Sheng Yingying just bought her brother a breakfast worth three figures, but she was dragged home by her brother who refused to take any loss and was forced to do hard labor for the whole day.
After returning home, the brother and sister started cleaning the house, and they were busy until the evening before they finally cleaned the house. Throughout the day, Sheng Yingying mopped the floor, wiped the table, and took down the sheets and quilts in the master bedroom and the guest bedroom and put them in the washing machine. She was so busy that she wanted to escape from this door countless times, but her brother seemed to have a pair of clairvoyant eyes, and he could always see through her thoughts at a glance, and then go to the door to block her first.
Sheng Yingying asked the heavens in despair: "What on earth is my brother?"
Xia Zhi’s answer was:
"Wipe the table more carefully. Why do you have feelings for that dust? Are you so reluctant to wipe it?"
"There's a question that has been on my mind for twenty years. Did your mother forget to give you a cerebellum when she was pregnant with you? With your sense of balance, you can fall down even if you stand on a coffee table. A cripple can walk more steadily on a single-plank bridge than you!"
"You can actually wrap yourself in a blanket! In a way, you are pretty amazing. Don't come out yet. I will record a video and play it at your wedding later."
"You wait for the takeaway. I'm going to take a shower first. I'm sweating all over and I feel really uncomfortable."
Sheng Yingying was speechless: Who doesn't sweat? She also wanted to take a shower and change into clean clothes right away! Her brother didn't care about his sister at all.
Sheng Yingying slumped on the sofa, a popsicle in her mouth, shaking her head in disgust - based on her brother's usual attitude towards her, he actually dared to compare him with the male god, he really has no idea at all!
He can still find a girlfriend like this. His future sister-in-law must have been deceived by her brother's appearance. She will definitely regret it after a long time! If this happens, not only will I not try to reconcile, I will also drive a forklift to take my sister-in-law away overnight!
What good girl can stand her brother's bad temper!
While Sheng Yingying was unscrupulously slandering her brother in her heart, she had already imagined her future sister-in-law as an innocent girl who was deceived by her brother's appearance. Adhering to the good virtue of girls helping girls, she decided to save her innocent sister-in-law who had gone astray.
However, the plan to save the innocent little white flower is a long and arduous journey. Sheng Yingying's most urgent task now is to get to know her sister-in-law first, otherwise she will have nowhere to fork over even with her forklift...
I don’t know if her selfless spirit of sacrificing her own relatives for the sake of justice moved God. She was still thinking about how to get her sister-in-law’s identity information from her brother. The next second, her innocent sister-in-law called her.
Xia Zhi went to take a shower without his phone, so he put it on the coffee table. His incoming call reminder was on vibration. The phone kept buzzing on the coffee table, and Sheng Yingying thought it was the rider calling, so she wanted to help him answer it. But when she took it and looked at it, she didn't dare to move.
Caller ID: [Clingy] with a bright red heart in front.
Hey~~~ He's almost thirty years old, but he's still so childish when it comes to love! Sheng Yingying looked disgusted, but it didn't stop her from taking pictures with her phone—she must not miss any opportunity to laugh at her brother!
The phone was still on hold. Sheng Yingying was a little hesitant. She had often helped answer the phone when her brother was busy. But this call was obviously very special, and she didn't know if her brother would be angry if she answered it rashly. But on the other hand, this was a great opportunity to meet her sister-in-law alone, and she didn't want to waste it.
Sheng Yingying grabbed her cell phone and quickly ran to the bathroom door, knocked on the door and shouted inside: "Brother, sister-in-law called you! Are you out? How about I answer the phone for you first?" She waited for two seconds symbolically, and without waiting for her brother to speak, she hurriedly said, "Then I'll answer it for you!" After that, she couldn't wait to press the answer button.
"Hello?" She had to leave a good impression on her future sister-in-law when they met for the first time, so Sheng Yingying raised her throat and asked sweetly, "Is this sister-in-law? I'm Xia Zhi's sister, my name is Sheng Yingying. Hello."
