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"Aku sangat mencintai adik laki-ku, namun dia tak saling mencintaiku. Sejak dulu ia merasa dirinya satu-satunya anak yang diakui ayahnya dan tak lama pun ia mengira aku akan mencuri hak waris kontrol atas Zheng Corporation darinya semata-mata karena keberadaanku."
Zheng Yan wajahnya berubah suram saat menyebutkan nama Zheng Hao.
Ia meneguk jus buah untuk menyembunyakan emosi yang menggelituh. Lalu, ia meregangkan sudut bibirnya dan tersenyum lebar secara melongo.
"Sebenarnya tak lagi terlalu mengganggu. Setiap kali aku berhak menguasai proyek besar, seseorang di keluarga pasti akan menghalang langkahku. Entah ia menyebarkan fitnah betapa aku mendapat proyek itu karena berselingkuh, atau ia bersorban dengan teman-temannya yang korup dan mengumpatku di depan klien untuk membuat mereka meragukan kemampuanku..."
Dengan tenang, Zheng Yan menatap jus buah di hadapannya sambil berbicara. Tiba-tiba, ia merasakan ingin minum alkohol.
Apakah kafe ini menjualnya?
"Minum alkohol di siang hari justru membahayakan kesehatan. Bukankah tadi kau sendiri berkata bahwa adik lakikmum tak lagi mempengaruhiimu? Lalu mengapa tiba-tiba kau tampak begitu terdampak hanya dengan sebutannya? Justru kau sebaiknya menyadari bahwa kesabaran tanpa batas takkan pernah menyelesaikan masalah, bukan?"
Fan Yu langsung mengerti apa yang ada di pikirannya dan melarangnya memanggil pramiag.
Zheng Yan berbaring santai di kursinya sambil mengeluarkan senyum suram yang sangat sedih.
"Bagaimana seharusnya kuputuskan dengan begitu mudah? Ia adalah adik lakiku secara darah daging. Tahu tak, sejak kecil aku sering menyaksikan si boy yang tingagal di sebelah rumahku merawat adiknya, lalu kusukai dia tak lama kemudian. Meskipun dia tampak pendiam, ia baik-baik sama adiknya. Cukup melihatnya, aku langsung tahu lemahnya justru pada adiknya. Sejak saat itu, kujanjikan diri akan menikahi seorang big brother seperti dia supaya ia bisa mencintai dan memanjakuku sepanjang hidupku!"
Ketika Zheng Yan mengatakan hal ini, ekspresinya kembali suram dan serius.
Ia menatap Fan Yu dengan pemandangan yang penuh perasaan susah dan bertanya,
"Namun, si big brother yang kudampingi tiba-tiba sakit dan meninggal. Kamu pikirku adalah racun mematikan?"
Mengapa adik lakinku yang kudukai membenci ku, dan mengapa si big brother yang kusukai tiba-tiba meninggal sendiri...
Apakah seperti di dalam buku-buku kuno yang mengatakan, aku memang ditakdirkan untuk sendirian selamanya?
"..."
Jika kini ia memberinyahu bahwa semua hanyalahkecausajaan, apakah ia merasa kata-katanya hanya sekedar peluan untuk menghiburku?
Sebelum Fan Yu sempat memikirkan cara untuk menghibur Zheng Yan yang sedang hancur, tiba-tiba seseorang memasuki kafe.
Orang itu adalah seseorang yang sama sekali tidak asing bagi keduanya.
Saat Mo Yongheng masuk dengan langkah tegas dan tegak, aura yang aman dan menakam yang ia pajang menurunkan tekanan udara di seluruh kafe sejak ia muncul.
Baik Fan Yu maupun Mo Yongheng sama-sama menyadari kehadiran satu sama lain.
Ia berbalik untuk berkata sesuatu kepada staf pelayanan sebelum melangkah perlahan menuju mereka.
"Young Master Fan, pasti sedang dalam keadaan baik hati karena datang ke kafe yang berlawanan dengan Mo Corporation ini secara khusus untuk ngopi."
Mo Yongheng menyapa tanpa duduk terlebih dahulu.
Zheng Yan sudah berbalik ketika Fan Yu hendak berkata sesuatu. Ketika ia melihat Mo Yongheng berdiri di belakangnya, matanya melebar lebar!
"Mengapa engkau ada di sini?"
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“I really like my younger brother, but he doesn’t feel the same way toward me. He always felt that I was the only child whom my dad recognized and that I would snatch the inheritance rights of the Zheng Corporation from him as long as I was around.”
Zheng Yan’s mood turned downcast at the mention of Zheng Hao.
She took a sip of fruit juice to hide her emotional behavior. Then, she stretched the corner of her lips and let out a self-mocking smile.
“Actually, I am already used to it. Whenever I take over any major projects, someone in the family would always impede my progress; he would either spread lies and tell others that I had gotten the project because I did slutty things, or he would collude with his toxic friends and speak ill of me in front of the client and influence them into doubting my ability… When I thought about it carefully, I realized that the tricks he used over the past few years were all the same, so I am no longer bothered by them.”
Zheng Yan stared at the fruit juice in front of her as she spoke. All of a sudden, she had a craving for alcohol.
She wondered if the cafe sold it.
“Drinking alcohol in the daytime is harmful to your health. Didn’t you mention earlier that your younger brother no longer has an effect on you? But why do you appear to be so affected at the mention of him? Actually, you should know that continuous forbearance would not be able to solve the problem, right?”
Fan Yu knew what she was thinking and forbade her from calling the waitress over.
Zheng Yan leaned back against the chair lazily and let out an extremely sad smile.
“How could things be settled so easily? We’re talking about my biological younger brother. Do you know that I grew up looking at the older boy who lived next door, and I yearned for an older brother? After I realized that my mom had given birth to me first and was unable to give me an older brother, I started to wish for a younger brother…”
As Zheng Yan spoke of this, her gaze suddenly changed and she revealed a sinister smile.
She leaned over the table and shifted her pretty face closer to Fan Yu.
Then, she lowered her voice and said in a secretive tone.
“Do you know that I had my first love at a very early stage of my life, just like you? No! Mine happened way earlier than yours. When I was very young, I always watched how the older boy next door took care of his younger sister and I developed a secret crush on him soon after. Even though he seemed like an aloof person, he was really nice to his younger sister; just one look at him and I knew that his weakness is his younger sister. At that point in time, I was determined to marry an older brother like him when I grew up so that he could love and pamper me like a kid forever!”
As Zheng Yan spoke, her face sunk again and her expression grew solemn.
She looked at Fan Yu with an aggrieved look and asked, “However, the older brother that I had a crush on suddenly fell sick and died. Do you think I am poisonous?”
Why did the younger brother whom she loved dislike her, and why did the older brother that she loved suddenly die…
Could she be “destined to be all alone,” just like the ancient books said?
“…”
If he told her now that everything was coincidental, would she feel that he had said that merely to console her?
Before Fan Yu could think of how to comfort the heartbroken Zheng Yan, someone suddenly entered the cafe.
He was someone they both knew.
As Mo Yongheng’s upright body strolled into the cafe, the heavy and alienating aura that he exuded lowered the pressure of the entire cafe the very moment he appeared.
Both Fan Yu and Mo Yongheng noticed each other at the same time.
He turned around to say something to the service staff before strolling toward them.
“Young Master Fan, you are surely in a good mood to have specially come over to the cafe opposite the Mo Corporation for coffee.” Mo Yongheng greeted him without sitting down.
Zheng Yan had already turned around just as Fan Yu was about to say something. When she saw that Mo Yongheng was the one who was standing behind her, her eyes widened!
“Why are you here?”
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