novelraw Chapter 4 Brother, I miss you so much
Chapter 4 Brother, I miss you so much
After speaking, Wen Shumu dared not look at Ling Suyu's expression and could only lower his gaze to the floor.
The black leather military boots and soft white slippers on the marble floor seem to belong to completely different worlds, just like the owners of the shoes.
Fortunately, he lowered his head and missed Ling Suyu's increasingly cold gaze, otherwise he would have definitely run away in fear.
Ling Suyu did not believe that just one meeting at the wedding was enough to make Wen Shumu "deeply in love" with her, as Allison had said.
Unable to confront him head-on on the battlefield, the Wen family has come up with a new trick: playing the emotional card.
Manipulating people's hearts is even more despicable.
The blunt, hurtful words were on the tip of his tongue, but looking at the Omega in front of him who seemed inexplicably vulnerable, Ling Suyu still didn't say them, only coldly refusing.
"I'm used to sleeping alone."
After a pause, Ling Suyu added stiffly, "Good night."
Wen Shumu paused for two seconds, then saw Ling Suyu enter the bedroom and was about to close the door.
Ling Suyu acted quickly.
But in Wen Shumu's eyes, the flow of time slowed down to the extreme in an instant. The heavy door closed slowly as if in slow motion, and the Alpha's figure was gradually obscured by the door.
For some reason, Wen Shumu felt that he couldn't let this door be completely closed.
After all these years of twists and turns, I've finally reunited with my brother, but it shouldn't be like this...
It doesn't matter if you don't recognize him. He knows he has changed a lot since he was a child, both in appearance and personality.
The embarrassing past can no longer be an excuse for retreat.
More than anything, he was afraid of being separated from his brother again.
The door was just centimeters away from closing when Omega's clear voice came through, tinged with a barely perceptible sob.
"Brother...I miss you so much."
The voice was faint, yet it was enough to stir up a violent storm in Ling Suyu's heart.
Because in this world, there is only one person who would call him that.
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Wen Shumu lay on the soft bed, his eyes closed, his eyelids slightly swollen, and the tip of his nose pitifully red, clearly having just had a good cry.
The room where he slept alone after getting married finally welcomed another owner.
Ling Suyu sat on the edge of the bed, not having had time to change out of his military uniform. The tears that Wen Shumu had wiped on his chest had dried, but Ling Suyu still felt that spot burning hot.
That's where his heart is.
Upon hearing Wen Shumu's words, Ling Suyu's mind went blank, but her body reacted first, forcefully pulling open the door that was about to close.
Her light brown eyes were filled with a misty haze, and tears rolled down her cheeks the moment the door opened.
There was no need for further confirmation. The moment Ling Suyu saw Wen Shumu's tears, he knew that the person in front of him was his little one.
The little one cries a lot. He cries when he's hungry, when he doesn't sleep well, when his clothes are dirty, and he even cries because he feels the pain of seeing him get hurt.
When she cries, she purses her lips and sobs intermittently.
The little face in my memory gradually overlapped with the Omega in front of me.
That's the exact same expression.
Ling Suyu's feelings were like tangled threads, incredibly complex, a mixture of joy and anger.
He was naturally overjoyed to be able to reunite with the little guy, but he was also angry at himself for not recognizing him immediately.
And... about Little One's past circumstances.
He was a pawn thrown out by the Wen family to be married off to them.
Then, recalling what Yi Hao had mentioned about Wen Shumu's background at the banquet...
It is clear that after returning home, he did not live the carefree life he had imagined.
Wen Shumu cried for a long time. Ling Suyu didn't know how to comfort people, so he could only use his long arms to loosely hold him in his arms and gently pat his back.
Seeing that he was exhausted from crying, Ling Suyu simply picked Wen Shumu up with one hand and carried him back to the room, just like he had carried a child many years ago, and put him on the bed in the bedroom.
Wen Shumu finally spoke the words he had kept hidden for a year, and now that he was completely relaxed, he quickly fell asleep.
Even after falling asleep, he still held onto one of Ling Suyu's fingers, unwilling to let go.
