"It’s not just about fate, but also fortune," Shen Mianmian’s eyes sparkled as she spoke in a cheerful tone, showing no signs of stage fright, "I must have saved the Milky Way in my past life to have such good fortune now."
From the moment Xiu Min and Li Shiping met Shen Mianmian, their faces were constantly adorned with smiles. The more they interacted with her, the more they liked her, feeling as if they had known her for a long time, without any sense of unfamiliarity.
Seeing how Shen Mianmian made them so happy, Li Yue teased her, "Little flatterer."
Shen Mianmian squinted her eyes and smiled, "I’m just telling the truth."
Li Yue’s gaze flickered as he added, "To tell you the truth, it really is the truth. So many people want to acknowledge me as their elder brother, but I’m not willing to accept them. My dad is a professor, and you have no idea how many people bring gifts to our doorstep each year, all turned away by my family. But now that you’re my sister, my dad has no reason to turn you away. You should flatter my parents more often. Just picking up a few things from my dad would be more valuable than ten years of study; that’s all his accumulated knowledge over many years."
"You child, who talks up their own family like that?" Xiu Min scolded her son with a laugh.
"I’m also just telling the truth," Li Yue winked at Shen Mianmian, "Little Mianmian, remember to visit us often. My mom and sister aren’t usually busy. If they’re not out shopping, they’re watching TV at home." Fınd the newest release on 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡⁂𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢⁂𝘯𝘦𝘵
Did Big Brother He have him acknowledge Shen Mianmian as his sister all because of his dad?
If he couldn’t see that, what was he doing in business? He might as well go farm in the countryside.
"As long as Aunt Xiu and your sister don’t find me annoying, that’s all that matters."
Big Brother He and Li Yue were both trying their best to help her. With the opportunity right in front of her, if she didn’t take the initiative to seize it, waiting with her mouth open to be fed, that would be utterly useless.
If she didn’t work hard, nobody else’s help would matter.
"Why would we?" Xiu Min smiled. "We couldn’t be happier. You’re welcome to visit anytime, and I’ll cook you something delicious."
Having heard about Shen Mianmian’s situation the day before, Xiu Min was very sympathetic towards her and found her personality quite endearing, so she genuinely hoped that Shen Mianmian would come to visit often.
As for what her son had said earlier, she understood that both her son and He Nan wanted her husband to give some private lessons to this student.
Remembering how her husband had always regretted that neither his son nor daughter chose to follow in his footsteps, she wholeheartedly agreed with the idea.
However, her husband was known to be eccentric and not everyone could grasp his temperament.
She could only try to create some opportunities for Shen Mianmian, but the rest was up to Mianmian herself. Xiu Min respected her husband’s opinions and never interfered in these matters.
Li Shiping also nodded in agreement, "I can vouch for that. My mom makes delicious braised fish and braised eggplant, and all her other dishes are excellent too."
Parents do need company as they get older, but she was married with children of her own. Although she wanted to visit her parents often, too frequent visits were not to her husband’s liking.
Her brother was busy with business and had little time as is, so having an extra young girl around was indeed a good thing.
If the girl could become her father’s student, that would be even better.
Li Shiping had chosen to get married and start a family rather than continue her studies. Though her father never openly expressed it, she knew he was always bothered by that decision, and their relationship had grown distant from that point on.
"Then I’m in for a treat in the future," Shen Mianmian smiled with her eyes narrowed.
Her smile was contagious, making people feel extraordinarily comfortable inside.