Never Meeting Again In Our Next Life (Living Life Over) - Volume 2 (10)
Chapter 10 Call me brother
That night, Xia Liang was thinking about Zhou Shuo who was still “sick” at home. Not long after dinner, he said goodbye and left.
Before leaving, he thought that it would be inconvenient for Li Mo and Ji Qin to have no means of transportation in B City, so he silently left the car keys at the entrance.
When he walked out of the villa, Xia Liang remembered that there were relatively few taxis in this area at night, so he could only make an appointment online.
While he was walking on the sidewalk, he looked down at his mobile phone and suddenly heard a short whistle from behind him.
He turned around and saw a familiar car two steps behind him – the car driven by Zhou Shuochang.
Xia Liang was a little surprised. She opened the car door and got into the passenger seat. She was about to ask Zhou Shuo why he was here, but found that Zhou Shuo was wearing a thick mask, and most of his face was tightly covered.
So what Xia Liang asked was: “Why did you cover yourself up like this? Do you have a cold?”
Zhou Shuo didn’t speak. As Xia Liang came closer, the sweet scent seeped into the tip of his nose through the thick mask. He subconsciously pulled the mask up the bridge of his nose to avoid Xia Liang’s sight.
Xia Liang looked at him and asked, “Are you feeling better?”
”Hmm.” Zhou Shuo responded ambiguously.
”Why did you drive here and pick me up specially?”
”…….”
”I have a car myself, I just don’t want to drive it temporarily. Have you guessed this?”
”…Hmm.” Zhou Shuo’s answer became more and more perfunctory. He didn’t come here to pick someone up. He came here specifically to keep an eye on them.
In the evening, he rejected Xia Liang in a moment of enthusiasm, but then he regretted it.
When he thought about Xia Liang and Li Mo being in the same room, if the two of them got into the mood, they would have a drink and have sex… The more he thought about it, the more he felt uneasy. He couldn’t stay at home anymore, so he could only drive over secretly to keep an eye on him. But he didn’t want to happen to see Xia Liang walking out of the villa alone. He drove a car and followed him for a distance. Seeing that he seemed to be taking a taxi, he got closer.
Xia Liang didn’t know that Zhou Shuo had all these twists and turns in his mind. He stared at him for a long time and said with a smile: “Why, you are so upset that you can’t even speak? What do you mean?”
Seeing that he couldn’t be fooled anymore, Zhou Shuo hesitated and said: “I…I’m worried that you won’t be safe alone at night, so…”
Xia Liang was distracted. He recalled the accident that Xia Lin encountered in Zilin Village a few years ago. He patted his shoulder and comforted him: “Don’t be so nervous. I am in the city. What can happen?” Nothing. Besides, you are my assistant now, not a bodyguard. Even if something happens to me, no one else can blame you.”
Zhou Shuo pursed his lips and said no more.
During the years he had been with Xia Liang, he felt that the relationship between the two was always spinning in circles with no progress. Every time he wanted to give Xia Liang some subtle hints, Xia Liang’s straight-minded thinking could always misinterpret his meaning thousands of miles away.
When the two returned to Xia’s house, Xia Liang asked casually: “What did you have for dinner?”
Zhou Shuo was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer.
Xia Liang glanced at the kitchen and noticed something was wrong. He turned back to Zhou Shuo and said, “Don’t tell me that you didn’t have dinner at all?’
Zhou Shuo lowered his head: “Aunt Wang has taken leave for the past two days…”
”Then you can’t order takeout yourself?”
”I… don’t have much appetite, I can’t get used to eating outside food…”
”You have to eat something if you’re not used to it.” Xia Liang rolled up the cuffs of his shirt, “If you think the food outside is too greasy and unclean, then I’ll make some for you. But I can only cook porridge and instant noodles. Which one do you choose?”
Just as Zhou Shuo was about to speak, Xia Liang said to himself again: “I almost forgot, you have a stomachache, so it’s better not to eat instant noodles. But cooking porridge takes a long time, and I’m afraid you won’t be able to bear the hunger… …”
”It’s okay, let me eat instant noodles.” Zhou Shuo suddenly felt a sense of expectation for Xia Liang to cook noodles for him, and looked at Xia Liang eagerly, “Young Master, are you really willing to cook noodles for me? ?”
