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

The next day, I went to class.

Su Xiao threw her schoolbag onto the seat, plopped down, leaned back in her chair, and looked up at the ceiling.

Headache.

The door was quiet in the morning. There was no knocking, no cold "Get up," and not even footsteps came from the hallway.

Su Wanning left by herself today, without even making breakfast.

The table was empty. He took a special look when he passed by the kitchen. The pot on the stove was cold, and the leftovers from last night were still untouched in the refrigerator.

He rubbed his temples.

He wondered if his younger sister was being too nosy.

To put it another way, wouldn't it be a good thing to find her a sister-in-law?

With more people in her family, she also has more family members.

He can't go his whole life without ever being in a relationship.

Fang Yu, that old fool, had no idea what was going on. He excitedly leaned over, his big head peeking out from the back seat in front of Su Xiao.

"Brother Su, when are you going to treat me to dinner? We already agreed."

Su Xiao was feeling down and didn't even turn her head.

"Eat your sister, get lost!"

Fang Yu's smile froze on his face, slowly fading away as he muttered, "He said he'd treat me to dinner last night, and he's changed his tune today."

He shrank back into the back seat, secretly observing Su Xiao's face, which was as black as the bottom of a pot.

In his experience, going up at this point would likely result in getting beaten up.

Xu Niannian sat next to him, secretly glancing at Su Xiao before quickly looking away.

He looks really fierce today.

Why is he unhappy?

Did I not say "good morning" to him this morning?

She pursed her lips, her finger lightly tracing the name on the edge of the textbook, wanting to ask but not daring to.

When Su Xiao is in a bad mood, she never knows what to do.

She doesn't tell jokes or say nice things; she just stays quietly.

Su Xiao turned her face and stared at her.

His gaze lingered on her face for several seconds, as if he were looking at some prey.

Xu Niannian's back straightened as he stared at her, and her eyelashes trembled slightly.

He suddenly lowered his voice: "Come closer."

Xu Niannian was stunned for a moment, not knowing what he was going to do.

She hesitated for two seconds, then Su Xiao frowned and urged, "Hurry up!"

She quickly and carefully leaned her body towards him, tilting her face slightly upwards, her eyes shimmering like a primary school student being called upon to go on stage.

The next second, Su Xiao reached out and pinched her cheek.

Soft and slippery, it deformed slightly between his fingers.

Xu Niannian's eyes welled up with tears as he pinched her.

Why are you pinching me?

Her voice was muffled, tinged with a hint of grievance, but she didn't back down.

"I'm really angry right now, so I'm going to take it out on you."

Su Xiao said matter-of-factly, gently rubbing her fingers a couple more times, "Is that not okay?"

Xu Niannian had her face pinched by him. She thought for about a second, then gently shook her head.

It's not the kind of shaking your head that means "no," it's the kind that means "there's no no."

She didn't dare say no.

Su Xiao pinched it several more times, each pinch with just the right amount of force, and the feel was superb.

He seemed to be in a better mood.

Xu Niannian endured it until he had pinched her enough and let go, then she withdrew her hand and gently rubbed her reddened left cheek with the back of her hand.

A few faint pink finger marks were left on her cheeks, standing out against her fair skin.

She didn't know why he would pinch her cheeks when he was angry, and no one had ever explained this logic to her before.

But her thinking was simple: if this would make him calm down, then she would pinch him.

……

Physical education class, free time.

Fang Yu, holding a basketball, was fighting with several boys for the rebound under the basket, making the basketball hoop clang loudly.

Su Xiao received the pass outside the three-point line, raised his hand, jumped, and flicked his wrist. The ball drew a beautiful arc and swished past the net.

"La la la la la la la la, Curry, Curry, Curry Curry."

He landed, whistled, and the catchy background music automatically started playing in his head.

He was about to run to the basket to retrieve the ball when he glanced at the running track on the side of the playground.

Two boys were surrounding a girl on the side of the track.

The girl had just gotten up from the ground, her head down, her school uniform covered in a large patch of dust.

Xu Niannian.

Su Xiao tossed the ball aside and shouted onto the court, "Fang Yu!"

Then he walked in that direction without looking back.

Fang Yu was in the other half of the court, fighting for a rebound, when he heard him call out. Without saying a word, he threw the ball down and ran after him.