There was silence on the other side for a while before a voice was heard.
"sister in law?"
“Sheng Yingying!”
"Ah!" The bathroom door beside her was suddenly opened, and a wet head poked out from behind the door. Her brother's beautiful eyes without glasses were misty and looked a little sharp, so Sheng Yingying's heart trembled unconsciously, and she didn't pay much attention to the voices that sounded on the phone with her brother.
Xia Zhi calmly reached out: "Give me the phone."
Sheng Yingying reluctantly handed over the phone and muttered dissatisfiedly: "I just want to say hello to my sister-in-law, why are you so nervous? It's hard for me not to doubt your feelings for my sister-in-law. Is my sister-in-law so shameful!"
Xia Zhi looked at her sister with pity: "I'm doing this for your own good. I'm worried that you'll faint when you see your sister-in-law."
Sheng Yingying disagreed: "Forget it! Even if my sister-in-law is a female president, I won't faint from fright."
"I'll let you see it." Xia Zhi was too lazy to talk nonsense with her sister and decisively closed the bathroom door. At the bathroom door, Sheng Yingying scratched her face in confusion. She felt that the look her brother gave her before closing the door was meaningful. In addition, she didn't notice her sister-in-law talking on the other end of the phone when she was interrupted by her brother just now. But she didn't know if she misheard it. Her sister-in-law's voice seemed a little rough...
Sheng Yingying swallowed in shock. Little White Flower's face and Li Kui's voice, this combination... is quite... unique...
In the bathroom, the legendary pure and innocent sister-in-law was also in a complicated mood.
"Sister-in-law?" Although Sheng Yingying called her sister-in-law suddenly and abruptly, Jiang Zhixia really heard it and didn't know what to think.
"Hey! She was just shouting nonsense." Xia Zhi pushed her wet bangs and told him what happened in the morning. However, she concealed what she had said, "Your sister-in-law will be jealous," and pushed the blame to her sister without any burden.
Jiang Zhixia really didn't bother about the word "sister-in-law" anymore after hearing this. She just felt helpless and said, "Why don't you tell her the truth? Is it possible that I'm really too shameful to be seen?"
Xia Zhi held his forehead and smiled bitterly. As expected, he heard it.
"It's not that I don't dare to tell her, it's just that the girl has always been curious about my future partner. I want to wait until the time is right to introduce you to her in person," Xia Zhi raised the corner of his mouth, "this way I can maximize the surprise."
Although Jiang Zhixia had never met his sister, he still remembered the scene of the girl calling him husband in a majestic manner on the phone that day. He asked doubtfully, "Are you sure it's a surprise and not a shock?"
"It doesn't matter." Xia Zhi smiled slyly, "As long as I can scare her."
Jiang Zhixia laughed dumbly: "Being your sister is quite..."
"What's that?"
"I'm quite happy." Jiang Zhixia quickly changed her words, "You are the best brother I have ever seen."
"I think so too." Xia Zhi didn't blush at all.
"So when are you going to take me to meet your sister?" Jiang Zhixia asked seriously, "Surprises are less effective the longer they are delayed, so we have to strike while the iron is hot."
"I should ask you this question." Xia Zhi said slowly, "If you don't come over, who should I take to see her?"
"So what you're saying is that you'll take me to see her as soon as I can come over?"
"Come over here first and we'll talk." Xia Zhi did not answer him directly.
"Missed me?" Jiang Zhixia's voice suddenly softened.
"A little bit, not much." Xia Zhi explained, "It's mainly because I'm not busy recently. I'll be fine when I go to work."
"When do you work?"
"I have some work to do before school starts next week."
"Then remember to think about me more these days." Jiang Zhixia requested, "Think about me after work as well."
Xia Zhi didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Or I'll just do nothing all day and just lie in bed thinking about you."
"Yeah, the bed is good, it's convenient."
"..." Xia Zhi's ears felt a little hot. Don't think he couldn't tell that this guy was doing something obscene again!
