ATBWSTBP Chapter 46
by VolareChapter 46: His Brother is the Owner of Slow Residence
The person in front entered the backyard of the Slow Residence inn.
The two people who were following exchanged a glance, and they both saw the meaning of “dumbfounded” on each other’s faces!
“You… your brother went into Slow Residence?” Xu Jiahao stammered, his words lacking their usual sharpness.
Jin Mo was even more speechless, just nodding vigorously.
The two of them, under the scorching sun, regained their senses just before they were about to be roasted dry.
“Damn! My brother is that mysterious owner!” Jin Mo shouted from his chest.
Xu Jiahao then grabbed him and rushed towards the entrance of Slow Residence.
Bai Xian stood at the stairwell, and only turned around and continued walking inside after the two of them disappeared from sight.
Jin Mo and Xu Jiahao rushed into the Slow Residence lobby in a whirlwind, startling Xiaolian, who stood up with a “whoosh.”
“What’s wrong?” the girl asked in a flustered manner, “Is someone here causing trouble?”
Jin Mo and Xu Jiahao plopped down on the sofa in the lobby, covered in sweat, with flushed faces, breathing rapidly, looking like they were about to have a heatstroke and faint any minute.
“Oh no, I’m going to faint!” Jin Mo exclaimed loudly, “Xiaolian, please get us each a bottle of ice water!”
As soon as Xiaolian heard this, she immediately replied, “Okay, right away!”
After saying that, she ran towards the refrigerator in the lobby, afraid that she would be too slow and the two guests would kick the bucket!
Jin Mo took the water that Xiaolian handed over and drank it “glug glug.”
Xu Jiahao’s actions were exactly the same.
“What did you two go and do, getting so hot?” Xiaolian stood beside them, looking worried, “Do you want me to find some Rendan pills to prevent heatstroke!”
“Rendan pills?” Jin Mo repeated, having recovered a little.
“Yes, yes, yes, it’s a must-have medicine for us mountain people in the summer. We take a few pills when we feel the symptoms of heatstroke!” Xiaolian said, while walking towards the bar.
In a little while, she brought over an iron box and poured a few pills for each of them.
After taking the medicine, whether it was a psychological effect or the medicine was too good, the two felt a little better.
Just as Jin Mo was about to ask Xiaolian about their boss, there was some movement in the small kitchen five or six meters away.
Jin Mo sat up straight with a “whoosh.”
His brother had started cooking!
Xu Jiahao’s gaze also turned towards the small kitchen.
“Oh my, our boss has started cooking!” Xiaolian muttered softly.
Jin Mo waved at Xiaolian.
Xiaolian leaned over with a puzzled look.
“What’s wrong?”
“Xiaolian, does your boss only cook for himself?”
Xiaolian nodded.
“Yes! We all bring our own meals from home!”
Jin Mo said “Oh,” a smile appearing on his face.
He really wanted to freeload a meal.
“Hey, do you know what your boss is called?” Jin Mo asked again, lowering his voice.
Xiaolian shook her head.
“I don’t know! I’ve only met the boss for a short time!”
Jin Mo deliberately put on a strange expression.
Xiaolian explained, “I’ve been working here for more than eight months, and I’ve never seen the boss before. Not only me, Aunt Suqin, Xiaomei, none of them have seen him!”
“Then how did you apply for the job?”
“The intermediary company arranged it!”
Jin Mo said “Oh,” “How long has your boss been here?”
Xiaolian thought for a moment, “More than half a month, I guess!”
“Have you seen what the boss looks like?” Jin Mo knowingly asked again.
Xiaolian shook her head wildly.
“The boss rarely comes out, and always wears a mask, so I haven’t seen his face!”
Jin Mo pursed his lips and waved at Xiaolian.
“Okay, you go and get busy!”
Xiaolian said “Okay” and turned around to leave.
Jin Mo suddenly called out.
“Oh, right, Xiaolian, increase the duration of my room to one year!”
Xiaolian was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed!
“Okay!”
Xu Jiahao kicked him.
“One year? Are you crazy!”
