You Must Be Good 71

Chapter 71 

—Which duck is that?

Chu Xinrou looked helpless. She winked at Qiao Xiaoxiao. Xiaoxiao turned her head and, the moment she saw Nuonuo, she thought she was hallucinating. She rubbed her eyes, then ran over in three steps and hugged Nuonuo, asking in surprise, “When did you get here?!”

Nuonuo’s heart was shattered, and she couldn’t even pick up the pieces. She held out her hand and resisted her sister’s hug, still muttering and complaining, “You said I was a duck… I’m a duck… you’re a big duck…”

She had grown up and was much taller.

If it weren’t for Qiao Xiaoxiao’s height of 176 cm, an ordinary person would have had a hard time holding her.

Hearing Nuonuo speak, Qiao Xiaoxiao was so excited that tears streamed down her face. “Nuonuo, you can speak? You can really speak?”

Nuonuo pouted. Seeing her sister’s tears, her voice softened a little. “This duck has entered.”

This one word “sister,” God knows how long she had practiced it, and she was actually being disliked as a duck.

Qiao Xiaoxiao hugged Nuonuo and spun around in the room, constantly saying to her, “Call me ‘Jiejie’ again.”

“Jie… jie…”

“It’s jie—jie—”

“Jie… jie…”

Although Nuonuo could make a sound, after all, she had been mute for too long and still needed to practice repeatedly.

But the teacher’s evaluation of her was very good. “This child, Nuonuo, has a very high emotional intelligence. In the few years she’s been here, she’s made friends with all the children in several grades, especially the pretty ones.”

This made Qiao Xiaoxiao very happy.

She couldn’t get enough of chatting with Nuonuo and even went next door.

In the music room, Yang Feitang was frowning at a student who couldn’t play a beat right. After Qiao Xiaoxiao came in, she grabbed Nuonuo’s hand, and Nuonuo immediately called out, “Yang jie… jie…”

“Oh, Nuonuo, you can—”

With a smack, the door closed.

Before Yang Feitang could finish, Qiao Xiaoxiao had already hugged Nuonuo and had gone to No. 3 High School. This really made her show off.

From Xiao Lu jie… jie to Wang Ning jie… jie, and then to Xiaohua jie… jie…

Nuonuo was like a mascot, being repeatedly shown off by Qiao Xiaoxiao. By the time the big and small one returned home at night.

The first thing Qiao Xiaoxiao said to Chu Xinrou was, “Jie… jie, let’s not have noodles tonight. Let’s go out to eat.”

Chu Xinrou: …

Dinner was also quite lively.

Nuonuo was originally an outgoing person. She slowly told everyone about her life at school and, by the way, took out her phone and showed Qiao Xiaoxiao some photos.

“Who’s this?”

Qiao Xiaoxiao looked at the mixed-race little girl with pigtails in the photo. “So pretty.”

She looked very much like the pretty little mixed-race kids in commercials, with big eyes and very fair skin.

Yang Feitang and Chu Xinrou both leaned over to look and sighed in admiration, “So pretty. Is she a good friend?”

Nuonuo said slowly, “This is my girlfriend.”

Everyone: …

Nuonuo elegantly put down her chopsticks. “Next time… I’ll formally introduce her to you.”

OMG.

The shock this brought to Qiao Xiaoxiao was imaginable.

Some people were still secretly crying in their blankets every day because of the pain of a secret crush.

And some brat already had a girlfriend?

That night, when they got home, Qiao Xiaoxiao, as usual, wanted to give Nuonuo a bath, but Nuonuo shook her head and refused. “I’ll do it myself.”

She thought that she had grown up and didn’t need her sister to “serve” her like this anymore. In the future, her sister could also rest assured about her.

Who would have thought that Qiao Xiaoxiao would walk to the sofa in a daze, sit down beside Chu Xinrou, and rest her head on her shoulder?

“What’s wrong?”

Chu Xinrou closed the computer in her hand and turned to look at her.

Qiao Xiaoxiao stared at her sister in a daze and asked, “You’re saying Nuonuo won’t let me give her a bath anymore. Does that mean… now that she has a girlfriend, she doesn’t need me anymore?”

Chu Xinrou: …

She found that Xiaoxiao was probably particularly “straight-minded” when it came to her own family’s affairs because she had been busy for a long time. She didn’t beat around the bush at all.

She smiled and poked Qiao Xiaoxiao’s nose. “Nuonuo is already in her teens. Of course she has to take a bath by herself. You can’t always treat her like a child, can you?”

Qiao Xiaoxiao lowered her head, not feeling good in her heart.

Since she was a child, the two sisters had been used to relying on each other. Facing such an independent Nuonuo, she felt empty.

