Chapter 19 Chu Rou felt like she was being teased by her younger brother, Mo.
Shen Luo swallowed the dumpling in his mouth. "Ye Xia is my soon-to-be girlfriend."
Chu Rou frowned. "Why did your fiancée ask Mo Bao to go out?"
Shen Luo was slightly taken aback, and suddenly the dumplings in his mouth didn't taste good anymore. He glanced at Mo Chi, a little disappointed, "She used to like Mo Chi."
Mo Chi stared blankly at Chen Luo, his expression completely blank.
Chu Rou's face flushed with anger. She slammed her hand on the table. "She likes calligraphy and yet she goes on dates with you. Is she trying to use you as a stepping stone?"
Shen Luo picked up a dumpling and put it in his mouth. It tasted like cardboard. Hearing his sister say that, he was also a little uncertain, but when he thought of how happy Ye Xia was when she was with him, he dismissed the idea.
“Ye Xia isn’t that kind of person,” Shen Luo suddenly said. “I trust her character, and I trust my judgment even more.”
Chu Rou squinted at Shen Luo, thinking that her younger brother had been bewitched by a woman. She slapped Shen Luo on the shoulder and said, "Tell your Ye Xia that Mo Bao agreed to go play."
Mo Chi reacted this time; he choked on the water and coughed violently.
Chu Rou walked over and patted Mo Chi on the back, "What are you nervous about? I'll go with you."
"Sister, are you going too?" Shen Luo asked in surprise.
Chu Rou glared at Shen Luo, then softly asked Mo Chi, "Mo Bao, do you like that girl named Ye Xia?"
Mo Chi was still coughing, his face flushed red, and he shook his head resolutely.
"How about I pretend to be your girlfriend?"
Mo Chi looked up at her and nodded.
“Mo Chi agreed, so our combination of two men and two women is perfect,” Chu Rou asked with a smile. “Where should we go tomorrow, hiking or soaking in hot springs?”
The two younger brothers' eyes lit up at the mention of hot springs.
"Sis, going to a hot spring is a great idea!"
Chu Rou sneered, "Then it's settled. We'll climb Zhuoling Mountain tomorrow."
Shen Luo: ...
Mochi:......
Chu Rou put her arm around Xiao Luo's shoulder and said, "Xiao Luo, wash the dishes after you finish eating. I'm going back to my room to sleep."
Seeing Chu Rou return to her room, Shen Luo hesitated before asking, "Mo Chi, do you think Ye Xia is using me?"
Mo Chi frowned slightly. "I'm not familiar with her and don't know her character. You've been on several dates with her, so you should be able to tell, right?"
When Shen Luo was with Ye Xia, she was so nervous and excited that she didn't pay attention to anything else.
Seeing Shen Luo's dejected expression, Mo Chi comforted her, "Don't overthink it. Your sister is just guessing. Just keep an eye on things tomorrow."
Shen Luo thought Mo Chi's words made sense and immediately perked up again, "You're right, my sister has never met Ye Xia, she's just guessing."
"I'll call Ye Xia right now and tell her we're going hiking tomorrow."
...
The next morning, Chu Rou got up and went to the morning market, buying a lot of things.
She plunged into the kitchen and started working.
Shen Luo woke up with her hair a mess, and went to the kitchen to find Chu Rou. "Sister, what's for breakfast this morning?"
"Soy milk and fried dough sticks are on the table, just make do with them." Chu Rou didn't even look up.
Shen Luo wasn't picky about food; as long as there was food, he was fine. He walked to the dining table, sat down, picked up a fried dough stick, and started eating it in big bites.
Mo Chi came out of the room, stood up straight, and saw Shen Luo eating fried dough sticks. He raised an eyebrow and went to the kitchen to find Chu Rou.
"What are you busy with?"
Chu Rou straightened up and pounded her back twice. "I'm preparing the food to take today. I made some sushi."
"Try it and see if it's good?" Chu Rou picked up a meat floss one and handed it to Mo Chi.
