Brother! This is the adoption certificate. I don't want your sister-in-law!

With only half an hour left before school ended, Su Xiao threw down her pen and refused to study anymore.

Although he has only just begun learning, he has already grasped the ultimate level of learning.

Work and rest!

The current Chinese language class is very suitable.

Chinese class is the perfect time to slack off.

On the podium, the Chinese teacher was reading "Autumn in the Old Capital" from her textbook, her voice slow and gentle, like a lullaby.

The sunlight streaming in through the window was warming everyone, and several people were already lounging in the back row.

Xu Niannian listened attentively, her eyes shining as she looked at the blackboard, occasionally glancing down to write a few words in her textbook.

Su Xiao didn't know what was so interesting about Chinese class, but being able to admire Xu Niannian's stunning beauty from the side was a good thing.

Especially her chubby little face, still with baby fat, made Su Xiao want to kiss her no matter how she looked at it.

Su Xiao tilted her head to watch her take notes. After a while, she was about to find a topic to chat with her about.

"Gurgle gurgle".

The sound wasn't loud, but it was close enough to be heard clearly.

Xu Niannian's body froze instantly, her pen stopped on the paper, and she seemed to have been put on pause.

Her face turned red starting from the tips of her ears, gradually spreading across her cheeks, and finally even her neck turned pink.

She buried her head very low, as if she wanted to hide her face in the desk drawer.

Su Xiao smiled.

Are you hungry?

Xu Niannian didn't speak, but her fingers holding the pen moved slightly, pretending to write.

"What happened to that steamed bun from this morning? Was it digested so quickly?"

Xu Niannian lowered her head even further.

Su Xiao changed her posture, resting her elbows on the table and looking at her sideways.

"What are we having for lunch? It's not going to be steamed buns again, is it?"

Xu Niannian hesitated for a moment, then slowly nodded.

Then, as if realizing her answer wasn't quite right, she quickly added, her voice barely audible, "And...and Grandma's boiled bok choy..."

Su Xiao leaned back, her expression as if she had heard some shocking news.

Steamed buns for breakfast, steamed buns for lunch? And the side dish is bok choy? Bok choy with steamed buns, steamed buns with bok choy? Are they even human?

He's practically a carb superhuman!

"Aren't you hungry?" Su Xiao couldn't help but ask.

"I'm not hungry," Xu Niannian shook her head seriously. "I eat very little."

"You wait here." Su Xiao said and stood up.

The Chinese teacher was reading "Autumn, no matter where it is, is always good" when Su Xiao interrupted her, and she raised her eyelids from behind the textbook.

"Su Xiao, what are you doing now?!"

The word "又" is very apt.

Su Xiao said confidently, "Teacher, I need to use the restroom."

The Chinese teacher glanced at him, her eyes containing all the helplessness an old teacher felt towards a problem student.

"Lazy people poop and pee a lot. Go on, but remember to take care of it during break next time before coming back to class."

Su Xiao slipped out through the back door.

Xu Niannian stared blankly as his figure disappeared through the door, wondering what he was going to do.

Her stomach growled again, and she quickly pressed it with her hand, secretly glancing to her left and right before letting out a sigh of relief.

Luckily, no one noticed.

After a while, the back door was pushed open a crack.

Su Xiao squeezed in sideways, carrying two things in her hands.

A white disposable lunchbox and a plastic bag containing a pair of disposable chopsticks.

It was takeout from the cafeteria. The rice was topped with scrambled eggs with tomatoes and a few pieces of braised pork. It was shiny with oil and still steaming hot.

He placed the lunchbox on Xu Niannian's lap and gave her a knowing look.

Xu Niannian stared wide-eyed at the lunchbox in front of her, as if she had seen something extraordinary.

Then she shook her head violently, waving both hands at once, almost knocking the lunchbox over.

"No, no... I can't take it..."

"Just take it."

"But..." Xu Niannian's eyes reddened with anxiety, "You...you yourself..."

I'll go home for lunch.

Su Xiao handed the chopsticks to her again, saying, "Anyway, I bought them from the cafeteria, so it's a waste if you don't eat them."

Xu Niannian shook her head again.

She looked at the lunchbox, then at Su Xiao, her eyes filled with emotion, but even more so with panic.

She is not used to accepting things from others.

Su Xiao straightened her face and lowered her voice: "Woman, how cruel you are! Do you want to starve yourself so my child won't have milk to drink later?"

Xu Niannian's face flushed red again.

She opened her mouth as if to say something, but that image probably reappeared in her mind.

The tiny baby was crying with its mouth open.

She looked at the lunchbox in front of her, then at Su Xiao's fierce face.

Then she reached out and took the lunchbox.

"Th-thank you..." The voice was so soft it was almost inaudible.

Su Xiao waved her hand, leaned back in her chair, and picked up her Chinese textbook, pretending to read it.

Out of the corner of her eye, Xu Niannian secretly picked up the lunchbox under the table. Her eyes lit up when she saw the braised pork inside through the plastic box.

Su Xiao could already picture Xu Niannian picking up her chopsticks and eating in tiny, small bites.

Its cheeks are bulging, and when it moves, it looks like a hamster stuffing something into its mouth.

……

At noon, after school, Su Xiao and Fang Yu walked together toward the school gate.

Fang Yu, who had been holding it in all morning, finally couldn't resist and nudged him with her elbow: "Brother Su, why are you so nice to Xu Niannian?"

Su Xiao slung her backpack over her shoulder, looked at the bustling crowd ahead, and suddenly sighed. "Fang Yu."

"Um?"

"You'll know in twenty years how hard it is to find a wife."

Fang Yu paused, his expression as if he had heard something utterly unbelievable.

