Chapter One Little Girl

  In October after the autumn, the sun was still full of energy, but it lacked a few degrees of fiery passion. With the influence of a certain typhoon, the sky above the Mediterranean gradually filled with dark clouds in the afternoon, and the air had a cool flavor.

  Li Banzhu held her brother's hand, not like those who were in the midst of a passionate love affair, with their cheeks pressed against the man's arm. She simply casually hooked his elbow with her palm and wrist, with a faint smile at the corner of her mouth.

  She was originally a very beautiful girl, with a pure face shape, plus the smile that never left her face, making her particularly eye-catching. The so-called killing gaze is a bit too much, but the taste of envy and jealousy is indispensable, especially when it's discovered that such a girl has a rare large bust for an Asian person, and a pair of long legs that are almost as thin as those of the girls around her, it always makes people feel like they're not good enough and uninteresting.

  Li Luyu was just looking around, the beautiful women of Zhonghai seemed to be more than anywhere else, in a place where the city name already carries a sense of prosperity and luxury, it always attracted those girls like bees to honey, this is a place where all the pretty girls from all over the country love to come.

  Looking at beautiful women is something that every man is enthusiastic about, although the sister next to him is much more beautiful than most beautiful women.

  "Brother, if you want to talk about beauty, I've never seen anyone more beautiful than Annan, and if you want to talk about figure, your sister is not afraid of anyone. Don't let you look around." Li Banzhuang was thinking about what kind of flower pattern to weave on her brother's scarf when she found him staring at the girls, so she immediately pulled his arm.

  "Yes, now that you mention it, I find it strange. Logically speaking, my taste should have improved a lot, and I shouldn't be able to stand ordinary girls, but why do I feel like I've been blinded by flowers?" Li Luyu was puzzled, then thought that people are all like this, distance creates beauty.

  "There must be flowers in your eyes, I hate it, go buy me a milkshake to eat." Brother said is the truth, distance produces beauty, just like this time apart from brother for more than a month, brother kissed his forehead twice, which was rare before.

  "What flavor do you want?" Li Luoyu ran to the ice cream machine by the side of the road.

  "Blueberry flavored."

  Li Luoyou bought aloe vera flavored ones, the two of them strolled slowly along the scenic area outside Shangtan, here you can see the most luxurious streets in this city, ancient buildings, and cargo ships coming and going on the Taotao River.

  "The blueberry flavor is not good to eat, I want to eat yours." Li Banzhen suddenly took away Li Luyou's and gave her own to Li Luyou.

  "How disgusting!" Li Luyu learned from An Nanxiu's words.

  "Not at all like that." Li Banyu glared at him with a scowl, then restrained her smile, put on a straight face, and stared at Li Luyu with a scattered gaze. She pulled her cheeks inwards, making her lips thin, and said disdainfully: "How disgusting!"

  "It's really like that." Li Lu couldn't help but laugh, and teasing the princess behind her back was always especially delightful.

  "Does brother think Annanxiu is especially lovely?" Li Banzuan asked with a smile.

  "Occasionally, but most of the time she's a spoiled and arrogant little girl, far from being cute, even farther than the distance between the earth and the moon." Li Luoyu sighed, perhaps it was even farther. Most girls like to pretend to be cute, but if you say she's cute in front of An Nanxiu, she might just glare at you with her eyes wide open.

  "If her parents didn't come to pick her up or couldn't be found, what would you do?" Li Banzhuang thought ahead, the most pressing issue was that next semester she would live with her brother, but there were only two rooms, and it wouldn't work for her brother to sleep on the sofa forever.

  "This is unclear, and there's no way to ignore her, should I just drive her away?" Li Luyou smiled slightly. An Nanxiu returned to the Tianyun Divine Realm, but it was really unknown when that would be. "For now, it can only be like this. Anyway, as long as I don't give her money, she won't take the initiative to ask me for money to squander. Her appetite isn't big either, just feed her like this."

  "She's not a kitten or puppy, do you think she's a pet?" Li Banzhen heard his tone and shook her head, "Then when the winter break comes, we'll have to find another place to live?"

  "Why don't we buy a bunk bed? The kind that can be customized online is quite cheap." Li Luyou thought for a moment, "It's not feasible. I can just put a bed in the living room instead."

  "Why can't we have a bunk bed? Annanxiu and I can just share a room." Li Banzhuang asked in puzzlement.

