What was it like having a brother who loved flaunting his relationship?
Ye Ting felt he was the most qualified to answer.
As soon as Ye Ting reached the minimum age for missions, three captains each invited him to join their teams.
All except Ye Ruan, his own older brother.
"Can't you go find Xu Chu at the Research Institute?"
Ye Ruan sat on the couch reading the day's newspaper, with Gu Cheng beside him, peeling grapes and feeding them into his mouth.
Ye Ting did his best to ignore Gu Cheng's wandering paws as he fed his brother grapes and took liberties with him. He answered calmly:
"Xu Chu is already at risk of hair loss this year. As far as I know, he's thirty-one."
Ye Ruan went still, then considered this for a moment.
"That is pretty dangerous. Going bald so young-he might never find a partner."
Ye Ting said, "Exactly. I don't need a partner, but I do need to keep up appearances."
"But the weather's been warm lately, and lots of Level Three Monsters are breeding rapidly. They can't infect you, but you can still get hurt. Badly enough, and you could die."
Ye Ruan put down the newspaper and frowned slightly. He looked over with those dewy eyes, playing the emotional card:
"I really don't want my little brother going out there and risking his life."
Gu Cheng coughed and covered those eyes with his palm.
"Baby, you can give him a talking-to, but no playing pitiful. He's still a kid. It's not fair to put on an act for him... save it for me."
Ye Ruan looped an arm around his neck, leaned over, and kissed him on the lips.
"Then help me talk him out of it..."
Gu Cheng stared at Ye Ruan's