Chapter 24: Living with my sister...
Zhou Ci was right. Xia Zhi, who had originally agreed to go watch the horse race together, changed his mind just before the trip. For some reason, he decided to accompany Chen Chi to walk the Sichuan-Tibet line.
Song Yu didn't know whether Zhou Ci played any role in this or not. She felt regretful for two minutes, but when she saw that Zhou Ci didn't stand her up and showed up at the airport on time, she happily set off with Zhou Ci.
Song Yu was so sleepy along the way that he fell asleep with a blanket covering him after chatting with Zhou Ci for a few words.
She didn't know that Zhou Ci was sitting in the aisle, and was afraid that others would disturb her sleep, so he kept watching over her. Even when the flight attendant came to provide service, he asked the flight attendant to be quiet and leave as soon as possible.
This was the first time Zhou Ci and Song Yu traveled alone. He was extremely excited, but also afraid that he might not do something well and neglect his sister, so he was nervous all the way.
After landing, they rested for one night in a hotel in London and rushed to Windsor Castle early the next morning. They had an invitation and went to the royal area. When the contestants were showing their horses at the venue, Song Yu and Zhou Ci discussed the horse she thought would win. Song Yu then discovered that Zhou Ci already had a very deep understanding of the quality of a horse.
Song Yu was surprised: "Little friend, I remember when we went to the prairie last year, you didn't know how to ride a horse. How come you know so much in just one year?"
Zhou Ci looked at Song Yu with clear eyes: "Because I don't want to disappoint my sister."
Song Yu smiled: "Sister, I'm not disappointed. Not being able to ride a horse is not a big deal. What's there to be disappointed about? Don't take my thoughts too seriously. It's really not a big deal."
Zhou Ci lowered his head slightly, looked at his toes and whispered, "But I would feel useless. My sister knows things that I don't know. I'm afraid my sister will dislike me." He studied hard and tried his best to catch up. He was not afraid of any hardship or fatigue, just wanting to catch up with his sister as soon as possible and stand side by side with her. Even if he couldn't stand side by side, he could even stand behind her. As long as he could reach her with just a stretch of his hand, it would be fine.
"How could that be?" Song Yu sighed, and stroked his hair soothingly, feeling a headache. "Little friend, you are always so sincere to others. I am so worried about you and worrying that you will get hurt."
Zhou Ci rubbed his head against her palm and asked obediently, "Will sister hurt me?"
"Of course I won't." Song Yu said, "You are my brother. How can a sister hurt her brother? Every sister only hopes that her brother will be well throughout his life."
"As long as sister doesn't hurt me, no one will ever hurt me." Zhou Ci said seriously, "I will only be sincere to sister."
"Then your future girlfriend might hate you to death." Song Yu joked.
"No, I won't have any girlfriend." Zhou Ci said firmly.
"How could my handsome brother not have a girlfriend?" Song Yu asked. Her gaze fell on the horse farm. It was unclear what she was thinking through it. Her tone was a little depressed. "Wait a few years, and you'll realize that life is long. No one knows what will happen tomorrow. Sometimes two people become strangers without any reason. Sometimes, all it takes is one glance, and you'll see the girl who makes your heart flutter."
Zhou Ci didn't say anything, but the corners of his tightly pursed lips revealed his persistence.
It's a pity that Song Yu didn't see it. Even if she saw it, Song Yu would not believe the promise of a 16-year-old boy. Even the relationship between her and Shen Zhiyan that had lasted for so many years could end just like that. Apart from family affection, it is difficult for Song Yu to believe in other feelings in the world.
Song Yu did not think too much about the relationship between her and Zhou Ci, nor did she think too much about Zhou Ci, who was only 16 years old. In her opinion, they were just a simple brother and sister relationship, which was much more reliable than a romantic relationship.
Zhou Ci knew that Song Yu was thinking about something unhappy again. He didn't say anything else, but just quietly accompanied Song Yu. When the horse race started, he tugged at Song Yu's skirt and reminded her, "Sister, the horse race has started."
Song Yu turned her gaze back to the racecourse. She perked up and asked Zhou Ci, "Little friend, do you think we will win?"
"Yes." Zhou Ci calculated the probability problem.
It has to be said that Song Yu and Zhou Ci had good vision and good luck. The horses they bet on all won, and they were also infected by the screams and shouts around them.
