CHAPTER 513: CHAPTER 512: CLEARING RELATIONSHIPS

After settling Mrs. Zhen at the guest house, the siblings slowly walked towards the school.

Zhen Yan hesitated a few times, but finally discarded the words his mother asked him to deceive his sister with!

"Xiao Yu! There’s something I must tell you!"

His brother’s expression was so solemn, it made Zhen Yu somewhat confused.

Hadn’t all that needed to be said been discussed during lunch? Could it be... he was still hiding something from her?!

Zhen Yu calmly responded, "Go ahead."

"Our mom’s younger son... he has hydrocephalus!"

Hearing that the disease involved the brain, Zhen Yu’s face darkened instantly! And she immediately understood why her brother had mentioned "Gu’s father urging Mrs. Zhen to divorce" earlier!

"So, you mean the Gus want to dump this kid on us and have us pay for his treatment?!"

"Xiao Yu, listen to me!" Zhen Yan eagerly tried to clarify his feelings: "The expenses for mom and this child will come from our delivery business! I’ll absolutely keep your internet café out of this!"

Zhen Yu stopped in silence, looking down at her feet.

Seeing this, Zhen Yan stopped as well, waiting for her to speak.

After a long, long time (actually, it was Zhen Yan’s illusion), Zhen Yu finally spoke.

"That’s not my internet café! At least, I have never considered it solely mine! The initial capital was Cheng Yan’er’s, so she rightfully owns one-third of this business, and you and I should split the remaining two-thirds."

"Little sister..." Zhen Yan, feeling utterly uncertain from his sister’s calm tone, pondered and then said, "What I mean is to give our one-third share of the delivery business entirely to our mom, and you keep the entire internet café! Although the capital for the delivery also came from the café, like you said, our mom should have a share too..."

Zhen Yu gently shook her head, her tone firm, "No need! Don’t let Cheng Yan interfere with the delivery business any more! You and Wang Lin should run it properly! That business belongs solely to you!"

"...Okay!" After Zhen Yan agreed, he then asked, "What about, that child?"

"If you want to help her, that’s your business! I won’t interfere with your decisions," Zhen Yu said, pausing slightly before adding, "But don’t you guys dare interfere with my decisions!"

Zhen Yan took a deep breath and slowly exhaled before softly saying, "I understand, brother."

"Good to hear! Let’s hurry up and go!"

——

Just as they were about to reach the entrance of First High School, Zhen Yan suddenly grabbed his sister!

"Little sister! I’ve been thinking, do you... want to sever ties with our mom?!"

Zhen Yu, looking straight into her brother’s eyes, said, "If I weren’t underage, do you believe I would immediately split the internet café into three parts right now?!"

Zhen Yan: "..."

"Sorry! Xiao Yu! I,"

"There’s no need for more words! Filial piety is your business! Being unfilial is mine! From today onwards, you don’t need to mention anything about Cheng Yan to me, just leave me one-third of the internet café, that’s enough!"

Zhen Yan looked somewhat despondent, his head hanging low not daring to meet his sister’s eyes, and asked softly, "Does that mean you plan to ignore me too?"

"Pfft!" Zhen Yu suddenly burst into laughter!

"What are you thinking about! She is her! You are you!"

Zhen Yan suddenly lifted his head, his eyes sparkling as he looked at his sister!

Zhen Yu heaved a sigh, suddenly raised her heel to rub Zhen Yan’s head vigorously, and said, "Fool! As long as you don’t deceive me, you’ll always be my brother!"

Zhen Yan almost without thinking said, "I promise! I won’t hide anything from you in the future!"

On the cold chilly night, Zhen Yu’s smile was warm!

"Hurry up! It’s time for class!"

"Ah!!!!"

——

Because he couldn’t talk to Zhen Yu the entire day, neither at noon nor in the evening, Han Mingyue worried about her all day.

So right after the evening study session ended, he waited at the entrance of Class Two.

As soon as Zhen Yu walked out of the classroom, she saw him standing backlit in the corridor and then walked over with a smile in her eyes. As the two walked side by side out of the teaching building, Han Mingyue whispered, "Shall we go for a walk?"

Zhen Yu slightly nodded her head, "Mm, let’s go to the sports field!"

"Okay."

As the crowd thinned, Han Mingyue suddenly and quietly grabbed Zhen Yu’s hand! Feeling the coolness in his palm, he softly said, "It’s Winter Solstice today."

"Oh? I just found out!" Zhen Yu responded after a moment.

"How did Director Luan handle it?"

"A demerit, a school-wide reflection."

Xiao Yu! Otherwise, I’ll go and plead with Director Luan again,"

Zhen Yu shook her head interrupting him, "It’s a small matter! Just that I haven’t had the chance to write the three thousand words reflection."

"I’ll write it for you!" exclaimed Han Mingyue without a second thought!

Zhen Yu turned her head, her eyes jestingly looking at him, "Can you even write a reflection? Always the top student since childhood..."

"What’s so difficult about it?" Han Mingyue casually replied: "Coincidentally I also have to write eight hundred, uh!"

"You have to write a reflection too? Why?" Zhen Yu suddenly stopped walking.

"...It’s nothing!"

Han Mingyue didn’t really want to tell her about the fight he had in the morning, feeling somewhat embarrassed.

Zhen Yu sensed something was up, so she pretended to be stern and said, "Are you going to tell me or not? If you don’t, I’ll be angry!"

"This," Han Mingyue, anxious from concern, believed her and hesitated but eventually confessed, "I got into a fight this morning."

After hearing his words, the hidden smile in Zhen Yu’s eyes completely disappeared!

"It was because of me, right?"

"...Yeah." Knowing it was no use denying, Han Mingyue could only nod slightly.

"Did you get hurt anywhere?" Zhen Yu raised her unheld hand, first gently touching Han Mingyue’s temple, then proceeded to tentatively lower her touch.

At that moment, Han Mingyue suddenly clasped Zhen Yu’s hand tightly and pulled it down!

He licked his lips and softly said, "Xiao Yu..."

"...I’m sorry."

"Why are you apologizing to me?" Han Mingyue was perplexed.

Zhen Yu lowered her head, "I seem to always cause you trouble,"

Before she could finish her sentence, Han Mingyue interrupted her, "I’m willing! I’m willing to be ’troubled’ by you!"

Zhen Yu blinked, suddenly feeling nervous, she looked up at him, "...Han Mingyue, can I ask you a question?"

Han Mingyue looked into her eyes seriously, "Ask!"

Zhen Yu swallowed, feeling oddly anxious! But she still asked.

"What do you like about me?"

Han Mingyue silently watched Zhen Yu, staring blankly.

As he watched her, he slowly searched for an answer in his heart.

What does he like about Zhen Yu!?

Han Mingyue couldn’t quite put it into words.

But he was sure of one thing! It was definitely not because of her appearance!