2 Sad life

The silent kept going even if Ye Xiu fell, but they heard the door open. Looking at the entrance, they all saw a familiar figure.

''Hey! Ye Xiu, why were you out of the building so early! Can't you leave a text, a message or something? If you didn't leave so early, I wouldn't be panicking. I thought you turned into a kid! Anyways, this kid says that he's Ye Xiu, do you know him???'', spat out Huang Shaotian while doing weird hand signs, and ignoring the fact that the figure in front of him was wearing a suit.

''Hm? What are you talking ab-…?'', said Ye Qiu, but stopped after looking at the smaller figure. His eyes went wide. ''Ye Xiu??'', thought Ye Qiu while pointing at his smaller twin.

''What trouble did you get into now?'', sighed Ye Qiu used to the mess that his brother makes, but doesn't mean his heart wasn't beating fast from the weird situation. From what he could see, he didn't shrink that much, he was probably smaller by 10 to 20 cm.

''...I shrank'', pouted the other. Ye Xiu had no idea how to explain this situation. What can he say? That his spine became more curved and he got smaller? No way he's not that old. He's just 28 years old.

''Huang Shaotian, I don't think that's Ye Xiu. It's probably Ye Xiu's brother, Ye Qiu, and maybe the younger boy is Ye Xiu assuming to the brother's reaction'', whispered Zhang Xinjie to the other man.

''Oh...nope, I'm not thinking anymore. I'm going to brush my teeth. Wash my face, I'll think about it later, probably just a hallucination or my eyes tricking me. Hahahahha, let's go, let's go, let's go. I'm out'', murmured Huang Shaotian while going back to his room.

Zhang Xinjie looked at him weirdly. ''Did he break'', he thought.

''Are you one of my brother's friends?'' asked Ye Qiu while patting his shameless brother's head since he never got the chance as he grew up.

The other answered with a nod instead of his mouth. He could feel the CEO tension and confidence.

''I'm going to go to the hospital for a check-up with him. Just telling you so the other guys don't panic because of Xiu-di disappearance. Sorry for not introducing myself, but I'll properly do it later'', explained Ye Qiu while dragging his brother outside after saying his goodbyes to Zhang Xinjie. The only thing Zhang Xinjie could remember was his senior waving his beautiful and smaller hands toward him.

''Drive us to the nearest hospital'', ordered Ye Qiu to his driver that is also his guard after arriving at the car.

''Yes sir'', said the driver, confused about why the CEO was with a smaller boy. He didn't even know that Ye Qiu could be that nice to someone other than his brother. He even put on the seatbelt for the younger boy.

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''Usually, the reason for people shrinking is that your spine curves, but it takes time. So you are quite a rare case. As you age, your spine loses bone density, and the disk that divides your vertebra gets thinner. As a consequence, your spinal column gets shorter. You need an amount of calcium each day or hit the gym to keep your bones strong.'', explained the professional.

''Come stand here to see your new height, and of course, remove your slippers'', said the doctor gesturing to the stadiometer.

Ye Xiu sighed and went up lazily to the stadiometer. He could see his brother staring at him with a ''stand straight'' look. So he stood straight.

''Your new height is 163cm. Since your old height was 178cm, you shrunk by 15 cm.'', said the man. He circled the ''needs to exercise'' on the paper and gave it to Ye Qiu.

''I'm smaller than Mucheng…'', thought Ye Xiu as he cried in the inside.