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Call me brother from Chapter 609 onwards.

Song Ciyuan and the blind man arrived at Queshan on the evening of the third day after their phone call.

Because the blind man was unregistered, he couldn't take public transportation like airplanes or high-speed trains, so he had to drive all the way from Beijing. Otherwise, he could have arrived a day earlier.

Yuan Chaoyu was on set when he heard from his assistant that his elder brother had come to Queshan without any prior notice, and he was immediately stunned.

After several seconds, she came to her senses and subconsciously wanted to ask her brother what he had come to Queshan for, but she swallowed the words back down.

Her assistant team was all arranged by Li Zhi. Although they took good care of her, even Li Zhi had kept things from her, so her assistants would know even less.

Jiang Hanying received the message around the same time as Yuan Chaoyu; it was sent by her cheap master.

For a time, both the lead actress and the second lead actress in the crew were eager to finish filming ahead of schedule.

One reason was that he wanted to hurry back and find out the purpose of his brother's visit to Queshan.

One reason was that he wanted to see the blind man, or more accurately, to study his eyes.

So, thanks to the combined efforts of the two lead actors, the entire crew wrapped up filming about half an hour earlier than originally planned.

When Yuan Chaoyu returned to his residence, he immediately saw a car with a Beijing license plate parked in the yard. Looking up, he saw Li Zhi, who had just come out of the gate. "Did you drive back?"

Li Zhi also looked at Yuan Chaoyu, who clearly rushed back, suppressed the complicated emotions in her eyes, nodded, and explained, "The identity of the person I brought this time is a bit inconvenient."

Yuan Chaoyu immediately understood, and without asking why he had brought someone with an inconvenient identity this time, he asked, "Sister Li, where is my brother?"

"In the backyard."

"I'll go see my brother first."

Li Zhi turned slightly to the side and watched Yuan Chaoyu walk past her, heading straight for the backyard.

Turning around, I saw Lin An leading the blind man coming from another direction.

The two exchanged a glance.

"You're going over there already?"

"Yes, patriarch."

Li Zhi silently pondered the title 'head of the family' for a moment, then said, "Then you should go quickly."

After watching Lin An drive the blind man away, Li Zhi finally looked away and turned to look towards the backyard.

Thinking about the current head of the family, and the kinship test report I just saw not long ago...

She truly never imagined that there would be times when her brain wasn't working properly.

How did things develop into this way?

backyard.

As soon as Yuan Chaoyu stepped inside, he saw a figure leisurely leaning against the railing, scattering fish food into the pond.

Wearing a loose-fitting burgundy shirt with well-tailored black trousers, the sleeves casually rolled up to the forearms, standing in this backyard in the style of a Jiangnan garden, he is the embodiment of a dashing and unrestrained man.

But seeing this scene, she felt as if she had been doused with a bucket of ice water, and couldn't help but shiver.

The figure before me was clearly the same one I knew to the bone, but my brother was nowhere to be seen.

My brother, who has always been dignified and self-restrained, would never wear a color like burgundy, which is somewhat flashy.

They would never put on such a leisurely and carefree air.

What exactly happened to my brother?
My feet suddenly felt incredibly heavy, and I couldn't take another step forward.

After scattering the last handful of fish food, Song Ciyuan patted the remaining crumbs off his hands and turned around to meet Yuan Chaoyu's gaze from not far away.

His movements stiffened almost imperceptibly.

He pretended not to see the probing look in Yuan Chaoyu's eyes, put his hands behind his back, clenched his fists to encourage himself, and spoke first: "You're back. You finished work quite early today."

Yuan Chaoyu's hands, hanging by his sides, were also clenched into fists, but he forced himself to calm down with the pain in his palms. "I heard from my assistant on set that my brother had come to Queshan, so I thought I would finish work early so I could come back and see my brother." As he spoke, he walked over step by step until the two of them were less than half a meter apart before stopping and looking up at the face so close to his.

It was still so familiar, even the tiny brown mole the size of a grain of rice at the corner of her right eye hadn't changed at all.

But looking at it now, it feels very unfamiliar.

She let herself raise her hand, wanting to touch it with her own hands.

With the finger less than a centimeter away from the cheek, the person standing in front of him suddenly took a step back, widening the distance again.

Her men immediately missed their target.

Only when he saw the person in front of him frown did he belatedly realize what he had done in a moment of impulsiveness.

"Brother, I..."

Song Ciyuan took another step back until her back touched the railing. Then she heard Yuan Chaoyu call her brother. Thinking that this was her sister's special way of addressing that guy, she said, "Chaoyu, call me brother from now on."

Yuan Chaoyu's pupils contracted, wanting to ask why, but when he met the expectant eyes in front of him, he asked, "Brother?"

Upon hearing this address, Song Ciyuan's brows immediately relaxed, and it was clear at a glance that he was extremely pleased to be called "brother."

"How's your health going lately? Are you still as sensitive to cold as before?"

"Okay, much better."

"I also brought some energy-boosting ingredients and herbs that are hard to find on the market. I've already asked the kitchen to make some every day. They might not taste very good, but they're good for your health. I'll make sure you eat them."

Yuan Chaoyu opened his mouth, but in the end he obediently nodded.

She couldn't understand and was amazed at how such a big change could have happened to her brother, but she couldn't help but want to indulge in this rare care.

Even my thoughts seemed to have been split in two.

Half of them still stubbornly wanted to find their original brother.

On one hand, she wanted to keep the older brother in front of her who would openly express his concern for her.

In that moment of extreme mental turmoil, the person standing before her, who was standing there without blinking, seemed to split into two, one gradually becoming blurred, and the other gradually solidifying.

She frantically reached out to grab the ethereal figure, "No, brother..."

He grabbed at nothing, and suddenly everything went black before his eyes. Then he knew nothing more.

Song Ciyuan was startled to see the person who had been standing obediently in front of him just moments before suddenly faint.

Instinctively, he reached out and caught the person who lunged at him. "Chao Yu? Sister?"

no response.

In a moment of panic, without thinking, he picked the person up and carried them quickly into the house.

As soon as I entered the house, I saw Li Zhi walking towards me. "Quick, go call the doctor!"

Li Zhi was first startled by the undisguised worry on his face, and then she saw Yuan Chaoyu's tightly closed eyes. Not daring to delay, she quickly called the doctor who lived next door and had been specially invited to treat Yuan Chaoyu.

Then, following Song Ciyuan into Yuan Chaoyu's bedroom, she watched as he carefully placed the person on the bed before asking in a low voice, "Why did Xiaoyu suddenly faint?"

If it were her former master, even if she had the guts of a leopard, she wouldn't dare ask such a direct question.

However, after the back-and-forth probing of the current head of the family over the past few days, she had a pretty good grasp of his personality and became much bolder.

Song Ciyuan reached out and stroked Yuan Chaoyu's furrowed brows, even though she had fainted. "I think I still upset her."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but secretly rejoice that he hadn't revealed the truth and the forensic report as he had originally planned. They had only spent a short time together and hadn't even exchanged a few words, and this was already the case. If he had told her everything... he was afraid that the girl would choose to escape reality and refuse to wake up.

Li Zhi fell silent. At this point, she was taking things one step at a time and prioritizing her own survival. She didn't know whether this situation was good or bad for Yuan Chaoyu.

Hopefully it's for the best!

"Master, Lin An has taken the blind man there."