"Wow, take a look at that," Peng Hui nudged his assistant and pointed at the sandcastle.
"Isn't it pretty good?" he murmured.
Peng Hui's eyes fell on the sandcastle next to it, and his lips twitched.
"Sigh... now look at that one. Was that supposed to be a sandcastle? It looks more like a blob of dirt to me," Peng Hui chuckled.
Yin Longshen, who was close by, pursed his lips in indignation. This annoying person... As expected of someone from the Peng family, he could not appreciate his younger brother's efforts!
Yin Longshen wanted to retort Peng Hui's words, but he decided against it. Anyway, this guy was no good. It was better not to provoke him, at least on the surface.
Peng Hui said a few more words to Li Jiayi, but the two of them left after that. Once the two of them were gone, Yin Longshen clenched his fists.
The Peng family, was it? He would remember them.
Meanwhile, Feng Yongrui, who was soaking his feet in the water, heard the System's notification.
"Ding~ The protagonist's blackening value has increased to 22%~" the System said.
"Huh? Why so suddenly?" Feng Yongrui was baffled and turned around, looking for his older brother.
When he spotted Yin Longshen from afar, Feng Yongrui waved his hands excitedly. Yin Longshen walked over to him, and Feng Yongrui quickly observed his older brother's face.
"Ge, did something happen?" Feng Yongrui asked tentatively.
Yin Longshen gave him a bright smile and shook his head. "Nothing happened. I just wanted to see you. Is it fun?" Yin Longshen asked.
Feng Yongrui nodded. This trip was indeed quite fun. After playing in the beach and taking some photos, the two boys were joined by Zhao Baozhai, and the three of them basked in the sun together.
They took several more photos, had lunch together, and watched the sun set. When it was getting dark, the four of them (including Wang Cai) returned to the hotel.
The three of them would be staying in Country B for about three weeks. Each week, they would be staying in a different hotel. Their current hotel was right in front of a beach with white, fine sand.
The other two hotels would be in different locations and would have a different atmosphere.
Yin Longshen and Feng Yongrui had a fine time in this hotel. They ate delicious food, enjoyed the beautiful scenery, and enjoyed all of the hotel facilities. They swam together, went on a boat trip, and played in the beach.
When the first week was over, they moved to the second hotel. This hotel was located at the heart of B country, meaning it was a bustling place filled with life and vigor.
There were many shopping centers and restaurants here and there. Zhao Baozhai could not stop herself from shopping -- but she did not just shop for her own things. Instead, she also bought clothes for the two boys.
Yin Longshen and Feng Yongrui were dragged from one place to another, forced to try on different kind of clothes and posing for Zhao Baozhai. Feng Yongrui could not understand his mother at all.
Obviously, he and his brother were exhausted after shopping for one whole day. But his mother! She seemed even more energetic than before!
"Women are like this," Yin Longshen whispered to his younger brother.
"...Ge, you sure are one to talk. Weren't you also excited to see me trying new clothes?" Feng Yongrui grumbled.
Yin Longshen pursed his lips. "That's because you look good in anything..."
"...Hahaha. I still remember when Mom made you try 10 different kinds of suits, your expression was worse than crying," Feng Yongrui teased.
Yin Longshen winced at the memory. "That's not my fault... Those suits... They were all the same! I didn't need to try each and every one of them!" he wailed.
"They were not the same," a cold voice interjected their conversation. It was Zhao Baozhai. She narrowed her eyes as she looked at Yin Longshen.
"Those suits had their own distinctive style. Also, each and every one of them had a different color..." she began to explain.
"A different color? Most of them were either black, blue, or white!" Yin Longshen complained.
"The shades were different, you know. Also, some of the material was slightly different," Zhao Baozhai said.
Yin Longshen glared at her, but Zhao Baozhai remained unfazed.
"Yongrui, don't you think what I said is true?" Zhao Baozhai threw the ball at her son.
"Didi, you have to answer honestly," Yin Longshen said seriously. "Were you able to see the difference between those suits?"
Caught between the two, Feng Yongrui glanced at their faces and opened his mouth hesitantly.
"I... Actually, I agree with my older brother," Feng Yongrui said.
