Chapter 156: Protect His Sister
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Yi Juncheng was still reaching his hand out to her like a child who wanted candy.
Such a handsome face, coupled with such a persistent expression—who could stand it?
“Invitation.” Seeing her look of puzzlement, he could only provide the answer.
Sheng Yang looked at him helplessly. “I think you can come without an invitation.”
So why did you even need invitations?
“That’s different.” Yi Juncheng looked serious.
Sheng Yang cupped her chin. Sometimes, she really felt that the person she rescued from the fire was cold, bloodthirsty, cruel, and ruthless, but the guy in front of her looked like a completely different person.
“I have no invitations left.” Sheng Yang thought for a while. “If you want an invitation so much, let me make a copy for you.”
Anyway, when the time came, her brothers would greet guests at the door and they should recognize her handwriting.
Yi Juncheng nodded. “OK.”
He smiled secretly. In fact, he asked her for an invitation so late because he guessed that the little monster must’ve sent out all the invitations obediently, completing her task.
But his invitation must be unique.
Under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, flowers fell like rain. She was writing seriously while he was looking at her, cupping his chin and smiling with his eyes focused on her. He didn’t even notice what she was writing.
Just a moment later, she finished and handed it to him. “Here you are.”
When Yi Juncheng looked at the invitation, the corners of his deep, dark eyes twitched slightly.
“Invitation approval. Sheng Yang.”
Concise yet comprehensive. Really a unique style.
But her handwriting was really beautiful. It wasn’t as delicate as the handwriting of ordinary girls but neat and majestic.
Seeing him getting up and suddenly leaning forward, Sheng Yang paused and watched his handsome face getting closer and closer.
His face was stunningly handsome and he smiled. He suddenly stretched out his hand, gently flicking off the golden petals from her hair.
This image was really beautiful, and his chiseled jaw filled her vision.
**
On the basketball court of S University:
Sheng Yuxi brought some invitations to his school, intending to invite some of his friends to attend his younger sister’s coming-of-age party so that he could introduce her sister to them—no—to flaunt her to them.
“Your sister’s coming-of-age party?” A fair-skinned boy scratched his head. “Isn’t your sister Sheng Yue? We attended her coming-of-age party before.”
“No.” Sheng Yuxi waved his hand very seriously. “This time, it’s my biological sister. I only have one biological sister.”
“What the hell? Sheng Yue always calls you Third Brother, so I thought she was your biological sister. After all, you two have the same last name.”
Sheng Yuxi was silent for a while. The Sunshine Boy seemed to be a little unhappy then he said, “She’s just my cousin.”
“So that’s what it was. Then when did you suddenly get a biological sister? We’ve never heard of her before. Sheng Yuxi, you should’ve told me earlier.” A boy smiled wickedly and put his arm around Sheng Yuxi’s shoulders. “Are you afraid I’ll steal your sister’s heart?”
“Go away.” Sheng Yuxi gave him a sideways glance. “You’re not my sister’s type.”
She had a deep love for Yi Juncheng next door and she loved him so much that she even made a whole table of dishes for him.
Besides, his friend Qiao Jia couldn’t compare to Yi Juncheng at all!
“You don’t understand.” Qiao Jia was still full of confidence. “I’ve never failed on the battlefield of romance. I’ve literally won every battle.”
Chapter 157: Eldest Brother Isn’t Coming Back?
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“Don’t even think of hitting on my sister or I’ll knock your brains out!” Sheng Yuxi pulled the invitation out of his hand angrily.
“Don’t, Master Sheng. I was wrong…” Qiao Jia didn’t want to relinquish this chance to see so many beauties. “Give me the invitation. I promise I’ll keep five meters away from your sister!”
Sheng Yuxi still refused to give him the invitation, his face blue with anger.
Only then did Qiao Jia realize that Sheng Yuxi’s sister was so important to him.
Qiao Jia didn’t dare to joke around anymore. He bowed and apologized countless times before Sheng Yuxi reluctantly gave him the invitation. “Hmph. If you dare to talk nonsense again, I’ll break up with you.”
“OK, I understand!”
The other students were also surprised that Sheng Yuxi, who had always been easygoing, could get so angry. Now they really wanted to meet their friend’s beloved younger sister.
