Chapter 83 Sweet Ninth Day: The Daily Life of a Young Couple (The End)

The grandfather and grandson fell into an eerie silence.

The old man was embarrassed. Logically speaking, it was their own business how the younger generation played in private, and he had no right to interfere.

But since it's a hereditary disease, there's no one else they can consult except the grandfather and grandson, so they have no choice but to grit their teeth and communicate.

This is a serious discussion about familial genetic diseases.

The old man convinced himself.

He coughed again, then picked up his teacup and took a small sip.

Suddenly, his grandson asked him, "When Grandma gave birth to my dad and my uncles and aunts, didn't you try it?"

"puff--"

Such excellent pre-Qingming Longjing tea has been wasted.

Looking at his grandfather's flushed face, which seemed to have even stained the silver strands at his temples red, Bai Jiangxin probably knew the answer.

No man with any sense of shame would do something like stealing breast milk from his own child.

This was the first time Bai Jiangxin was reprimanded by his grandfather. He was told that as a junior, one should be mindful of one's boundaries and not pry into things one shouldn't.

The conversation was unilaterally terminated, and the old man got up and left angrily. Meanwhile, Xiang Di and the old lady had finished their conversation.

When asked what they had talked about with their grandparents, they both said they hadn't said anything, just chatted about everyday things.

After returning to Yancheng, it wasn't long before the New Year arrived. On New Year's Eve, Xiang Di went to her grandfather's house with her parents and brother to stay up late. While the elders were playing cards and the younger generation were playing King of Glory, Xiang Di slipped out into the yard and, braving the sub-zero temperatures, called Bai Jiangxin.

Snow boots crunched on the snow, and the moment the phone was answered, Xiang Di said cheerfully, "Happy New Year!"

There was a pause on the other end, followed by a soft "Happy New Year".

They chatted for a while, and she asked him what he had done that day. After he answered, he turned around and asked her what she had done that day.

Xiang Di immediately complained to him, saying that Xiang Sheng was being inconsiderate. Today, Grandma invited all the grandchildren to make dumplings together, but Xiang Sheng wanted to slack off and asked her to make his share of dumplings as well.

"Why don't we just let him be lazy to death?" Xiang Di said irritably.

Bai Jiangxin asked, "Your brother has finally stopped avoiding you?"

"Yes, I had a good talk with my brother before the Chinese New Year."

Ever since that live-streaming accident, Xiang Sheng has been avoiding his sister and rarely even goes home. If it weren't for the winter break, Xiang Di doesn't know how long he would have kept hiding.

With the New Year approaching, things couldn't continue like this. Xiang Di thought for a moment and realized that it was Xiang Sheng who was embarrassed by this, so she should take the initiative to talk to him.

Xiang Di didn't beat around the bush and asked him directly how long he was going to avoid her.

Xiang Sheng said she didn't know, probably ten or eight years.

Xiang Di was both amused and exasperated: "When you're live streaming, don't you ever think that I might be watching your stream?"

"You always complained that I was involved in borderline content, and that you were afraid that clicking into my live stream would be too offensive," Xiang Sheng rolled her eyes and muttered, "How was I supposed to know you'd actually go watch it?"

The brother and sister sat facing each other, both falling silent. Finally, Xiang Di said, "Brother, thank you."

Xiang Sheng asked, puzzled, "Thank me for what?"

“Last time, the thing about Bai Jiangxin connecting with you during the live stream went viral, and the video clip also became popular. You gained a lot of followers, and some people questioned whether you hired actors to put on a show. I saw all of that.” Xiang Di looked at him and said, “Actually, if you had just said so, Bai Jiangxin and I would definitely have come out to prove that the live stream wasn’t a show.”

"What's there to prove?" Xiang Sheng said calmly. "That's just how the internet is these days. It's normal to be questioned when there's a mix of truth and falsehood. Besides, the storm has long passed, and nobody's talking about it anymore. If we had responded back then, it wouldn't have died down so quickly."

Traffic is always a double-edged sword. Xiang Sheng was originally an individual blogger, and no one helped him with public relations. He directly asked Bai Jiangxin to delete the account and posted a video asking netizens not to try to dig up his sister and boyfriend's personal information. The two children were ordinary people, and he firmly protected them behind him.

