Can Someone Please Go After My Sister!?!?! - Chapter 23

hardships

"I'm sorry!" Liu Shitong looked at me awkwardly as she ran out of the door. "This, this kid is talking nonsense!"

"But my sister told me that some people I didn't know asked me my name on purpose, and they blamed the uncle."

“Yutong!” Liu Shitong hurriedly pulled her, “Senior is someone I don’t know!”

"It's okay, it's okay... I'm just a little hurt inside... cough cough." I coughed hypocritically and winked at the loli secretly.

She shyly hid behind Liu Shitong.

Liu Shitong stared at me like a mother hen protecting her chicks. "Um...senior, please come in and sit down."

I nodded awkwardly and went into the house. Liu Shitong carefully protected her sister behind her.

Hey, hey, you're going to hurt me more by doing this!

I'm not the kind of pervert who would attack a loli...

"Sister, isn't she a stranger?" The little Loli whispered behind me, but I heard it clearly.

"No, it's someone I know."

"Is he...my sister's husband?"

I nearly fell over and could only pretend I didn't hear anything and look around the room.

"What nonsense!" Liu Shitong was embarrassed and angry, "It's not that person! It's another one!"

Another one? She has a boyfriend? I wondered suspiciously.

“Senior…”

"Just call me Yushan." I smiled... She was still on guard, but there was nothing I could do - if there was a scandal like that, most girls would have come to my house with a knife and killed me. I could only say that she had a really good temper.

"Senior, please go to the living room and wait for a moment... I'll go get something to drink." She ignored my request and walked away awkwardly.

I nodded and sat on the bench in the living room.

That’s right… on the bench.

I was a little surprised.

Well, the interior is quite shabby, with only a simple table and a few small benches.

No, it’s not so much that it’s shabby, but rather that it seems like there’s no plan to live here permanently.

There are almost no electrical appliances or furniture here, and the walls are smooth and clean, as if someone had just moved in.

But there is a rather luxurious old-fashioned clock standing at the foot of the wall...

I walked over and took a closer look. There were gorgeous and elegant carvings on it and a complicated movement inside… Although I didn’t understand this kind of thing, I could vaguely feel that the price of this thing seemed ridiculously high.

What kind of situation would make this happen? There are no electrical appliances, but there is an outrageously expensive antique grandfather clock?

My sleeve was gently pulled. I turned around and saw it was the little loli. She was staring at me timidly.

"Don't look at it!"

"What's the matter?"

"It'll be shy!"

I smiled and couldn't help but reach out and touch her head...it felt cuter than a cat.

She struggled to break free from my hand, pouted her lips and ran to the door, revealing half of her head and looking at me, her eyes half curious and half shy.

"Are you Liu Yutong?" I teased her with pretended curiosity.

"You know my name!" She was inexplicably happy. "Are you familiar with my sister? It's been a while since anyone has come to visit us."

I looked a little weird, and suddenly wanted to tease her, "Yes, I am your sister's 'trading' partner!"

"What's the deal?" She looked at me with a confused look in her eyes.

I suddenly felt that I was really evil, but I didn't know how to change the subject, so I had to bite the bullet and explain...

"Trading is using money as an exchange for items."

"Is that the money you gave to your sister?"

I was a little confused, but according to this logic - I was her trading partner, and the medium of transaction was money...

That's right.

"Hmm...sort of?"

Unexpectedly, the little girl suddenly ran over, stood at attention with a red face, and shouted to me: "Hello, brother-in-law!"

Hey! Wait, why is it your brother-in-law who gave your sister the money?

Could it be? I couldn't help but have evil thoughts in my mind...

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Liu Shitong had just walked to the door with her tea in her hand. Seeing this, she immediately put down her things and rushed over to grab her: "Yutong, go back to your room and do your homework! You have to hand it in tomorrow, right?"

Loli looked at me reluctantly: "But my brother-in-law is here..."

"He's not your brother-in-law! Go do your homework! Otherwise your sister will be angry!"

The little girl reluctantly went to another room.

I'm a little embarrassed... No, I'm really embarrassed...