  "What I meant was that you and I would sleep in a bunk bed." Li Luoyu chuckled and patted Li Banzhu's head: "But after all, my daughter is the big sister, this won't do. An Nanxiu is strange and eccentric, if you sleep in the same room as her, your college entrance exam will probably be ruined."

  "Brother, let's sleep on the bunk bed." Li Banzhu stopped in her tracks, grabbed his arm and wouldn't let him go, gently swaying and pouting, with a faint blush on her cheeks. "Just like when we were kids, I'll read my book and then glance at you, and you'll be right next to me, it's so much fun!"

  "Hmm... hmm... I got up in the middle of the night to pee, and when I woke up in the morning, I was sleeping at the bottom of the bed, with the quilt all rolled up on my body, making me as cold as a shrimp." Li Luyu used to share a double bed with Li Banyu, but the house was too big for two small children. It was empty and especially at night, there were no neighbors nearby, it was isolated in the town's street end. Not to mention that Li Banyu was a little girl who didn't dare go out at night, not even into the courtyard. Even Li Luyu felt uneasy in her heart, although they were both small children, but sleeping in one room made them feel much more secure.

  "It's not now, but when I was little, I used to be a hot water bottle for my brother." Li Banzhen explained her habit of getting into bed, letting go of Li Luyu's arm and hugging his neck, holding his head against his chest. "Is it okay, dear brother, good brother, the best brother?"

  "We'll talk about it later." Li Lu felt a headache coming on, as he had no way to deal with his sister's endless and relentless coquetry since childhood. He couldn't bear to disappoint her, so he let out a sigh, thinking that if he were to become a father himself, his own children would likely be spoiled rotten. Fortunately, his sister didn't have those bad habits.

  Although it's not certain, Li Banzhen still feels that it's about right. When has her brother ever not compromised with her? Thinking about it makes Li Banzhen feel especially pleased, always feeling that the people coming and going on the street don't know how happy she is, no one is as happy as her, being proud to the point of being unbearable.

  From the street to the end of the street, Li Banzhuang didn't buy anything, but her smile never diminished. Li Luyu looked at his sister who was always happy and thought that it would be great if they could keep walking like this forever. After some thought, he asked tentatively: "I'll ask you something, if sacrificing beauty and figure can make you live a few hundred years longer, would you be willing?"

  Li Banliang shook her head without hesitation, "What's the point of becoming a freak and living for hundreds of years? Is it fun to torment everyone's eyes all the time?"

  "It's not necessarily ugly, just having more muscles and becoming taller and stronger, maybe it's the appearance of a female boxer." Li Luyu knew that girls absolutely put their beauty first.

  "Can I become a longevity when I'm an old lady?" Li Banzhen still shook her head, isn't the female boxer ugly? More masculine than a man's wife, brother will not like it, brother likes girls like Li Zi who are gentle and beautiful.

  "I don't know, haha, if you become an old lady and brother is still the same, that would be really strange." Li Luyu thought it was funny, but the Longevity Fruit had already been eaten. If she could only live a long life, but her sister couldn't, then her only pursuit might be to follow An Nanxiu to the Tianyun Divine Realm, otherwise watching the people around her gradually grow old would be unbearable.

  "What a strange question, I'm all grown up now and don't listen to your fairy tales." Li Banyu pulled Li Luyu into the box at the fork in the road. "I know there's a sticker of Da Tou here that's really cheap."

  "What's the point of taking purikura? Just take it with your phone and then find a printer at school to print it out." Li Luyou clearly didn't understand the psychology behind girls liking to take purikura.

  The stickers are more beautiful than the mobile phone photos, and there are very playful backgrounds. Li Luyu and Li Banyan took a set of photos together, and Li Banyan cut out one of the largest ones with both of them in it, and the siblings looked at the camera with big smiles on their faces.

  "Brother, I think the two of us smile very similarly." Li Banzuan stared at their combined photo in a daze, "Because we grew up together, our personalities and temperaments are similar, so our smiles are alike. But I feel that apart from our smiles, we're not really that similar!"

  "Why don't we go get a test done, maybe you're really picked from the tree... Annan Xiu didn't doubt that she was picked from the tree at all..." Li Luyu hugged Li Banyu and smiled: "If you weren't my own sister, then marry your brother, anyway I wouldn't let you marry someone else."

