Brother Cheng Yu chuckled softly as he listened to his call, gently and attentively removing the jewelry for him and setting it aside.

Brother Cheng Yu said, “Little Ji can call me whatever he likes. Come, turn to the side, Brother will take off the necklace for you.”

Fang Ji obediently turned his body sideways.

Brother Cheng Yu’s movements were very gentle, his fingertips lightly brushing across his neck.

Unknowingly, Fang Ji closed his eyes, letting himself be fully immersed in Brother Cheng Yu’s gentle service.

It wasn’t that he hadn’t sought out such gentle-type brothers and sisters before, nor had he never tried having them take off his necklace.

But taking off jewelry with a focus on the jewelry versus taking it off with a focus on his feelings—even if the movements were equally gentle, the actual feeling was worlds apart.

Brother Cheng Yu…

Was truly taking off the jewelry for him!

The jewelry jingled softly.

Fang Ji breathed slowly in comfort, from touch to hearing, fully concentrating on enjoying it all.

He didn’t know how much time had passed. When the last anklet was removed from his ankle, Brother Cheng Yu called him softly twice: “Little Ji… Little Ji?”

Only then did Fang Ji finally pull himself out of that hazy, heavenly state and return to reality.

He slowly opened his eyes, feeling dissatisfied with the amount of jewelry on his body for the first time.

…He really wore too little jewelry today!

Fang Ji thought somewhat disgruntledly.

Facing Brother Cheng Yu’s clear and concerned eyes, he raised a big smile.

Fang Ji: “Brother is awesome!”

He beamingly held Brother Cheng Yu’s hands, acting coquettishly and sweetly: “Brother, Brother~ Little Ji also wants Brother to feed Little Ji dessert, okay Brother?”

Brother Cheng Yu raised his eyebrows in surprise, smiled gently, and responded, “Since Little Ji wants it, of course, no problem.”

Fang Ji was overjoyed. He ran clatteringly out of the room, familiarly found his way to the kitchen, rummaged through boxes and cabinets, found two plates of small desserts, and ran back into the room with them.

One plate for Brother Cheng Yu, and one for himself.

Fang Ji sat properly in front of his brother, asking with sparkling eyes: “Brother, Brother, Little Ji feeds you dessert, and you feed Little Ji dessert too!”

Brother Cheng Yu was extremely helpless, laughed, and said to him: “How old is Little Ji this year? Why do you still like playing these tricks? …Alright, alright, since Little Ji wants it, Brother will satisfy Little Ji.”

Fang Ji was even happier.

He discovered that Brother Cheng Yu was not only gentle but also had an incredibly good temper.

No matter what he wanted, even if this brother was confused or surprised, he would agree to his request.

…He was a very good brother!

Fang Ji happily finished a plate of dessert.

At this moment, he fully understood why the “himself” in the dream brought this brother home and even let Brother Cheng Yu live in the house.

If it were him, having such a brother, of course, he would want his brother to coax him to open his eyes in the morning and close his eyes at night every day!

Fang Ji enjoyed the service of his dream brother to the fullest, reluctant to let this comfortable and happy time pass.

So he racked his brains and, after the dessert, came up with another thing that he had been craving during the day—

Fang Ji stared straight at Brother Cheng Yu’s thigh, recalling the scene during the day when “himself” had a stomachache and curled up on his brother’s leg in pain.

If you asked him, that “himself” was probably faking the discomfort, right?

Just to be able to lie on Brother Cheng Yu’s thigh?

Heh, really scheming!

Fang Ji secretly despised the other person, then planned to find an excuse to lie on his brother’s thigh to feel it too.

But just then, the phone on the side suddenly rang.

Fang Ji was startled and subconsciously looked back, only to see the word “Little Ji” displayed prominently on Brother Cheng Yu’s phone.

“He” was calling Brother Cheng Yu!

Fang Ji’s expression changed. Before Brother Cheng Yu could reach for the phone, he raised his hand first and ruthlessly rejected the call request.

Brother Cheng Yu was surprised and puzzled: “Little Ji?”

Fang Ji’s expression remained unchanged. He lifted the phone, showed Brother Cheng Yu the “Little Ji” on it, and said with a sweet smile: “Sorry, Brother, my phone was in my pocket and accidentally touched it, calling you by mistake.”

He nonchalantly put the phone back on the table and said: “Forget about that, Brother. I see it’s getting late, you should rest early. Have you showered, Brother? Go take a shower first, Little Ji will coax you to sleep tonight!”

Brother Cheng Yu asked him with a smile: “If Little Ji coaxes me to sleep, then who will coax Little Ji to sleep?”

Fang Ji pouted and hugged his brother’s arm: “Brother, I’m already this big!”

