Cheng Zhi couldn't remember anything for a while, but after a long period of recollection, she remembered Zhou Lin, who had brought her breakfast during the first semester of her second year of high school.

Actually, it's not entirely Cheng Zhi's fault for not remembering him. Half of the reason is that Zhou Lin is a shy and reserved person who always arrives early to deliver breakfast, so Cheng Zhi rarely runs into him.

Seeing Cheng Zhi's reaction, Cheng's father finally felt relieved; it seemed that the boy hadn't caused any trouble.

Cheng Ye had already slipped away in the chaos, afraid that if he stayed any longer, Cheng Zhi would slap him.

Once the topic was brought up, Cheng's mother became interested. When Cheng's father went back to his room to rest, she went up to the two girls, ready to gossip a bit.

Although Cheng Zhi and Xiao Feiran also wanted to gossip, the problem was that they really didn't have any.

Cheng's mother stepped back slightly, carefully observing the two young girls in front of her. "That's strange. Has no one pursued either of you? You've been in university for so many years, and not a single one has?"

"..."

These words stung Cheng Zhi and Xiao Feiran.

"Well, it's not impossible. To put it simply, the people I like don't like me, and the people who like me I don't like. We don't like each other, so we're always single." Cheng Zhi looked at the ceiling and rattled off a long string of words like she was reciting a tongue twister.

So that's what happened. Seeing the two girls he had hurt, Cheng's mother comforted them, saying that fate will always bring them together, and there's no need to rush.

After Cheng's mother left to do her own thing, the two of them sighed in unison.

Cheng Zhi slapped Xiao Feiran's thigh, "What a rip-off! Now that my mom said that, I realize how much of a rip-off I've been out of!"

"We haven't even had a proper relationship yet, I haven't even held a boy's hand, and it's already the end of the world? Although I don't really want to be in a relationship, I still feel like I'm missing out." Xiao Feiran paused after saying this, as if thinking about something. "If I had known that guy from the sports academy was pursuing me last time, I would have said yes. Holding hands, touching abs, going out together tonight..."

Before Xiao Feiran could finish speaking, Cheng Zhi covered her mouth, saying, "Sis! Tone it down. This is at home, not in the dorm. If my parents suddenly come out, they'll think you're a pervert."

Cheng Zhi's hands were so tight that Xiao Feiran almost suffocated. After struggling to break free, she began to argue, "What do you think I'm going to say? I'm going to say we'll go to the library to study together tonight! What are you thinking at such a young age!"

Cheng Zhizhen wanted to draw her forty-meter-long sword and chop Xiao Feiran to pieces. "Do you dare to put your hand on your conscience and say that this is really what you think?"

Xiao Feiran waved his hands, "Sorry, we don't have that."

Cheng Zhi: "..." You know you don't have it!

Cheng Ye returned around noon, since food was scarce and the other party didn't provide lunch.

Cheng Ye was taking off her raincoat and changing her shoes. "I don't know if it's just my imagination, but it feels like the rain is lighter today, and there's not much thunder."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Zhi and Xiao Feiran both looked away from what they were doing. Cheng Zhi pulled back the curtain a crack, and to be honest, she couldn't see any difference.

"Are you going this afternoon?" Cheng Zhi asked Cheng Ye after drawing the curtains.

Cheng Ye nodded. His routine was no different from going to work. He would go at 9 a.m., take a two-hour break at noon, and return at 5 p.m. It was all arranged beforehand.

Seeing her sister's hesitant expression, Cheng Ye sat down next to her and quietly waited for an answer.

Sure enough, Cheng Zhi thought for a while and then said to him, "After you go this afternoon, take a day off. Don't go for the next few days."

Cheng Zhi spoke very seriously, without a hint of joking. Cheng Ye didn't believe his sister would say something like that, so he asked her why.

The reason Cheng Ye wasn't allowed to go out was, of course, because of the thick fog behind them. But Cheng Zhi couldn't just give him the standard answer directly, so she could only say tactfully, "These past few months have seen a series of disasters, and now the rain seems to be stopping. We don't know what will happen next, so I think it's safer for you to stay at home these next few days. If something happens, at least our family will still be together."

Although Cheng Zhi and Cheng Ye often bicker and fight, Cheng Ye is, after all, the older sister, and she actually listens to Cheng Zhi a lot.

Recalling the various disasters of the past few months, it seemed that this was indeed the case, so Cheng Ye agreed that he would take the afternoon off.

The two siblings rarely communicated so calmly. Xiao Feiran watched from the side and felt very gratified that Cheng Zhi was finally acting like a proper older sister.

The next second, Cheng Zhi clicked her tongue and said, "We've chatted enough and rested enough, why are you still sitting here? Why don't you go to the kitchen and help Dad?"

Cheng Ye: “?!”

"No, big sister, you're just saying I am, aren't you? Why don't you go?" After a brief moment of confusion, Cheng Ye began to retaliate.

Cheng Zhi replied immediately, seemingly having read it somewhere, "Scientists say that boys are better suited to cooking and doing housework than girls. It's good for your health, and I'm doing this for your own good."

His dear sister always had so many twisted logics, and Cheng Ye turned his gaze to his mother sitting on the other side. His mother smiled at him and said, "Ye'er, hurry up and go help in the kitchen, or your father will come out and catch you."

Cheng Ye: "..." Being born into this family as a son was his biggest mistake. He wants to switch places with Cheng Zhi in his next life!