The system said: "Host, you were able to guess even this? Amazing!"

It's very simple, Su Duan thought, there's only one person he could think of that would use this kind of ID.

Su Duan made an "en" sound and chose to accept the friend request.

He had just switched the page to the chat list, and in less than two seconds, he received a message from this new friend.

Su Duan hesitated for a moment before slowly opening the chat window. This was obviously a newly registered account, even the profile picture was the default coffee cup.

[Duan Duan is the cutest in the world: Duan Duan woke up from his nap? -3-]

Seeing the pouting emoticon after the question, Su Duan suddenly felt that Qin Zhi and the system must have a lot in common.

After thinking for a bit, Su Duan replied to him.

[Su Little Duan: Woke up.]

Because it had been a long time since he used his phone to chat with anyone, Su Duan typed very slowly, two characters took him longer than a whole sentence from Qin Zhi.

The other side "is typing" for two seconds, and the reply appeared in the chat box.

[Duan Duan is the cutest in the world: Duan Duan isn't going to ask who I am?]

Su Duan slowly typed.

[Su Little Duan: Not asking.]

The other side replied in a flash again.

[Duan Duan is the cutest in the world: Our Duan Duan must have already guessed it! So cute! Kiss kiss!]

[Su Little Duan: Don't know you, no kisses.]

The other side suddenly went silent, for a full half minute there was no reaction at all, Su Duan couldn't help but feel a bit hesitant, was the person on the other side angry?

Just as he was holding his phone thinking about how to word his inquiry, a new message quickly popped up.

[Qin Big Zhi: Then can I get kisses now?]

...Changed the ID?

En, this new ID made it clear at a glance who it was.

Su Duan looked at his own username, then looked at the username Qin Zhi had just changed to, and felt his cheeks getting even hotter.

Su Little Duan, Qin Big Zhi.

It was like couple names... so did this count as him and Qin Zhi being in an online relationship?

The system strictly reminded him: "No, online relationships in the early stages don't involve reality, while the host and the healing target first met in the real world, so it can't be considered an online relationship."

Su Duan said: "So that's how it is, thank you."

[Qin Big Zhi: Give me a little kiss -3-]

Su Duan replied to him very seriously:

[Su Little Duan: No, can't reach to kiss.]

He and Qin Zhi were so far apart, one at home, one at the company, no matter how long Qin Zhi's neck was it couldn't reach here.

[Qin Big Zhi: Can reach!]  

[Qin Big Zhi: Piggy puckering lips.jpg]

Su Duan stared blankly at the emoticon of the pink piggy puckering its lips to kiss the screen, to be honest he actually quite disliked pigs, because there was a period of time when he stayed beside a farm field, and when a pig came to steal vegetables to eat, it passed by his side and thought he was an overly blackened potato, opening its mouth to take a bite out of him.

Although that pig hadn't turned into a spirit, Su Duan used a bit of spiritual power to drive it away, but the feeling of that dark pig mouth looming over him at the time still left a deep impression on Su Duan.

However, the pig Qin Zhi sent looked clean and pink, not so detestable.

Su Duan moved his gaze away from the picture, and suddenly noticed that Qin Zhi had also changed his profile picture, he clicked to enlarge it and saw that it was still the little pink pig from the emoticon just now, but at a different angle puckering its lips.

Su Duan blinked and thought, Qin Zhi was really persistent about this species that was usually slaughtered and eaten by humans.

[Su Duan: ...So you're a pig.]

[Qin Zhi: If you say so, then I am.]

[Qin Zhi: My little cabbage -3-]

How did he become a cabbage?

Su Duan was stunned for a moment before realizing that Qin Zhi called him that because of his own profile picture.

His profile picture was a simple hand-drawn cabbage, drawn by Mother Su, a round and plump green one, with a little pink flower on its head.

Although cabbage flowers don't grow like that, it was one of the few memories Mother Su left him, so he had been using it all along.

Su Duan looked at Qin Zhi's profile picture, then at his own, he knew pigs really liked to eat cabbage, so he asked the system in his heart: "Is he hinting that he wants to eat me? I shouldn't have exposed my identity, right?"

The system accurately replied: "Yes. No."

Su Duan frowned in confusion, not quite understanding, since he hadn't discovered that he was an edible herb, why use a profile picture with such strong implications?

The system kindly explained: "Host, in human definitions, besides eating food, 'eat' also has the meaning of [beep--]."

Oh, so Qin Zhi was hinting that he wanted to pollinate with him, seemed a bit rogue.

Su Duan: "..." The human language was indeed very complex, he still had a lot to learn.

Seeing that he hadn't replied for a long time, Qin Zhi sent another message:

[Qin Big Zhi: Did Duan Duan fall asleep again?]

[Su Little Duan: No, getting up. Aren't you at work?]

[Qin Big Zhi: Yeah, but not very busy, what is Duan Duan planning to do this afternoon?]

......

The two chatted aimlessly like this through a small window for a long time, even when drinking afternoon tea, Su Duan's gaze never left his phone.

An afternoon passed by unnoticed like this.

Because of a certain assistant's passive laziness, Su Zheng had been getting off work on time these past few days, when he returned home from work today, what he saw was his younger brother lying on the sofa absorbed in his phone.

Hearing the sound of him entering, Su Duan turned off his phone and quickly raised his head, calling out: "Brother."

