Chapter 135: Ning Qing has a boyfriend!!!

"?"

"What did you just say?"

"..."

The little girl continued to swing her legs, letting Taozi crawl all over her back, while she turned her head to look at Sister Suannai with a strange expression.

This sister really isn't quite right, is she?

She should go to the hospital for a checkup.

But she still honestly repeated:

"Brother-in-law."

"..."

Zhang Suannai was stunned for a moment.

Ning Qing had said it before, but she had only thought Ning Qing was brushing her off, not wanting to chat more, and had just made it up on the spot.

Thinking about it, it was impossible anyway...

But if Xiaoxiao also said it, and called him brother-in-law directly for no reason, it clearly wasn't to shut her up, so this matter was absurd.

"Sister Suannai, are you okay?" The little girl peeked at Zhang Suannai, and out of kindness, asked this.

"..." Zhang Suannai gradually came back to her senses, turned her head, and stared fixedly at the little girl, "Your sister is married??"

"No."

"Has a boyfriend?"

"No."

"Then who is the brother-in-law you're talking about?"

"He is my brother-in-law."

"Why do you call him brother-in-law?"

"He is my brother-in-law."

"..."

Zhang Suannai was on the verge of a breakdown.

Who could have imagined that she, who had loved talking to people since she was little and could chat with a wooden post for half a day, would actually have a day where she didn't want to keep talking?

But she still endured it and continued to ask: "Since he is not your sister's husband, and not your sister's boyfriend, then why do you call him brother-in-law?"

The little girl still answered honestly, sincerely, and earnestly: "Because he is my brother-in-law."

"Ah!!!"

Zhang Suannai pounded the table hard.

She was about to break down.

Yet at this moment, the little girl still tilted her head, swinging her legs while looking at her with concern, and asked: "Sister Suannai, what's wrong with you?"

"!!!"

Zhang Suannai gritted her teeth.

Now she urgently wanted to know the truth, and she had asked the question correctly, but for some reason, she just couldn't get anything out of her! This feeling of having a mouthful of old blood stuck in her chest, unable to spit it out, was about to suffocate her!

She even wanted to grab the little girl by the neck and force a confession!

"Tell me quickly!!!"

"?"

"Why do you have a brother-in-law!!?"

"That's a good question..."

"Ahhh!!"

Zhang Suannai continued to pound the sofa, going crazy.

The little girl fell into deep thought.

Taozi crouched on the back of the sofa, looking at the little girl one moment and Zhang Suannai the next.

Finally, Zhang Suannai figured it out; she leaned close to the little girl, very close, and stared at her with a gaze that could almost eat someone: "Is there a man who will marry your sister in the future, but they aren't dating right now? So you call him brother-in-law?"

The little girl thought about it and nodded.

"Ah, I should have thought of that sooner!" Zhang Suannai shouted to the heavens, "Your sister told me before, but I didn't believe it."

"You should have believed it."

"Who the hell would believe that? How is that possible!"

"Sister doesn't lie."

"Why?"

"She is very honest."

"Nonsense! Of course, not lying is being honest! I mean, why is she so honest?"

"Because she doesn't like to lie."

"..." Can you stop talking nonsense? I'm begging you!" Zhang Suannai was on the verge of tears, practically breaking down, "If you keep doing this, I won't call you when I go to the cafeteria to get food, and I won't let you eat my potato chips anymore!"

"..." The little girl thought for a moment, "Brother-in-law said it's a brain defect."

"What brain defect?"

"It's just the brain..." The little girl hesitated again, gave up her preferred efficient way of communicating, and said, "It's just that there's something wrong with the brain."

"And you?"

"I..."

The little girl was silent for a few seconds, then said expressionlessly: "I don't lie either... but I don't have a brain defect."

"..."

Zhang Suannai stood frozen on the spot, her entire being drained of color.

Her mind was a complete mess.

How could this be?

How is it possible?

How could Ning Qing possibly have a boyfriend?

She has the Heavenly Human Bloodline; Heavenly Humans have indifferent temperaments and powerful genes, so how could she possibly fall in love with someone else?

She has a cold and aloof personality, so how could she be interested in such a boring thing as romance?

She has great talent and likes to research Astronomy and Universe, so how could she waste her time on this?

Moreover, Zhang Suannai has a discerning eye; Ning Qing's usual words and actions all indicate that she has no interest in the opposite sex... No, even more than that, she has no interest in communicating with anyone at all. Even someone as pretty, talkative, and cute and interesting as herself has repeatedly hit a wall with her.

Zhang Suannai has seen many people like this.

Regardless of whether they are men or women, they do not date; their absolute rationality makes them have no interest in romance.

The first reaction in Zhang Suannai's mind was—

Ning Qing is being forced!

Either she is being forced by that man! Or she is being forced by some powerful secular force! Tropes like arranged marriages, family alliances, or overbearing bullies played out in Zhang Suannai's mind over and over again in a short period of time!

In the end, she rejected them all!

Zhang Suannai turned her head mechanically and looked toward the bathroom.

Ning Qing was still quietly applying her makeup.

