"If I'm not your elder, then what am I to you?"
Shi Youxi held her slender wrist, staring intently at Mu Yiran. Hearing the woman's question, he found it difficult to speak.
What is his sister to him?
Shi Youxi was also thinking that the answer was obvious, but she subconsciously avoided it.
Why?
Shi Youxi thought of Shi Yan and Bai Shengsheng, of the pain and despair in his mother's eyes when she looked at his father, and of the Shi Yan he saw through the crack in the door long ago, before he lived alone. His father was gazing at his sleeping mother with deep infatuation in his eyes, but he was crying.
There is also the Shibianji (時笾纪).
The man who told him bedtime stories when he was afraid of living alone, the man who claimed to truly love him, lured Shi Youxi to kneel before him.
For him, love was twisted, painful, and disgusting.
But the situation suddenly changed.
Shi Youxi felt that it wasn't enough for his sister to just stay by his side, it wasn't enough for her to just like him, and it wasn't enough for her to never leave him.
It's never enough.
His desire for her had long been insatiable.
"...Anyway, it's not."
"..."
After uttering those words, Shi Youxi stopped talking. Mu Yiran was completely confused and wanted to get Shi Youxi to talk, but she didn't know how.
He abruptly changed the subject.
Seeing the boy's sour face, Mu Yiran wondered if it was because of Bai Shengsheng. Why was this kid so easily agitated?
How can she appease her?
He threw the apple core into the trash can, and the person next to him immediately handed him a peeled pear.
Mu Yiran was very full, but... she still took the food and slowly began to eat it.
"I didn't expect my little Xi to be so good at peeling fruit. This pear is sweeter than others."
Those nearby, hearing her praise, glanced at her again, only to meet the woman's raised eyebrow and gentle smile.
"..."
Shi Youxi closed her eyes briefly. "I just peeled it for you to eat."
Guan Shiyan heard these two sentences as soon as he entered. Although it wasn't the first time he had heard of Shi Youxi's shamelessness, he didn't expect Shi Youxi to do something like stealing credit and currying favor.
Sure.
Guan Shiyan did not get angry, but laughed instead.
Since his brother considers him a capable helper, he naturally wants to be enthusiastic about washing his brother's underwear!
Guan Shiyan always knew exactly what his good brother was thinking.
Guan Shiyan pushed up his glasses, smiled faintly, and walked in. "What are you talking about?"
"Ah, young official, I haven't had a chance to thank you for your help yet,"
Guan Shiyan put down the medicine prescribed by the doctor, ignoring Shi Youxi's gloomy gaze, and casually pulled up a chair to sit next to the bed, chatting with Mu Yiran with a smile.
"The frequency and dosage of medication are written here. Auntie, please remember to come back for a follow-up check-up after you finish taking the medication..."
Shi Youxi casually took the medicine into his arms and said, "The medicine has been delivered. You can leave now."
"..."
Mu Yiran patted the boy's arm, grinned, and said to Guan Shiyan with a smile, "You know he's easily embarrassed, but actually he really wants you to stay."
Guan Shiyan smiled and said, "I know, I know it all too well."
"..."
Shi Youxi stared menacingly at Guan Shiyan, who was grinning squintingly beside him. "What do you know? Do you know you'll die if you don't leave?!"
Ignoring his attacking gaze, Guan Shiyan picked up a pear from the fruit plate and asked, "May I eat this?"
"Of course, it's small and thin, and incredibly sweet."
Guan Shiyan took a bite and agreed, "It's really sweet. Shi's technique is indeed excellent."
Shi Youxi's eyelids twitched, a sense of foreboding washing over her. "You...."
"Not only is Shi's fruit-peeling technique amazing, but his foreskin-peeling technique is also amazing."
"puff!"
"Official! Knowledge! Extension!"
Mu Yiran choked on the water, her face turning red. What did she mean by circumcision? Was it the foreskin she was thinking of?
That thing... can be shaved by yourself?
Her worldview was bombarded, while Shi Youxi, who was standing next to her, wanted to bombard Guan Shiyan's life. He raised his leg and kicked the person next to him hard in the shin, but missed.
Guan Shiyan felt his good brother's fierce gaze, but calmly raised an eyebrow at him.
You little rascal.
His expression was natural, and the boastfulness and pride in his words made it seem as if the conversation had just taken place about Shi Youxi's extraordinary achievements rather than some inappropriate knowledge for children.
Shi Youxi, his face dark, was about to drag him out and hack him to death when the other man tilted his head at him.
Let your older brother teach you how to get people's attention.
Shi Youxi: "......."
[Got it, this person wants to be killed by having their neck twisted.]
"He cuts everything very well, even when he's with girls."
Mu Yiran: "?"
What does this have to do with that?
Are all teenage boys' thinking so unpredictable?
When Guan Shiyan saw her looking over, he pushed up his glasses and sighed softly, "Auntie, you don't know, do you? Shi is very rude to girls at school. When he throws love letters at girls, he does it as cleanly and neatly as peeling a skin."
Upon hearing this, Mu Yiran raised her eyebrows: "A love letter?" Her eyes flickered and landed on Shi Youxi, her gaze intense.
“Yes, it’s really troublesome to have drawers always full of gifts, but they are all people’s good intentions. They don’t know how to be a little more considerate,” Guan Shiyan said, shaking his head.
This sounds like she's complaining to her parents, but Mu Yiran's attention was entirely focused on something else.
She knew that Shi Youxi must be very popular at school, and that adolescence was a time when girls' hearts were beginning to flutter. In addition, she guessed what Shi Youxi's ideal type was.
Having an ideal type means there's a prototype!
"Are there really a lot of people giving Xiaoxi love letters?" Mu Yiran didn't want to appear too curious, otherwise Shi Youxi would never tell her.
The woman looked like she wanted to know but pretended not to care.
Shi Youxi's ears burned, and he clenched his hands tightly, trying his best to keep his face from showing any emotion, but his heart was pounding like thunder.
Sister...do you care about this a lot?
Mu Yiran pursed her lips and casually asked, "So that means a lot of people like Xiaoxi?"
Shi Youxi's Adam's apple bobbed.
Yes, she cares a lot.
His sister was very upset because he received love letters and gifts from others.
Guan Shiyan secretly clicked his tongue at Shi Youxi.
See, they've put their heart into it!
Would a good brother lie to you?
Shi Youxi's lips curled slightly as she calmly said, "I don't like them."
So you can rest assured.
"Hmm... okay." You're so tight-lipped, you won't even say this.
But Mu Yiran really wanted to know, so she leaned closer to the boy and said in a sweet voice, "If Xiaoxi likes someone in the future, just tell me. It doesn't matter who it is, as long as you like them."
Shi Youxi's eyes darkened. He turned his head and stared at the woman's eyelashes, his voice dry: "As long as I like it, that's fine?"
Mu Yiran nodded confidently: "Of course, I'll support anything you like."
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