Your Beloved Sweetheart Is Online

Chapter 888 - 891: Just Want to Be Your Brother for Life

After a long while, he remained motionless.

Half an hour later, when Hua Hua looked down again, he found his brother had quieted down, deeply asleep.

Subconsciously, he pulled the blanket over Gu Shaocheng, bit by bit prying his brother’s arms apart, leaving with a sense of reluctance, slowly extricating himself from his brother’s hold.

That embrace wasn’t meant for him; it was for his little sister-in-law.

He never fought, competed, or snatched away.

Because he knew there was no future in it.

The affection between brothers was far stronger and more reliable than the emotions he longed for. He was someone with self-awareness, a person who knew his boundaries, aware of what he could aspire to and what he could not.

All he needed was to be the cherished younger brother of Gu Shaocheng, nothing more.

And it could only be so.

Hua Hua opened the closet, took out a blanket, and laid it on the carpet beside the bed. Although there were many rooms in the house, he stayed to sleep on the floor for the night because he was afraid his brother might wake up hungry in the middle of the night and have no one to tend to him.

In the darkness of the night, he couldn’t fall asleep. In the serene bedroom, listening to the faint sounds of snoring felt so warm, making the vast emptiness of the house feel full. He wished that every night this home could be filled with such sounds.

Hehe, such wishful thinking!

Hua Hua, you can’t be too greedy. The more greedy you are, in the end, the only thing that will rise is your inner demons, and the only one who will suffer is you!

A long-missed voice, a long-missed companionship.

Hua Hua turned over, moving slightly, his mouth curling into a contented smile, and in a voice only he could hear, he whispered softly, "Bro, I’m not greedy; I just want to be your brother for life."

"To stay in a world where I can see you, occasionally play the fool with you, act cute, that’s all I need to feel content."

"Sometimes make some scandalous headlines to give you something to worry about, just to have you pull me aside and scold me."

"And sometimes, hear you say a word or two like this: ’In this world, the only person who can ’keep’ you is me, no one else, ash to ash.’"

"Really, that’s the most affectionate thing I’ve ever heard. I feel like even if I never marry, I’ve gained so much!"

With this sense of contentment and knowing his place, Hua Hua drifted off to sleep.

The next morning, Gu Shaocheng woke up with a splitting headache, finding himself in a strange bedroom. Upon opening his eyes, he saw a huge group photo hanging on the wall opposite him—the photo of the five brothers and couldn’t help but laugh.

How did he end up sleeping at Hua Hua’s place?

He got up from the bed, and as soon as his foot was about to touch the floor, he quickly pulled it back, never having guessed that he was about to step on someone’s abdomen.

Gu Shaocheng moved to the other side of the bed and got down carefully, took a shower in the bathroom, randomly picked a set of Hua Hua’s clothes to wear, then came back to lift the one sleeping on the floor onto the bed and covered him with a blanket before leaving.

He drove straight to the sanatorium, his mind going back and forth but never stepping out of the car.

It was only six o’clock in the morning, and going by Chenxing’s usual schedule, she would still be dreaming of meeting the Duke of Zhou now.

After a night of drinking, his mind was still a bit muddled. For the first time, the man, who had always stood unflinching like Mount Tai, felt a sense of guilt.

Gripping the steering wheel tightly, he pondered, if Chenxing found out the truth, would she curse him in her heart, condemn him as despicable for trapping her without a future, and wasting her youth?

After all, a girl’s prime years are but so few.