Chapter 284: Are You Hiding Something From Me?

After Fu Yanming came out, he directly took his younger sister and her classmate Sun Juanjuan to the state-run restaurant.

Fu Yanwan didn't stand on ceremony with her own big brother, ordering her favorites: stir-fried pork segments and minced eggplant with meat.

Fu Yanming gestured for Sun Juanjuan to order her own favorites; Sun Juanjuan waved her hand and said, "I'm not picky, you just order."

When they arrived, there weren't too many guests, and the dishes were served quickly.

Sun Juanjuan was perceptive; seeing the siblings had something to discuss, she finished the rice in her bowl at speed after the food arrived: "Yanwan, Big Brother Fu, I have something to do, I'll leave first. You two eat slowly."

Fu Yanwan knew she hadn't eaten well: "Wait a moment."

She stood up, negotiated a few words with the waiter, paid a deposit, and received a lunch box and two big white steamed buns.

Walking back to their table, she packed quite a few dishes inside before handing it to Sun Juanjuan: "If you consider me a good sister, don't decline. You've helped me so much; I must let you eat your fill, right?"

Sun Juanjuan felt a bit embarrassed, glanced at Fu's big brother sitting nearby, saw him nod at her too, then accepted it: "Then I'll leave first."

As soon as Sun Juanjuan left, Fu Yanming looked at his sister with smiling eyes and brows: "Not bad, you've grown a lot."

"That's right; since coming to the farm, I've handled everything myself, how could I not grow?"

"Several classmates came down to the countryside with me back then, but whenever there was trouble, only Juanjuan stood up for me. Those others were all wise after the event, so over time, we drifted apart."

"The reason I didn't mention Uncle Zhang's matter to you before was that the family wanted you to exercise yourself. You can't always find someone to back you up whenever trouble arises; that way you'll never grow up. Besides, we felt this place isn't far from home; if anything truly happened, we could rush over in time to handle it. We hope you don't blame the family."

"How could I? I understand Mom and Dad's good intentions. This must have been Grandpa's idea, right?"

Fu Yanming didn't expect his sister to guess so quickly: "Mm. Grandpa felt that Mom, Dad, and us older brothers protected you too well, so he thought to use this opportunity to let you experience the hundred aspects of life outside."

Fu Yanwan widened her eyes: "You two are really heartless."

Fu Yanming picked up a piece of stir-fried pork segments and put it in his sister's bowl: "If we were truly heartless, Grandpa wouldn't have sent you to the North Suburb Farm. You ungrateful one."

Fu Yanwan shrank her neck, stuck out her tongue, and picked up the stir-fried pork segments her big brother had served her.

Just as she put it in her mouth, she remembered the earlier matter: "By the way, Big Brother, are you hiding something from me?"

Fu Yanming had just picked up a chopstick-full of food: "Which aspect do you mean?"

Fu Yanwan quickly swallowed the meat in her mouth: "Those words we heard before; was the Fu Yan Cheng they mentioned your fourth brother?"

Fu Yanming nodded, then shook his head.

Fu Yanwan became extremely anxious: "Big Brother, what do you mean by that?"

Fu Yanming smiled: "This matter is hard to explain. Before, we did hear family members say your fourth brother's partner was from a village below Changping, but we truly haven't seen the person and don't know exactly where in Changping she is from."

"Didn't fourth brother mention it to Mom and Dad?"

"If it weren't for the rumor about your fourth brother dating spreading in the family compound, the family would probably still be kept in the dark."

"Ah, what does that mean?"

"They say the news of your fourth brother dating was actually spread by people in the family compound first; only then did the family confirm it with your fourth brother."

"Fourth brother is really something; is dating worth keeping secret?"

"No, fourth brother isn't that kind of person. Given his nature, unless he hasn't yet won the person over."

(End of this chapter)