I didn't dare to greedily hold the whole hand; just the fingers would be enough.
This was the most peaceful sleep Wen Shumu had had in many years.
The dark clouds dispersed, and the sun, unobstructed, hung in the sky, freely radiating its brilliance.
Sunlight streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows and shone on Wen Shumu's face. He comfortably opened his eyes, letting the sunlight dye his eyelashes and hair a golden color.
It felt as if the warmth of Alpha still lingered in my hand.
He could vaguely sense that Ling Suyu had stayed with him for a long time, until he fell into a deep sleep before leaving.
Wen Shumu quickly got up to wash up, took out the clothes that Xiao Jin had picked out for him yesterday, changed into them, looked in the mirror for a long time to make sure that he looked perfectly presentable, and then went downstairs.
When they arrived at the restaurant, Allison was already waiting there.
When Wen Shumu didn't see Ling Suyu, a hint of disappointment flashed in his eyes, which was caught by Allison.
Allison became even more convinced of his idea; the lady really liked their marshal too much.
The butler, his hands covered by white gloves, clenched into fists near his mouth and coughed lightly twice: "The Marshal is working in his study and instructed me to tell you to go to his study to find him after breakfast."
His round eyes lit up immediately. He wondered if it was just his imagination, but he felt that his wife's curly hair seemed to be sticking up a little.
Seeing that his wife was finally happy, Allison also showed a faint smile.
Wen Shumu finished his breakfast at his fastest pace, smiled at Allison's approving gaze, and jogged to the study.
He even suddenly felt that living in a place that was too big was not good, because it would take several minutes to get there and he couldn't see his brother immediately.
Ling Suyu wasn't wearing his military uniform today; his pure white shirt and the stray hairs falling across his forehead made him look much gentler.
Wen Shumu stared intently for a long time, a faint blush rising to her cheeks.
Noticing his face getting hot, Wen Shumu quickly lowered his head, but a smile quietly crept onto his lips.
The jubilant expression froze the moment Ling Suyu produced an agreement.
"Brother... what does this mean?" Wen Shumu's voice trembled slightly.
His slender fingers traced across the paper, finally settling on the word "divorce".
Why...why do we need a divorce?!
Ling Suyu said calmly, "You should also know that our marriage was not of our own volition, but merely a bargaining chip to stabilize the situation. Neither of us had a choice."
Wen Shumu stared at him blankly and said, "You're making me sign this agreement because of our past?"
Ling Suyu shook his head in denial: "Regardless of whether we knew each other before, I will give you this agreement today."
"For a year, you'll have to play the role of my wife. Once the situation stabilizes, you'll be free to leave and do whatever you want."
"Since you call me brother, I will consider you my family." Ling Suyu's face remained expressionless, but his cold blue eyes were tinged with a faint warmth. "You're only 22 years old. You shouldn't be trapped here by this inexplicable identity."
Even though they were all speaking out of concern for him, Wen Shumu couldn't listen to a word they said; his mind was filled with thoughts of leaving his brother in a year.
After a long pause, he managed to utter a single, strained sentence: "I understand. Can this agreement... be signed later?"
Ling Suyu thought he understood the purpose of the agreement, and the lines on his lips softened as he nodded.
His gaze swept over the Omega's spiky curls, and he couldn't resist raising his hand to ruffle the soft, flaxen-brown hair.
The shadow of the large hand obscured Wen Shumu's dark eyes.
Losing in Ling Suyu's gentle caresses, Wen Shumu understood even more—
Ling Suyu only saw him as a younger brother who needed to be taken care of, which is why he let him leave so readily... If this identity meant that he could only stay by Ling Suyu's side for a short period of one year, then he could only look for a more advanced identity.
The kind of status that allows one to be with Ling Suyu forever.
Never again should I separate from Ling Suyu.
He won't sign that divorce agreement.
Wasn't he supposed to play Ling Suyu's wife?
Okay, then he will work towards that goal.
However, it wasn't an act; he wanted Ling Suyu to see him as... his real wife.