"Eat if you want, or I won't."

Before she could finish speaking, Guo Lili snatched the apple from Ye Yun's hand.

"Who said I'm not eating?"

This time, she didn't wolf it down. She rolled her eyes at Ye Yun, took a bite of the apple to prevent Ye Yun from snatching it back, and then slowly ate it.

She ate that half piece of apple too quickly and didn't get a chance to fully savor its flavor.

This time, she only dared to take a small bite each time, put it in her mouth, and slowly grind it with her teeth. Her entire mouth was filled with the taste of the fruit, which enriched her taste buds.

Another issue is that this half of the apple is too small.

The previous half was cut in half by Ye Yun; it was a real half of an apple.

This piece of apple was one that Ye Yun had already taken a bite of, so it was a bit smaller.

This made her reluctant to finish eating so quickly.

At this moment, Guo Lili's hostility towards Ye Yun dissipated somewhat with the sweetness of the apple. While chewing the apple in her mouth, she asked, "Ye Yun, why are you suddenly being so nice to me? Do you feel like you haven't taken good care of me and owe me something, so you're doing this so I won't complain to my older brother?"

Ye Yun: "..."

"Hmph, don't get your hopes up. I'll tell my brother everything about how you didn't take good care of me and made me get a fever, and he'll teach you a lesson!"

Ye Yun: "..."

"However... since you're willing to give me all the apples, I won't hold it against you."

Guo Lili glanced at the apple, chuckled, and said rather smugly, "Am I generous? You should remember my kindness. Sister-in-law, I'm the apple of our family's eye. If I didn't want you to have a good time at home, you definitely wouldn't have one. You'd better try to please me!"

Ye Yun: "..."

Sure enough, he couldn't stay well-behaved for more than three seconds.

"By the way, sister-in-law, why don't you ask my brother to give me some more money?"

Guo Lili completely ignored Ye Yun's cold expression and continued talking to herself: "Or you can give me some money, and I will definitely speak well of you to him so that he will cherish you, love you, and never hit you!"

Ye Yun finally couldn't hold back anymore.

"Guo Lili, you're not exactly good-looking, but you've got pretty high and mighty dreams."

Guo Lili paused in her act of eating the apple.

But she was used to being confrontational with Ye Yun, so she softened her expression in a few seconds and smiled indifferently, "Yes, I'm just daydreaming, but ironically, my daydreaming has a chance of succeeding. Look, my older brother took me back to your home, didn't he?"

Ye Yun: "..."

This time, she was truly speechless.

It's just that Guo Lili is stupid. If she were even a little bit shrewd or had any impure thoughts, she would never have been able to get through that door.

It was mainly because Guo Lili was good to Qin Zheng when she was young.

"Hurry up and eat your food, then go home."

"Go home? Go home which home?" Guo Lili said casually, continuing to munch on her apple.

Ye Yun: "Let's go back to my home."

"Oh? Sister-in-law, the sun has risen in the west! You actually took me home on your own initiative?" Guo Lili smiled, her tone particularly sarcastic.

See? It has to be her older brother.

As long as her older brother brings her home, it's equivalent to acknowledging her identity. Even Ye Yun would have to obediently serve her and bring her home!

Guo Lili became increasingly smug, feeling that she would soon be a rich heiress.

Isn't it true that whoever has money is the boss these days?

In the past, the brigade always taught them that being poor was glorious, but what is there to be glorious about being truly poor?

She envied her classmates' new clothes and sneakers. Although she was pampered at home, she still wore second-hand clothes given to her by her older brother and sister-in-law.

No, to be precise, it's goods that have passed through countless hands and have been handled by an unknown number of people.

What's so glorious about being poor?

We should be living a good life.

Who wouldn't want to eat meat and fish every day?

Who wants to be so poor that they can't even afford to eat every day?

Ask those who eat big meals all day if they'd be willing to live a life of glorious poverty.

"Sister-in-law, you did a good job. I'll tell my brother how good you are when we get back."

Guo Lili snapped out of her reverie and said without a hint of embarrassment, "In return, you have to do me a favor. I'll speak well of you to my older brother, and you'll speak well of Wang Dong to my older brother so he'll agree to my marriage with Wang Dong. How about that?"

Not very good.

Just as Ye Yun was about to speak, a commotion suddenly broke out outside, and a familiar figure abruptly rushed into the ward.

"Lili! Lili, what's wrong with you!" Wang Dong rushed to Guo Lili's bedside and, without saying a word, took a deep and affectionate hand in front of her.

Guo Lili's eyes lit up, "Brother Wang Dong?"

"Lili!" Wang Dong looked at Guo Lili and pulled her into a tight embrace.

He hugged Guo Lili, his face filled with an indescribable excitement: "Lili, I really want to thank you. You actually got your older brother to bring you back. It seems we're saved!"

Guo Lili patted her chest and said, "Of course, I'm my brother's own sister!"

"cough!"

Ye Yun made a sound.

Guo Lili glanced at her, her eyes showing disdain, as if to say: You've interrupted our good time!

Ye Yun: ...

She was tired of rolling her eyes.

"What do you mean by 'salvageable' or 'salvageable'? What weird stuff are you talking about? I'm still here, are you pretending I don't exist?"

Rather than watching them put on a tragic love act in front of her, she decided to just expose their true feelings.

Upon hearing this, Wang Dong straightened his back, glared at Ye Yun, and said in a protective and indignant tone, "Sister-in-law, Lili was perfectly fine when I took her to see my brother. How come she developed a high fever and ended up in the clinic after just one night at your and my brother's place? Aren't you going to give me an explanation?"

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