Chapter 1138: It's Snowing, Let's Have a Snowball Fight

Sheng Zichen: ……

His sister made him go to his master's house once a month; this was impossible, it was more painful than killing him.

"No, I can't agree to that." He refused flatly.

Shi Ran also refused her younger brother's unreasonable request without any courtesy: "Then I can't agree to not telling Mom either. Alright, I've been tired all day and am very sleepy, you go back. If there's anything else, we'll talk about it tomorrow..."

She said this while letting out a big yawn: "Goodnight!" Then she walked into her room and closed the door.

"Goodnight."

Sheng Zichen said goodnight in a daze, and only after his sister's door closed did he realize something was wrong!

He had something to say, and it was a matter of the utmost importance.

He wanted to ask his sister about the recipe for the tofu, but he had gone off track right at the beginning.

Mom was right, complaining really was useless, it wasted too much time!

But his sister's room door was already closed, and knocking again would be disturbing her rest. Although Sheng Zichen had been influenced a bit by his master, it hadn't affected him entirely; he still had the most basic manners.

No matter how anxious he was, he couldn't affect his sister's normal rest; he would talk about it tomorrow.

The next day.

Early morning.

Shi Ran had a habit of morning jogging, even just after returning home, this was no exception.

The sky was just beginning to brighten when she pushed open her door—and was startled!

Oh my.

Why was there someone standing at the door?

Her younger brother Sheng Zichen was standing straight at the doorway, holding a thermos cup in his hands.

Seeing his sister open the door, he immediately revealed a smile and handed over the thermos: "Morning, Sis. Are you going for a morning jog? Drink the bird's nest first before you go, it's good for your skin and beauty."

Shi Ran didn't take it and said to her brother: "I've already written down the recipe for Eight Trigrams Tofu and left it on the table. You can go in and get it yourself."

"Really?" Sheng Zichen's large eyes sparkled.

"Mm, I wouldn't lie to you about this kind of thing." Not making jokes about things others took seriously was Shi Ran's basic principle.

Zichen was very happy, but he didn't go to take it directly; instead, he handed over the thermos again: "Sis, drink the bird's nest before you go running."

Shi Ran took it, and he took out a self-reflection letter from his pocket, presenting it with both hands in a proper manner: "Sis, this is my letter of self-reflection."

His attitude was good, and he didn't mention again that his sister should keep it a secret and not tell Mom.

Shi Ran was very satisfied and took the initiative to say: "I'll let it slide this time, pay attention next time." The implication was that she wouldn't tell Mom, turning a big issue into a small one, and a small one into nothing.

……

The weather was getting colder and colder.

On the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, goose-feather-sized snowflakes began to drift from the sky; it was snowing.

"It's snowing."

"It's snowing!"

"Big brother and sister, hurry up, Litian is already outside."

Zihan was anxious and paced back and forth in the living room.

There were simply too many things to do on a snowy day: having a snowball fight, building a snowman, sledding... Why stay in a warm house in weather like this?

The little child couldn't understand it and only wanted to go outside.

Litian was the most impatient and couldn't wait to go out first.

Sheng Zihan was also anxious; everyone had agreed to a snowball fight, but he didn't dare to follow since only Litian was out, because he couldn't beat him!

The little guy kept shouting in the living room, and soon Zichen and Sheng Zirui came out, and the three brothers ran out.

The living room was quiet.

Another three to five minutes passed, and Shi Ran came out: "Coming, coming." But when she looked closely, there was no one in the living room; they had all gone out.

She had been on the phone with Qi Heng in her room just now, so she had been delayed.

That guy was being all mysterious, and when asked when he was coming over, he wouldn't say? Hmph, if he wouldn't say, he wouldn't say; what was so great about that?

During the winter break, Qi Heng actually wanted to come back with Shi Ran to see her grandmother.

But Shi Ran told him he should go back to his own home to visit first.

Originally, the Qi Family didn't feel very comfortable about him studying abroad in Jiangzhou; if he had to go to the Sheng Family first before returning to his own home during the break, it wouldn't be very appropriate.

Although the two had grown up as childhood sweethearts, they had only confirmed their relationship recently and were in the honeymoon phase.

Not seeing each other for a day felt as uncomfortable as being scratched by a cat; Qi Heng called every day, and the two would chat on the phone for hours at a time.

Shi Ran came out, the last one!

Several boys were already lying in ambush in the courtyard.

She pushed open the gate—"Whoosh, whoosh!" Several snowballs flew toward her face, accompanied by the sound of the wind.

Fortunately, she dodged quickly; none of them hit her, and they all smashed against the wall behind her.

"Alright, you guys dare to ambush me?"

Shi Ran grabbed a handful of snow, balled it up casually, and threw it—"Plop," it hit Sheng Zichen right in the face, a perfect bullseye.

"Hahahaha..."

Sheng Zihan was watching the fun, laughing until he was doubled over.

He mocked his big brother for being too stupid, not even knowing how to hide... "Ah!"

Unable to dodge in time, he was hit too.

Soon, the other two who had hidden were all hit by snowballs; not one could escape, and they were all wiped out.

And all of this happened too quickly. The battle ended in a few seconds!

Boys are born to love fighting, especially the boys of the Sheng Family, who never admit defeat.

A new round of the snowball fight broke out, and this time the brothers reached a tacit consensus—four against one, to settle the score from just a moment ago.

The result, however, was that they added new grudges before settling the old ones!

The boys were beaten quite miserably, while Shi Ran used the cover of the fence, the walls, and even the swing set, and was basically never hit by a snowball!

To not even gain an advantage when four were fighting one was a disgrace for the boys.

The boys' method for washing away their shame was very simple—pestering and pestering, endlessly.

Shi Ran was clever; she could use her mathematical talent to calculate the relationship between the size of the snowballs and the wind speed, using various forms of cover to easily deflect a thousand pounds with four ounces of force.

But while her intelligence was sufficient, her stamina was not.

She could not handle the pestering.

"I surrender, I surrender, is that not enough?" Shi Ran laughed and raised both hands to surrender.

"Surrender not accepted!"

Snowballs flew toward her with a swish, and Shi Ran was hit several times in quick succession.

The freshly fallen snow was soft and fluffy, so it did not hurt at all when it hit her.

But there was still someone who was unhappy.

A clear, bright voice rang out from outside the gate: "You lot are going too far, bullying my person while I'm not here."

Shi Ran felt a surge of joy in her heart.

She did not need to look; just hearing the voice, she knew it was Qi Heng!

He had returned? It was clearly agreed that he would not come for another week to spend the Spring Festival with everyone in Jiangzhou, yet he had arrived early.

Before he had even entered the gate, the "war" had already begun.

Qi Heng grabbed a few snowballs and threw them at the children to "avenge" his girlfriend.

He put on a fierce display, but in reality, he was just making them happy; not a single snowball hit anyone, and instead, he was hit several times himself.

Soon, the gate opened.

The children, who had been playing wildly, rushed out from the gate and surrounded Qi Heng, pulling at his arms and dragging at his legs, and without much effort, they knocked him down into the snow.

Snowballs were thrown at him incessantly, and later, finding that not satisfying enough, they simply grabbed snow and stuffed it down his collar...

"Alright you lot, don't go too far."

Shi Youxuan stood at the doorway, saying words of intervention, though no matter how one listened, it sounded like adding fuel to the fire.

"You don't need to worry about it, go inside, it's cold out here."

Shi Ran grinned and pushed her mother inside, and Shi Youxuan went into the house accordingly.