Hurry and Take Your Brother Home
At that moment, Li Li thought he had flashed back to many years ago.
Back to that scorching summer filled with the smell of cheap oil and the spicy sting of chilli powder. Back to his little stall, where every day, a girl who seemed completely out of place with all of it would appear.
Li Li did not know her name and had never asked around.
Because that school was said to have been privately founded by several wealthy people for their own little brats. It was a genuine aristocratic school famous throughout Qiuhai City. All the students there were children from Qiuhai City’s upper circles.
Even if that out-of-place girl had only been a little disabled girl back then, she was still not someone a little thug like him could compare to.
Li Li had seen that she did not come to buy the cheap grilled sausages from his stall because she actually wanted to eat them. Every time she bought one, she would throw it away.
Even though he had guessed she might have some interest in him, he truly did not dare humiliate himself.
He knew she was very popular at school.
He had once even spoken sourly with the chubby boy who ran a stall beside him, saying that even if a girl like that offered herself for free, he would not want her.
But in truth, he was only the fox who could neither reach nor dare eat the grapes.
So he used the worst possible method to scare the little girl away. He did not even dare look at the disgust in her eyes afterward. He packed up his stall and left Qiuhai City with a group of friends.
Li Li had been fearless since childhood. His parents had died early, and he had practically grown up eating from a hundred households. He had charged recklessly through life until he became that age. Even when he encountered deadly fights, he had never backed down.
That time was the only time in his wild, arrogant youth that he had fled in defeat.
Later, he drifted around and gradually made something of himself. He began to learn from the people around him, using sharp suits to wrap up the beast beneath. He lightly whitewashed those gambler-like years of his past, began acting as cautious and profit-driven as a businessman, and in order to squeeze into the so-called upper class, he became someone even he barely recognised when standing in front of a mirror.
But at this moment, Li Li stood by the door, his gaze fixed tightly on the girl sitting in the wheelchair.
After so many years, she seemed never to have changed.
Through her, Li Li even saw his own absurd yet vivid youth.
His breathing began to feel difficult. His gaze did not shift at all.
The moment he met Jun Yu’s gaze, he even had the urge to flee in panic, just like many years ago.
But he was no longer that poor, shabby punk whose poverty could be smelled from eight miles away.
Now, he was someone with status and reputation.
What did he have to be afraid of?
Li Li nailed his feet firmly to the ground and faced Jun Yu’s gaze directly. At the same time, he adjusted his expression, like a peacock opening its tail in an instant, ready to shake out his feathers—
Jun Yu’s indifferent gaze swept past him and landed on Jun Yueyue behind him.
“Sister, Grandpa called this morning and said he’ll arrive tonight,” Jun Yu said. “Grandpa said you should first inspect the companies on the investment list with your fiancé.”
Jun Yueyue noticed something was off with Li Li and poked him with her finger. She lowered her voice and said, “What are you standing there for?”
Jun Yueyue nodded at Jun Yu, then pointed at Li Li and introduced him.
“Oh, let me introduce him. This is my fiancé, Li Li.”
Li Li’s entire body stiffened.
He reached out to cover Jun Yueyue’s mouth, but it was already too late.
Only then did Jun Yu’s gaze fall on Li Li’s face again. Very politely, she nodded.
“Hello.”
Jun Yu’s voice was cold, and there was not the slightest ripple in her eyes.
Li Li’s heart was like a handful of burning fire that had been drenched in ice water. Not only was the fire extinguished, even the sparks were smashed dead by blocks of ice.
She did not recognise him at all.
Looking at Jun Yu’s reaction, Li Li thought coldly that perhaps she had never remembered him in the first place.
Even if he had rejected her using such a terrible method, to her, a boy like him probably had not been worth remembering at all.
After all these years, if he was not drunk, or if he was not dreaming of the past, he actually did not remember it that deeply either.
After achieving success, he had indeed asked about that school. After learning that the school was no longer there, he had not seriously searched for her.
After all, things had changed. He was afraid that even if he searched, he would not be able to recover the feeling from back then. He was also afraid that the only lingering aftertaste left from his youth would be shattered by reality.
