Chapter 187 - Hes My Brother, Xiao Nai (2/2)
Liu Tieguo smiled immediately. His eyes squinted into two lines resembling that of a Maitreya statue.
“But this… it doesn’t feel right either. The man on the photo doesn’t look so mature like you,” the officer with a square jawline remained unconvinced.
Liu Tieguo quickly explained, “I do indeed look older, but my information is absolutely real, especially that photo of me. It is me, 100%. I just beautified myself with MeituPic [1], smoothened my skin, and added a magenta filter to make my appearance fit in better with my real age.”
PFFT~
A girl couldn’t contain her laugher anymore, “Uncle, are you sure that you’re here to become an auxiliary policeman, not a comedian?”
Her sentence instantly tickled everyone and brought on waves of laughter.
Liu Tieguo was annoyed. He had faced the same thing repeatedly, and it really annoyed him a lot. He took out his ident.i.ty card and said to the crowd seriously, “I am only twenty-two years old. I am not an uncle. I am still a young lad.”
The crowd laughed even louder. Even the officer with a square jawline who had always kept a serious face couldn’t help but chuckle for a moment. He immediately regained his composure afterward and shouted, “Enough, stop laughing. You will all be colleagues in the future. Mocking at your own colleagues isn’t a n.o.ble thing to do.”
Liu Tieguo was so touched that he almost teared up. He thought, “They are definitely fine servants of our society! They know what’s right!”
“Liu Tieguo, queue up in line!” the officer with a square jawline shouted at him.
“Yes, sir!”
Liu Tieguo moved to the end of the first queue.
As soon as he got into position, he shrieked in bewilderment. Then, he pulled Xiao Luo’s arm in front of him, “Old brother, why are you here? Wait, how did you get discharged so quickly? You were still being wrapped up like a mummy a few days ago.”
“You know about my elder brother being hospitalized?” Xiao Luo turned around and asked, feigning to be surprised.
“Your elder brother?” Liu Tieguo was confused. He thought, “Are they not the same person?”
“Yea, the one in the hospital is Xiao Nai, my elder brother. I’m Xiao Luo,” Xiao Luo smiled.
Liu Tieguo shook his head resolutely, “That can’t be, he told the cops that he was Xiao Luo the last time around, not Xiao Nai.”
Xiao Luo sighed. He pointed at his head and said whisperingly, “The car accident f*cked up his brain. He doesn’t know how to differentiate his name and my name anymore.”
Oh!
Liu Tieguo nodded in acknowledgement of the explanation. So, they were brothers. That would explain why they look so similar to each other. Then, he asked out of concern, “Is your brother alright?”
“Yea, he’s fine. He was transferred to another hospital in another city. He should be able to recover in less than two months,” said Xiao Luo.
“Ah, that’s great,” Liu Tieguo sighed out of relief.
Xiao Luo reached out his hands, “h.e.l.lo, Brother Tieguo. My name is Xiao Luo. Turning twenty this year.”
Liu Tieguo seemed like a middle-aged man to Xiao Luo, no matter which angle he looked at him from, so he couldn’t just bring himself call him by his name. Besides, Liu Tieguo had saved his life; it was appropriate for Xiao Luo to address him as ‘brother.’ However, Xiao Luo emphasized that he was 20 to avoid Liu Tieguo from acting like a baby in front of him.
“Nice to meet you,” Liu Tieguo chuckled.
“Oh yeah, Brother Tieguo, how did you know that my brother is in the hospital? Do you know my brother?” Xiao Luo asked.
“Ah, it’s because…”
Liu Tieguo was about to tell him the truth, but then he stopped himself abruptly recalling the phrase “do good deeds without leaving a name.” He therefore put on a sagely look and said, “Buddha said, I mustn’t say anything, hehe…”
Xiao Luo almost lost it and nearly cracked up. He was trying so hard to contain his laughter and his shoulders from shaking.
Footnotes:
[1] MeituPic: An image editing software commonly used in mainland China
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