Chapter One Little Girl

  After dinner, Annanxiu patted her full little belly and sat on the couch to watch TV. At this time, a channel was broadcasting a football match. Annanxiu didn't understand why a group of people were running around like fools, kicking a black and white ball back and forth. What's so fun about that? Even more foolish were the people in the stands who were so excited, what did they have to do with it?

  So silly.

  So Annan Xiujing's show is considered a comedy program.

  Li Ruyu was collecting bowls and chopsticks to wash the dishes, Li Banzhen pushed him and said, "Go rest, you've been busy for so long, sweating all over in the kitchen, stinking to death."

  "It stinks to death, I remember someone holding it and couldn't bear to let go." Li Luyou sniffed, there was a sweaty smell, definitely no stench.

  "It's been a long time since we met, now that I see you, I just feel annoyed." Li Banzhuan hummed and walked into the kitchen with a large stack of plates, bowls, and chopsticks.

  Li went to take a bath, and after finishing the bath, Li Banyu was still busy in the kitchen. She wanted to prepare the ingredients for tomorrow's breakfast so that she could finish it quickly early tomorrow morning. Oh, how do you make sea cucumber egg drop soup? I'll search online later.

  Annan Xiu watched cartoons and was still coldly smiling.

  An Nanxiu is the only one Li Luyu has ever seen who looks at a ball game with an attitude, clearly enjoying it but occasionally expressing disdain.

  "Sleep with Liz tonight." Annanxiu's room was originally prepared for Liz.

  "No." An Nanxiu went to get an ice pop and then refused without hesitation.

  "Just finished eating, what ice stick?" Li Luyu brought her ice stick over and started eating it herself.

  An Nan's face turned red, she had already licked the ice stick a little while ago, Li Luyu was really disgusting.

  But just now, the problem on the dinner table was also solved by An Nanxiu, and her mood improved a lot. It turned out that Li Banshan didn't have anything special either.

  "You're disgusting." An Nanxiu muttered under her breath, then resentfully asked about his scolding: "Why did you eat?"

  "I'm physically strong, but you're a girl, so you have to be extra careful." Li Luyu's reason was also quite forced, but the fact that An Nanxiu ate too many popsicles was indeed not good after meals.

  "Hmph, I won't be sleeping with your sister tonight, you can let her sleep with you instead." Annan Xiu could not accept two people sleeping together.

  " Forget it, I'll just sleep on the sofa tonight." Li Ruyu was a tall and large person, but the sofa was not big enough. Sleeping on the sofa was really uncomfortable, especially since the sofa cost only over 1,000 yuan, which was very cheap. The cushion was made of sponge, and he was afraid that if he slept on it for a few days, the sofa's cushion would collapse.

  An Nanxiu thought it was nothing, she wasn't someone who hadn't slept on the sofa before, only that she was so small, the sponge sofa supported her and wouldn't even sink in, but Li Luyu was different.

  "What's with his sister..." An Nanxiu was about to say "native", but felt that even if she said Li Luyu was a native, it wouldn't matter. If she mentioned his sister, he would probably not be in a good mood and would glare at her, scold her, and feel somewhat wronged, taking a step back and not speaking freely. "Is your sister that important to you? Does she need you to take care of her, can't she make a living on her own?"

  "Sister is a term used to refer to children born of the same mother, and there are two corresponding terms for sister: older brother and older sister. If I were a girl, I would be an older sister." Li Rouyu explained the simplest yet most incomprehensible family relationship to Gong Zhu, who had just been plucked from the tree, "Why am I an older brother? An older brother is someone who takes care of his younger sister, so he must be born earlier and grow up earlier in order to take good care of his younger sister."

  "It's inexplicable." Annan Xiu hummed and became unhappy again, "Then why did you take care of me?"

  "I am your attendant officer." Isn't this an obvious thing?

  An Nan stood up, glared at Li Luoyu and suddenly snatched the popsicle from his hand: "Don't eat my popsicle, it's disgusting."

  Li Luyu was inexplicably puzzled, but he had also gotten used to An Nanxiu's unreasonable behavior.

  Annan Xiu went to take a bath, Li Banchuang finished her work and walked out, comfortably leaning on the sofa and stretching: "I'm so tired, help me massage my shoulders!"

  Li Banzhuan was lounging lazily on the sofa, her small belly didn't even have a hint of excess fat, she stretched out her legs, and the plaid skirt fluttered up, revealing her exceptionally white and delicate thighs under the black cotton stockings. Her two legs were tightly straightened and pressed together, who would have thought that such a pair of slender and proportionate legs, which seemed to be just a beautiful sight to behold, had once kicked a young man who had ulterior motives towards her so badly that he couldn't even stand up?

  Li Luyu thought about it and felt quite proud, his sister didn't advocate for this approach, but it was obviously the most beneficial choice she could make at that time, and chose a place where the other party had no chance of counterattacking or making excuses.

  Li Luyu decided from now on to be grateful for places like women's restrooms.

  "Brother, help me rub it." Li Banzhen pulled his hand and acted coquettishly.

