Chapter 4 Chapter 4 The third brother who says one thing and thinks another.
The sun shone obliquely into the manor.
Qin Moran sat alone quietly on the steps in front of the villa, eating oranges.
He lowered his little head and peeled a big red orange.
After peeling the orange, he broke off a segment and carefully removed the white veins on the orange before putting the orange into his mouth.
His mouth is very small, and when he stuffs an orange slice into it, his mouth becomes bigger and his face looks even chubbier.
Today, he was wearing a red cloak and looked more like a mushroom when he sat on the steps.
The little mushroom lowered its head and ate the orange seriously, squinting its eyes from time to time because of the sweetness.
In the living room.
Chen Ruolan is talking to her mother-in-law.
It was obvious that the mother-in-law called again to accuse me.
My mother-in-law asked, "I heard that Xiaoye got into a fight at school again. How do you discipline him as a mother?"
Chen Ruolan was a little confused: "Did Xiaoye get into a fight?"
My mother-in-law's tone became more serious. "You don't even know this? What on earth do you do every day?"
Chen Ruolan tried to say something: "Mom, I..."
Her mother-in-law interrupted her: "As a mother, you don't even know how your son is doing at school. As a wife, you can't help your husband with his career. What is the value of your life?"
The volume is not loud, but it is aggressive everywhere.
Chen Ruolan has been educated like this countless times and has become accustomed to it.
She suppressed her exhaustion and promised, "I'll find out more about Xiao Ye's situation at school."
Mother-in-law: "You'd better keep your word."
Chen Ruolan's voice was weak: "Mom, is there anything else? If not, I'm hanging up."
Mother-in-law: "Do you think I want to call you to say this? If you didn't handle the household affairs so badly every day, why would I, at my age, who should be enjoying my retirement, worry about the affairs of the younger generation? When Xiaoya was here, she didn't need my guidance at all."
Xiaoya, whose full name is He Lingya, is the previous daughter-in-law of this family.
Ever since Chen Ruolan married into this family, she'd been living under this man's shadow. Her parents-in-law compared her to him, the media did the same, and even those in the wealthy circles, intentionally or unintentionally, compared her to the previous man...
Chen Ruolan was a little unsteady on her feet, so she took two steps back and sat on the sofa.
She was wearing a beautiful floral dress today, but now the flowers seemed to have lost their luster.
Chen Ruolan opened her mouth several times before she uttered, "I understand, Mom. I will study hard."
Mother-in-law: "What can you learn? How can someone like you, who has no knowledge or skills, make any progress?"
Chen Ruolan stopped talking.
The mother-in-law scolded her a few more times before hanging up the phone.
There was a busy tone on the phone.
Chen Ruolan weakly lowered her right hand holding the phone.
The entire living room is gorgeous, but it feels like a suffocating cage.
The daughter-in-law of a wealthy family always has unspeakable difficulties.
In fact, Chen Ruolan is a very capable person, at least that was the case when she was in their hometown.
At that time, Chen Ruolan was young, beautiful, smart and hardworking. She was a beautiful scenery in the whole town, and many young men had a crush on her.
It's a pity that her parents favored boys over girls and only sent her to junior high school, and then asked her to work in the city to support her younger brother.
Later, by chance, she met Qin Lian, the boss of a wealthy family, and her fate took a turn.
However, it is hard to say whether this turn of events is good or bad.
Chen Ruolan sat tiredly for a while, and suddenly remembered that she seemed to have not seen Mo Bao for a long time, so she quickly got up to look for him.
Fortunately, Qin Moran was now sitting obediently on the steps outside the villa.
Chen Ruolan felt relieved and stood not far away looking at the little red ball.
At this moment, Qin Moran was lowering his head and carefully removing the orange meridians bit by bit.
Chen Ruolan's mood instantly improved when she saw her son.
She walked over and reminded him, "Baby, don't get rid of the white meridians. They are good for your health."
"Why?"
Qin Moran suddenly raised his little head and looked at Chen Ruolan with a pair of sparkling eyes: "Mom!"
Chen Ruolan's heart melted when she heard the word "Mom".
If she still had any expectations for life, it must be brought to her by her youngest son.
Chen Ruolan squatted down and silently rubbed Qin Moran's little head, her eyes full of love.
Qin Moran seemed to notice that his mother was in a bad mood at the moment, so he obediently leaned forward to let her rub his head.
His mother's force was very light, and the massage was very comfortable. She also had a floral scent on her body, which was really pleasant.
After rubbing it a few times, Chen Ruolan withdrew her hand.
At this time, Qin Moran raised a slice of orange and fed it to Chen Ruolan: "Come, mommy eat it."