Jiang Zhixia acted as if nothing had happened, and then asked seriously, "What are you doing?"
"Take a bath." Xia Zhi pinched her hot earlobe.
"How about we video chat?" The serious appearance lasted less than half a minute before it collapsed again.
"Get lost!" Xia Zhi finally couldn't help but growl into the phone's microphone, "Your head is full of pornographic garbage! I'll kill you!"
A low laugh came from the phone.
"I won't tease you anymore. Just continue taking a shower." Jiang Zhixia seamlessly switched between seriousness and sultryness. "Don't hang up. I want to listen."
"What are you listening to?" Xia Zhi frowned, not to mention listening to the sound of him taking a shower.
"Of course I listen to your voice," Jiang Zhixia said as a matter of course, "what else could it be?"
"…" Xia Zhi was also jumping back and forth between being mad at her boyfriend and being ashamed to death, wishing she could fly back to City C and beat him up right there and then. But in the end, he still obediently didn't hang up the phone, turned on the speaker, and finished his shower while listening to his boyfriend's endless dirty talk.
When he came out of the bathroom, his neck to ears were all red, half from the steam and half from the dirty talk.
The takeaway had been delivered for a while, and Sheng Yingying couldn't wait and had already eaten. When she saw him finally come out, she couldn't help but complain, "You're so slow, the noodles are about to clumping together."
Xia Zhi pretended not to hear, sat down opposite his sister and started eating noodles. After two bites, he put down his chopsticks and said to his sister with a serious face: "Bring your partner to me first when you find one."
Sheng Yingying was holding a duck leg in her mouth with a dazed expression. How come this happened to her for no reason
"Why?" She protested, "My parents don't interfere with me."
"I don't believe in your judgment." After all, she is the one who regards Jiang Zhixia, the introverted and reserved man, as her male god. If she doesn't intervene, this girl will definitely have to dig wild vegetables all over the mountain in the future!
Sheng Yingying: “…”
The next afternoon, Xia Zhi took her sister back to her parents' home.
Xia Zhi's parents are both teachers. His father Sheng Mingyan works in a high school, and his mother Xia Junmei is a professor at U University. Now they are both retired and usually stay at home to grow flowers and play with dogs. They lead a leisurely and carefree life.
Xia Zhi moved out of his home after he started working. Although they lived in the same city, he was busy with work and only had time to go home to visit his parents on weekends and holidays.
In the past, Xia Zhi would go home and stay for a while during every winter and summer vacation. However, this year he was unable to do so due to a temporary job. In addition, he was very busy with work in the month before the vacation. In total, he has not been home for nearly half a year.
In order to welcome their son who had not returned home for a long time, the couple specially prepared a sumptuous welcoming banquet in the evening.
In fact, the couple's cooking skills are not that good. In the past, because of their busy work, they had no conditions to study cooking. The couple's cooking skills were just enough to be eaten. On weekdays, they were too busy to cook at all, and basically ate in the school cafeteria. Xia Zhi and her sister also followed their parents to eat in the school cafeteria since they were young.
Fortunately, the brother and sister had been tortured by the school cafeteria for many years and were very good at eating. Although the quality of this welcoming banquet was limited, the two were still very supportive and ate up all the dishes on the table, making their parents smile.
After dinner, the brother and sister took the initiative to wash up, and then accompanied their parents downstairs for a walk. After returning home, Sheng Yingying went straight back to the house to play games with her little sister. Xia Zhi watched TV with his parents in the living room and chatted about the work situation in the second half of the year. After talking about work, the topic naturally turned to personal life.
"How's the recording of your show going?" Sheng Mingyan was peeling an apple in his hand.
Xia Zhi stroked the dog's head on his knees and replied calmly, "There is still one episode that has not been recorded."
The dog's name is Alice. It was a stray dog that Sheng Yingying picked up when she was in school. It was born with a limp on its hind legs, but it was very well-behaved and steady, and rarely barked. Although the dog was picked up by Sheng Yingying, it was the most attached to Xia Zhi. As long as Xia Zhi was at home, it would follow him everywhere. Even when Xia Zhi sat down to rest, he would put his head on his knees to ask for a touch, which was completely unlike his usual steady self.
