Chapter 16 Brother Raids in the Middle of the Night, Entering the Girl's Room at Will? ...
Jin Shiyu was startled by her, put away the medicine bottle, and hurriedly got up to escape.
He can't leave.
Jin Shiyu turned around, and his clothes were grabbed.
Jin Suiqing yawned, rubbed her eyes, and sat up: "Brother, why are you here? Brother, don't go."
Jin Shiyu's lips moved, but he ultimately said nothing. He pushed Jin Suiqing's hand away and left her room without looking back.
Once the door closed and Jin Shiyu's footsteps faded into the distance, Jin Suiqing's earlier listless demeanor vanished, and her eyes shone with a sharp light, like a cat's.
Huihong also got up and strode over to Jin Suiqing's bedside: "Little Princess, you're so amazing! How did you guess that the young master would come so late at night?"
Jin Suiqing: "Brother is suspicious. He must be wondering how I got to the first floor, but..."
"But what?"
Jin Suiqing smelled the bitter odor of the ointment. His forehead was wet, and when he touched it, his fingers were covered in brown ointment.
Jin Suiqing rubbed her hands together: "Brother ran away without asking anything."
They ran so fast, they didn't even leave any medicine behind.
Huihong used a handkerchief to wipe Jin Suiqing's hands and was about to wipe her forehead when Jin Suiqing stopped her.
Huihong asked suspiciously, "Aren't you afraid there might be something bad in the medicine?"
Jin Suiqing shook her head: "Don't worry, he won't do that."
Huihong didn't understand, and Jin Suiqing didn't explain either. He waved his hand and urged Huihong to go to sleep.
Jin Suiqing lay on the bed, staring at the bed curtains.
The ointment on my forehead felt cool and relieved a lot of the swelling and pain. There was some itching from the bruising under my skin, and Jin Suiqing resisted the urge to scratch it.
She still couldn't figure out Kim Si-ok.
I really wonder how she managed to sneak up to the first floor without anyone noticing. I could have just grabbed her and asked her, why did she have to pull this "night raid" stunt?
Is it genuine or feigned?
I can't figure it out, and I can't see through it.
Kim Shi-ok was too deep-seated and had a poker face. Apart from the time she had an outburst when they first met, she had never seen Kim Shi-ok lose his composure.
As Jin Suiqing pondered these thoughts, she unknowingly fell asleep.
Jin Suiqing thought the weather was nice and insisted on eating in the courtyard. She directed the servants to set up tables and chairs under the trumpet creeper.
The trumpet creeper grows against the wall, a place that is both beautiful and cool.
After everything was arranged, Jin Suiqing ran to Jin Shiyu's room, pushed open the door, and said, "Brother, breakfast is ready!"
Kim Shi-ok was facing away from her, his upper body bare, and he was getting dressed.
The boy had extremely fair skin, without a single mole; his back was lean and muscular, with smooth, beautiful muscle lines, white and smooth, like polished ivory.
Jin Suiqing's face flushed, and she was so frightened that she immediately tried to run away.
Then she thought again, she's only six years old, what does she know about that kind of thing between men and women? It wouldn't be right for her to run away right away.
Upholding the openness of modern life, the old rogue Jin Suiqing, who had both eaten pork and seen pigs run, stood calmly in place, sizing up Jin Shiyu with a smile: "Brother is changing clothes, hurry up and change, it's time for breakfast."
Jin Suiqing can pretend not to understand the proper boundaries between men and women.
Kim Si-gook, who is about to turn twelve, is not suitable.
There were already "spring-themed pictures" circulating among the male classmates, and Jin Shiyu had glanced at them a few times, already knowing that there was a difference between boys and girls.
Even one's own sister is first and foremost a woman, and only then a sister.
Jin Shiyu turned his head, glancing at Jin Suiqing out of the corner of his eye, and frowned: "Get out."
The old rogue Jin Suiqing tilted his head: "Why can't we wait for my brother to get dressed before we go out together?"
"No, get out."
"No." Jin Suiqing shook her head and even pretended to get closer to him. "Brother takes so long to change clothes. Brother used to help me change clothes. Today I want to help brother change clothes too."
