087 Cheng Siyun?
For the two-day weekend, Cheng Siyu went to the company for a “study tour” on the first day, and spent the second day at home playing on her phone.
But there was nothing much to play on her phone. It was all news about yesterday’s “blood moon.” Cheng Siyu wasn’t very interested, but when she saw the werewolf and vampire pictures that the marketing accounts had posted, she thought of her self-proclaimed exorcist brother-in-law.
She opened her phone, looked at WeChat. The chat box was a solid block of green.
“Idiot, ignoring me again… hmph.”
But she was long used to it. Little Orange lay on her stomach on the bed, swinging her little legs. Her slender, fair arms reached out from under the pillow, holding her phone. Her face was buried in the pillow, only her two eyes showing as she scrolled through the chat history for a while, searching for her brother-in-law’s sporadic replies among the strings of conversations.
When she found an interesting one, she couldn’t help but giggle.
After a few giggles, she missed her brother-in-law.
Mmm…
Looking at it this way, I’m the one who’s more of an idiot…
Cheng Siyu covered her cheeks, rolled over to lie on her back, and stared at the ceiling for a while. Her thoughts drifted. She absent-mindedly tugged at the edge of her little panties, gently flicking them against the tender skin of her inner thigh. Pat, pat, pat. It was like the soft, drizzling feelings in her heart.
“What is he doing right now…”
When you’re secretly missing someone, it’s best to keep it under three minutes. After that, Cheng Siyu suddenly felt a little lonely.
A corporate slave’s weekend, and her sister wasn’t around. Would he also be as lonely as she was…
Would he?
Would he not?
Cheng Siyu tore at the imaginary little flower petals in her mind. In the end, only the “he would” petal was left.
“…”
So brother-in-law is also lonely right now…
Hmph, serves him right!
Who told him not to think of Little Orange?
When Little Orange is lonely, she’ll think of him, and then she won’t be lonely anymore.
What about him?
Cheng Siyu was smugly gloating, but on second thought, he was more likely thinking of Orange.
If he’s thinking of Orange, then naturally he doesn’t need to think of Little Orange.
But these were all just her own wandering thoughts. Taking advantage of the fact that she wasn’t working today, Cheng Siyu decided that after lunch, she would “pass by” her brother-in-law’s house for a visit after a long time.
“Siyu—! It’s noon. Get up! If you don’t get up, you’ll be eating cold food!”
“Coming, coming~”
Her mother’s urging came from outside. Cheng Siyu quickly got out of bed.
“Eh? Mom, where’s the food?”
“What’s the rush? It’ll be ready soon.”
“…”
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At the same time, lunch was also being prepared at Qin Ren’s house.
It was the weekend. He had already troubled classmate Yu Yourong yesterday, so Qin Ren had originally wanted to cook. But Yu Yourong insisted on doing it.
To repay her brother? Or to show off her muscles in front of Gu Qing?
Maybe both. But now, a more important reason was that Yu Yourong had really fallen in love with cooking.
Besides cooking, there was also wiping the windows, washing clothes, organizing, and so on.
She gradually felt that taking care of a home was a very fulfilling and challenging thing. On the tablet that still hadn’t been sold, she had followed many self-media accounts like “Life Hacks.”
“Ge, is it tofu again?” Yu Yourong took out a plastic bag from the vegetable basket and tilted her head.
Does Qin Ren love to eat tofu? I don’t think so.
“Mhm. Mapo yesterday, home-style today.”
Actually, for the family, the difference between home-style and mapo was just whether to add ground meat or not. As long as it was delicious, anything was fine.
“Actually… I can also cook more difficult dishes,” Yu Yourong reminded her brother hesitantly. For example, she had also made pickled fish. Wasn’t it delicious?
“Sigh, it’s not that I doubt your ability.”
Qin Ren shook his head and smiled.
“It’s mainly because tofu is really cheap these days, and it’s enough to make Luo Yao eat her rice. It’s great… and never mind other more difficult dishes. Just being able to cook tofu well is impressive enough. Have you heard of the Tofu Xishi?”
“I have,” Yu Yourong nodded.
Xishi was a great beauty of ancient times. “Dongshi imitating a frown” was a famous idiom. Yesterday, when her master was learning this phrase, she had even been spanked a few times because she kept forgetting how to write the character for “frown.”
Of course, it wasn’t a hard spanking like when she had really made a mistake, just a little encouragement.
“But the Tofu Xishi sells tofu. I… am making tofu,” Yu Yourong seriously pointed out this detail. This snake clan girl was sometimes very one-track-minded.
“Actually, it’s all the same. Wasn’t the Tofu Xishi praised by the people who ate her tofu? I’m the one eating the tofu now.”
Praising someone to the end, Qin Ren rubbed his chin.
“For example, you’ve heard of the Tofu Xishi. Then have you heard of another saying, ‘in the eyes of Qin Ren, there is a Xishi’?”
“…”
Yu Yourong hadn’t heard of it. But when she looked up, she happened to see a Yu Yourong reflected in the depths of her brother’s eyes. Her heart inexplicably fluttered, and a beautiful blush appeared on her pink cheeks. She said nothing and silently poured oil to cook the tofu.
