Rong Qiu ate everything deliciously.
Rong Qiu was easy to feed; if Qin Muye handed him a custard bun, he would take a bite of it; after Qin Muye blew on the egg custard with a small porcelain spoon, the little guy opened his mouth wide, “Awoo” and swallowed the spoon in one gulp.
Rong Qin restrained his excitement and approached slowly. The delicate child was still fully engaged in Qin Muye’s feeding mission.
Chewing on one side, and squeezing out words between mouthfuls,
“Ah~ mmm~”
“Slow down, if Qiuqiu likes, you can have some for tomorrow too.”
“Thank you, pretty brother~”
The little curly hair was particularly polite, and after finishing the small bowl of steamed egg custard, he stood on tiptoe and handed the last custard bun to Qin Muye: “Pretty brother, have it~~~”
“Qiuqiu.”
Rong Qiu, like the softest feathers of a bird, slowly turned his head back under Rong Qin’s restrained tone.
“!!!!”
“Qiuqiu… do you… still remember me?”
“Wuwuwuwuwu…”
It should have been a beautiful scene of blood relatives recognizing each other, with adults and children crying, but Rong Qin could still restrain himself, after all, he was an adult. But Rong Qiu was different; he was like someone who had lost a memory, forgetting a lot, not knowing why he was in the orphanage, but he always remembered that he had a brother, a beloved brother.
And now, the man who appeared was his brother.
Even if the child cries, it’s a suppressed cry, a voice so thin and weak that if you don’t listen carefully, you won’t even know Rong Qiu is crying, but just one look tells you about Rong Qiu’s intense emotional fluctuations.
If Qin Muye hadn’t intervened in time, the child would have almost cried his heart out.
“Qiuqiu has just eaten, don’t let him cry for so long.”
If Qin Muye hadn’t remember that the person the child was holding onto was his own brother, he would not have endured Rong Qiu’s crying long ago.
***
With Rong Qin’s presence, the matter of taking Rong Qiu out was imminent.
Rong Qin had his connections, and it took less than a day for the DNA test results to be delivered to the hands of the orphanage director.
Two adults and a child didn’t need to look to confirm their relationship with each other.
The director of the orphanage looked carefully.
In the meantime, Rong Qin signed a series of documents and notarizations, which took a whole hour before Rong Qiu successfully left the orphanage.
Before the sunset.
Rong Qiu had already embarked on the journey back home.
“Going home?”
“Yeah. Qiuqiu, don’t you remember?”
The little curly-haired shook his head, looking somewhat disappointed. “Qiuqiu doesn’t remember.”
Because there was no child safety seat, Rong Qiu was sitting on Qin Muye’s lap, while Qin Muye was in the passenger seat.
Sensing Rong Qiu’s low spirits, Qin Muye silently patted his head. “How about having Brother live next door to Qiuqiu’s house?”
“Wow!”
But Rong Qin, who was driving, ruthlessly interrupted. “Master Qin, as far as I know, you should still be interning at the company headquarters, and it seems like you won’t be able to get away for a long time.”
Rong Qiu became low-spirited again.
Ah…
Pretty Brother is so busy.
What should he do?
He wants both of his brothers.
But what choice should a child make? If he wants something, he should have it all.
This was Qin Muye’s exclusive right given to Rong Qiu: “I won’t go, I’ll start my own business.”
Rong Qin raised an eyebrow, considering it just Qin Muye’s youthful spirit.
Qin Muye was still too young; he didn’t know how smooth his path would be with the backing of the Qin family.
In fact, from the moment Qin Muye decided to skip yesterday’s headquarters meeting, he had already planned to go solo.
He came suddenly and didn’t know when he would disappear.
In this world, his brother in the Qin family’s company could handle it, and what he wanted to do was pave the way for Rong Qiu in the limited time he had. If he could watch Rong Qiu grow up all the way, that would be even better.
Rong Qin’s family background was not bad, and the car turned into a small villa inside the Second Ring Road of the capital.
When they got out of the car, it was still Qin Muye who carried the person down.
Qin Muye: “Sorry. Can I stay for three nights?”
The little curly-haired: “Brother QAQ~”
Rong Qin: “…Alright, you can stay in the guest room downstairs.”
Qin Muye: “Thank you.”
“Qin Muye only proposed to stay here for three nights because the next day he borrowed money from his brother to buy the villa next door. Although his brother talked about him squandering money, he was quick to transfer the funds. “Are you really not coming back? Do you know what you’re giving up by not coming back now?”
