"Really?" It still took Xiang Weimin to process Zhai Yanjun's words. But no matter how chaotic his thought process was, he would never let anything show on his face. As a soldier, he knew well enough how to hide his true feelings. He looked at Hyson with an inquisitive look in his eyes.
Hyson shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly as he told him, "Don't look at me. It's my first time hearing about this as well."
Zhai Yanjun turned to Hyson when he heard him say that so casually, "Are you serious?"
"I'm always serious," answered Hyson with a good-mannered smile on his handsome face.
"So, you don't know that we are cousins?" inquired Zhai Yanjun. He didn't believe it for a second that Hyson didn't know about it at all.
"I haven't been told before," was Hyson's reply. "My mum never introduced you as my cousin."
Zhai Yanjun gaped at him in disbelief, "But it's not like you can't see it. You're smart enough to understand what's going on."
Hyson offered him a smile as he said, "I become quite dumb when it comes to such things. And as I just said, my mum didn't introduce you as my cousin. Unless she does that, I'll keep denying your statement. That's just how I am. My mum's words are my law."
Xiang Weimin raised his brow at Hyson's words while Zhai Yanjun went quiet. Zhai Yanjun could hear the implication of his words clearly. Hyson would never accept him as a cousin unless Yue Yue said anything. He was a stubborn person who really followed his mother like law. Perhaps that's why he couldn't even find any hint of curiosity in Hyson.
Zhai Yanjun found it odd how Hyson wasn't even curious about anything regarding his mother and her past. But now he understood it. For Hyson, nothing else mattered more than his mother. Not even her past.
"You're really peculiar," was all Zhai Yanjun could say as he shook his head helplessly. He was actually eager to accept Hyson as his cousin but the latter was acting hatefully!
"And so I've been told," agreed Hyson.
Xiang Weimin coughed to get their attention. "Well, I didn't know you had a cousin, Yanjun."
Zhai Yanjun shrugged his shoulders, "I didn't know it either. I just learned about it recently."
"So, Yue Fai is your maternal aunt's son?"
"How do you know it's my maternal aunt?"
Xiang Weimin gave him a disdainful gaze, "Your father is an only son. Only your mother has a sister. Isn't it obvious?"
Zhai Yanjun shut his mouth when he heard that. He couldn't argue with him at all so he chose to give up. Just like he chose to give up arguing with Hyson who was clearly not ready to accept him as a cousin. It really made him sad, to be honest. After all, he was so excited since the time he knew Hyson was his cousin.
But Hyson really threw a bucket of cold water on him with his words. However, as he went through Hyson's words he realized that although Hyson was resistant to the idea of having him as a cousin, he wasn't really against him. If anything, he didn't show any hostility towards him.
That meant Hyson didn't particularly hate him. That sounded good enough for now.
"I believe I owe you a meal," Xiang Weimin said to Hyson.
"We can talk about that once you get better," replied Hyson.
"That might take a while," said Xiang Weimin as he looked down at his body. This time he really was pulled back from the mouth of death. Although his injuries weren't life-threatening, they were quite serious. It was bound to take a while for him to recover fully. And this period of time was nothing short of torture for him.
"I'm a patient person," said Hyson. "I can certainly wait."
Xiang Weimin nodded his head in understanding.
"So, how are you doing?" asked Hyson.
"I'm good," answered Xiang Weimin. "It's a bit troublesome but we can't help it. I'll just have to make do for now and wait patiently to recover." He groaned in annoyance as he added, "It's just that I don't have much patience for troublesome things. I hate dealing with troublesome things."
Hyson's eyes slightly widened and he pursed his lips to hide his laughter as he was reminded of someone. Although Raelle always just said one word, 'troublesome' Hyson really felt like if she could describe her feelings like others, she'd say it just the way Xiang Weimin just said. If only her expressions were as rich as him.
Hyson took a peek at Xiang Weimin as he thought about how these siblings seemed to have such small similarities even though they had never met each other.
"Even if it's troublesome," began Zhai Yanjun. "You have to pay attention to your recovery. Don't even think about running out to play."
"Am I at the age to play?" inquired Xiang Weimin.
Zhai Yanjun gave him a look, "There is a reason why your dad asked my dad to keep an eye on you. Age doesn't matter here. Everyone knows how much you hate wasting your time. We are all worried that you'll run off to do something again when no one is keeping an eye on you."
Xiang Weimin cleared his throat to hide his embarrassment. It seemed that his track record was really bad. Even his own father didn't trust him anymore.
Hyson suddenly chuckled and when he felt two pairs of eyes on himself, he look up and coughed to disguise his laughter. "I'm sorry. I just thought of something." He obviously wasn't gonna mention what he was reminded of or more like who he was reminded of. But it didn't matter since the other two tacitly didn't continue to probe him either.
"Yue Fai, what would you like to eat?" asked Xiang Weimin. "I'll ask someone to order a takeout for you and you can just eat it here."
Hyson waved his hand, "There is no need for that."
"Since you're already here, let's just have lunch together," Zhai Yanjun also chimed in at this time.
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