Brother Cheng Yu didn’t suspect anything else, patted his head, found some clothes, and left the bedroom to shower.

Fang Ji’s smile slowly faded after the man left the room.

He glared at the phone, quietly turned on Do Not Disturb, and placed it face down on the table.

After doing all this, he waited for his brother to come out of the shower. Fang Ji happily coaxed his brother to sleep, turned off the lights, and quietly watched his brother in the dark for a while. Only when rustling sounds came from outside did he quietly leave the room and go to the hallway.

His hands rested on the hallway railing as he looked down.

The “himself” in the dream had just returned. Seeing that all the lights upstairs were off, “his” movements became lighter.

…”He” still couldn’t see him.

Fang Ji quickly judged.

Fang Ji breathed a sigh of relief but was also a bit unhappy.

Why did he have to become a dream ghost as soon as “he” appeared?

…Clearly “he” was his copy, and he was the real Fang Ji!

Fang Ji was extremely reluctant.

But he also knew it was lucky that he and the other person didn’t appear at the same time; otherwise, Brother Cheng Yu might treat him as some kind of monster! Even, even Brother Cheng Yu might stay away from him and hate him because of this, just like those Selected Brothers and Sisters who betrayed him, saying annoying things to him…

Thinking this, Fang Ji became even unhappier.

The dream night passed in the blink of an eye.

During the next day, Fang Ji once again followed “himself” and Brother Cheng Yu as a dream ghost.

He glared gloomily at the hand of “himself” being held by Brother Cheng Yu, glared at “himself” pinching his voice to act cute and chirping noisily around Brother Cheng Yu, glared at “himself” openly and comfortably enjoying his brother’s gentle treatment…

The “himself” in the dream was really annoying to death!!

Fortunately, “he” seemed to be entangled in some trouble recently. Whenever night fell, friends would call him out to help.

This was suffering for the “him” in the dream but a benefit for him.

So, for several consecutive nights afterward, Fang Ji disguised himself as “him,” stealing Brother Cheng Yu’s gentleness whenever he could.

Soon, he became uncontrollably intoxicated under Brother Cheng Yu’s gentle offensive.

The time spent with Brother Cheng Yu was very comfortable and happy.

After experiencing Brother Cheng Yu, Fang Ji realized just how inferior the brothers and sisters he had spent so much money to “rent” in the past were!

Brother Cheng Yu would pay attention to his every tiny emotion, to his every minute. One second he just laid on the table, the bell pressing between the table and his ear, and the next second Brother Cheng Yu would gently hold his face, help him take off the bell, telling him not to hurt himself.

Brother Cheng Yu would chat with him about the situation of his parents and older siblings (albeit the dream version), teaching him how to grab their attention from work.

Brother Cheng Yu would also show him the musical jewelry “he” made, analyzing various selling points that could be derived after the musical jewelry was made.

Brother Cheng Yu was knowledgeable in astronomy and geography. No matter what he talked about, his brother could answer fluently…

Fang Ji fell completely.

Lying on his brother’s lap, listening to his brother reading the English short stories he requested, Fang Ji was so happy that he felt dazed.

He thought to himself, when his brother finished reading the story, he must fish for information properly, extracting his brother’s background. After returning to reality, he would find the Brother Cheng Yu who belonged solely to him based on that background.

Just then, the sound of the main door opening suddenly came from outside.

Fang Ji shuddered, his dazed brain instantly sobering up!

Brother Cheng Yu also heard the door opening and turned his head in confusion: “At this time…?”

Fang Ji’s expression changed slightly, and he immediately chimed in: “It should be Uncle Li at this hour. Brother, sit here and wait, I’ll go out and check!”

Fang Ji practically scrambled up from Brother Cheng Yu’s body using all four limbs.

Saying it was the butler, but Fang Ji couldn’t have imagined that the person returning home at this time was very likely the “himself” in the dream!

…Damn it, isn’t it only ten o’clock now? Why did “he” come back so quickly today?!

Sweating cold sweat, Fang Ji walked out quickly. Closing the door and looking down, he immediately saw that noisy bell outfit.

“He” seemed to hear some movement too and looked up.

Fang Ji didn’t hide or avoid; he knew that when “he” appeared, he would become a dream ghost.

However, “his” face changed drastically. “He” immediately threw his bag onto the cabinet and ran up the stairs with big strides, clattering and banging.

“His” face was almost twisted, shouting in his direction while quickly climbing the stairs: “Who are you?! Why are you dressed like me in my house? What do you want to do? …Brother, Brother! Brother, are you home? Brother, you weren’t deceived by this guy, right!”

