I was born and listened to my neighbor's older sister talk about her family of origin.

What should we do now?

Lin Xinghe instinctively wanted to delete the verification message.

But as soon as she touched the screen, she remembered what Lin Youxun had said earlier that day.

"My sister started acting strangely after meeting this guy, is it because of him?"

A flash of inspiration struck Lin Xinghe, and her eyes gleamed with the wisdom of Sherlock Holmes.

"Fine, since you've come looking for me here, I'll see just what kind of monster you are!"

Lin Xinghe clenched her fists and let out a cold laugh.

"However, the most important thing right now is..."

"elder sister!!!"

Light footsteps immediately came from the next room, and the door was pushed open a crack, with Lin Youxun peeking out half her head.

"What's wrong?"

Lin Xinghe shoved her phone screen right in front of her, grinning, "I just registered a new WeChat account, wanna add me?"

Lin Youxun let out a breath.

I thought something had happened to Xinghe again...

"Okay, wait for me to register."

After Lin Youxun registered and the two added each other as friends, becoming each other's first friends, Lin Xinghe breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Youxun looked at her, somewhat puzzled.

"Xinghe, are you really alright?"

"It's okay!"

Lin Xinghe shook her head and blinked innocently at Lin Youxun.

"Let's go, I'm going to play games now, you should go do your homework too."

"......Oh well."

After Lin Youxun left, Lin Xinghe bit her finger and snorted coldly as she looked at the verification message.

"I'll leave you hanging for a bit!"

For the next three whole days, Jiang Ye didn't receive a friend request from Lin Xinghe.

He accompanied his parents to explore the sights of Yuncheng, glancing at his phone every now and then.

Hao Mei noticed his actions the whole way and couldn't help but tease him, "What's wrong, son? You've been looking at your phone the whole time, waiting for a message? Or do you have a girlfriend?"

As a former "little sister" who started dating Jiang Cheng at the young age of sixteen, she was quite accepting of the fact that her son might be in a relationship too early.

"mom......"

Jiang Ye called out to her helplessly.

Hao Mei shook her head, finding it uninteresting.

"You silly child, you're so boring. You're so old, why can't you even be shy and act cute with your mother?"

"Honey, how about we create a new account?"

Jiang Cheng shrugged helplessly: "Wife, I can't afford to raise another one."

Jiang Ye: "..."

He opened his phone again and took another look.

From beginning to end, aside from responding to messages from Ji Xiaoxiao and Xu Zhiyu, there was no activity on WeChat.

Jiang Ye sighed silently.

it is as expected.

Hao Mei's travel route wasn't always around Erhai Lake. Now he's far from Mingyue Xiaoju and can't go back anymore.

It seems we'll have to find another way.

Lin Xinghe is really not a good starting point; that kid probably hates him to death right now.

Because of some events in her childhood, Lin Xinghe was extremely wary and suspicious of outsiders. Her world consisted only of family, not friends, which led to her withdrawn personality and ultimately, a less than happy ending.

[Mission: Be the first person to enter Lin Xinghe's world.]

[Review: Be the first person in her friend list besides family, and don't get deleted by her!]

[Task Reward: Mastery of Basic Medical Knowledge.]

Jiang Ye paused, his pupils shrinking slightly.

Medical knowledge?

Among the key figures in the system, Lin Xinghe is actually one of them?

And her reward was medical knowledge?!

Was he wrong?

Could it be that the treatment for ALS wasn't found on Ji Xiaoxiao, but on Lin Xinghe?

Jiang Ye couldn't help but look at the sea of ​​flowers in front of him.

In the vast and beautiful sea of ​​tulips, Hao Mei was raising a peace sign and smiling at him.

He raised his camera, found an angle, and took a few pictures of her, his mind still wandering.

However, this is indeed quite reasonable.

In her past life, Lin Xinghe stayed up late every day to study medicine and became a medical master at a young age. Her biggest wish was to find a cure for ALS as soon as possible and cure her older sister.