Jin Shiyu felt a burning sensation on his ears, hastily put on his inner garment without even tying the belt, leaving his chest exposed, picked up Jin Suiqing, and threw him out of the room.
The door slammed shut right in front of Jin Suiqing.
Jin Suiqing covered her mouth and chuckled, then pounded on the door relentlessly: "Why won't you let me help you change your clothes? My brother is stingy, this isn't fair!"
She pressed her ear against the door to listen, but there was no sound inside. Jin Suiqing suppressed a laugh: "Brother, hurry up, the porridge is getting cold!"
Not long after, Jin Shiyu and Jin Suiqing, both dressed neatly, sat facing each other under the trumpet creeper, eating breakfast. Jin Suiqing stole glances at Jin Shiyu, her collar pulled up even higher than usual.
He ate in silence, hardly speaking at all. Halfway through the meal, he hesitated slightly and asked in a low voice, "Does your forehead still hurt?"
Jin Suiqing, with a spoon in her mouth, asked, "Brother... what did you say?"
Jin Shiyu paused for a moment, then frowned and said, "Don't speak with a spoon in your mouth."
"oh."
Jin Suiqing put down her spoon, picked up her chopsticks, and wandered among the dishes of green vegetables. Jin Shiyu's taste was too bland, and she didn't like it.
It has no taste.
Jin Suiqing likes strong-flavored food, especially spicy and sweet food. Unfortunately, Jin Shiyu has been very strict with her since childhood, so she rarely has the opportunity to eat to her heart's content.
Jin Suiqing thought with satisfaction that being managed like this by him and still being able to eat like a dumpling wasn't for the sake of a skill.
Then look at Kim Si-ok. He eats everything the same way, without any preference or dislike. He eats slowly and in small amounts, which is why he is so thin.
Jin Suiqing was bored while eating and recalled the first time she used chopsticks to serve food to Jin Shiyu, which led her to make a guess.
Deliberately testing him, Jin Suiqing picked up a piece of shredded radish with her chopsticks and put it into Jin Shiyu's bowl: "Brother, eat this, it's delicious."
"..." Jin Shiyu lowered his eyes to look at the white shreds in the bowl and the barely touched radish in the dish. "Okay."
Although he said it was good, he subtly pushed the radish aside, stopped drinking the porridge, and slowly ate the vegetables.
Jin Suiqing understood, and found her drooling annoying.
She felt a little wronged; in the end, she still disliked her. Otherwise, Jin Shiyu wouldn't have thrown away that bowl of chicken leg noodles.
There was no saliva in the chicken leg noodles.
Jin Suiqing found the food even more unappetizing. After finishing her porridge, she jumped off the stool to leave, but Jin Shiyu put down his chopsticks and called out to her, "Wait, finish applying the medicine before you go."
Jin Suiqing looked at Jin Shiyu's bowl: "Brother hasn't finished eating yet. I'll ask Huihong to spread it for me."
Jin Shiyu paused for a moment, then calmly finished shoveling the porridge and vegetables into his bowl. He stood up, bent down, and scooped up Jin Suiqing: "Let's go."
Jin Suiqing leaned on Jin Shiyu's shoulder, staring blankly at the empty bowl of porridge.
Could it be that she guessed wrong again?
In a daze, Jin Shiyu carried Jin Suiqing into the room, placed her on the bed, and took out a medicine bottle from under the pillow to apply medicine. When his fingertips touched her forehead, Jin Suiqing hissed softly. Jin Shiyu asked gently, "Does it hurt?"
"It hurts," Jin Suiqing pouted. "It hurts so much that I can't sleep at night."
Actually, it's not too bad, since there's no open wound. The bruise looks alarming, but it doesn't hurt unless you press on it.
But the play had to be performed, and the brother had to lie. As soon as the atmosphere was right, tears welled up in Jin Suiqing's eyes.
Although Jin Shiyu asked, he didn't stop what he was doing, gently pressing his fingers around the bruise: "How did you run from the third floor to the stage on the first floor and still be so careless?"
As expected, Jin Suiqing sneered inwardly.
What's with all the talk about medicine and plain porridge? Ultimately, it's all about figuring out why she suddenly appeared on the first floor.
