Chapter 774: Rubbing Salt in the Wound, You Mengmeng

In a dim room, a man sat shirtless in a corner.

A thick towel was draped over his head, and his right hand was wrapped in white bandages.

In places, the white bandages had already been stained crimson with blood.

The man sat in silence, and more silence...

It was as if the entire space had frozen solid.

You Hu remembered being reduced to tears by Chen Ye, and felt the blood in his whole body boiling and burning.

You Hu had little to say about his fight with Wang Yu.

Wang Yu was strong, but still fell a little short when facing him.

But...

When he thought back to his fight with Chen Ye, You Hu felt unwilling to accept how things had gone.

Chen Ye was strong. That was a fact.

But he hadn't had a proper, all-out fight with Chen Ye.

Although he had thrown the strongest punch he could, he hadn't fought with everything he had.

He still had the strength to fight again.

Even knowing he would still lose in the end, You Hu had wanted to be defeated only after squeezing out every last bit of strength in his body.

He hadn't wanted to be reduced to tears by a single punch!

It was just... so damn humiliating.

He was You Hu!

The sixth seat of Guard Team Thirteen!

He had wanted to defeat Chen Ye fair and square in front of all those people.

Instead, Chen Ye had defeated him fair and square!

That punch had hurt like hell!

Even someone like You Hu never wanted to experience that kind of pain again.

Before he knew it, whenever You Hu thought of Chen Ye, a hint of fear would rise in his heart.

That made him feel even worse!

He was You Hu. How could he be afraid of another man?

“Miss Mengmeng, Brother Hu is inside!”

A survivor standing guard at the door suddenly called out. It was clear that his little sister had come to visit.

Though You Mengmeng wasn't very old, she was no pushover in a fight. That was why many people called her Sister Mengmeng, while others called her Little Sister Mengmeng.

You Hu tugged the towel farther over his head, hiding his face completely beneath it.

Right now, he didn't want his little sister to see him in such a wretched state.

“Mm, I know. I just came to see my brother. Is he doing all right?”

“...”

The two people at the door clearly didn't know how to answer that.

But You Mengmeng didn't make things difficult for them. She simply walked past and entered the room.

Then You Hu heard light footsteps.

You Hu stayed silent.

In front of his little sister, he had always been a strong, dependable, tough older brother.

And now, he had actually cried in front of her.

It was just...

So embarrassing!

So damn embarrassing!

What would his little sister think of him now?

“Brother!”

You Mengmeng called softly.

You Hu simply kept quiet. He had no idea how to face his little sister, so he might as well pretend to be mute.

“Brother, are you feeling down?”

You Mengmeng asked cautiously, seemingly intending to comfort him.

You Hu still didn't respond.

You Mengmeng carefully picked up a bottle of cola and set it beside him.

It had been restored with a Revitalization Talisman. Though most of its fizz was gone, it still tasted somewhat like cola, making it one of the more popular drinks at the base.

You Hu felt a little warmth in his heart, but still didn't move.

He hadn't figured out how to face his own little sister yet.

People who'd been humiliated like that usually needed some time to rebuild their emotional defenses.

“Brother, well, I think... there's nothing wrong with you not being able to beat the Chief Seat!”

“I heard the Chief Seat is really powerful. Even the captains of Guard Teams Two, Three, and Four admire him!”

Hearing You Mengmeng say that made You Hu feel a little better.

That's right. He was the Chief Seat. Even that female demon couldn't beat him.

There was nothing embarrassing about me losing to him.

Yeah...

It's not that I'm weak!

He's just too strong!

Hmm, I didn't know my little sister was so good at comforting people.

Now that she put it that way, I do feel a little better!

You Mengmeng cautiously chose her words.

Though she was timid and seemed like a shy girl, she was actually very good at comforting people.

It was just that her brother had never needed her comfort before.

Everyone in the convoy knew it!

