Chapter 164: Are You Stupid? (1/2)

Cheng Xi wished that she could drag Cheng Yang out and kill him right now.

But the following sequence of actions were so bizarre that she was frozen in place as she watched on, speechless. After Lu Chenming figured out Cheng Yang’s identity, he was actually quite happy to see him. After a moment of panic and blank stares, he said somewhat shyly, as if he were pleasantly surprised, “Brother~”

He truly was Lu Chenzhou’s brother only in name, as evidenced by his sweet and intimate call towards a non-family member.

Cheng Yang was somewhat disturbed by his response, as was Cheng Xi, who was still hiding in a corner.

Cheng Yang hesitatingly asked, “……If you knew that I was her brother, then why would you slander my sister?”

What surprised Cheng Xi the most was that, even though Lu Chenming behaved a little awkwardly in front of Cheng Yang, he was more courageous than usual. With a red face, he then stammered out, “You really don’t look like ‘icey’ at all.”

This time, it was Cheng Yang’s turn to be speechless, and he fiercely replied, “Don’t spout nonsense! Don’t expect me to let you go just because you helped me out before. I’m only going to tell you this once. If you keep smearing my sister’s name and make her any more upset, I’ll give you a big beating!”

As Cheng Yang said this, he even waved his fist around threateningly, and his big fist finally roused Lu Chenming from the reverie he had fallen into upon seeing his “sweetheart’s” brother. With a wronged tone, he quickly protested, “I didn’t slander her. I was the one who met her first.”

“You stubborn mule!” Cheng Yang pulled him upright and slapped his head. “What did I tell you before? Was that all for nothing? Everything over the Internet is just a lie, alright? A lie! At one point, I had ten female characters as a wife at the same time over all the games I played. Do you think that I had to take responsibility for any of that in real life? Are you crazy?”

When Cheng Xi heard her brother’s words, she felt like she had a good idea of what he was planning. This fellow wasn’t actually going to admit to the fact that he had used a female character to tease Lu Chenming. Instead, he was probably going to try to persuade Lu Chenming to think more clearly using his identity as Cheng Yang.

After mulling over Cheng Yang’s strategy for a little bit, Cheng Xi felt that it might have a chance of working. After all, even though Cheng Yang had been a terrible student, he had deep insight into how people thought. It was so much so that it made Cheng Xi a little jealous. When they were small, both siblings helped out at their parents’ diner, and no one, from a five-year-old kid to an eighty-something old grandmother, had ever disliked him at all. Her brother had a big mouth, and was able to make others laugh and feel at home from the very beginning. Even Lu Chenming seemed to have bought into his act.

If Cheng Yang could merely hide his guilt and convince Lu Chenming of the truth, it would likely work.

Since Cheng Yang wasn’t just messing around this time, Cheng Xi felt relieved. Even though she would still have to bear the crime of seducing Lu Chenming, as long as it was a result of her brother’s actions and there was peace afterwards, she didn’t mind.

When Cheng Xi returned home that night and told Lu Chenzhou about Cheng Yang’s plans, she also asked him, “What do you think the probability of my brother succeeding is?”

Lu Chenzhou replied with three terse words. “Well, we’ll see.”

He had replied to her lazily, as if he couldn’t care any less about it.

But Cheng Xi wouldn’t let the topic go that easily. She insisted that he talk about Lu Chenming some more, even requesting, “Please help me check up on Chenming. And if you’ve got nothing better to do, you should chat with him a bit.”

Lu Chenzhou frowned in annoyance. “Why do you care so much about this?” From his perspective, this wasn’t a big deal at all.

Cheng Xi staunchly replied, “He’s your brother. If we don’t deal with this problem thoroughly, it’ll affect the relationship between us.” Cheng Xi knew that Lu Chenzhou didn’t care too much about Lu Chenming’s situation because Lu Chenzhou’s stance was that since the person who had played around with Lu Chenming wasn’t Cheng Xi, then if Lu Chenming couldn’t wrap his head around the truth, then it was his own stupidity to blame. As a result, Cheng Xi had to bluntly say, “If his thoughts don’t change, I’ll start to feel guilty, and in order to absolve that guilt, then even if it meant going bankrupt and destitute, I’ll definitely break up with you.”

Despite what Cheng Xi said, and despite her attempt to be reasonable with him, and even despite her threat to break up, it was the word “guilty” that finally convinced Lu Chenzhou.

“Alright.”

And after that, he would always take some time to check on his brother once in a while.

Of course, Cheng Xi didn’t know that Lu Chenzhou’s method of giving attention to his family members was also very strange. In this instance, he called Lu Chenming and merely asked, “Are you free?”

After Lu Chenming said that he was, Lu Chenzhou sent someone to pick him up and drive him over to his place. There, the two brothers sat there and stared at each other for a few minutes. After Lu Chenming inevitably became uncomfortable and started sweating nervously, Lu Chenzhou finally asked, “Do you still want her?”

Lu Chenming nodded shyly. Even though he was afraid of Lu Chenzhou, he was also very clear on what he had to say in front of his brother.