This Is Not the Apocalypse 02

"Is that it?" Fang Zhiyi asked.

Little Hei shook its head, then nodded. "For you, yes, but actually, there's more."

Seeing Fang Zhiyi's confused expression, it said unhurriedly, "After all, you're just a tool character. You also have a villainous younger brother."

"Huh?"

Little Hei was amused. "Didn't see that coming, did you? Hahahaha."

"There is seriously something wrong with you," Fang Zhiyi said, feeling a bit speechless. He didn't know since when Little Hei had started liking to speak in half-truths. He also noticed that Little Hei's thinking seemed much more human than before—at least in its refusal to admit defeat and its slight competitiveness.

"Your relationship with your brother, and even your parents, is very poor," Little Hei said as another scene appeared. This was before the apocalypse.

Fang Zhiyi's younger brother was named Fang Chengci. Since they were young, their parents had shown extreme favoritism. Fang Zhiyi was scolded no matter what he did, but even if Fang Chengci caused a huge disaster, their parents would cover for him. In other families, the younger brother wore the older brother's hand-me-downs, but in the Fang family, it was reversed. Anything good always went to Fang Chengci first, and Fang Zhiyi could only pick up the clothes and toys his brother didn't want.

Fang Jianshu always said that as the older brother, Fang Zhiyi should yield to his younger brother a bit, but this yielding was far more than just a little. When Fang Zhiyi ranked at the top of his class in exams, his parents didn't care. On the contrary, Fang Chengci was always at the bottom of his class, and to comfort him, Fang Jianshu constantly bought him new clothes and toys. He even bought Fang Chengci a new mobile phone back in the era when mobile phones weren't even popular yet.

Fang Zhiyi had questioned this before, but just asking a few words would only earn him his parents' reprimands.

Even when Fang Chengci deliberately broke things and pinned the blame on him, Fang Jianshu would beat him up indiscriminately.

The most rare thing was that Fang Zhiyi didn't go astray because of this; instead, he became very kind. Before the apocalypse arrived, he was admitted to a very good university, but this drew his brother's jealousy. Fang Jianshu refused to let Fang Zhiyi go to a university so far from home, even telling him to give up on going to college altogether.

"You've grown up now. You should learn to share the family's burden and take care of your brother."

For the first time, Fang Zhiyi spoke up for himself, but he only received two slaps across the face from his father.

In a fit of anger, he ran out, but just a day later, the world ushered in the apocalypse, and Fang Zhiyi lost contact with his family.

After Fang Zhiyi's death, the formidable enemy Meng Bufan encountered was none other than Fang Chengci. When a pretentious otaku met a chaotic devil, even Meng Bufan appeared much more righteous in comparison. Fang Chengci was ruthlessly slapped in the face by Meng Bufan every time, which provided plenty of the emotional value the protagonist needed.

Suddenly, someone pushed the door open. "Fang Zhiyi, I told you to deliver clothes to your brother. What are you doing just standing here?"

Fang Zhiyi turned around and saw the original owner's father. His face was cold, and his tone sounded more like an order: "Hurry up. Your brother said he's a bit cold. Don't let him catch a cold."

Fang Zhiyi sized him up with interest. "Was the original owner picked up from the trash?"

Little Hei shook its head repeatedly. "Absolutely biological. You know, some people are just truly ridiculous."

Seeing Fang Zhiyi staring at him, Fang Jianshu frowned. "What are you looking at? Move faster! School is about to let out!"

"Wait, school is letting out? If school is letting out, he can just come back and put them on himself. Why do I need to deliver them?"

Fang Zhiyi's reply was clearly beyond Fang Jianshu's expectations. "What are you talking about! You are the older brother, don't you know how to take care of your younger brother?" His voice suddenly rose.

Fang Zhiyi also frowned. "Fine, I'll go deliver them. Who asked him to have no father or mother..."

"Stop right there! What did you say!"

"Are you deaf?" Fang Zhiyi nimbly dodged Fang Jianshu's slap and slipped right out the door.

"If you have the guts, don't ever come back!"

Fang Zhiyi opened the door again. "I will come back. What are you gonna do about it?"

Today, Fang Chengci was attending a tutoring class. It was said that a single lesson cost quite a bit of money; the Fang family was certainly willing to spend on him.

"Did this kid save both their lives or something?" Fang Zhiyi clicked his tongue.

He obediently arrived at the entrance of the tutoring center. Fang Chengci, who was already standing there early, showed no respect for his older brother upon seeing him. "Hand it over. You're so slow."

Fang Zhiyi threw the clothes in his hands over to him. Fang Chengci was a bit stunned. Looking at the colorful clothes in his hands, his brain short-circuited for a moment. Then, "Fang Zhiyi! These are women's clothes!"

"You should be glad you have something to wear." Fang Zhiyi couldn't care less.

"You!"

Just then, some people walked out. They seemed to be Fang Chengci's classmates from the tutoring center, and their eyes were immediately drawn to the clothes in his hands.

"Yo, dressing pretty colorfully there, Young Master Fang."

"You're even wearing skirts?"

Fang Chengci instantly got upset. "Fang Zhiyi!"

But right after, Fang Zhiyi suddenly changed his expression. "Little brother! How could you do this? Why did you steal someone else's clothes? And women's clothes at that? Our family hasn't mistreated you, right?"

"What are you talking about..." Fang Chengci suddenly turned his head, while those classmates looked at him in astonishment.

"Petty theft is one thing, but now you've become such a pervert!" Fang Zhiyi stepped forward, snatched the clothes from his hands, and shook them out, afraid that others wouldn't see. "You're so young, why won't you learn to be good! Stealing people's clothes? You, where are our parents supposed to hide their faces now!"

As if he couldn't bear to be seen, he hopped on his bike and fled. Fang Chengci stared at his retreating back in utter shock.

He wanted to explain, but it was obvious that Fang Zhiyi's words had already taken root. Those classmates, along with others who heard the commotion, all looked at him with suspicious gazes.

Some female students even took several steps back.

"I told you he wasn't a good person. Let's stay away from him from now on."

"This is too perverted. I originally thought he was just a bit arrogant, but I never expected this."

Amidst these murmurs, Fang Chengci felt both wronged and furious, and he actually just turned and ran away.

"With a piece of work like him, there's no way he has good character. Without good character, he'll have a bad reputation. He's definitely taking the blame for this." Fang Zhiyi enjoyed the pleasant breeze.

Little Hei chuckled.

"You're still laughing. An apocalypse is an apocalypse, but you had to arrange such a ridiculously melodramatic family. This original owner really suffered."

Fang Zhiyi was very familiar with the people around the neighborhood. Mainly because he was kind and always willing to help others, everyone knew that the Fang family's eldest son had an exceptionally good personality. In contrast to that younger son, they couldn't help but shake their heads.

But no one could interfere in another family's business.

Fang Zhiyi arrived at the residential complex before Fang Chengci. However, he didn't go inside; instead, he strolled around the entrance. Soon, someone greeted him: "Xiao Fang, out running errands for the family again?"

"Yes," Fang Zhiyi smiled gently.

That auntie praised him repeatedly, and Fang Zhiyi proudly accepted this acclaim that didn't belong to him.

Little Hei looked entirely disgusted and commented, "You have no shame."