Swoosh—
Oily smoke rose from the wok. Qin Ren was gnawing on a cucumber, leaning against the kitchen door. He had originally wanted to admire the virtuous figure of the Tofu Xishi for a while, but the door was suddenly pushed open.
“?!”
Qin Ren felt his back go empty. After stumbling to a steady position, he found that it was Gu Qing who had come to “inspect the room.”
“Hey, Jie…”
Qin Ren grinned. Gu Qing took the cucumber from his hand, and with a crack, she broke it in two, ate half herself, and gave the other half back to Qin Ren.
“She’s cooking. What are you doing in here, getting in the way?” Gu Qing looked at her little brother.
“Helping to chop vegetables.”
“Oh.”
Gu Qing thought for a moment and rolled up her sleeves.
“You go and comb Tuantuan’s fur. I’ll go and help her cook.”
“Hey, hey, no need, no need.”
Qin Ren accepted his sister’s good intentions on behalf of Yu Yourong.
“Yourong wants to cook. It’s her hobby.”
“I mean, I’ll help her chop vegetables just like you!”
Gu Qing put her hands on her slender hips.
“What do you mean, Qin Ren? Are you afraid I’ll be a hindrance in the kitchen?”
“No, no.”
Actually, he was. His sister’s cooking skills had been terrible since she was a child. Later, Qin Ren had learned to cook early, and a small part of the reason was because of this.
“It’s just tofu. If Yourong can handle it, Qing’er can definitely handle it too!”
Qin Ren flattered her against his conscience. Gu Qing saw through it at a glance and huffed softly in unwillingness.
“Everyone has their own strengths. So what if I’m a little dumber than others at cooking…”
“No, no. It’s not that you’re dumb.”
Qin Ren wrapped his arm around Gu Qing’s shoulder and rubbed it.
“Actually, it’s not that you’re dumb. It’s the pot’s fault. The pot is too dumb.”
“…”
“Really. A smart pot, as soon as it sees that it’s Qing’er who is cooking, it’ll make the ingredients delicious on its own.”
“Pah, you’re full of it…”
Talking nonsense was also useful. After all, compared to school, one of the biggest advantages of being at home was having a little brother who could coax her and make her happy from time to time. This was called a small, certain happiness in life.
“Hurry up and go comb Tuantuan’s fur.”
Gu Qing shyly broke free from Qin Ren and went to the kitchen to help Yu Yourong. Qin Ren, on the other hand, happened to catch Tuantuan hiding under the coffee table, licking her bottom.
“Hehe, Tuantuan… my Tuantuan, hehe…”
“Meow?”
Qin Ren was acting crazy. He deliberately acted strange, which shocked Tuantuan under the coffee table. She stared with wide eyes and was caught by Qin Ren.
“Meow…”
Her shameful act of licking her bottom was discovered, and she was caught and couldn’t move. The next step, was he going to threaten her to do all sorts of things, otherwise he would tell the other cats about her secretly licking her bottom?
Tuantuan was surprised to find that she seemed to have no ability to resist this. She could only let Qin Ren do as he pleased.
There was no other way. She was just a poor little she-cat with no strength to even truss a chicken. What could she do? She could only let Qin Ren have his way.
Since she couldn’t resist, she might as well enjoy it.
“Meow~”
And so, Tuantuan gracefully shrank into Qin Ren’s arms, until Qin Ren sat down and brought out a familiar small comb.
“Meow?”
Just this?
Alright, there was a sense of disappointment. Tuantuan’s four paws drooped on Qin Ren’s lap, and she yawned, letting him comb her fur.
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After combing her fur, Qin Ren started to clean up the trash at home.
Before, the trash at home was not thrown out very often because there were few people, and they didn’t produce much trash in the first place.
But now that there were more people, it was different, especially since everyone had to eat, so the kitchen waste had increased.
Kitchen waste is special. Sometimes, even if the trash can is not full, it must be thrown out in time to avoid attracting bugs, cockroaches, and so on.
And if you consider the space they take up, the packaging left over from the snacks used to feed the Pixiu was the biggest part of the trash.
Many snacks don’t have much inside, but the packaging takes up a lot of space. For example, those little cakes and breads like Q-T, when you open the box, there are many small packages inside. After eating, there aren’t many in total, but because you’re often too lazy to fold the boxes, they will instantly fill up the trash can, and it’s even more troublesome to clean up later.
And so, while cleaning up the trash, Qin Ren very unreasonably announced to Luo Yao.
“From now on, you’re not allowed to eat Q-T.”
“Why…”
Luo Yao was playing Landlords with the new account Qin Ren had promised her. She was very sad to hear this.
She was starting to understand why men are all big pig’s trotters. He had kissed her last night and even come into her dreams to do strange things to her. But today, he had changed his face and stopped doting on her.
“Because it’s very expensive.” This was also a fact. Q-T was about one or two yuan each.
“Oh…”
If that was the reason, then Luo Yao would accept it sensibly.
“Then let’s switch to a cheaper one. Let’s switch to Orion Pie.”
“Also expensive.”
Qin Ren looked at the few Q-T boxes stuck in the trash can and felt a headache. He still disagreed.