  "Really?" Li Banxuan pulled his hand, looking at Li Luyou with a serious expression.

  Li Luyu was stared at by her sister's gaze and felt a bit hairy, her little sister had really grown up and couldn't be messed with anymore, otherwise it would be quite embarrassing.

  "I don't want to..." Li Banzhuang hummed, turning her head away, but the red flush on her cheeks spread out, from the shallow dimples to the roots of her ears, all the way down to her neck.

  They walked out of the alley, and the atmosphere was a bit awkward. This was something that had never happened between siblings before. Li Rouyu looked around at the old buildings and made up stories about their history.

  Li Banxian silently took out Li Luyu's wallet from his pocket and stuck the large photo of them together on it. Before, only her own photos were placed here, which was a photo of her graduating from junior high school, when she was still much younger than now.

  "Didn't anyone think it's strange that there's a photo of his sister in the brother's wallet?" Li Banxuan returned the wallet to him.

  "Yeah, I said putting my sister's photo in the wallet is for convenience, so I can sell her off anytime and be done with it." Li Luoyu quickly recovered and was smiling again like before.

  "What it means now is that when you're looking for a girlfriend, you'll think about whether the girl who will replace your sister in photos in the future is prettier than your sister, has a better figure, is more likable, more gentle and considerate, and takes better care of her brother. Do you understand?" Li Banzhen said with her head down, on the verge of tears.

  "It's possible that there may be girls who are prettier than Lizi, with better figures... " Li Luoyu stopped in his tracks, grasping her arms and making her lift her head to look at him. His eyes shone with proud doting and genuine pride. "Maybe they'll even know how to make people like them more, be gentler and more considerate, and take better care of others. But there definitely won't be any girl who is better than Lizi in every single way. Even if there was... she wouldn't be better than Lizi in Gege's heart."

  "Really, brother?" Li Banzhen sniffled, she was already a strong and independent girl, but when she looked up at her brother, she was still a little girl.

  "Lizi is the person brother loves most, no one can replace her." Li Luoyu smiled and gently patted her cheek: "Foolish, starting to be afraid that some girl will snatch away brother? Brother may become someone else's boyfriend, someone else's husband, but forever only Lizi's brother."

  "Liz also is just brother's sister." Li Banyu said in a low voice, holding his arm and letting him pull himself forward, secretly adding that Liz would not be someone else's girlfriend or wife, only the identity of a younger sister was enough for her. What are husbands and wives? Look at parents, Liz had never seen them together, do such couples have feelings? Or is it just brothers and sisters who are forever close.

  Li Banzhuang also knew that her and her brother's growth was ultimately different from ordinary people. She had some excessive dependence on her brother, but this was also an unavoidable thing. She wouldn't be foolish enough to deliberately conceal or suppress anything in order to become the same as ordinary people.

  As I walked out of the alley, I found that the shadows cast by the high and low houses had grown a little longer.

  "Is Annanxiu okay by herself? Otherwise, let's go back to eat." Li Banzhuang looked at the sun slanting westward, and Shatan was one of the few places where you could see a relatively complete sky.

  "Aren't you craving for spicy hot pot? If Annanxiu saw us digging in and scooping out food from the same pot, besides saying it's disgusting, would she even eat? Li Luyou shook her head, "She's fine, she can heat up her own meals, yesterday she even tried making scrambled eggs... though it was a failure, to prove that what she made tasted good, she ate it all."

  Li Ruyu couldn't help but feel a little admiration for An Nanxiu when she thought about that plate of egg fried rice with half-cooked egg yolks stuck to it, it's quite an accomplishment to be so stubborn about saving face, isn't it hard to admit that one can't do something well?

  Li Banzhuan wanted to eat the spicy hot pot in another district, and neither of them was in a hurry, so they walked slowly until they finally left the busiest streets of the city center and came to a row of large stalls, carefully searching for the one they were looking for.

  "After eating it, I don't want to eat other spicy hot pots."

  It's a strange name. When Li Banzhuang finally made it into the university with a scholarship through her hard work, Li Youyong was the one celebrating with her here.

  The boss also knew the two siblings, "Here, sit outside or inside?"

  "Outside then." Li Banzhen was already salivating, and sitting outside made it more convenient to get all sorts of dishes.

  "It's much less than before." Li Luyu said in a low voice.

