I Cannot Afford to Mess with My Sister
Chapter 2
Cheng Jin remembered that Lian Chengbi used to love sweets.
When they were young, Lian Chengbi would go out to buy malt candy and the two of them would always eat it together. But she didn't know when it started, but she was the only one who ate the malt candy he bought.
From the memories left behind by the original owner, she could vaguely guess that it was after Mother Lian reprimanded Lian Chengbi. After that, he never touched sweets again.
Thinking about it carefully, since then, Lian Chengbi didn't have any preferences in food. He ate everything and didn't eat much of anything.
Thinking of this, Cheng Jin felt even more distressed for Lian Chengbi. Because when she really experienced it, she found out how difficult Lian Chengbi's life was. It really wasn't easy to become the perfect Young Master Liam in the future.
At such a young age, he had to shoulder a heavy responsibility. His mother was very strict with him. It could even be said that her demands were harsh. The people around him also constantly told him to work hard.
If it was just like that, it would be fine. But he had a little sister by his side. She grew up pampered and didn't have to bear any responsibilities. She ate, drank, and played every day without any worries.
The most terrible thing was comparison — —
He practiced martial arts hard since he was young. His little sister thought that practicing martial arts was too hard and simply didn't practice. His mother also indulged her. Although she said that she was strict, his little sister acted spoiled and pretended to be sick. His mother turned a blind eye and let her muddle through.
If he was sick, as long as he wasn't sick to the point that he couldn't get up, he had to continue to work hard. If he really fell sick and couldn't get up, he had to remember his homework and make up for it after he recovered.
He insisted on being a gentleman since he was young. He wasn't allowed to do anything that would damage his image. But his little sister could be spoiled and willful.
He wasn't even allowed to have a preference for sweets, but his little sister … …
Cheng Jin thought about it. If it was her, her mentality would have collapsed eight hundred years ago. It was impossible for her to be like Lian Chengbi and really become a perfect gentleman.
Although this gentleman was only on the surface, his heart was completely black.
Cheng Jin sighed heavily in her heart as she listed them out one by one. However, she didn't explain anything to Lian Xin. Instead, she instructed, "Give Big Brother another bowl of fermented glutinous rice balls. Tell him … tell him that I really liked it and wanted Big Brother to taste it with me."
Lian Xin was a very careless girl. Hearing her say this, she only thought that Cheng Jin had found something delicious and couldn't wait to share it with Lian Chengbi.
Cheng Jin sat in front of the window with a coat draped over her shoulders. The cold wind blew, making her face a little stiff, but she didn't want to leave the window at all.
She felt that blowing like this would wake her up a lot and allow her to sort out her messy emotions.
It wasn't until noon when Donglai urged that the time was up that Lian Chengbi gradually stopped.
He hurried forward to take the long sword and urged, "Young Master, it's already this time. You should quickly go and eat. I'll clean up."
Lian Chengbi nodded. Just as he was about to turn around and return to his room, he found that Cheng Jin's room window was open. Cheng Jin had been sitting in front of the window for who knows how long.
He strode over. When he got closer, he saw that Cheng Jin was only wearing a thin coat. He couldn't help but frown.
"What are you doing sitting in front of the window?
You're wearing so little. Look at how pale your face is from the cold. Don't forget, you haven't recovered from your typhoid. "
Cheng Jin stood up and gestured mysteriously. When Lian Chengbi came closer with a puzzled expression, she grinned and took out a handkerchief to help him wipe the sweat on his head.
While wiping, she also joked, "It seems that big brother isn't cold at all. You're smoking."
This intimate action stunned Lian Chengbi. He didn't even know how to react. He stiffly allowed Cheng Jin to wipe his sweat. Only then did he finally react and refute, "That's sweat!"
He subconsciously took a step back. After a while, he finally said, "Xiao Jin, you're a girl …"
"What's wrong with being a girl?
You're my big brother. Do I need someone's permission to wipe your sweat? "Cheng Jin rolled her eyes.
These words were very reasonable. Lian Chengbi couldn't think of a way to refute them. His handsome white face was red and his ears were about to bleed.
"In short, you're not allowed to do this again!"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Cheng Jin said half-heartedly.
When Lian Chengbi heard this, he secretly let out a sigh of relief. There was a trace of inexplicable regret in his heart.
"It's just that … I feel that a person who's so stupid that he doesn't even remember to eat when he practices martial arts and wants to practice regardless of rain or shine has no right to criticize others."
Cheng Jin accused, "I sat by the window to see if this idiot would really practice his sword in the rain if it really rained. He had to practice for a long time!"
He could hear that Cheng Jin's words were full of concern for him. He didn't get angry and only smiled.
He looked like an obedient boy next door. Cheng Jin's heart itched, but when she thought that Lian Chengbi hadn't eaten yet, she hurriedly urged, "Hurry up and go eat. I even had someone send you something good. You have to try it."
Lian Chengbi nodded and also very carefully instructed Cheng Jin, "Remember to close the window. Don't stand in the wind with such thin clothes. Do you remember?"
Cheng Jin made a face and waved her hand through the window. Then she closed the window.