The student apartment was so small that she clearly could hear them talking, especially herself, who had once shouted and yelled, but she remained indifferent, as if their emotionally charged conversation sounded like nothing more than irrelevant noise to her; she remained focused on her own business.

Even when Xiaoxiao said she had a problem with her brain, she couldn't be bothered to pay attention.

Zhang Suannai turned her head mechanically again and looked at Xiaoxiao, having many questions to ask at once.

"Are you very close with your brother-in-law?"

"I was raised by my brother-in-law."

"What about your sister?"

"She was also raised by my brother-in-law."

"Is your brother-in-law a middle-aged man?"

"You're the middle-aged one!"

"Then how old is your brother-in-law?"

"One month older than my sister."

"Then what about your parents?"

"..."

The little girl lowered her head and silently fiddled with the Rubik's cube in her hands.

"I'm sorry, Xiaoxiao!"

"It's okay."

"Holy crap—"

Another possibility suddenly occurred to Zhang Suannai: "Your sister will marry your brother-in-law in the future; could it be because your brother-in-law raised both of you, that your sister wants to offer herself in return to repay the favor?"

"!!"

The little girl looked up instantly and stared at her seriously.

Zhang Suannai clenched her fists.

She felt it was very likely.

Otherwise, if they were truly in love, why would they get married in the future but not be dating yet?

A soap opera began to play in Zhang Suannai's mind again.

"That's not it."

The little girl's voice interrupted her.

When Zhang Suannai came back to her senses from the soap opera that had already reached its forty-fifth episode, she saw the little girl staring at her with a serious face: "That's not it, brother-in-law is a super good and super charming person, my sister likes brother-in-law very much."

"Huh?"

"My sister likes brother-in-law very much." The little girl repeated it again, still staring seriously at Zhang Suannai, hoping she would understand.

"Ah..." Zhang Suannai's expression was blank, "Then why don't they date?"

"Because of Joy."

"Huh?"

"Because of Joy."

"Ah..."

Zhang Suannai's worldview collapsed.

"So..."

Zhang Suannai hesitated for a moment, maintaining her blank state, and asked mechanically: "So you went to see the jacarandas with your brother-in-law?"

"Yes."

"So when you usually go to the small courtyard, you are going to find your brother-in-law?"

"Yes."

"The leftovers I ate were made by your brother-in-law?"

"Yes."

"Your nails..."

"Yes."

"Before at the Martial Body meet, did your sister go out to watch the Martial Body meet with your brother-in-law?"

"Yes."

"How is your brother-in-law's talent?"

"Very good."

"Where does he study?"

"At the school next door."

"..."

Zhang Suannai fell completely silent.

If she hadn't already confirmed that Qingcai Keke was an unknown Imperial Family pervert named Meng Chunqiu, she would have thought Ning Ji's brother-in-law was Qingcai Keke.

But now, doubts kept surfacing in her mind.

Zhang Suannai's heart was in chaos, and her mind was even more so.

At this moment—

Ning Qing walked out of the bathroom; her light makeup made her features even more exquisite, cold, and moving. She walked to the living room, first expressionlessly glancing at the dazed Zhang Suannai, then glancing at the little girl sitting on the sofa with her head down playing with a Rubik's cube, and waved her hand:

"Snap..."

"!!"

"Let's go."

"!"

The little girl dropped the Rubik's cube, her body slid down, her feet landed on the floor, and she followed her sister out.

Taozi also stepped over Zhang Suannai's thighs; feeling that Zhang Suannai had no reaction, it even turned its head to glance at her before following its owner.

The two people and one cat had just walked downstairs when they heard a loud shout from upstairs—

"Ah!!!"

This sound drowned out the chirping of the early cicadas, and the birds resting in the woods were startled into flight. Passing students all stopped in their tracks, looking toward a certain floor of the Dormitory in the direction the sound came from.

The two people and one cat also stopped, looked back at the Dormitory, and then continued to leave the school as if nothing had happened.

It was past eight o'clock now.

The brother-in-law had already arrived at Lemon Mall.

Nine-thirty in the morning.

Zhilan Garden.

Chen Shu brought back two expressionless movers, bought all the raw ingredients for the dishes, and began the tedious preparatory work—

Washing what needed washing, cutting what needed cutting, blanching what needed blanching, oil-blanching what needed oil-blanching, shelling what needed shelling, marinating what needed marinating, seasoning what needed seasoning, and mixing the sauces and dressings that needed mixing... In short, he prepared everything, arranged it neatly on the countertop, and the remaining work would all be related to the pot and the fire.

Cooking would be very fast after that.

When cooking many dishes, this ensures that the serving times don't differ much, so that the earlier dishes don't go cold before the rest are served.

Moreover, being methodical is also more worry-free.

By comparison, the actual cooking process is actually more relaxed and interesting, and can provide a sense of accomplishment; it is this preparatory work that is the most boring and annoying.

Chen Shu had always thought so.

However, if two people did it together, it would be much easier.

Occasional physical contact, occasional eye contact, occasional displays of tacit understanding—all were a faint sense of warmth, as if they had already been living together for a long time.

At the doorway, one person and one cat observed in secret.

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