Chen Ruolan smiled and said, "Mom doesn't want to eat it, Mo Bao will eat it himself."
"All right."
Qin Moran obediently took back the orange, then stuffed the whole slice into his mouth, and his cheeks puffed up instantly.
Chen Ruolan looked at him tenderly.
Just then, a figure walked over from the lawn in the distance.
Qin Moran was the first to notice and said in a baby voice, "It's Third Brother."
Chen Ruolan looked up and saw Qin Ye.
Qin Ye never wears his school uniform properly, leaving the zipper wide open, revealing a pure white short-sleeved shirt underneath.
He was tall and had long legs. He walked towards this side with a schoolbag slung over one shoulder and his hands in his pockets, looking stern.
Chen Ruolan stood up in surprise: "Why are you back?"
This is the second consecutive week that her son has returned home, which would have been a miracle in the past.
Qin Ye replied casually: "If you want to go back, just go back. Why do you need so many reasons?"
However, while speaking, he glanced at Qin Moran unintentionally.
As soon as he caught a glimpse of it, he chuckled, then squatted down and tugged at Qin Moran's cloak. "What the hell is this? Are you pretending to be a mushroom today?"
Qin Moran's body was pulled crooked and his little face wrinkled.
Why is this third brother always so rude?
Qin Moran finally sat up straight and argued, "I'm not a mushroom."
Qin Ye sneered: "If you are not me, then who is? And you are a red mushroom. Red is poisonous and cannot be eaten."
Is it poisonous?
Qin Moran opened his eyes wide in a daze, as if he really felt that he was poisoned.
Qin Ye continued to scare him: "Your toxicity is likely enough to poison a large group of people."
Qin Moran was so stunned that he even forgot to eat the orange.
"Okay." At this time, Chen Ruolan stopped him, "Don't scare your brother."
Qin Ye continued to stare at Qin Moran, disapproving: "How can a boy be so timid?"
Chen Ruolan disagreed: "Do you think everyone is as tough as you?"
Seeing that his mother and third brother seemed to be about to quarrel, Qin Moran was a little at a loss. He looked at his mother and then at his third brother.
Then, he thought quickly and stuffed half of the orange into his third brother's mouth, and then his third brother was gagged and couldn't speak.
Qin Ye: "..."
Chen Ruolan looked at this scene and smiled for the first time in a long time.
Although she thought her younger son's action was unintentional, she still felt a little happy.
Qin Ye devoured the orange in his mouth fiercely, then stared at Qin Moran and said, "What? Are you trying to murder your third brother?"
Qin Moran shrank back after being yelled at and didn't dare to speak.
Qin Ye looked at his timid brother and sighed. He had to find an opportunity to make his brother braver.
At this moment, Chen Ruolan thought of the phone call her mother-in-law had just made. She frowned and asked Qin Ye, "By the way, I heard that you got into a fight at school again?"
Qin Ye stood up impatiently: "Who said that?"
Chen Ruolan: "Don't worry about who said it, just tell me, did you fight again?"
Qin Ye said unhappily, "Who's fighting?"
Chen Ruolan: "There's no smoke without fire. How could someone wrongly accuse you?"
In fact, Qin Ye did get into a fight at school, but there was a reason for it.
During evening study, he and a few of his buddies climbed over the wall to eat barbecue. Unexpectedly, they ran into a group of drunks who were blocking a girl and wouldn't let her leave.
The girl was almost crying.
Qin Yeren didn't say much. He just picked up a beer bottle and walked over.
Seeing this, his younger brother followed.
Then the two sides had a fierce battle.
But is Qin Ye the kind of person who is willing to explain things properly? Definitely not.
When Chen Ruolan asked him this, he frowned impatiently and said perfunctorily, "Don't worry about it anyway."
Chen Ruolan became anxious when she thought of what her mother-in-law had said to her on the phone: "I'm your mother. If I don't take care of you, who will?"
Qin Ye became even more impatient and seemed to want to say something.
The words spoken by rebellious teenagers are nothing but hurtful.
At this time, Qin Moran, who had been silent all the time, stood up, took a slice of orange, and tried hard to feed it to his third brother, stuffing his mouth.
Unfortunately, he was not even as tall as his third brother's thigh. He stretched out his arms as hard as he could, but he could not reach his third brother's mouth.
He was anxious and tried to jump a few times on the spot, like a little mushroom trying to jump higher, and then stuff the orange slice into his third brother's mouth.
At this time, Qin Ye and Chen Ruolan had stopped arguing and were looking down at Xiaotuanzi's actions.
