Lin Xiaolou turned to look at Fang Erbai, her face as cold as ice, and said, "Go ask your precious little sister!"
Honestly, it's been over a year, and Chu Nian has been avoiding Lin Xiaolou to avoid trouble. She's never had any interaction with him, not even spoken a word. She never expected that just by throwing a stone—and an egg at that—he'd be so sure it was her!
Chu Nian's heart trembled as she hid in the shadows: she felt her heart aching again. This guy, he could never give her heart a moment's peace.
As she was inwardly grumbling, she suddenly felt Lin Xiaolou turn around and look at the corner where she was hiding. Although she knew perfectly well that Lin Xiaolou's gaze couldn't possibly turn around and see her behind the corner, Chu Nian still quickly turned and ran away.
No one knew about the complicated relationship between her and Lin Xiaolou. However, Wang Chengcheng was unaware that Fang Erbai's younger sister was still a little girl who was not even ten years old. Hearing Lin Xiaolou mention it made her feel uneasy.
After leaving backstage, she secretly went to Fang Erbai's room and knocked on the door a few times. Chu Nian realized it was her, hesitated for a moment, and then opened the door.
When Wang Chengcheng saw the door open, she didn't see the girl she expected. After scanning the room, her gaze finally fell on the face of the little girl who was just up to her waist.
Although the little girl was young, her delicate features and indifferent expression were already apparent... Wang Chengcheng felt that she bore a striking resemblance to Lin Xiaolou.
To be honest, when she saw that the woman living in the house was actually a child, the bitterness she felt earlier vanished. But when she discovered the striking resemblance, she felt uneasy again.
Chu Nian blinked her innocent eyes and said in a child's voice, "If you want to find my brother, you have to go backstage. He hasn't come back yet!"
Wang Chengcheng quickly smiled and said, "I didn't come to see your brother. I heard he has a younger sister, so I came to check on him."
Chu Nian maintained her innocent and naive expression, then exclaimed in surprise, "Oh, you came all this way just to see me?"
Wang Chengcheng nodded and smiled, "May I come in and sit down for a bit?"
"Oh, please come in." Chu Nian quickly stepped aside at the doorway.
Wang Chengcheng noticed that the child had no wariness of strangers at all, and had let her into the house so easily. What if this person had ill intentions...? But then she thought, this is a theatrical troupe, and the group of people eating and living here are all from the troupe. It's normal for her to be so unguarded.
After she entered the room, Chu Nian said, "If you like my brother and he likes you too, I'll move to another room. I can do odd jobs in the opera troupe. Don't worry, it won't affect you and my brother at all."
Wang Chengcheng asked in surprise, "Have you misunderstood something?"
Suddenly, a cool voice rang out from outside the door: "Whether there is a misunderstanding or not, this girl is growing up and can't always live in the same room with an adult man, even if that man is your brother."
As they were speaking, Lin Xiaolou's incomparably handsome face appeared at the doorway.
Chu Nian felt a sharp pain in her heart and liver, and almost collapsed to the ground.
Lin Xiaolou's face paled slightly. She gritted her teeth, rolled her eyes, snorted, and turned to leave.
"Hey, Mr. Lin, don't misunderstand. Mr. Fang and I aren't what his sister thinks." Wang Chengcheng quickly chased after him.
Fang Erbai was a little intimidated by Lin Xiaolou because he admired her. He entered the room and said, "Niannian, Boss Lin just suggested that you move to the next room. I have already agreed."
"Oh," Chu Nian replied. The moment Lin Xiaolou left, her heart immediately stopped aching. Was this a case of "out of sight, out of mind"?
Fang Erbai said with some concern, "There won't be anyone to braid your hair anymore..."
"I can have Lin Xiaolou comb my hair," Chu Nian suddenly said calmly. Besides, she thought it was a good idea; that guy always liked to meddle, huh!
“Alright,” she added, snapping Fang Erbai out of his daze after hearing her words, “I’ll move to the next room now. That room should be all set up by now, haha!”
Fang Erbai stared at her, somewhat bewildered: his younger sister used to be so sweet and adorable, what's wrong with her today? Her demeanor seems a bit... erratic?!
"I don't know if the room next door is ready yet," Fang Erbai said, seeing that Chu Nian had already started packing. He thought that it might be because he had asked his sister to move out of her room, which made her unhappy, and that was why her reaction was completely unexpected.
He imagined his sister would tearfully beg him not to move to another room, after all, she was still a child!
Fang Erbai then said, "If you don't want to move, I... I'll go talk to Boss Lin, and he definitely won't force us."
Chu Nian: "Why don't we move? It's already uncomfortable for the two of us to squeeze into one room, and there are a lot of inconveniences. I'm used to sleeping on a big, soft bed, which you don't have in your room."
Fang Erbai laughed when he heard this, but then tears started to fall. He said, "It's all my fault. I'm not capable enough. I've never let you sleep on a big, soft bed. Don't worry, I'm already a big star on stage. When I become a real star, I'll definitely let you live in a big house and sleep on a big, soft bed."
Chu Nian was speechless: Why is this guy suddenly feeling guilty?!
"Sigh, alright," Chu Nian sighed in a childlike voice but with an air of maturity, "Don't overthink it. I am indeed grown up. If a young woman continues to share a room with a man like you, who would dare to marry you?"
Fang Erbai paused upon hearing this, muttering, "Niannian, if... if..."
Chu Nian: "I know you like Lin Xiaolou, but unfortunately you're not his type. He already has someone he likes."
"What did you say?" Wang Chengcheng asked in surprise at the doorway.
Chu Nian was quite helpless: Didn't you go after Lin Xiaolou? Why did you come back?
As soon as she turned her head, she saw Lin Xiaolou staring at her with a cold face.
Chu Nian coughed lightly, feeling her heart tremble slightly. Thankfully, she didn't experience angina this time. She guessed that the constant pain had caused her to develop an immunity.
She had already packed her bags, slung them over her shoulder, walked up to Lin Xiaolou, tilted her little head, and asked, "Where is my room?"
"Hmm!" Lin Xiaolou said, pointing with her chin to the room at the end of the corridor.
Chu Nian: "That's across from your room, not next to my brother's room."
Lin Xiaolou: "It's up to you. If you don't want to move, then leave the opera troupe with your brother!" He said as he walked towards his room on the other side of the road.
Chu Nian immediately put her hands on her hips and shouted at his back, "He's a big shot now, he can stand on his own. Don't think you can threaten me with those words."
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