My main world refreshes weekly.

After the first day of "going to work and having meetings," Chen Ci left the hospital at almost midnight.

"Shall I take you?" Jiang Wanxin asked Chen Ci.

"No need," Chen Ci politely declined. "I'm going for a bit."

His home is relatively close to the Third Municipal Hospital, only a little over a kilometer away. It's a good opportunity to walk for a while in the dark, get some fresh air, and process the information he received today.

Jiang Wanxin said regretfully, "I thought you would say it was too late for you to get back to school, so I could take you home with me."

Chen Ci deliberately said, "Then my sister is going to suffer a lot."

Jiang Wanxin blinked: "With your strength and physique both at level 4?"

Chen Ci: "?"

Are you looking down on me?

"No, what you mean is, being soft can be cute too." Jiang Wanxin giggled and gave Chen Ci a flirtatious wink. "Be careful on the road, don't get robbed. See you tomorrow."

After saying that, she opened the car door and drove away.

Chen Ci stood alone by the roadside, his fists clenched.

Damn it, we were attacked.

Chen Ci can accept others saying he's ugly, and he can accept others thinking he's bad, but he can't accept a woman saying he's no good.

This statement is still very damaging to men.

But Jiang Wanxin used his attributes as a basis for her argument, and she had a logical and well-founded argument that he couldn't refute.

In a fit of anger—

"Buzzing".

A text message has arrived: 【A deposit of 30000 yuan has been made into your account ending in ****, leaving a balance of 32007.43 yuan (Chengdu Bank).】

—Suddenly, he stopped being angry.

Jiang Wanxin still transferred her share of the payment to him.

Chen Ci snorted lightly, "Sister Jiang's level is quite high."

They even know to give a slap followed by a piece of candy.

But sorry, he's a petty person. If he takes the candy, he'll slap it back.

Chen Ci decided that he would start going to the training ground to work out tomorrow, and he would definitely show Jiang Wanxin what a real man is!

……

back home.

When Chen Ci opened the door, he found the living room lights were on.

He thought it was Old Chen who had returned and was working overtime late into the night. But when he changed his shoes and walked through the entrance, he saw that it was Chen Qingya.

The girl, wearing a bear-patterned pajama and a hat, was sitting at the dining table doing her homework. Her two fair and tender little legs were slightly dangling in the air, and her bare little feet were swinging back and forth under the table, which looked quite cute.

Chen Ci's eyes widened, but his voice was very low: "Chen Qingya, why aren't you asleep yet? Look at the time!"

"Brother, you're finally back... You know it's late, huh?" Chen Qingya complained, rubbing her eyes, throwing down her pen, jumping off the chair, putting on her slippers, and going to the kitchen to turn the microwave to two and a half minutes.

The heating sound began to hum.

"Don't tell me you haven't eaten yet," Chen Ci said.

"You didn't eat, brother." Chen Qingya waited for the microwave to "ding" before taking out the two small bowls that had been placed inside.

A bowl of rice, a bowl of fish.

"Mom made cold crucian carp salad today, it smells amazing, and there are also your favorite fish balls." Chen Qingya washed another pair of chopsticks for Chen Ci and said, "It's all belly meat, and I removed the big bones. Eat up, brother, or your stomach will hurt again."

Chen Ci's stomach problems are chronic; he has to eat small meals frequently. Although Chen Ci has been going home less often since college, Chen Qingya always remembers that it doesn't matter if her brother comes home late, as long as he doesn't forget to eat.

"So you're just heating up my food..." Chen Ci felt a warmth in his heart, but his face remained hard as he snorted, "Don't think I'll be touched, and don't think this will change the subject. Staying up so late, are you going to have class tomorrow?"

Chen Qingya wrinkled her little nose: "You stubborn tsundere."

Chen Ci: "?"

"Who are you calling a brat?"

"I'll scold whoever's arrogant." Chen Qingya said, making a face.

Chen Ci didn't argue with his sister and said, "Alright, the food's heated up, I'll eat in a bit. You go to sleep."

Often, it wasn't that Chen Ci wanted to be strict, but rather that Chen Qingya was too outstanding. She was smart and well-behaved from a young age, and not only was she beautiful, but her grades were even better.

Since elementary school, Chen Qingya has never fallen out of the top three in her grade. She is currently studying at Chengdu No. 7 High School Yucai School, a key high school ranked second in the country, and is in the "Thinking and Top Class" which selects the best of the best. The girl's grades are still among the best, and she has a good chance of winning the top score in next year's college entrance examination.

Such a person as Chen Qingya is naturally a treasure of the Chen family.

Chen Ci didn't want to delay his sister's studies because of himself.