She didn't expect that not long after she closed the window, it started to rain heavily outside. The raindrops hit the steps, pitter-patter like a drum. It was very scary.
At this time, Lian Xin finally returned to Cheng Jin's room from outside. She didn't even bother to wipe off the rain on her head and body. She kept patting her chest to calm herself down. She looked like she was scared out of her wits.
"What's wrong with you?"
Cheng Jin asked curiously. Lian Xin had a carefree personality and there weren't many things that could scare her.
Lian Xin half covered her mouth and whispered, "When I came out of the Young Master's room just now, I happened to run into Madam."
Mother Lian was definitely the first person who could scare her. Every time Lian Xin walked away from Mother Lian. When she couldn't avoid her, she was as honest as a quail and wouldn't say a word.
This time was the same. Afraid of running into Mother Lian, Lian Xin directly took a long way around and got herself soaked.
Cheng Jin shook her head helplessly. She didn't know why Lian Xin was so afraid of Mother Lian, but Lian Xin had always been like this. Before she moved out of the main courtyard, Lian Xin would have to see Mother Lian often.
It was a pity that she didn't know when she would be able to move out. Just by looking at the walls of Lian City, she knew that he was still living in the main courtyard, sharing the east room and the west room with her, living right under Mother Lian's nose.
It was convenient for her to take care of him and supervise him.
Thinking of this, Cheng Jin shed tears of sympathy for Lian Chengbi. Now, it was difficult for him to be lazy.
Although with Lian Chengbi's character, he would not do anything lazy.
Cheng Jin was thinking, but she didn't expect that in the regular rain, there was suddenly an unusually harsh sound.
It was the sound of porcelain bowls and plates falling to the ground.
Cheng Jin was stunned, and then carefully distinguished it. The sound seemed to be coming from Lian Chengbi's room.
She quickly asked Lian Xin, "You just said that you met Mother when you came out of your brother's room?"
Lian Xin also heard the sound and subconsciously shrank her neck. When she heard Cheng Jin's question, she nodded subconsciously.
"Oh no!"
Cheng Jin stood up fiercely, and the chair under her body fell to the ground. But she couldn't care so much. She opened the door and rushed in the direction of Lian Chengbi's room.
"Miss, you are still sick!" Lian Xin quickly shouted, but she couldn't stop Cheng Jin at all.
Now that it was raining heavily outside, Lian Xin was afraid that Cheng Jin would catch a cold again. She quickly took a cloak and ran out with her.
Lian Chengbi's room and her room were on both sides of the main house. She only needed to walk through a short corridor to get there. In the rain, she didn't even need to use an umbrella.
When Cheng Jin rushed there, she saw the broken bowls and plates in front of the house, and the porcelain pieces even flew out of the house.
Looking inside, she saw Lian Chengbi kneeling in the middle of the room. Mother Lian was holding a short whip in her hand, and she was fiercely whipping Lian Chengbi's back. Lian Chengbi was in pain and couldn't help but let out a muffled groan.
Mother Lian looked very angry. She was furious to the extreme. While whipping Lian Chengbi, she said, "Silly thing, you shoulder the heavy responsibility of revitalizing the Unsullied Heights. How can you be greedy for food?"
"You, you really disappoint me!"
"Mother!"
Cheng Jin shouted loudly. At the same time, she rushed forward and grabbed Mother Lian's hand, trying to stop her from punishing Lian Chengbi. However, she couldn't get the whip back. She could only stomp her feet angrily. "Mother, what are you doing?"
"Get out of the way!"
Afraid of hurting Cheng Jin, Mother Lian stopped and scolded sternly. "Today, I will teach him a good lesson. If he doesn't learn good things at such a young age, how can he take on a big responsibility in the future? Don't let your father down!"
Cheng Jin was keenly aware of Mother Lian's attitude, and she threatened her even more fearlessly. "I won't allow you to hit my brother. If you want to hit him, you have to tell me the reason!"
"You!" Mother Lian was furious. She shook her wrist and directly shook Cheng Jin to the side.
"Xiao Jin!"
Lian Chengbi was shocked. He wanted to get up and support Cheng Jin, but he forgot that he was still injured. He was in so much pain that he gasped.
Mother Lian regretted it after she hit him. She remembered that Cheng Jin was still sick. Her hand was still a little hot when she touched her. If something bad happened to her, wouldn't she be distressed?
But now she was still in a rage. She could only stand there stiffly, unable to get off.
At this time, Mother Lian finally diverted half of her attention to Cheng Jin. It didn't matter, but Mother Lian was even angrier.
"Where is Lian Xin?" Mother Lian asked angrily, as if she would pull out Lian Xin in the next moment.
Lian Xin, who was called, crawled in from outside the door. She lowered her head like a quail and replied with fear, "Ma, Madam, this servant is here!"
"How did you take care of Miss!
Now that Xiao Jin is still sick, you let her run out like this?!
I think you are tired of living! "
Mother Lian, who was in a rage, was like a volcano. Whoever touched her would die. Not to mention, Lian Xin was originally scared to death of Mother Lian. At this time, she hated that she couldn't faint directly.
But she also knew that if she really fainted, it would be a dead end!