Doesn't my brother like aloof girls?

Why doesn't he talk to me anymore?

Why does my brother always look so forlorn after I've mocked him?

he……

Shouldn't he be excited?

Xia Yuxin was confused.

But even the most learned elders cannot fathom the human heart, so how could a young girl possibly understand it?

The misunderstanding between the two deepened, and even after Xia Yuxin went abroad with her parents, the misunderstanding could not be resolved.

She didn't understand what had happened to the Xia family. At first, Xia Yuxin just thought that everyone was going on a trip abroad and would be back soon.

That's what my parents said too.

However, after arriving in the United States, Xia Yuxin gradually discovered that the situation was not as she had imagined.

Her parents disappeared after coming to the beautiful country. Whenever Xia Yuxin wanted to find them, she was always persuaded by her elders at home, who said that her parents were busy and did not have time to see her recently.

And... what about my brother?

Whenever he mentioned Xia Che, the Xia family members would always put on a sour face, wave their hands, and say that they would let him come when the time was right.

Adults are not good at hiding their emotions in front of younger people because they have a kind of arrogant self-righteousness, thinking that younger people cannot see through their thoughts.

But Xia Yuxin could see it.

She is very smart, far smarter than her peers.

The faces of these people were filled with contempt for Xia Che.

It was as if their own brother was the sinner of the entire family, and no one wanted to mention him.

They didn't even want him to come over.

My brother is a homebody and his grades aren't good either. How will he survive alone in Jiang City?

Xia Yuxin panicked.

Good news may only come once, but bad news will surely follow.

—The family even plans to sell all the properties they have left in Jiang City, converting them into cash, including the Lishi Quyuan where Xia Yuxin and the others used to live, which is where Xia Che still lives now.

Once this house is sold, my brother will not only lose his source of income, but he will also lose his place to live.

How can this be?

But she couldn't stop her family from making the decision.

Noble families are inherently ruthless.

Xia Yuxin was like a helpless child, or rather, in front of these adults, she was just a child.

If you have no source of income, that's fine. You can take a part-time job, or even pick up trash. The money you earn can cover your living expenses.

But if you lose your place to live, then you're truly finished.

Xia Yuxin knew how high the prices were in Jiang City, and that this would add another expense to her already destitute brother's life: rent.

It will drive people crazy.

She pondered for a day and a night, and finally, in the dead of night, she took out everything she had.

As the eldest daughter of the Xia family, she bought the house in Lishi Quyuan in her own name, using all the pocket money she had saved over the years. However, since she is currently in New York and her family does not allow her to return to Jiang City, she cannot go back to transfer the house to Xia Che.

Whether or not the property is transferred to the owner is actually irrelevant.

As long as Xia Che has a place to stay, that's fine.

The Xia family is in a bad situation right now, in constant turmoil, and their cash flow has dried up. As the eldest daughter of the Xia family, it's somewhat ridiculous that buying a house could drain all her savings. It's like a third-rate author using his poor mindset to imagine the world of the rich, racking his brains to write about things he can't access, only to end up with a lot of plot holes.

But it actually happened to Xia Yuxin.

But then another problem arose.

Xia Che's accommodation problem is solved, but what about living expenses?

Do we really have to make Xia Che take a part-time job, collecting bottles?

The thought of her beloved brother having to do these jobs made Xia Yuxin's heart ache, but she couldn't change her personality now, even though she had decided to change it when she was young.

Instead of letting her pour out her heart to Xia Che, it would be better to just kill her.

Therefore, Xia Yuxin came up with a compromise.

Xia Che can't take the part-time job, so he'll do it himself.

Anyway, I'm in New York, where the academic workload is quite relaxed, and I get out of school early every day, so I have a lot of free time.

Xia Che always believed that the house he lived in was a little bit that his heartless parents had left him, slipping through their fingernails.

Living expenses too.

Little did they know that Xia Yuxin had emptied her wallet and worked more than three or four hours a day to earn these two items.

Every living expense Xia Che received before was sent by Xia Yuxin.

In order to avoid being discovered by Xia Che, Xia Yuxin used her parents' account to make the transfer, and she never revealed it from beginning to end.

Xia Yuxin's disguise was quite successful, and Xia Che has not been able to see through it until now.

When facing someone they like, girls often seem a bit naive, doing things that most people would see as just trying to impress themselves.

As the memories receded like the tide, Xia Yuxin sat on the bed, hugging her knees. She sobbed a few times, and after the grievances subsided, new worries washed over her.

"You wretched brother... The Xing family is already in Jiang City, why haven't you run away yet? The Xia family isn't capable of protecting you now..."

Xia Yuxin bit her cherry lips tightly.

The Xing family's trip to Jiang City caused quite a stir, clearly a declaration of war against the Xia family.

Such commotion naturally could not be kept secret from the Xia family.

You could even say they were among the first to receive the news.

"I worked so hard to get the Presbyterian Council to approve the proposal, and I finally managed to find you an opportunity to come to New York... Why don't you come?"

Xia Yuxin felt even more aggrieved.

But she couldn't bring herself to say these words directly to Xia Che.

The misunderstanding deepened, like a giant ball of yarn, tangled and knotted everywhere.

"well……"

Xia Yuxin was at her wit's end. She lay stiffly on the bed, staring at the ceiling, her eyes calm and lost in thought.

The Xia family of today is not the same Xia family of the past.

Even she didn't have much say in the family. Persuading the elders to agree to Xia Che coming to New York was already the limit of what Xia Yuxin could do.

To have the Xia family send someone back to Jiang City to bring Xia Che back, or something like that...

It's too difficult, too difficult.

"...Perhaps, only if I agree to a marriage alliance with the eldest son of the Russell family can those old-fashioned elders loosen their grip. With the help of the Russell family, the troubles my Xia family is facing...can be easily resolved."

Xia Yuxin was lost in thought when a sudden sharp pain shot through her heart, as if it were being gripped tightly by an invisible hand.

Two lines of clear tears flowed down her cheeks without her realizing it.

She only wanted to marry Xia Che, even though they were siblings.

"Let's think of another way..."

Xia Yuxin shook her head and let out a deep breath. The thought of a marriage alliance with the Russell family... just thinking about it made her feel suffocated.