QHM Chapter 91 – Extra 1

The hospital room was bustling with activity. After the doctors and nurses completed their checkups and confirmations, they gradually exited one after another.

Throughout it all, Lu Shixing was the only one causing a commotion. He even leaned on Xu Yin’s bedside, sobbing and sniffling, saying he hadn’t been able to sleep for days. If something really happened to Xu Yin and his brother, he might as well just die.

Xu Yin took one look—this guy’s dark circles really were severe. Smiling helplessly, he reached out to pat his head, then opened his mouth and said in a hoarse voice, “It’s okay… your brother and I are both fine, aren’t we?”

“Mm…” Lu Shixing cried as his tears fell one by one.

Xu Yin asked again, “What did your parents say later on?”

Back when the incident happened with him and Yan Shixiu, Lu Shixing had just run away from home over coming out of the closet.

“I haven’t talked to them about that yet since you guys got into the accident,” Lu Shixing replied listlessly.

Xu Yin patted his head again.

The touch was very gentle.

Lu Shixing lifted his head slightly, looking at Xu Yin through his tear-blurred eyes.

The young man said softly, “Now that your brother is back, there’s nothing to be afraid of.”

Lu Shixing dazedly nodded…

He looked at Xu Yin and tilted his head slightly.

Was it just his imagination? Somehow Xu Yin felt a little different than before.

He couldn’t quite say exactly what had changed… but he just felt that this young man seemed somehow a little more within reach than he used to be.

Also, why use the phrase “your brother is back”? “Back”?

Lu Shixing turned around in confusion to glance at his own brother.

His brother gave him a sidelong glance and nodded.

That was his way of signaling: ‘I’ve got your back now.’

Lu Shixing instantly burst into tears again: “Brother, I’m really counting on you now, wuwuwu!”

At that moment, a nurse knocked on the door again and poked her head in to say there were some checkups coming up. Lu Shixing quickly ran out, “Tell me, tell me! I’ll go with him for the checkups!”

…

So only Xu Yin and Yan Shixiu were left in the hospital room.

Xu Yin turned his smiling gaze towards the man.

The man was dressed in simple loungewear—clearly still hospitalized himself—but sat upright and looked in good condition.

Now that his memories had returned, Xu Yin clearly remembered, when he first met Little 018, Little 018 had explicitly said Yan Shixiu was more severely injured, so he had to recover across various worlds.

It was probably precisely because of that extended recovery that this time, he had awakened earlier than Xu Yin…

Xu Yin reached out his hand.

The man walked over and grasped it tightly, then leaned down and kissed his forehead.

“I didn’t expect you to be my roommate’s older brother,” Xu Yin said teasingly.

Because of 018’s bug, Xu Yin had lost all his memories related to Yan Shixiu.

He remembered Lu Shixing, but not that Lu Shixing had a brother named Yan Shixiu. He didn’t remember the three times they’d met, and even less that he had once been moved by this fool and solemnly promised 018 he would accept the mission.

He remembered nothing… Fortunately, he met this man again soon after and was able to complete everything properly.

Yan Shixiu smiled faintly, lips curved, and sat down at the edge of the bed. After a moment of thought, he asked curiously, “Yinyin, before the car accident, were you planning to accept my pursuit?”

This was a conversation that should have happened over five hundred years ago.

Thinking back to that flustered man in the car, Xu Yin’s smile deepened: “Mm… I was a little hesitant. After all, you’re Lu Shixing’s biological brother. If I dated you, wouldn’t that make things awkward for him?”

Yan Shixiu: “?”

His expression clearly said, That wouldn’t be a problem at all.

Xu Yin couldn’t help but laugh: “But I probably would have accepted it.”

—“After all, from the moment I first saw you, I thought you were really cute.”

That was the truth.

Looking back now on that moment, Xu Yin felt that he probably couldn’t have resisted this man.

From the moment Yan Shixiu appeared in front of him, he had always been a strange, special, and very lovable presence.

Hearing his words, Yan Shixiu’s gaze burned brightly, and the corners of his lips lifted.

He seemed rather satisfied.

Looking at him like that, Xu Yin felt an itch in his heart again and shifted slightly, trying to sit up.

