CH 146

Chapter 146: He is Dying

On the surface, this kind of half-sibling relationship, born of the same father but raised separately, is just like this.

Zhou Mushi drank the lukewarm porridge, while Wang Jiexi sat beside him, holding a piece of red date milk-flavored ice cream given to him by a child who was about to be discharged from the hospital.

The ice cream had a fragrant and sweet creamy taste, which smelled refreshing and delicious. Unfortunately, it was pouring rain outside, and the room was also somewhat chilly. Eating ice cream at this time seemed inappropriate.

Even though it was thundering outside, Wang Jiexi still firmly stated that he and Jin Yang had nothing improper between them.

Zhou Mushi didn’t ask much. Upon careful thought, if these two people had any connection, they would have eloped together long ago. There was no need for Jin Yang to leave while Wang Jiexi stayed behind to take care of him.

The problem was that even though there was nothing between the two, when Zhou Mushi mentioned Jin Yang to him, Wang Jiexi’s reaction was very unnatural.

“Did you… kill Jin Yang?”

Zhou Mushi finished the last sip of the porridge and suddenly leaned forward, making a bold guess.

Perhaps Wang Jiexi has a brother complex? He loves himself and because he cannot obtain himself, he does strange things like killing Jin Yang, and then claiming him as his own spiritually!

Smiling citizens who follow the law were scared by Zhou Mushi’s big imagination, and half of their ice cream fell and shattered on the ground, breaking the white chocolate coating and causing the cream to slowly ooze out.

“I didn’t do it!”

“I was just joking, why are you so anxious?” Zhou Mushi laughed as he looked at him.

Wang Jiexi picked up the ice cream and threw it in the nearby trash can. Zhou Mushi then said, “You didn’t have a relationship with him, nor did you kill him. So what exactly were you planning? Don’t tell me it was for the little money the Zhou family has. Jin Yang doesn’t care about that.”

Wang Jiexi already knew that this matter could not be kept hidden for long, but he didn’t expect this day to come so soon.

He really wanted to tough it out, but reality did not allow it. Even if he tried his best to persist, it would be in vain. Once Zhou Mushi couldn’t get what he wanted from him, he would find a way to investigate. Ultimately, everything would be turned upside down.

“I-I just know some things. But I made a promise with Jin Yang that I can’t say anything,” he said.

Zhou Mushi reached out his slightly pale hand, slowly touching Wang Jiexi’s arm. He first lightly squeezed it, then suddenly tightened his grip and used all his strength to throw Wang Jiexi onto the bed. He pinned him down and firmly pressed his elbow against his neck, with an especially fierce expression on his face.

“Think carefully now. Guess whether or not I would immediately strangle you to death!” he threatened.

Wang Jiexi had experienced firsthand how beauty could seduce people’s hearts. Even though Zhou Mushi had been very kind to him before, now that it involved Jin Yang, he was willing to joke about both their lives.

Zhou Mushi was ruthless, and the skin caught between his fingers and the nails on his hand had already left a dark bruise on Wang Jiexi’s skin.

Even though later on he realized that this was not right, when emotions get the better of people, they tend to forget about a lot of things.

He used brute force to coerce Wang Jiexi, abandoning all the good manners he had been taught over the years.

Wang Jiexi looked at him calmly, this was not the clean-cut and clear-headed Zhou Mushi that he remembered…

“Don’t you wonder why he didn’t want me to tell you?” Wang Jiexi said.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Mushi loosened his grip a bit, and then tightened it again, “Why? Why didn’t he want you to tell me?”

Wang Jiexi looked at the face looming over him and tears gradually flowed from his eyes, which startled Zhou Mushi.

. . . . .

After learning about Zhou Mushi’s hospitalization, Mr. and Mrs. Zhou felt that they should show some concern despite their usual lack of interest. They brought some nutritious porridge that was simmering at home and visited him in the hospital.

They never expected to see what they saw when they arrived at the door of his hospital room.

Zhou Qingwen thought he might be going blind because he saw his own son pinning down another son. Even if the two brothers had a good relationship, they didn’t have to be so intimate as to play on the bed at such an old age.

Now that he thought about it, he hadn’t seen Jin Yang for over a month, and he didn’t know why Mushi had to bring Jiexi back. The two of them acted like “brothers” in front of their eyes all day long… What kind of sin had their Zhou family committed!

Gosh, even if they are gay, it would still be acceptable and I could persuade myself to agree. But how could they have sex with each other? They are real brothers!

At this moment, Old Zhou felt that he was getting old. He used to think that he was still young enough to marry a young woman without feeling out of place. Now he was really worried about having a heart attack.

He was also extremely concerned about his reputation. He couldn’t just barge in now. Once they had a face-off, there would be no way to fix it.

All he could do was let his wife support him and walk out with tears on his face.

. . . . .

“Why are you crying?”

As he watched Wang Jiexi’s tears trickle down his face and onto the pillow, Zhou Mushi’s heart trembled. After all, he had never made anyone cry before, and he felt a bit embarrassed by his instinctual reaction.

Wang Jiexi closed his eyes and bit his lip hard before managing to say, “Jin Yang knew that your family was behind the destruction of his company, and while it was heartbreaking, he loved you more. He was willing to forget the fact that his hard-earned company was maliciously destroyed for you.”

As Zhou Mushi thought of that letter, he heard Wang Jiexi’s words in his ears. He felt like his whole being was being torn apart, unable to pinpoint where the pain was coming from, but every cell in his body seemed to be emitting an endless sense of pain.

“But…why did he do it?” Zhou Mushi could hardly control his emotions, his voice becoming choked up.

Wang Jiexi pursed his lips and said, “He was my friend who had lung cancer. He was dying, and didn’t want you to watch him slowly die. He’d rather be a heartless man and hope that over time, you could forget about him and start a new life.”

Each word struck at Zhou Mushi’s heart, and he couldn’t describe the feeling in his ears.

Wang Jiexi felt Zhou Mushi’s body, which had been tense and tightly coiled, go limp and collapse onto him. Then he heard a soft whisper, “He really could…do something like this.”