He simply had not expected that an old dream like that could appear before him again in such an incredibly coincidental and unbelievably melodramatic way.
“Hey.”
Jun Yueyue jabbed the dazed Li Li again.
Li Li’s kidney area was poked. Only then did he turn his head and glare at Jun Yueyue, finally returning to normal. He greeted Jun Yu politely.
“Hello.”
Jun Yu did not receive Li Li’s testing signal.
Jun Yueyue also thought he had only been in a daze and did not think much of it.
But Qi Wen sensitively noticed something wrong. He deliberately bent down and leaned far too intimately beside Jun Yu’s ear, saying, “I’ll cut you some fruit. You need to actively supplement your vitamins so you can recover faster.”
Jun Yu turned her head slightly, very unused to this kind of closeness. But she did not refuse either. Right now, she urgently hoped to recover quickly and enter the next stage of rehabilitation.
So she nodded and let Qi Wen push her toward the kitchen.
Li Li narrowed his eyes as he looked at Qi Wen.
He had rolled around among crowds of people. What kind of ugly face had he not seen? What kind of ugliness hidden behind masks had he not seen?
This glasses-wearing man in a white coat was clearly not anything good.
However, after Li Li watched Jun Yu being pushed around the kitchen corner until he could no longer see her, he withdrew his gaze. He took out the documents, discussed them briefly with Jun Yueyue in the living room, then began making appointments with the investment companies before heading out.
The weather outside remained dark and oppressive. It was so dark that the cars coming and going on the street all had their headlights on.
Jun Yueyue followed Li Li to two locations. By then, it was already past three in the afternoon, yet outside looked exactly like night had fallen. The driver drove very slowly. Li Li sat beside Jun Yueyue, occasionally commenting on the two companies they had visited today.
Jun Yueyue suddenly said, “Look at the weather outside. Doesn’t it look like the end of the world is coming?”
Li Li froze for a moment, glanced outside, then laughed.
“It really does.”
Jun Yueyue had been planning to find a suitable chance to tell Li Li.
She was only responsible for telling him. Whether he believed her or not would depend on him.
Now that even heaven had set up the atmosphere for her, Jun Yueyue simply seized the opportunity and said it directly.
“Do you remember? I told you several times before that I had a secret to tell you.” Jun Yueyue said, “This is it. The end of the world is coming. There are less than three and a half months left. The reason I insisted that you start construction on the scenic area’s supermarket first is because of this.”
Li Li’s expression became strange.
Jun Yueyue did not care whether he believed it or not. She only said, “This kind of extreme weather will continue. Later, there will be things like terrifying thunderbolts, blazing sun and heavy rain, plants growing wildly, animals dying for no reason, and the four seasons stopping their cycle.”
When Jun Yueyue said this, she did not even avoid the driver in front.
The driver glanced at them through the rear-view mirror, the corners of his mouth unable to hide a hint of a smile.
Li Li pressed his lips together and looked at Jun Yueyue somewhat helplessly.
“I know you miss your delicate flower very much, and it really is wronging you to make you hang around with me every day,” Li Li said. “But I think the end of the world is not as exciting as your sister being that delicate flower I never dared touch. What do you think?”
Jun Yueyue did indeed freeze for a moment.
Then she said, “Then you’re finished. She already has an owner.”
The female lead naturally belonged to the male lead.
Li Li narrowed his eyes. “The white coat pushing her wheelchair this morning?”
Jun Yueyue shook her head.
Then she thought about how Fang Anyan, the male lead, had already been forcibly loved by someone else. The plot had long since collapsed. Why could Jun Yu not also have a CP on her side?
If it really was Li Li, Jun Yueyue thought about it and felt it was actually not bad.
Li Li seemed very slippery and very profit-driven, but he had more bottom lines than many people. From the time Jun Yueyue had spent interacting with him, he really was not bad.
Besides, after the apocalypse, he would still become a big shot. Someone like Jun Yu, with him… would actually be a perfect match.
Originally, according to the previous life, the male and female leads had stopped at their happiest and most joyful moment and would not appear in the apocalypse.
