At the living room table, the atmosphere was a little silent.
Liu Zilang quietly slurped his noodles.
Zhang Xiaotong, on the other hand, was taking small bites of her noodles as she swiped on her phone. Her small fingers were tapping on the screen and no one knew what she was up to.
To be honest, in the six months that Liu Zilang had been back, although the two of them lived together, they had never eaten at the same table alone.
As the housekeeping auntie usually cooked, she would bring Zhang Xiaotong's portion to the room once the meal was ready.
On the other hand, Liu Zilang would sometimes eat in the living room and sometimes in the room.
Thinking about it carefully, it seemed to be the first time such a situation had happened.
.....
Seeing that the atmosphere had become a little awkward, Liu Zilang knew that this could not go on.
He thought to himself, perhaps this was also a chance, a chance to redeem the lost sibling relationship.
Thinking of this, Liu Zilang could not help but put his fist to his mouth and coughed twice.
After getting her attention, he squeezed out a smile that he thought was like the sun and leaned toward Zhang Xiaotong. He smiled and said, "What are you looking at?
Let me take a look … "
Bada!
Before he could finish his sentence, Zhang Xiaotong pressed the side button and the phone screen suddenly turned black.
In an instant, the words "let me take a look …" were stuck in Liu Zilang's throat and he almost could not catch his breath.
Too much!
Too much!
How could there be such a sister!
Liu Zilang's heart was suddenly filled with anger.
He took a deep breath and calmed himself down!
He comforted himself that today was a "Breaking Ice Day" and he must not mess it up.
Moreover, this little girl was already a junior high school student, it was normal for her to have some privacy and secrets.
Mmm, he was indeed a little abrupt.
After calming himself down, Liu Zilang looked at the noodles in the bowl and suddenly had an idea. He smiled and said again, "How is it, your brother's cooking skills are not bad, right?"
"This bowl of noodles may look simple on the surface, but it's actually the authentic Yuqing noodles that I secretly learned during the few years I was in Yuqing."
"Look, this noodles, this egg, this green onion … Tsk tsk …"
As he said that, Liu Zilang pretended to be intoxicated and took a deep breath. He was secretly happy.
There was a saying that went, "If you want to open a person's heart, you must first open her stomach."
Clench his fist!
He must have found the right entry point for this topic!
As expected, Zhang Xiaotong who was playing with her phone suddenly raised her head when she heard Liu Zilang's words.
The next moment, their eyes met.
Liu Zilang was stunned.
For a split second, he saw a trace of grievance in Zhang Xiaotong's evasive gaze. She was like a kitten that was abandoned at the corner of the street.
However, this feeling soon disappeared because Zhang Xiaotong's expression returned to normal.
Her gaze was clearly telling Liu Zilang to shut up …
.....
Without a doubt, it was a failure.
Liu Zilang dejectedly fiddled with the noodles in his bowl, not knowing what went wrong.
Liu Zilang did not have the spirit of 'indomitable spirit' when it came to such matters. Two failures were enough to knock his fighting spirit into the core of the earth.
As he unintentionally looked at the remaining noodles in their bowls, the bored Liu Zilang came up with an idea.
He smiled and said, "Xiaotong, let's have a competition, shall we?"
Zhang Xiaotong still had her head down and ignored him.
Liu Zilang, on the other hand, said to himself, "Here, the rules of the competition are very simple. Whoever eats slower … will be responsible for washing the dishes!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Zilang suddenly slurped the noodles in his bowl and then gulped down the soup.
Then, he raised his hand. "Haha, I'm sorry, I won!"
After saying that, Liu Zilang proudly left the table and walked into his room.
At this moment, the gloominess of being defeated earlier had been swept away and he looked refreshed!
Behind him, Zhang Xiaotong who was still eating the noodles with her head down looked up at Liu Zilang's back. She pouted her lips and snorted in dissatisfaction.
.....
In the room, Liu Zilang lay on the bed and rested for a while. Then, he stood up like a carp.
After searching for a few clothes to change into from the cabinet, he hummed a song as he prepared to take a shower.
When he passed by the living room, he heard a noise in the kitchen.
Liu Zilang turned slightly and tilted his head to take a peek. He saw Zhang Xiaotong wearing gloves and washing the dishes in front of the sink.
'Hehehe!'
Seeing this scene, Liu Zilang's heart suddenly felt even more comfortable.
Just as he walked past the table, Zhang Xiaotong's phone that was on the table when she went to wash the dishes suddenly vibrated and a QQ message popped up.
"But I don't treat you as a sister. Maybe we can try to get along."
Liu Zilang inadvertently glanced at it and was a little stunned.
'Don't treat you as a sister?
Who?
Treat who as a sister?
Get along?
'What's going on?'
For a moment, Liu Zilang, who was extremely puzzled, felt like a cat was scratching his heart.
He looked at the phone on the table and then peeked at Zhang Xiaotong who was still washing the dishes in the kitchen and would not come out for a while.
Liu Zilang thought to himself, 'Although it's not good to peek at messages, now that my dad and the others are not here, I can barely be considered as this girl's guardian.
'Hmm, for the sake of her healthy growth, it should be fine to take a look.'
With the thought of "I'm doing it for her own good" and driven by curiosity, Liu Zilang finally extended his evil claws towards Zhang Xiaotong's phone.
.....
He swiped the screen. It was not locked yet.
Nice！
Liu Zilang opened the QQ dialog and saw the chat history.
"Um … Xiaotong, you don't have a boyfriend yet, right?"
"Uh … Why would you ask such a question?"
"Just tell me if there is or not."
"Of course not."
"That … If it was me, would you consider it?"
At this point, there was a short pause.
Seeing this, Liu Zilang's eyes twitched. He thought to himself, 'Could it be that this little girl has gone through some intense psychological struggle?'
Outrageous!
This was too outrageous!
Fortunately, Zhang Xiaotong's next reply made Liu Zilang heave a sigh of relief.
"I'm sorry. I've always thought of you as my brother. If you're still like this, let's not contact each other anymore."
However, after reading it, Liu Zilang could not help but grit his teeth.
Treat him as an older brother?
Stupid girl, are you lacking a brother?
I'm right here. Why don't you treat me like an older brother?
Enduring the pain in his balls, Liu Zilang scrolled down to the next page. It was the one he had just seen, "But I don't treat you as my sister. Maybe we can try to get along."
At this point, Liu Zilang basically understood what was going on. He was instantly enraged!
Stinking brat!
How dare you have designs on my sister!
Opening the person's profile, he saw that the profile picture was quite cartoony. It seemed to be a male character from an anime, and it had the same style as Zhang Xiaotong's profile picture.
However, Liu Zilang did not have much contact with these 2D characters. He did not know them, so he just skipped over them.
Looking at his username, Uesugi Xiaxiang.
'Uesugi Xiaxiang?
'What the hell?
'Do you think you're a f * cking intellectual from the last century?'
Liu Zilang sneered, picked up his phone, and quickly typed a reply. "Okay, then you can treat me as your mother!"
"Hurry up and get lost!"