Qin Ye looked at Mo Bao, who had been trying for a long time but failed, and said with a smile: "You really did it on purpose!"
Qin Moran didn't know what his third brother meant. He just wanted to shut him up and stop him from arguing with his mother.
Qin Ye watched him jump around for most of the day with a cold eye, but was finally convinced by his persistence. He bent down and took the initiative to bite the orange in a bad mood, muttering, "I'm really scared of you."
Qin Moran finally fed the orange and breathed a sigh of relief.
He had been jumping around so much just now that his little face had turned red, which matched his red cloak very well.
Chen Ruolan, who was watching all this, suddenly felt tears in her eyes and she quickly turned her head to calm down.
She had originally thought her youngest son's action of feeding the orange was accidental, but now it seemed that he understood everything and did not want his brother and mother to quarrel.
It turns out that her son has become so sensible without her realizing it.
Now that Qin Ye has returned home, Mo Bao can be handed over.
Chen Ruolan went upstairs to change her clothes.
She changed into a high-end Chanel-style suit, which was well-cut and highlighted her graceful waistline.
The upper part of this dress is a small jacket, and the lower part is a knee-length skirt. The whole dress is off-white and inlaid with sparkling diamonds.
Chen Ruolan put on her clothes, put on a pearl necklace, and finally picked up a handbag.
Now she was elegant and beautiful, ready to go straight to the party.
But she was also going to attend those gatherings of wealthy ladies at this time.
These people get together to visit exhibitions, shop, and drink afternoon tea...
In fact, Chen Ruolan didn't like doing these things very much, but her mother-in-law had said before that she now represented the face of the Qin family and needed to frequently contact and socialize with those noble ladies.
If she stayed at home all day without going out, people would think that the Qin family's daughter-in-law was not presentable.
Chen Ruolan walked downstairs in a pair of high heels, and then told Qin Ye: "I'm going out for a while, you have to take good care of your brother."
Qin Ye muttered, "What a hassle."
But he quickly added, "I understand."
Chen Ruolan had already prepared a lot of wording to get Qin Ye to agree to this matter, but she didn't expect Qin Ye to agree so easily.
She was surprised and relieved at the same time. It seemed that her previous strategy of getting her two sons to get along well was successful.
After their last time together, Qin Ye no longer rejected his younger brother.
Chen Ruolan went out with peace of mind.
In the living room.
Qin Ye crossed his arms and stared at Qin Moran who was sitting obediently on the sofa.
Qin Moran was a little scared by the stare of his third brother, and tried to shrink into his cloak to reduce his presence.
Qin Ye raised his eyebrows: "Weren't you quite confident when you stuffed the orange into my mouth just now? Are you scared now?"
Qin Moran shrank his body and said nothing.
He was just trying to stop the two from arguing, so he didn't care about so many things.
It’s different now. The courage is gone and only fear remains.
Qin Ye didn't realize how intimidating the aura of a school bully he was, so he just asked, "Where do you want to go today? I'll take you out again."
Qin Moran's eyes lit up when he heard that he could go out.
Although he likes to be alone most of the time, it's nice to go out for a walk occasionally.
But, is he going with the third brother?
Would his third brother abandon him halfway because he was angry?
Qin Ye had no idea what was going on in the child's mind. He just felt that the child seemed to want to go, so he grabbed the child and lifted him up from the sofa.
Qin Moran was startled when his body suddenly flew into the air, his hands and feet flapping in the air.
Qin Ye quickly steadied him and held him in his arms: "Stay still, why are you moving around? I won't care if you fall to the ground."
Qin Moran didn't dare to move for a moment, and quickly hugged his third brother's neck obediently.
Qin Ye once again discovered that the child's body was so soft. Holding him in his arms was like holding a small red cake.
I didn't dare to use too much force, for fear that I would break the cake.
Qin Ye rarely learned how to move gently, and even adjusted several ways of holding the child, just to make the little one in his arms more comfortable.
The big one and the small one quickly went out.
The streets are still bustling with activity.
When they arrived at a square, Qin Ye put Qin Moran down and let him walk by himself.
However, Qin Moran obviously couldn't keep up with Qin Ye's pace.
Qin Ye Ren was tall and had long legs, so just two steps forward were enough for Qin Moran to catch up with him for a long time.
After Qin Ye discovered this, he deliberately teased Qin Moran. He took a few steps forward. When Qin Moran saw that he was falling behind, he hurriedly chased after him with his short legs.
Qin Moran's legs were too short, and he staggered when he walked. When he was chasing forward, he looked like a little red ball of fur chasing him.
Qin Ye was amused and took two steps forward.
Qin Moran chased after him again.
