Chapter 704: 0694 Can’t sleep without me?

“If you like it, I naturally have to help you protect it,”

Fu Qiyuan knew exactly what his brother meant.

He liked her, so he would like her too.

Suddenly, his gaze towards him became unprecedentedly gentle.

Fu Qixiu felt his scalp tingle as he saw his own brother looking at him with a tenderness that had never been there before.

Huddling in a corner, his small body curled into a ball, he wrapped his arms around his chest, a guarded look on his face.

“Brother… I am your blood brother, you… you mustn’t do anything rash! Remember you have a sister-in-law…”

Fu Qiyuan’s eyes flashed, and all the gentleness vanished in an instant.

Indeed, this guy just wasn’t suited for gentle treatment!

The car suddenly became silent.

Fu Qixiu, seeing that his brother really wasn’t going to do anything to him, cautiously moved closer to him again.

“Brother, are you really going to that banquet?”

Fu Qiyuan replied indifferently, “Mhm.”

“Sister-in-law will be angry.”

“She won’t,” Fu Qiyuan asserted with certainty.

Fu Qixiu huffed twice, “Brother, you really don’t understand women. When women get jealous, it’s terrifying, especially career women like sister-in-law, a domineering CEO. She’s not like ordinary girls who can be easily fooled. I bet if she finds out you lied to her, there will be hell to pay!”

“Why would I lie to her?”

And why should he understand other women?

Understanding his own woman should be enough!

“Of course it’s because you’re going to the banquet, you… huh?”

As he spoke, Fu Qixiu was suddenly at a loss for words.

He blinked his large eyes, blinked again, and as he looked at his unsmiling brother, a light bulb went off in his head.

“No way, brother? Are you planning to…”

Fu Qiyuan said nothing, which was as good as confirming Fu Qixiu’s guess.

Fu Qixiu didn’t know what to say for a moment.

After a while, he offered a well-meaning reminder,

“Grandfather will be furious with you!”

“He won’t.”

“Hm… yeah, grandfather is tough, not so easy to die from anger,” Fu Qixiu nodded in agreement.

But the more he thought about his own situation, the more he felt a sense of despair.

Right now, he had no energy to worry about others.

At least his brother had a sister-in-law as a talisman.

What about him?

At that thought, he couldn’t help but hug his head and howl miserably.

“Awooo, brother, what should I do? What should your blood brother do? Grandfather wants me to attend too, those women will surely strip me down to my underwear!”

Fu Qixiu shivered involuntarily, then his eyes lit up again.

“Should I come out publicly, or bring a male companion to the banquet?”

Fu Qiyuan glanced at his suicidal brother and heard him muttering to himself.

“No, no, getting kicked out of the house and disowned by the family is a minor thing, having grandfather break my legs is a major thing, awoo… I might as well become a monk!”

Fu Qiyuan: “…”

Looking at his foolish brother, he rarely made a suggestion.

“You could date a girl from a good family who truly likes you.”

“Like you and sister-in-law?”

Fu Qiyuan’s face softened slightly, “Yeah.”

Fu Qixiu couldn’t help but grimace.

He crossed his legs grandly, aiming high.

“No, no, I’m a non-marriage believer, my dream is the stars and the sea.”

The fool probably hadn’t realized which was worse for a major family like the Fu family, coming out or remaining unmarried!

If he dared to come out, he might get beaten to death!

If he chose not to marry, he would definitely get beaten to death!

And there was no room for negotiation!

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By the time he returned to Platinum Lanting, it was already deep into the night.

Looking at the familiar mansion before him, Fu Qiyuan actually felt as though it had been a long time since he’d last seen it.

Even though it had only been five or six days.

He longed to return with unprecedented intensity.

In the past twenty-odd years, he had always been alone but had never cared about loneliness.

Being solo was the norm for everyone.

Yet now, within these short few days, the feelings of loneliness had become unusually vivid.

As time passed, the suffocating sense of emptiness inside him grew ever more intense.

It was as if his heart had been hollowed out, and nothing could fill it.

But at this moment, looking at this house, thinking of the person inside it,

Thinking of her waiting for him to come home, the uncomfortable emptiness that had made his heart constrict instantly dissolved.

Home.

It must be the most beautiful word in the world!

Fu Qixiu poked his head out of the car and couldn’t help but tease as he saw his elder brother standing in front of the door, looking anxious,

“Hey, brother, weren’t you eager to return? Why are you still standing here? Hurry inside, sister-in-law must be anxiously waiting for you!

Ah–absence makes the heart grow fonder, a passionate reunion makes love deeper, dry wood meets a raging fire, and from that fire, new life is born. Brother, such a beautiful moment must not be wasted…”

Fu Qixiu intentionally drew out the last word, especially the word ‘brother,’ causing Fu Qiyuan’s temples to throb violently, and he was covered in goosebumps.

“…Scram!”

“Hahaha… My future dear nephews and nieces, your uncle is waiting for you!”

After his quip, Fu Qixiu immediately instructed the driver to depart, and the car swiftly left the courtyard.

Fu Qiyuan helplessly pinched the bridge of his nose, sighed, and turned to enter the house.

The house was dim, everyone was asleep.

He went straight to the master bedroom on the second floor, their room, his steps urgent yet he consciously softened his movements.

Gently opening the door, a familiar scent gently wafted into his nostrils with the air.

The coldness in his eyes instantly settled, replaced by tenderness.

He slowly walked to the side of the bed, crouched down in front of it, and tenderly gazed at the girl on the bed by the moonlight.

Her black hair was spread over the pillow, her exquisitely beautiful features flushed with the rosiness of deep sleep.

In her brows lingered a touch of elegance, lacking the usual indifference.

He gently stroked the girl’s head with one hand, his heart surging with a deep longing.

Then, he slowly lowered his head and gently kissed her on the forehead, his eyes brimming with warmth.

Just as he was about to retreat, his neck was suddenly embraced by a pair of soft, boneless hands.

A hint of surprise flickered in Fu Qiyuan’s eyes, as the girl’s gentle and tender voice slowly rose.

“You’re back?”

Those simple four words softened Fu Qiyuan’s heart, his tone was so tender it was almost dripping with gentleness.

“Yeah, did I wake you?”

Su Ran hugged him and gently shook her head, her voice somewhat aggrieved.

“I wasn’t deeply asleep.”

“Hmm?”

Su Ran sighed softly before she murmured,

“I think I have a bit of insomnia.”

Upon hearing this, in the darkness, Fu Qiyuan’s eyes suddenly brightened.

“Can’t sleep without me?”

Su Ran blinked her eyes, her long eyelashes fluttering against the man’s cheek.

“…It seems so.”

Hearing the girl’s dependence, a thick wave of joy surged in Fu Qiyuan’s heart, and a pleased chuckle escaped his throat.

He stood up, switched on the bedside lamp.

The girl’s beautiful face instantly came into view.

Su Ran’s eyelashes fluttered, she was about to open her eyes when a warm hand covered them.

“Let them adjust first.”