Mo Chi grasped Chu Rou's wrist and lifted it up, eating the sushi through her hand, his tongue intentionally or unintentionally licking the meat floss off Chu Rou's fingers.
Chu Rou:......
Mo Chi released Chu Rou's wrist, swallowed the sushi in his mouth, and said, "It's delicious."
Chu Rou's ears turned red; she felt like she was being teased.
"Go and have breakfast, I'll have it ready soon."
Chu Rou lowered her eyes to hide the panic in them and closed the lid of the sushi box.
She cursed herself inwardly for being such a fool, for letting a little brother sway her mind; how pathetic.
Mo Chi smiled and didn't leave, waiting for Chu Rou to finish. "Are you done? Let's go have breakfast."
Chu Rou and Mo Chi sat down at the dining table.
Shen Luo had finished eating. He sat there with messy hair and sleep in his eyes, patting his full stomach.
Chu Rou looked at her slovenly younger brother, then at the handsome Mo Chi beside her, and kicked Chen Luo.
Shen Luo reacted quickly, raising her leg to dodge the attack. "Sis, are you crazy? Bullying people so early in the morning."
Chu Rou glanced at Chen Luo with disdain, "Can't you at least make yourself look clean and handsome? It's disgusting to look at you."
Shen Luo ruffled her hair. "I just woke up. Everyone looks like this when they wake up."
After Shen Luo finished speaking, she saw the ink pool opposite her, stood up, turned around, and went to the bathroom to wash up.
Chu Rou tore the fried dough sticks into small pieces and put them into the soy milk. After the fried dough sticks were fully soaked in the sweet soy milk, she put them in her mouth. They were sweet, soft, and crispy, which was her favorite way to eat them.
Mo Chi had never eaten like this before. He asked curiously, "Is it delicious to soak fried dough sticks in soy milk?"
Chu Rou nodded, "I love eating it this way, you should try it too."
Mo Chi picked up a piece of fried dough stick directly from Chu Rou's bowl and put it in his mouth. "Hmm, it's really good."
Chu Rou: ...Why did he take the food from her bowl? Can't he make it himself?
...
By the time Chu Rou finished wiping the table clean, Shen Luo had also undergone a transformation, becoming a handsome and sunny young man.
Chu Rou walked over and examined Shen Luo from every angle, nodding in satisfaction. "This is more like it. If any girl doesn't like you, she really has no taste."
When Shen Luo heard Chu Rou praise her like that, her mouth was practically stretched to the back of her ears. Chu Rou kicked her and said, "Shut your mouth and be cool. Look how well Mo Chi usually acts."
Mochi:......
He was an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire!
Shen Luo withdrew her smile, her face expressionless and her eyes indifferent.
“Yes, that’s it,” Chu Rou said, cupping her face in her hands. “Wow, if you weren’t my brother, I would definitely have taken you down myself.”
Shen Luo could only hold out for three seconds before her eyes returned to their original clear gaze.
Chu Rou lowered her hand, "Just pretend I didn't say anything."
Chu Rou went back to her room to change into some light clothes that would be convenient for hiking, and then found a backpack and packed all the things she had prepared into it.
Chu Rou tossed the backpack to Shen Luo, saying, "You're in charge of the backpack now."
"Why me?" Shen Luo complained.
"If you don't carry it, do you expect me to?" Chu Rou rolled her eyes at Shen Luo.
Shen Luo, unconvinced, pointed at Mo Chi and asked, "What about him?"
Chu Rou immediately put on a smiling face when she looked at Mo Chi, "Mo Bao is my sugar daddy, he can't be burdened."
"Gold digger!" Shen Luo muttered under her breath.
"You brat, who are you talking about!"
Chu Rou stepped forward and twisted Shen Luo's arm behind her back, saying, "Try saying another word!"
"Sister, I was wrong. You're not materialistic at all. You were just doing your job." Shen Luo pleaded.
Chu Rou then released Shen Luo, who massaged his twisted arm, realizing he had no hope of ever beating his sister again.
Chu Rou and the other two went downstairs. Shen Luo looked around and asked, "Sis, where's your car?"
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