Zhao Baozhao gaped at her son as if he had betrayed her, and then she glared at Yin Longshen.
"That's my son, not yours," Zhao Baozhai muttered under her breath.
"That's my younger brother, not yours," Yin Longshen shot back.
Feng Yongrui: "..."
...Anyway, during the one week that they spent in the city, Feng Yongrui and Yin Longshen had a lot of fun. Excluding the times when Zhao Baozhai forced them to become her mini models, the two of them spent their time as they pleased.
They visited several well-known restaurants and tried the local food. They also bought several trinkets here and there.
Feng Yongrui bought some items for his friends back at school. Yin Longshen also chose some items for each of his best friends.
On the fifth day in the city, Yin Longshen received a message from [cookies_forever]. The latter told him that he happened to be in Country B at the moment, so he wanted to meet Yin Longshen.
After thinking about it for a while, Yin Longshen finally agreed. He told Zhao Baozhai and Feng Yongrui that he was planning to meet a friend.
Yin Longshen and [cookies_forever] agreed to meet at a hotpot restaurant in the evening. Feng Yongrui initially wanted to come along, but Yin Longshen was reluctant to let him join.
When Zhao Baozhai heard that Yin Longshen was planning to go alone (without Feng Yongrui), she was actually rather ecstatic.
"Yongrui, this is a rare opportunity," Zhao Baozhai said with a warm smile.
"When your Gege is gone, you and I and have some mother and son bonding time. We can eat together, go shopping together... Oh, just wait until we go to that particular shop! I've had my eye on that place for a while now..." Zhao Baozhai began rambling on and on.
When Feng Yongrui heard the word "shopping", all his nerves became taut and his blood ran cold. The memories of the torturous days he had gone through flashed through his head and he grimaced.
No... All this time, he was able to bear the shopping time because his older brother was by his side. If he was left alone with his mother--!
"Ge," Feng Yongrui gave his brother a half-murderous, half-pleading look.
Yin Longshen: "..."
In the end, Yin Longshen agreed to let Feng Yongrui join him. Zhao Baozhai was disappointed, but Feng Yongrui was relieved.
"Thankfully my older brother still has a conscience," Feng Yongrui muttered inside his head. "If he dared to leave me alone..."
"Host, if I were your brother, I wouldn't have helped you just now," the System said.
"System, if you were my brother, I would've pushed you down the stairs a thousand times by now," Feng Yongrui retorted.
The System: "..."
"Also, if you keep being like this, I will mute you," Feng Yongrui said.
"You have no right to mute me!" the System cried indignantly. "You still owe me a lot of points!"
Mute.
Feng Yongrui smiled in satisfaction. Ah, he never thought that a simple "mute" button could make him so happy~
That evening, the two boys changed into casual clothes and went to the hotpot restaurant. Of course, Zhao Baozhai had already assigned a chauffeur to drive them to the location.
The two of them arrived in the restaurant rather early, and Yin Longshen told Feng Yongrui to start ordering food.
"Yongrui, later on, I will be talking to my friend for quite some time. I'm afraid you will be bored," Yin Longshen told him.
"What exactly are you going to talk about?" Feng Yongrui asked, tilting his head.
"Well... We'll be talking about adult stuff... There might be some complicated jargon involved, so you don't have to listen to us," Yin Longshen explained.
"...Okay," Feng Yongrui said.
Of course, that was what he said on the surface. In reality, he definitely had to listen to his older brother's conversation with [cookies_forever]!
Feng Yongrui ordered a medium-sized hotpot platter with a variety of dipping ingredients. According to the menu, there would a mixture of thin-sliced meats, meatballs, some vegetables, and even shrimp.
While waiting for the food to arrive, Feng Yongrui opened the System's information and looked for this person, [cookies_forever]. He looked at the information and frowned.
Other than stating that [cookies_forever] was a coding maniac and Yin Longshen's loyal follower, there was not much information about him.
Feng Yongrui couldn't help wondering what kind of person [cookies_forever] was...
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Zhao Baozhai: Let's go shopping, boys~
Yin Longshen: *pale face* A-aunt, I need to study...
Feng Yongrui: *pale face* M-mom... maybe next time...
Zhao Baozhai: disappointed.jpg
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