It's so much fun.
Qin Moran chased after him while shouting, "Third brother, slow down. I can't catch up."
As he spoke, he was still panting.
Qin Ye said maliciously: "If you can't catch up, then chase after it quickly."
Qin Moran: "..."
His third brother is a big bad guy!!
Qin Ye stopped walking after he had enough fun and asked Qin Moran, "Do you want some grilled sausage? I'll buy you one."
A small stall next to it was selling grilled sausages. The sausages were grilled to bring out the aroma, and after being brushed with chili oil, they made people drool instantly.
Qin Moran stared at the grilled sausage and didn't have time to express his opinion.
Qin Ye changed his tone again: "Forget it, I won't let you eat these things on the roadside. If you get sick, you'll have to go through a lot of trouble when you get home."
Qin Moran felt a little regretful when he heard this. He really wanted to eat grilled sausages.
But the wallet was not in his hand, so what he said didn't count.
Fortunately, in order to make it up to him, Qin Ye bought a pack of cheese sticks from the supermarket next door.
The cheese sticks are delicious too.
Qin Moran was visibly happy and quickly reached out to take it.
Qin Ye raised his hand mischievously: "Say something nice and I'll give it to you."
Qin Moran couldn't get the cheese stick and became anxious. He jumped several times on the spot, but unfortunately he couldn't reach it.
But Qin Ye continued: "Hurry up and tell me!"
Qin Moran had no choice but to say, "Third brother, I want to eat cheese sticks."
Qin Ye raised his eyebrows: "How can this be considered a good thing to say? Change it."
Qin Moran was tempted by the cheese stick and had to rack his brains to think of another sentence: "Third brother is the best."
Qin Ye was satisfied. He tore open the package, took out a cheese stick and handed it to Qin Moran.
Qin Moran took the cheese stick and took a bite happily, leaving a row of neat little tooth marks on it.
The cheese sticks are sweet, soft, and milky, and very delicious.
Qin Ye also felt greedy when he saw Qin Moran eating so deliciously.
But he wasn't used to something as childish as a cheese stick.
He walked over and bought two spicy roasted chicken legs, and bit off half of them in one bite.
The two brothers sat on a bench in the square, each eating their own food.
The picture was quite harmonious for a moment.
The other side of the square.
Li Xingde bought himself a very nice leather jacket.
The shop owner kept praising her, "This is a perfect fit for you! By the way, would you like to buy one for your son? We also have children's clothing."
Li Xingde was adjusting his leather jacket as he nonchalantly said, "Why would a child buy so many clothes? If you're not careful, they'll grow taller and then the clothes won't fit anymore. Wouldn't that be a waste?"
The clerk looked at Li Chi's tattered clothes, laughed dryly, and said nothing.
What kind of father is this? He only cares about himself and doesn't care about his son.
But at the moment, Li Chi didn't care about the clothes at all, but looked at the bench across the square.
There was a little red ball sitting on the bench, which was particularly eye-catching.
At this time, Li Xingde had bought the clothes and came out to urge Li Chi, "What are you looking at? Hurry up, I still need to go back to the warehouse to check."
Li Xingde doesn't have any great abilities, but he is quite good at talking.
He had many friends and eventually found out about a job as a warehouse manager.
After he knew about this job, he thought about it day and night and finally got it by being persistent.
The administrator's position is very easy, but the salary is not high, only a little over 3,000.
Li Xingde holds the key to the warehouse door, and he only needs to open the door when someone comes to load goods.
Someone just happened to be coming to load the goods today.
Li Xingde urged Li Chi to leave.
Li Chi withdrew his gaze from the bench over there and followed Li Xingde away.
Soon, the father and son arrived at the warehouse.
Li Xingde opened the gate and let a truck in to pick up the goods.
Li Xingde chatted with the other party for a while, and when he left, he took a bag of melon seeds and four small breads with him.
The other party laughed and said, "Lao Li, are you stealing from the inside?"
Li Xingde disagreed: "I work hard all year round to help the boss guard this warehouse, so what's the big deal about eating his food?"
The man pulling the goods smiled, quickly got into the car, and drove away.
Li Xingde took the key and locked the iron gate while humming a little tune.
Li Chi waited silently.
Li Xingde glanced at his son for a moment, then pulled out a small loaf of bread from his pocket and tossed it to him. "Take it and eat it."
Li Chi caught the small bread.
He didn't take it seriously at first, but after seeing the packaging of the bread, his eyes flickered slightly.
This small piece of bread was exactly the same as the one he got next to the iron fence that day.
He could recall the taste without eating it.
Very sweet, soft and filled with mango.
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