"I don't know as much about these things as you do, but anyway, thank you." Xiang Sheng said softly, "And Bai Jiangxin, you didn't add him, so he asked me to ask you if you'd be willing to accept his apology."

Bai Jiangxin doesn't use the internet much, and he definitely underestimated the influence of Xiang Sheng, a popular beauty blogger, on the internet.

After that live stream, even his private account, which had never posted a single public update, suddenly gained over 100,000 followers.

"How does he plan to apologize to me?" Xiang Sheng raised an eyebrow. "By sending me a hundred Carnival gifts?"

Xiang Di doesn't watch live streams much and doesn't know how much a hundred Carnivals cost. She thought it wasn't much and immediately took out her phone: "Then I'll tell him to create another account and send you a hundred Carnivals."

Xiang Sheng immediately stopped her: "Hey, hey, no need, I was just joking. It's hundreds of thousands of yuan, and the platform takes a cut. If Baijiaxing has that kind of money, he might as well keep it to buy you a Hermes bag."

Xiang Di's eyes widened: "Hundreds of thousands?! That many?"

“Little Qian, when I used to play PK, I made more than this much in one night.” Xiang Sheng raised his eyebrows and smiled. “Tell Baijiaxing that although I’m still very unhappy with him, he doesn’t need to apologize to me for this. On the contrary, I should thank him.”

Xiang Di didn't understand: "Thank him for what?"

Xiang Sheng: "Thank you for sending me such a huge wave of traffic. Do you know how much your brother charges for a single commercial order? It'll scare you to death if I tell you."

Hearing that her brother had made money, Xiang Di finally felt relieved.

So what if there are haters? So what if there's criticism? With the economy downturn, as long as I can make money, that's all that matters.

“Then you should capitalize on this wave of popularity,” Xiang Di said. “Make a lot of money so you can buy me Hermes bags in the future.”

Xiang Sheng couldn't help but complain: "How can you be so greedy? Isn't it enough that you can buy things for us with the surnames of all the families?"

“He bought me one, so you should buy me one too.” Xiang Di chuckled. “You can never have too many bags.”

"miser."

"If a person doesn't love money, he'll be struck down by heaven and earth."

The siblings smiled at each other. That night, Xiang Sheng started another live stream, but didn't let Xiang Di appear on camera. Instead, she had Xiang Di sit off-camera and interact with the fans.

After listening to the daily life of the siblings for so long, the fans were finally able to interact with the sister herself. The fans were so enthusiastic that gifts and comments flew everywhere, and Xiang Di couldn't keep up. She is also quite introverted and didn't know how to handle it. Her answers to the fans' questions were also rather stiff.

Xiang Sheng complained that she was boring, saying that she was the reason her live stream was losing viewers.

Xiang Di disagreed and said, "Then you can do your own live stream. I'm leaving." Then she pretended to leave, and the two siblings started pulling at each other in front of the camera.

The chat was filled with laughter; watching the brother and sister argue in the live stream was more entertaining than listening to Xiang Sheng perform a stand-up comedy routine.

- I like watching it, but it's too noisy.

After playing for a while, Xiang Sheng went to the restroom and asked Xiang Di to play for him for a bit.

Xiang Di sat awkwardly off-camera, unsure of what to say. Fortunately, her fans were trying to liven things up, encouraging her to talk about her daily life with her boyfriend.

Xiang Di said that she and her boyfriend were high school classmates, and fans then asked who pursued whom.

It's hard to say the exact reasons, but Xiang Di only said, "...I guess you could say he pursued me, but I was the one who had a crush on him first."

"How can I get my crush to pursue me? Um..."

Become a big yellow girl?

Xiang Di could only say that she didn't know either; she just kept having a crush on him, and then her crush came true.

My sister's love life is so lucky! Fans are flooding the comments section with compliments.

After chatting with fans for another ten minutes, Xiang Sheng returned. Xiang Di is really not good at live streaming; she had just reached her social limit. As soon as her brother returned, she said goodbye to her fans and left immediately.

Xiang Sheng asked what he and his sister talked about, and the fans said nothing, and that they could watch the replay after the broadcast if they wanted to know.