  Li Banliang nodded, of course, the price is rising, vegetarian dishes are 2-3 cents, meat dishes are 5 cents to 1 yuan, and also need to pay rent and labor costs, if not increase the quantity can't make much money.

  But most importantly is that kind of flavor, can eat full with a big bowl of rice noodles and noodles for two or three yuan, Li Luyu can also eat full.

  Li Banzhuang was washing bean sprouts when Li Luyu's phone rang. It turned out to be An Zhi Shui.

  Seeing her brother smile, Li Banzhuang filled his bowl with bean sprouts and continued to stir-fry the fish slices while perking up her ears to listen to his phone call.

  "Head of the class, back in the country?" Tomorrow is the first day of school, so she must have returned today. An Zhishui isn't someone who would slack off for fun and neglect her studies.

  "Returned yesterday." An Zhi Shui said, if she had called Li Luoyu as soon as she returned, it would have been misunderstood, although she had thought of calling yesterday.

  As expected, they weren't particularly close friends. Li Luoyou smiled and asked, "Having fun?"

  "It doesn't make any sense, it's too dangerous after the avalanche, many scenic spots were not visited, and the streets are full of rogue paintings. I went to the palace and saw a princess who looked pretty good, but she was much more pleasant than Princess Xiu. I think a real princess should be elegant and dignified... Ah, when I think of Princess Xiu, I really feel that she is...". An Zhishui didn't know how to describe An Nanxiu's behavior, he had never seen anyone so arrogant, completely ignoring the existence of his friends' acquaintances.

  "Xiu Gongzhu is cooking by herself at home, she has made progress. My sister and I are eating malatang outside, we didn't bring her." Li Luyou actually meant to ask if An Zhishui can come out to eat.

  He didn't dare invite him directly, since he had already been rejected once before, so he specially mentioned that his sister was also there, perhaps An Chishui would consider it.

  "Eating spicy hot pot is my favorite, where are you guys eating?" An Zhi Shui seemed to not have heard clearly, and only said with great surprise.

  "Have you ever heard of a Mala Hot Pot shop that's so good, you don't want to eat anywhere else?" Li Luyu thought An Zhi Shui might not have heard of it, after all, the environment here wasn't exactly upscale, and it probably wouldn't be somewhere she'd know about, considering she got excited just walking through an underground mall.

  An Zhī didn't know what fruit was being talked about, "Where is it? I'll come over and eat some with you guys?"

  "Of course, we've just started eating." How could Li Rouyou not agree?

  "Then tell me how to get there."

  Li Rouyu told her the location and promised to pick her up later. There were many shops in a row here, including many spicy hot pot restaurants, which made it difficult to find.

  "A girl?" Li Banzhen absent-mindedly munched on a piece of pickled mustard stem.

  "It's An Zhi Shui, the one I told you about. She's the one who sold us second-hand furniture. She... is still better to get along with than An Nan Xiu." Li Luoyu originally wanted to say that An Zhi Shui was quite easy to get along with, but thinking about it, he decided to use An Nan Xiu as a standard instead. Compared to her, An Zhi Shui was indeed better, but compared to normal people who were easy to get along with, there was still a huge gap.

  "I just saw brother talking on the phone with her and he seemed especially happy." Girls are all very sensitive, it's obvious.

  "She helped me a lot, and she's still my classmate. I'm not happy, should I be angry?" Li Luoyu gave her a slice of beef, dipped in sauce, fragrant and savory.

  "Oh, I see. Let me take a look at her later and see if she's pretty." Li Banzhuang nodded.

  Before long, An Zhi received a call from Shui, saying that she had arrived at the entrance of the alley and Li Rouyu ran out to pick her up.

  It had been a few days since they last met, and An Zhi Shui was wearing a black polka-dot high-waisted skirt with a full half-skirt. The skirt had large purple-red roses on it, but due to the exquisite workmanship and excellent quality, there was no gaudy feeling at all. Instead, because of the transparent black gauze at the hem, she exuded an air of elegance and refinement. She stood there with her hands behind her back, waiting and looking around for Li Luoyu, but more people were staring at her. Soon, she felt a bit uncomfortable and lowered her head, looking at her toes rubbing against each other on the ground.

  Li Luyu saw her and thought that such a beautiful and tall girl was really eye-catching. Not having seen her for several days, he felt a sense of refreshment when he looked at her again.

