CH 87

At first I thought it was for sure her panties, but after she said that I couldn’t doubt her.

I also promised her that I would only look at it when I got home. So I carried the small bag to the milk tea store.

This time Li Xin was here, and she was carrying her large school bag, loaded with a lot of things and I helped her with her school bag, she smiled at me joyfully, and her eyes shifted to the bag that I had.

I was a little uneasy: "Yang Han Lu gave me a gift, it's nothing."

She immediately pouted, Xia hummed: "You really are such a philanderer, even on a holiday you received gifts from someone else."

Damn you talk a lot, I glared at her, Li Xin did not pursue the matter, after all, today was a happy day, we carried our things to go home.

Farewell Sister Xia, we'll come back after the New Year.

It was very cold, and there was no sun today, the streets were empty, it was only us who were eager to go down to the station and go back home.

Li Xin is relatively petite, although not like Lin Yin Yin, but still quite small, maybe because of her poor diet as a child, and only after junior high school she got a chance to slowly develop.

I found it pleasing to look at her, so while waiting for the bus I looked at her for a moment, and she blushed a little, gently pulling the corner of my shirt: “Don’t look at me… it makes me nervous…”

When she acts like this, it makes me want to look at her a bit more. I asked if she was cold, and she shook her head, and I could see her breath due to the cold air.

I went to grab her hand, and her hand was ice cold, normally during the summer it was cold, and now that it's winter it's even colder.

I was a little surprised, and said but your hands are so cold? She didn't mind it: "It's always like that, it's okay."

I said maybe it was some kind of disease? She bit her mouth: "Our physiques are different, it's not a disease, stop being silly."

I stopped thinking about it and held both her hands to give her warmth, and she smiled happily and shyly, she really was an angelic girl.

The bus came quickly, and we kept holding hands, even while sitting next to each other, to be more convenient, I put her hands on her laps and tried to warm her hands at the same time, and she still was embarrassed: “I’m not that cold.”

It's strange that she says that since her hands were like ice. And so, I did not let go, she gradually became used to it, and I said if you are tired just lean on my shoulder.

But she was too embarrassed to do anything. There was no way, because there were too many people in the car, and she was really ashamed.

An hour later the bus arrived in town, and I could not help but smile, I took her hand and ran home, but she stopped, a little uncomfortable: "We can not hold hands, someone seeing us would be bad."

I said what's wrong with that? She lowered her head slightly: "It's just not good, people will gossip."

I involuntarily frowned, Li Xin has been disliked since childhood, and has been the subject of a lot of gossips, her peers bully her, the adults were not kind to her, because my parents are disgusted with her, the other adults would inevitably say all kinds of things about her, and if Li Xin was beaten, the neighbors would talk against it, but secretly laugh about it.

More than once, I felt that "poor places yield terrible people", these people were so harsh to her.

I let go of Li Xin's hand, she didn't look happy or well, but she smiled at me, and then grabbed my hand and wrote: It's nice having a brother.

I wanted to hug her, but just now two people came and passed by, but they turned around and looked back at us: "Isn't that Li Lao's child? I rarely see them, ah."

I smiled, a peasant woman deliberately stared at Li Xin, sizing her up: "And this is Li Xin?"

She sounded very eccentric, and I really couldn't understand them. Li Xin responded with a smile: "Hello, auntie."

The lady laughed and whispered to the person next to her. I didn't want to stay here anymore, and quickly took Li Xin home, so we could escape the gazes from everyone.

But on the way home, many people in town saw us, and I felt uncomfortable, they seemed to be gossiping about us.

Li Xin started walking very fast to avoid these people.

I also sped up my pace, and when we got home, we were able to relax. Li Xin took a few breaths: “Hah, finally home, I’m going to cook, we have rice, right?”

She ran off to the kitchen, I guess there was rice, but nothing else. I said I would go out and get groceries, and she said okay, and now the both of us were happy.

So I put my stuff down and left. I also went out with another purpose in mind, I wanted to hear what the guys in town were talking about.

I walked to a nearby diner where I could buy us some meat.

There were already three women crowding around shopping for chicken feet, and I deliberately stood behind them, and sure enough, I heard one of them say: "Li Lao's son is back."

The other two also talked a lot: "He never came home, so I thought he really went to work."

