Zhao ii ca ho at night and was subjected to a joint scolding by her mom and dad.
Liu Xiue shouted at her, "Zhao ii! You’ve got so nerve! Not only do you go out without telling us, you’ve started not coming ho at night!"
Zhao ii knew she was in the wrong, hung her head low, and silently took the scolding.
This ti even Zhao Dazhuang was angry, "That Hu, you know what her family does! You just follow her? If it weren’t for your Brother Yangyang, where would you have stayed last night!"
Zhao ii bit her lip and, through lowered lashes, sneakily observed her mom and dad.
Liu Xiue’s eyes were red, "Last night your dad and I couldn’t sleep at all, I was at the grocery store staring at the entrance all night without seeing you. Do you know how worried I was!"
Liu Xiue pointed her finger at Zhao Dazhuang, "Your dad especially took the car to your school to look for you everywhere, and when he got back, he was so frightened he cried! Can you be more considerate, child!"
Zhao Dazhuang’s face turned embarrassed, and he vehently denied, "Nonsense, who cried!"
Liu Xiue blurted it out at the ti, and now seeing Zhao Dazhuang embarrassed, she held back a laugh in front of Zhao ii.
Zhao ii hadn’t fully realized the seriousness of the situation before, but hearing her dad cried, her nose tingled, her eyes turned red, her heart ached for her dad.
Zhao ii hurried to admit her mistake, "I was wrong, I won’t do this again next ti."
Liu Xiue almost burst into laughter upon hearing her apologize. This mischievous kid’s best trait is being quick to admit fault, although whether she’ll actually change is another matter.
After admitting her fault, Zhao ii felt the issue should be settled now, got up, and nestled against Zhao Dazhuang’s neck, calling him, "Dad!"
Zhao Dazhuang pushed her away, "Back off, you’re annoying!"
Zhao ii cozied up to him with a grin, "I’m not annoying, Dad, I really like you."
Zhao Dazhuang glared at her, "Who are you fooling! You liking ? I think the person you like most is your Brother Yangyang!"
Zhao ii hurriedly flattered him, hugged her dad’s neck, and kissed him on the face, "No, I really like you too."
Zhao Dazhuang couldn’t keep a stern face against her kissing and complints, and hugged her, "You can’t do this again next ti, you scared your mom and nearly to death."
Zhao ii giggled and acted spoiled with her dad. Once she acts spoiled, her dad can’t do anything about her, neither can her mom nor her Brother Yangyang. Zhao ii learned early on that acting spoiled works wonders; she uses it whenever there’s trouble, and it works every ti.
Zhao ii ntioned Shi Yang agreed to co pick her up to stay in the town over the weekend. Liu Xiue paused, turned to scold Zhao ii, "Look at you, always bothering your Brother Yangyang. He’s about to take his college entrance exams; if his studying gets disrupted, you’ll be hated for sure!"
Zhao ii, unconvinced, muttered softly, "My Brother Yangyang wouldn’t hate ."
By noon on Sunday, Shi Yang rode his bike over to Zhao ii’s house. He first went to the grocery store to check-in, where Zhao Dazhuang saw him from the display window and hurriedly ca out, waving, "Yangyang!"
Shi Yang rode up close and greeted, "Uncle Zhao."
Zhao Dazhuang went inside and took out a few cold beverages. Not knowing which ones were tasty or expensive, he randomly grabbed so colorful, nicely packaged ones, put them in a plastic bag, and handed them to Shi Yang, "Your aunt is cooking at ho; go upstairs quickly."
Shi Yang smiled and agreed, locked his bike at the grocery store entrance, and turned to head into Zhao ii’s house.
Shi Yang entered the house as Zhao ii was lying on the sofa watching TV.
Her family had just bought a new color TV before New Year, playing the most popular cartoons now. Xu Xu squeezed next to Zhao ii, laying her legs across him, holding a bag of shrimp chips, eating one herself and turning to feed one to Zhao ii.
Upon hearing the noise, Zhao ii turned her head and saw Shi Yang, quickly jumped off the sofa, not caring to wear her slippers, and dashed towards Shi Yang, happily shouting, "Brother Yangyang!"
