"Senior brother!" Ding Kemeng felt uncomfortable hearing Li Yi say such things about Lu Ziyin: "Ziyin is a good person, you are not allowed to say such things about him!"
Li Yi was stunned, never expecting that his usually gentle and charming junior sister would get angry with him over a boy.
Li Yi glanced at Lu Ziyin again. Although he was still not entirely comfortable with himself, he ultimately refrained from saying anything unpleasant.
"Mengmeng, I'm asking you one last time, do you really not want to go abroad?"
"No." Ding Kemeng shook her head, rejecting him seriously. "I like being in City B and don't want to leave."
"Alright then, it's your decision, I won't force you." Li Yi knew there was no point in trying to persuade him further, so he simply stopped.
However, since it was a rare opportunity to return to China, Li Yi still wanted to spend more time with his junior sister.
"I rarely come back, and today is New Year's Day. Mengmeng, don't you want to show me around your school?" Li Yi had seen before he came that Xiushui seemed to be holding a New Year's Eve party today.
Although Ding Kemeng was angry at Li Yi's rude remarks to Lu Ziyin, she knew that Li Yi was worried about her, so she wasn't really angry with him.
"Yes, that's fine."
Although Lu Ziyin didn't particularly like this suddenly appearing senior brother, he was, after all, someone the little one was close to, so no matter how dissatisfied he was, he wouldn't react with the same anger as before.
"Let's go together then." Although Lu Ziyin no longer harbored hostility towards Li Yi, she was still unwilling to let Ding Kemeng and Li Yi be alone together.
Li Yi thought that Lu Ziyin would leave on her own, but he didn't expect her to be so clueless!
With a snort, Li Yi pulled Ding Kemeng to the middle and said with a smile, "Let's go, Mengmeng will show your senior brother a good look."
The soft woman in her arms was pulled away. Lu Ziyin looked up and met Li Yi's defiant gaze. A cold smile crept onto Lu Ziyin's lips. She reached out to Ding Kemeng and said in a coquettish tone, "Sweetie, my hands are cold. Can you hold my hand and walk with me?"
Ding Kemeng didn't see the confrontation between the two. When Lu Ziyin said his hands were cold, she quickly put her hands in his: "My hands are warm. Let me hold your hand. Let's go!"
Lu Ziyin's eyes instantly lit up with a smile after she got to hold hands with Ding Kemeng. She pulled Ding Kemeng forward without waiting for Li Yi or anyone else.
Li Yi was furious, but he couldn't say anything, so he could only speed up and catch up.
Along the way, Li Yi would always bring up his past training sessions with Ding Kemeng at the martial arts gym. Lu Ziyin couldn't get a word in edgewise, but he was good at interrupting, asking questions every now and then when Li Yi got carried away. Ding Kemeng, afraid he wouldn't understand, would always patiently explain to him. Li Yi was furious, but he couldn't say anything, so he could only suppress his anger and hold it in.
And so, the three of them awkwardly watched the entire New Year's Eve gala together.
Li Yi had planned that after school he could take his junior sister home by himself, but he didn't expect that Lu Ziyin would actually want to come along!
Ding Kemeng wasn't stupid; she could certainly see the strange atmosphere between Li Yi and Lu Ziyin. So, after leaving the school, she refused Lu Ziyin's offer to take her home.
Lu Ziyin didn't move, she just looked at Ding Kemeng calmly and didn't say anything.
Ding Kemeng knew he was angry.
"Sweetie, how about today? It's rare for your senior brother to come back, I..."
“Okay.” Lu Ziyin interrupted Ding Kemeng, not wanting to put her in a difficult position.
If Lu Ziyin had lost her temper with her, Ding Kemeng might not have felt so guilty, but now...
"I promise it will only be this once, Ziyin, don't be angry."
"I know, I'm not angry." Lu Ziyin forced a smile at Ding Kemeng, then looked at Li Yi standing not far away, her disgust undisguised. She gently kissed Ding Kemeng's ear: "I'll pick you up tomorrow morning. Goodnight, my darling."
...
After leaving the school, Ding Kemeng and Li Yi walked side by side on their way back.
"Mengbao, are you serious about Lu Ziyin?" If he wasn't mistaken, Lu Ziyin was probably the eldest young master of the Lu family. How much sincerity could such a boy have? Li Yi didn't believe it.
“Senior brother, you are prejudiced against Ziyin, so your opinion cannot be taken as a reference.” Ding Kemeng frowned and continued, “A lot has happened between him and me. I know very well how sincere he is to me, and I also know what kind of feelings I have for him.”
"But you, senior brother, do you even know your own heart?" Ding Kemeng looked up and asked in return.
Li Yi felt a little guilty under Ding Kemeng's gaze and hurriedly turned his head away, saying, "I don't know anything, Mengmeng, don't make wild guesses!"
"I'm just guessing?" Ding Kemeng laughed. "Senior brother, you're coming back to China this time not just to see me, right? You and Sister Yueyue... is there something going on between you two?"
"No way, she and I are just ordinary friends, how could there be any problems!" Li Yi was really panicked this time, and his voice even rose a few decibels.
"The dress you gave me for my birthday, was it Yueyue's size?" The dress was way too big for her, but it fit Yueyue perfectly.
"I...I was..." Li Yi stammered.
"Why isn't Senior Brother explaining?" Ding Kemeng turned to Li Yi, looked him straight in the eye, and continued, "Senior Brother, you are too loving, but at the same time you are also very ruthless. So, this time you have completely angered Sister Yueyue, and she doesn't want you anymore, right..." Only for this reason would her senior brother suddenly return to the country.
"I just couldn't bear to see those girls so upset, so I offered a few words of comfort!" Li Yi still didn't think he had done anything too wrong. The girl he loved most was still Yueyue, but she couldn't understand him!
"Senior brother, what do I remember people like you being called online...?" Ding Kemeng pretended to think, then suddenly said, "I remember now, they're called central air conditioning!"
Central air conditioning? Li Yi was stunned. Was this an insult directed at him?
"Mengmeng, how could you say that to me!" Li Yi said, feeling wronged.
"If I don't want to call you that, I'll use another word for me, like 'scumbag'!" Ding Kemeng obediently changed her wording.
But this replacement is not as good as the previous one!
"Okay, okay, stop talking, I know I was wrong!" Li Yi was hurt. He knew he was wrong, which was why the girls around him kept changing, but only Yueyue stayed by his side.
He wasn't unaware that Yueyue liked him, but he was afraid that once they crossed that line, their relationship would be just as fragile as everyone else's, and would vanish in an instant.
"Senior brother, calm down, stop like this. It's really hard for someone in this world to find someone who truly loves them; not everyone is lucky enough to encounter this kind of fortune!" Ding Kemeng was genuinely worried about Li Yi. "We're both very lucky to have encountered this one-in-a-million chance, and I've already seized my luck. I don't want you to lose this luck, senior brother, do you understand?"
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