On the playground not far away, Sheng Yue clenched her bag tightly, her expression ugly.
Sensing someone looking over, she quickly hid behind a tree.
But what lingered in her mind was Third Brother’s words from earlier. He didn’t let the playboy, Qiao Jia, chase Sheng Yang.
Qiao Jia had hit on her too, but why didn’t Third Brother stop him back then?
Since Third Brother left her in the cold for too long, she specifically made a trip to his school today to talk to him.
But it turned out that she had invited humiliation. Sheng Yue left angrily.
**
At six o’clock in the morning, Sheng Hanjing returned to his room after practicing piano as usual in the piano room.
He looked at the computer, his fingers hitting the keyboard quickly. He typed as flexibly and elegantly as he usually played the piano.
He searched for quite a while, again and again, very patiently and meticulously.
He had checked every airline and flight that his eldest brother might take to return to China, but there were no reservations linked to him and these flights were all full.
This meant that…
Eldest Brother wasn’t coming back.
Thinking this, Sheng Hanjing sighed internally.
Although Sister never asked, he didn’t know if she might care.
He cared about every single member of the family and didn’t want any of them to get hurt at all.
What should he do?
He had picked up the phone, but after thinking about it, he gave up trying to call his eldest brother.
From what he knew about his eldest brother, Eldest Brother still wouldn’t come back even if he was called.
With a heavy heart, he went downstairs with a frown and happened to see his sister standing at the dining table.
She had just finished jogging. Her hair was tied into a ponytail and the hair on her temples was wet. There was a drop of sweat or dew on the tip of her delicate nose.
Her swan neck was slender and elegant, her face was lively and flawlessly beautiful, and there were droplets on her eyelashes.
She seemed to be thirsty and was looking for water to drink.
“Morning, Yangyang.” Sheng Hanjing immediately smiled as if his unhappiness a moment ago was an illusion.
Sheng Yang didn’t notice his gloomy expression. “Morning, Second Brother.”
She was about to pick up a bottle of mineral water from the refrigerator until the water was grabbed by a warm and strong hand.
Sheng Yang tilted her head and looked at him with her amber eyes, only to see Sheng Hanjing smiling and unscrewing the cap of the mineral water bottle.
Uh? Was he afraid that she couldn’t open a bottle? In fact, she could do it with a single hand.
Sheng Yang stretched out her hand, but Sheng Hanjing didn’t hand her the bottle of water.
Chapter 158: Well-behaved?!
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Sheng Yang was confused.
Sheng Hanjing got a cup then walked to the drinking fountain with the bottle of mineral water, poured some hot water into the cup then added some mineral water, and mixed everything before handing the cup to her.
The water was warm—neither hot nor cold.
Sheng Yang looked at him and grimaced naughtily.
She didn’t want to accept it, but she couldn’t resist his gentle smile.
She could refuse to listen to anyone, even her parents, but she couldn’t resist her Second Brother’s gentle gestures.
Sometimes she thought her Second Brother might be able to convince even enemies on the battlefield to surrender with his gentle smile.
Sheng Yang accepted the warm water and took a sip. She had to admit that drinking this warm water was much more soothing than drinking cold water. Without shocking her body with cold water, her stomach felt much better.
Sheng Hanjing smiled, watching her sip water. He then suddenly remembered that their eldest brother wouldn’t come back to attend Sheng Yang’s coming-of-age party. After thinking about it for a while, he asked, “Yangyang, have Mom, Dad, and Yuxi ever mentioned Eldest Brother to you?”
“A little bit.” Sheng Yang paused and said, “They said Eldest Brother isn’t human.”
The corners of Sheng Hanjing’s mouth twitched. Good, at least his younger sister had a good memory.
“Then do you care about Eldest Brother?” In fact, he wanted to ask whether she cared that Eldest Brother wouldn’t come back to attend her coming-of-age party.
After he said that, he looked at his sister nervously.
He would certainly be on his sister’s side. Although he had known Eldest Brother longer, unlike Eldest Brother, his younger sister needed more care.
Of course, it would be best if the two could exist peacefully.