Xu Niannian only realized she had caused trouble after she got up from the track.

She walked along the side of the track, head down, still thinking about what had just happened.

She saw Su Xiao wiping his sweat with the corner of his shirt on the court, his forehead covered in glistening beads of sweat.

She instinctively reached into her pocket for a tissue, but after searching for a while, she realized she hadn't brought any.

The tissues were left in the classroom desks.

She thought, "I'll go to the convenience store and buy him a pack, and I'll also buy him a bottle of water. He must be thirsty after sweating so much from playing ball."

She walked along the track with her head down, mentally calculating whether she had enough change in her pocket to buy a bottle of Ice Dew and a pack of tissues.

Two boys ran towards us, chasing and playing around, neither of them paying attention to where they were going.

A boy was running backwards when the back of his head hit Xu Niannian's shoulder.

Xu Niannian fell backward and landed hard on her bottom on the track.

The two boys were also knocked forward and staggered a few steps.

After regaining their balance, one of them turned around and saw a girl with her head down and bangs covering her face. She looked like the type who was easy to bully.

Instead of apologizing, he spoke first: "Can't you watch where you're going?"

Xu Niannian scrambled to her feet, not even bothering to brush the dust off her knees, and kept apologizing with her head down, "I'm sorry... I'm sorry, I wasn't watching where I was going..."

Her voice was so soft it sounded like it was being squeezed out from a crack in the ground; her shoulders were hunched, and she seemed to want to curl herself into a ball.

"Do you know how much these shoes cost? Can you afford to pay for them if you ruin them?"

Another boy pointed to his shoes, which hadn't actually been stepped on; he just wanted to show off.

His hand was still outstretched in mid-air when he was suddenly slapped away from behind.

"Pay your mother back."

Su Xiao stood in front of him.

Fang Yu popped out from behind him, standing there at 1.85 meters tall, stronger than the two boys combined.

The two boys looked like they'd seen a ghost.

Su Xiao's reputation was not small in the entire senior year of high school. He was involved in fighting, climbing over walls, skipping classes, and had received all sorts of punishments and warnings.

They were just ordinary students; they couldn't afford to mess with someone like that.

"Su, Su Xiao? You know this woman? We didn't do it on purpose, she bumped into us first..."

"Did she hit him first?"

Su Xiao took a step forward. "If she dares to bump into you, I'll jump into the Xiang River, you believe me? Stop talking nonsense. Either you apologize to her, or I'll apologize to you later!"

As he spoke, Su Xiao raised his fist, which was the size of a sandbag.

"Yes, I'm sorry."

The two boys looked at each other, their faces turning pale then red, then pale again. Finally, they apologized repeatedly and ran away faster than rabbits.

Su Xiao withdrew her gaze, then glanced at Fang Yu, who was still standing beside her, and coughed.

Fang Yu glanced at him, and Su Xiaochong raised her eyebrows at him.

Then Fang Yu sighed tactfully, turned around and walked towards the basketball court.

Being a light bulb isn't easy.

Su Xiao turned to look at Xu Niannian.

She stood by the track with her head down, a large patch of dust on the sleeve of her school uniform, and her knees were also covered in dust.

Her hands were clasped together in front of her, her fingers covered in gravel from the track.

He exuded an aura of "I've gotten myself into trouble again" from head to toe.

Su Xiao sighed inwardly.

"You didn't even say anything when someone bumped into you. Look at the mess you made of your school uniform, it's all covered in dust."

"Yes, I'm sorry."

Xu Niannian instinctively tried to shrink her body and back away.

Su Xiao snapped, "Don't move!"

Then he bent down, reached out, and patted her school uniform jacket repeatedly.

The dust on the sleeves, the shoulders, and the back was photographed carefully.

Xu Niannian stood there blankly, watching him carefully brush off the dust from her head.

It turns out this bad guy can be so gentle.

But the next second, he looked up and casually asked, "Did you hurt your butt?"

He had already raised his hand, palm outstretched, with a serious expression, as if he really just intended to help her brush the dust off her pants.

Xu Niannian suddenly realized what was happening, and the redness on her face shot from the base of her neck to her forehead. She bounced back like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

"don't want!"

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(Please give good reviews and urge me to update more. I'm doing this out of love. I'll make up for the extra chapter for the 8.0 rating tomorrow; I can't think of anything tonight.)