The end-of-sester exam results are out, and Zhao ii got her wish of being tied for first in the class, sharing the top score with Xu Xu.
During Teacher Wu’s summary, she specially praised Zhao ii, and Zhao ii’s little tail imdiately perked up to the sky.
As soon as the teacher dismissed the class, Zhao ii dashed out of the school, couldn’t wait to call ho.
Holding the receiver, Zhao ii expertly pressed a series of numbers. As soon as the other side picked up, she hurriedly shouted, "Brother! I..."
Shi Yang: "ii, I have sothing happening here, let’s talk tonight."
Bang!!! Beep beep beep!!!
Zhao ii: "I got first place... annoying!"
Zhao ii hung up the phone in disappointnt, pouting, and was unhappy.
Xu Xu asked from the side, "What’s wrong?"
Zhao ii turned around, looking crestfallen: "My brother said he was busy and directly hung up on ."
Watching Zhao ii’s disappointed expression, Xu Xu thoughtfully consoled, "Maybe Brother Yangyang is really busy."
Zhao ii snorted, "Even if he’s busy, he can’t spare a mont to say sothing to ?"
Xu Xu’s eyes shifted, tentatively reminding her, "Brother Yangyang is all grown-up now, he must have his own personal life."
Zhao ii suddenly raised her head, her eyes wide open.
In her heart, Zhao ii wondered why Brother Yangyang needed personal life? What does personal life an...
In the afternoon, Zhao ii went to Xu Xu’s house to play with the little dog Dodo for half a day. It was almost dark before she took the bus ho.
Xu Xu stood under the bus shouting at her, "ii, I’m coming to your house to play tomorrow!"
Zhao ii waved her hand, leaned on the seat, and started to gnash her teeth, pondering over Brother Yangyang’s personal life again.
She reached the residential compound, and just turned onto the sidewalk in front of her house’s grocery store, when she saw Shi Yang and Qu Chaozong talking with her mom at the doorway.
Upon seeing Shi Yang, all her previous complaints vanished.
Excitedly, Zhao ii shouted, "Brother! Brother Chao!"
Shi Yang and Qu Chaozong turned their heads simultaneously, instinctively spreading their arms.
Zhao ii eagerly rushed to hug Brother Yangyang and, realizing it felt strange, quickly compensated by rushing to Qu Chaozong.
With a big smile, Qu Chaozong gave her a huge hug and poked Zhao ii’s forehead: "I finally see it, I’ll never beat your brother in your heart!"
Zhao ii giggled and asked, "Brother Chao, when did you co back?"
Qu Chaozong laughed: "Around noon, after I got off the train, went out with your brother for so errands. We’ve been waiting for you all afternoon. If you didn’t co back, I was about to leave!"
Hearing this, Zhao ii sensed the undertone and turned to Shi Yang: "Brother, did you co specially for ?"
Shi Yang put his arm around her shoulder: "Of course, specially for you, to treat Brother Chao tonight."
Zhao ii waved goodbye to her mom, and the three left the residential building, taking a taxi to the city.
They had seafood buffet for dinner, expensive, delicious, and mainly fun.
Zhao ii picked a bunch of strange seafood to study and eat.
While peeling shrimp shells for her, Shi Yang chatted with Qu Chaozong.
"Are you really set on coming back to develop here?"
Qu Chaozong cracked crab claws with his strong teeth: "I’ve decided. I originally wanted to stay in the provincial city for Peng Rui, but since we’ve broken up, there’s no need to hold on there."
Qu Chaozong seed to have a vendetta against crabs, cracking one and tossing it aside, grabbing another and continuing.
After cracking two in a row, he spat out shell bits: "I’ve finally co to understand, won are all the sa, they only care about money!"
Keeping herself busy, Zhao ii took a bite off her grilled scallop, retorting: "Who says that? I don’t care about money."
Shi Yang grinned and stuffed the peeled shrimp into her mouth: "Right, you don’t care about money, you only care about food!"
Zhao ii laughed, her slender eyebrows curving into a line.
Qu Chaozong also laughed: "You little rascal!"
Watching Shi Yang attend to Zhao ii, Qu Chaozong teased him: "You’ve been taking care of her since she was small, ii might as well be your own!"
Shi Yang chuckled: "It would be great if she were really mine."
Qu Chaozong threw him a glance: "If you want kids, isn’t it simple? Just get a wife, it’ll be done in a night!"
Shi Yang tossed shrimp shells at him: "Get lost!"
Zhao ii chid in: "My brother isn’t in a hurry!"
Qu Chaozong casually shaped the conversation, quickly taking it downhill: "Co on, your brother isn’t in a hurry. Ask him what he’s up to under the covers every night!"
Zhao ii, clueless, turned to ask: "Brother, what are you up to?"
Shi Yang rolled his eyes at Qu Chaozong: "Get lost! You think I’m like you, huh? ii’s here, don’t spout filthy things!"
Qu Chaozong chuckled mischievously.
Zhao ii pondered, wondering what her Brother Yangyang was doing under the covers at night...
After a bit of banter, Shi Yang returned to seriousness.
Shi Yang peeled a shrimp for himself to eat, asking: "Why don’t you just co back and work with ? I’ve just started, and I’m short on people. You help with so business, we’ll unite as brothers."
Qu Chaozong readily agreed: "Alright, no problem. If you beckon, I’d have rushed up imdiately anyway."
Shi Yang grinned, raised his glass: "Let’s toast to that?"
Qu Chaozong flashed his white teeth: "Let’s toast."
Since Qu Chaozong returned, Shi Yang beca busier.
Zhao ii knew Brother Yangyang was occupied with entrepreneurship, and understandingly didn’t bother him with calls, instead joining Xu Xu to get a library card, imrsing herself in reading to enrich herself.
Once third year began, the overwhelming papers, exercises, and quizzes utterly drowned Zhao ii.
Amidst the relentless final exams preparation, all of Zhao ii’s free ti was squeezed dry. By the ti she realized she hadn’t seen Brother Yangyang for a while, it was already close to New Year’s.
When Zhao ii called Brother Yangyang, Shi Yang was driving his dad’s car with Qu Chaozong to deliver gifts to clients for the holiday.
In six months, Shi Yang’s company began to take shape. Besides him and Qu Chaozong, they hired two more staff, and even recruited three temporary workers over winter break from the local university’s computer science departnt to handle errands.
Zhao ii listened closely to the sounds on Shi Yang’s end and asked: "Brother, are you outside?"
Shi Yang: "Yeah, I’m handling business with Brother Chao."
Checking the ti, Zhao ii asked concernedly: "Have you eaten?"
Shi Yang: "No ti, we’ll eat when we finish delivering and return to the office!"
After chatting for a bit and hanging up, Zhao ii couldn’t sit still, feeling sorry that Brother Yangyang was so busy working that he couldn’t even have a warm al.
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