After the fake young master left home, he discovered that it wasn't raining at all outside.

As expected, Zhu Yan knew that Xu Zhiyuan would definitely cause trouble.

Lu Ze stood next to Zhu Yan and witnessed Xu Zhiyuan throwing himself into her arms. He silently stepped back from Zhu Yan, leaving them enough space.

"If you're in pain, why don't you go to the doctor? What's the use of coming to me?" Xu Zhiyuan held Zhu Yan tightly, refusing to let go, while Zhu Yan could only look at him helplessly.

"Because when you hug me, my pain will stop."

Banquet:…

"Let go, I'll take you to see a doctor."

Zhu Yan tried to persuade Xu Zhiyuan to give up.

Ke An Yixuan's side...

He watched helplessly as the person he loved but couldn't have ran into someone else's arms. His face darkened, and he approached the two of them step by step. Each step felt like stepping on his own heart, and with each step, his heart broke a little more.

The other basketball players remained silent and made way for the boy with a dark expression and murderous intent in his eyes.

An Yixuan walked over, grabbed Xu Zhiyuan's arm, and tried to pull him out of Zhu Yan's arms.

Zhu Yan watched An Yixuan approach them step by step and naturally noticed the murderous intent in his eyes.

He thought An Yixuan was going to cause trouble for Xu Zhiyuan, so he pulled Xu Zhiyuan behind him and pushed An Yixuan's hand away.

"You want to mess with him?" Zhu Yan felt that if a fight broke out, the person in front of him would definitely be a formidable opponent, so he began to take it seriously.

Xu Zhiyuan hid behind Zhu Yan and witnessed the scene of Zhu Yan protecting him.

Little Yanyan is protecting me!

( ˶ ❛ ꁞ ❛ ˶ )

Then, Xu Zhiyuan poked his head out from next to Zhu Yan's shoulder, looking at the jealous An Yixuan with an innocent expression.

An Yixuan's expression darkened further, and her tone became impatient.

"Get out of here! Give me back A-Yuan!"

return?

Is he yours? Then return him.

"Who do you think you are to expect me to return it to you? If he refuses, try touching him yourself!" Zhu Yan found it all laughable.

You think you can just take it because you want it? Didn't you see that Xu Zhiyuan doesn't want to be with you?

Zhu Yan may seem a bit cold and sometimes even carefree, but when it comes to loyalty, he's unquestionable.

If An Yixuan wanted to take action, he would be happy to oblige.

"Who do you think you are? I'm his childhood sweetheart. Who do you think you are, daring to stand in my way?"

Childhood sweethearts?

Lu Ze couldn't stand it any longer, so he took a few steps forward and put his hand on Xu Zhiyuan's shoulder.

"Yuan-ge grew up with us since childhood. You said he was your childhood sweetheart, what do you mean?"

Even so, Zhu Yan sensed that something was amiss. The young man in front of her was indeed fierce, but his words seemed to reveal his concern for Xu Zhiyuan.

"What exactly is your relationship?"

Zhu Yan turned his head and glanced at Xu Zhiyuan, who was leaning on his shoulder, and asked.

"We're not related, really, we're not related at all."

Xu Zhiyuan immediately rejected the idea.

But the next second, he was proven wrong.

An Yixuan first lowered her head, sneered, and curled a self-deprecating smile at the corner of her mouth. Then she looked up at Xu Zhiyuan with reddened eyes.

"So, A-Yuan, I've liked you for so long, and you've never accepted me because of him, right?" An Yixuan suddenly went berserk, pointing at Zhu Yan and yelling, "What's so great about him? Why won't you even look at me!"

I go?

Zhu Yan was stunned. The impatience on his face faded, his brows relaxed, and he was slowly processing An Yixuan's words.

What the heck?

Does he like Xu Zhiyuan?

Did this guy have sex reassignment surgery?

Zhu Yan pulled Lu Ze, who was standing next to her, in front of her. "What did he just say?"

The celebratory banquet was still somewhat unbelievable.

"Of course it means he likes our handsome Yuan-ge! Yan-ge, can't you see that?"

Lu Ze shook his head and answered Zhu Yan's questions with a grin, inwardly marveling at his brother Yan's quick wit.

Brother, can't you see such obvious affection?

"Two...men?"

"Brother Yan, it's like this, there's another type of person in the world called gay."

Lu Ze explained things simply, clearly, and in a way that was easy to understand.

But inwardly he was secretly complaining:

Brother Yan, you don't actually think Brother Yuan's feelings for you are just brotherly affection, do you...?

Row.

The banquet was not understood, but it was respected.

Zhu Yan now understands that she seems to be somewhat superfluous; this is the love-hate relationship between the two of them.

So, the next second, she pulled Xu Zhiyuan out from behind her and pushed him to An Yixuan, while she herself took a few steps back.

Xu Zhiyuan: ?

"Xu Zhiyuan is, after all, a brother of mine and Lu Ze's for many years. We should treat him well." Zhu Yan was essentially entrusting his good brother to someone else.

An Yixuan was afraid that Xu Zhiyuan would fall and hurt himself, so she quickly helped him up. Her expression softened a little. "You're smart to know what's good for you."

Xu Zhiyuan was not happy, especially when Zhu Yan pushed him out by his own hand, his heart sank a little.

He forcefully pulled his hand away from An Yixuan's, and his whole body quieted down, becoming unusually calm.

He got serious.

"An Yixuan, I'm telling you one last time, I don't like you. It was like this before, it's like this now, and it will be like this in the future. Don't bother me anymore."

Even if An Yixuan couldn't understand Xu Zhiyuan's words, she could still see the current situation. Her gaze passed over Xu Zhiyuan and landed on Zhu Yan.

Do you like this one?

Besides being more handsome than me, what else can compare to me?

Ah Yuan and I are a perfect match!

Zhu Yan was standing at the back, still reshaping his worldview, which hadn't loaded yet, so he didn't have time to pay attention to the two of them.

Now that things had come to this, Xu Zhiyuan no longer wanted to hide anything. He turned around and looked at Zhu Yan, his eyes revealing sincerity and frankness that Zhu Yan had never seen in him before.

"Ayan, I..."

"Stop, I advise you not to say anything more." After this incident, Zhu Yan seemed to understand why Xu Zhiyuan had cared for him so meticulously and tolerated him so patiently all these years.

"If you still want to be my brother, then shut up." His rejection was clear; he only considered Xu Zhiyuan a brother.

Just lifelong brothers.

Xu Zhiyuan had already known the outcome, but he was still unwilling to give up and asked again. When he was rejected, he just hung his head and sighed helplessly.

Okay, I already knew that.

An Yixuan felt extremely sorry for Xu Zhiyuan when he saw him looking so dejected. The precious person he was willing to cherish was being pushed away by someone else.

The more I think about it, the angrier I get.

"You think you're worthy to refuse A-Yuan? He's the heir to a G-country tycoon. Who do you think you are, daring to treat him like that?"

An Yixuan couldn't bear to see Xu Zhiyuan suffer such injustice, and in a fit of anger, she directly revealed his identity, causing everyone present to sigh in disbelief.

Yes, that's right, the person he likes has to be dazzling.

He believed that Zhu Yan, a mere show-off, was completely unworthy of the position.