While shouting, “he” had already rushed in front of him, face pale with anger, grabbing his collar and trying to drag him out.

Fang Ji’s back was soaked with cold sweat. He dared not imagine what Brother Cheng Yu would think of him after his identity was exposed. He tried to break free from “his” hand and went to cover “his” mouth instead: “Wait! I…”

“He” angrily turned his head away forcefully, dodging his palm, and glared at him fiercely: “You what you! You disguised yourself as me, trying to deceive my brother, right? Let me tell you, as long as I, the genuine Fang Ji, am here for one day, don’t you dare touch a finger of my brother!”

Fang Ji’s heart full of anxiety turned into anger at this tone. He grabbed “his” wrist with one hand and reached out to grab “his” collar with the other, shouting back: “What do you mean I’m disguising as you? Look clearly, I am the genuine Fang Ji, you are the fake one!”

The two Cling-Clang Jis pulled and dodged each other clatteringly. For a moment, the whole room was extremely noisy with ding-dings and dang-dangs.

Amidst the chaos, the long-haired man quietly opened the door and walked out.

He came to the two Jis, took one in each hand, and gently separated them.

His appearance was like a basin of refreshing and gentle water, instantly extinguishing most of the flames of the two Jis. Their attention was also completely attracted to him.

Fang Ji’s anger instantly cooled down a lot.

Belatedly, he recalled his previous anxiety and worry—once his identity was exposed, would Brother Cheng Yu… would he be afraid of him and stay away from him?

“Crack… crack…”

A cracking sound suddenly came from somewhere unknown.

But Fang Ji’s mind was full of Brother Cheng Yu right now, and he had no mind to care about other things.

The moment he saw Brother Cheng Yu, he immediately explained anxiously: “Brother! Listen to my explanation, I really am Fang Ji, I didn’t lie to you! I just, just…”

Brother Cheng Yu gently pressed down his hand and said: “I understand. Tell me what’s going on later, okay?”

Saying that, Brother Cheng Yu turned his head and coaxed the “him” in the dream nicely: “Little Ji, don’t worry, he didn’t do anything bad to Brother. Little Ji, go wait in the room for Brother first, okay? Brother will chat with him and come back right away.”

“He” widened his eyes instantly, exploding clatteringly: “Brother! He’s a liar, what do you have to chat with him about? Why can’t you chat in front of Little Ji?”

Brother Cheng Yu comforted: “Does Little Ji not trust Brother? Don’t worry, Little Ji, Brother still has to keep Little Ji company, nothing will go wrong.”

Brother Cheng Yu coaxed nicely for a long time and finally confused “him.”

After sending “him” back to the room, Brother Cheng Yu turned back and led him aside.

“Crack… crack…”

Fang Ji curled his fingers uneasily.

Brother Cheng Yu pried open his fingers bit by bit and said to him seriously: “Brother knows you are also Little Ji, a real Little Ji. Although I don’t know why you appeared here, since you are also Little Ji, then like him, you are also my, Fang Chengyu’s, younger brother.”

Fang Ji looked up blankly, and asked hesitantly: “You… Brother, did you know long ago that I wasn’t him?”

Brother Cheng Yu’s eyes curved: “You are a bit more mature than him, probably a few years older. I can still tell this difference.”

Fang Ji carefully tugged at Brother Cheng Yu’s sleeve, looking at him eagerly: “Then these past few nights, was Brother really treating me as an independent Little Ji?”

Brother Cheng Yu answered naturally: “Of course.”

The gloom in Fang Ji’s heart was swept away!

He almost wanted to cheer: “I knew it, I couldn’t be wrong about Brother! Brother, Brother, tell Little Ji, if Little Ji returns to reality, where should he go to find Brother? There is no Brother in Little Ji’s world. Thinking that sooner or later Little Ji has to return to his own world, Little Ji is extremely sad…”

Fang Ji showed a sad expression, shaking and tugging at Brother Cheng Yu’s sleeve with his hand, shaking his head, making pleasant jingling sounds: “Brother, just tell Little Ji~”

Just as Brother Cheng Yu was about to speak, Fang Ji heard it again: “Crack… crack…”

The cracking sound was very clear this time.

As if… right next to his ear!

Fang Ji looked up sharply at his surroundings and suddenly discovered that the scenery around them had collapsed into countless fragments.

The only intact part left was the piece of ground where he and Brother Cheng Yu were standing!

Fang Ji subconsciously grasped Brother Cheng Yu’s wrist tightly.

He didn’t know how to control the dream or delay the collapse. He could only shout loudly and anxiously at the surroundings: “Stop! The dream is not allowed to end, not allowed to collapse… Stop right now!!”

However, all the shouting was useless.

