The next morning
Su Man was awakened by the tinkling sounds outside. When she went out to take a look, she found that Zhang Lili had come up with some kind of folk remedy. She said that she should place bamboos on all sides of the house so that the house would rise steadily.
When she was almost done with her work, she went to Qu Zixiong's room and knocked on the door, "Zixiong, get up, come downstairs for breakfast."
Hearing Qu Zixiong's response, she hurried downstairs to the kitchen to make breakfast.
Although the interview was in the afternoon, because the distance was quite far, we had to start preparing to leave after breakfast.
Just as Zhang Lili went downstairs, Qu Ziqian's door opened.
Through the crack in the door, Su Man saw her walk to the stairs and spill a bottle of unknown liquid on the ground at the stairs.
Hearing the noise in Qu Zixiong's room, she hurriedly wiped it away with her hands and ran back to her room.
Looking at the floor that had become shiny, Su Man curled the corners of her lips and closed the door silently.
At the same time, in the kitchen downstairs, Zhang Lili was directing Aunt Zhou to prepare a "must-win" meal for Qu Zixiong.
Red eggs, dumplings, glutinous rice balls, and a chicken that has been stewed since five o'clock.
It means prosperity and good luck.
"Put that chicken soup through the oil strainer later. It's too greasy for Zixiong to eat this morning. And for the dumplings and glutinous rice balls, make sure you give them ten of each. Do you understand?"
"Okay ma'am, I understand."
Zhang Lili inspected the food one by one, more meticulously than the eunuchs who tested poison for the emperor. After confirming that everything was correct, she nodded with satisfaction, and her desire to show off began to stir again.
"Our Zixiong is about to go on a nationwide tour with the top pianists. So you must be extremely careful when cooking for our Zixiong. A future pianist is no joke."
Aunt Zhou, whose ears have become calloused from hearing so much these days, could only smile and say, "I'll be careful."
"Well, just be careful. You're really lucky to be able to work for a family like ours. When our Zixiong becomes a pianist in the future, if your relatives want an autograph, just tell me."
Aunt Zhou: "...Okay."
Just as Zhang Lili was about to say something, a scream suddenly came from upstairs.
"ah!"
Then there was the sound of something heavy falling to the ground, and then there was a "bang", like an earthquake.
Zhang Lili was stunned for a moment, "It's...it's Zixiong!"
"Zixiong!"
When she rushed over, Qu Zixiong was lying on the ground wailing, "It hurts, it hurts so much..."
The stairs in the Qu family's house had no turns, but were straight up and down. In addition, the first floor of the villa was twice as high as the ordinary floors. It was like he fell from the third floor. His forehead was scratched somewhere and blood was flowing.
When Zhang Lili saw Qu Zixiong's miserable condition, her knees went weak and she almost fell to the ground.
"What should I do? How am I going to go to the interview in this state?"
Her first reaction was not to care about Qu Zixiong's injury, but to worry about whether Qu Zixiong could have a normal interview.
Zhang Lili still held out hope, "Come on, Zixiong, see if you can stand up."
Qu Zixiong tried to get up. He wanted to use his arms to support the floor, but as soon as he exerted force, he felt a piercing pain.
“Ah! It hurts.”
Seeing that Qu Zixiong injured his arm, Zhang Lili felt disappointed.
It's over, all over.
But things have come to this, she can only send Qu Zixiong to the hospital first and then make long-term plans.
Qu Zixiong looked seriously injured. When Aunt Zhou and Zhang Lili helped him up, he kept screaming like a pig being slaughtered.
“It hurts so much!”
"Gently! Gently!"
...
After it became quiet downstairs, Qu Ziqian tiptoed out of the room, hunched over and looking around like a thief.
Only after she was sure that Zhang Lili and the others had left did she dare to straighten her back.
Although everything went according to her plan, she was only a child after all, and it was inevitable that she felt anxious after doing such a bad thing.
Just when she was at a loss, a sweet voice rang out, "If I were your sister, I would wipe the things on the floor first."
"Who, who's there?"
Qu Ziqian seemed to be frightened and looked around frantically until she found Su Man standing not far away.
Seeing that it was this ignorant little brat, she breathed a sigh of relief and pretended to be calm, "What nonsense are you talking about? This is none of your business. Go back to the house!"
Su Man was not angry even after being scolded, but still smiled and said, "I saw it, my sister poured oil on the ground."
“…”
In an instant, all the blood in Qu Ziqian's body rushed to her brain, and she had only one thought in her mind: she had been discovered.
What should she do? What should she do?
She didn't even dare to think about the anger she would face if her parents knew that it was her fault that her brother couldn't take the interview.
Will she be kicked out? Will her parents no longer like her? Will everyone know that she is a bad child?
Just as Qu Ziqian was lost in thought, Su Man slowly walked up to her and asked, "Sister, are you scared?"
“You…you…”
At this moment, Qu Ziqian's previous arrogance disappeared, her face turned pale with fear, and she couldn't even utter a word of rebuttal. After a long time, she stumbled and said, "I'm not afraid..."
"Are you not afraid?"
Su Man's smile grew even brighter, the dimples on her face faintly visible. "Then why are you shaking?"
“I…I…”
Qu Ziqian kept mumbling for a long time but couldn't come up with a clear explanation. Finally, Su Man spoke up, "Sister was jealous of Brother Zixiong, so she hurt him. If uncle and aunt knew about this..."
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