Song Yu's happy voice rang in Zhou Ci's ears: "Little friend, we won, haha, we won."
The scene was lively. The audience who won the horse race were hugging the people around them excitedly. Song Yu was just like them, hugging Zhou Ci with laughter and shouting. They didn't bet a lot of money. They played for entertainment and didn't care about winning or losing. But the fact of winning itself was very exciting.
Zhou Ci listened to his sister's voice, which was filled with joy. Amidst the noisy atmosphere around them, he held his sister tightly in his arms and whispered in Song Yu's ear, "Sister, don't be sad about Shen Zhiyan anymore."
It was too noisy around, and Song Yu didn't hear Zhou Ci's words clearly. She looked up at him with a confused look in her eyes: "Little boy, what did you say?"
"I said, I hope my sister will live a carefree and happy life and will never be sad for people who are not worthy." Zhou Ci repeated beside Song Yu.
"Thank you, little friend. I will try my best." Song Yu smiled and hugged Zhou Ci again, "You too!"
Zhou Ci hugged Song Yu tightly back: "If my sister is happy, I'm happy."
There was a jewelry exhibition after the horse racing, and the brand invited Song Yu. She took Zhou Ci to the jewelry exhibition and won a lot of prizes.
On Song Yu's 19th birthday, Zhou Ci took out all his pocket money over the years and secretly booked a manor for Song Yu. The whole house was covered with flowers. Song Yu pushed the door open and went in. A beautiful white violinist played Happy Birthday to her. Zhou Ci invited a whole band to perform for her. While eating, they surrounded Song Yu and played the saxophone.
"Little girl, I didn't expect you to prepare all these." Song Yu was very touched. "I didn't want to have a birthday this year, so I didn't inform anyone." Only Xia Zhi knew that she didn't want to have a birthday party this year, so he prepared a birthday gift for her in advance.
"I don't have much money, so I can only do this for my sister. I hope she doesn't mind it being shabby." Zhou Ci was happy to see Song Yu happy, and he was also happy.
"How could that be? You're so thoughtful. Thank you!"
"Then from now on, I will spend every birthday with you, okay?" Zhou Ci's eyes sparkled, afraid that she would refuse.
"Okay!" Song Yu agreed casually, "From now on, I will invite you to my sister's birthday every year."
Zhou Ci happily told Song Yu about his plans for next year: "Before my sister's 20th birthday next year, I must make a lot of money and give her a grand birthday party." He still felt too guilty towards his sister this year. He was too poor. Even if he tried his best, the most he could give his sister was such a shabby birthday, which was not worthy of his sister's status.
Song Yu laughed: "You are still so young, how can you make money? Besides, I don't need your money for my birthday, I have my own money."
Zhou Ci was a little unhappy. His sister was too rich and had everything she needed. This was his biggest worry. Apart from being doubly nice to his sister, listening to her and making her happy, it seemed that there was nothing else he could do.
Song Yu's thoughts diverged, and he thought about next year's events in advance. "Next year I'll be twenty years old, and turning ten is a big milestone. I really need to have a big celebration. I'll have to invite a lot of friends, and you, kid, must not be absent!"
Zhou Ci promised: "No, as long as sister lets me come, I will crawl here even if I only have half my life left."
Song Yu glared at Zhou Ci with bulging eyes: "Pfft, pfft, children should not be restrained in their words. My child will live a long and healthy life. If you keep talking nonsense like this, I will be angry."
"Are you afraid of my death? If I really only have half my life left, will you be sad? Will you be very sad?"
"Of course, kid, let's not talk about such scary things, okay?" Song Yu felt terrified just thinking about it. "Let's talk about something happy?"
“Then sister, please don’t like Shen Zhiyan anymore, okay?”
This was the second time Song Yu heard Zhou Ci say this, and she was a little curious: "Little friend, do you hate Shen Zhiyan?"
Zhou Ci didn't resort to the roundabout strategy of applying eye drops this time. He didn't deny it: "Of course I hate him."
"Why?" Song Yu really couldn't understand why these two people just didn't get along. You don't like me, and I hate you too.
"Because he makes my sister sad." Zhou Ci said, "I hate anyone who makes my sister sad, and I won't let him have an easy time."