“Didn’t Li Lao’s son bite Da Qiang like a dog? I guess it didn’t work out, tsk tsk, Li Lao’s family is burdened with such a feat under their name, and now he refuses to help his family out…”

My face was cold, the boss who was making the food saw me and hurriedly coughed. The three women all turned around and saw me, then became embarrassed, bought their chicken feet and ran away.

I really want to blow up, I never thought that these neighbors saw it like that, that fucking dumbass deserved it!

I held back my anger, I could not do anything. I bought half of a chicken and went back home in a gloomy mood.

I couldn’t let Li Xin notice my mood, so I had to smile when I got home. Thankfully, she was still busy in the kitchen, and clanging the pots and pans together.

I went over to help and laughed out loud when I saw her. Her face was actually covered with black stains.

I said, what are you doing? She didn't understand why I was laughing. But I helped her wipe her face and then showed her my hand, she blushed: “It’s been a long time since these pots were used… I guess it’s built up some black residue…”

She is so cute, especially when she was bashful in front of me. I helped her with cooking, and the two of us worked for a while, and the pleasant smell of rice wafted to us.

There was only one dish, the chicken. But we had a good time eating, leaving all our worries behind.

I really liked this, and I even thought it would be good if my parents didn't come back, so we could be free and not have to worry about anything.

She was going to wash the dishes, but I didn't allow her to do it, her hands were too cold, and there was no hot water at home, so I was determined not to let her touch the cold water.

I went to wash the dishes, and halfway while washing them, I suddenly remembered Yang Han Lu's small gift, I washed my hands to take a look, but a while ago, Li Xin said she would help me unpack my stuff.

As luck would have it, she looked through my stuff just when I got there, and took out a small bag which was tightly wrapped.

I wonder what was in it. Li Xin's nose wrinkled, and upon opening it, a bra fell out.

I instantly spat out blood, and eyes fell out of their sockets.

Holy shit! Why did I trust Yang Hanlu, that damned bitch! I got screwed by her again, I fucking thought she really gave me a gift!

I mean, I guess, it wasn't her panties, but it was underwear!

Li Xin bit her teeth, I hurried over smiling dryly: "It's a misunderstanding, a- misunderstanding, I did not know what was in it." Li Xin was so angry that she raised her hand and hit me: "You should check it! She must have wanted to make me angry on purpose!"

I really believed Yang Han Lu at that time, who knew she'd do this, ah. I was crying and laughing, Li Xin picked up the underwear and ran to the kitchen, I said what are you doing? She was as angry as a small tiger: "Hum, you are not allowed to have this!"

I also did not dare to interrupt her, I said please don't get angry, those words fell deaf to the sounds from the kitchen, where I could hear the cutting board being used to chop something.

I was startled, and rushed over to see Li Xin's small hands with the kitchen knife, cutting the underwear to cut into fragments.

My balls shrunk, and I somehow felt a chill. Li Xin turned her head at me: "See, do not DARE to take whatever she gives you, she is a bad person!"

I said I would never ever again, please, put down the knife first. She blinked and blushed, then pouted and ran to unload her things.

I slapped my head, ah, my sister is very violent. I laughed bitterly and went to clean up the mess, Yang Han Lu's underwear was in shambles.

The temperature was colder at night, and our home did not have a heater, and our blankets here haven't been washed for months, so they are hard and cold.

I was afraid that Li Xin would catch a cold, and purposely went to her room to check on her, and she was not asleep. I rubbed my hands and breathed: "I'm going to heat up some water, you should soak your feet in it and then sleep, otherwise it'll be cold."

I have used this method before, and my parents also used, usually only during the cold like in winter, soaking our feet with warm water would make sleeping easier.

Li Xin was also aware of this, and decisively came out to boil water with me. Throughout the night we joked and laughed together in the kitchen, the neighbors probably heard this and thought the house was haunted.

But we didn’t care, we just wanted to sleep now. However, it appeared that only one person would be able to do it at a time, and the other would have to wait. 

I said you soak first, and go to bed early. She said: "Let's do it together."

I said it wasn’t fine, but she didn't care, poured water to adjust the temperature, and asked me to sit and soak my feet together.

Translator Notes: thats all for today!! Gosh it turns out that Li Xin is also short tempered like this ahaha… but we like crazy people around here anyways we get more sibling bonding time togeher, woo!! Missed these, anyways thats it for today, ill see you alllll next time, byeb yeeeee