But now the male lead had encountered forced love, and the female lead had become a single dog. If someone like Jun Yu did not mutate in the apocalypse, only a big shot like Li Li would be able to protect her.
Although Jun Yueyue did not have much affection for her, Jun Yu had still called her sister many times. She also had to make use of the Jun family’s wealth.
So after thinking for a moment, Jun Yueyue said, “That white coat doesn’t count for shit. He’s just a creepy man who reports behind people’s backs. Jun Yu absolutely wouldn’t fancy him.”
Jun Yueyue looked at Li Li.
“Hey, seriously, my sister is pretty good, right? Do you have confidence? I think you can go try to hook up with her. After all, you’ve already upgraded from a bird gun to a cannon. As long as you don’t take off the wig, you do look the part.”
Li Li put down his crossed leg.
“Your sister doesn’t know we’re only in a cooperative relationship. Do you think if I try to hook up with her as her future brother-in-law, she’ll take the bait?”
Jun Yueyue rubbed her chin. This was indeed a problem.
“Then just show goodwill first. For convenience while inspecting the companies, you’ll also be staying at my place from now on. Besides, if you don’t watch that creepy man, what if he bullies Jun Yu? What if Jun Yu goes blind and gets tricked by him?”
“Then once my grandfather gives me authority, I’ll immediately explain everything clearly to Jun Yu. The relationship between you and me is as clean as spring onions and tofu.”
Jun Yueyue clapped her hands with a slap.
“Add in the goodwill you build up beforehand, and won’t it be done?”
As Jun Yueyue spoke, she glanced at the driver in front.
“Li Li, this driver of yours… how about we silence him when we get back?”
This time, the driver truly laughed. The flesh on his chubby face piled together.
Li Li also laughed. “Don’t worry. This is my brother. My biological brother. Even if you talked about state secrets, he wouldn’t leak them.”
Li Li said, “But how do you know I still can’t forget your sister? I can find any kind of person I want now.”
Jun Yueyue shrugged.
“If you hadn’t said she was that delicate flower of yours, I naturally wouldn’t have thought of it. But once you said it, I remembered. This morning when you saw her, your whole body turned stupid.”
What Jun Yueyue did not say was that what one could not obtain would always remain restless in the heart.
Li Li crossed his legs again.
“You’re so enthusiastic. If I get together with your sister, what benefit do you get? Are you trying to go back on the gift contract?”
Jun Yueyue shook her head.
The joking expression on her face faded, and she said seriously, “Of course it’s because of what I told you. The end of the world is coming soon.”
Li Li and the driver in front both burst into laughter.
But Jun Yueyue did not smile. She only waited until Li Li finished laughing, then told him, “Extreme weather is only the signal of the apocalypse. The real apocalypse…”
Jun Yueyue took a deep breath and said solemnly, “Is a world where people eat people. The dead can stand up again, the living are chased and devoured, and only a very small portion of people will awaken special abilities.”
“Pfft—hahahahaha!”
Li Li laughed until tears were about to come out.
The driver in front laughed pffft, pffft, like a fart machine.
“Bro… this little sister is really funny. If she really becomes my sister-in-law, I think that’s fine too!”
The driver spoke to Li Li through the rear-view mirror.
Li Li laughed so hard his wig went crooked. He simply grabbed it off, held it in his hand, and turned to look at Jun Yueyue.
“Hey, how come I never noticed you were this funny before?”
Jun Yueyue did not laugh at all. She only sighed helplessly.
See? She knew it.
No one would believe something like the apocalypse if you said it out loud.
Li Li, still full of laughter, asked again, “That thing you’re talking about, isn’t that just zombies from TV? Have you been watching too much TV? Hahaha…”
Jun Yueyue turned her head and shrugged indifferently.
“You might even think my brain got squeezed by a door. It doesn’t matter. Just wait and see. But regarding our contract and what you promised me, you can’t treat those as a joke.”
The latter half of Jun Yueyue’s words was extremely serious.
Li Li finally restrained his smile and nodded.
“Of course. A contract is a contract. I’ll fulfil everything I promised you.”