Song Yu shook her head: "Why is this little cabbage of mine growing so well? No matter which girl takes it away from me in the future, I think I will be heartbroken for a long time." After she finished speaking, she patted Zhou Ci's shoulder jokingly: "Little boy, why are you younger than me? Otherwise, I would take you in and not give you away cheaply to other girls, hehe."
Zhou Ci's heart skipped a beat. He blinked and asked tentatively, "Just because I'm younger than you, I can't date you?"
"Because my sister doesn't like her brother." Song Yu smiled and said as a matter of course, "Besides, when I think of a sister-brother relationship, I can't think of you. My scalp tingles when I think of you. Haha, that's too perverted." After she finished speaking, her whole body couldn't help but tremble.
Song Yu discussed the relationship between an older woman and a younger man with Zhou Ci without any hesitation. Zhou Ci had originally just wanted to test Song Yu's reaction, but this time he had tested himself to the point of being so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood. He hung his head in frustration and simply stopped talking.
I have to say that Song Yu is really thick-skinned in this regard. No matter how smart she is, she would never have thought that Zhou Ci would have any feelings for her other than that of a sister and brother at this time, otherwise Song Yu might have been scared and turned around and ran away.
After London, they went to Warwickshire. Song Yu had a horse fostered there. This horse was a birthday present given to her by her family elders when she was fifteen years old. It was still a foal at the time. Song Yu was afraid that it would not adapt to the climate and environment, so she did not send it back to China. She paid a considerable amount of feeding fees every year to foster it at the stable. She would come to visit when she had time. In the past, Shen Zhiyan was with her every time because Shen Zhiyan also had a horse fostered here.
However, since last year, Song Yu has been coming here alone. This time she went to Warwickshire to ship her horse back to China, and she went to inquire about the necessary procedures first.
Song Yu doesn't like to drag things out or make things tangled and messy. Since she wants to keep a distance from Shen Zhiyan, she will deal with everything related to Shen Zhiyan one by one. She will abide by her duties as a friend and not overstep the line, and will not embarrass his current partner. If necessary, she can even avoid appearing next to Shen Zhiyan in the future.
Fortunately, her friends were not stupid and had noticed the unusual atmosphere between her and Shen Zhiyan. Recently, few of her friends made jokes about them.
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Just as Zhou Ci said, he was admitted to University B with high scores as the top student in science in City B.
Just a few days after he entered B University, he became a celebrity there. One was known to be handsome, another was known to be aloof and cool to everyone, and the last one was rumored by freshmen that he had skipped three grades and was still a minor.
It is not uncommon to see top students in science at B University, but it is not surprising that he attracted attention with such high scores at such a young age and entered B University, a top double-first-class university in the country.
The key point is that Zhou Ci is really handsome. He has grown up completely at this time. Although his face is still a little childish, it is not particularly obvious because he is tall enough. In addition, he is a man of few words. He is the cool type that most girls like. Many girls are secretly joking that if the brother looks like this, even if it is an sister-brother relationship, it seems not unacceptable. At most, they just need to wait a few more years until the brother grows up.
Even Song Yu's classmates, who knew about the relationship between Song Yu and Zhou Ci, joked with Song Yu, saying that her brother was so handsome and asked Song Yu to help ask her brother whether he would accept an older sister-brother relationship, and that the older sister could wait.
Song Yu joked that her brother was underage and that premature love was not an option for the time being. However, if the sisters were interested, they could make an appointment with her and wait until her brother became an adult before coming one by one.
On the other hand, Song Yu was very strict with Zhou Ci and told him not to fall in love too early. He had to wait until he reached adulthood before finding a girlfriend.
These things have more or less reached Zhou Ci's ears, but he didn't take them seriously. In his heart, no girlfriend is as important as his sister.
Every day when he had no classes, he would go to Song Yu's department. Except for his own classes, he would attend whatever classes Song Yu took. Even if it was a class he was not interested in, he would still stay by Song Yu's side.
Song Yu was listening to the class attentively, and he didn't make any noise to disturb them. He took out his own book and read quietly at the bottom. As long as Song Yu didn't chase him away, he would wish he could stay with Song Yu for 24 hours a day.
After a long time, Zhou Ci still persisted. Some of Song Yu's female classmates really became greedy. Who wouldn't like such an obedient little puppy? So some of them started teasing Zhou Ci.
No matter how they teased him, Zhou Ci acted as if he didn't hear anything, with a stern face and no reaction. In fact, Zhou Ci was furious. What did these people think of him? If they were not Song Yu's classmates, he might have turned against them long ago.