Jin Suiqing clutched the hem of her clothes and said, "There are so many people on the third floor, and I don't know any of them. Some of them look so fierce. I was scared and wanted to find my brother, so I slipped downstairs. There were also a lot of people downstairs, and I was scared, so I hid under the stage."
Jin Suiqing: "I can't find my brother. Does he hate me and deliberately not want to see me?"
Jin Shiyu paused, then gripped the medicine bottle tightly: "No."
Jin Suiqing felt a coolness on her forehead as Jin Shiyu blew on the bruise: "Apply this medicine twice a day, and the bruise will disappear in a few days."
“Then I’ll take it back and tell Huihong…”
Jin Shiyu brushed away her hand that was reaching for the medicine bottle and casually stuffed it under the pillow: "You can't go to school for the next few days, I'll stay home with you."
Jin Suiqing asked in confusion, "Brother, don't you want to go to school?"
Jin Shiyu met her eyes and replied, "You always come looking for me."
Jin Suiqing remained silent.
Brother, that's just acting, you can't take it seriously.
Moreover, Jin Suiqing wanted to investigate some things these past two days and try to establish contact with Zhang Yuyi. If Jin Shiyu stayed by her side all the time, it would be too inconvenient for her.
Jin Suiqing patted her chest and said, "Don't worry, brother, I will definitely suppress my longing for you. You can go to school without worry."
Jin Shiyu said nothing, but raised his hand and pressed hard on the bruise on Jin Suiqing's forehead.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch!" Jin Suiqing cried out in pain, her face contorted in agony. "Brother!"
Jin Shiyu smiled slightly: "Want to get another one?"
Jin Suiqing covered her head, glared angrily at Jin Shiyu, jumped off the bed, and ran away with small, quick steps.
Jin Shiyu watched Jin Suiqing leave, his smile fading.
He went to his desk, wrote a note, took a mechanical bird from the drawer, stuffed the note into the bird's belly, opened the window, and released the bird.
After doing all this, he picked up the book, sat by the window, and began to read it attentively.
*
Jin Suiqing ran around the Jin residence, circling around the steward all day.
The housekeeper, Mingjing, was in her early fifties. She had worked in the palace before leaving and found a job with the Jin family. She was quick-witted and efficient.
Jin Suiqing suspected that she was a spy in the palace.
However... a hidden stake is a hidden stake, might as well use it.
At the end of the month, during the inventory check, Jin Suiqing followed along into the storeroom. The storeroom was filled with a dazzling array of items, and she exclaimed, "Wow, Butler Ming is amazing! He can count all these things so clearly."
At the table, Mingjing, holding account books and an abacus, checked the accounts and said with a smile, "Then why doesn't the little princess learn to do accounts so she can manage the household in the future?"
"No, no, no," Jin Suiqing shook his head faster than a rattle drum, and fled behind the shelf as if escaping. "I don't want to. Studying is too tiring. Let my brother study instead."
Mingjing smiled with satisfaction, letting Jin Suiqing explore the warehouse.
After dinner, Jin Suiqing spent a long time looking at a picture book of mechanical toys, and before she knew it, it was late at night. Huihong urged her to turn off the light.
Even though the lights were off, Jin Suiqing still didn't sleep. He took out the sulfur-burning engine from under his pillow, stroked and played with it, and tried to understand its structure.
She only dared to take it out to look at it late at night. Huihong was scared when she saw it during the day, saying it would explode.
Jin Suiqing curled her lips: "Will it explode? Interesting, let's investigate."
As she played, Jin Suiqing felt that she had forgotten something.
It wasn't until the door creaked slightly and was pushed open that Jin Suiqing suddenly realized she had forgotten something.
Damn it, I forgot to ask Jin Shiyu to apply the medicine.
No, why is he raiding people at night again without warning?! Is he addicted to raiding people at night?
Could it be that he finally suspects she stole the sulfur burner?
Filled with doubts, Jin Suiqing hurriedly pressed the sulfur-burning machine under the covers, no longer daring to move. She closed her eyes tightly and listened intently to Jin Shiyu's footsteps.
For a second, she hallucinated the embarrassing scene of her elementary school classmate sneaking around late at night reading romance novels, and pretending to be asleep while hiding the book during her aunt's room rounds.
A note from the author:
Being ambushed at night is the price I pay for lying to my brother. [noob emoji]
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