Natural Disaster: Back to the End of the World

Part 39

The air suddenly felt frozen. Xiao Wu lay on its special carpet, its tail occasionally wagging lazily. Its head rested on its crossed front paws, its glossy eyes darting between the two owners.

Lei Xiao looked down at Si'er, with something faintly stirring in his eyes, a calm that was eerily unsettling, like the stillness before a storm.

Yao Ziqing didn't dare to look up, but couldn't help reaching out to tug on Lei Xiao's clothes, softly repeating, "But, Second Brother, I don't want you to be my brother. I really don't want you to be. Please don't be my brother, okay?"

Lei Xiao held his hand, trying to pull it away, but found Si'er holding on tightly, even trembling slightly. The obvious anxiety made Lei Xiao's heart clench, and his grip gradually loosened.

"So, what do you want?"

Yao Ziqing looked up with reddened eyes, his gaze filled with panic and a hint of hope. "Can I choose anything?"

Lei Xiao fell silent.

Yao Ziqing stood up from the bed and threw himself at Lei Xiao, hugging him tightly. "Second Brother, I want you to stay with me for life. I don't want you to build a family with someone else. I don't want you to become someone else's husband and father. Second Brother, I want you. Can you be mine alone for this lifetime?"

The room fell silent again. Yao Ziqing listened to Lei Xiao's steady heartbeat, but his own uncertainty grew. He clung tightly to Lei Xiao's clothes, afraid that his brother might push him away in anger.

Finally, Lei Xiao couldn't bear Si'er's distress. He placed a hand gently on his back, sighed softly, and said, "Si'er, have you thought this through? Is this really what you want? Or is it just possessiveness? Si'er, you're an adult now. I won't say you're too young to understand your feelings, but have you really thought this through?"

Yao Ziqing tightened his grip again. "I'm sure! Very sure! I couldn't be more sure! Second Brother, I know what I want. I'm not confused, but I'm afraid. I'm scared to say it because I worry that what I want will ruin this family. I try to keep myself busy to avoid thinking about you, but I can't. The more I try not to think, the more I want you. Second Brother, I don't know what to do. I don't want to make Grandma sad, and I don't want Big Brother and Third Brother to look at me differently, but... I really can't take it anymore."

Lei Xiao closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them, his deep gaze resting on the person clinging to him. He finally lifted his other hand and wrapped Si'er completely in his embrace.

"Don't be afraid. Anything you want, Second Brother will give you. As for everything else, with me around, you don't need to worry. This family won't fall apart, and they won't look at you differently. Trust me."

Yao Ziqing shivered, looking at Lei Xiao in disbelief, unsure if he really heard what he thought he heard. "Second Brother? Is that really what you meant? You..."

Before Yao Ziqing could finish his sentence, Lei Xiao silenced him with a kiss.

Lei Xiao's kiss was different from his usual self—so gentle and careful, as if he was handling a delicate and expensive crystal, afraid it might shatter if he was too forceful.

Yao Ziqing was stunned. He had imagined many scenarios of confessing to Second Brother, but none were as swift as this! He had also dreamed of being close with Lei Xiao, but the Lei Xiao in his dreams was always fierce and cold. It turned out dreams were just dreams, and reality was so different. As Lei Xiao's warm tongue explored his mouth, Yao Ziqing's body responded almost instinctively.

Lei Xiao softly and passionately kissed Si'er's tongue, savoring it as if it were a rare delicacy.

Yao Ziqing felt his whole body go weak, leaning heavily on Lei Xiao. Only when he was out of breath did he instinctively struggle to breathe.