You two siblings truly disgust me

As soon as Fu Yingying finished speaking, Fu Yunxi took off his mask and sniffed carefully, his brows knotting tightly.

"Whose?"

"Yunxi!"

Fu Yingying clutched Fu Yunxi's arm and looked up at him, the picture of understanding.

"It's perfectly normal. Maybe some doctor accidentally let theirs leak out."

Xie Lin looked at Fu Yingying.

It had always been like this. She could always spark a fight between the two of them with a single sentence.

Ridiculously, he had often bought gifts to please her, just to earn a good word with Fu Yunxi.

"What's wrong with your sister? Is she sick?"

Fu Yunxi's train of thought shifted with his question, and he turned to look at Fu Yingying.

"Yingying's pregnant."

"Ah!"

Xie Lin covered his mouth in shock.

"Whose?"

Fu Yunxi frowned, looking somewhat displeased.

"Her husband's, of course!"

"Oh!"

Xie Lin's eyes were full of mockery.

"You're so concerned, I thought it was yours!"

Fu Yingying's eyes widened in disbelief, and aggrieved tears instantly spilled from them.

"Yunxi, I'll go!"

She backed away as she spoke, looking as though she might shatter.

"I won't disturb you and Lin."

Fu Yunxi's face turned thunderous, and his hand clamped down hard on Xie Lin's arm.

"What the fuck is wrong with you? She's my sister!"

"Not by blood!"

"I consider her my own sister!"

"Does she consider you her own brother, too?"

Fu Yunxi stared at him blankly, disappointment written all over his face.

"Xie Lin, how did you become like this?"

"Like what?"

This wasn't the first time he had chosen his sister. Even back in school, Fu Yunxi had often left him behind.

It was perfectly normal for siblings to be close.

Xie Lin hadn't been upset before. He had thought Fu Yingying was his biological sister.

Until one time, when Fu Yunxi wasn't around, Fu Yingying had looked both smug and vicious.

"My brother will never like you. He only cares about me. If you don't believe me, try it!"

Xie Lin had been foolish back then. Provoked by those words, he had argued with her on the spot.

Sure enough, the moment Fu Yunxi returned, he had frowned at him and said, "Yingying is my sister. Cut her some slack!"

Afterward, he had ignored him for two days.

Xie Lin had been the one to debase himself. Only after he bought Fu Yingying gifts and apologized had Fu Yunxi smiled again.

At the thought, Xie Lin scoffed and wrenched his arm away.

"You two siblings truly disgust me!"

The skin he had gripped was tainted with that scumbag's pheromones. It disgusted him so much that all he wanted was to hurry home and wash.

Fu Yingying had barely run a few steps when she suddenly clutched her abdomen and fainted.

Fu Yunxi had no time to keep arguing. He hurriedly scooped her up and rushed toward the examination room, then called Jiang Song to come over.

Without so much as a glance, Xie Lin left the hospital and took a taxi home.

He had only just stepped inside and changed into slippers when his phone began ringing incessantly, as though demanding his life.

He didn't answer!

When he came out of the shower, he had over a dozen missed calls.

Most were from Fu Yunxi. The remaining few were from his mother.

They were probably blaming him for Fu Yingying's fainting spell and calling to demand answers.

Just then, someone knocked on the door.

Xie Lin tossed his phone aside and went to answer it.

"Why did you change the passcode?"

Fu Yunxi looked grim as he stepped forward to barge inside.

A stun baton pressed against his chest.

"Take another step and I'll electrocute you!"

"Are you done making a scene? Yingying's pregnancy was put at risk. My mother's angry."

"What the fuck does her anger have to do with me? It's not my grandchild!"

Fu Yunxi stared straight at him, his tone softening a little.

"Taotao, I don't blame you for missing Yingying's birthday yesterday, but you shouldn't have said that about her today."

Xie Lin sneered.

He would never forget how brightly Fu Yunxi had smiled at his sister while he was waiting to die in that abandoned factory.

If his grandfather hadn't forced him to earn the title of National Wuying Grade Athlete, he might never have made it back!

"Feeling sorry for her? Then marry her. Your mother would love that!"

"Xie Lin!"

Fu Yunxi's chest heaved.

He couldn't understand where the Xie Lin who had always put him first, whose voice had been so soft and gentle, had gone.

After a few seconds of silence, he lowered his head. When he looked up again, there was a hint of appeasement in his eyes.

"Taotao, Lucif has some new items. Shall I take you to try them?"

