The vegetable garden was piled high with yellow roses, leaving Xiaoxi utterly speechless.

The eldest brother's ghost wouldn't leave, completely ruining Xiaoxi's good mood from spending the night with her fourth brother.

Cao Dabao had prepared a room for his eldest brother upstairs, right next to Xiaoxi's. If it weren't for giving face to her fourth brother, Xiaoxi would have really wanted to leave.

Oh well, what's meant to happen will happen, there's no escaping it.

"Brother, you just want to have a good talk with me, right? Come on, let's talk on the rooftop of my room!"

Xiaoxi led her older brother upstairs and through her own room.

Ye Aotian quickly looked around Xiaoxi's room. According to Cao Dabao, Xiaoxi doesn't stay at Fourth Brother's place often anymore.

The room was decorated to a pleasing aesthetic; it turned out that Xiaoxi had a refined taste, with each of the decorative items being quite expensive, yet simple and luxurious.

This shows how much the fourth brother loves Xiaoxi.

Ye Aotian recalled the room he had decorated for Yuan Xiaoya. It was pink, filled with all sorts of expensive toys, each one costing the equivalent of several years' living expenses for an average person. Many of the items were studded with diamonds.

Every time he entered Yuan Xiaoya's room, he felt dizzy and lightheaded, but the girl liked that feeling. Now, compared to Xiaoxi's room, Yuan Xiaoya's room felt like that of a nouveau riche's daughter.

Thinking that all young girls would like that, Ye Aotian recalled the first gift he gave to Xiaoxi, which was such a vulgar and cheap gift.

Compared to the decorations in Xiaoxi's room, it was like night and day; he couldn't help but blush.

Sixth Brother is right. Giving such a gift was meant to humiliate Xiaoxi, but Xiaoxi showed great politeness when she received it.

I dare not recall it; just thinking about Ye Aotian makes me feel utterly ashamed.

Xiao Xi invited Ye Aotian to the terrace, where elegant orchids and lilacs were planted. Ye Aotian then remembered that the garden downstairs was piled high with yellow roses.

He actually brought so many yellow roses to Xiaoxi's school today. Xiaoxi was so embarrassed that she grabbed her fourth brother and ran away, leaving him alone to be pointed at and gossiped about by the elementary school students and their parents.

"Brother, please have some tea. Have you had dinner yet?" Xiaoxi asked politely but distantly.

Ye Aotian nodded, and the brother and sister said nothing more.

In the end, it was Ye Aotian who broke the awkward silence between the two.

"Xiaoxi, I'm sorry. I just came to apologize, but I didn't expect to cause you any new trouble."

"Big brother, just tell Xiaoxi what you want to see. We're all family. You may not know Xiaoxi well, but she's a very straightforward person."

"Xiaoxi, I brought Yuan Xiaoya back before, which caused you a lot of harm."

I know she's good at pretending, deliberately making things difficult for you, and I've let her get away with it. It's really wrong of me, brother. Can you forgive me?

Xiao Xi was not moved at all when she heard Ye Aotian say this, because she was already certain that her brother had come with a purpose.

She just wanted to end the conversation as soon as possible; she felt uncomfortable spending even a second longer with her older brother.

"Okay, brother, I accept your apology. Let those misunderstandings go with the wind."

Seeing that Xiaoxi's answer was perfunctory, Ye Aotian continued.

"When my brother and I first met, my professional habits made me wary, and I didn't immediately realize that you were my sister."

It wasn't until I saw you so close to your second and sixth brothers at the entrance to the courtyard that I realized you really were my little sister.

Xiaoxi sneered inwardly: See? The courtyard, the passageway—her brother's topic is about to turn to the treasure.