Reborn through an arranged marriage, I awakened the Shennong farming system.

Su Bai was so engrossed in studying the system that he didn't even notice Su Yangxia's arrival immediately, let alone Su Chengjun who was following behind Su Yangxia.

"Second Brother," Su Yangxia called out as soon as she entered the room, noticing Su Bai lying on the bed, staring blankly into space. She'd heard Su Bai had injured his head, and there might be some aftereffects!

Upon hearing the sound, Su Bai quickly snapped out of his daze from the system, turned around blankly to look at the direction from which the sound came, and frowned. It was one thing for Su Yangxia to come, but why did she bring Su Chengjun with her?

"Eldest brother, third brother."

Su Yangxia nodded slightly, placing the bouquet and fruit basket she had brought aside. Su Chengjun walked over to the bedside with a grin, casually tossing the bouquet aside and jokingly pointing at Su Bai's head injury, asking, "I heard you got this injury by stepping on a hoe? Tell me properly, how did you manage that? I've never seen anyone injured like that before, it's really hilarious!" Of course, what pleased Su Chengjun even more was Su Shengrong's attitude towards Su Bai.

Although Su Bai was chosen for a political marriage, there's no rule in society that forbids one from pursuing a career after marriage, and Su Bai's chosen marriage partner is from a reclusive family! He didn't know the significance of reclusive families before, so he didn't care, but after hearing a lot of news these past few days, he has to be wary of Su Bai.

Fortunately, Su Shengrong reassured him in time, saying that the dowry for Su Bai was a villa that was almost abandoned. Although it occupied a large area, everyone in the northern city knew that land in the western suburbs was not worth much!

So when Su Chengjun happened to learn that Su Yangxia was coming to the hospital to visit Su Bai, he quickly finished what he was doing and came right away, just to see Su Bai make a fool of himself.

In his past life, Su Bai always chose to endure Su Chengjun's jokes, but now Su Bai doesn't want to do that anymore.

Su Bai glanced at Su Chengjun indifferently, "Third brother, did you come to see me or to watch a play? If you came to see me, you've already seen me, so please leave! If you came to watch a play, I'm sorry, you've come to the wrong place. If you want to watch a play, please go to the theater, where they can perform any kind of play."

Su Chengjun was stunned. How dare Su Bai speak to him like that?

"you..."

Su Chengjun raised his hand to hit Su Bai, but Su Yangxia stopped him, saying, "This is a hospital. Do you want to make a scene and embarrass the Su family?"

Su Yangxia spoke softly, but her words carried great weight in Su Chengjun's ears. Su Chengjun gritted his teeth in resentment and said angrily to Su Bai, "We'll see!" He remembered her as nothing more than a pawn!

After Su Chengjun made his harsh words, he left. Only then did Su Yangxia turn around and look at Su Bai, whose expression had not changed at all from beginning to end. "Second brother's personality is really interesting."

Su Bai rolled her eyes. "What is Big Brother saying? I don't understand!"

Upon hearing this, Su Yangxia's expression became even more intriguing. She approached Su Bai step by step, "In that case, let me say something that you can understand. Why did you buy shares in a company that you knew was already losing money? In the two days you've been hospitalized, half of the dowry Father gave you has probably already been used up!"

"You investigated me!" Su Bai's gaze towards Su Yangxia was full of aggression and defensiveness. He had liked Su Yangxia for eight whole years in his past life, but he never knew Su Yangxia was so wary. Would his purpose be exposed? How exactly did Su Yangxia discover the clues?

"No, no, no," Su Yangxia sat down next to Su Bai, held up a finger and waved it in front of Su Bai, her gentle eyes filled with laughter: "I'm thinking of my second brother. That money is the foundation for his future livelihood. What would happen if it all disappeared all at once?"

Su Yangxia didn't know what was wrong with him. Compared to Su Bai's indifferent and uncaring attitude, he preferred Su Bai to show other expressions, like when they first met and now.

He always felt that Su Bai's attitude towards him was genuine at this moment!

If that's the case, then he had never interacted with Su Bai before. He admits that Su Bai, being an illegitimate child, was hostile towards him, the legitimate son. So where did this defensiveness and hatred come from?

Su Yangxia really wanted to find out the reason behind this.

"Brother, you're so busy, yet you still have time to care about me. You've really gone to a lot of trouble!" Su Bai was surprised to see the smile on Su Yangxia's face and realized that he had revealed his true feelings. He quickly composed himself and said with a forced smile, "I'm different from you, brother. I don't know anything about stocks. I just heard online that stock trading is a quick way to make money, so I decided to give it a try. I didn't expect to pick such a bad stock."

"Really?" Su Yangxia looked at Su Bai's face, which was now covered by another mask, and regretted that she hadn't carefully appreciated the real expression on Su Bai's face earlier. "Then do you want me to teach you? Although I can't guarantee that I can make money, I can still make sure I don't lose money."

"No need for you to trouble yourself, brother!" Su Bai refused without hesitation. He didn't want to have any relationship with Su Yangxia other than that of enemies. "As the saying goes, once bitten, twice shy. I've been fooled before, so I definitely won't throw money into it again."