Chu Xinrou stroked her hair. “Alright, it’s okay that your sister has grown up. I’ll be with you, okay?”

Qiao Xiaoxiao rubbed her head against Chu Xinrou’s neck and nodded.

When Nuonuo came out, she saw her sister acting cute with Chu Xinrou like a little puppy. She smiled and skillfully walked to the desk where Qiao Xiaoxiao used to study, took out her books, and started to study.

After Qiao Xiaoxiao had gotten into university, Chu Xinrou had not put away this desk.

She always felt that as long as the desk was there, it was as if Xiaoxiao was still there.

Qiao Xiaoxiao’s pupils trembled in shock. “Is this still my sister?”

She was both heartbroken and gratified. She stood up and went behind Nuonuo to watch.

Her sister had finally grown up and had become sensible…

Chu Xinrou had only gone into the room to cut a watermelon. When she came out, she heard Qiao Xiaoxiao’s furious voice. “Xiao Wang has eight popsicles, eight. Why is it still 8 on top, but 18 on the bottom? Do you have a heart?!”

Chu Xinrou: …

Nuonuo’s trip this time was a “family visit.” It was not long, only three days in total.

That night, she was curled up in her sister’s blanket, smelling fresh and soft from her bath, chatting with Qiao Xiaoxiao.

Qiao Xiaoxiao was still very concerned about her love life. She first pretended to chat about how she was eating at school, how she was getting along with the teachers, and how her grades were. Then, she revealed her true intentions. “That little girlfriend of yours, how did you get together?”

Nuonuo raised her hand, habitually about to sign, but was held down by Qiao Xiaoxiao. “It’s okay. Speak slowly. I’m listening.”

“It’s… she and I are… in the same class… she’s also mute… but her situation… is better than mine… she could speak last year. We’ve been through thick and thin… she’s been with me… I… I think it’s alright. Mainly because she’s so pretty… it’s happy to look at.”

“Tsk,” Qiao Xiaoxiao laughed. “You little brat, so superficial.”

You’re still looking at appearances?

Seeing her like this, Nuonuo was puffed up and unhappy. “You… you… if it weren’t for Sister Chu being like a fairy, would you like her?”

Qiao Xiaoxiao’s heart skipped a beat when she heard the word “like,” but thinking that Nuonuo probably didn’t think much of it, she said casually, “Even if she looked like Wang Er Mazi, I would still like her.”

Her liking for her sister, how could it be based on her appearance?

Nuonuo also “tsked” at her and still habitually signed with her hands.

—You’re so slow.

You can’t even catch up to Wang Er Mazi.

It really was the saying, you can’t even catch the hot shit.

Qiao Xiaoxiao: ???!!!

Seeing her sister’s shocked eyes as wide as light bulbs, Nuonuo blinked her big eyes at her and said slowly but very clearly, “I am your sister.”

Her sister, how could she not know?

Since she was a child, she had had so few thoughts. Besides studying, it was just doing the housework well, being able to make a living without worry, and not being beaten.

When had Nuonuo ever seen Qiao Xiaoxiao act like this towards others?

Seeing her sister’s eyes light up when she saw someone, would she nod along with whatever she said, and would she unconsciously smile along?

Qiao Xiaoxiao opened her mouth and digested it for a long time. She looked down at Nuonuo. “You don’t discriminate?”

It had taken Sister Yang several days to digest it. How could Nuonuo accept it so quickly?

Nuonuo looked at her sister in confusion and asked, “Wh-why would I discriminate? Is it because you’re not as pretty as Sister Chu? Not as gentle as her? And you’re always a roaring lion when you’re explaining problems?”

Qiao Xiaoxiao: …

This was a bit of a personal attack.

But for her sister to agree, she was so happy in her heart.

For a rare night, she didn’t have to curl up in her blanket alone and dream of the future.

Qiao Xiaoxiao hugged Nuonuo and gently kissed her round forehead, a gentle smile in her eyes. “I was thinking, if I can be with my sister in the future, we can go anywhere, no matter which city she likes, we’ll settle down there.”

She paused, her voice soft, as if she had already pictured such a life in her mind. “We’ll also take her back to Wuliu Village for a short stay occasionally, let her listen to the rain and see the mountain scenery, just like before.”

“She likes to paint on rainy days, so I’ll brew tea for her. The aroma of tea mixed with the smell of rain must be a good match.” She lowered her head and ruffled Nuonuo’s head, her smile deepening. “Then, you can also bring your little girlfriend over. We’ll drink tea and chat together, okay?”

Nuonuo nodded vigorously. She blinked her watery eyes and first gave her sister her full affirmation.

“Okay, Jiejie.”

Then, she added another sentence.

“It won’t be until my girlfriend and I are old and gray that this can be realized, right?”

Qiao Xiaoxiao: …!!!

