And L country… when his parents divorced, his mother seemed to have gone to L country. His parents’ marriage was a business alliance to begin with, and for such an alliance to end in divorce, the scene couldn’t have been pretty.

Although he and Li Zhengshen hadn’t gotten along well over the years, he had at least been eating his food and using his things, so contact was inevitable. But with his mother’s side… there was truly no contact at all.

If this was a child who had gone with his mother during the divorce, then it was perfectly reasonable that he had never heard of or seen him before.

…This is bad.

Why does this intelligence look so real??

Could the guess he angrily dismissed at the scene yesterday actually be true???

Just then, Li Yunhui’s phone suddenly rang. He picked it up and saw it was Fang Ji. Fang Ji’s voice was full of shock. “Hui, I heard your family has a new little brother?!”

Li Yunhui: “…? It’s already spread that far??”

Fang Ji: “Yeah, Old Master Cheng’s 70th birthday is next week, and the invitation just arrived at our house. I asked around, and they said your family’s representative this time will be your little brother… I think his name is, Li Shuyun? He’s attending the banquet… Is it true?!”

Li Yunhui was expressionless. “I’ve been kicked out of the house, how would I know if it’s true or not? …He’s really going??”

Fang Ji: “How could that be false?”

His voice paused, and he let out a soft sigh. “That’s great, Hui. You have a little brother now.”

Li Yunhui: “…”

Li Yunhui touched the unhealed wound on his chin and snorted. “What’s so great about it? My family’s situation is completely different from yours.”

Fang Ji said earnestly, “Don’t say that. He’s your little brother! …Although not as good as an older brother, he’s still a little brother!”

Fang Ji: “Speaking of which, since you’ve been kicked out, you probably don’t have many chances to get close to your little brother, right? How about this, I’ll go talk to the Cheng family for you. I’ll take you to the banquet with me. Remember to prepare a gift for your little brother. If you don’t have enough money, I’ll lend you some!”

Fang Ji felt he was doing a great deed, and his tone became cheerful. He hung up right after speaking and went to contact the Cheng family for him.

Li Yunhui’s face twisted as he clutched his phone. “Wait! No, I didn’t want… Hello? Hello!”

…

In the end, Li Yunhui still went to the banquet with Fang Ji.

The reason being, firstly, he was bored, and secondly, he was still bored!

He was bored even when he hadn’t been kicked out of the house.

It seemed like there were many things Li Yunhui could do every day.

For example, researching investment projects and emerging industries, or going bungee jumping and street racing for some excitement, or continuing to investigate the still-unresolved death of Fang Chengyu…

Even with all these things combined, it was hard to fill the sixteen waking hours of his day!

Out of extreme boredom, Li Yunhui suddenly had a brilliant idea:

No matter why Li Zhengshen suddenly sent Li Shuyun home, it represented a certain degree of care and attention from him.

It was obvious that Li Zhengshen, compared to his own rebellious personality, would definitely prefer Li Shuyun’s obedient nature.

In that case, if he really “corrupted” Li Shuyun, as the butler had suggested…

Would Li Zhengshen…

Jump up and down in anger?

As Li Yunhui thought about it, a spark of excitement mixed with complex anger was ignited.

March 31st, the day of Old Master Cheng’s grand banquet.

When Li Yunhui arrived, he first completed all the necessary etiquette:

He politely greeted his friends, appropriately joking about his fight with Li Zhengshen and being kicked out of the house, brushing it off and focusing on the fact that he was “only temporarily living away from home due to a conflict with his father.”

Then, together with Fang Ji, he brought the birthday gift that Fang Ji had helped him prepare and went to wish Old Master Cheng a happy birthday in person, maintaining his good relationship with the Cheng family…

After being busy for over half an hour, Li Yunhui finally completed the mandatory banquet tasks. By now, the banquet had entered its formal stage. The food was being served slowly, and everyone’s focus was still on free socializing.

He was finally free to do what he had really come to the banquet for—

Let’s see. Where was that good little brother of his who had fallen from the sky?

Li Yunhui’s gaze swept coldly across the entire hall… couldn’t see him.

Li Yunhui frowned, refocused, and scanned the hall again… Where was he?