Sheng Yang was stunned then replied without thinking, “Why would I care about him?”
Sheng Hanjing was a little surprised. He got the sense that Yangyang was speaking somewhat similarly to his eldest brother.
Neither of them was affected by emotions.
He remembered that Yuxi once said that every time their younger sister looked at him with a straight face, it reminded him of the way Eldest Brother scolded him.
To be honest, there was a real similarity between the two.
One was obsessed with work while the other was immersed in her studies.
Thinking this, Sheng Hanjing couldn’t help laughing out loud. Now he really looked forward to witnessing the first meeting between his eldest brother and his younger sister.
Sheng Yang didn’t know why Second Brother suddenly laughed, so she just sipped her water, confused. After a while, she saw Second Brother standing up and stroking her hair gently. “Hungry? Let me make breakfast for you. As a kid, you should drink milk for breakfast. If you don’t, you won’t grow tall.”
Huh? Sheng Yang tilted her head and watched Sheng Hanjing running towards the kitchen looking happy. She didn’t know what she did to give him the illusion that she was a kid.
But in an instant, Sheng Yang smiled. In fact, being a kid wasn’t half-bad.
**
In order to quickly complete the tasks assigned by Kang Weizhen and Sheng You, the invitations for Sheng Yang’s coming-of-age party were sent out not only to the students of Class 7 but also to the teachers of Class 7.
In the office, Ms. Chen and Ms. Cui were both surrounded.
“Ms. Chen, Ms. Cui, congratulations! You can witness this grand meeting.” One teacher from Class 3 was envious. “If you see a star or something, remember to ask for an autograph for us.”
“Alas, Ms. Chen is really lucky to have such a well-behaved student with such a good family.”
Chapter 159: Secret
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“Ms. Chen and Ms. Cui have really good fortunes this year.”
Ms. Chen said modestly, “Haha, I treat all my students equally.”
As for Ms. Cui, she didn’t even mind teaching a slow-witted class, so there was certainly no difference to her.
However, Ms. Chen emphasized, “Sheng Yang is really an easy student. She doesn’t talk much and is always well-behaved. Some students who get good grades are very arrogant and don’t listen to their teachers; she never acts like that.”
Ms. Chen admitted she was really lucky to have such an excellent student.
Li Mei sat alone in her seat, feeling abandoned. Alas, those people were really fickle.
She heard that when Ms. Cui began to teach Chinese in Class 7, Sheng Yang immediately scored 145 points on the Chinese exam which showed she was actually good at Chinese and she performed so poorly on Chinese exams earlier just to kick her out.
Li Mei was so angry that she didn’t couldn’t sleep for three full nights and she became even angrier when she learned from the deputy principal that the principal actually knew about this. She felt everyone was targeting her and the principal was partial to Chen Lan and wanted to give her that opportunity.
And now, seeing Ms. Chen and Ms. Cui acting so smug to get the chance to attend a high-society banquet, she was infuriated.
Tsk, what was the big deal about it?
She was so upright and frank that she didn’t want to accept a student with a dubious background out of fear that she would ruin the class atmosphere and lead other students astray. Was that wrong?!
Thinking this, Li Mei brought out the transcript from the eight-school joint exam and glanced at it.
Sure enough, Sheng Yang got first place in the entire grade and second place in terms of total score.
Although she was number one in mathematics this time, she didn’t get a full score. She only got 147 points, which was only one point higher than Han Jingyu.
Li Mei felt a little better. After all, she didn’t get a perfect score. If not, was she still a human being?
**
After three o’clock in the afternoon, Sheng Yang was going downstairs carrying her schoolbag. On the stairs, a tall and handsome figure came towards her.
The moment Han Jingyu saw her, Han Jingyu couldn’t help but say, “Sheng Yang.”
“Huh?” Sheng Yang stopped several steps higher than him, forcing Han Jingyu to look up at her.
He didn’t like this feeling but the distance of these steps seemed very difficult to cross, too difficult…
Her skin was tender and fair and she was looking at him peacefully with her bright amber eyes.
Han Jingyu’s Adam’s apple bobbed slightly and he finally asked, “How did you get to know my little uncle?”