Xia Zhi didn't think so before, but when he came back this time, he found that Alice was simply the Jiang Zhixia of the dog world, double-standard and clingy, and her clinginess was no less than Jiang Zhixia's.
"Why haven't you finished recording yet?" Xia Junmei asked, "Didn't you say that it would only take half a month?"
"Something happened that delayed the progress."
Sheng Mingyan handed the peeled apple to his wife: "When will the last episode be recorded? Will it delay your work?"
"There is no notification about the specific recording time yet, but they will ask about my schedule before setting the time, so it won't affect my work."
"That's good." Sheng Mingyan paused and asked tentatively, "I heard Yingying say that you are more popular than many celebrities now. What do you think?"
"I know what you are worried about," Xia Zhi said with a faint smile, "I have no intention of going back, and my current life is not bad."
The couple looked at each other and both felt relieved.
They don't look down on this industry, but when you are famous, you will be surrounded by gossip. This industry is under everyone's attention, and every word and action will be magnified, which is really not free. Especially after the incident some time ago, they deeply realized what it means to be afraid of people's gossip, and now they just hope that their son can live a peaceful life.
"Don't take other shows after this one is recorded," Xia Junmei warned, "You should keep a low profile as much as possible with your current status."
"Yeah." Xia Zhi rubbed the big dog's ears and said hesitantly, "I really don't plan to go back, but it's probably not possible to completely cut off ties with this circle."
The couple frowned at him at the same time.
"What does this mean?" Sheng Mingyan asked.
"I'm dating Jiang Zhixia now." Xia Zhi said softly but firmly, "We will definitely make it public in the future."
The couple were stunned when they heard Jiang Zhixia's name.
The couple knew about their son and Jiang Zhixia's relationship early on, but they didn't know much. When Xia Zhi took Jiang Zhixia to meet his parents, he concealed the truth and only said that he liked her unilaterally. They all had a good impression of Jiang Zhixia, so they didn't stop him, which was also a disguised support for their son's decision.
However, Xia Zhi never told them about the follow-up. Later, Xia Zhi decided to study abroad, and Jiang Zhixia entered the entertainment industry and became very popular. The couple thought that Jiang Zhixia did not have such thoughts about their child, and never mentioned this person in front of their son again.
I originally thought that these two children were not destined to be together, but I didn't expect that after so many years, they would be reunited.
After a long while, Xia Junmei finally asked, "Did you get together after this reunion?"
"We really have just been together for a short time this time." Xia Zhi closed her eyes and confessed, "Mom and Dad, I'm sorry, I lied to you back then. In fact, we were already dating at that time, but I was afraid that you would not agree, so I lied to you and said that I liked him unilaterally."
Although the couple were surprised, they remained calm.
"Then why did you say you just got together not long ago?" Xia Junmei was a little confused by her son's words, "What's going on?"
Xia Zhi said: "We have been together for nine years, but later we had some conflicts and broke up after the group disbanded. After the breakup, we had no contact until we met again on the show two months ago. After the reunion, I found that I still loved him, and he had not forgotten me. He wanted to get back together with me, so I agreed."
Sheng Mingyan frowned: "If you still love each other, why did you break up in the first place?"
Xia Zhi hesitated for a while and decided not to tell them the truth. He only gave a general explanation: "At the time, we were young and impulsive, without considering the consequences. The breakup was also due to some misunderstandings and misunderstandings."
"What about now? Is it still an impulsive decision?" Xia Junmei asked.
"No, starting over with him is a decision I made after careful consideration." Xia Zhi said seriously and firmly, "When I saw him again, I found that I still wanted to be with him and spend my whole life with him."
"Are you serious?" Sheng Mingyan also asked.
"seriously."
"Does he think so?"
"Um."
