"Hiss... Ha!" Zhen Yu took a deep breath and swallowed, then set the paper aside.
Simultaneously, she put down the phone she was holding in her other hand.
After all, she simply needed to know where Han Mingyue went! Now that she knew, there was no need to send messages.
After wandering around the living room, Zhen Yu realized she suddenly had nothing to do.
She didn’t like watching TV, surfing the internet didn’t motivate her, and in her current state, she couldn’t concentrate on reading!
What to do? There’s still some time before art class; what should she do?
Ultimately, Zhen Yu decided, well then... let’s clean the house!
Having set a goal, Zhen Yu went to the bathroom to get a basin of water and grabbed a rag to start wiping off dust everywhere.
As she continued cleaning, when she reached the room Han Mingyue used to live in, which was the master bedroom, Zhen Yu found the missing bedsheet hanging on the balcony!
Alongside the bedsheet, there were long johns and such...
This... is somewhat like covering up one’s tracks!
Though she wasn’t knowledgeable about everything like an old driver, the situation still made Zhen Yu guess something.
So even though she was home alone, Zhen Yu felt embarrassed and her face flushed!
After biting her upper lip and then her lower lip, she decisively turned around, carrying the basin out of the room.
No more cleaning! She closed the door exactly as it was, to avoid Han Mingyue discovering she’d been inside!
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After attending the training class and returning home, Zhen Yu continued drinking liquid food! This time, she switched to diluted black sesame paste.
Because she suddenly remembered! Previously, she wasn’t sure who said that milk seems to neutralize the effect of medicine.
Embracing a ’better safe than sorry’ attitude, Zhen Yu decided not to drink milk!
And so, Zhen Yu’s Sunday afternoon was completely free.
Thinking of the assignments given by Su Xuan that were yet to be completed, and recently feeling increasingly inspired in her artwork, Zhen Yu cleared her desk, set up her art supplies, and began to paint with focus...
When she finished a Court Lady Painting and looked up, the sky had already turned dark.
Zhen Yu hurried to turn on the light! But before she reached the switch, her phone lit up and rang in the dim room.
It was Zhen Yan again!
Zhen Yu was increasingly unwilling to answer her brother’s calls, as they invariably involved troublesome matters related to Mrs. Zhen!
But she couldn’t ignore them.
Since technically, he was the only blood relative she had left!
As for Mrs. Zhen... Hehe!
So after a long sigh, Zhen Yu grabbed the phone and pressed the answer button.
Zhen Yan sounded quite cheerful and immediately asked, "Are you home, little sister?"
"Yes, I’m home! What’s up?" Zhen Yu felt puzzled by the question.
"Why don’t you have the light on if you’re home? I’ll be coming up!" Zhen Yan complained before hanging up.
This left Zhen Yu momentarily blank, later realizing her brother might have thought she went to Han Mingyue’s House!
As she walked to the living room holding her phone, she pushed the security door open slightly to peek outside.
A moment later, Zhen Yan, accompanied by wind and snow, dashed upstairs, "thud thud thud!"
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"Is it...
"Snowing outside?"
"Yes! And it’s snowing so heavily you can’t open your eyes against it while walking on the street!"
After Zhen Yan casually closed the door, he shook off the snow on his head and shoulders and replied.
With some concern, Zhen Yu glanced down at her phone screen; it was already past 4 p.m., and Han Mingyue hadn’t returned yet.
Could he still make it tonight? If he didn’t, should she take a taxi back to school?
Or maybe her brother could give her a ride!
With Zhen Yan already there, Zhen Yu felt relieved.
Then she said, "Hurry and take off your down jacket! I’ll hang it, um, hang it up!"
Zhen Yan: "Okay!"
After hanging Zhen Yan’s jacket on the handle of her bedroom wardrobe, Zhen Yu returned to the sofa and sat down.
"Tell me, why did you suddenly come over so late today?"
Zhen Yan scratched his still fuzzy crew-cut head and laughed awkwardly, "It’s about something good!"
Zhen Yu was curious!
"What good news requires you to come over and tell me personally?! Can’t it be said over the phone?"
"Hey! This matter isn’t something explained in just a few words! I figured, since I have to find time to visit you before winter break anyway, I might as well come over tonight! You know exams are approaching..."
Zhen Yu shook her head lightly with exasperation, "Stop with the excuses! Tell me what good news you have!"
"The good news is... I don’t need to sell my Internet café!"
Zhen Yan’s startling statement nearly choked Zhen Yu on her own saliva!
After coughing several times, she urgently asked, "Why?!"
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"Because Mom said she would pay to exchange for it!"
"What?!" Zhen Yu instantly stood up from the sofa!
"Do you even understand the value of that Internet café?!"
Zhen Yan was startled by his little sister’s extreme reaction and quickly replied, "I know! Mom said she’d use the house to make up for any shortfall!"
"Ha! Haha!" This time, Zhen Yu was truly angered into laughter by her brother.
For a moment, she didn’t know whether to call him foolish or too dutiful!
"The house she lives in now was bought by you back then, don’t you know its value? The money in her hands also passed through you, don’t you know the total amount either! Her house and money combined are less than a million, and yet she wants to exchange them for an Internet café earning over a million annually! I just want to know, Zhen Yan! Are you the silly one? Or is she?"
"Ah!!" Slamming the table and shouting with anger, Zhen Yu now exemplified such an image.
Zhen Yan had never witnessed his sister speaking to him with such a harsh tone and demeanor, leaving him completely stunned.
After some reflection, he timidly said, "When we initially bought the shop for the café, it didn’t cost much! Even adding the renovation and factoring in increased property prices, it wouldn’t surpass a million, right?! Besides, Mom’s house has appreciated too..."
"Appreciated my foot!" Blinded with rage, Zhen Yu spat out a curse!
Then, with the demeanor of a movie landlady, she pointed at his forehead and started to break it down!
"You’re only accounting for the property and renovation, but what about all those computers? What about those LCD screens? You really think they were blown in by the wind just because they weren’t purchased by you?!
Zhen Yan: "Uh..."