After that, Jun Yueyue did not speak again. She remained silent all the way back.
When they arrived home, Jun Yueyue asked the servants to tidy up the bedroom facing away from the sun for Li Li to stay in temporarily. She also encouraged him to interact with Jun Yu.
However, Jun Yu spent most of her time resting. Only a few male and female nursing staff, as well as that irritating white coat, could enter her room.
At around nine in the evening, Old Master Jun arrived.
Jun Yueyue had been in low spirits the whole time. After Old Master Jun came, everyone ate dinner together. After dinner, Old Master Jun had Jun Yueyue and Li Li talk about the inspections they had done during the day. In the end, he asked Li Li to leave the room first and kept Jun Yueyue behind alone.
“I know everything you’ve done. I’ll say one absolute thing here,” Old Master Jun said. “If you want to be in charge of the Jun family, that side must be cut off.”
This time, Jun Yueyue was neither stubborn nor silent. She agreed very straightforwardly.
She had to be straightforward.
This was not compromise. It was for their future.
It was just that, during this period, she could not comfort Fang Anyu. She could only send Fang Anyan one message every day in a humble and polite tone, asking him to take good care of Fang Anyu.
There was no other way. She could only send messages.
Fang Anyan refused to answer her calls and would even add her to his blacklist. But as long as Jun Yueyue did not call, after some time, she would discover that he had moved her out of the blacklist again, and the call could go through.
Jun Yueyue had no choice but to control herself and not call, only sending Fang Anyan messages.
These days were truly too difficult for Jun Yueyue to endure.
But the first phase of the project quickly began. According to his agreement with Jun Yueyue, Li Li did not start by building holiday villas. Instead, he first built the surrounding walls, suspension bridges, central supermarket, reservoir, and independent solar energy storage and circulation system.
Most of these peripheral facilities only needed money smashed into them to take shape quickly.
After two and a half months, apart from the walls that, in Jun Yueyue’s memory, had been reinforced by a mutated Li Li, everything was basically no different from the base she remembered being shut out of.
During this period, Jun Yueyue also stockpiled a great deal of supplies.
Once the large supermarket and underground storage were built, she began purchasing in batches from all over the country. All kinds of necessities needed for survival after the apocalypse were bought.
At first, Li Li would still advise her, would still laugh at her. But as the extreme weather truly changed exactly as Jun Yueyue had described, and the country still could not give an explanation, and when it was already December yet the world was still lush and green, Li Li silently acquiesced to Jun Yueyue’s frantic stockpiling.
Jun Yueyue was so busy her feet barely touched the ground.
On the surface, it looked like she was working diligently every day around the holiday resort. In reality, she was flying all over the country, purchasing in bulk. She did not even overlook the luxury products Fang Anyu often used.
She was like a wound-up clock that knew no exhaustion. Often, she would fly back overnight from another city and still stay up late with Li Li and the others modifying plans.
Many of her suggestions were so realistic that Li Li admired them.
Only, her entire body visibly grew thinner. Originally, she had been beautiful, vivid, and full. Now, because she had lost so much weight, her eye sockets were sunken.
She also straightened and dyed black the curly hair that had grown long and become troublesome to manage. It now only reached her shoulders and was tied meticulously behind her head. She wore a women’s suit. Her sharp stilettos had also been replaced by block heels.
She looked like an entirely different person from before. She truly had begun to look a little like a family head.
Old Master Jun was very pleased.
At the same time, Jun Yu recovered rapidly and began the next phase of rehabilitation training. Her prosthetics had already been ordered, but before she could wear them, she still needed several months of training and rehabilitation.
At the end of December, there were only thirty-five days left until the apocalypse in Jun Yueyue’s memory.
She felt that the supplies she had stockpiled were still far from enough. But the entire underground storage, as well as the supermarket warehouse and shelves, were already full.
This time, without Jun Yueyue needing to speak first, Li Li came to find her one morning after the cat he raised and the dog his brother raised both began dying for unknown reasons.
“Count me in. And my brother too,” Li Li said. “I can give you the big warehouse by the reservoir. I’ll give you two percent of the second phase’s project funds. Copy everything you bought for me once, except for the luxury goods prepared for your delicate flower.”