"That's such a pity..." Su Yangxia shrugged and said, "I thought I could take this opportunity to bring us brothers closer." Suddenly, he leaned close to Su Bai's ear, his gentle eyes flashing with a teasing glint, and said, "To be honest, I felt like I had met you before when I first met you, Second Brother!"

The skin that was hit by Su Yangxia's hot breath instantly broke out in goosebumps. Su Bai pushed Su Yangxia back abruptly and held his breath, saying, "I don't feel that way!"

"Really?" Su Yangxia wasn't annoyed when Su Bai pushed him away. Instead, a hint of interest flashed in his eyes. He had brought out the hidden side of Su Bai again. How interesting!

Su Bai suddenly met Su Yangxia's smiling eyes, which were full of interest, and his thoughts immediately flew far away.

In his previous life, no matter when, as long as Su Yangxia looked at him with those smiling eyes, Su Bai would surrender unconditionally. At that time, he would agree to whatever Su Yangxia said, even if it was to spare Su Shengrong's life.

Su Bai was completely captivated by Su Yangxia's smiling eyes, like a drowning person who knows the deeper he sinks, the greater the danger, but he just won't float to the surface. Even though the lifebuoy is right next to him, he is held back by that deep, soul-devouring gaze, and completely forgets to grab the lifebuoy.

stop!

I can't think about it anymore.

His falling for Su Yangxia was a mistake from the start, and the final facts proved that Su Yangxia never had feelings for him from beginning to end. Why should he waver for Su Yangxia?

"Brother, you are the eldest son of the Su family. You have everything I've ever dreamed of since childhood, including Father and everything else. There's no way we can ever have a good relationship. Maintaining a superficial peace would be good enough; I simply can't do more than that." Su Bai said coldly to Su Yangxia, while inwardly warning himself, Su Yangxia is my enemy! Su Yangxia is my enemy! Su Bai, you are not allowed to have feelings for him again!

"But what if I want to have a good relationship with you?" Su Yangxia deliberately contradicted Su Bai, and he couldn't explain why he treated Su Bai differently.

His mother committed suicide due to depression caused by his father's infidelity. He hated all illegitimate children and their mothers from the bottom of his heart. Whether it was Su Chengjun, Su Mo, or Su Qi, Su Yangxia felt the same way. He brought them back to use them. From beginning to end, Su Yangxia simply treated them as pawns without any personal feelings involved. But Su Bai was different.

Before meeting Su Bai, Su Yangxia's thoughts about him were no different from those of Su Chengjun and the others, but after meeting Su Bai, his thoughts changed.

It became so abrupt and unnatural, yet he was also pleasantly surprised by this change.

"..." Su Bai really didn't know how to respond when Su Yangxia suddenly said that. He had tried his best to avoid Su Yangxia in this life, so why did things still turn out differently than he expected? Could it be that in this life he still couldn't escape the fate of being shot by Su Yangxia and then being sent to the altar by some unknown person to drain all his blood?

While Su Bai remained silent, Su Yangxia sat back down in front of him, leaned closer, and whispered, "How about you promise me, second brother, that I'll treat you like my own brother?"

Su Yangxia's words carried a seductive power, and Su Bai was almost swayed. If he hadn't remembered the time Su Yangxia had mercilessly shot him in his previous life, he would have been completely swayed.

"Big brother, you're really joking. By blood, aren't we half-brothers?"

Su Yangxia paused slightly, then slowly said, "Second brother, you're quick-witted. It seems this injury isn't serious after all."

"It wasn't a big deal to begin with. Even the doctor said I could be discharged tomorrow and go home to recuperate." In his previous life, Su Bai was fooled by Su Yangxia in the same way, allowing him to act recklessly because of his affection for her. But in this life, Su Bai will never give Su Yangxia any chance to hurt him.

no way!

Su Yangxia stepped back a little and said happily, "That's wonderful!"

“I think so too!” Su Bai calmly met Su Yangxia’s gaze.

Unable to see any more vivid expressions on Su Bai's face, Su Yangxia straightened his clothes and stood up. "Second brother, I'll be waiting for you to come home." Anyway, there's plenty of time in the future; he'll have time to slowly peel off the mask Su Bai wears, and he'll surely be very satisfied with the expression beneath it.

Su Bai didn't want to respond to Su Yangxia's words, and even felt a little ironic upon hearing them. In his previous life, Su Yangxia probably had no idea how much he wanted to hear those words from her mouth, but now, she had said them so easily, and sincerely at that.

How pathetic!

He obtained what he couldn't have in his previous life, but his state of mind was completely different.

Just as Su Yangxia was about to leave, his phone beeped, as if someone had sent him a message. Su Yangxia took out his phone and glanced at it, his ears turning slightly red. "Second brother, see you at home." With that, he walked out with slightly hurried steps.

Su Bai saw Su Yangxia's reaction. In his previous life, he had guessed that Su Yangxia had someone she liked, but he was so in love with Su Yangxia at the time that he didn't pay any attention to this matter. Now it seems that Su Yangxia has fallen for someone so early.

I wonder who the owner of the phone is?

Speaking of cell phones, Su Bai quickly searched for the cell phone and SIM card he had bought on the way to the bank. Although he wasn't sure if Su Yangxia knew about his stock purchases because there was something wrong with the spare phone Uncle Xin had given him, Su Bai still abandoned the spare phone for safety's sake.