Song Qi's biological clock is incredibly accurate. He usually goes to bed at 10:30 pm sharp, and never later than midnight.

What happened today?

Song Yifei knocked on the door of the room.

"Xiao Qi, are you asleep?"

Hearing his older sister's voice, Song Qi came back to his senses and checked the time, only to realize that he had been sitting there for almost two hours.

"Sister, what's wrong?"

The door opened, and Song Qi looked at Song Yifei, who had just finished showering. He felt his ears burning and didn't know where to look.

"Why aren't you asleep yet? It's so late." Song Yifei handed him the warmed milk and, as she did when they were children, reached out to pat his head.

Then both of them froze, because of the height difference, Song Yifei couldn't reach it.

Only then did she belatedly realize that her younger brother had grown into a grown-up, and she estimated that she would have to stand on tiptoe to barely reach the top of his head.

"elder sister."

Song Qi couldn't resist and grasped Song Yifei's withdrawn hand.

This feeling has been getting stronger lately, and my intuition tells me that something is wrong because they are siblings.

But I really couldn't control it.

He wished his sister could always be his; he wanted her to only have eyes for him.

If others can do it, why can't he?

Looking into Song Qi's eyes, Song Yifei felt a little awkward. They were children she had watched grow up, but lately, she didn't dare to delve into the things his eyes revealed.

"Go to sleep early, I'm going back to my room first." Song Yifei used some effort to pull her hand away, and her steps were a little hurried as she turned to leave.

Song Qi rubbed his fingers, as if the smooth, slippery feel of that part was still there.

But his sister pushed him away again.

...

Su Ping was woken up by hunger. After washing up, she heard noises coming from the kitchen as she went downstairs and asked a question out of habit.

"Aunt Mei, what are we having for breakfast this morning?"

The kitchen fell silent. Su Ping belatedly realized that Aunt Mei was in the hospital and she was all alone at home.

Oh wait, she brought one back last night.

Su Ping looked as if she had seen a ghost when she saw Tu Hengchuan walking out of the kitchen with a bowl of noodles.

Why hasn't he left yet?

Tu Hengchuan had actually wanted to leave a long time ago, but when he turned on his phone, he found it was being bombarded with harassing calls. He opened WeChat and saw the message his manager had sent him last night.

He was warned that if he didn't go last night, he would face the consequences. Later that night, he went directly to reporters to spread rumors that he liked men and was a womanizer.

Because the trending topic was bought overnight, various public accounts and influential figures forwarded it, causing it to immediately climb to second place on the trending list.

The hype hasn't died down even after a whole night; Tu Hengchuan has become incredibly famous, both infamously and in a negative way.

Meanwhile, his phone number and the address his company arranged for him were also leaked by his agent, and the entire internet was doxxing him.

He could only stop the phone from ringing after he removed the secondary SIM card he used as an artist.

"So you have to lay low and can't go anywhere?"

Su Ping slurped up a mouthful of noodles and asked indistinctly.

"It will take about a week, and I can pay you accordingly."

A week is enough time for him to handle these matters.

Tu Hengchuan seemed certain that she wouldn't refuse, his tone calm and unhurried.

Su Ping certainly wouldn't refuse; Aunt Mei was in the hospital and she was just worried about how to solve the breakfast problem.

"Okay, but I don't want your payment. You can just provide me with breakfast for the next few days."

The food she made was so bad that she would rather starve than eat it again.

"Don't be too..."

"You won't agree? Then leave your earring here with me."

Seeing him frown, Su Ping knew she had achieved her goal, so she softened her tone, cupped her face, and choked up.

"You may not know this, but I lost my mother when I was young, and my father travels all over the world all year round. I long for the atmosphere of an ordinary family."

[Ding! The corruption value of the romanceable character Tu Hengchuan has decreased by 3%, and his current total corruption value is 20!]

The Calabash Brothers' excited voice rang out, while they didn't forget to quietly chirp Su Ping.

[Host, as expected of you, you truly know how to kill someone by destroying their spirit.]

"Huluwa, I can hear you."

"Okay, but there's something I need your cooperation with later."

Tu Hengchuan smiled as he saw Su Ping nod in agreement.

Aren't you going to ask what it is about?

After finishing the last sip of soup, Su Ping wiped her mouth and looked up: "Anyway, I'm not losing out."

How badly could she possibly lose?

"Okay, let's add each other on WeChat. I'll contact you later."

His WeChat profile picture is of an anime boy with silver hair and blue eyes, which is quite different from his personality.

"Ding-dong!"

The friend request notification sounded, and Tu Hengchuan couldn't help but laugh out loud when he saw the friend request.

"The dream of nine hundred million young men?"

Su Ping remained expressionless: "What's wrong? Are you questioning me?"

As long as she's shameless enough, no one can do anything about her.

Another "ding-dong!" sounded. Tu Hengchuan glanced at his phone. Besides the message Su Ping had sent with her name in the contact, there was also a long list of food items.

It's a jumbled mess of things, like corn wontons, fried dough sticks, and soy milk.

"That's what I wanted to eat this morning. Just make whatever you like."

? ? ?

Tu Hengchuan was almost laughing with anger; she had actually taken the initiative.

"I'm going out. There's a spare key in the entryway. Remember to take it when you leave, or you won't be able to get in." Su Ping came out after changing her clothes and just saw Tu Hengchuan hang up the phone.

Seeing that Tu Hengchuan was too busy to pay attention to her, and not wanting to make a fool of herself, she didn't forget that she was going to visit Aunt Mei at the hospital today.

It was lunchtime, and Uncle Feng probably hadn't eaten yet, so Su Ping drove to a place near the hospital and bought a meal of three dishes and a soup. Remembering that Aunt Mei had just had surgery, she also bought some porridge.

When I opened the ward door, Uncle Feng was peeling an apple to make Aunt Mei happy.

Hearing the noise, Uncle Feng turned around and saw that it was Su Ping. He quickly stood up to greet her, feeling somewhat flattered.

"Miss, what brings you here?"

"I came to see Aunt Mei."

Su Ping handed the things she was carrying to Uncle Feng, and then put the fresh flowers she had just bought into the empty vase.

The entire ward instantly brightened up considerably.

"Miss..." Aunt Mei's eyes were a little moist. It seemed that the young lady had grown a lot during this time.

"What's wrong with you? Can't you watch where you're going?"

As soon as I stepped out of the hospital elevator, I bumped into two men.

One of the men immediately pointed at Su Ping and started cursing.

"The road is so wide, why did you two have to run into people? Who's the one who's blind?"

I thought they were an easy target, but it turns out I've kicked a steel plate.

Knowing he was in the wrong, the man rushed forward to cause trouble, but was pulled back by the man next to him.

"Hongzi, forget it, forget it."

For some reason, Su Ping felt that the person looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen him before.

As Su Ping was about to walk out of the hospital, the man named Hongzi was furious.

"Why the hell are you dragging me along?"