Luan Xi reluctantly went out today, as he recalled that Yi Zixin had sent him a message a few days ago to invite him to a classmate's party tonight. They named it "End-of-Term Madness" and it was supposed to go all night. They even booked a themed private room, and excluding those who were confirmed not going, there were more than ten people attending.

Originally, Luan Xi had already rejected this boring invitation. However, she then thought about how she wouldn't know how to face Shen Li when he woke up later. After all, the thoughts she had in that instant yesterday were really too beastly. Even Luan Xi herself couldn't get past this hurdle in her heart. After careful consideration, she still called Yi Zixin back and agreed to meet at six o'clock in the evening for the activity. Luan Xi left the house earlier, around noon.

Did you wake up? Come out and have a meal with me. We'll gather together later in the evening. I estimate that I'll arrive at the gate of your residential area in about fifteen minutes.

Yi Zixin laughed when he heard it, and he was very happy on the other end of the phone. "Great, my Xige, after inviting you so many times, you finally agreed once. It's not easy, huh? Why aren't you at home taking care of the kids today?"

Luǎn Xī ignored the sarcasm in the other party's words and only thought that they were asking him to wait at the entrance of the community for him to come and pick them up later.

Before it was even twelve o'clock, Luan Xi received Yi Zixin at the entrance of their school's nearby residential area.

Yi Zixin didn't think twice and immediately took the front passenger seat. He quickly started flattering Luǎn Xī: "Brother Xī, it's truly my honor to have the privilege of dining with you, as well as receiving a complementary ride."

"Shut your mouth and fasten your seatbelt," Luan Xi said as he shifted gears and released the handbrake. He reopened the navigation system and prepared to drive back to the city center.

Yi Zixin shrugged indifferently, glancing at the cartoon sticker on the car door while fastening his seatbelt. It was a yellow sponge, with a snail on its right side. No matter how you looked at it, this didn't seem like something Lu'an Xi would voluntarily stick on.

"Hey, Xige, is this co-pilot seat your precious designated spot?" Yizi Xin nervously patted his chest. "Will anything happen if I sit in it just once?"

Luan Xi couldn't stand the incessant prattle of Yi Zixin, this drama queen, in his ear. What made it even worse was that every sentence was accompanied by Shen Li. "All I know is that you're fine for now. But if you keep bothering me, I can't guarantee what might happen to you on the highway."

"......"

Yi Zixin understood it now - Luǎn Xī's gentleness was reserved only for his younger brother. Not to mention others, they couldn't even catch a glimpse of it.

After a rare ten-minute silence in the car, Yi Zixin, with his head against the car window, had been playing with his phone alone. But he couldn't help asking a question that he had been concerned about since he got on the car, "Brother Xi, are you in a bad mood today?"

After getting off the highway, they were already in the downtown area. Luǎn Xī encountered a red light at the intersection and was forced to stop. He took advantage of this moment to turn his head and glance at Yì Zǐ Xīn. The two of them remained silent for a while.

In the blink of an eye, the traffic light changed back to green, and Luanshi's gaze returned to the road.

Just when Yi Zixin thought that he wouldn't answer herself, Luan Xi spoke up: "Shen Li divided early last night."

This was the first time that Luan Xi solemnly called out Shen Li's name in front of the other party. It took Yi Zixin a few seconds to realize that he was referring to his younger brother.

"Separation? Early separation?" Yi Zix in was momentarily stunned, then continued, "Isn't this a good thing, Xige? It means he has grown up."

"But he is an Omega."

"Huh? What happened to Omega? Aren't you supposed to be against gender discrimination? Moreover, I had already guessed that your younger brother has a clingy personality, it's almost a certainty."

"......"

Luǎn Xī talked to him for a while, then realized that the other party had no idea that Shen Li and him were not blood-related at all. It seemed that he had no intention of explaining it in detail like Yi Zixin did.

However, Yi Zixin was the kind of person who was very good at observing others' words and expressions. He looked at Luan Xi for a long time without responding, as if he had some difficult-to-disclose secret. So he tentatively whispered, "Forgive my intrusion, Xi Ge, but did something irreparable happen between you and that child yesterday?"

Luan Xi found a place to park and looked at him with intense gaze.

Anger is self-evident.

Now it was Yi Zixin's turn to be speechless. He struggled to find the right words in his mind and after a long while, he managed to blurt out a sentence that made no sense: "So... real... really... you guys?"

As soon as the words left his mouth, Yi Zixin regretted them, for he noticed that Luan Xi was giving him an unfriendly look.