Chapter 4 Part 1
Translator: Rya
Chu Xiaoyi relies on his face for a living. He has always been at no disadvantage in front of the opposite sex. Unexpectedly, one day he would be planted in the hands of his sister. The little girl's face still couldn't hide her emotions. Although she was being extremely obscure, she still showed a subtle impatience. Evidently reluctant to have much to do with Chu Xiaoyi.
Chu Xiaoyi: Oh ho, do you want to get rid of this Lord?
Chu Xiaoyi wasn't angry at his cheap sister's rejection. Instead, he believed that this was a normal reaction. It is estimated that it would be difficult for anyone to have a brother or sister out of thin air. Chu Xiaoxiao was at least different from He Xin. She was obviously not comfortable with the new brother's existence, and she was full of resistance.
The two sides are like wild forest beasts vying for the throne, and the battle is about to start!
Chu Xiaoyi accidentally put a hot face on his cold bu*t1, and unexpectedly lost in the first battle. He immediately changed his tactics and observed his sister in all aspects. As the saying goes, if you know your enemy, you can win a hundred battles2. Since his cheap sister did not feel the goodwill he first released, he naturally had to return the favor.
At dinner, everyone prepared a table brimming with sumptuous delicacy for Chu Xiaoyi, who had returned home. Xiao Bi said: "Quickly try it, don't you like steamed pork belly with preserved mustard greens the most”
Chu Xiaoyi tasted his chopsticks and immediately praised: "It's delicious."
Xiao Bi: "That's good, your dad's not busy for nothing."
Chu Xiaoyi's face was surprised: "Is this Dad's cooking?"
Chu Xiaoyi didn't expect his father to cook. He showed an incredulous expression and looked at Chu Jiadong, who was sitting across from him.
The granduncle smiled and said, "He cooked all the dishes on this table!"
He knew that his father's character had gradually changed for the better, but he really didn't expect Chu Jiadong to embark on the road of being a family man, very different from his childhood appearance of saying no to everything.
Chu Jiadong didn't dare to meet his elder son's eyes, he lowered his head embarrassedly, and answered vaguely: "Eat the vegetables, eat the vegetables..."
Grandma Chu Zhen slowly scooped rice with a spoon while her eyes were glued to Chu Xiaoyi across the room and suddenly said, "Xiao—"
Chu Xiaoyi used to live with his grandmother for a long time and subconsciously responded, "Yes, grandma."
The old lady tilted her head to look at Chu Xiaoyi. Then she grinned, her smile infected the whole table and made everyone happy.
"Mom actually laughed, you recognize Xiao Yi, didn't you?"
"She still remembers people now, she still remembers her grandson..."
There was a lively atmosphere on the table, but Chu Xiaoyi noticed the Little Thing’s silence on the opposite side. She ate her food well and quietly, her long eyelashes drooping slightly, and she seemed indifferent to the surrounding atmosphere. Chu Xiaoxiao neither cried nor showed any displeasure. She seemed to be living in her world, like a silent, reserved doll.
Chu Xiaoyi originally had intended to fight back at her pig theory, but for no reason had he softened his heart and had no intention of quarreling with her anymore. He knew he had been drifting around for many years, and only once he returned home would he attract excessive attention from his parents. After all, Chu Xiaoyi hadn't come back for a long time, and he was leaving soon after the Spring Festival.
Chu Xiaoyi is indeed not a fan of his cheap sister, but he is the person who understands Chu Xiaoxiao's mentality best. Whoever makes them anxious for their parents' love and have the same worry from gains and losses3. After all, he feels that she divides the love of his parents, and she also feels that he divides the love of her parents.
Seeing that the Little Thing had been uninterested, Chu Xiaoyi simply grabbed the greens in front of the chopsticks, stretched out his arm, handed it to the opponent's bowl, and said, "Xiao Xiao, eat more greens."
Chu Jiadong was just about to say something in agreement when he saw the dish Chu Xiaoyi clipped to her but froze, showing a look of desire to speak but not to stop. Chu Xiaoyi likes to eat fried lilies with celery, but Chu Xiaoxiao is quite averse to celery. Chu Jiadong specially put this dish in front of his eldest son, positioned exactly the farthest away from his youngest daughter. He did not expect him a thousand miles away to send the dish to her.
Chu Xiaoxiao looked at the celery in the bowl in silence, she suspected that the cheap brother deliberately set her up, picking out the dishes she hated the most.
Chu Xiaoyi’s good intentions to do bad things4, which he did not expect to brush off his sister's good feeling value in one fell swoop. His impression in Chu Xiaoxiao's heart is becoming even worse.
Seeing Chu Xiaoxiao motionless, Chu Jiadong didn't want to expose the elder son to embarrass him, and he didn't want the younger daughter to suffer alive. He was in a dilemma, and sneakily said, "Otherwise, Daddy will help you eat it?"
Chu Xiaoxiao ignored the whispers of her father next to her. She ate the celery one bite at a time, revealing the momentum to bite off the spoon, which made Chu Jiadong quite uneasy.
Chu Xiaoxiao swallowed the disgusting vegetables in a few mouthfuls. She slowly put down the spoon and said softly: "Brother seems to have a little cough, Grandaunt will boil him a dose of medicine."
Grandaunt was suddenly named, and she immediately said with concern: "Is it true? Does Xiao Yi have a sore throat?"
Chu Xiaoyi was a little confused for a while. He was indeed ill, but he got mostly better long ago. He didn't know how the Little Thing could tell. He hurriedly stopped and said: "It's okay, it's just a common cold. I have long taken some medicine."
Grandaunt: "I'll boil you medicine. It's really hard work..."
Xiao Bi smiled and said, " The medicine boiled by Grandaunt is very useful and has nourishing effects."
Chu Xiaoyi: "No, no, I don't drink Chinese medicine..."
Grandaunt: "It's not Chinese medicine, you can take it as a tonic soup. I'll make it for you later!"
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1. Hot face on cold bu*t: to show warm feelings but meet with cold rebuke
2. If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles: excerpt from Sun Tzu "The Art of War"
3. If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles: excerpt from Sun Tzu "The Art of War"
4. Good intentions to do bad things: A good intention to do things for people, the result is counterproductive.
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