When I was leaving evening self-study.
Jiang Muhan was walking downstairs with her classmates, discussing the questions she got wrong in the last exam.
When they got downstairs, they found Zhou Jiaqi standing there. His tall figure stood out among the other students.
Her classmate chuckled and nudged her waist with her elbow, "Hey, your brother's here to pick you up! Seriously, your brother is amazing, he waits for you every day before and after school."
Jiang Muhan smiled and watched her friend leave with a smile before walking towards Zhou Jiaqi. Zhou Jiaqi's eyes lit up when he saw her.
Like a big dog.
The two had been arguing about being assigned to different classes, and they didn't speak to each other when they met.
Even though Zhou Jiaqi saw that she was quite happy, he still kept quiet and didn't say anything. He just reached out and snatched her schoolbag off her body. Before Jiang Muhan could react, the schoolbag was in his hand, and then he put her schoolbag on his back.
Then I went to get my bicycle.
Jiang Muhan saw him stop in front of her and eventually got into the back seat.
This guy has become obsessed with cycling this year, and he even got this bicycle to take her around every day.
Jiang Muhan had no temper left.
On the way back, she ran into her younger sister, Jiang Peici, who was surrounded by a group of people. Jiang Muhan called out to her, "Go home early."
Jiang Peici turned around and saw her older sister sitting expressionlessly on the back of a bicycle, while her older brother, nicknamed "Little Bun," rode along carrying two backpacks. (Although she really didn't want to admit that this guy, who was a few months older than her, was her brother.)
She couldn't help but shudder, and said with a dry laugh, "Okay."
Seeing these two, I feel like they're from completely different eras. Who still rides a bicycle these days?
Jiang Peici was completely bewildered.
After high school, she also chose science, but the three of them were not in the same class.
They each have their own circle of friends and their own new hobbies.
Although Jiang Peici would occasionally act cute and playful with her older sister, or tease her younger brother, Zhou Jiaqi had grown up and was no longer as easy to amuse as when she was little. She had many other things to play with and would no longer linger around the two of them. This was actually quite normal.
However, it's rare to see someone as clingy as her sister and Zhou Jiaqi.
She watched the two figures thoughtfully.
But her classmates laughed and said, "Your sister and brother have such a good relationship, aren't you jealous at all?"
After thinking about it, Jiang Peici realized that she really wasn't jealous anymore, but she didn't know when it started. Before, she used to care a lot about competing with Zhou Jiaqi.
hiss.
The more she thought about it, the more subtle it seemed. Right, when did these two become so intimate that even she couldn't get in?
**
On the other side.
Their phones rang at the same time.
Jiang Muhan glanced down at her phone. It was a message from her parents in the group chat, saying they were going on a week-long trip with her godparents and that the three of them should take good care of themselves.
She just replied with a "hello".
Jiang Peici, the younger sister, replied instantly, sending a cute emoji, and made sure the two of them had fun.
Jiang Muhan knew that her younger sister was probably so happy she would be floating on air and would probably play until very late. But the next second, her dad said in the group chat that he would have Grandpa He keep an eye on her and that she had to be home by 11 p.m. at the latest.
Jiang Peici immediately sent a few crying cat emojis to the group chat and started begging if she could get home a little later, as she wanted to go see her band with her friends.
Ultimately, he was ruthlessly rejected.
When her mother intervened, Jiang Peici had no choice but to accept her fate. Although their family was relatively free and never interfered with the children's choices, they did have a curfew, as they were very worried about letting them stay out overnight.
They are still minors after all.
Jiang Muhan replied to a few messages before glancing at the figure standing in front of her.
The three of them were actually about the same height at first. The gap started to widen in the second year of junior high school. Zhou Jiaqi seemed to have taken growth hormones and suddenly started to grow taller.
She's still struggling at 165cm, only 167cm this year, while Zhou Jiaqi has already grown to 182cm, a big guy.
Her face has matured.
His status as the school's most handsome man remains unchallenged, and he has countless admirers.
However, he was known for being uninterested in women.
While gossip about other schools' heartthrobs dating multiple women was circulating, he still followed her around, asking her what score she got on her latest test.
He keeps saying "Aba aba" all the time.
Jiang Muhan sometimes felt that he was unbelievably clean, even though his current appearance was quite convincing.
She was waiting to see how long he would give her the silent treatment.
Zhou Jiaqi suddenly stopped at a milk tea shop and ordered a cup of milk tea, a brown sugar pearl milk tea with 30% sugar, which was Jiang Muhan's favorite flavor since childhood. It was not surprising that he could always remember her preferences.
It was getting a bit chilly that day, so the drink I received was hot.
After receiving it, he naturally opened it and handed it to her without ordering anything for himself. As he grew up, he gradually lost his fondness for sweets and ate far fewer snacks.
Occasionally, there are moments of silence.
Also, the last time the two of them had an argument, his eyebrows and eyes looked a bit like his father's.
It was also the first time Jiang Muhan realized that her half-brother had really grown up.
She quietly took the milk tea and slowly drank it.
Zhou Jiaqi wasn't riding fast, and the occasional cool breeze felt quite comfortable.
The two went home together in silence.
As in many years before, when their parents weren't home, they would tacitly go back upstairs.
Uncle He beamed with joy when he saw the two of them return, saying he had prepared a late-night snack for them.
Jiang Muhan didn't eat it. She shook the milk tea in her hand and said, "Grandpa He, this is fine with me!"
Uncle He was extremely worried. "Oh dear, this milk tea isn't healthy. Just a few sips are fine. How about Hanhan has some late-night snack? Aunt Wang's noodles with fish soup are so delicious!"
Jiang Muhan smiled and walked towards her room, "It's just an occasional drink."
She really isn't going to eat anymore.
Zhou Jiaqi also promptly told Uncle He, "Grandpa He, I want to eat noodles."
He Bogang kept telling Hanhan to drink less milk tea, but when he heard Zhou Jiaqi say he wanted noodles, he happily went to make arrangements, and finally stopped bothering Hanhan.
Jiang Muhan also breathed a sigh of relief.
She went back to her room to wash up, study, and then settled down to sleep. But she woke up suddenly around 1 a.m. She remembered to go to the living room to get some hot water. Before she even got to the living room, she saw Zhou Jiaqi walking out of the door. As the door closed, she was startled. Where was he going at this hour?
Jiang Muhan frowned, then, without even drinking her water, she quietly followed him.
Listen patiently until the elevator doors close.
She took a look.
He was the only one who went downstairs that night, and she had a pretty good idea of where he was going.
When she went downstairs, she turned on the live surveillance of the small apartment on the second floor, and sure enough, Zhou Jiaqi appeared there. Why was he going back there in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?
Jiang Muhan didn't quite understand.
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