"Okay." Sheng Mingyan said, "It's fine as long as you think it through."
Xia Zhi was a little surprised: "Mom and Dad, do you agree?"
Sheng Mingyan and his wife smiled at each other and said, "This is your life. You only need to be responsible for yourself. We will not interfere or intervene."
Xia Junmei also smiled and advised: "Live a good life in the future, solve problems calmly, you are not young anymore, don't lose your temper and talk properly."
"Yes, we will." Xia Zhi said with emotion, "Mom and Dad, thank you."
Sheng Mingyan added: "We won't interfere in your affairs, but we still have to bring your partner home to meet you." After all, they have decided to spend their lives together. Xia Zhi laughed: "Yes, I will bring him back to see you when the time is right."
Xia Junmei asked: "What is Xiao Jiang doing now?"
"He is currently filming in City C, and will probably shoot until the end of the year."
“It takes so long to shoot.”
"Um."
"Then let him focus on filming first, and we can talk about other things later."
"Okay." Xia Zhi thought about it and asked his parents again, "By the way, don't tell Yingying about this for now."
Both of them were puzzled. Xia Junmei asked worriedly, "Are you worried that Yingying won't be able to accept it?"
"No," Xia Zhi shook his head, raised a sly smile, and explained, "Yingying is a fan of Zhixia. I don't want to tell her yet, and give her a surprise when the time comes."
The couple was helpless. After all, they were their own son. When they saw his mouth curl up, they knew he was holding it back. Their son was smart and precocious. He was steady and serious in front of outsiders. He became a teacher in recent years and became more gentle. But he was always like a child in front of his sister. The brother and sister were nearly ten years apart, but they quarreled and fought all day long. There was no peace for a day.
The brother and sister usually just had minor quarrels that were not serious, so the couple never interfered and just let them do what they wanted. So this time they did not interfere either.
"Don't go overboard." The nature of this time was a little different, and Xia Junmei couldn't help but give one more warning.
Xia Zhi smiled and agreed: "I know, I know what's going on."
"Ah! Sneeze!"
In the bedroom, Sheng Yingying sneezed in the middle of playing a game. Because it was so sudden, it scared all the teammates in the voice channel and they were immediately criticized.
"Damn it! Sheng Yingying! You should have given me a warning before you sneezed! I used all my skills wrong!"
"Ahhh, I'm dying! Give me some milk!"
"Sorry, sorry, it felt like it happened too suddenly and I couldn't help it." Sheng Yingying rubbed her nose and quickly threw a blood-recovering skill to her low-health teammate.
"Have you caught a cold?" Teammate A asked with concern.
"No, maybe my brother is thinking of a way to play a trick on me again." Sheng Yingying narrowed her eyes, "I have a very accurate premonition in this regard. If my brother gets too depressed, I will sneeze for sure."
"Your brother?" Teammate B's tone suddenly became excited, "Teacher Xia?"
"Who else?"
"That's impossible." Teammate A was a little bit unbelievable, "Teacher Xia is so gentle, how could she bully you?"
"Bah! He's not gentle at all!" Sheng Yingying sneered, "That guy is really good at pretending. You've all been fooled by his appearance. He's actually a 100% evil pervert with a dark side!"
"Wow!" Teammate B said, "It sounds even cuter! I like this!"
Sheng Yingying: “…”
"So Mr. Xia is this kind of person in private," Teammate A suddenly realized, "No wonder you chose to chase Jiang Zhixia instead of chasing after such a great man at home."
"Oh, my brother is far inferior to my idol!" Sheng Yingying took advantage of her brother's deafness and began to slander him, "My idol is aloof, abstinent, and consistent! My brother is black-bellied, perverted, and sanctimonious! Why isn't my real brother?" She was very angry!
Thousands of miles away in City C, the legendary "consistent inside and out" aloof and abstinent male god sneezed, rubbed his nose, and took out his cell phone to send a WeChat message to his girlfriend.
[I just sneezed. Did you miss me? ]
(End of this chapter)