Li Li looked at the climbing roses outside, which had grown wildly over the entire wall during this period. The vivid red stabbed painfully at his eyes.
Someone in his office had once raised this plant. Li Li had heard her say that it would take several years to climb over one wall.
But now, this thing had wrapped around half the holiday resort in less than two months.
And it was fucking late December!
This should have been a season where one’s hands and feet were cold and no one cared. Yet these dazzling flowers were still blooming. There was a little more than a month until the New Year. It should have been a time of heavy snow, yet everything was still lush and green.
This was not something that could be explained away with “climate warming.”
Everything was developing in the direction Jun Yueyue had described.
He could no longer treat it as a joke.
Besides, just as Jun Yueyue had said, even if the apocalypse truly did not come, it did not matter.
The Jun family was large and wealthy. Even if this project completely lost money, with the part being gifted to him for free, it would not hurt their foundation. So she dared.
Was his own family business small, then?
After so many years of accumulation, could moving this bit really bankrupt him?
Of course Li Li was not afraid either.
When Jun Yueyue heard him, she was not surprised.
During this period, she had been running all over the place. It was Li Li who had helped her deal with Old Master Jun’s people. Besides, the reason everything had gone so smoothly was also because Li Li had silently allowed it and even had workers help her.
But Jun Yueyue still asked, “You believe me?”
Li Li sighed and turned to look at Jun Yueyue.
“My cat died. It was only three and a half years old. Usually, it could really eat, and I even had a vet who checked it regularly. Now even that vet can’t find out what was wrong.”
“And later, you secretly told me that a high-fever infectious disease would begin spreading,” Li Li said. “A few days ago, Fatty also developed a high fever, but he had no cold symptoms. The next day, he was fine.”
“And not only him. When I asked around the construction site, many people had also had this symptom. The authorities also haven’t given any authoritative explanation.”
Li Li said, “It’s better to be prepared. If what you said is true, then all these people with fevers will become… zombies?”
Jun Yueyue shook her head.
“Not all of them. Some people will become ability users.”
“What kind of abilities?” Li Li asked.
Jun Yueyue looked at him for a long while. In the end, she explained in detail all the abilities she had seen from ability users during the apocalypse.
She also specifically explained Li Li’s stone-type ability.
Li Li finally could not help asking, “But if all of this is true, how do you know?”
Jun Yueyue also walked to the window and looked with Li Li at the lush climbing flowers outside.
In the end, she did not tell him the truth.
She could not gamble with human hearts.
She could not let Li Li know that he would become a big shot in the apocalypse and that the base belonged to him. If his heart tilted even slightly, then all the effort she had made would become wedding clothes for someone else.
In the end, Jun Yueyue only said, “I dreamed it. Every day and every night, the same dream, repeated countless times. Once or twice, you might think it was a coincidence. But what if it happened countless times? What if all those dreams became reality? Would you believe your own premonition?”
Li Li said nothing in the end.
After a pause, he said, “In a few days, we’re going to the Fang family. You haven’t seen your delicate flower in so long. Aren’t you going to have his brother bring him out?”
“Old Master Jun will be going too.”
When Jun Yueyue thought of Fang Anyu, her heart was pulled into a thin, painful thread.
She really missed him.
During these two months of separation, she felt as if longing had almost torn her in half. Countless times, she had already driven to the Fang family’s gate, but she did not dare jump in like before and shine a flashlight at Fang Anyu’s window.
She was afraid.
Afraid he would once again jump down recklessly.
They would not be lucky every time and only have him injure his leg.
Besides, the New Year’s Eve was coming soon. There was only a little more than a month left. Once New Year’s Eve arrived, they would step into another world.
During this period, he absolutely could not suffer even the slightest injury.
Meeting now would only make the remaining time more difficult to endure.
Moreover, Old Master Jun could no longer hold on. He had grown even thinner than her. Every time they ate together, she barely saw him eat anything.
This time, going to the Fang family, Jun Yueyue could not allow any mistake.
Most importantly, Fang Anyan was no longer willing to help her.