Li Yunhui concentrated and scanned the hall for a third time…

Li Yunhui’s eyes narrowed, his gaze stopping. He saw a crowd of people.

About six or seven young masters and misses were gathered in a circle, filled with laughter and cheerful voices. And in the center of their circle, the corner of a head was barely visible.

That corner of a head looked somewhat familiar. The brown hair was very soft, styled neatly and obediently. Hemmed in by the crowd, only this part of the head was barely visible, looking extremely vulnerable.

Li Yunhui stared at that spot for a full three seconds before he could half-doubtingly identify the owner of that head.

But because of this, the more Li Yunhui looked at the scene, the more dissatisfied he became, the more his anger simmered.

…No way. At the very least, he shared the same family blood. He doesn’t even know how to gain a voice and the attention of others in a crowd??

Li Yunhui was greatly displeased. His brow furrowed tightly, and he strode towards the crowd!

As he approached, Li Yunhui heard the chirping, excited voices of the surrounding group, filled with interest and curiosity.

“Whose family are you from? How old are you? Still in high school? Which school, A High? B High? C High? I have vacant houses near all of these schools. Do you need one? Whether you need one or not, let’s add each other on Green Letter. You can bother big sister anytime!”

“Are you here alone today? No one brought you? Oh my, why are you blushing? It makes it look like us big brothers and sisters are bullying you!”

“What’s your name, really? Tsk, you look so well-behaved. I bet I’ve never seen you before, otherwise we would have definitely met by now! …Hey, little brother, can big brother pinch your cheek? Don’t worry, I’ll just do it gently…”

In the middle of the crowd, the obedient and slender figure was properly dressed in a white shirt. Paired with his soft and well-behaved brown hair, he indeed looked like a pure and innocent middle school student.

Faced with the siege of a group of clearly twenty-something, overly enthusiastic big brothers and sisters, the young man looked troubled. He tried to open his mouth countless times, only to have his words blocked by the incessant chatter of his attackers.

This repeated several times. From the moment Li Yunhui noticed him until he got close, Li Shuyun hadn’t managed to say a single word!

Li Yunhui: ?

He had thought Li Shuyun just didn’t know how to seize the right to speak, but now it seemed he didn’t even know how to speak at all!

Seeing that the last young master who spoke was actually taking Li Shuyun’s silence as permission and was about to playfully pinch his cheek, Li Yunhui could bear it no longer. He strode forward, grabbed the young master by the back of his collar, and yanked him back hard!

“Damn it, who is it! …Oh, Brother Li!”

The young master’s anger hadn’t even had a chance to rise before it was instantly subdued by the identity of the newcomer. His posture immediately softened.

He proactively smiled and asked, “Brother Li, what brings you here? Oh my, look at my eyes. I didn’t even notice you just now, Brother Li. My apologies!”

Li Yunhui didn’t speak.

He expressionlessly squeezed through the gap created by the young master, strode forward, and, under the astonished gaze of the white-shirted youth, grabbed him by the collar. With a tug, he pulled him out from the corner he was pressed against and dragged him behind himself!

Only then did he finally turn around. A smile appeared on his face, and his gaze swept over the six or seven figures, finally landing on the young master he had pulled away.

His voice was calm, and he spoke with a generous and polite smile, “I’m sorry for the scene. This is my little brother, Li Shuyun. He just came back from abroad a couple of days ago and hasn’t adapted to the social environment here yet. If you need to find him for anything, you can contact me on Green Letter, and I’ll pass the message along for you.”

The expressions of the circle of young masters and misses changed instantly.

What? Such a soft and cute kid was actually from the Li family?!

They immediately waved their hands and shook their heads, rushing to clarify their earlier actions.

“So it’s Little Li! Oh my, I knew it. The moment I saw Little Li, I felt he must be extraordinary, and it’s true…”

“Brother Shuyun, you’re so lucky. With a great older brother like Brother Li, you definitely don’t have to worry about being bullied in the capital. Haha, I was being too worried just now…”

Li Yunhui listened as Li Shuyun responded in a fine, soft voice, “It’s okay,” “Thank you for your concern, sister,”… and the pent-up fire in his heart burned even hotter.

He simply pulled the person out of the crowd, strode to another corner of the banquet hall, and his smile vanished. He looked down and saw the youth, who had to jog to keep up with him, and his brow furrowed even deeper.

