Chapter 18

[So Gu Lin was the one who took my books?]

[Looks like this CEO's character wasn't all that great either. He actually took someone else's things without permission.]

In just a few minutes, Gu Lin had gone from being omnipotent to a CEO with poor abilities, low standards, and bad character.

Since the other party was an Omega, Gu Lin did not make overly harsh demands of him. He only required him to read for an hour every day recently to improve his state of mind.

He knew Su Yu would not behave, but his body would. Therefore, he even specified the reading time: ten to eleven every night.

This solved both the problem of Su Yu playing games and disturbing him, as well as his insomnia.

Yes, Su Yu had been full of resentment every night.

[Was Gu Lin sick? Could it be that he worked during this time, saw me gaming, got annoyed, and dragged me into it too?]

[I really want to play games.]

Su Yu glanced up at the computer, then quickly returned his gaze to the book.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw his phone's notification light blinking constantly. Someone must have sent him a message.

[I really want to use my phone.]

[If I had committed some crime, Heaven would punish me—not make me sit here and read this kind of book.]

This state lasted until the day before Gu Lin's grandmother's birthday. That night, Su Yu turned on his computer and started gaming, though Su Wang kept him from enjoying himself too much.

[Su Wang: How come I haven't seen you stream or come online at night lately?]

Su Yu glanced at the message. Busy playing, he did not reply. Unexpectedly, Su Wang began persistently requesting to enter his world.

Unable to stand it any longer, Su Yu replied: Busy. Getting off soon. Don't come.

He thought the conversation should have ended there, but Su Wang started asking what he was busy with, exactly when he would log off, when he would come online tomorrow, and when he would resume streaming.

More than once, Su Yu had felt that Su Wang was sick. The worse others treated him, the more he clung to them, yet when the original owner had greeted him with a smile, he had responded with sarcasm.

A few minutes later, Su Yu simply logged out of the game. As for Su Wang's questions, he answered none of them and only sent six dots.

[Su Wang: Hey, let me tell you something. A few days ago, my brother sent me to an auction and told me to pick something to bring back. I figured I'd just choose something casually, but after I bought it, he froze all my accounts without saying a word.]

When Su Yu saw this message, he could not help laughing.

[Su Wang: Don't you think he's sick? He was the one who told me to buy whatever I wanted, but then he froze my accounts.]

Su Yu immediately perked up. He was more than happy to sow discord.

[Su Yu: Yeah, I think so too. It's a little unreasonable.]

[Su Wang: Exactly. Freezing them would have been one thing, but he didn't even give me a reason.]

[Su Wang: I wonder when he'll restore them.]

Seeing how little self-awareness Su Wang had, Su Yu felt relieved.

[Su Yu: Why don't you resist?]

[Su Wang: Resist? No way.]

[Su Yu: Seriously? You're that scared of your brother? I'm not scared of mine. If my brother treated me like that, I'd just run away from home.]

In a sense, he had not lied. He was not afraid of Su Tinghuai or Su Wang at all, and he really had left the Su family.

[Su Wang: Who's scared of him? Just wait, I'm going to the study to confront him right now.]

After saying that, Su Wang stopped replying. Su Yu guessed he had gone looking to get scolded.

Just thinking about it felt satisfying.

Su Yu put down his phone and went into the bathroom to shower. When he came out, he received a message from Su Wang saying that he had run away from home.

As he dried his hair, Su Yu stared at the phone screen with a puzzled expression. No way, he really did it?

Still, it really was something Su Wang would do.

Su Yu lost interest in replying. Once he dried his hair, he lay down on the bed, ready to sleep. In any case, Su Wang's affairs had nothing to do with him.

[Su Wang: I've decided that I'll go home after my younger brother comes back in a few days.]

...Oh.

No wonder he had been willing to run away from home.

[Su Wang: I see that your IP is in the same place as mine. Let's hang out when we have time. I'll introduce you to my younger brother. You're about the same age, so you'll definitely become good friends.]

Su Yu sneered from the bottom of his heart. If he went out and met Su Wang in person, he would definitely disgust him to death. Su Wang probably never dreamed that the person he played games with was the person he hated most.

Besides, he had no interest in becoming friends with Su Hui.

[Su Yu: No need. I have a bad temper. I can't become friends with your brother.]

[Su Wang: Really? Then I'll have to think it over carefully. It wouldn't be good if you scared my younger brother.]

[Su Yu: ...]

He really did think of Su Hui in every way.

After replying, Su Yu decisively exited the app clone. Then he played a few mini-games before going to sleep.

Su Yu found that whenever something especially unlucky happened, it was always on a cloudy day. Perhaps it suited the mood better.

This time, he could clearly tell that he was dreaming.

He moved through students wearing gray-blue high school uniforms. They looked him over with strange eyes, as though they were looking at a monster. No one wanted to get close to him, much less pity him.

The school uniform he wore had been stained with marks from colored pens. Those lines were twisted and ugly, just like the people who looked at him and laughed.

Then a ball suddenly flew over and struck him on the head. Su Yu lost his balance and fell to the ground. The ball bounced off the tree behind him and rolled back to his side. Su Yu only felt dizzy and nauseous, nearly losing consciousness.

Soon, the Alpha who had hit him came over to retrieve the ball. When he saw it was Su Yu, he did not know what to do for a moment.

Quite a few people gathered around him. Su Yu's consciousness was blurry, and he heard that Alpha apologizing, but he was not apologizing to him.

"Sorry, sorry, Brother Wang. I accidentally hit your younger brother..."

To Su Yu, Su Wang's careless voice sounded especially cold. He said, "Who told you he's my younger brother? You hit him, so you hit him. What does that have to do with me?"

"Handle it yourself. I'm going back to play ball."

After saying that, Su Wang left without even looking at him once. Because of that ball, Su Yu was sent straight to the hospital and took several days of sick leave from school. When Su Tinghuai returned from his business trip and saw his paper-white face, he merely asked, "What happened?"

Su Yu's originally dull eyes suddenly lit up. Just as he was about to speak, the cup in Su Hui's hand accidentally shattered. In an instant, everyone's attention was drawn to him, Su Tinghuai included.

He looked at Su Hui, feeling both envious and disappointed. At some point, Su Wang had come to stand beside him and deliberately bumped him with his shoulder. "You weren't about to tattle, were you?"

Su Yu came back to his senses and hurriedly shook his head, saying no.

However, Su Wang did not believe him at all. He even told him viciously, "Even if you tell our eldest brother about what happened at school, he won't care. After all, you weren't born to the same mother as us."

"Are you jealous that Huihui has our eldest brother's concern? What a pity. You'll never experience that in this life, because you're that illegitimate child."

Su Yu woke up.

He had fallen out of bed and woken himself up.

It had to be because he had wanted to punch Su Wang so badly in the dream that he rolled off the bed.

As Su Yu pushed himself up against the bed, he thought he had been far too merciful to Su Wang. During the original owner's high school years, Su Wang must have been at least half responsible for the campus bullying.

So angry.