Brotherly Disrespect

At ten o’clock that night, Xie Wenkai received a call from Xie Wenyu.

To be precise, Ding Lu called from Xie Wenyu’s phone. Xie Wenyu drank some alcohol tonight, but his tolerance level was low. After only two cups, he became dizzy and couldn’t go home by himself.

“He’s drunk.” Ding Lu stated this fact.

Xie Wenkai: “Please take care of him. I’ll be right there.”

On the phone, Xie Wenkai spoke faster than when he was in the car. After being proceessed by radio waves, his voice became deeper and more magnetic.

Ding Lu’s heart fluttered. She stuttered: “O-okay.”

It took Xie Wenkai half an hour to rush from home to the party. At this time, Xie Wenyu had already collapsed on the sofa, his eyes were closed tightly, having fallen into a deep slumber.

The light bulb hanging on the wall flickered. Xie Wenkai stepped into the scene, walked through the noisy crowd, stepped on a colorful light spot, and walked straight to Xie Wenyu.

“Go home.” Xie Wenkai held Xie Wenyu’s wrist.

Xie Wenyu grumbled and waved his brother’s hand away.

Xie Wenkai was not surprised by this reaction. He turned his head and said something to Ding Lu and Fang Yang who were beside him. Ding Lu and Fang Yang nodded, set up Xie Wenyu on the left and right respectively, and put Xie Wenyu on his brother’s back.

Xie Wenkai squatted down, held Xie Wenyu’s calf, and stood up firmly.

The moment he got up, Xie Wenyu was awakened by the shaking. He opened his misty eyes and was dazed for a long time before he remembered that he was attending a party.

But why is it so quiet around here?

Why is everyone looking at him?

Xie Wenyu’s eyes widened, his arms tightened unconsciously, and he called out, “Ge?”

Xie Wenkai didn’t stop walking and let out an “en”.

Xie Wenyu didn’t expect that he would be lying on his brother’s back. The students nearby were all looking at him. As a man of 1.8 meters, Xie Wenyu was ashamed to be watched by so many people, so he kicked his legs immediately, expressing that he wanted to go down to the ground.

Xie Wenkai: “Don’t move around.”

Xie Wenyu: “I want to walk by myself.”

Xie Wenkai: “Can you walk in a straight line?”

Xie Wenyu drank alcohol, his mind slowed down. Usually, when his brother teased him like this, he would definitely fight back, but tonight, he didn’t make a sound, honestly, he really didn’t move.

Xie Wenyu realized belatedly that the students were not looking at him, but at his brother.

There was a stranger on the scene, a tall and slender man with handsome and upright features, which inevitably attracted people’s attention. They looked at Xie Wenkai not only with curiosity but also with appreciation.

After that time when they got out of the car, Xie Wenyu felt uncomfortable for the second time tonight.

He realized that his elder brother was already an excellent and dazzling mature man. Just standing in the crowd, without saying anything or doing anything, could generate a powerful attraction.

Xie Wenyu also thought that his parents have always praised his elder brother more since he was a child and always let him look up to his elder brother, who is the child they are more proud of. Xie Wenyu has always been sunny and confident, but in front of his brother, there is actually a little cowardice that is similar to inferiority complex.

Is it low self-esteem? Thinking of this, Xie Wenyu became even more dizzy.

When they got home, Xie Wenkai made him a cup of tea to sober him up. Xie Wenyu held the cup and drank it while stealing glances at his brother.

For a moment, he couldn’t help but say: “Ge, both Ding Lu and Fang Yang think you are handsome.”

Xie Wenkai nodded without any response.

Xie Wenyu continued: “I have known them for so long, and they have never praised me for being handsome.”

Xie Wenkai looked up at him: “So?”

Xie Wenyu: “So you must have many people chasing you at school.”

In fact, Xie Wenyu doesn’t know about his brother’s college life, but when he said this, he was very firm.

Without waiting for his brother to reply, Xie Wenyu talked again: “Ge, do you have someone you like?”

Xie Wenkai didn’t say anything. He folded his arms in front of his chest, leaned back on the chair, and looked at Xie Wenyu leisurely, wanting to see what else he would say that he wouldn’t normally say.

Xie Wenyu asked again: “You are already a graduate student, why don’t you date?”

Xie Wenkai: “Guess.”

Xie Wenyu shook his head: “I don’t want to guess. Anyway, if you want to, there must be no shortage of suitors. You came into our department’s party tonight for a few minutes, and those girls stared at you dumbfounded.”

Xie Wenkai: “Do you care?”

Xie Wenyu: “What should I care?”

Xie Wenkai didn’t answer and asked again: “So many people look at me, how do you feel?”

Xie Wenyu pouted: “It’s a little uncomfortable.”

Xie Wenkai raised an eyebrow: “Why, is there a girl you like in the party tonight?”

Xie Wenyu didn’t keep up with his brother’s brain circuit: “I don’t have a girl I like.”

Xie Wenkai leaned down, close to Xie Wenyu: “Then why are you uncomfortable?”

Xie Wenyu looked into his brother’s eyes in confusion.

Xie Wenkai: “You are used to girls’ eyes always staying on you, when they turn to look at me, you feel uncomfortable?”

Xie Wenyu shook his head.

The meaning is ambiguous, it may be “not uncomfortable”, or it may be “don’t know”.

Xie Wenkai laughed: “Or, are you afraid that I will fall in love with the same woman as you in the future?”

Xie Wenyu lowered his head, a little afraid to look directly at his brother.

Because his brother’s laughter just now was very strange. He was laughing with a false smile, and it sounded weird.

The living room was quiet, no one spoke for a while.

It was unknown how long it took, but it was so long that Xie Wenyu was lying on the sofa and was about to fall asleep. Suddenly, a gust of evening wind blew in through the window, stirring up the scattered hair on his forehead. He woke up a bit, managed to get up, and wanted to go back to his room to sleep.

At this time Xie Wenkai spoke: “Xie Wenyu, it’s impossible for us to fall in love with the same woman.”

Xie Wenyu asked subconsciously: “Why?”

The wind was getting stronger. A few strands of hair on top of his head stood up tremblingly. In his dazed expression, there was an indescribable sense of joy.

Xie Wenkai pursed his lips, raised his hand to smooth his hair, and said word by word: “Because I like men.”