  "Come on, dressed so beautifully to eat hot pot, I'm afraid the store owner will be a little embarrassed." An Zhi was too stunning, she looked like an elegant white heron, those slender and long legs were really like that.

  "Just now, Aunt Tang called me to accompany Dad to eat out, changed clothes, and then heard that there is malatang to eat, so I came directly." An Zhi Shui followed Li Lu You into the alley, looking around with interest: "I grew up in Zhonghai, never knew there was such a place."

  Anqi went to eat with someone, probably at a high-end place, and even changed her clothes specially, but it's clear she wasn't very interested in those things.

  The Mediterranean is particularly large, and An Zhi Shui doesn't know many places. Li Luoyou took her to the "After Eating, I Don't Want to Eat Other Spicy Hot Pot" store, and when An Zhi Shui saw the name of the store, she couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  Seeing a girl sitting there, An Zhi Shui's smile suddenly froze, and then he remembered that this should be Li Luoyu's sister. His smile slowly relaxed, and he seriously introduced himself: "Hello, I'm Li Luoyu's classmate, An Zhi Shui."

  "I'm his sister, Li Banzuan. I often hear my brother mention you." Li Banzuan had a smiling face with a pure and innocent dimple that made people feel good at first glance. She was obviously better than An Zhi Shui at quickly getting close to strangers they met for the first time.

  An Zhishui turned his head and looked at Li Luyu with a puzzled expression, asking: "Do you often talk to your sister about me? What do you say?"

  Li Banzhuang was shocked, how come all the girls her brother knew were like this...this... speechless! This is obviously just a normal greeting when meeting someone for the first time, usually said with a smile. Is he always saying bad things about me or something?

  "Oh, my sister is an excellent student in school, she gets scholarships and awards every year. I told her that I'm not doing well in school and often get criticized by the class leader." Li Luoyu quickly resolved the awkwardness, he didn't usually talk to Li Banyan about An Zhihao, and couldn't help but glare at her for causing trouble for his brother.

  Li Banzhuang also glared at him, looking at the pretty girl who had arrived, and actually dared to glare at his sister.

  An Zhishui heard that Li Banyu often received scholarships and awards, and suddenly had a good impression of Li Banyu. "Yes, Li Luyu's performance in school is quite ordinary, not setting an example for her sister. Do you plan to take the National University exam?"

  "Uh-huh, I also want to go to the School of Economics and Management." Li Banzhuang nodded.

  "You need to work hard, the admission scores for the School of Economics and Management are relatively high, but I think you should be fine, Li Luyu was admitted to the top few places in the School of Economics and Management back then." An Zhi Shui thought Li Ban Xuan had great ambitions.

  "Thank you, I hope everything is fine. I'll come again next year and please take care of me more, senior sister." Li Banxuan poured a drink for An Zhi Shui, raising her cup in a toasting gesture.

  An Zhi drank the water, then took out a small stone from her small bag with Tibetan characters on it. "I'm giving this to you, I had it blessed by a great Dharma master in Bhutan when I was traveling, it's a Snow Mountain Stone that can bring good luck."

  "It's so beautiful, thank you." Li Banzuan took it over and really liked it. The small stone was colorful, but she didn't know what the Tibetan characters on top meant, so she asked An Zhi Shui again.

  "It means happiness and peace." An Zhi Shui was delighted, she had listened to Li Luoyu bring back many small things, and didn't expect that the first time she sent them out, others would like them so much.

  "Do I have one?" Li Luyu saw that An Zhi Shui was actually chatting with Li Banchuan, and he felt a little jealous.

  "Your......" An Zhishui looked a bit embarrassed and uncomfortable, saying in a low voice: "Not ready yet."

  "Oh, never mind, let's eat something. What do you want to eat? I'll go get it for you?" Li Luyou said nonchalantly.

  Looking at her brother like this, Li Banzhuang shook her head and sighed, took out her mobile phone and sent a text message to Li Luyou.

  "Dummy, everyone else can bring out a gift when they see me, but I didn't prepare one for you, it must be because I want to specially prepare something for you, can't just do it casually. You don't even understand this, looks like my sister-in-law is hopeless."

  Li Luyu looked at the text message, raised his head to see his sister's reproachful eyes, and felt happy in his heart. He also thought he was a bit silly, but he knew he had some special feelings for An Zhi Shui, so it was easy to be anxious, after all, his sister was an onlooker who saw clearly.