Only his anxiety and panic grew larger and larger.

Just then, a warm embrace gently held him.

A faint fragrance wafted over. The long-haired man patted his back and smiled at him: “Don’t be reluctant, Little Ji. Go back to the world you belong to. Get along well with Mom, Dad, and your siblings; they all love you very much.”

How can I go back… How can I go back!

In his world, his parents and siblings were still buried in their work, having no eyes for him at all!

In his world, not a single brother or sister could compare to Brother Cheng Yu alone!

In his world, he had no career, no pursuit. Since graduation, he had loads of time every day and didn’t know what to do with it. He was tired of playing with brothers and sisters, and didn’t want to join the family company… Such a life was meaningless! It was better to stay in the dream every day!

Fang Ji held onto his brother tightly and shouted: “No! I don’t want to go back! Brother, I can stay, I can live with you… Brother, y-you tell me quickly, where should I go to find you?!”

His brother didn’t answer this question.

His brother said softly: “When Little Ji returns to his own world, communicate well with Mom, Dad, and siblings. Tell them that Little Ji needs their response. Mom, Dad, and siblings all love Little Ji; Little Ji just needs to teach them how to love you. If Little Ji can’t find things to do normally, then try researching musical jewelry and jewelry music. You will shine brightly on this path…”

Fang Ji was dying of anxiety: “Brother! Answer my question first!! Where exactly should I go…”

Before he could finish.

The sky fell and the earth cracked; the entire world shattered into colorful fragments.

Then the world went dark, then bright. Fang Ji did a kip-up and suddenly sat up from the bed!

Fang Ji sat blankly on his bed for three seconds, then suddenly scrambled out of bed in a panic, stumbled out of the room, and ran towards the room where Brother Cheng Yu was in the dream.

“Bang!”

The door was thrown open heavily.

However, what met his eyes was emptiness.

This room had always been a guest room in reality, rarely occupied by anyone.

Fang Ji: “…”

Fang Ji was utterly devastated!

Till the end, he didn’t manage to ask where to find his Brother Cheng Yu!

Fortunately, everything in the dream was so clear when recalled now.

Brother Cheng Yu’s brows and eyes, Brother Cheng Yu’s voice, everything about Brother Cheng Yu… when recalled, it was all so real, as if he had really met such a person.

Fang Ji refused to give up. He immediately found a professional portrait artist and tried hard to describe Brother Cheng Yu’s appearance in the dream to them. He also found several professional voice actors, adjusting their voice lines one by one to synthesize and save a voice closest to Brother Cheng Yu’s.

Then, he packaged Brother Cheng Yu’s portrait and voice together, sent a copy to each of his parents and siblings, mobilized all the family’s connections, and tried to find the whereabouts of Brother Cheng Yu in this world!

A week passed, a month passed, a year passed, three years passed…

Under his clumsy training, his parents and siblings finally learned to have a video call with him every month. In the three to five minutes of video time, they didn’t talk about work, only life.

The path of “jewelry music” he attempted was truly paved. He found a career he loved, and his life was finally filled with “proper business.” His reputation also soared rapidly in these three years…

However, the one thing he wanted to achieve most yielded no clues from beginning to end.

It was as if…

In his world, “Brother Cheng Yu” never existed.

But… how could that be?

Even the him in the dream could have Brother Cheng Yu. Why couldn’t… he have him?

He had dreamed so many times in these three years. Why… could he not return to that dream even once?

It was another new winter.

Snow was falling heavily. The agent opened the car door for Fang Ji, holding an umbrella to lead him backstage, whispering: “Ji, are you really going to choose ‘Cheng Yu’ as the encore song for tonight’s performance again? Although this is your representative work, having it as the encore every time, isn’t that a bit too…”

Fang Ji glared fiercely, forcing back the rest of the agent’s words.

Fang Ji: “What do you know! …Before I find Brother Cheng Yu, my number one encore song will absolutely not change!”

After hurriedly saying this, Fang Ji pulled his scarf expressionlessly, covering his nose and mouth completely under it.

The beautiful dream memories that surged up with the two words “Cheng Yu” made his eyes sting for a moment.

Over the years, people around him kept telling him that dreams were fake, and it was perfectly normal not to find a fictional person in reality.

But… was it really fake?

If everything was fake, how could he remember this dream so clearly after waking up? If everything was fake, how could a false dream change his life so much?

Fang Ji blinked hard, squeezing all his depressed mood back into his stomach.

He mumbled: “…Alright, alright, stop talking about these useless things. If you have this leisure time, go help me think of a way to spread the song ‘Cheng Yu’ to more places abroad. If I can really find Brother Cheng Yu through this song, I’ll definitely give you a big bonus!”