Unfortunately, Lin Youxun didn't live to see that day.

Therefore, it seems that if he wants to obtain a treatment for ALS from the system, he must contact Lin Xinghe.

"hiss......"

Jiang Ye scratched his head, his expression conflicted.

He knows absolutely nothing about Lin Xinghe!

From the very beginning, he had no intention of even trying to get close to that girl.

Even adding friends and gaining basic medical knowledge is difficult now; at this rate, there will be intermediate, advanced, and so on...

"What's wrong? Did you take a bad picture?"

Seeing Jiang Ye's constipated expression, Hao Mei stepped forward with a serious face and snatched the camera.

After looking through it for a while, she smiled with satisfaction.

"Isn't it fine if we don't film? Why do you look like you've lost your girlfriend? Alright, you look tired too, let's switch people, go and rest for a bit."

Jiang Chengcai took the camera from Jiang Ye with a miserable expression.

Jiang Ye came over, took a sip of water, and his expression became resolute.

do not care.

No matter how difficult Lin Xinghe is, he's determined to take the system's reward!

Thinking of this, Jiang Ye immediately took out his phone and sent another friend request.

—Hehehe, actually I traveled from the future. I'm your sister's future boyfriend! Want to know what your sister will be like in the future?

Since you're a sister-complex type, I'll use that as my starting point!

I bet you'll add me!

The light from the phone screen shone on Jiang Ye's face, reflecting the sinister smile on his lips.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

The afternoons at Mingyue Xiaoju always have a lazy, slow pace.

Lin Xinghe nestled in a bamboo rattan chair in the courtyard, holding a half-full cup of milk tea with double pearls in her hands, and a half-eaten chocolate cake on the small table next to her.

She wore a bright floral dress, her hair casually draped over her shoulders, and she looked languid, like a cat sunbathing.

The courtyard was very quiet.

Lin Youxun was intently mixing colors on the canvas, while opposite her, Luo Wanning sat elegantly, like a sculpture, accompanying her daughter's sketch.

The composition of the mother and her two daughters is so harmonious that one hesitates to disturb it.

Luo Wanning didn't turn around, her gaze remaining at that elegant angle, her voice drifting over lightly: "Xinghe, eat less of those high-sugar foods. Not only are they unhealthy, but you also need to be careful about your weight."

"Okay, just this one bite."

Lin Xinghe gave a vague reply, not taking it seriously at all.

Bored, she took out her phone and unlocked the screen.

These past few days, that guy named Jiang Ye has been sending friend requests, and his profile picture is quite annoying.

Lin Xinghe stared at the blank profile picture for a few seconds, a mischievous smirk creeping onto her lips.

After ignoring that kid for so long, she's taking pity on him today and deciding to add another one.

Yeah, I asked him a few questions and then immediately deleted him.

I absolutely will not allow him to occupy my WeChat friends list for even a second longer!

With that thought in mind, she opened the new friend request page again.

Then, she noticed that there was an extra verification message for the smiling, goofy blond guy's profile picture.

Lin Xinghe squinted and looked closely.

After a while.

"Bang--!!"

The bamboo chair under Lin Xinghe's bottom fell over with a thud.

"Xinghe?"

Lin Youxun was startled by the sudden noise, and her paintbrush drew an awkward crooked line on the canvas.

Luo Wanning also turned her head, "What's wrong? How old are you? Why are you still so impulsive?"

Lin Xinghe stared intently at her phone for a long while before finally giving Lin Youxun a smile that seemed to be filled with resentment.

"It's nothing, I... I need to go to the bathroom, I can't hold it anymore."

As she spoke, she grabbed her phone and hurried upstairs, her slippers clattering loudly on the wooden stairs, as if venting her anger.

River!! Wild!!

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

(I'm taking a day off today, so I'll only be posting one chapter.)