Su Zheng walked over and patted his head, urging: "Don't play with your phone like this, it's not good for your cervical spine, sit up and play."

Su Duan obediently sat up and said: "Not playing anymore."

Su Zheng seemed to smile guiltily: "Leaving you at home is indeed a bit boring, wait until the company is a bit more stable, your brother promises to take you out to play, okay?"

Su Duan said understandingly: "No need, brother is busy with work."

Su Zheng patted his head again without saying anything.

Actually, he had long sensed it, early on when Qin Zhi left the Su family, perhaps due to the shock, his younger brother's temper had subsided a bit, becoming more obedient and also much quieter than before, and after their parents' incident, he became even more cautious, never causing him any trouble, no longer showing any traces of his former spoiled willfulness.

Back then, his whole family opposed Su Duan going after Qin Feng, but Su Duan still did it regardless. Now, just because of one sentence of disagreement about being with Qin Zhi, even though it's very obvious his eyes are practically glued to the other person, he still obediently listens to his words with a wronged expression.

Su Zheng would rather he be a bit more willful, make a bit more of a fuss, and doesn't want to see his younger brother being so well-behaved that it makes one's heart ache.

Originally... Su Duan should have had the right to be willful, it's just that he was too incompetent, causing Su Duan to voluntarily give up this right.

Looking at his younger brother's black eyes that held no shadows, Su Zheng suddenly felt a bit dizzy. He closed his eyes and said in a low voice: "Duan Duan, after dinner, your older brother has some things he wants to discuss with you."

Su Duan nodded and said: "The food in the kitchen should be cooking, I'll have the housekeeper go hurry it up a bit."

......

After finishing the meal, Su Zheng accompanied Su Duan on a walk in the small garden to aid digestion. The sky had already completely darkened, and the path lights in the garden lit up one after another, shining on the deep green leaves mixed with yellow, reflecting a glossy white light.

Su Duan quietly observed the details of the surrounding environment. In this season, his fellow species no longer displayed their reproductive organs to humans. There were many mosquito-killing lamps hung along the road, and large swaths of mosquito-repelling mint were planted in the garden, the scent very strong. So even though the lights were on, there weren't many mosquitoes flying in the air, making it seem very quiet and peaceful.

In the tranquil atmosphere, Su Zheng suddenly spoke: "Duan Duan, tell your older brother the truth, do you still like Qin Feng?"

Su Duan shifted his gaze back from the trees on the roadside and shook his head: "Not anymore."

Su Zheng frowned: "But Qin Zhi's face..." Indeed, it was undeniable that it held the shadow of Qin Feng.

Actually, it was even more similar two years ago, but in these two years, Qin Zhi had matured, and his entire temperament had undergone a very big change. So, the similarity with Qin Feng had decreased a lot, to the point it could only allow people to tell at a glance that they had a blood relation, at most sighing that these two brothers both took after their dad in looks.

"But they are two completely different people, with independent personalities and conduct." Su Duan looked up at him, his pure black pupils appearing exceptionally serious under the lamplight.

Looking at those clear pupils, Su Zheng found that he could not find any traces of lies within them.

Su Zheng said in a deep voice: "You need to know what you're doing, Duan Duan."

"Older brother." Su Duan said: "If I still liked Qin Feng, then I should really hate Qin Zhi right now."

Now, the entire A City knew that because of the illegitimate child's rise in status, Qin Feng had already lost Qin Group, going from the high and mighty Qin family heir to a failure that everyone could kick while he was down.

In this kind of situation, if Su Duan still held lingering feelings for Qin Feng, he should wish he could beat Qin Zhi to death. How could he possibly be so close with him?

Su Zheng: "..." It was probably because he had been too tense recently, surprisingly he hadn't noticed such an obvious flaw.

As for Su Duan pretending to be close to Qin Zhi, then finding a way to take revenge for Qin Feng—

Mm, it wasn't that he had any objections towards Su Duan, he just felt that with his younger brother's pure and simple personality, he probably didn't have such advanced schemes yet.

Su Zheng was silent for a while. The matter he had been worried about for so long was so easily overturned, causing an indescribable emptiness to arise in his heart.

He let out a deep sigh: "I'm sorry, it's your older brother who has been too tense recently. In the future... your older brother will try his best to give you more freedom. Let's take it slow, okay?"

Su Duan nodded. Under Su Zheng's gaze, his eyes slowly curved into two little crescent moons.

......

After finishing their walk, Su Duan was sent back to the bedroom. He didn't immediately start preparing to take a bath like usual. Instead, he took out his cell phone from his pant pocket, the one he hadn't dared to open ever since Su Zheng came back. Sure enough, he discovered several unread messages.

[Qin Big Zhi: I think this one would look super cute on Duan Duan, I ordered it, it should arrive the day after tomorrow.]

[Qin Big Zhi: ... Duan Duan, where did you go??]

[Qin Big Zhi: Your older brother came back? Duan Duan, go take care of things first, see you tonight.]

[Qin Big Zhi: Give me a kiss. Piggy-puckering-lips.jpg]

......

Su Duan pursed his lips. Holding his cell phone, he typed out word by word:

[Su Xiaoduan: You can kiss me now.]

Author's note:

Su Duan: About to be kissed (*≧∪≦)

Qin Zhi: Kiss kiss kiss! Baby, hurry up and bloom! ヽ(=▼ω▼=)ノ

Su Zheng: T-This president needs to smoke... Smoke my ass (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