A pampered young lady from a wealthy family is reborn, choosing a rich wife over a rich man.

Meng Zhixue has watched countless films—no, I mean read countless books—and her brain is full of nonsense. How could she not know what "brothers' rice bowl" means?

Because she knew that, she was particularly surprised.

No way, really?

Xie Lingfeng's sour face was like a data table, three parts mockery, three parts disgust, and four parts indifference... Could he really think she had ulterior motives?

I implore Heaven to discern the loyal from the treacherous!

She was speechless, but Xie Lingfeng assumed she didn't understand: "Don't you know what it means?"

He pulled his phone out of his pocket, tapped the screen a few times with his long, slender fingers, flipped the screen over, and held it directly in front of her.

【Brothers' Rice Bowl: Internet slang, referring to two brothers simultaneously liking and pursuing the same woman, or a special relationship existing between three people...】

A line of text, bolded and highlighted in black, appeared in front of Meng Zhixue, making her teeth ache.

She reached out and pushed Xie Lingfeng's phone away, then looked at him like a fool: "Xie Lingfeng, please, there's a limit to how perverted you can be, okay? Can't you fill your brain with anything healthy besides pornographic nonsense?"

Like her, even though she has a lot of dirty thoughts in her head, she also loves to study!

One red heart!

Xie Lingfeng put away her phone and coldly retorted, "What, you don't even dare to look? I saw you were quite bold when you were retrieving the ball."

"I was going to save someone!" Meng Zhixue took three steps back, so angry she wanted to kick him. "Zhuangzhuang kicked the ball over there, I just went to pick it up and helped out."

"Oh...retrieving a ball, and you even helped out," Xie Lingfeng said coolly. "If I'm not mistaken, you kicked the ball there, right?"

Meng Zhixue was speechless: "..."

That's really hard to explain, since she did kick the ball away.

Seeing that she had nothing to say, Xie Lingfeng snorted coldly: "Ever since you were stringing Zhou Yu along and hooking up with me, I knew you liked the 'brotherly' vibe."

"I just didn't expect that Zhou Yu and I weren't enough for you, and you even wanted to try salty food with your own brothers."

Meng Zhixue was speechless, thinking it was a real shame that this person's imagination wasn't used to write screenplays.

What's going on?

If entertainment industry bigwigs don't have a rich imagination, they can't make brainless dramas and stimulate the hearts of innocent viewers, right?

Noticing the words "brothers," and remembering Xie Lingfeng's dislike for the young man next door, she wanted to provoke him as well.

She asked deliberately, "Didn't you dislike him and never want to mention him? What, are you now admitting he's your 'brother'?"

Xie Lingfeng was indeed so angry she almost choked: "...Meng Zhixue, why are you bringing up something you shouldn't have said?"

"Yeah, so what?" Meng Zhixue wasn't afraid to admit it. "I'm just retaliating, an eye for an eye! Who told you to provoke me first!"

Xie Lingfeng's face darkened: "You don't know the situation, so don't bring it up."

He looked unusually serious.

Meng Zhixue felt somewhat helpless.

She didn't mention the neighbor to him at all; he was the one who brought it up first and slandered her.

Actually... she was a little curious about what was happening next door.

Especially after seeing that person lying on the ground in agony today, taking medication for cancer...

However, she wouldn't voice this curiosity.

First, it's better to avoid trouble.

Secondly, if she asks, will Xie Lingfeng tell her?

He wouldn't.

He will only become more sarcastic and cynical.

Curiosity killed the cat, meow~

After a moment's thought, Meng Zhixue nodded knowingly, "Yes, yes, you're right! I promise I won't mention it again. Why don't you go ahead and do your thing? I need to continue playing with Zhuangzhuang and kicking the little ball."

She just wanted this evil spirit to leave quickly.

"It's just playing football, anyone can do that?" Xie Lingfeng suddenly snatched the Peppa Pig ball from her hand and strode towards the cub.

With great enthusiasm, he placed the small ball next to Zhuangzhuang's feet, squatted down, and said, "Come on, kick the ball."

Meng Zhixue was speechless.