“Brother, I have more important things to do.”
“Tch, what’s more valuable than your brother? Remember, if I don’t see the principal and interest returned to me in a year, I’ll bring people to seize your little villa.”
“…-“
***
Qin Muye stayed at Rong Qin’s house.
On the first day after work, Qin Muye fed milk to Rong Qiu, who sweetly said, “Thank you, pretty brother~”
On the second day after work, Qin Muye accompanied Rong Qiu to build blocks, and the dexterous young man built a mini robot. Rong Qiu’s admiration in his eyes was even greater, and he clapped his hands loudly. “Pretty brother! You’re amazing!”
On the third day after work, Qin Muye finally didn’t stick with his precious brother all the time. He sat on the sofa making a phone call, but his gaze was always on the little curly-haired boy building blocks on the climbing mat. When he saw Rong Qin coming back from work, Qin Muye moved his phone aside and gestured he would answer the call, indicating that he should take care of Qiuqiu.
Rong Qin gave Qin Muye a cold look.
Qiuqiu was his little brother, so of course he should take care of him.
But as soon as the little guy didn’t see Qin Muye, his expression immediately changed. It was evident in his slowed block-building movements. Every time he put on a block, he would turn to look at the terrace where Qin Muye was.
“Does Qiuqiu like that brother very much?”
“Yes!”
Rong Qin felt a sourness in his heart.
At first, he only said he would stay for three nights, but after three days had passed, he hadn’t told Qin Muye to leave yet. Tears welled up in Rong Qiu’s eyes, but he could only pitifully hug his big brother’s leg – no, the little guy was too small, he could only hug his calf.
What else could he do?
Rong Qin could only tacitly allow Qin Muye to stay.
Because he still had to report to the main office during the day, he couldn’t take a leave in the short term, so he found an experienced aunt to take care of his newly returned little brother; in addition, he tried to leave work early as much as possible because of Rong Qiu. Because of Rong Qiu, he no longer applied for business trips. But who knew that this year, the company’s main office was doing something unusual, and the workload was much heavier than usual, so it was a luxury to leave work on time.
He cursed the boss of the main office while working overtime.
He could only watch bitterly through the camera.
Later, his work finally stabilized, but it had been half a year already. From summer to winter and back to spring, Rong Qiu was already four years old. After half a year of recuperation, the little curly hair had become even healthier. The thinning flesh on his face had filled out, round and chubby, very pleasant to the touch.
Unfortunately, the little curly hair was still particular about his appearance; he wouldn’t let anyone touch his nice hair.
The spring rain drizzled down, and at nine o’clock in the evening, Rong Qiu went to bed on time with the sound of rain.
And Qin Muye, who had just become an adult, came to Rong Qin with a stack of documents.
Five minutes later –
“What do you mean?”
Rong Qin stared at the transfer contract handed over by Qin Muye.
“Nothing, these are all for Qiuqiu.”
“What Qiuqiu wants, this brother will give.”
“If Qiuqiu calls me brother and I give him some gifts, what’s wrong with that?” If he could accompany Rong Qiu’s growth all the time, Qin Muye wouldn’t hand these things over to Rong Qin now.
For the past six months, his heart palpitations had been getting stronger and stronger.
A gentle voice kept calling him back, and Qin Muye vaguely realized that it was the voice of his beloved.
Yes.
In his original world, there was still a beloved waiting for him.
Qin Muye’s voice quickened.
“All these things, manage them for Qiuqiu, give them to him when he comes of age. When you have time, you can accompany him to watch robot cartoons. He drinks oat milk every night before bed and likes to listen to robot stories. If possible, spend more time with him, praise him more. You are his real brother and also his lifelong idol…”
***
Qin Muye’s voice became weaker and weaker, and the light in his eyes dimmed, as if he had walked from daylight into dusk.
Outside was the sound of pouring rain, and Qin Muye’s head hurt badly.
He could feel something slowly recovering, a process that lasted a long time but also maybe a short time.
The sensation of pain disappeared completely.
He gently moved his arm, and the fluffy head pressed against his forearm moved closer to his neck, the familiar scent of lemon and mint constantly assaulting his nostrils.
So, it was all a dream.
Because of Qin Muye’s slight movement, Rong Qiu made a soft hum, and Qin Muye’s hand had already naturally followed along the person’s back in his arms. Rong Qiu soon fell into a deep sleep.
Qin Muye couldn’t help but smile.
Big kid and little kid, both are the same.
Easy to comfort.
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