"Sis, I have something for you."
Yang Chuxia went to open the door, and sure enough, she saw Yang Qingrui standing outside with a box in his hand.
"What is it?" Yang Chuxia glanced at the box and asked.
Yang Qingrui didn’t say anything but pushed the door open and walked in. After looking up and down at Yang Chuxia for a few moments, he suddenly said, "Ah, I don’t know which lifetime’s blessing you’ve cultivated, to have my Brother Zi’an take a fancy to you."
At first, Yang Chuxia didn’t pay much attention to his words. She just found his pompous demeanor amusing. But as she thought more about what he said, she suddenly got angry.
She grabbed Yang Qingrui and twisted his ear.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch... Sis, my ear’s falling off!" Yang Qingrui yelped, but Yang Chuxia didn’t care.
"Do you dare to say that again, huh?" Yang Chuxia stared at him, huffing and puffing, "You ungrateful little jerk, are you my little brother or his little brother? How dare you talk about your older sister like that. Hmph, you should say that it’s his blessing from many lifetimes to be admired by me, you get it?"
Yang Qingrui knew full well how fearsome his older sister could be, so he quickly nodded obediently, "Right, right, right. What Sis said is right. It’s Brother Zi’an’s blessing. Sis, please let me go. My ear’s about to be twisted off."
"Hmph, at least you know better." Saying that, Yang Chuxia let go of him, then stretched out her hand in front of Yang Qingrui, "You said you brought me something."
"Here, it’s from Brother Zi’an," Yang Qingrui said, handing her the box while rubbing his ear. Inwardly, he complained, ’Sis, you’re so violent and fierce. Only Brother Zi’an wouldn’t mind.’
Yang Chuxia didn’t care about what Yang Qingrui was thinking. Hearing that the box was from Ye Zi’an, she immediately opened it.
Inside, she found a pair of silver bracelets with two plum blossoms engraved on them. The bracelets were adjustable in size. She picked one up, noting its weight, and wondered when he had bought them. The bracelets looked brand new and probably cost quite a bit of silver. What a waste.
"Did he really ask you to give this to me?"
"Of course!" Yang Qingrui lifted his chin and said, "I saw this box at Brother Zi’an’s house a few days ago, and it turns out it’s for you."
Having said that, Yang Qingrui prepared to leave. But as he reached the door, he suddenly turned around and winked at Yang Chuxia, "Actually, Sis, with your quick temper, it’s really your blessing that Brother Zi’an even fancies you."
Not waiting for Yang Chuxia to react, Yang Qingrui slipped out.
Yang Chuxia was speechless, wondering whose younger brother this brat was, anyway.
But after Yang Qingrui left, she hugged the box and grinned, thinking that Ye Zi’an did have a little bit of a romantic heart, to thoughtfully give her a present. It wasn’t in vain that she had declared in public that she fancied him.
However, since he gave her a gift, shouldn’t she also reciprocate with something?
Yang Chuxia touched her chin and thought deeply, gradually becoming lost in thought. It wasn’t until Ms. Wang came knocking on the door again that she snapped back to reality. She put the box into the drawer of her bedside table and went out.
"Everyone’s gone, the water’s heated. You’ve been busy all day, wash up and go to bed early."
"Mom, where’s Brother An?"
Ms. Wang glared at her, "An and Qingrui have both gone home."
Yang Chuxia nodded slightly disappointedly, then went to fetch water for washing.