After a while, a perceptive female classmate noticed something and reminded Song Yu: "Does your brother like you?"
Song Yu laughed heartily, shaking his head as he laughed: "What kind of international joke are you playing? I only treat the little ones as my younger brothers, and the little ones only treat me as their older sister."
"How can there be a brother who is so attached to his sister?" The female classmate was still a little unconvinced.
"Of course not. Let me tell you, the kid was very pitiful when he was little. His family bullied him. Because I helped him when he was little, he always remembered it and always wanted to repay me. He is a grateful child."
Since Song Yu didn't take it to heart, the female classmate didn't say anything more, and the matter just ended there.
Not long after this incident, Song Yu welcomed the first tenant in his house in the community near B University. To be more precise, it was a long-term tenant. This tenant was Zhou Ci.
The incident started on the weekend when Song Yu came back from home and happened to see Zhou Ci coming out of the entrance door of the building next to hers. The two looked at each other in surprise.
Song Yu, carrying the food he brought from home, walked towards Zhou Ci first and asked, "Little friend, why are you here?"
Zhou Ci took the things from Song Yu's hand and replied casually: "I'm looking for a house here. I lived in the university dormitory for a while, but I didn't feel comfortable with it. I still want to rent a house to live on my own."
"You did so well in the exam, and your family didn't even give you a house as a reward?" Before Zhou Ci could say anything, Song Yu had already understood what he meant. She said angrily, "That's right. How could your stepmother be willing to spend money on you? This family is really too much."
Zhou Ci said nothing. Silence was more powerful than words at this moment. Although Zhou Ting'an and his wife were reluctant to buy him a house, Mr. Zhou had clearly expressed his intention to give him a house, but Zhou Ci did not want it.
He didn't want it then, and he had this idea in mind now. His sister was still too kind and trusting, and she never doubted his motives at all. This made him feel a little guilty, but no matter how guilty he was, it was not as tempting as living with his sister.
Sure enough, Song Yu invited him: "Little boy, why would you rent a house when I'm here? I have such a big house over there, and it's too empty for you to live alone. It's just right that you're here, you can keep me company." She enthusiastically took Zhou Ci's hand and said, "Come on, let's go to my house and see if you like it. You can choose any room. If you're not satisfied after seeing it, or if you want to rent one outside, we'll talk later."
Zhou Ci slightly refused: "Will it be too much trouble for my sister if I live in her house?"
"What's the trouble? It's such a big house, you can live in yours and I can live in mine, it won't be a problem at all." Song Yu became more and more excited as he thought about it. "How do you want to decorate your room? What kind of decoration style do you like, kid?"
"I'm already very happy to live with my sister. Anything is fine." Zhou Ci was more excited than Song Yu, but he controlled his emotions, and Song Yu didn't notice it because he didn't notice.
Two days later, Zhou Ci moved in. Song Yu specially set aside an afternoon to help him pack his things, but he didn't expect that Zhou Ci only moved in a few boxes of books and a suitcase of clothes, and that was all he needed to move.
Song Yu was stunned: "Little boy, why do you have so few things?"
"I don't have much stuff to begin with. Just books and a few changes of clothes."
"Little friend, what kind of hard and simple life are you living?" Song Yu said distressedly, "No, no, since you live in my house, you belong to me. When you go out, you will be my face. My people cannot regard hardship and simplicity as virtue."
Song Yu pulled out her phone and began looking online for what boys of her age needed. Finally, based on recommendations from several popular bloggers, she ordered a ton of what she considered essential items for boys. Then, contentedly, she put her phone down. "It feels so good to spend money, kid. When you receive the things I bought for you, make sure you use them well."
Zhou Ci nodded obediently: "I will make good use of the things my sister bought me." He added: "When I make money in the future, I will return the money my sister spent on me with interest."
Song Yu waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, these are just small amounts of money, you don't have to pay it back."
Under the illusion of a deep sibling relationship, Song Yu and Zhou Ci began living together.
Song Yu, who was being tricked without realizing it, had a new daily routine, which was to buy things for Zhou Ci, from clothes to shoes to books. She bought everything she could think of and felt Zhou Ci would like.
What she didn't know was that Zhou Ci didn't care about these things. Being able to live with his sister was what Zhou Ci considered the greatest happiness.
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