Chapter 59

It was hard to accept all at once.

"Second Brother? Second Brother?" Shen Luoluo thought he was struggling to accept what his teammate had done to him and was about to offer some comfort.

"Don't worry." Shen Xiche came back to himself. Meeting his sister's worried gaze, he smiled and gently rubbed her head. "Don't worry. I just need a little time to take it in. Let me think." Surely he could come to terms with it after that.

His touch wasn't rough like it used to be. It was gentle, and so was his voice. Shen Luoluo rarely saw him like this. She couldn't tell whether he was comforting her or himself.

"You've seen him, and it's getting late. Mom, take Luoluo and Jia Yan home," Shen Jingyao said, returning from his phone call. "I'll handle Xi Che's situation."

Shen Xiche urged them to leave too. "Go home and get some rest. I'm fine. Some time alone will help me figure out what to do."

With that, Zhao Huizhen and the others had little more to say. After a few reminders, they left.

Once the three were gone, only the brothers remained in the hospital room. Silence fell.

"How are you planning to handle this?" Shen Jingyao asked first. "If you don't know what to do, I'll help."

He paused. "You know how I do things."

His voice was as cool as ever, but Shen Xiche heard the anger beneath it. Of course he knew his elder brother's style. Shen Jingyao was decisive and never showed mercy. He dealt with things as they needed to be dealt with, unlike Shen Xiche, who kept hesitating.

Maybe he should learn from his brother.

What Shen Xiche didn't know was that while they talked, a topic about him had shot to the