"Go to sleep," he urged.

"No way, I want to watch you eat." Chen Qingya mimicked her mother scolding her father, hands on her hips, and said seriously, "You men are all so lazy, always saying 'wait a minute, wait a minute,' and then you forget about it. You better hurry up and get this done, you hear me? Go now! I'm going to the Shu Road Mountain—"

"Stop!" Chen Ci conceded defeat. "I'll eat it."

Although my memories of my mother are vague, the intimidating power of the phrase "Shu Road Mountain" is etched into my bones. No one dares to disobey the head of the family's orders.

Seeing Chen Ci sit down and start eating, Chen Qingya giggled again: "Brother, you're so good."

Chen Ci rolled his eyes.

Chen Qingya sat back in her chair, resting her chin on her hands, tilting her head like a flower, her beautiful almond-shaped eyes slightly curved, watching Chen Ci eat bite by bite, occasionally glancing at the fish balls in her bowl and swallowing her saliva.

Chen Ci noticed the girl's gaze and suddenly remembered that when they were children, he and Chen Qingya had a fight over who would eat the only dried fish with fish eggs inside. It was quite amusing.

"Come on, open your mouth." Chen Ci picked up a fish ball.

Chen Qingya: "Huh? I've already eaten..."

Chen Ci: "Just open it when I tell you to!"

"Is my brother going to feed me?" Chen Qingya's face flushed slightly. "No, no... ah~"

Chen Ci fed the fish eggs into the girl's mouth.

Go, go, go.

Mmm, it smells so good!

"Brother's eggs are so delicious." Chen Qingya squinted her eyes with a satisfied look.

"Wait, what happened to your hand?" Chen Ci noticed that the knuckles of the girl's right hand, which was supporting her chin, were a little red, and asked with a frown.

"Nothing's wrong?" Chen Qingya looked at her hand and said, "Oh, this? I bumped into it while washing my hair tonight, it's nothing~"

"Doesn't it hurt?" Chen Ci put down his chopsticks. "Give me your hand, let me see how serious it is."

Chen Qingya suddenly blushed: "Don't do that, brother. We're all grown up now. Men and women shouldn't touch each other..."

Chen Ci said irritably, "You kissed him this morning when you were riding on your brother, didn't you?"

Chen Qingya is always like this, one moment bold and daring like a seasoned pro, the next a shy and timid little girl, so quirky and unpredictable that she seems to have a split personality. Fortunately, Chen Ci has gotten used to it over the years and has his own way of handling Chen Qingya.

"Give me your hand!" he said like a stern father.

"Oh..." Chen Qingya obediently reached out her hand.

Chen Ci carefully examined the girl, pinching and kneading her skin to check for any bone injuries. Once he confirmed the girl wasn't in pain, he got up and took a spray bottle from the medicine cabinet, spraying it on her and blowing on it a couple of times – his attitude was even more meticulous than when he treated his own stomach ailment.

There's nothing we can do; our little sister is the family's darling.

Chen Qingya didn't interrupt, she just stood there grinning foolishly.

"By the way, is Dad back yet?" While chatting and laughing with Chen Qingya, Chen Ci almost forgot about his father.

"He's back." Chen Qingya blinked in confusion, seemingly puzzled as to why Chen Ci would ask this. "Which day didn't Dad come back? Would he dare?"

"It's good that you're back." Chen Ci didn't say much, but breathed a sigh of relief. At least the family could be reunited.

"Okay, go to sleep."

After applying the medicine to Chen Qingya, Chen Ci quickly finished his meager meal and took the bowl to the kitchen.

Chen Qingya followed his lead, asking, "Brother, where did you go tonight? Why are you so late?"

"I haven't even asked you yet," Chen Ci said while washing the dishes. "How did you know I'd be home tonight?"

Chen Qingya is a day student, but he isn't. Today is Monday, so he should be living at school.

"Mom said so," Chen Qingya said softly. "Your counselor called her this afternoon, saying that you hadn't been to class all day and couldn't be found at school, and was worried that something might have happened to you."

The water was flowing gurglingly.

Chen Ci rubbed the bowl, remained silent for a moment, and then said, "I was too hasty."

You should have informed your counselor.

"Because of this, Mom was distracted this afternoon and lost terribly at mahjong," Chen Qingya said gloatingly.

"It's okay, I'll make it up to her," Chen Ci said, adding that he needed to find an opportunity to talk to his parents about taking a leave of absence from school.

"Then don't be so hasty next time, brother. It's not worth it," Chen Qingya said, her face flushed. "It's better to stay in a simple house."

Chen Ci: "?"

……