“And Orion Pie and Q-T are both under the Orion brand. They’re both Korean brands. Children who eat too much will be stolen by them.”
“Really?”
Qin Ren was just making it up to trick a child, but it happened to be heard by Gu Qing, who had just come out of the kitchen. She was very shocked.
“Orion is Korean? I always thought it was domestic.”
“No, Orion has always been one of the three major confectionery companies in Korea. And Orion Pie uses cocoa butter substitute in China, and pure cocoa butter overseas, but the price in China is much higher than overseas. In short, it’s a rip-off.”
So, Qin Ren felt that it would be better to use Daliyuan Custard Pie to replace this type of snack.
“Cheap! And the packaging is convenient!”
Daliyuan Custard Pie, chocolate pie, and so on, their packaging was all simple and unadorned bags, which didn’t take up space and were also easy to clean up.
…
“Alright, these two big bags, tsk tsk…”
Qin Ren gathered all the other useless empty paper boxes at home and, along with the trash, filled two large bags.
“I’ll throw them out.” Gu Qing lifted them. They were all boxes, so they weren’t very heavy.
“Alright.” Qin Ren didn’t bother with it. He went to the bedroom to change his clothes, preparing to go out in the afternoon.
There were several centralized trash collection points in Longhu Residential Community. The closest one to his home was near the community entrance.
And when Gu Qing went downstairs to throw out the trash and was on her way back, her gaze happened to meet the gaze of another girl at the entrance.
A mid-sleeved white shirt, a light yellow short skirt, a coffee-colored crossbody bag. Her straight, long legs were revealed from the hem of her skirt, which was a little above her knees. Her white square-heeled sandals, with an open heel but closed toe, lightly supported her delicate ankles…
The moment she met the eyes of this fresh and lovely girl, Gu Qing was even in a daze for a moment.
Not because of her beauty and cuteness, but because she was so familiar.
“Cheng Siyun…”
Gu Qing’s lips parted slightly as she called out the other person’s name. Her face gradually stiffened, and her willow-like brows furrowed slightly.
“…When did you come back?”
“No, no.”
However, the girl was equally surprised, and more so, embarrassed and flustered.
“I… I’m Cheng Siyun…”
“Cheng Siyu?”
Gu Qing was stunned. Cheng Siyu stuck out her little tongue in embarrassment and waved her hand in greeting.
“Hee hee, Sister Qing, you… you’re not living at school anymore?”
“I just… came back.”
Gu Qing’s speech was still a little hesitant. She hadn’t seen Cheng Siyu in a long time since she started grad school. How come… this Cheng Siyu looked more and more like her older sister…
Especially her outfit today…
Of course it was pretty. A truly pretty girl looks good in anything. As a pretty girl herself, Gu Qing was quite clear on this point. It was just that in terms of style, it was a little different from the Cheng Siyu in Gu Qing’s impression. It lacked the lively, dynamic feeling and had more of the sweet and quietness of her older sister.
But what Gu Qing didn’t know was that although Cheng Siyu’s hairstyle and other aspects had been converging with Cheng Siyun’s for a long time, in terms of clothing, it was actually only today that she had thought of trying her sister’s style.
Because…
Because she wanted to…
“Are you here to see Qin Ren?” Gu Qing suddenly spoke, quietly looking at Cheng Siyu.
Forget it…
Another day.
The palm holding the strap of her crossbody bag loosened slightly. The corners of Cheng Siyu’s lips pulled up, and she smiled brightly.
“No. Why would I be looking for him for no reason? I was… meeting a girlfriend to see a movie and was just passing by, and then I saw Sister Qing.”
“I see…”
Gu Qing pursed her lips.
“Come up and sit for a while?”
“No need. Thank you, Sister Qing.”
“The movie is about to start. Let’s chat another day. Bye-bye, Sister Qing~”
“Mhm, bye…”
Cheng Siyu waved her hand and left as she spoke.
…
“Meeting a girlfriend… it’s not a male girlfriend, is it?”
It was hard to say…
Her older sister, Cheng Siyun, had gotten involved with Qin Ren when she was in school. After so many years, no matter how carefree her younger sister, Cheng Siyu, was, she should have a boy she liked by now, right…?
…
On the way home, Gu Qing was thinking gossip-like thoughts.
Unlike her feelings for Cheng Siyun, she had actually always had a good impression of this girl, Cheng Siyu.
The biggest reason was that back when her little brother and Cheng Siyun were still in their ambiguous stage, Cheng Siyu would often cause trouble, so Gu Qing had always regarded her as being on the same side.
Hiss…
By the way, isn’t she at the same company as my little brother now?
Gu Qing suddenly thought that Cheng Siyu and Cheng Siyun were twins, and she was with Qin Ren every day. Wouldn’t it be easy for Qin Ren to have some inappropriate thoughts about her? Would he make a move on her?
This girl, Cheng Siyun, had been giggling and carefree since she was a child. Gu Qing had always thought she was a very innocent girl, so she felt that she had to give Qin Ren a warning and make him behave at the company, not to make any… mmm…
Not to make any major mistakes of principle.
