Chapter 2014: Delayed for Many Years

Xin Ziyou clenched his fists, lowered his eyes, and said nothing.

Wei Yangyang, however, was bewildered: "What does this mean?"

Li Xingyan explained concisely: "He is the younger brother who is ill, Xin Ziyou."

Wei Yangyang widened her eyes in surprise.

Xin Ziyou sneered and said, "As expected of Li Xingyan, you guessed it. My brother and I look very much alike; most people cannot tell us apart when we swap identities."

"It is not hard to guess. After all, the one currently undergoing treatment is the older brother. The one who can walk around freely must be the younger brother."

The fact that Xin Ziran was undergoing treatment was very private.

Yet, he had not expected that Li Xingyan would still find out.

As expected...

Without his disguise, when Xin Ziyou looked at Li Xingyan, the hatred in his eyes did not need to be hidden!

Wei Yangyang sorted through the information and understood something.

But she needed to confirm with Li Xingyan: "So this is the younger brother taking the older brother's place to come and settle scores with you?"

"Yes."

"But... does the older brother need him to do this?"

"He does not need it! He would only blame himself!"

The one who answered the question was Xin Ziyou.

A weary smile suddenly appeared on his young face.

Then he said slowly, "After losing back then, my brother became depressed, and after graduation, he was sent away for treatment."

Wei Yangyang asked, not understanding at all: "Just because he lost one competition?"

"This was not just a competition; he was a natural-born talent, he should not have lost!"

"But, this psychological resilience is also..."

"What do you know? Everyone had high hopes for my brother at the time, yet no one expected that he would lose in the end! My brother is so proud, of course he could not accept the pointing fingers of others!"

Xin Ziyou slowly looked toward Li Xingyan.

He opened his mouth and muttered unwillingly: "My brother should have had a very bright future, but because of Li Xingyan..."

"Li Xingyan has already explained to you that the matter had nothing to do with him; everything was a misunderstanding!"

"Since it was a misunderstanding, why is he perfectly fine, while my brother has to keep undergoing treatment!? This is too unfair!"

Xin Ziyou felt that fate was unfair.

But Wei Yangyang felt that Xin Ziyou was being unreasonable.

At this moment, Li Xingyan spoke up: "This world is inherently unfair."

"You are standing at a peak that others can hardly reach, which is why you can say such things so calmly!"

"Then you two brothers are both brilliant and learn things quickly; are you not also standing at the peak?"

"I..."

"Ziyou."

The familiar voice made Xin Ziyou's pupils shrink!

Afterward, he immediately turned his head.

He saw a man who looked similar to him standing not far away.

It was his twin brother, Xin Ziran.

Although Xin Ziran and Xin Ziyou looked very much alike, by comparison, Xin Ziran was much thinner, and his eyes lacked spirit.

When the two brothers looked at each other, one gaze was compassionate, while the other was lost and helpless.

Xin Ziyou's mind was in chaos.

But soon, he understood something.

The next second, Xin Ziyou glared at Li Xingyan: "You brought my brother here! Why are you harassing him!? If you ruin the results of his previous treatment, I will not be done with you!"

Xin Ziyou was worried about his brother.

But his worry made his exploitation of others seem particularly heartless.

Xin Ziran said very calmly: "I asked to come here myself after I heard about your situation."

"You shouldn't have come here, hurry back!"

"I will go back, but you must apologize to him."

Apologize?

Xin Ziyou sneered and said: "Li Xingyan does not deserve my apology; he delayed you for so many years!"

"It was my own mental block; why blame others?"

Xin Ziran was still very rational, and he also felt ashamed of what Xin Ziyou had done.

Thinking of the trouble they had caused Li Xingyan...

Xin Ziran said to Li Xingyan very sincerely: "I apologize to you on his behalf."

"Even if you apologize, the responsibility he must bear cannot be reduced at all."

"I know, I will take him to turn himself in shortly."

Li Xingyan nodded slightly, then he asked implicitly: "The matter from back then..."

"Back then, I knew very quickly that it was a misunderstanding."

Xin Ziran did not shy away and slowly explained the reason.

"It's just that I was too cowardly; to give myself a chance to escape, I hid the truth. I thought that by doing so I could move on quickly, but..."

Xin Ziran gave a bitter smile and muttered: "I did not move on; instead, it made my brother's misunderstanding of you grow deeper and deeper."

As he spoke, Xin Ziran looked at Li Xingyan again, his tone firm: "Everything that happened was because of me. If you still haven't vented your anger and want to settle the score with someone, I am ready to accompany you at any time!"

"Brother..."

Xin Ziyou was about to speak.

But Xin Ziran patted him on the shoulder and shook his head at him.

Afterwards, Xin Ziran said to him: "You are an adult now; you should bear the responsibilities you need to bear."

"... I will."

"This time, your brother won't run away either. Let's face it together, alright?"

Xin Ziran's proposal left Xin Ziyou stunned.

After a moment, he asked in disbelief, murmuring: "You... are really not going to run away anymore?"

"No, when I saw Mr. Li again, the things I had been struggling with for many years suddenly faded away. It is time for me to step out again as well."

Xin Ziran had been living in a daze for many years.

Whenever Xin Ziyou tried to talk to him about what happened back then, he would fall silent.

Even the treatment results would regress significantly.

This made Xin Ziyou afraid to bring it up again.

Now, Xin Ziran was actually facing it proactively...

This made Xin Ziyou weep with joy!

A smile even appeared on his face.

That smile was simple and pure.

Just like a child.

In the end, Xin Ziran kept his promise and took Xin Ziyou to turn himself in.

Wei Yangyang, who had witnessed the entire process, could not help but show a look of melancholy.

She looked at the man beside her who had been very calm all along and praised him: "You are very clever to have thought of finding Xin Ziyou's brother."

Li Xingyan smiled at Wei Yangyang and, with a thick skin, accepted her praise.

Wei Yangyang asked again: "It must have taken quite a bit of effort to persuade Xin Ziran, right?"

"To be honest, it didn't. I just mentioned it to Xin Ziran, and he agreed."

That easy?

Wei Yangyang tilted her head and thought for a while, then said with a sudden realization: "It feels like this brother was also looking forward to breaking free from the shackles of the past."

"Perhaps. Being able to open up his heart today is also a relief for him."

"Sigh, one knot in the heart actually wasted so many years."

"Indeed, such good years were just wasted like that."

The two of them each felt their own emotions in their hearts.

But Wei Yangyang did not know what she had thought of, and the expression on her face suddenly became a bit stiff.

Li Xingyan sensed her change and called out softly: "Yangyang?"

Wei Yangyang blinked her eyes and returned to normal.

Afterwards, she said to Li Xingyan: "It seems you discovered Xin Ziyou's secret long ago, yet you remained calm and put on a show."