Shi Yang also smiled, lovingly caught Zhao ii’s arm and embraced her, letting her hang off his belt, "Here’s so cold drinks, your dad brought them."
Liu Xiue popped her head out from the kitchen, saw Shi Yang, and cheerfully said, "You guys enjoy yourself for a bit, I’m still finishing the dishes!"
Shi Yang wasn’t treated as a guest, Liu Xiue just said that and went right back into the kitchen, not bothering to formally entertain him.
Shi Yang held Zhao ii as they approached the sofa, placed her down, then turned to look at Xu Xu standing nearby.
He had seen this boy before; he was particularly handso, unforgettable at first glance.
Shi Yang smiled and greeted Xu Xu, "Hello, Xu Xu."
Xu Xu hurriedly returned the greeting politely, "Hello, Brother."
Shi Yang grinned, sat himself on the sofa, and Zhao ii imdiately snuggled up against him. Shi Yang glanced at Xu Xu still standing by and beckoned him, "Co sit down."
Shi Yang’s status in Zhao ii’s ho beca clear; he was as comfortable and at ease as if he were in his own house.
Xu Xu bit his lip, a hint of envy flickered in his eyes.
Shi Yang casually placed the cold drinks on the coffee table, Zhao ii eagerly asked, "Brother, what flavor do you want?"
Shi Yang, "Anything’s fine."
Zhao ii then asked Xu Xu, "How about you?"
Xu Xu, "Any one is good."
Zhao ii took a careful look, picked out two identical ones, giving one to each herself and Xu Xu, finally secretly handing the only one with chocolate thin crisp to Shi Yang...
During lunch, Zhao Dazhuang tid locking the grocery store and returned ho, everyone gathered around the table.
Zhao Dazhuang concernedly asked Shi Yang, "College entrance exams are fast approaching, is studying particularly tiring now?"
Shi Yang smiled, "It’s okay, it was tough when my grades weren’t up, but now I’ve caught up. Just have a lot of practice problems, otherwise it’s manageable."
Liu Xiue reached out her chopsticks and placed a piece of chicken in each of the kids’ bowls, spoke to Shi Yang, "Eat more, ii said you usually live alone outside, how do you manage als?"
Shi Yang took a bite of chicken, freed his mouth to reply, "I usually buy als."
Liu Xiue frowned, "That’s not good, things outside have no nutrition, with studying being so tiring, wearing down your health."
Shi Yang explained with a laugh, "I usually stay at the teacher’s place and eat with the teacher, just handle als myself over the weekend."
Liu Xiue nodded, "That’s doable then."
As Liu Xiue served Shi Yang, she also served Zhao ii and Xu Xu.
Zhao ii looked at the egg served with two slices of cucumber, frowned, "Cucumber isn’t tasty; I don’t want it."
Zhao ii swiftly picked up the cucumber slices and accurately delivered them into Shi Yang’s bowl, "Brother, help eat these."
Shi Yang was in the midst of picking vegetables into his mouth, quietly took Zhao ii’s cucumber slices without minding her, eating them in big bites.
Xu Xu, holding his bowl, glanced from Zhao ii to Shi Yang’s face, "...."
Zhao ii had never liked cucumbers or tomatoes since she was little. Every ti there’s cucumber fried eggs, cucumber fried at slices, or tomato fried eggs, she would complain and murmur, "I don’t eat cucumbers... They’re disgusting... Brother, help eat them."
Thrown into Shi Yang’s bowl.
"Tomatoes, oh, they’re all mushy, look so unappetizing, Brother, you eat them?"
Thrown into Shi Yang’s bowl.
Zhao ii had developed this habit since childhood and couldn’t change it,
Shi Yang had grown accustod to cleaning up Zhao ii’s leftovers, even Liu Xiue and Zhao Dazhuang saw nothing unusual about it.
Whenever Shi Yang is around, Zhao ii’s unwanted food ends up in his bowl; Shi Yang isn’t around, Zhao Dazhuang can step in as replacent.
Zhao Dazhuang expressed to Liu Xiue, look at that? Even eating leftovers, I don’t rank first in our daughter’s heart.
Xu Xu’s beautiful big eyes lowered, pursed lips, withdrew his gaze, quietly continued eating, the originally aromatic al suddenly seed to have lost its taste.
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