He was really curious. His little uncle never showed anyone face but was so careful with Fang Duo, Sheng Yang’s friend.
And why did his little uncle say he wasn’t worthy of Sheng Yang at all?
Yes, although he wasn’t good enough for Sheng Yang now, he was working hard. How could his little uncle degrade him to that extent?
Thinking this, Han Jingyu secretly clenched his fists.
Sheng Yang looked at him and suddenly smiled meaningfully. “Why didn’t you ask your uncle? Why did you come to ask me?”
Her eyes seemed to be able to see through everything.
He must’ve been cold-shouldered by his little uncle, so he came to ask her.
Of course… that wasn’t the only reason.
Han Jingyu clenched his fists harder, feeling annoyed yet helpless about the gap between them. She could see through everything, but he didn’t know anything about her.
After a long while, he said slowly, “If you don’t want to tell me, forget it.”
Chapter 160: Got Caught In A Second
Sheng Yang didn’t say anything and went down step by step.
Han Jingyu watched her receding figure and after a while, he suddenly thought of something and hurried to catch up with her. “We still have afternoon classes.”
“I’ll skip.” Sheng Yang’s face was soft and cute and her long eyelashes curled up. She spoke so casually.
Han Jingyu was taken aback. Wasn’t she a good, well-behaved student? Why would she skip classes?
Could it be…
He blurted out without thinking, “Are you going to see your boyfriend?”
Sheng Yang turned and glanced at him as if he was saying something stupid
A boyfriend wasn’t worth skipping classes.
“I’m going to the Education Association.”
“The Education Association?” Han Jingyu gulped hard.
“They made a mistake with their question. I wrote them both ways and pointed out their mistake. Not only did they not appreciate me and give me extra points but they also deducted three points!”
“…”
After Sheng Yang finished speaking, she ignored Han Jingyu and walked forward quickly.
This matter was really important. It involved fairness and justice, so she would rather skip class to address it.
Han Jingyu watched her receding figure and got the urge to accompany her, but thinking about the group of stubborn and talkative old men at the Education Association, he flinched.
In fact, he knew which question Sheng Yang was talking about; he also found it problematic, but after all these years, he had become an exam tool and could perfectly guess the teacher’s intentions, so he didn’t overthink it and provided the kind of answer the teacher wanted.
Looking at her back, he scratched his short hair with irritation. It felt like he was farther away from her.
**
At 3:35 pm, the bell for the third class in the afternoon was about to ring.
Fang Duo and Ou Ye were anxious. Their idol said she was going to settle her accounts with the old men at the Education Association then left.
Goddess Sheng didn’t seem to mind skipping classes but they had to protect her, which they had taken on as their duty.
“The next class is Ms. Chen’s class. What should we do? Her seat will be empty and Ms. Chen will definitely notice at a glance.” Ou Yeh looked around nervously like a spy, muttering.
“How about this?” An idea popped into Fang Duo’s mind and she handed her coat to Ou Ye. “You put on my coat and pretend to be Yangyang. After all, we’re in the back row and Ms. Chen is short-sighted. Maybe we can pull through.”
“Then my seat will be empty.” Just as Ou Ye said that, he rolled his eyes and gritted his teeth. “Alright, let’s just do that!”
His idol had helped him so many times and he should go through fire and water for her without hesitation.
So he put on Fang Duo’s coat and hat.
Because Sheng Yang wasn’t as tall and strong as Ou Ye, Ou Ye had to bend his knees slightly, trying to look more petite.
Fang Duo put a girl’s hairpin on his hat again and the more she looked at him, the more satisfied she felt.
So cute!
At this time, a student in the back patted Ou Ye on the back and asked with doubt, “Ou Ye, why are you sitting in Goddess Sheng’s seat?”
“…”
He got caught in a second but it was too late.
The class bell had already rung and Ou Ye hurriedly lowered his head.
The student in the back row was annoying and was still knocking him on the back. “Ou Ye, do you hear me? Why are you sitting in Goddess Sheng’s seat?”
Ou Ye couldn’t help but turn around and yell, “Shut up.”
The student in the back row was stunned not because Ou Ye yelled at him but because… Ou Ye looked so pretty wearing that hairpin.