Jin Mo smiled, “Anyway, it’s going from my pocket to my brother’s pocket, so there’s not much loss!”
Xu Jiahao was shocked again, thinking that made sense!
“What about Fei Wu and the others?”
Jin Mo got up, preparing to walk towards the small kitchen, and replied, “I’ll ask him later whether he wants to continue staying here or go back, depending on what he wants.”
Xu Jiahao replied “Okay.”
“You go upstairs first, and order food with Fei Wu, I’m going to freeload a meal from my brother!” Jin Mo said, and walked straight towards the small kitchen.
Xu Jiahao grabbed him.
“Are you sure you can freeload a meal?”
“Might as well try! How would I know if I don’t try?”
Jin Mo shook off Xu Jiahao’s hand and cheerfully walked towards the small kitchen.
Bai Xian was washing vegetables in the small kitchen.
Jin Mo gently knocked on the door twice, then pushed the door open, leaned against the doorway, and gave the person who turned to look at him a bright smile.
“Hi, we meet again!”
Bai Xian raised his eyebrows and glanced at him, then lowered his head and continued washing vegetables.
Jin Mo blinked his eyes, walked into the small kitchen, and walked to his brother’s side!
Bai Xian’s body stiffened, and the colored pepper in his hand fell down.
Jin Mo reached out, “I’ll lend a hand!”
Saying that, he directly reached for the colored pepper in the water.
Bai Xian also happened to be reaching for the colored pepper that he dropped.
The two hands accidentally touched in the water.
Bai Xian instantly withdrew his hand and glanced at Jin Mo coldly.
Jin Mo’s heart felt like it had been stung by a bee, both painful and numb!
Only at this moment did he clearly understand one thing: the person in front of him was his brother, was Jin Baiyan, but was not his brother, nor the original Jin Baiyan.
His brother would never look at him with that kind of gaze!
Jin Mo was hurt by his gaze!
He stared at the colored pepper in the sink for a long time, trying hard not to care, not to be sad, but he could never suppress the urge to cry that surged in his heart.
He said softly, “I’m sorry!”
After saying that, he left the small kitchen.
Bai Xian stood in front of the bathroom sink, his hands resting on the edge of the sink, his eyes always lowered.
His mind was filled with Jin Mo’s surprised and hurt eyes!
Jin Mo was just hurt by him!
He didn’t do it on purpose, it was just a kind of instinctive protection!
Standing by the sink, his heart was flustered!
What was he afraid of?
Afraid that Jin Mo would never want to see him again!
Why?
They were strangers!
There was no Jin Mo in his memory! Not at all!
Then why was he afraid that Jin Mo would ignore him?
Bai Xian was very confused, and lost the mood to cook.
He walked straight to the table beside him, like a sculpture, not moving for a long time.
Jin Mo walked out of the small kitchen, but did not go directly upstairs.
He was indeed hurt! And hurt badly.
There was even an urge to cry.
After walking out, he sat on the sofa, calmed down, and felt that he was being melodramatic.
The reason why he felt hurt was still because he thought from the bottom of his heart that the person in front of him, no matter how he changed, was still the Jin Baiyan who loved him so much that he was mentally unstable.
Therefore, he approached him without fear.
He said he didn’t care, said that he wouldn’t retreat no matter how difficult it was, but in the end, a cold gaze made him collapse!
Jin Mo, Jin Mo!
You once received Jin Baiyan’s favoritism and doting, but that has already been lost by you. Now, he is not the former Jin Baiyan.
Everything has returned to the beginning!
Wasn’t the original Jin Baiyan someone who didn’t speak, didn’t smile, didn’t cry, and was indifferent and aloof?
The reason why you feel hurt is because you compared the two and created a huge psychological gap!
This is not right!
Thinking of this, Jin Mo understood where his problem lay.
He said that this was a new Jin Baiyan and needed to be reacquainted with, but in fact, he didn’t completely think so in his heart.
Jin Mo took a deep breath, stood up, and rubbed his face hard, to restore his bright smile again.
Feeling that he had recovered almost enough, he got up and walked towards the small kitchen.