All those times before, no matter how bad Fang Anyan’s attitude had been, Jun Yueyue could actually see his true stance. But after that night when he went back, she did not know what had happened. Jun Yueyue tried to talk to him, but Fang Anyan’s state seemed even worse than hers.
Their family had basically already recovered now, but Fang Anyan’s mental state was very bad.
Every time Jun Yueyue spoke more than a couple of sentences, he would start getting angry. Jun Yueyue knew he was the only person in the Fang family who cared about Fang Anyu. He was also the only connection she currently had with Fang Anyu. So she never argued with him. If he was unhappy, she left.
Actually, Fang Anyan was not wrong.
It would be better for her to finish handling everything on her side first, then cancel her engagement with Li Li and go pick up Fang Anyu.
In any case, it would not be long now.
“I have the numbers and channels for the things you want. Decide for yourself,” Jun Yueyue said. “A batch of instant food will arrive today. I had the manufacturer specially make them in large portions. I can give you half.”
Li Li nodded happily.
“I’ll find people to help you unload.”
The two reached an agreement and became busy with great enthusiasm.
Soon, the second phase of the project began.
The amount invested by Fang Enterprises was not small. Logically speaking, it would have been enough for Li Li and Jun Yueyue to go there. The Jun family already had some understanding of the Fang family. It was just that this sum of money was not something the Fang family should currently be able to take out.
But there was no need for Old Master Jun to personally appear.
Old Master Jun insisted on going, and when Jun Yueyue saw his face, pale like a hanged ghost, she kept feeling that he had some kind of scheme.
She had guessed Old Master Jun might do something.
But when they truly came out of Fang Enterprises and ran into Fang Anyu before getting into the car, not only Jun Yueyue, but even Fang Anyan’s expression darkened.
Fang Anyan had underestimated the shamelessness of his parents.
Jun Yueyue had underestimated how deranged Old Master Jun could be.
Today was a rare sunny day. Jun Yueyue had even found it strange. She remembered that in her previous apocalypse, toward the later stage, there had not been a single sunny day.
Because of the weather, her mood had rarely eased a little.
But the moment she saw Fang Anyu standing at the entrance, Jun Yueyue felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over her head, while a biting wind howled around her, chilling her to the bone.
Her first reaction was to look at Fang Anyan.
After seeing Fang Anyan’s equally ugly expression, Jun Yueyue turned to look at Old Master Jun.
But Old Master Jun was not looking at her. He had already gotten into the car.
It was not yet lunch break, and apart from their car, there were no others at the entrance of Fang Enterprises.
Why had Fang Anyu run here?
And why was he only wearing home clothes?
Because Jun Yueyue was gritting her teeth, her jaw was clenched tight.
Fuck them.
Darkly, she wished for the apocalypse to arrive and for the two old Fangs to both turn into zombies!
Fang Anyu seemed extremely anxious.
He had also lost a lot of weight. His home clothes were originally loose, and on him they looked empty. Jun Yueyue saw that he was holding something in his hands. His gaze drifted around.
His hair had grown a lot. It fell over his face, covering half of it. The newly grown roots and the faded, yellowish ends made his windblown, messy curls look somewhat comical.
His gaze first sensitively landed on Jun Yueyue.
But because Jun Yueyue had changed so much, because the Jun Yueyue in his memory had the same curly hair as him, red lips, white teeth, and liked bright clothes, while the current Jun Yueyue wore a cold grey suit, her black hair plastered close to her scalp, her whole person like a painting that had suddenly lost its colour, it was no wonder Fang Anyu did not recognise her immediately.
But very quickly, his gaze, which had turned away, turned back again.
As Jun Yueyue walked closer to the car, he quickly walked toward her.
Jun Yueyue fell two steps behind and said to Fang Anyan in a voice only the two of them could hear, “Hurry and take your brother home.”
Fang Anyan also jogged toward Fang Anyu.
But going down the steps was never as fast as running on flat ground, especially because Fang Anyu was so desperate. He quickly ran toward the car and grabbed Jun Yueyue before she could get in.
