Chapter 2355
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Jiang Yao didn't exchange pleasantries with Chen Xuyao. She went straight to the room on the third floor that Chen Xuyao had mentioned, took off her coat, and lay down on the bed.
Her nose was filled with the smell of freshly washed quilts and pillows. Chen Xuyao must have specially changed them.
Although Lu Xingzhi's brothers were all grown men, and sometimes they lived rough lives, when it came to taking care of people, each one was more attentive than the other, just like how Chen Xuyao remembered that Jiang Yao was slightly mysophobic.
Jiang Yao didn't recognize the bed. Although she rested against Lu Xingzhi on the plane, she didn't have a good rest, so Jiang Yao fell asleep as soon as she touched the pillow.
Lu Xingzhi waited until Jiang Yao fell asleep before kissing her forehead. He quietly got out of bed and went downstairs. Chen Xuyao was in the study on the second floor. Lu Xingzhi followed the sound and found Chen Xuyao on the phone.
"Third sister-in-law is asleep?" Chen Xuyao heard movement at the door and turned to look at it. Then, he put away his phone. "Second Brother said that he and Wen Xuehui got off the plane and are coming to my place. Fourth Brother and Zhan Qiuhe will go grocery shopping tonight. Fourth Brother and I will cook here."
"Okay." Lu Xingzhi nodded and walked in.
Chen Xuyao's study had a large floor-to-ceiling window. Standing in front of the window, one could see the evergreen plants in the yard below. Without tall vegetation and tall buildings blocking the view, the view here was very wide.
The two brothers stood there silently. One of them had his hands in his pockets and his brows were slightly furrowed. The other was playing with a cigar. From time to time, he would put it in front of his nose to sniff it, but he didn't light it.
Chen Xuyao had also recently quit smoking for Chu Sheng.
"Third Brother, what are you thinking about?" After a long time, Chen Xuyao asked.
"This time, I want to go up faster." Lu Xingzhi looked at the sky as he spoke. There seemed to be only nothingness there, but also something that only he could understand.
"Third Brother, are you afraid?" After asking, Chen Xuyao laughed at himself. "I didn't expect that one day I would ask you such a stupid question."
"I've never been afraid of anything in the past, but now I am." Lu Xingzhi retracted his gaze and looked at Chen Xuyao. "I'll ask you the same question."
"I'm the same as Third Brother. I wasn't afraid in the past, but now I am." Chen Xuyao chuckled softly. "I'm afraid that I can't protect Chu Sheng. I'm afraid that Chu Sheng will run away from me one day. I'm afraid that Chu Sheng will never agree to be with me."
Chen Xuyao mocked himself. "I'm afraid of an unforeseen future. I'm afraid that I won't have the person I want by my side in my future. I'm afraid that I'll walk alone in my future."
He was afraid that without Chu Sheng, he would not have Lu Xingzhi, his third brother.
"I'm afraid that I won't be able to protect her on this trip. I'm afraid that she'll get hurt, that she'll be sad, and that she'll be disappointed in me." He wasn't afraid of anything, but he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to let Jiang Yao live a peaceful and carefree life in the future.
"Third Brother, I remember that you didn't say the word 'afraid' when you came back from the mission in Lanning Desert. So I believe that you and Third Sister-in-law will escape unscathed." Chen Xuyao clenched his fist and punched Lu Xingzhi's shoulder. He didn't hit him hard and avoided his wound. "Good luck!"
Lu Xingzhi curled the corners of his lips. It seemed like he was smiling, but it also didn't seem like it.
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