Xiang Sheng scoffed, "Say it or don't, I'm not interested anyway."

Then, after the live stream ended, he secretly watched the replay.

It was all about her daily life with Baijiaxing and her love life. Judging from her shy tone, you could imagine her expression at the time. Xiang Sheng curled her lips, not wanting to hear stories about two kids falling in love, and skipped ahead.

Actually, the last interaction between Xiang Di and her fans before he returned had nothing to do with her boyfriend.

-Little sister, after you found out that your brother was a siscon, did you laugh at him mercilessly?

Xiang Di said no.

-Your brother always argues with you, but suddenly you realize how much he loves you behind the scenes. You don't even laugh at his stubbornness. You're too kind, little sister.

Xiang Di laughed and said, "Because I'm also a proud and aloof person. I love my brother a lot too, but I don't say it."

Upon seeing this, Xiang Sheng felt a lump in her throat and blushed.

Damn sister, no wonder you were born of the same mother.

Xiang Di was unaware that Xiang Sheng had watched the live stream replay, nor did she know that Xiang Sheng had actually researched Hermes bag styles suitable for young women.

Xiang Di didn't tell Bai Jiangxin about that live stream featuring the siblings, so Bai Jiangxin naturally didn't know either.

The brother and sister have now returned to their previous way of getting along, constantly bickering and teasing each other whenever they're together.

Today, when we were making dumplings, Xiang Di refused to help Xiang Sheng make dumplings, so Xiang Sheng threatened her, saying she would expose to her whole family that she had a boyfriend since her freshman year of college.

"So Xiang Sheng didn't do any work today." Xiang Di suddenly smiled slyly. "But I'm not someone to be trifled with either. He doesn't like garlic, so I deliberately put garlic in a few dumplings today and marked them on the dumpling wrappers. When the dumplings are cooked tomorrow, I'll deliberately put some on him and suffocate him with the smell, haha."

She thought Bai Jiangxin would say a few words for Xiang Sheng on her behalf, but his focus completely shifted: "When do you plan to introduce me to your family?"

"Isn't it too early now?" Xiang Di thought for a moment. "Shouldn't we wait until our senior year?"

Bai Jiangxin said, "There are still three years left."

“Three years will pass quickly,” Xiang Di said. “It will be over in the blink of an eye.”

Bai Jiangxin: "Then why isn't the New Year over yet?"

"Oh, you don't like Chinese New Year? But I love it! I wish it could last a little longer."

Xiang Di only realized after speaking that Bai Jiangxin's family situation was different from hers; it seemed that his relatives didn't interact much.

As she was trying to figure out how to make amends for her unintentional words, she suddenly heard him say softly, "I won't see you during the New Year."

Is he... being coquettish? Xiang Di froze, feeling a sudden, tingling, and slightly aching sensation in her heart.

Her snow boots rubbed against the snow as she whispered, "...Do you miss me?"

Bai Jiangxin smiled slightly and said, "If I don't think about you, who else can I think about?"

Bai Jiangxin rarely said such mushy things to her. It wasn't that he never said them, but he would say them occasionally when the sweet atmosphere was in the air.

For example, he calls her "baby," knowing she loves it, but he doesn't call her that often. He only says it occasionally when he's in a moment of passion. Because he doesn't say it often and it's so unexpected, every time he does, it's incredibly powerful, and Xiang Di can't resist it at all.

She couldn't resist this time either, and as soon as the New Year was over, she couldn't wait to go find him.

Every year during the Spring Festival season, there are many good movies. Xiang Di deliberately saved one of the highest-grossing movies of this year's Spring Festival season to watch, waiting to go with her boyfriend after the New Year.

She wanted to surprise Bai Jiangxin, so she left home several hours early to pick him up and brought a bag of gifts to wish Uncle Bai a belated Happy New Year.

Impressed with her own social skills, Xiang Di registered with the community security guard, took the elevator, and rang Bai Jiangxin's doorbell.

It wasn't his housekeeper or his father who opened the door, but he himself.

He was clearly not ready to go out yet, still wearing loose loungewear. Xiang Di gave him a sweet smile: "Ta-da! Surprise!"

Bai Jiangxin stared blankly at her for a long time without saying a word.

