Xie Wenyu is ten years old this year. He is a rich second generation. His parents are in the golf course business. In Shanghai, he knows many celebrities and wealthy people in the political and business circles.
Xie Wenyu has an older brother named Xie Wenkai. Probably because he was the second child in the family, Xie Wenyu grew up with a golden spoon in his mouth. He has been doted on since he was a child, and he has developed a heartless and carefree character.
At the most mischievous age, Xie Wenyu always got into trouble at school, breaking the fan in the classroom for a while, and blowing up the faucet in the bathroom for a while. His parents had to be called to school by the head teacher at least three times a semester, and each time they went, they had to pay a lot of money. Over time, Xie Wenyu got a nickname at home, his parents would jokingly call him a “little loser”.
Usually at home, Xie Wenyu is also very mischievous and always likes to grab his brother’s toys. Every time Xie Wenyu bullied his brother, his parents would stand by his side.
“Wenkai, give this toy to your younger brother. Mom will buy you a new one this weekend.”
This made Xie Wenyu more and more lawless. Sometimes he doesn’t really like his brother’s things but just wants to see his brother swallow his anger. It can be said that the existence of his elder brother Xie Wenkai satisfies the psychology of Xie Wenyu, a dude who loves to play pranks.
In addition, Xie Wenyu stayed awake on his 1.5-meter-big bed, always hugging his pillow to find his brother to sleep with. Xie Wenyu’s sleeping posture was extremely poor, when falling asleep, he could make a 90-degree turn and squeeze Xie Wenkai to the side of the bed without a sound.
Waking up in the morning, Xie Wenyu had his head against the wall and his feet resting on Xie Wenkai. Xie Wenkai held back his anger, lifted the quilt out of bed, and explained the situation to his parents. He didn’t want to sleep with his brother anymore.
Unexpectedly, their parents laughed and said: “Oh, it turns out that Wenyu likes his gege¹ so much that he always clings to him when he sleeps.”
Xie Wenkai: “He doesn’t like me, he just wants to mess with me.”
Parents: “What nonsense, your brother is just too naughty, there’s nothing malicious about it, don’t compare yourself to him, you know?”
“…” Xie Wenkai was speechless.
That being said, the Xie family’s parents were not partial. After breakfast, they called the youngest son into the room to talk alone and seriously told him not to keep bullying his brother.
Xie Wenyu opened his eyes wide. He didn’t expect his brother to report him to their parents. Obviously, he was the one who provoked his brother first, and he was scolded by their parents, but he felt betrayed by his brother.
In the evening, Xie Wenyu sneaked into his brother’s room, angrily drew a few turtles on his brother’s homework book, and wrote the word “bastard” crookedly on the shell.
This is the homework that Xie Wenkai has to hand in the next day. When he found out that the homework he had written was destroyed by Xie Wenyu, he cried.
Xie Wenkai is only twelve years old, and he is also an immature child. He can’t control his temper and be patient all the time. He cried for a long time, his eyes were swollen, and his nose was red, which startled Father and Mother Xie. They quickly called Xie Wenyu to apologize.
Xie Wenyu snatched his brother’s toys, pinched his brother’s arm, and put his feet on his body while sleeping, but none of these bad behaviors made Xie Wenkai cry (actually, he also cried, young master Xie is so forgetful), on the contrary, it was a few turtles that made Xie Wenkai cry.
Xie Wenyu was a little guilty, but also a little unconvinced. It was his brother who complained first, and he didn’t mean to put his feet on his brother. Who made him sleep so poorly?
What Xie Wenyu doesn’t know is that Xie Wenkai has been a three-good student in class since the first grade. His grades are always in the top three in the class, and he has never missed homework. Failure to turn in homework is no less than the end of the world for a good kid.
That night, Xie Wenkai rewrote his homework and stayed up until twelve o’clock before sleeping. Before going to bed, Father Xie went into the room to look at the eldest son and found that his eyes were still red. Father Xie was a little distressed, and at the same time he had a plan in mind. He went back to his room and had a discussion with his wife.
The Xie family’s parents agreed that the eldest son has a more stable personality and that sooner or later the family business will be handed over to him. Therefore, they have seldom disciplined the younger son, but have strict requirements on the eldest son.
This kind of requirement is not only reflected in academics, but also in terms of personality. They feel that Xie Wenkai is too fragile. As a boy, brother, and future successor of the group, it is not acceptable to cry when encountering some setbacks. Being strong is an ability that must be learned and possessed.
So more than half a month later, not long after Xie Wenkai’s twelfth birthday, he was sent to Guangzhou by his parents to participate in a training camp organized by a military academy, which will last half a year.
When Xie Wenkai was not at home, Xie Wenyu’s life became much more boring. He had no interest in playing with so many toys for him to choose from at home. The bed in his room is so big, he can’t sleep well when he’s alone. Xie Wenyu has never felt that the house is so empty, it obviously has one person missing.
Xie Wenyu knew very well that he missed his older brother.
He had never been separated from his brother for so long, and he really missed this brother who grew up with him, was bullied by him, but never fought back.
Xie Wenyu looked forward and hoped, and after half a year, his brother is finally coming back home.
In the evening when his parents went to pick up his brother, Xie Wenyu rushed home immediately after school. The aunt at home made a sumptuous dinner, including beef, mutton and seafood. Xie Wenyu was hungry, but he held back and didn’t eat first, wanting to wait for his parents to come back with his brother to eat together.
After waiting for half an hour, there was a sound of footsteps and voices outside the door. Xie Wenyu knew that his parents and older brother had returned, so he jumped off the chair, slipped on his slippers, and ran to open the door.
Xie Wenyu thought of many kinds of words to welcome his brother home, such as “Welcome home” and “Congratulations on getting out of prison,” but the moment the door opened, Xie Wenyu was stunned. The words that he had prepared were stuck in his mouth, not even a single word could get out.
Who is this person whose hair is much shorter than his own, whose complexion is darker than his own, who is taller than him by a head, and whose body is a lot stronger than his own?
¹gege – (哥哥) older brother
EN: sorry, i couldn’t link the footnotes, so i’ll just have it this way for now ಥ‿ಥ