Zhuangzhuang looked at her, then at Xie Lingfeng who was half-squatting in front of her, tilted her little head and thought for a moment, then kicked out a ball with all her might, just like she had kicked the little ball away before.

As a result, the cub's aim was poor, and instead of hitting the ball, it kicked its own uncle in the face.

Seeing Xie Lingfeng's head tilt to the side after being kicked, with a clear little shoe print on his face, Meng Zhixue thought to herself, "Hahahahahaha," and quickly covered her mouth tightly, thankfully not bursting into laughter.

Well done, kid!

He did what she wanted to do but didn't dare to!

She wants to give the baby an extra chicken leg!

……

More than 8 o'clock in the evening.

After Zhuangzhuang fell asleep, Meng Zhixue went back to her room to study.

Almost as soon as she sat down at her desk, Zhou Yu called her on video.

Without delay, the two began studying immediately.

However, Meng Zhixue was in a particularly "good" state today, and several times she suddenly burst out laughing while she was learning.

Although she made very little noise and quickly covered it up, how could she possibly hide it from Zhou Yu's eyes?

At 10 p.m., after finishing his studies, he casually asked, "You seem to be in a good mood today. Is something good happening?"

"Huh?" Meng Zhixue snapped out of her daze, touched her cheek, and almost laughed again. "Is it that obvious?"

"What do you think?" Zhou Yu countered.

Meng Zhixue looked at herself in the video, her almond-shaped eyes sparkling with a smile, the corners of her slightly upturned lips impossible to suppress, it was indeed obvious.

Zhou Yu added, "Tell me about it, so I can have some fun too?"

Meng Zhixue certainly didn't mind sharing Xie Lingfeng's embarrassing moment with others. She happily recounted what happened that afternoon, unable to contain her laughter: "Zhuangzhuang is so amazing, so I personally cooked him a banana pancake as a reward tonight!"

Hey.

Zhou Yu couldn't help but chuckle: "So, you really enjoy watching Xie Lingfeng suffer?"

"Of course!" Meng Zhixue replied without hesitation. "He always wrongs me, so of course I enjoy seeing him suffer."

"What did he accuse you of this time?" Zhou Yu asked.

Meng Zhixue continued, "It was just that I accidentally kicked the ball into the neighbor's yard, and he said I..."

At this point, Meng Zhixue suddenly stopped, asking warily, "Wait, are you trying to trick me again? You're so cunning!"

The cunning Zhou Yu touched his nose and changed the subject: "Did you see Xie Qi?"

"Xie Qi?" Meng Zhixue was puzzled at first, then quickly realized, "You mean the person who lives in the villa next door?"

Is his name Xie Qi? That's a strange name.

Such a name seems to constantly remind its owner that his birth was not expected, that he was the one who was abandoned.

"Hmm." Zhou Yu nodded, seemingly explaining for Xie Lingfeng, "If Xie Qi is involved, it's no wonder Xie Lingfeng is upset. After all... Xie Qi's background is different from that of ordinary illegitimate children, something that no one in the Xie family can accept."

"Huh?" Meng Zhixue was surprised and asked instinctively, "What's going on?"

"You want to know?" Zhou Yu relaxed and leaned back, casually suggesting, "This can't be explained in a video, why don't we come out and talk?"

Meng Zhixue: "...?"

She immediately became alert.

Ha ha.

These past few days, she has refused to meet Zhou Yu, only wanting to study with him via video, because she both craves his brainpower but doesn't want to deal with him.

If we go out, he'll probably grab me and kiss me, right?

He'd been building up to this for so long; it certainly wasn't for nothing...

Meng Zhixue gave a fake laugh, quickly said "No," and hung up the video call.

joke.

She may not be the smartest, but she's not stupid either, okay?

Yes, kissing won't hurt you, but more importantly, why kiss if you can enjoy tutoring services without kissing?

She's not curious!

She wasn't curious at all!

I'm not curious at all!

Just then, my phone suddenly vibrated.

Meng Zhixue opened the message and saw it was from Zhou Yu: [Xie Qi's existence is not only a concern for Xie Lingfeng, but also a source of deep distress for Xie Wei. She once attempted suicide because of it. Don't you really want to know?]

Meng Zhixue hesitated.

Is it Sister Xie Wei?