"Then you should have your brother marry a chef," Xu Nianhua joked, watching Pei Yining’s adorable demeanor made him chuckle inwardly.
"That wouldn’t work."
Pei Yining wrinkled her nose and corrected, "My brother’s standards are too high. You don’t know, back when his leg was still fine, so many people at school liked him..."
Before she could finish, Pei Yining suddenly stopped talking and hurriedly covered her mouth, saying, "Nianhua, I didn’t say anything, you didn’t hear anything."
"You just said that many people like your brother." Xu Nianhua looked at Pei Yining with a smile, asking, "Didn’t your brother like anyone?"
She was a bit curious.
Pei Yining shook her head very quickly, as if afraid of being misunderstood if she was too slow, "You don’t know, my brother is very picky. I even mutter to myself that he will definitely end up a bachelor!"
"Really?" Xu Nianhua was skeptical, but recalling how cold Pei Yining was when they had first met, like a walking air conditioner.
"Of course, it’s true!"
Pei Yining nodded emphatically, saying, "Nianhua, you must believe me. Before, my brother really never flirted with girls, he was always cold-faced."
Pei Yining talked and gestured at the same time, mimicking Pei Yicheng’s cold expression. Truly, it was somewhat accurate, especially with her intentional imitation. It may not look exactly like him, but at least the expressions were quite similar.
"So, my brother has been chased by many since he was young, but apart from you, he never showed a friendly face to anyone else," Pei Yining said, worried Xu Nianhua wouldn’t believe her, even giving a few examples.
"Then your brother is really heartless, I feel sorry for that girl."
Xu Nianhua mentioned this right as the living room phone rang. Pei Yining quickly urged, "It must be my brother calling, you better go answer it."
Xu Nianhua put down the dish she was holding and walked over to the living room to answer the phone, indeed it was Pei Yicheng.
"Yining, tell Nianhua that I’m busy tonight and won’t be back for dinner."
On the other end of the line was Pei Yicheng’s deep voice.
"Nianhua?" Pei Yicheng immediately recognized her voice, saying, "You should go to sleep early, I might return very late tonight."
"Hmm, be careful on the road," Xu Nianhua cautioned, feeling a bit thrilled to be recognized just from that one word.
"Don’t worry, no need to wait up for me."
Xu Nianhua answered, hearing that Pei Yicheng was busy on the other end and didn’t talk much before hanging up the phone.
"What’s up? Is my brother not coming back?" Pei Yining blinked, and although she hadn’t heard what Pei Yicheng said on the phone, judging by Xu Nianhua’s expression, it seemed he would be home late.
"He might be tied up, he said he’ll be late and won’t be back for dinner," Xu Nianhua replied.
Pei Yining ’oh’ed, not too surprised; Pei Yicheng was often busy and used to coming home late. She joked, "Nianhua, when you just reminded my brother to be careful on his way back, it felt like you two have been married for many years."
Xu Nianhua was taken aback for a moment, recalling their recent conversation, it did indeed sound quite like a married couple.
"Yining, since your brother isn’t coming back, let’s eat dinner first," Xu Nianhua changed the subject, adding, "I’m starving."