Chapter 348: Star-Chasing Girl Zhu Yu
Han Liming looked at the layout of the room. It was a typical two-bedroom apartment. The master bedroom belonged to Xiong Cai and Zhu Hong, and the other bedroom belonged to Zhu Yu and Xiong Cai's son Xiong Ziang.
"Where is Zhu Yu?" Han Liming asked.
"She just went downstairs to buy something and will be back soon. Officers, please have a drink of water and wait for a while!" Zhu Hong said.
"Thanks!"
"Xiong Ziang is not a child anymore, why is he still sleeping in the same bedroom with Zhu Yu?" Han Liming asked.
Zhu Hong smiled helplessly and said, "There's nothing we can do about it. The housing prices here are too high. We can't afford a three-bedroom apartment, so we can only let the two children suffer a little. They've been used to living in a one-bedroom apartment since they were young anyway."
Han Liming couldn't help but frown when he heard this. There was no partition or anything in Zhu Yu and Xiong Ziang's room, just two beds.
After all, they are not biological siblings and they are not young anymore.
Logically speaking, even if normal parents cannot give them two bedrooms, they will at least make a partition. At worst, they can let Zhu Yu and Zhu Hong sleep in one room, and Xiong Cai and Xiong Ziang sleep in one room.
It is really unacceptable that these two half-siblings sleep together.
But after all, this was someone else's private matter, and they couldn't interfere, so they didn't say much.
Zhu Hong seemed to have seen through Han Liming's thoughts and explained:
"I had originally suggested that Xiaoyu and I sleep in the same room, but Ziang wasn't happy about it because my husband sometimes comes home too late from work and that bothers him.
He is already in his third year of high school this year, and this is the most critical time. We can only make do with it for now. Once Ziang is admitted to university and lives on campus, it won’t affect Xiaoyu anymore.”
"Then Zhu Yu has no objection?" Han Liming asked.
"Xiaoyu has a very good relationship with her brother, so of course she has no objection!" Zhu Hong said with a smile.
When she was with Xiong Cai, she was most afraid that the two children would have conflicts and have difficulty getting along. However, Xiong Ziang and Zhu Yu got along very well, just like real siblings. Only then did Zhu Hong feel at ease to follow Xiong Cai.
As they were talking, Zhu Yu came back with the soy sauce that Zhu Hong asked her to buy.
"Xiaoyu, you're back. Two police officers want to see you for something." Zhu Hong said with a smile.
Zhu Yu walked in slowly, her long bangs almost covering most of her face, and her lips looked a little pale.
"Officer...Officer?"
Zhu Yu saw that Han Liming and Zhuo Chi were obviously a little panicked, like frightened little rabbits.
"Don't be afraid, Xiaoyu, we just want to ask you something. If you know the answer, just tell me. It doesn't matter if you don't know." Han Liming tried his best to keep his voice calm.
Zhu Yu still looked at Han Liming with some fear:
"Uncle police, what do you want to ask?"
"Do you like Huo Suyu?" Han Liming asked.
"Huo Suyu?"
A hint of doubt flashed across Zhu Yu's eyes, but he immediately reacted:
"Yes... yes! I do like her!"
Han Liming narrowed his eyes slightly. Is he so unfamiliar with his favorite star?
"Your room is full of her posters, but you seem so unfamiliar with her?" Han Liming asked tentatively.
"I...it's just my first time seeing you, and I'm a little nervous. I like Huo Suyu. She's very beautiful and her acting is great." Zhu Yu said.
"But she has already retired. It's such a pity for such a beautiful princess!"
Han Liming kept staring at Zhu Yu when he said this, but her expression did not change at all. She did not react to the word "princess" at all, but just nodded and said:
“It’s quite a pity!”
Han Liming and Zhuo Chi looked at each other and nodded slightly.
"Okay! We're done asking questions."
"Would you two officers like to sit for a while?" Zhu Hong asked politely.
"No, we have finished asking questions and will leave first." Han Liming said.
"Okay, officers, take care!"
Zhu Hong politely saw Han Liming and Zhuo Chi off, and her expression changed as soon as the door closed.
Zhu Hong frowned and looked at Zhu Yu and said, "Wouldn't it be better if I told you to stop chasing stars and learn more from your brother and read some books?"
Zhu Yu lowered her head, and her long bangs covered her face even more.
"I'll go back to my room first." Zhu Yu said lightly.
Zhu Hong was made even more angry by her attitude: "Come back here!"
Zhu Hong grabbed Zhu Yu and looked at her dejected expression, her face filled with anger, as if she was too shameful to be seen.
"Can't you just cut your hair? You can't even see."
"I...I don't want to cut it!" A trace of panic flashed in Zhu Yu's eyes.
"Your hair is too long. It will affect your studies. Listen to mom and cut it!"
As she spoke, Zhu Hong dragged Zhu Yu to the mirror, parted her bangs, and revealed her pure and innocent face.
"Look at this beautiful face, why is it covered?"
Zhu Yu was stunned, looking at himself in the mirror, not noticing that Zhu Hong had already picked up a pair of scissors.
With a click, Zhu Yu's bangs were cut in half, just reaching her eyebrows, revealing her face.
"ah!!"
Zhu Yu suddenly screamed, covered her face, and looked at herself in the mirror in horror.
"What are you shouting about, kid? It's just a matter of cutting bangs, but you act like you want to kill me!" Zhu Hong said angrily.
Zhu Yu seemed to be very frightened. He quickly pushed Zhu Hong away, ran into the room and locked the door.
"Xiaoyu, what's wrong with you?" Zhu Hong shouted while knocking on the door.
Zhu Yu did not respond, but just huddled in the corner and hugged herself tightly.
Zhu Hong shouted outside for a long time but no one responded, so she went to cook.
"This child is getting harder and harder to manage as she grows up. Her brother has to take care of her!" Zhu Hong muttered.
Not long after, Xiong Ziang came back.
Zhu Hong brought the hot meal to the table and said with a smile:
"Zi'ang, you're back, come wash your hands and have dinner!"
Xiong Ziang glanced at the two cups of cold tea on the coffee table and asked, "Is anyone coming home today?"
"Oh, they were two policemen. They said they had something to ask Xiaoyu and then left." Zhu Hong said.
Xiong Ziang's eyes were slightly cold: "Where's Xiaoyu?"
"He's still in the room! He just ran into the room for no apparent reason and locked the door. He ignored me no matter how I called him!" said Zhu Hong.
Hearing this, Xiong Ziang put down his schoolbag and knocked on the door.
"Xiaoyu, open the door!"
Zhu Yu inside trembled all over when he heard Xiong Ziang's voice.
Seeing no one responding, Xiong Ziang's tone turned cold:
"Xiaoyu, I'm your brother, open the door quickly!"
Still no one responded. Xiong Ziang's breath suddenly dropped to freezing point, but a smile appeared on his face:
"Xiaoyu, if you don't open the door, I'm going to teach you a lesson!"
After hearing this, Zhu Yu stood up tremblingly, moved step by step to the door and opened it.
The moment Zhu Yu saw Xiong Ziang, his heart suddenly trembled.
"Why are you crying? Come, go wash up!"
Xiong Ziang pushed the door open and walked in with a smile, and Zhu Yu backed away tremblingly.
Zhu Hong in the kitchen couldn't help laughing when she heard Zhu Yu opening the door: "This girl still needs to be taken care of by Ziang!"
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