  Li Rouyu pulled her up instead, knowing she wasn't that easily tired. "Come on, I'll give you a gift."

  "What gift?" Hearing that there was a gift, Li Banzhen immediately stood up excitedly. From young to old, her brother had given her countless gifts, such as candies and snacks, hairpins and ribbons, dolls and so on. In Li Banzhen's eyes, everything around her was a gift from her brother.

  Li Rouyu pulled her to his room, mysteriously taking out a cowhide express box from the cabinet, opening it to reveal a small black and white striped box with a rotten apple logo on top.

  "Brother, is this what you bought?" Li Banzhuang said in surprise, but without any expression of delight.

  "Is it? Did you fight for it?"

  Li Banzhuang burst into tears, with tears streaming down her face. She wasn't unaware of how much this phone cost. Even though the school prohibited the use of mobile phones, there were still classmates who secretly brought them to show off.

  Such a mobile phone means how much hard work and toil my brother has to go through to earn it, the market price of this mobile phone is already 6 or 7 thousand, equivalent to a month's salary for an ordinary white-collar worker, as an ordinary university student, this is already a very rare big sum of money.

  Rushing to catch the last bus, he couldn't even eat dinner, hastily running to the bus station and getting on the bus, only to eat a few biscuits with mineral water in the crowded and sweaty carriage. After finishing his tutoring job, he still had to hurry home to do chores and prepare for tomorrow's classes. He was just a big boy still in school, but he had already taken on the responsibility of supporting himself and his sister, working hard for many years. Li Banzhen looked at him growing taller every day, thinking that he should still be young and immature, but he had already shouldered too much responsibility with his youthful shoulders, accumulating too much hardship and bitterness.

  It's like this, brother repeatedly goes through such hardships to save up this sum of money, but he uses it to buy a phone for himself, to satisfy the vanity of a little girl who wants to show off in front of her classmates.

  Li Banxuan is a normal girl, and she has the vanity that girls are born with. But compared to her brother, what's the point of those things? Li Banxuan's eyes were sour, and tears couldn't be held back, wetting her long eyelashes. It wasn't moving, just heartache, heart-wrenching...

  "Brother..." Li Banxuan hugged Li Luyu's shoulder and burst into tears. What kind of sister-in-law would be worthy of such a brother? Only then would Li Zi be willing to hand him over to her.

  Li Rouyou patted her shoulder as if nothing was wrong, somewhat understanding her tears, feeling warm in her heart. Let alone that this time making money was easy, even if it were difficult, wouldn't it be worth it?

  "Brother made a lot of money this time, didn't you see that many furniture and appliances at home have been replaced?" Li Luoyou grabbed her shoulder and helped her up, "Don't be too sad, brother's earnings this time were easy money."

  Li Banzhuang looked at him in confusion, she had never thought that the furniture and appliances were replaced by Li Luyu himself, such a large refrigerator, which cost tens of thousands of yuan in the store.

  Li Luyu told her about going to perform with An Nanxiu and then buying second-hand household appliances at An Zhi Shui.

  "I know I've wronged you, and moved your heart in the wrong way. I shouldn't have told you this, or else you'll think even more that this brother is too good." Li Luoyu smiled, stretching out his hand to wipe away her tears.

  Her brother's thumb was a bit rough, with thin calluses, rubbing against her tender skin, warm and gentle. Li Banzhen still felt heartache because the money they earned wasn't always easy to come by, and if they saved some, it would mean reducing his future hardships. Thinking about Ah Nanxiu spending 50,000 yuan in just one day, Li Banzhen regretted her joking suggestion. If she had a sister-in-law like Ah Nanxiu, her brother would have to work himself to death to support her.

  "The mobile phone was bought on the official website, it's almost two thousand cheaper than outside." Seeing Li Banzhen's emotions still not high, Li Luyu seemed to have done something wrong and explained more reasons to apologize.

  Li Banzhuan thought for a moment and decided not to open the phone box, but instead took it to school to sell it off. This type of mobile phone was in extremely short supply, and most places required pre-orders at exorbitant prices.

  Brother would definitely not allow it, but Li Banzhen absolutely cannot let herself take such a phone with peace of mind. With such a brother, what kind of vanity do others need to get the same satisfaction? She already has far more pride and enjoyment of being pampered than others, why does she still need this thing?

  After selling it, the money for buying a mobile phone will be saved, and the earned money can buy a nice set of clothes for my brother. Then I'll buy some yarn to knit him a scarf, a hat, and a pair of gloves. Starting from now, I'll work on them bit by bit during my spare time, and when it gets cold, they'll be almost done. This way, when he goes to do his part-time job, even if he's holding onto the icy handrail on the bus, his hands won't get cold.

  Li Banxuan thought for a moment, then rushed over and tightly hugged Li Luyu's neck, leaning on his shoulder. Brother and sister, relying on each other for so many years, from now on she would warm her brother well, for the rest of her life.

  On Monday, there are still two more updates at night. Xia Hua has been updating three chapters every day for half a month now. I hope everyone will give more support, which is more effective than the Red Bull and coffee Xia Hua drinks while writing.