Li Wei opened the refrigerator and found two tomatoes, two eggs, and a small box of shredded pork. How to prepare dinner with just this little thing.
She had no choice but to steam rice and make shredded pork with Beijing sauce. Tomato and egg soup.
"There seems to be nothing extra at home, so let's just eat some. When I'm on vacation, I'll come over and help you fill in some ingredients. You won't be unable to find anything to eat when you come back late at night."
Li Jianbo smiled nonchalantly: "I rarely eat at home when I am alone. It is not good to buy too many things and put them away."
The brother and sister had dinner together, and it was almost ten o'clock. It’s really a “late” meal. Li Jianbo washed the dishes, and Li Wei helped clean the house. Then she cleaned out and changed a pile of dirty clothes from Li Jianbo's house. She sorted them into categories, throwing some into the washing machine and soaking some in a basin.
"It's so late, don't wash it."
"No, the clothes are almost piled up. If you don't wash them out, I'm afraid you won't even have a change of clothes."
The washing machine was humming and she was squatting down to help wash the dirty clothes in the basin. There were dirty socks and pants with unknown stains on them. I even tried scrubbing them with a brush several times, but they still couldn't get rid of the dirt.
"Second brother, it seems that there is no mistress in this family. You are not young anymore. Do you want to be a bachelor for the rest of your life? My mother always urges me to find someone to get married soon. It seems that I should urge you. There is no woman in the family. It doesn’t feel like home.”
Li Jianbo smiled and said: "Don't I have you? I want another woman."
Li Wei put in another basin of water to rinse. She said without raising her head: "Second brother, don't joke with me. What I said is serious."
"That sentence of mine was inappropriate."
Li Wei glanced at him and thought to himself that this man obviously didn't drink, so what nonsense was he talking about.
Li Jianbo looked at Li Wei's busy figure, and he occasionally helped out. The two of them worked together and finally the clothes were hung up to dry.
Li Wei went downstairs. It was time to wash up and go to bed. He had to get up early tomorrow.
Li Jianbo was full of things, and he knew in his heart that if they didn't take the first step, they would never make any progress. In the past, he was always waiting for the right time to appear. At this moment he understood that there was no time specially prepared for him. Everything depends on his own control.
Li Wei walked out in home clothes: "Second brother, your clothes are too long."
Li Jianbo turned around and took a look, only to see his sister put on the dark blue pajamas that he had only worn once. Li Wei rolled up the trousers several times. Although the length was appropriate, it was very wide. The top is short-sleeved, but it is still empty on the body. Seeing that water was still dripping from her hair, he hurriedly said, "Are you ready to sleep without drying it off? Come here!"
Li Wei walked over obediently, and Li Jianbo found a dry towel to wipe his sister's hair.
"Your hair is of good quality, so don't cut it. Let it grow longer."
Li Wei said: "I'm used to short hair. It's easy to take care of and easy to dry after washing."
The two brothers and sisters were talking to me one after another, saying random things here and there. After wiping for a while, I took a hair dryer and dried my hair completely. Li Wei said he wanted to go back to his room and go to sleep.
But Li Jianbo suddenly pulled her back: "Wei, don't leave in a hurry."
Li Wei turned her head and looked at her second brother in surprise. She felt that something was wrong with his second brother today.
"Talk to me."
It was getting late, and both of them had to go to work tomorrow, but Li Wei thought that his second brother was usually alone at home, with no one to talk to, so he must be lonely. She sat down obediently.
"What do you want to tell me?"
Li Jianbo looked at her and couldn't help but touch her freshly washed hair that still smelled of orange flowers. He stroked it gently, and it was clear that he had already laid out the manuscript, but he had thousands of words to say but didn't know which sentence to start with.
“Wei Wei, why don’t you move back?”
"No, it's too far away for me to work when I move back. It's not very convenient to have to drive for another twenty minutes, and I think it will cause you a lot of trouble... so it's better to live separately."
As soon as she finished speaking, he suddenly reached out and took Li Wei into his arms.
Li Wei's heart suddenly beat very fast, and he was indescribably nervous. Second brother, what is he going to do
"Don't go, I need you."
Although they are brother and sister, the distance is still too close. Li Wei hurriedly tried to sit down, but Li Jianbo said, "I have a lot to say to you. Don't get up in a hurry, just lean on me like this."
"No..." Before the following words were uttered, Li Jianbo suddenly leaned down and kissed her face gently, and touched her lips with his fingers. Before he could take the next step, his face was covered with tears. Li Wei slapped him.
That slap was extremely crisp. Li Wei took advantage of Li Jianbo's confusion to stand up, blushing and said: "Second brother, you are crazy, I am your sister!"
"You are Li Minghua's daughter, and I am not his son. I don't even know my last name. How can we be brothers and sisters?" In desperation, he naturally shouted out everything.
Li Wei looked at him with an unreasonable expression. Why did this usually gentle brother suddenly become a different person today? He obviously didn't drink today.
"So what's wrong with me liking you!"
Li Wei looked at him in shock, her lips trembling slightly, and she was speechless for a moment. There was only one thought in her mind at the moment, get out of here!
Li Wei returned to the room, changed her clothes, and took the car keys.
When she was about to rush out, Li Jianbo caught up with her: "It's so late, where are you going?"
"Second brother is obsessed and needs to calm down. It's not convenient for me to disturb you. You should take care of yourself." Li Wei never looked at the man behind her who was very strange to her. She put down these words and twisted. Just run away.
She was restless all the way, but she finally returned to her small rented apartment safely.
Li Wei didn't even think about changing clothes. She lay on her back on the bed and covered her face with one hand. The shock that Li Jianbo brought to her still hadn't passed. Second brother, he must be crazy! This was the only conclusion she came to.
Soon the phone rang, she glanced at the caller ID and hung up without thinking. Five minutes later, the phone rang again, but she still hung up.
When Li Jianbo called for the third time, she simply turned off her phone.
Li Wei stared blankly at the lights on the ceiling. She remembered the summer of her second year in junior high school. At that time, she worked hard to save money to sign up for the competition. After working hard for more than a month, the money she saved was still not enough. Later, she still relied on her second year of junior high school. Her brother's help allowed her to achieve her wish. At that time, the second brother was wearing a clean white shirt that smelled like sunshine. Now he is wearing a white coat and smells like disinfectant. Reunited ten years later, Li Wei still couldn't figure out her second brother's thoughts. In her heart, his second brother would always look like the same young man as before.
(End of chapter)