Xia Liang didn’t pay attention to his question, opened the cupboard, found a few packages of instant noodles, and asked, “Which flavor do you want?”
”whatever……”
”There’s no such thing as random flavors. You pick one, beef, mushrooms or shrimp?” “Beef.”
Xia Liang thought for a while and said, “You have a bad stomach now, so why not eat something light? How about fresh shrimp?”
”Everything is fine.” Zhou Shuo picked a chair and sat down, looking at Xia Liang’s back expectantly. He never thought that one day he would be able to eat instant noodles made by Xia Liang himself.
Xia Liang rarely entered the kitchen at home before. Even cooking instant noodles was a bit clumsy. When she opened the package of seasoning powder, half of the package would spill out.
However, looking at his busy figure on the stove, Zhou Shuo felt warm in his heart. Even if Xia Liang brought him a bowl of burnt noodles, he would still be able to eat it with gusto.
Of course, his imagination was a bit too rich. Although Xia Liang was not very skilled in cooking techniques, the instant noodles he cooked were not much different.
He brought the instant noodles to Zhou Shuo, then sat across the dining table and watched him eat.
Zhou Shuo pulled off his mask and took a careful breath. The rich aroma of instant noodles first entered the tip of the nose, temporarily diluting the aroma on Xia Liang’s body opposite.
It was only at this moment that Zhou Shuo realized that he was already hungry, and he began to eat noodles in big mouthfuls.
Xia Liang watched him eat quietly, and couldn’t help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.
He suddenly felt emotional and murmured: “Sometimes, I often forget that you are one year younger than Xiaolin.” Zhou Shuo moved his hands and looked up at Xia Liang without knowing why.
Just listen to Xia Liang continue: “Xiao Lin has not been close to me since he was a child. Sometimes I want to care about him more, but I don’t know how to do it. He was a little childish before his senior year in high school. I don’t know what he suffered in his senior year. Exciting, he suddenly became more mature and steady than me. Sometimes I can hardly tell who is the elder brother.
Zhou Shuo actually felt the same in his heart, but he didn’t know what Xia Liang’s intention was in mentioning this matter at this moment, so he continued to listen to him in silence.
Xia Liang sighed and said, “My brother may have failed a bit. Apart from providing material help, I’m afraid there’s nothing I can do for my brother.” As he spoke, he raised his head and looked at Zhou. Shuo, “But fortunately, I still have a brother like you.”
Zhou Shuo was stunned, not knowing whether to be happy or worried.
Xia Liang is willing to treat him as his younger brother, which means that he still has the opportunity to get close to him. However, such closeness has an insurmountable bottom line. Once that bottom line is crossed, he will be in doom.
The two of them were each thinking about their own thoughts. After a moment of silence, Xia Liang suddenly said: “Zhou Shuo, I want to ask you a question.”
Zhou Shuo raised his head and looked at him.
”When you changed your name to Xiao Lin, ‘Brother Lin’, why were you unwilling to change your name to me?”
Zhou Shuo lowered his head and said calmly: “I’m afraid… I will offend the young master…”
”How can this be considered offensive?” Xia Liang couldn’t laugh or cry, “You call Xiao Lin ‘Brother Lin’ so affectionately, but you call me ‘Young Master’, which sounds too disrespectful.”
Zhou Shuo’s heart beat wildly for no apparent reason. Although he knew that Xia Liang had no affection for him other than as a brother, he still couldn’t suppress the extravagant hope deep in his heart.
He raised his head again and asked cautiously: “Then…can I call you Brother Liang?”
”Okay.” Xia Liang raised the corner of her mouth and smiled, as if she was waiting for his words.
The author has something to say-
Some friends are asking, why does the cover show the “Complete” status? This is my fault. I originally planned to write only the first volume, but after I finished it, I changed it to the completion. Later, I decided to continue writing the second volume, but the status cannot be changed back. I sent the wrong message to everyone. I am very sorry!