Lucif's desserts were Xie Lin's favorites.

Whenever they had argued before, Fu Yunxi had used this trick to coax him.

"Since you know how to make things right, I'll forgive you!"

His affection had been so pathetic!

"Fu Yunxi, go home."

Xie Lin's voice was calm. "Our engagement is over. It wasn't public anyway. Just go home and tell your family."

Bang!

The door shut in his face.

Fu Yunxi stood frozen in place.

After an unknown stretch of time, as though it had only just sunk in, he began pounding desperately on the door.

"I don't agree! You can't live without me. Stop this. Open the door and let's talk!"

The pounding continued for quite some time before gradually dying away.

Xie Lin collapsed weakly onto the sofa.

Even if he hadn't seen the original novel's contents, he and Fu Yunxi would still have had no future.

At that thought, he abruptly sat up.

Those kidnappers were still lying in the abandoned factory. He didn't know whether they were dead!

Who exactly was the alpha who had saved him?

Just then, his phone rang again.

It was his manager, Zhao Dan, probably calling to tell him that the dating show would begin broadcasting tomorrow.

Xie Lin curled his lip, answered the call, and switched on the recording function while he was at it.

Once the person on the other end finished talking, he calmly hung up.

He had entered the entertainment industry to chase after Fu Yunxi. His grandfather had opposed it all along, but there had been nothing he could do.

The old man had a keen eye and had seen early on that Fu Yunxi wasn't a good match.

Unfortunately, Xie Lin had been blinded by so-called love and had shamelessly chased after him for so many years.

Even now, Xie Lin remembered how he had cried for a long time out of happiness on the day of their engagement.

"Sigh. The penalty is over twenty million. I can't breach the contract."

The Xie Family had long since fallen into decline. Never mind over twenty million-he couldn't even scrape together a few hundred thousand now.

He could only hold his nose and participate.

Xie Lin slept restlessly that night.

Just as nightmares began to encroach upon his consciousness, a faint trace of Sandalwood Scent drifted in from every direction, enveloping him.

His body gradually relaxed, and he sank into a deep, sweet sleep.

At seven in the morning, his alarm rang.

Xie Lin opened his eyes, feeling exceptionally refreshed.

He had finished washing up but hadn't yet changed out of his pajamas when a knock sounded at the door.

He narrowed his eyes, gripped the stun baton in one hand, and flung the door open.

Several crew members stood outside chatting, carrying cameras and equipment of various sizes.

At the sound, they immediately thrust a camera toward Xie Lin's face.

"Mr. Xie, we're the production team for Heartbeat Time Difference..."

When they saw what he was holding, they all stiffened and involuntarily took a small half step back.

The cameraman wiped cold sweat from his forehead.

"Uh, could... could you put the weapon down first?"

"Oh, sorry!"

He stuffed the stun baton into the shoe rack, then raised a hand to ruffle his hair.

Xie Lin flashed a harmless smile.

Extensive promotion for Heartbeat Time Difference had begun a month earlier.

The moment the broadcast started that day, a flood of viewers poured into the livestream.

[Holy shit, who's this? That face just hit me like a truck!]

[Isn't this Film Emperor Fu's lapdog? Haha!]

[You up there, tell us more!]

[Xie Lin, get out of the entertainment industry! Stop disgusting our Yunxi!]

[Our Yunxi belongs to Jianing! Xi Paper Wraps Ning forever!]

[The broadcast just started and there are already shippers?]

The cameraman grinned.

"A question for you, Mr. Xie. We've heard you've had a crush on Film Emperor Fu for years. Is that true?"

Xie Lin faced the camera, his glistening almond-shaped eyes curving.

"As everyone knows, only dogs eat shit."

He held up a finger and pointed it at himself.

"And I'm human!"

The cameraman's expression froze, but he steeled himself and continued.

"Rumor has it that Mr. He Jianing is Film Emperor Fu's unforgettable first love. They'll be joining Heartbeat Time Difference together. What are your thoughts on that?"

Xie Lin raised his eyebrows and smiled faintly.

"May they last forever. Stay locked together, thanks!"

The scrolling comments went blank for a moment, then surged in like a roaring tidal wave.

Every single one was cursing Xie Lin!

[Get lost, you dog, Xie Lin!]

[Is something wrong with Xie Lin? Who's he insulting? What awful manners!]

[Why do I feel like Xie Lin's different from before?]

[Jumping around like a clown for attention. Does he think this will make him famous? Dream on!]