  "I'll give it to you tomorrow." An Zhishui said in a low voice, she felt that Li Luyu was somewhat disappointed just now, and her heart felt uncomfortable.

  "Alright." With his sister's reminder, Li Luoyu felt relieved and served An Zhishui a dish of sautéed yellow chives, "I remember last time we had dinner together, you really liked this one."

  Seeing him remember this, An Zhi Shui couldn't help but steal a glance at him, and for some reason felt very happy inside.

  "I've almost finished eating. Brother, I still have evening self-study, so I'll head back first." Li Banxuan patted his belly and stood up, preparing to leave ahead of time.

  What's the evening self-study? Li Luyu now understood that his sister was creating an opportunity for him to be alone with An Zhishui, but it was rare for him and his sister to eat spicy hot pot together, so he hastily said: "Wait a bit, it's still early."

  "Yes, it's quite early." An Zhi Shui also said, her heart was like a rabbit jumping around, she didn't know whether she felt good or bad that Li Ban Xiu had left.

  "You eat, I'm leaving." Li Banzhuang stood up and gave Li Luyu a cheering gesture.

  An Zhishui seemed to understand Li Banzhuang's meaning and her face turned red.

  Li Banzhu carried a basket of wool and walked away with quick steps, only stopping when she saw from afar that her brother and An Zhi Shui were not looking in her direction. She stood there dazedly.

  Brother is going to have a girlfriend, how much of his love will she take away?

  Li Banxuan's long legs stepped on the uneven bluestone, raised her head to look at the sky, and tears still flowed down uncontrollably.

  Why cry? There will always be a day like this. Can't I monopolize brother all my life?

  Li Banzhuang wiped away her tears, as long as her brother was fine, as long as he was happy, how could she let him not be able to fall in love like a normal boy, or pursue beautiful girls because of her selfish love?

  "Lizi, you did a great job just now!" Li Banzhuang said in a low voice, imitating her brother's words of praise.

  Lee Ban-jang had a good first impression of Ahn Ji-soo, unlike Ahn Nam-soo. Ahn Ji-soo and her brother are of the same age, so dating him isn't weird or abnormal.

  What's most important is that An Zhi Shui really is a pretty good girl, girls after all pay more attention to appearance, Li Ban Xiu can tell, An Zhi Shui's clothes, accessories, and handbags are not cheap goods, and that refined and elegant temperament and the aura emanating from her whole body, all indicate that she is not an ordinary family's daughter.

  Li Banzhen didn't think that An Zhishui was only good at spending her brother's money, and that she could make her brother struggle less. She hadn't thought that far ahead, but rather felt that someone with a good background like An Zhishui, who could still maintain a simple and ordinary demeanor when interacting with others, was quite rare. When she walked into this spicy hot pot shop, she didn't pick and choose, saying things like "hygiene" or "environment" to show off her superiority. She sat down casually and said that even when she went traveling, she didn't have the intention of showing off.

  Gao High is a private high school, and it's also the number one ranked private school with an extremely high promotion rate. Although it's not famous for its high tuition fees or aristocratic environment and facilities, there are still many children of wealthy families who attend. Li Banxuan often sees her classmates go on trips abroad, complaining in a boastful tone that Japan is too crowded, Greece is too poor, France is too chaotic, the US is too rustic, and then talking about how much money they spent on what, not to mention the usual flaunting of luxury goods.

  Vanities are common to all, and it's understandable to gain a sense of superiority from the envious and jealous eyes of others, but that's not what Li Banzhuang likes.

  An Zhishui didn't seem like the kind of person who would have this problem, but Li Banzhuang could tell, and she couldn't imagine what her classmates would be like if she invited them to eat hot pot.

  An Zhishui is not bad, but I don't know if he will take care of people. Li Banzhuan won't easily interfere with her brother's romance, she'll just help him keep an eye on things. She believes her brother won't fall in love with a terrible woman.

  Li Banzhuang took the bus back, of course she didn't go to school for evening self-study, but returned to the community. She still had to wait for her brother to come back at night and hear his report as soon as possible. These things must be something that Brother doesn't quite understand, so she has to help him analyze them, only then can she know what kind of attitude An Zhi Shui has towards Brother.

  As she walked back to her residential area, Li Banzhu saw An Nanxiu from a distance.

