"Brother, brother, I'm back!" An excited voice, still tinged with a hint of babyishness, rang out at the door, accompanied by thumping footsteps. Soon after, a small figure rushed in, cannonball-like.
The person on the bed was clearly startled by the noise, frowning unhappily, the long eyelashes trembling slightly, but quickly calming down.
"What's all the noise about?"
Xu Jiayan turned around, facing the doorway with a stern, displeased look.
The little guy immediately clammed up, his gaze then landing behind his brother, blinking curiously and asking, "Brother, what are you looking at?" Why did he feel like his brother's bed was hiding something?
"Nothing."
Xu Jiayan, not wanting to wake up the Little Meat Ball on the bed, intended to take the newcomer away first before explaining.
But who is Xu Jinyan? He's immensely curious and has a strong brother-complex, insisting on getting to the bottom of things he wants to know, especially if it's related to his brother.
In the blink of an eye, the little one had squeezed up next to his brother.
"Who is she?"
Staring at the unidentified creature that had appeared on the bed, Young Master Xu's eyes widened in confusion.
He had only gone out for a swim, and upon returning, there was a new little kid at home, even lying on his brother's bed.
He knew that normally, even he wasn't allowed to lie on his brother's bed.
What right did she have to be there?
Young Master Xu couldn't help but feel a little sour.
Thinking that he had come straight to find his brother upon returning home, only to find that his brother was fixated on some other kid, Xu Jinyan had an inexplicable sense of crisis. He looked at the little girl with a new trace of wariness in his eyes.
Xu Jiayan: "A little sister from an aunt's family."
Although Xu Jiayan wasn't fond of the Little Meat Ball, she had stayed, so it was only right that she wasn't bullied in his house. He was about to remind Xu Jinyan of this when he saw his younger brother half sprawled on the bed, head inching closer and closer, until it was almost touching the Meat Ball's face, prompting him to frown and say, "What are you doing?"
Just then, Young Master Xu was sneakily stretching out his chubby, short hand to poke the Little Meat Ball's round, pudgy cheek.
So soft, just like the cotton candy he had eaten before.
The Xu Family only had the two brothers, and the sudden appearance of a sister didn't seem that disagreeable to Young Master Xu.
That is, if she didn't try to compete with him for his brother's attention.
"She looks so edible, can I take a bite?" Young Master Xu slurped salivatingly, asking.
"No, you can't." Xu Jiayan swatted away his mischievous hand. Accustomed to his odd daily requests, he shot a cold and warning glance at him.
Little Xu Jinyan pursed his lips, his small eyes still restlessly scanning over the soft, plump cheeks of the other.
But they did look truly scrumptious.
His brother must be planning to hide her away to eat all by himself.
No way, he wanted some too.
The little guy seized the moment his brother was distracted and "auwoo" took a bite on the Meat Ball's tender pink cheek.
Hmm, not sweet at all!
Young Master Xu disappointedly let go with his little milk teeth.
The little girl, woken up from her sleep by the bite, felt a pain on her face, her lips puckered, and she began crying with her eyes still closed.
Xu Jiayan looked over to see a wet tooth mark on the little girl's face and couldn't help but glare at his brother.
The latter was fluttering his eyes, clearly guilty, yet he was still trying to put on a bold face as if to say, "I did it, so what? Let her bite me back."
Xu Jiayan: …