Xin Yuan has had no one to discipline him since his mother passed away. Mr. Xin is busy with work every day, which has made Xin Yuan develop a troublesome personality. I don't know how much headaches he has caused to people around him.
But on this day, he finally gave in.
"You...what are you looking at?"
Xin Xiaolu turned her head to look at him, and smiled at him faintly amid the terrifying sound effects, "I'm watching a movie. It's very interesting. Come join me, brother."
In Xin Yuan's eyes, a ghost with a miserable death was appearing on the huge TV screen. A pair of black eyes kept getting bigger and bigger on the screen, making Xin Xiaolu's smiling face look very strange - his cheap sister didn't like to laugh, and every time she suddenly laughed, people felt uncomfortable on their backs.
Since seeing her burying something in the garden in the middle of the night, Xin Xiaolu ran into her twice when he got up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night. She stood in the darkness at the end of the corridor, neither talking nor moving, which scared Xin Yuan so much that he almost peed his pants. He also found that Xin Xiaolu loved watching horror movies. Usually, there were only the two of them and Sister Yang in the house. Sister Yang was always outside chatting with the neighbor's nanny, and the two of them often stayed together in the house. Xin Yuan watched Xin Xiaolu playing those different horror movies every day.
Even if Xin Yuan only saw a little bit occasionally, he was still scared, especially at night when he was alone in the room. He would always think of those scenes unconsciously. He was afraid that something would suddenly jump out of the closet, and he was afraid that something was hiding under the bed. He was so scared that he could only wrap himself in the quilt and dared not think about making trouble. Even if he wanted to torment Xin Xiaolu, after such a period of time, he didn't dare to get close to Xin Xiaolu, especially when Xin Xiaolu was watching horror movies expressionlessly, he was even more afraid to get close.
"I don't want her to live in our house! Dad, kick her out!" Xin Yuan went to Mr. Xin to make trouble. This time, the 'she' he was referring to was Xin Xiaolu.
Although Mr. Xin didn't think much of Xin Xiaolu, he didn't have any bad feelings towards such a quiet and taciturn girl. Of course, he couldn't listen to his son's words, thinking that his son was just throwing a tantrum again. He was used to his son's behavior and simply ignored him.
This really pissed off Xin Yuan. He threatened, "If you don't kick her out, I'll run away from home! I don't want to live at home anymore!"
Mr. Xin was also angry at his recent noise, and he rarely frowned and scolded him: "How old are you? You always throw tantrums and have no manners at all. Is this what your teacher taught you in school?"
Xin Yuan was so angry that he actually ran away that afternoon. But he didn't run far, to a nearby villa community, Mr. Xin's brother's house.
Mr. Xin's brother is an even more successful businessman. The two families live close to each other, separated by a residential community. The price of Mr. Xin's villa in this community is already high enough, but the price of the villa in the community next door is even higher. Of course, a higher price means better service and scenery.
Upon learning that his son had gone to his uncle's house, Mr. Xin ignored him and let him live there, since he often "ran away from home" like this anyway.
"Xiaolu, I have something to tell you." Mr. Xin said to Xin Xiaolu with a smile. His attitude towards Xin Xiaolu was quite good, at least better than that of Xin Xiaolu's biological mother.
Xin Xiaolu put down his chopsticks and listened to him. Mr. Xin looked at his beautiful new wife and said, "Your mother and I are going on our honeymoon. We will be away for a month. During this time, you and your brother will live with your uncle. I have agreed with your uncle that they will take care of you. There is also an older brother in your uncle's family. He can also take you and your brother to play together."
This was just a notice, Xin Xiaolu had no right to refuse, and of course she didn't want to refuse, so the matter was settled. The next morning, she was sent to the home of Xin's uncle in the next community.
When Xin Yuan saw his father coming, he was happy at first, but he didn't expect that his father was here to inform him of this matter. He immediately started crying and rolling on the ground, shouting that his father was not allowed to go on his honeymoon with the vixen woman, and that Xin Xiaolu was not allowed to live with him. Mr. Xin was so angry that he almost hit him.
"Xin Yuan, get up from the ground." A young man's voice came coldly from the house.
Seeing the young man coming out of the house, Mr. Xin showed a loving smile, "Yanlai, this time the younger brothers and sisters will stay at your house for a while, please take good care of them, and keep an eye on this naughty boy, he is afraid of you."
When the little devil Xin Yuan saw his cousin Xin Yan coming, he reluctantly got up from the ground and still tried to struggle, "I don't want her to live with me! Let her go back alone!" As he said that, he pushed Xin Xiaolu hard.
Xin Xiaolu stumbled and was supported by the young man Xin Yanlai. The young man wore a pair of glasses and had a cold expression, which made him look difficult to talk to, but the hand that supported Xin Xiaolu was steady and warm. He let go of Xin Xiaolu and said sternly to Xin Yuan: "Go upstairs and finish the homework I assigned to you. If you can't finish it, don't sleep tonight. I'll watch you. You can sleep when you finish it!"
Xin Yuan's mouth pursed, and it looked like she was about to cry. Xin Yanlai said again, "Don't cry, don't lose your temper, go upstairs."
Xin Xiaolu thought the naughty boy would not give up, but he really held back his tears and went upstairs reluctantly. She couldn't help but look at Xin Yanlai more. This boy was young, but he was quite capable.