The main thing was the topic of the transaction just now - if I gave him money, he would be my brother-in-law? This made me wonder.

"Don't let your imagination run wild!" She glared at me with a red face, but the look was light and fluttery without any intimidation. "I'm not that kind of person."

"I'm not imagining anything. I'm not imagining anything." I picked up the cup to cover half of my face, pretending to drink water.

"I just didn't want my sister to worry about me being tired from working part-time... so I made up a story about having a boyfriend, saying that I have a boyfriend to take care of me and I don't have to work..." Her pleasant voice was a little low, and she turned her head away awkwardly.

I didn't say anything, but I felt a little bitter.

I looked at her hands silently. There seemed to be many cuts on them, which were wrapped roughly with Band-Aids.

"Don't cover the wound on your hand. Exposure therapy will make it heal faster." I said lightly.

Her face turned a little red, and she quietly put her hands behind her back, then turned her head and glared at me, but the intimidation was still zero... Instead, I had the illusion that I was being flirted with.

For some reason, I was touched by the way she secretly worked hard and hid the hardships.

"None of your business!"

"That cut, was it made by cutting vegetables?"

"Don't guess blindly...Okay, as if you know everything."

I stared at her slightly red face and sighed quietly.

"I just know... It was the same when my parents died in middle school and I started learning to cook by myself."

"You..." She turned and looked at me with wide eyes, seeming a little unbelievable.

"After all, I have to support my sister, just like you." I smiled.

Her expression changed from surprise to indifference: "Please don't make such a joke! You deliberately made up such a lie to get my sympathy? Do you think I will sympathize with you? Forget it!"

"I'm not lying. My parents are both dead and I'm renting a house with my sister... I don't want to sympathize with you. I just want to say that your level is too low!"

Her face turned red and she stared at me angrily: "What did you say?"

I stood up slowly and pointed at the energy-saving lamp above my head: "The power of this bulb is a bit high, and the energy-saving effect is not very good. If every room has this kind of thing, the electricity bill will cost dozens of yuan more every month, and hundreds of yuan a year... And I guess your sister doesn't have an eye protection lamp for the revolving door? She is in elementary school. If she keeps like this for a long time, she will get myopia."

Her face looked a little embarrassed, but there was something flashing in her eyes, and she stared at me without any rebuttal.

I walked over to the refrigerator and looked around.

"Second-hand ones have poor defrosting effects and large temperature differences... This will deplete the nutrients and taste of vegetables and fruits. A good refrigerator can be used for many years, so it is very cost-effective when converted."

I opened the refrigerator door.

"It's mostly vegetables... Although this is cheap, my sister is still growing, and proper protein can be obtained cheaply through things like tofu... You should pay attention to these."

She opened her mouth to say something in rebuttal, but she just lowered her head shyly, looking a little aggrieved, like a well-behaved little girl being scolded by her teacher.

"When it comes to daily necessities, we should not only consider how cheap they are, but also how durable and practical they are... Your bicycle is a men's bicycle, and the chain hasn't been oiled for a long time, so..."

I suddenly thought of the glimpse of spring light she revealed when she was riding a bike. My heart skipped a beat and I became speechless. My throat felt a little dry and I turned my head to look at her awkwardly.

Liu Shitong sat obediently, pursed her lips tightly and said nothing, gritted her teeth and lowered her head.

I felt something was wrong, so I walked closer and found that she was crying silently.

I was panicked. To be honest, I have no idea what to do when girls cry.

"Hey, hey..." I bent down hurriedly, "Are you okay..."

"Go away!" she screamed and pushed me away.

“Don’t bully my sister…” The little girl showed half of her head worriedly.

"Yutong, go back..." She choked, trying to calm herself down, "I need to check your homework later."

The little girl responded with frustration and closed the door.

"I just don't know anything! I try hard to learn and try...but everything is so difficult..." She sobbed.

I looked at her and said softly, "Don't cry...your sister will remember your tears for the rest of her life."

She nodded and tried hard to force a smile at me.

Her fair skin was slightly flushed, her slender hands were trying to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and her lips with elegant curves were trembling slightly...

I admit that her strong smile with tears in her eyes at that moment completely stunned me.