"Is your father home?" Xiang Di raised her hand. "This is for him..."

Before he could finish speaking, the remaining words were swallowed between their intertwined lips.

Bai Jiangxin put one arm around her, closed the door with the other, pressed her against the door, and bent down to kiss her.

It wasn't a light kiss, but a direct invasion and plunder. The suppressed yet burning kiss fell fiercely, the tip of his tongue forcefully prying open her teeth, sweeping and entwining its wet heat in her mouth.

His lips were burning hot, and with an almost biting force, he licked and sucked at her lips and tongue. Their scents filled their noses and lips, their saliva mingling, indistinguishable from one another, which was truly dizzying.

Xiang Di was still carrying something in her hand, but soon her hand completely lost its strength due to the dizziness, and the things fell lightly to the ground. She was somewhat relieved that they were not fragile items such as porcelain or eggs.

As they parted, a strand of saliva trailed between their lips. Bai Jiangxin, panting, pressed his forehead against hers and asked in a hoarse voice, "Why didn't you tell me you were coming to my house?"

"...I wanted to give you a surprise," Xiang Di said, her eyes lowered. "Is there a surprise?"

"What do you think?" Bai Jiangxin said softly. "Besides, you came too early."

"Because I thought I'd pick you up early so we could leave earlier and go shopping or something... Do you have something else to do?"

Bai Jiangxin said, "Yes, that's why I can't leave early."

Oh no, something really happened. I should have asked him first. Xiang Di said, "If it's nothing, you go ahead and do your thing. I'll wait for you."

Bai Jiangxin hummed in agreement and leaned in to kiss her again.

Xiang Di gently pushed him away, puzzled, and asked, "Don't you have something else to do?"

"That's my story."

Before she could react, Bai Jiangxin had already swept her up in his arms.

After she was carried upstairs to his room and placed on his bed, Xiang Di realized what the other things he was talking about were.

"The other things you mentioned, could they be...about me..."

"You're so smart." Bai Jiangxin chuckled, leaned down, placed his arms on either side of her, and rewarded her with a kiss on the lips. "It's about making love with you."

We slept in separate rooms at my grandfather's house, and after returning home, we celebrated the New Year separately. My feelings for him had long since faded. Now, a girlfriend has come knocking on my door, and she's even more considerate, arriving several hours before the movie starts. How could I refuse?

Xiang Di's base layer wasn't thick; the soft, fitted pale yellow cashmere sweater suited her well, and the fine dots were clearly visible. Bai Jiangxin stared at it for a while, then asked in a low, husky voice, "Why aren't you wearing anything?"

Xiang Di: "..."

Winter coats are thick, so you don't really need to wear them!

If she had known that coming to his house today would end like this, she definitely would have worn it!

She knew the outline was obvious, and he must have seen it, otherwise he wouldn't have asked. Xiang Di's face gradually turned red, and she subconsciously wanted to turn over.

Bai Jiangxin pressed down on her shoulders, preventing her from turning over. Her clothes remained on, and they began playing Pac-Man from a distance.

Like its owner, it was petite and plump, and its cashmere sweater was soaked in two places, making Bai Jiangxin's eyes burn.

A strange thought suddenly arose in her mind. Even though it was his saliva that wet her clothes, she had the feeling that he was licking her.

He knew that Xiang Di didn't have any milk yet; there was no milk in the bottle, and even if he sucked hard on the nipple, no milk would come out.

But he did it anyway, since they didn't have any children, and he was currently enjoying this place all to himself, so it wasn't considered taking food from the children.

Amidst the calls for Xiang Di to tickle him, Bai Jiangxin, like a child, buried himself in the baby bottle, his ear tips burning hot. He thought to himself, "It's a good thing someone can't read minds, otherwise I'd call him a pervert anyway."

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837 has surpassed its predecessor.

Oh no, I got so caught up in writing that I forgot everything else and ended up writing an extra chapter of daily life. I promise the next chapter will be about my little sister being able to read minds!

Yesterday I received 6,000 bottles of nutrient solution in one go! Thank you everyone! I'd like to ask again, if we reach 200,000 nutrient solution, please update early tomorrow! Here's a 200 RMB red envelope, thank you everyone! [cheering emoji]