Seeing this, Yan Shixiu carefully helped him up, seemingly unsure of what he intended to do.

Then Xu Yin tilted his head up and blinked.

Yan Shixiu was briefly stunned.

Having been a couple for over five hundred years wasn’t for nothing—this man instantly understood, gently lifted Xu Yin’s face, and lowered his head to kiss him.

A quiet, gentle, tender kiss.

Who would’ve thought that such a sudden journey would begin back then?

Who would’ve thought that the man who suddenly barged into his life would end up becoming someone so important to him?

Life really is unpredictable—surprises can appear at any time.

Xu Yin couldn’t help but sigh with emotion.

After the kiss, Yan Shixiu wrapped his arms around Xu Yin with contentment.

Xu Yin leaned into him and let out a satisfied sigh.

Xu Yin asked, “Are you okay physically now?”

“I’m fine. I was injured before, but I’ve recovered a lot since waking up,” Yan Shixiu said softly next to his ear. “Even the doctors think it’s miraculous.”

That must be the “magic” from other dimensions at work.

Xu Yin chuckled lightly, then said, “In the final world, your name was just Yan Shixiu.”

Yan Shixiu: “Mm.”

Xu Yin guessed it was probably because by the time they reached the last world, the bug was almost fully repaired, so the mission world was faintly able to detect some of Yan Shixiu’s original data.

He then asked, “What happened with the car accident?”

“The driver was fatigued—it’s already been settled,” Yan Shixiu said, gently patting Xu Yin’s head. “Sorry, for getting you hurt.”

Xu Yin shook his head: “Weren’t your injuries even worse? I should recover quickly too, just like you did after waking up…”

Xu Yin looked at himself, and Yan Shixiu looked too. The two of them leaned into each other, and as they talked, they couldn’t help but start kissing again.

Truth be told, now that all his memories had returned, Xu Yin felt that same rush of excitement again.

He’d felt it before—when he realized his lover remembered their past lives.

He figured it must be because the distance between him and Yan Shixiu had grown smaller.

One layer at a time, the walls between them were coming down, and they were starting to fully understand each other. This kind of closeness, this ability to lean so intimately on one another, filled Xu Yin with passion.

He reached out and hooked his arms around Yan Shixiu’s neck, and Yan Shixiu couldn’t help but press him down into the pillow and kiss him deeply.

…

Outside, Lu Shixing was carefully listening as someone explained the upcoming examination process. He nodded repeatedly, very attentive.

A family member of another patient, who had seen him around a lot lately, joked, “You his roommate? You’re really good to him. Your brother too—both of you really have been by his side the whole time…”

In contrast, that patient Xu Yin’s actual family had only appeared a few times—and it was obvious they were rather indifferent.

If not for this roommate and the brother who’d woken up two days ago, Xu Yin probably would’ve just stayed in a coma on that bed all alone… A sad thought, really.

Of course, that family member didn’t say any of this out loud.

Lu Shixing thought of Xu Yin’s stepmother and her son and couldn’t help but sneer.

They weren’t blood-related—who could expect them to actually care about Xu Yin?

In his opinion, if that mother-son duo hadn’t run into his own parents and realized that Lu Shixing—Xu Yin’s roommate and close buddy—was the youngest son of the Yan family and the real brother of Yan Shixiu, they probably wouldn’t have bothered coming again at all.

But Lu Shixing knew, Xu Yin most likely didn’t need anything from them anyway.

Thinking about that gave Lu Shixing an overwhelming sense of responsibility to protect Xu Yin.

He puffed up his chest, firmly thinking, No need for any stepmothers or fake siblings. He, Lu Shixing, could take care of Xu Yin all by himself!!

With that mindset, Lu Shixing marched back to the hospital room with big, determined steps, seriously considering how he would spend his allowance to buy Xu Yin some supplements to help him recover, how to support Xu Yin’s mental health, how to ensure there wouldn’t be any lingering trauma from the accident, and also, and also…

He pushed the door open with one hand—

—and saw his brother and Xu Yin passionately kissing, tightly wrapped around each other.

Lu Shixing, male, 20 years old.

At exactly 2 PM today, at the doorway of the hospital room— shattered.