Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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After leaving the detention center, Jiang Lan took Jiang Chi to take a bus. When passing by a shop window, he couldn’t help but turn his head to look – in the reflection of the glass window, his and Jiang Chi’s figures were reflected.
No matter how he looked at it, there wasn’t a single similarity in their facial features. Why did Taowu insist that they looked alike?
He thought about it for a while, and after getting in the car, he sent Jiang Chi’s photo to his elder brother Bixi.
[Big brother, I found you a new brother. Do we look alike? Cute]
After a few minutes, Bixi replied: [?]
[Like, this is your lost cub?]
Jiang Lan: ???
Why did elder brother say that too?
Jiang Lan was really confused: [No, do you really think we look alike? How are we alike?]
How come I don’t see any resemblance at all?!
Bixi called directly, his voice full of suspicion: “Is it really not your young cub who was stranded outside? The look and temperament are similar to you when you were first brought back to Dragon Palace.” He paused and said earnestly: “If you made a mistake when you were young, don’t be embarrassed to admit it.”
“…”
Jiang Lan had no way to defend himself. He could only recount the whole story of how he met Jiang Chi and tell him about his plan to adopt Jiang Chi.
Bixi finally dispelled his doubts, but he still felt that they were too similar. Not in appearance, but in the feeling they gave people. Especially in the eyes. When he first found Jiang Lan, Jiang Lan looked almost the same, with a fierce expression which was full of cruelty. But if you tried to get close to him, you would find that the cruelty was just his means for self-protection.
Beneath the ferocity and brutality lay the confusion and despair of being isolated and helpless.
He had heard a little about Jiang Lan’s past experiences when he was looking for him, but he still insisted on bringing him back to Dragon Palace. Later, Jiang Lan’s hostility gradually faded, he also learned to restrain himself, his personality became more and more lively and cheerful, and he gradually became what he was now.
Many monsters who had heard of Taotie’s deeds were afraid of him from the bottom of their hearts. However, Jiang Lan had changed so much that if he did not take the initiative to reveal his identity, no one would associate him with Taotie when he walked around.
Now seeing Jiang Chi again in a situation so similar to Jiang Lan back then, his first reaction was that this was the cub that Jiang Lan had left behind. Even after Jiang Lan’s explanation, he still had some doubts about the relationship between the two.
Bixi immediately thought of the prophecy Bai Ze had once made – Bai Ze once said that Jiang Lan’s opportunity was in human society.
“Could Jiang Chi be the opportunity that Bai Ze mentioned?”
Jiang Lan was not surprised by his guess. After the conversation with Suan Yu, he had thought about this question in his heart. However, after getting along with Jiang Chi for so long, he did not feel much change or difference, so he became hesitant again.
After all, an opportunity was too vague and even Jiang Lan himself could not be sure of it.
“I have no idea.”
“I’ll come to Jiangcheng next week to meet Jiang Chi. And visit you guys by the way.”
Bixi thought about it and decided to go to Jiangcheng. He wanted to see Jiang Chi in person and visit Suan Ni and Jiao Tu as well. His three brothers had been in Jiangcheng for so long but he had been busy with work. He hadn’t visited them yet. It was time to go and see how they were doing.
“Ah? Next week? Which week?” Jiang Lan was so shocked that his voice unconsciously rose a few degrees.
Bixi frowned, hearing the rejection in his tone: “Why? Inconvenient?”
Jiang Lan pursed his lips, laughed dryly, and hurriedly made amends: “Of course not, I was just too surprised and too happy!”
“Be honest.”
Bixi on the other end of the phone changed his posture, raised the corners of his eyebrows, and easily saw through his brother’s lie.
As the eldest brother of the Dragon Palace, none of his eight younger brothers, except the ninth brother Jiao Tu, were obedient. He knew all of his younger brothers’ personalities. Naturally, Jiang Lan could not hide anything from him.
Jiang Lan: …
He weighed the matter silently for a while and felt that he had revealed the secret today and could no longer hide it, so he might as well confess and get leniency.
“That’s… that…” Jiang Lan hesitated and stammered before dropping the bombshell: “I’m in love, with a man from the snake tribe.”
Bixi: ???
Before he could say anything, Jiang Lan said quickly, “He doesn’t know my identity yet. I told him that I am from the Lion Clan.”
Bixi: ???
In just two sentences, the key elements were too concentrated. Bixi calmed down for a while before asking, “When did it happen?”
Jiang Lan counted on his fingers, his voice a little guilty: “About a month ago.”
Bixi: …
This time he was silent for three minutes.
Jiang Lan shrank his neck timidly and said flatteringly: “I didn’t hide it from you on purpose. I’m just afraid of exposing my identity…”
“Exposing your identity?” Bixi accurately grasped the key point: “Why don’t you tell him your identity?”
Jiang Lan dared not tell the truth that her boyfriend was a Taotie black fan and he spread rumors in front of him all day. If his elder brother knew about this, Ying Qiao would probably not be able to enter the gate of the Dragon Palace.
He found a reason that sounded reasonable: “I was afraid he would mind after knowing it, so I was planning to tell him slowly after some time.”
This time, Bixi really didn’t ask any more questions, because according to some rumors in ancient times, many monsters had a subconscious resistance and fear of Taotie. Jiang Lan knew how difficult it was for him to make friends in the Monster Management Bureau.
He sighed and stopped poking at Jiang Lan’s sore points. Instead, he changed the subject: “Snake tribe? What’s his name? Does he have a proper job? What’s his personality like? Who are his family members? Can I meet him when I go to Jiangcheng this time?”
Jiang Lan was completely confused by the long string of questions.
Hesitantly, he whispered, “Wait until I have a showdown with him, then I’ll bring him to see you. He works in a private company, and occasionally goes on missions with his boss to earn some extra money. He’s just an ordinary snake demon. But he’s handsome, has a good figure, and a good personality. If you meet him, you’ll definitely like him!”
When he mentioned Ying Qiao, his voice began to rise.
Even without seeing him in person, Bixi could hear the joy in his voice.
Thinking that Jiang Lan had only just come to his senses after all these years, even though he was extremely worried about his mysterious boyfriend, Bixi suppressed his worries for the time being: “Then you handle it yourself first, and when you’re done, bring him to see us.”
Jiang Lan immediately became happy and nodded heavily: “Yeah.”
“I will come to Jiangcheng next week.” Bixi said with a smile, “If you don’t want me to find you, remember to hide yourself.”
“And Lao Ba and Lao Jiu, how long have they been out and they already know how to cover for you? Tell them to prepare a self-examination.”
“Ah? What did you say?” Jiang Lan immediately moved his phone away and pretended that the signal was bad: “Hello? Big brother? I can’t hear what you said… The signal is bad here, I’ll hang up first…”
After saying that, he quickly hung up the phone.
On the other end, Bixi looked at the hung up call interface, smiled and then shook his head, thinking that the kids had grown up, it was really true that the younger brothers could no longer be controlled by the older brother.
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