To avoid hurting her brother while he was in this state, You Mengmeng had rehearsed what to say several times before coming over.

She was confident that with her comfort, her brother would be able to get back on his feet and become that strong, dependable older brother again.

“Brother... well, there's nothing wrong with being reduced to tears.”

“I don't know what happened later, but I heard Sister Jiang Rou made quite a few people cry. Some of them even knelt in front of her and begged her to stop beating them!”

You Hu's face darkened beneath the towel.

No, why are you bringing that up again? I'd already forgotten about it, and now you're reminding me?

Jiang Rou made other people cry too?

Wait, why is that woman so violent? People even knelt down and begged for mercy?

Although it felt like his little sister was trying to comfort him, You Hu still found something a little off about it.

He was the Chief Seat, the sixth seat. How could you compare him to those people who knelt down and begged for mercy?

“Brother, have you ever heard that old song, ‘Men Cry Too, It's Not a Crime’?”

It's not a crime, not a crime!

If you can't even remember the lyrics, why quote the song? Aren't you worried about getting sued for copyright infringement?

“Brother, it's okay to cry once in a while. Look at me, don't I cry all the time?”

You're a girl!

And how old are you, anyway?

Can a grown man like me be compared to you?

“Brother, I promise, I promise I won't tell anyone you cried!”

You Hu's brow twitched wildly!

You won't tell anyone?

Everyone saw it already. Why would you need to tell them?

The whole place has probably been buzzing with it by now.

“Brother, I think anyone who's human cries.”

“People cry when they're sad, they cry when they're happy, and they even cry when they eat something delicious!”

“I refuse to believe there's anyone in this world who hasn't cried even once!”

“...”

You Hu gritted his teeth, feeling his face grow hotter and hotter with embarrassment.

Don't bring it up!

My little sister, can you please stop bringing it up?

I'd almost forgotten that I'd cried.

So why do you keep reminding me?

My little sister! Is this how you comfort people?

Maybe you have some special talent for being bad at comforting people.

From the moment you came in, you've kept reminding your older brother that he was just reduced to tears in a fight.

You're rubbing salt in your older brother's wound!

Stop talking, little sis!

“Brother, not many people know you cried...”

“Brother, there's nothing wrong with crying. Everyone's cried before...”

“Brother... even if it's embarrassing for a grown man to cry, it's only embarrassing. You'll get over it if you just look at it differently.”

“You have to keep looking ahead in life, right?”

“Everyone's life is a mess, and it's the same for all of us, right, Brother?”

Every one of You Mengmeng's remarks seemed like an attempt to comfort him.

But every one of them reminded You Hu that being reduced to tears by Chen Ye was a fact.

“Brother, we haven't been here very long. Besides, not many people know you. Even if you cry, they won't know who you are!”

They won't know who I am? Heh, after today, everyone will know!

Maybe people don't know Elder Hou or the Silent Council.

But the name “You Hu” will absolutely be the first one they remember!

“Brother, the people who came today don't know who you are either. Nobody knows you, so what's there to be afraid of?”

They don't know me? The first person they'll meet when they get here is your brother!

Just as You Mengmeng was about to say something else,

You Hu finally couldn't take it anymore and yanked the towel off his head.

“Mengmeng, I know you mean well! But... stop talking! Your brother can't take it anymore...”

At that moment, You Hu's heart was bleeding.

Being reduced to tears by Chen Ye had originally hurt him only fifty percent.

But his own little sister, You Mengmeng, had made that hurt jump to eighty percent.

Looking at her red-faced brother, You Mengmeng said excitedly, “Brother, you're better now!?”

“Hehe... I knew it, I knew I was good at comforting people!”

“Whenever anyone in the convoy was feeling down, I comforted them just like this!”

You Hu's expression became extremely strange. “You always comfort people like this?”

You Mengmeng nodded enthusiastically. “Yep!”

You Hu nodded stiffly. “Little sis, you're very good at comforting people. Don't do it again.”