Du Ruoxin left the restaurant and called Kristino as she walked, "Brother, where are you?"
Kristino glanced at the diamond watch on his wrist. An hour and five minutes had passed, and she had finally remembered him.
"Brother?" Du Ruoxin called again when he didn't speak.
"Mhm," Kristino softly replied, closing his eyes, raising his hand, and massaging his throbbing temples.
He had a headache from not sleeping all night.
"Where are you?" Du Ruoxin's soft voice was extremely gentle.
Kristino still didn't speak, only tapping his index finger on the desk, making a rhythmic thudding sound.
Like a beating heart, it made Du Ruoxin unconsciously nervous.
Was her big brother angry?
Was he upset that she hadn't spoken to him after waking up, and had severed their mental connection?
Alas!
To appease her big brother's sensitive, boy-like, fragile heart, Du Ruoxin said coquettishly, "Why aren't you talking? I want to see you."
"13th floor," Kristino said hoarsely.
After drinking two glasses of Maotai on the top floor, he left when he sensed Du Ruoxin had turned off her signal.
Although all the cabins on the ship were full, Kristino easily found a royal suite.
"Okay."
After hanging up the phone, Du Ruoxin went to the 13th floor. The door was already open, and several bodyguards bowed respectfully and said, "Miss."
Du Ruoxin nodded and walked inside.
Seeing Trevor, she asked, "Where's my brother?"
Trevor pointed to the second floor, "The master is upstairs."
Du Ruoxin quickly moved towards the stairs, but after taking two steps, she turned back and asked, "Has he had lunch?"
Trevor shook his head, "He hasn't had a drop to drink since last night."
Du Ruoxin: "—"
Frowning, she walked down the stairs, "Is there anything to eat?"
Trevor replied, "Yes, I just ordered room service."
Du Ruoxin went to the dining table, picked up high-protein, high-fiber foods like fish, salmon, golden shrimp, and vegetables, and carried them upstairs.
The study door was unlocked, so she directly turned the handle.
The moment she opened the door, Du Ruoxin frowned.
In broad daylight, why had her brother closed the windows so tightly and not turned on the lights!
It was so dark!
A chilling, eerie feeling emanated from within.
Du Ruoxin shivered and called out as she turned on the lights, "Brother?"
In the light, Kristino was sitting on the sofa, staring blankly at a pistol.
Du Ruoxin: "————"
How terrifying!
Was her big brother going to kill someone again?
Du Ruoxin quickly ran over, put down the food tray, and snatched the pistol. "Trevor said you haven't eaten."
Holding the heavy gun in her hand, her heart felt indescribably heavy.
Fortunately, they were in international waters now. Otherwise, if they were caught, according to Country A's laws, her brother would go to jail!
Du Ruoxin glanced around and decisively placed the gun as far away as possible.
Then she pulled open the curtains, letting the sunlight in.
"A person is iron, rice is steel, and one meal not eaten leads to hunger." Du Ruoxin walked to the table and placed the knife and fork in front of him.
However, Kristino didn't even look, his eyes fixed on Du Ruoxin.
Du Ruoxin felt a little uncomfortable under his gaze and couldn't help but touch her face with her hands, "Is there something dirty on my face?"
Alas.
Kristino sighed, stood up, and approached her step by step.
His tall, imposing figure pressed down like Mount Tai, making Du Ruoxin a little nervous, and she kept backing away.
Until she had nowhere else to retreat.
"Xin'er, if you dismiss Trevor again, he will have no reason to live."
The people he gave her, if she didn't want them, they could only meet death.
Du Ruoxin's face suddenly turned pale, "Brother~!"
She had told him not to be so temperamental, not to be so temperamental, but why did her big brother still threaten her with death at the slightest provocation?
He wasn't like this before. Ever since he underwent the family inheritance trials, he had changed completely.
What had happened to him during those years?
Du Ruoxin patted her big brother's hand, "I know, I'll let Trevor follow you every day from now on."
"You eat first?"
Seeing that her big brother was still unmoved, Du Ruoxin pushed him to the table, "I haven't eaten either, keep me company."
"Mhm?" Kristino looked at her doubtfully, but then, the corners of his lips curved slightly.
He could already smell the chili on her breath, and she claimed she hadn't eaten?
But since Du Ruoxin was willing to lie, how could he bear to expose her?
Kristino picked up his chopsticks and, out of habit, picked up food she liked and put it into her bowl, as if this action were etched into his bones.
Du Ruoxin: "—"
For some reason, she suddenly felt a pang of sadness.
"Brother," she called out.
Kristino looked up, his eyes full of doting, "Mhm?"
What is it?
Without thinking, Du Ruoxin blurted out, "I love you."