Oh my god.

This little brat.

The days of reunion are always short.

Although they were noisy, the day before she sent Nuonuo back to school, Qiao Xiaoxiao still couldn’t help but shed tears.

That night, Nuonuo was jumping up and down on the bed and broke the bed board first.

Then, she quietly pulled Chu Xinrou’s shirt and said, “Sister Chu… my… my sister is quite fragile… tomorrow, don’t let her go to school with me. She’ll cry her eyes out.”

Chu Xinrou stroked her head and agreed deeply. “I was thinking the same thing. How about I have your Sister Yang send you off tomorrow?”

Nuonuo shook her head. “Sister Fengyi said she’s coming to send me off.”

Hearing her sister’s name, Chu Xinrou was silent for a moment, then she nodded.

Nuonuo sized up Sister Chu and, after a long while, said in a small voice, “Sister Fengyi… she’s doing well… not as tired as a few years ago.”

She knew that Sister Chu was concerned about her.

Chu Xinrou was silent for a long time, then nodded gently and stroked Nuonuo’s hair. “You’re a sensible child.”

Nuonuo looked at Chu Xinrou. “Jiejie, I broke the bed board. I’m afraid my sister won’t… won’t sleep well at night. Can you stay with her?”

She was only an 11-year-old child.

What bad intentions could she have?

Chu Xinrou nodded. “Okay.”

She was quite gratified that Nuonuo had grown up and knew how to care for her own sister.

When she was sending Nuonuo off, Qiao Xiaoxiao still shed tears for several kilometers, holding Nuonuo’s hand and refusing to let go.

Chu Xinrou coaxed her for a long time before she let go. But Nuonuo looked at Chu Xinrou like a little adult. “Sister Chu… you… you’ve worked hard.”

Chu Xinrou laughed. “I haven’t worked hard.”

Qiao Xiaoxiao wiped her tears with the back of her hand and asked with a choke, “What do you mean?”

This little brat, why is she always so indirect?

Nuonuo sighed. She looked at her useless sister and then at Chu Xinrou. “Sister Chu… my sister is so childish. Don’t you dislike her?”

Chu Xinrou smiled gently. “I don’t.”

Nuonuo nodded. She then looked at Qiao Xiaoxiao. “Jiejie, look. Sister Chu doesn’t even dislike you. Isn’t this because of love?”

This one sentence from her sister, not to mention goosebumps, even Qiao Xiaoxiao’s hair was about to stand on end.

Seeing that Qiao Xiaoxiao was already scared stiff on the spot.

Nuonuo was calm in the face of danger. She stepped on Qiao Xiaoxiao’s foot and looked at Chu Xinrou with a smile. “Is that so? Sister Chu.”

How could Chu Xinrou have thought so much? She smiled and nodded. “Yes.”

…

“Little one, let’s go.”

Not far away, Chu Fengyi’s call came.

The Second Miss really kept her word.

She had said she would treat Nuonuo as her own sister, and she really did.

These past two years, the number of times she had gone to see Nuonuo was no less than Qiao Xiaoxiao’s.

Especially when she was upset, Chu Fengyi would sit beside Nuonuo, listen to her talk about the interesting things at school, and watch her “flirt with girls.” Her mood would gradually relax.

After this period of tempering, the Second Miss also knew her sister’s difficulties and the current situation of the group. It was destined that they could not be too close.

Since she was already enjoying everything now.

She had to bear the price behind it.

Seeing that her sister had left.

Qiao Xiaoxiao was still silently shedding tears, thinking of the past with her sister in the village, thinking of that little person, who had now grown up and no longer needed to be tied down. She was both gratified and heartbroken.

Chu Xinrou looked at her watch. “It’s getting late. It’s time to rest. Xiaoxiao, Nuonuo said she accidentally broke the bed board. You’ll have to sleep in my room tonight.”

With just one sentence, the tears immediately stopped. Qiao Xiaoxiao’s heart trembled, and she looked at Chu Xinrou in surprise.

That gaze was too hot, too different from usual.

Chu Xinrou instinctively turned her head away, her heart beating a little abnormally. “What? You’re so grown up, and you’re still shy?”

These past few years, it wasn’t that they hadn’t slept together.

It was usually when one of them was sick, and the other would be by their side, taking care of them.

At that time, Xiaoxiao’s gaze was not like this.

“Okay, I’ll go pack!”

The sad things of the past, the reluctance to part with her sister, were all turned over in a second.

Qiao Xiaoxiao immediately sent a message to her dog-headed strategist, Yang.

—Sister Yang, I’m sleeping in the same room with my sister tonight. What should I wear?!

Should it be conservative pajamas? Or the pair of shorts I bought before?

Yang Feitang’s message came back quickly.

—Naked is best!