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Chapter 285: Brotherly Doting

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"It's alright." The woman smiled and walked back, then said to Jiang Yun Duo, "Let Dad nail it in properly, and Mom will finish making it when I get back, then mail it to you. You can hang it up then, okay?"

Jiang Yun Duo saw An Yinan's bed curtains and really liked them, nodding repeatedly.

When children reach a rebellious age, whatever the couple does is wrong, whatever they say doesn't work, and the child clamors for independence.

Now, seeing the child nod obediently, the couple looked at each other, feeling relieved in their hearts.

After a short while in the dormitory, another person arrived, in her twenties, carrying a large cloth bag, and walked into the dormitory.

After seeing the people in the dormitory, she tugged at her floral cloth top and did not speak.

An Yinan's things were already packed, and Yun Qi said to An Yinan, "We'll go eat outside first. You still have to go to the classroom to report later. Do you need a brother to accompany you?"

An Yinan hurriedly waved her hands; having four people send her to university was already exaggerated enough.

Did she still need to be sent to the classroom?

How many people would be watching then? Thinking of such a scene, An Yinan felt a sense of social death!

"Then we'll leave in a while. If anything happens, call home. If you're unhappy at school, just tell home; don't bear it alone." Yun Bi said a lot of words, which was rare.

Yun Bi had very little presence, and after An Yinan returned to the Yun Family, she rarely saw Yun Bi; under normal circumstances, Yun Bi lived in the dormitory.

An Yinan was very surprised that he could come back to send her to school this time.

An Yinan looked at her two brothers with a smile, saying somewhat helplessly, "I am twenty-two, not twelve, nor two. I can still be independent."

It wasn't that she didn't appreciate her brothers' concern, but this feeling of being cared for was a bit like a daughter being sent to school?

Yun Qi looked at Yun Bi's flushed face and couldn't help but laugh, "She has a mind of her own!"

Yun Bi shook his head helplessly; his younger sister was too independent, and he felt he had missed too much of her growth.

In the past, there was only one older sister at home. Although she was their biological sister, she was quite delicate when they were young, so they didn't like playing with her. Later, there was an even bigger reversal, and she went straight to join the Military, so they never had the chance to play together.

Now that a younger sister had finally returned, with her delicate and weak appearance, it always made him want to dote on her more.

"I will control it next time." Yun Bi said solemnly.

An Yinan looked at his appearance, especially his features that resembled the eldest uncle, and now even his temperament was somewhat similar to the eldest uncle's.

"I'm just... a bit unaccustomed to it." An Yinan said.

Yun Bi stood as straight as a pine tree, "It's fine, you don't need to get used to it, I'll just get used to you."

An Yinan felt Yun Bi's concern and his somewhat clumsy doting, which made a smile appear on her face.

"Shall I treat you all to the cafeteria today? I just collected my meal tickets." An Yinan raised the tickets in her hand.

"Fine, it's your territory, we'll listen to you." Yun Bi adapted very quickly.

An Yinan led the group, left the dormitory, and went straight to the cafeteria.

She was no stranger to the Beijing University cafeteria; she had been there when she was doing the Phase I Project, but she had gone to the second floor, the faculty cafeteria.

"What do you want to eat?" An Yinan turned to look at her brothers.

"Noodles, I haven't had them in a long time." Yun Qi said.

An Yinan looked at Yun Bi, and Yun Bi spoke even more simply, "The same."

Fine, she could tell; her brothers were trying to save her money.

"I want noodles, with a chicken leg added." Yun Mo said.

His Leader was a little rich woman, after all, it was just a chicken leg.

"The same, add a chicken leg." Yun Shu said as well.

An Yinan took the money and tickets, went straight to the window, and finally ordered five bowls of noodles, five chicken legs, and five marinated eggs.

"Let's sit here." An Yinan pointed casually at a table, which happened to face the window.

After the five of them sat down, Yun Qi looked at An Yinan and said, "Although you have grown up and have always had your own ideas, as your brother, I thought about it, and I still have to tell you."

"The outside world is very complicated, and nothing is more complicated than the human heart. When making friends and dealing with people, you must handle things well; the human heart is intertwined with interests." Yun Qi exhorted.

Nan Nan was very guarded against everyone; he was clear about this. But once Nan Nan identified someone, she would treat them with all her heart. He understood this point clearly, but it was also the point he worried about; he was afraid his sister would be deceived, afraid his sister would be hurt.

Compared to Yun Qi, Yun Bi was simple and direct, "If anyone bullies you, call your Third Brother."

As for his methods, he wouldn't say them out loud to scare his sister.

Which child from the Military District Compound didn't have a reputation when they went out? It just so happened that his, Yun Bi's, reputation was punched out, fist by fist.

"Alright, I've noted it all down." An Yinan nodded solemnly, her sincere little expression making both Yun Qi and Yun Bi almost believe her, only the cunning in her eyes was too obvious.

"The noodles are ready." Someone shouted from the window.

An Yinan hurried forward, with Yun Shu and Yun Mo following closely behind, and the three of them brought over five bowls of noodles.

When they saw the chicken legs and marinated eggs in the noodles, Yun Bi and Yun Qi looked at each other, speechless.

"Your sister is very rich, richer than you are." An Yinan said.

Yun Qi probably had some idea in his heart; after all, last time their mother had directly asked him to find Nan Nan for translation, he already had his suspicions. Not to mention that at the time, Nan Nan had taken on a month-long confidential mission, and all of them had been told that they could not return to the Military District Compound for that month.

But Yun Bi had been in the Military the whole time and knew nothing about these things, assuming that what An Yinan had in her hands was Chen Xun's allowance; he was also in the Military, so he naturally knew the approximate amount.

"Eat." Yun Qi said.

An Yinan, as usual, first took two chopsticks of noodles from her bowl and placed them into Yun Shu's and Yun Mo's bowls respectively.

There was still more than half a bowl left in her own, and only then did she start eating.

Before the five of them had finished their meal, they heard voices coming from the corner.

"Child's mother, Xiaobao is only two years old. I agreed to let you go to university, but you cannot divorce me." The man's voice was miserable, with a hint of pleading.

Intermingled with the child's crying, the man bounced the child in his arms to soothe them.

And the woman stood opposite him; An Yinan could not see the expression on her face.

"I am a university student, you are just a farmer. Do you have to use the child to bind me and ruin my whole life?" The woman seemed to have suffered a great grievance.

But the words she spoke made people sigh endlessly.

"You go to school, I'll take care of the child, no divorce." The man said firmly.

If they divorced, their family would fall apart.

The woman wiped away her tears, "You ruined me, do you feel good about it? Here is thirty yuan for you, get lost."

The man did not seem to reach out to take it, but simply turned and left.

An Yinan watched the farce and raised an eyebrow.

"Sigh, this is the human heart." Yun Qi took advantage of the real-life example to quickly provide some psychological preparation for his younger sister.

An Yinan looked at Yun Qi, unable to laugh or cry; having lived two lifetimes, she had seen, heard, and experienced far more than they ever had.

The coldness of human relationships and being abandoned by everyone—she had seen too much of that.

How could she still need to be taught step by step?

But she could not bear to refuse her brother's care and affection.

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