The 1.85-foot-tall Ye Xinhe hugged the petite Zhuang Chuxin with one arm, and the scene looked ridiculous.
The nervous sixteen-year-old boy only felt that his senior sister was incredibly light, and her slender waist was so soft and boneless that he felt that he would hurt her if he exerted the slightest force.
Zhuang Chuxin in his arms was first glad that she did not fall, then a blush climbed up from her neck to her cheeks. She quickly broke free from her junior brother's arms and lowered her head with her back to Ye Xinhe.
"Senior Sister Zhuang, I told you to be careful. Luckily, I reacted quickly, otherwise you would have been embarrassed." The little brat couldn't see the girl's hesitation and was still secretly proud of himself for being a hero and saving the girl.
"Men...men and women...there are differences between men and women..." Zhuang Chuxin managed to squeeze out a few words, her face flushed, but she no longer dodged.
Ye Xinhe scratched his head. Born in the 21st century, he didn't understand that it was immoral for a man and a woman to hold the same umbrella in the eyes of his senior sister who had her back to him.
"Let's just hide from the rain together. Senior Sister Zhuang, if you really don't want to, well..." Ye Xinhe handed the umbrella to Zhuang Chuxin, took two steps back and stood in the heavy rain.
No matter how shy you are, you can't let others get wet in the rain, right? Zhuang Chuxin quickly ran back to Ye Xinhe with an umbrella. Because of her height, she could only stand on tiptoe to hold the umbrella for Ye Xinhe.
"This... the umbrella is yours, and I'm the one who leaves..."
"Ah? That won't do. How can a girl be left in the rain?" Ye Xinhe waved his hand and pushed the umbrella back.
After calming down, Zhuang Chuxin didn't bother to think about the immoral things and chose to compromise.
The boy lowered his head and the girl stood on tiptoe.
The heavy rain made a loud noise when it hit the ground, covering up the breathing of the two people.
After a long silence, Ye Xinhe held the umbrella handle in Zhuang Chuxin's hand, and Zhuang Chuxin let go without resistance.
It was Ye Xinhe's turn to hold the umbrella. The rain soaked the left side of his body that was exposed outside the umbrella. Without Zhuang Chuxin knowing, the boy silently took half a step back.
The umbrella leaning towards the girl's side and the safe distance left behind represent the boy's silent tenderness.
After the rain, the sky cleared up, the scorching sun peeked out from the clouds, and the fragrant smell of earth filled my nostrils.
Putting away the umbrella and shaking off the water, Ye Xinhe said with a smile: "Let's go back!"
"Yeah!" There was no longer any shyness or resistance in Zhuang Chuxin's response.
"Where did you two go?"
The two who returned to the team were naturally questioned by the captain. Ye Xinhe smiled and lied, "I just wanted to go over there to see if there was a place to shelter from the rain, so I asked Senior Sister Zhuang to accompany me."
Listening to his junior brother defending his lie, Zhuang Chuxin covered his face, smiled softly and nodded.
Regroup and set off again.
Ye Xinxi's team finally found an inn to rest before dark.
After walking all day, everyone went to their rooms to rest. Only Ye Xinhe, who was full of energy, ran outside to look at the stars.
"What are you doing?"
There was a sound behind him. It turned out that Ye Xinxi was standing behind him, holding a watermelon.
"Thank you, sister." Ye Xinhe picked the biggest one and thanked her.
"You are really not afraid of being tired. It turns out that when I get older, I can't compete with young people like you." Although she is still young, Ye Xinxi has a sad expression as if she is "old and useless."
"Ah, did you learn this from your brother?"
"You figured it out, hahaha."
The brother and sister chatted while eating watermelon. Ye Xinhe, who loved astronomy, pointed to the stars in the sky to his sister and lamented the difference between the world of immortal cultivation and the earth.
"The North Star hasn't changed much, but there are many more star groups that I've never seen before, and their arrangement is really strange."
"After all, we traveled through time and space, so it's normal that things on Earth are different."
It was rare that Ye Xinhe, who was always cheerful and lively, became a little sad. "Sister, can we really go back?"
The brother's worries are also the sister's worries. Ye Xinxi didn't know how to answer for a moment.
Girls are always more emotional, and night is the time for them to vent their negative emotions. I wanted to say something to comfort my brother, but when the words came to my lips my eyes turned red.
"Of course we can... Didn't my brother say that we can definitely go back..."
Seeing his sister was sad because of his problem, Ye Xinhe scratched his head and changed the subject, "Speaking of brother, I finally understand why he prepared so many things for us. It's raining today, luckily we have the umbrella that brother prepared, and we also have spare shoes to wear if they get wet. Look, other brothers and sisters will have to travel with wet shoes tomorrow..."
"Yes, my brother is always so well prepared. Luckily he came here with us, otherwise we would have suffered a lot if it were just the two of us..."
Ye Xinhe laughed, "Haha, luckily my brother knew that I was clumsy and prepared an extra umbrella for me, otherwise someone else would have been caught in the rain."
"He knows us too well." Ye Xinxi also put away her sadness and responded with renewed spirit.
The two people who were sad because of missing their families were cheered up by their families. Perhaps this is the unique power of family love...
The two men returned to the inn chatting and laughing, and saw Yu Shaoyang and Lu Zongquan, who were supposed to be resting in the room, sitting in the lobby drinking wine.
"Hey, this shop serves wine?" Ye Xinhe was a very outgoing person. He ran over to Yu Shaoyang and sat down to start a conversation.
"Alas... it's nothing like the 'Jie Qian Chou' at Yixianlou... I'll just drink it for now." Yu Shaoyang took an empty cup and placed it in front of Ye Xinhe, "Want a drink?"
Ye Xinhe looked at her sister, and Ye Xinxi waved her hand and smiled, "Drink less, I'm going back to sleep first."
"Hehe, good night, sis!"
Seeing Ye Xinxi going upstairs, Lu Zongquan teased Ye Xinhe that a grown man still had to ask his sister's opinion before drinking.
Ye Xinhe disagreed. He believed that a younger brother should seek his sister's opinion in time when going out. This was what a good younger brother should do.
The three of them ordered some side dishes and started drinking.
The next morning, the three girls in the team looked at the men who were drunk and sleeping soundly on the table, and they were immediately filled with black lines on their heads.
"It seems that today's schedule will have to be put on hold." Lan Ziyun said with a wry smile.
"I'm going to beat him up when he wakes up..." Ye Xinxi clenched her fists so hard that they made crackling sounds. She was really angry.
Among the three, only Zhuang Chuxin did not speak. She secretly looked at Ye Xinhe who was sleeping soundly, and no one knew what she was thinking.
The men are useless, but the girls still have things to do.
While the three drunkards were sleeping, the girls went around to ask for directions and spent half an hour hand-drawing a small map, planning to take a shortcut to Xiafeng Town.
When the drunks opened their eyes, the three girls were standing beside them, staring at them helplessly. Feeling guilty, the drunks immediately nodded and bowed to admit their mistakes.
Of course, the disobedient brother was also taught a lesson by his sister.
No matter what, the mission has to continue, and after a little episode everyone sets out on the journey again.
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