Xin Yanlai noticed her gaze and nodded at her. "My name is Xin Yanlai, and I'm your cousin. Your name is Xin Xiaolu, right? I'm four years older than you. You'll be living here this month, and you can tell me anything."
Xin Xiaolu nodded.
The stern young man greeted Mr. Xin, led Xin Xiaolu into the house, and then led her upstairs to the second floor and took her to her room, "This is your room."
He stood at the door and leaned Xin Xiaolu's luggage against the wall. "Auntie will come over to help you pack your things later. You take a rest first. I'll call you when it's time to eat."
Xin Xiaolu watched him walk all the way to the room at the end. She followed him and saw that the door was not closed. There was a large study inside. Xin Yuan was sitting there writing a test paper, scratching his head while writing. Xin Yanlai was sitting next to him, flipping through the test paper he had already written and organizing his own books.
"There's only one month left in summer vacation, and you have so much homework to do. Did you go out to play for the past month?"
"There are too many wrong answers. You should copy down the wrong answers ten times after I correct them."
"I have selected the books for you to read after class. After you finish reading, you need to write six reviews, 800 words each."
Xin Yan spoke one sentence after another, and Xin Yuan became visibly dispirited.
Xin Xiaolu: “…” Why does this boy look like a teacher, and he is so cruel and ruthless.
Xin Yuan would rather come here to write the test paper than stay at home. It seems that he was really scared by the "ghost".
For some reason, Xin Xiaolu had no enthusiasm for studying. She took a look and left quietly. This villa was quite large, and there were not many people in the house. There was no host or hostess. There was only an aunt in the kitchen humming a song while preparing meals. Xin Xiaolu made very little noise when she moved around, wandering around the house like a wandering soul.
She saw a display case filled with awards and various competition trophies, all of which had the name "Xin Yanlai" written on them. Obviously, the boy was a top student, not just an ordinary top student.
In the evening, the host and hostess of the villa came back, and Xin Xiaolu realized that Xin Yanlai also had a stepmother. The three of them treated each other with respect and did not communicate at all during the meal. Compared with the lively dinner at Mr. Xin's house, it was more like a polite business dinner. After the meal, they dispersed and did their own things.
Before Xin Xiaolu went to bed, he saw Xin Yanlai and Xin Yuan in the study. Xin Yuan was writing furiously, and Xin Yanlai was reading a book, obviously supervising them.
Xin Xiaolu had seen many students rushing to finish their homework, but she never thought that she would be one of them one day... Until three days later, when Xin Yan came to have breakfast and said to her, "I've had three days of rest, Xiaolu, starting today you will do your homework with Yuan Yuan."
Xin Xiaolu: “???”
Xin Xiaolu: "Me? Doing homework?"
Xin Yanlai: "Well, I asked my uncle. You will transfer to our school after the summer vacation and study in the fourth grade. The progress of your previous school should be similar. I brought a set of suitable summer homework. You can do it first. If you don’t understand anything, you can ask me. After you finish this set of winter vacation homework, I will help you preview the fourth grade content."
When Xin Xiaolu saw Xin Yuan, who was doing homework next to her, giving her a gloating smile, she finally realized that she had become a primary school student, and primary school students have to do homework.
How scary! After she became a ghost, she never did her homework. Now that she has been reborn as a human being, she has to start studying again.
"I don't want to write." Xin Xiaolu refused.
Her refusal was useless. Xin Yanlai pressed her to her seat and made her do math homework for the whole morning. In the afternoon, Xin Xiaolu hid behind the thorn bushes in the backyard garden, trying to escape the oppression of little brother Yanlai. Twenty minutes later, she was found. Xin Yanlai personally led her back and watched her do Chinese homework for the whole afternoon.
Xin Yuan bumped her arm during the break, looking down on her. "You still want to run away? You can't. My cousin has a hundred ways to make you come back to study."
This was the first time that Xin Yuan spoke to Xin Xiaolu in such a peaceful tone. He seemed to have developed a bit of comradeship with Xin Xiaolu because they were both oppressed by their brother to study, and he was finally able to speak to her without shouting.
"You don't know, my cousin is very scary. When he gets angry, he's scarier than a ghost!" While Xin Yan was going downstairs to make tea, Xin Yuan bumped into Xin Xiaolu's hand again and started complaining to her.
Xin Xiaolu: Naughty boy, is your sister very familiar with you
She ignored the naughty kid. Xin Yuan got angry and raised his hand to pull her braids, but was caught by Xin Yanlai on the spot.
Xin Yanlai looked at his trembling cousin, was silent for a moment, and said, "It seems that I haven't assigned you enough tasks."
That night, Xin Xiaolu started hanging out again. She calculated the time and stood at Xin Yanlai's door. Sure enough, after a while, Xin Yanlai opened the door and came out with a teacup in his hand. He saw the little girl standing in the dark, paused, and asked her, "What's wrong?"
"Are you having a nightmare, or are you not used to sleeping here?" Xin Yanlai exudes the brilliance of a socialist successor.
Xin Xiaolu took a step back, walked into his room, closed the door and went back to sleep.
The next day, Xin Yanlai called the family doctor to examine Xin Xiaolu.
"You sleepwalked in the middle of the night yesterday. Did you know that? Don't be afraid. Let the doctor check you out." Xin Yanlai said to Xin Xiaolu very seriously.
The author has something to say: A campus novel with a unique style. Okay, okay, it’s almost time to enter the campus line.