  Many elderly people have finished their afternoon nap, the weather has cooled down, and they are all out with birds and dogs. The neighborhood is lively and bustling, but An Nanxiu sits there, as if everything around her has nothing to do with her. Her long black hair is blown by the gentle breeze, giving off a fresh aura. She holds an ice stick, her eyes are exceptionally cold, casually scanning everything around her, and occasionally, she will slightly raise the corner of her mouth, revealing a faint smile that is almost imperceptible.

  Of course, she was still holding an ice stick in her hand, mocking the earthlings who were as busy as ants, while savoring the taste of the ice stick melting between her tongue and lips.

  An Nanxiu saw Li Banzuan, her eyes swept over him lightly, no different from others, then suddenly sat up straight, turned his head abruptly, and scrutinized Li Banzuan.

  "What about Li Luyu?" An Nanxiu asked strangely as she walked over to see that there was not much of a smile on Li Banzhuang's face, which was similar to Li Luyu's.

  "He went to have lunch with his classmates." Li Banzhuang said, her mood was not good, this was the first time, she didn't expect it to come so soon, just when she wanted to spend a happy afternoon with her brother, but instead faced this situation without warning. She always felt that she had known for a long time that such a day would come, but when she really saw it, she still felt unbearable pain.

  "Who?" Annan Shou picked up her skirt and jumped down from the low wall.

  Li Banxian only then discovered that Annanxiu had some movements that were different from ordinary people, just like when she jumped down earlier, she carefully lifted her skirt and walked to the side, so as not to let her skirt get caught on the wall, and also to prevent it from flying up when she landed, more importantly, there was a very princess-like posture, with elegant small details.

  "Is their class monitor someone you know?" Li Banzuan asked, something that An Nanxiu should be aware of.

  Annanxiu raised her head, thought for a moment, and then nodded: "Anshuishui, a very rude and disgusting woman, looks like a bamboo pole."

  "Is An Shui Shui, An Zhi Shui Ba?" Li Ban Xuan was somewhat uncertain, whether what An Nan Xiu said and what she herself thought were the same person or not. No manners? Disgusting? Like a bamboo pole? Such an impression and Li Ban Xuan's impression of An Zhi Shui could be completely worlds apart.

  "Hmm, yes, An Chishui. I dislike this name too, and people even thought my surname was also 'An', how ignorant." An Nanxiu said with disdain.

  "Isn't your surname An?" Li Banzhen asked in surprise.

  An Nan shot her a glance and didn't bother to answer her.

  "But I think An Zhi Shui is quite good, how can you say she's impolite and disgusting?" Li Ban Xiu asked in puzzlement.

  "She gave me a chicken thigh, and Lee Ruo Yu ate hers. Anyway, she's really annoying, I don't like her." An Nan Xiu was straightforward.

  Is this related to being impolite and disgusting? Li Banxuan forced a smile, his brother was really impressive, he could actually communicate with An Nanxiu smoothly, and it seemed like he understood her too.

  "Li Luyu and where is she? I'm going." Annan Xiu suddenly walked out of the neighborhood.

  "Wait... where are you going..." Li Banzhen hastily pulled her back, persuading her to return: "I'll make you some delicious food, how about vinegar-braised pork ribs? Sour cabbage fish?"

  After struggling between vinegar braised pork ribs and sour soup fish, Annanxiu still refused Li Banyan's temptation, "No way, I have to go."

  "Don't cause trouble anymore, my brother likes An Zhi Shui. Unless you're jealous, you like my brother." Li Ban Xuan provoked her.

  An Nanxiu immediately fell for it and loudly said: "I didn't, I hate Li Luyu the most. You have to make me vinegar braised pork ribs and sour vegetable fish, both dishes, or I won't leave."

  Li Banliang nodded repeatedly and turned her head to hold back a smile, thinking that An Nanxiu was difficult to deal with, but in fact she was just an awkward little girl.

  Both dishes are sour, both must be eaten. Li Banzhuan was about to tease An Nanxiu, but this was something she had suggested making herself. Was her subconscious also eating vinegar?

  Yes, Li Banxian is not as eccentric as An Nanxiu.

  Annan Xiu followed behind Li Banyu, pinching the silk ribbon of her skirt while thinking that when Li Luyu returned, she would hum and ignore him.

  Sorry about that, I suddenly wanted to release a big chapter today. I don't know if everyone likes reading big chapters or prefers them split up and updated one at a time.