The car door was open. Old Master Jun was sitting inside. Li Li was in the front seat, looking at Jun Yueyue through the rear-view mirror.
Jun Yueyue gritted her teeth.
In this instant, she truly wanted to throw caution to the wind and strangle Old Master Jun to death.
In any case, this world was about to collapse morally. Who would hold her responsible?
But she knew this dead old man was already looking for a lawyer to write his will. If she did anything now, all her hard work during this period would still be wasted.
She did not dare gamble.
Because she had a weakness.
Every time Jun Yueyue saw Fang Anyu, she could not help smiling.
But this time, there was not the slightest hint of a smile on her face.
She raised her hand and gently shook off Fang Anyu’s hand, preparing to get into the car.
But Fang Anyu immediately grabbed Jun Yueyue’s hand again and showed her the thing he had been holding in his other palm.
It was a pregnant fish.
Back when the two of them were together, Jun Yueyue had bought it for him.
Then Jun Yueyue saw Fang Anyu crying.
His eyes were still so clear. Even though during this time, the person who had promised not to leave him had never come to find him and had not sent him even the tiniest bit of news, there was still not the slightest resentment in his eyes.
He only silently shed tears while looking at Jun Yueyue. He held the dead fish a little closer to Jun Yueyue’s eyes, his gaze filled with guilt.
Jun Yueyue understood what he meant almost instantly.
He was apologising.
He was saying, Sorry, I didn’t take good care of it.
Jun Yueyue’s expression twisted for an instant. She almost broke down crying on the spot.
How much she wanted to tell Fang Anyu that it was not his fault. Pets would die. Living creatures that lived beside humans would all die during this period. Not only this fish, but also the little turtle she later gave him would die too…
Jun Yueyue suddenly regretted it so much she wished she could slap herself.
Why had she given him living things of all things?
At the time, she truly had not thought that much.
Now, she did not dare imagine what Fang Anyu must have felt watching the little fish and turtle she gave him die one after another.
Jun Yueyue’s fingers moved slightly.
But Old Master Jun in the car coughed at just the right time.
Jun Yueyue gritted her teeth, raised her hand again, and broke free from Fang Anyu. She lowered her eyes, sat in the car, and closed the door.
Fang Anyu’s hand remained suspended in mid-air. Two of his fingers were still pinched together, their tips white.
He had already used so much strength.
His tears slid down.
Was what his mother said true?
Did she really not want him anymore?
Clearly, before, even if he only hooked his finger slightly, she would come toward him. She had never once raised her hand and shaken him off.
The car silently glided away.
Fang Anyu did not believe it.
He did not believe it!
He did not believe Jun Yueyue no longer cared about the little fish, no longer cared about him.
This was what she had given him on the night she promised him.
How could she not care?
Fang Anyu held the little fish and started running after Jun Yueyue’s car.
She must not have seen clearly, or perhaps she blamed him. Blamed him for not taking good care of the little fish.
He could explain.
After he saw it turn belly-up, he had watched it for an entire night.
He had not done it on purpose…
The car turned a corner and drove onto the road.
Fang Anyu only focused on chasing Jun Yueyue. He paid no attention to the cars in front, behind, left, or right. He did not care whether pedestrians were allowed on the motor lane.
He was too anxious and too panicked.
He had to properly explain to Jun Yueyue.
He had not done it on purpose.
The sound of car horns attracted Jun Yueyue’s attention. She looked back once and was immediately frightened out of her wits.
“Stop the car!”
Jun Yueyue shouted at the driver.
But the driver glanced through the rear-view mirror. When he met Old Master Jun’s eyes, not only did he not stop, he even sped up.
When Fang Anyu saw the car speed up, he also sped up.
With red eyes, Jun Yueyue reached for the car door, but Old Master Jun suddenly clasped her wrist.
His hand was thin as dry firewood, yet his strength was astonishing.
He coughed once and said one sentence.
“With your current strength, even breaking free from me takes some effort.”
Jun Yueyue looked behind them.
Fang Anyan had managed to grab Fang Anyu in time as he chased the car. He dragged Fang Anyu toward the roadside, but Fang Anyu’s head remained turned in Jun Yueyue’s direction.