"Finding a good wife is even harder," Su Xiao said earnestly, patting his shoulder.

Fang Yu tilted his head and thought for a moment, then asked, "Brother Su, do you like her?"

"More or less."

Fang Yu frowned, and Xu Niannian's image roughly appeared in his mind.

Always with his head down, thick bangs, always huddled in a corner, walking close to the wall.

He scratched the back of his head: "But she's not good-looking either."

Su Xiao glanced at him and chuckled to herself.

I knew this guy had no idea how beautiful Xu Niannian was.

Few people in the entire school had ever seen that face hidden beneath his bangs.

Su Xiao suddenly felt a sense of joy, as if she had secretly unearthed a treasure.

No one else knew it was a treasure; only he did.

This feels pretty good.

He was feeling quite pleased with himself when Fang Yu suddenly pointed ahead and said, "Brother Su, look at that noodle shop up ahead, isn't that Su, the school beauty from Class One?"

Su Xiao looked in the direction he was pointing.

At the Lanzhou noodle shop on the street corner, there were several plastic tables and chairs set up at the entrance. Su Wan Ning was sitting in a seat near the back, with a bowl of noodles in front of her.

Two boys stood next to her, their school uniforms loose and open, one with a few strands of dyed yellow hair, and the other with a cigarette tucked behind his ear.

There were quite a few people in the noodle shop, but most of them were willing to avoid provoking these thugs.

The blond-haired man leaned his hand on the table and said something with a grin. Su Wan Ning ignored him and ate her noodles with her head down, but her hand holding the chopsticks was obviously trembling.

Su Xiao paused for a moment.

Then he immediately ran towards the noodle shop.

Fang Yu was stunned for a moment, then quickly followed.

As you get closer, you can hear what the blond guy is saying.

"Hey beautiful, don't be so aloof. Let's be friends. It must be so boring eating alone all the time."

As he spoke, he reached out to put his hand on her shoulder.

Su Wan Ning shrank to the side, her shoulders hunched, her chopsticks resting on the edge of the bowl, her fingers clenched tightly.

"Hey, how about we become friends?"

Su Xiao walked up behind Huang Mao and patted him on the shoulder.

The blond-haired man turned his head in confusion, but before he could see who it was, a slap came flying at him.

crisp.

Loud and clear.

The blond-haired man spun around halfway, leaving a bright red handprint on his face. He plopped down on the ground, his mind buzzing, seeing stars before his eyes.

The thug next to him wearing headphones froze, and the cigarette fell off his ear.

Su Wan Ning also looked up and was stunned when she saw that it was Su Xiao.

The blond-haired man covered his face, got up from the ground, and his eyes burned with rage.

He clenched his fists, about to explode, when he saw the person in front of him clearly.

He was wearing a school uniform, was tall, had a roguish look on his face, and wore a smile that sent chills down your spine.

His fist loosened.

"Su...Brother Su?"

Su Xiao looked down at him and frowned.

"Who are you? I don't know you."

"It's me, Wu Cheng!"

Wu Cheng covered half his face, his smile more like a grimace. "Last time at the Speedy Internet Cafe, I treated you to internet access! I booked three hours for the whole night!"

Su Xiao thought for a moment, then looked at his face again, and said "Oh" as if she suddenly realized something: "Oh, you've invited me to go online before."

Wu Cheng nodded hurriedly, like a chick pecking at rice.

The henchman next to him quickly stepped forward, smiling ingratiatingly, "Brother Su, Brother Su, I gave you a bottle of mineral water last time!"

Su Xiao touched her chin and said seriously, "Then I don't remember. I don't hold grudges."

The two thugs visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

But Su Xiao's next words made them lose their temper.

"Since you know her, I won't make things difficult for you. Stay away from her."

Wu Cheng paused for a moment, looked at Su Xiao, and then at Su Wan Ning, who was sitting there at a loss.

He made a reasonable deduction in his mind and put on a fawning smile: "I understand, I understand, Brother Su has taken a liking to you? Then I won't bother you, I won't bother you..."

Su Xiao kicked him in the shin.

"Get lost, what nonsense are you spouting? This is my sister."

The air was quiet for a second.

Wu Cheng's eyes widened, his gaze sweeping back and forth between Su Xiao and Su Wan Ning several times.

Su Wanning, Su Xiao.

They all share the surname Su.

His mouth slowly opened into an "O" shape.

My younger sister?

The young man who had delivered water was also dumbfounded, his mouth agape enough to fit an egg.

Fang Yu was completely stunned.

Is Su Wan Ning Su Xiao's younger sister? Is the top student and school beauty the younger sister of the underachiever?

Su Wan Ning sat on a chair in the noodle shop, the noodles in front of her still steaming.

She watched Su Xiao's back as he stood between her and the two thugs, and her fingers slowly loosened.

Wu Cheng quickly realized what was happening, nodding even faster than before: "I'm so sorry, Brother Su! I didn't know this was our sister... no, no, she's our sister... no, she's your sister... I promise I'll never do it again!"

As he spoke, he backed away, knocking over a plastic chair next to him. He hurriedly righted the chair, forcing a smile that looked more like a grimace at Su Wan Ning. "Little sister... no, Su classmate, I'm sorry, I disturbed your meal..."

Su Xiao waved her hand.

Wu Cheng felt like he had been granted a pardon. He grabbed his underling, turned around, and ran. After running a few steps, he turned back and shouted, "Thank you, Brother Su!" before disappearing around the corner.

Su Xiao sat down opposite Su Wan Ning, picked up the unopened glass of soda on the table, opened it herself, and took a sip.

"What are you looking at? The bad guys have already been chased away by me. Time to eat."