“You couldn’t possibly have grown up by Li Zhengshen’s side. As expected, you grew up with your mother.”

Li Yunhui narrowed his eyes and stated this with conviction.

He couldn’t help but sneer, “But her personality is not much different from Li Zhengshen’s. Even if you grew up with her, you definitely didn’t spend much time by her side.”

“When were you sent to Li Zhengshen’s side? You haven’t stayed long, have you? …Otherwise, in that kind of war-torn area, a soft personality like yours would be eaten clean, not even bones left, in less than a day!”

Li Shuyun’s eyes widened in surprise. He actually smiled softly at his words, revealing shallow dimples on his cheeks. “Mm, I didn’t stay long. Dad said it’s safer in the country and told me to come back here for school.”

Li Yunhui’s eye twitched. “…I wasn’t asking you.”

Li Yunhui suddenly leaned in close to Li Shuyun, lowered his voice, and said viciously, “I am questioning you—since you didn’t want them to pinch you, couldn’t you just state your name and refuse?! How did you manage to get so suppressed by them that you couldn’t even say a single word? Li Zhengshen actually likes your type of soft personality?”

Li Yunhui felt his tone should have been nasty enough.

But to his surprise, Li Shuyun seemed to have no temper at all. After hearing his words, he could still say to him in a warm and gentle voice, “I’m sorry, brother. Don’t be angry.”

Li Shuyun spoke slowly, like a little snail.

His words sounded like he wanted to calm him down, but in reality, when Li Yunhui heard such a “weak” answer that was basically a “hands-up surrender” with almost no resistance, the frustration simmering in his heart only grew stronger.

…Could Li Zhengshen really tolerate such a slow person who had no backbone at all??

Li Yunhui found it hard to believe.

In his eyes, this person in front of him was like a genetic mutation; his very existence was shocking.

Li Yunhui took a deep breath. “Tell me honestly, have you always had this kind of personality? …What have you been doing since you came home these past few days?”

Li Shuyun answered with a puzzled look, “Yes. These days, Uncle Zhao has arranged etiquette classes, Go classes, and equestrian classes for me… What’s wrong, brother?”

Li Yunhui was even more shocked. “You went to all of them? You like these boring classes?”

Li Shuyun hesitated and said, “I went. I’m not very interested, but…”

Li Yunhui couldn’t stand it. “I learned how to refuse these boring classes when I was six! You’re eighteen and you still don’t know how to refuse? Where did those years of your life go?”

Being scolded by his brother, Li Shuyun felt a little embarrassed. He lowered his head and eyes and said in a low voice, “But… that’s how Uncle Zhao arranged it for me.”

Li Yunhui laughed in anger. “You just go because he arranges it?”

Unable to tolerate it any longer, Li Yunhui simply said, “After the banquet ends, you’re coming with me. Find an excuse to send the driver back. Can you do that?”

Li Shuyun looked up in surprise. “But…”

Li Yunhui was expressionless. “No buts. Uncle Zhao is just a butler, but I’m your brother. He’s an outsider, I’m family. There’s a difference between inside and out. Since you can even listen to his words, shouldn’t you listen to me even more? I’m your brother, I won’t harm you.”

Li Shuyun: “…”

Li Shuyun blinked slowly twice.

This time, Li Yunhui was getting serious.

“Corrupting” Li Shuyun to anger Li Zhengshen was something that could wait. Right now, there was only one thing he wanted to know—

With Li Shuyun’s soft-as-jelly personality, how on earth did Li Zhengshen tolerate it? He could even let him stay abroad, and even have him by his side for a few days? …If Li Shuyun was acceptable, then why wasn’t he? Weren’t his mind, abilities, and personality a hundred times stronger than this little snail’s in every aspect?!

Li Yunhui threatened Li Shuyun fiercely, “If I don’t see you after the banquet—you can guess you won’t want to know the consequences. Did you hear me?”

Li Shuyun: “…”

Li Shuyun answered softly, “I heard, brother. I understand.”

Li Yunhui snorted lightly and then turned to leave.

The system watched the departing Li Yunhui and exclaimed in the Host’s mind, “Wow, Host, you were so right. An idle person like Li Yunhui really does start moving on his own with just a little teasing!”