The light turned red, and the car stopped.
Old Master Jun released Jun Yueyue.
But Jun Yueyue did not move.
Her strength was still not enough.
Even if she got out now, it would be useless.
Old Master Jun was killing the heart. He was making her properly weigh her own worth. He was also teaching her one final lesson.
To be the head of the Jun family, choosing what to give up was only the beginning.
If she truly became the head of the Jun family, then those who wished to wear the crown must bear its weight.
Unfortunately, Jun Yueyue had never intended to become some dogshit family head from the very beginning.
However, Jun Yueyue did not struggle again.
She only gradually relaxed her body, lowered her obscure gaze and struggle, and spoke gently.
“Grandpa, I understand.”
After returning to the Jun family, Jun Yueyue became unprecedentedly obedient.
After finishing her work, she would even spend time with Old Master Jun at night and talk with him.
Old Master Jun’s condition worsened day by day. After staying in the hospital for two days and returning, perhaps because the doctors had given him some kind of medicine, his spirits improved quite a bit.
Seeing that there were less than ten days until the New Year, the weather had gone completely mad. The sky was so dark it was almost as if day and night no longer alternated.
Early that morning, Old Master Jun had people bring Jun Yu back. She was recovering well, and Old Master Jun had her brought back from Qiuhai City for the New Year.
Jun Yueyue sat by his bed.
That day, she did not go anywhere. The corners of her mouth kept carrying a smile. She kept calling him Grandpa this and Grandpa that.
Old Master Jun asked twice about Jun Yu, and Jun Yueyue changed the subject both times.
By the third time, Old Master Jun finally became angry.
“Hurry and call to ask!”
He glared fiercely at Jun Yueyue.
But Jun Yueyue’s smile remained as if it had been painted onto her face.
This time, however, she said, “Grandpa, I don’t need to ask. Whether she can come back depends on you.”
Old Master Jun had become terribly thin. When his eyes widened, they looked as though they were about to fall out of his sockets.
“You… cough cough cough… what did you do to Yu’er?! Do you not want the Jun family anymore?!”
Jun Yueyue’s smile slowly widened.
“I haven’t done anything to her yet. Of course I want the Jun family. Otherwise, have I been pretending to be your granddaughter for so long because I’m addicted to it?”
Old Master Jun started coughing.
Jun Yueyue ignored him and ate the orange she had peeled herself.
“To be honest, I can’t wait anymore.”
Jun Yueyue had already prepared everything.
She had even bought over that creepy man Old Master Jun had placed beside Jun Yu and made him into a double agent for her.
She had already learned about Old Master Jun’s will in advance. The Jun family was indeed being left to her.
But she could not wait anymore.
She could not wait for him to die.
“I’ve already brought the lawyer here. Sign everything you need to sign right now.”
Jun Yueyue stood up and looked down at him from above.
“I really didn’t want to do this. But you just had to go and touch my treasure. So I can only touch your treasure too, and let you taste what worrying feels like.”
Jun Yueyue said, “Don’t worry. I won’t force your precious darling to run on the motor lane. As long as you properly sign the equity transfer documents.”
After Jun Yueyue finished speaking, several people entered one after another through the doorway.
Leading them was a lawyer holding a folder. It was precisely the lawyer Old Master Jun had used for his entire life. The people behind him were all medical staff.
This was where one had to praise the power of money.
With money, even ghosts could be made to push millstones.
The folder was placed on the bed.
Old Master Jun struggled for breath for a long while. He looked around the room and finally asked Jun Yueyue with a trembling voice, “Where is your sister? She’s your sister!”
“Don’t be anxious.”
Jun Yueyue deliberately said, “I already had the fiancé you chose for me go pick her up.”
“You… you colluded… cough cough cough…”
The medical staff hurried forward and gave him oxygen.
Only when he could finally breathe again did Jun Yueyue open the documents, place the pen in his hand, and say, “Sign it, Grandpa. Otherwise, I’m afraid Yu’er won’t make it back in time today.”
She was probably having a candlelit dinner with Li Li right now.
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