“…”
“If you don’t speak,” Lin Zhexia gritted her teeth, “no one would think you’re mute.”
She just wanted to establish a good image in front of the child.
She couldn’t exactly say her hobbies were eating, sleeping, and playing on her phone.
That would be too unenergetic.
However, after Chi Yao spoke, the little boy immediately shifted his attention to the handsome brother wearing a gray sweater beside them, and asked him: “What’s your name?”
Chi Yao glanced at him: “Why should I tell you?”
Little boy: “Let’s get to know each other.”
Chi Yao looked away: “No need, I don’t make friends with little brats.”
“…”
The little boy hit a wall and was stunned.
After a moment, he recovered, tugged at Lin Zhexia’s clothing, and asked: “This person, is he your brother?”
Celebrating the New Year together easily led to this perception.
The little boy didn’t even need Lin Zhexia to answer before taking it upon himself to confirm: “He is your brother, right?”
Lin Zhexia: “???”
She felt shocked.
“Him, my brother?”
The little boy nodded.
Although Chi Yao was indeed born a month or so earlier than her.
Lin Zhexia was still very surprised: “How could he possibly be my brother? Do I look like him?”
The little boy’s method of determining who was older was simple and pure: “He’s much taller than you.”
Lin Zhexia: “……”
The little boy didn’t have time to continue the conversation as he was soon called away by his mother, needing to hurry to visit the next relative’s house for New Year greetings, leaving this mess behind.
Lin Zhexia watched as the little boy left. After he was gone, only she and Chi Yao remained in the living room.
She felt that the current scene had become somewhat awkward because of the word “brother.”
She took a sip of water, then said: “…Children, they don’t know any better. Their eyesight isn’t good.”
Chi Yao made no comment.
She couldn’t help but add another sentence, “And although I don’t have an advantage in terms of height, I’m much better looking than you.”
In the evening, all the people coming and going for New Year visits had left.
The remaining people sat together watching the Spring Festival Gala. Lin Zhexia had a low threshold for humor and was always the first to laugh.
Wei Ping took out two red envelopes from his pocket, one for her and one for Chi Yao.
“No need,” Chi Yao initially didn’t accept, “please keep it.”
Wei Ping: “It’s not much, just two hundred yuan for good luck. Take it.”
Lin He also said, “Yes, you’ve already brought so many gifts today, don’t be polite with your Uncle Wei.”
Lin Zhexia chimed in with “If you don’t want it, you can give it to me,” and was warned with a look from Lin He.
Of course, she was just joking.
After Chi Yao reached out to accept the New Year’s red envelope, as they continued watching the Spring Festival Gala, Lin Zhexia secretly opened her own New Year money and took out one bill.
“For you.”
A banknote suddenly appeared in Chi Yao’s line of sight.
She had received many red envelopes today, but Chi Yao had only received this one, so she wanted to share a bit with him.
Lin Zhexia originally had another line prepared. Fearing Chi Yao would refuse, she planned to continue with “take it, fatherly love is like a mountain, don’t be too moved.”
However, unexpectedly, Chi Yao took the hundred-yuan note without any hesitation.
But as he reached out, holding the banknote between his fingers, at the moment of accepting it, he said meaningfully: “…Is this, New Year money for your brother?”
…
Outside the window, someone started setting off fireworks.
Lin Zhexia felt her ears were also crackling along with them.
She hadn’t anticipated that the little boy’s words from earlier would be suddenly brought up by him this way to tease her.
Moreover, the words “brother.”
Coming from the little boy’s mouth versus coming from Chi Yao’s mouth.
They had completely different tones.
Chi Yao usually spoke with an arrogant manner, but occasionally, like now, when he slightly elongated the ending of his words, it created an indescribable feeling.
“Bang—”
Fireworks continued outside the window.
At one moment, brilliant flowers of light illuminated the entire night sky, brightness shining in through the windows.
“If you don’t speak,” that voice said again, “then brother will accept it.”
Author’s Note:
It’s been a long time since you all praised him for being arrogant.
The merciless, arrogant king has painfully transformed into the gentle little Chi.