The white rose I picked up cried and said she liked me.

"Waaah... Brother..."

Xu Xi wrinkled her nose, feeling a little sore.

She tiptoed and gently hugged her brother, and a tear rolled down her cheek and fell onto the boy's clothes.

She knew that her brother had never demanded that she have excellent grades or earn a lot of money.

But the more her brother pampered her, the more she felt she owed him.

Xu Nian was exceptionally good to her. He ate cheap boxed lunches from roadside stalls every day for lunch, but after get off work, he would always bring her delicious food like chicken legs and wings worth more than ten yuan.

She only saw other children being led by their parents into what looked like a very high-end Western restaurant, their faces beaming with happy smiles. The next day, Xu Nian dressed herself up neatly and took her into the same restaurant.

"You'll have everything that other kids have."

She will never forget the Western restaurant where elegant classical music filled the air, a faint fragrance permeated the atmosphere, and even the waiters were like English gentlemen.

While her brother ate the cheapest bowl of fried rice, he ordered steak, pizza, and pasta for her without batting an eye—foods he had never tried before.

If Xu Nian spends one yuan on herself every day, she must spend at least three yuan on Xu Xi.

Therefore, even if her brother said that he would support her for life even if she couldn't earn money, Xu Xi would never give up her efforts and let her brother support her.

She knew very well that her brother worked very hard to earn money, and every penny was earned with blood and sweat.

Therefore, I must take on the responsibility of supporting the family in the future so that my brother can live an easy life like mine.

You raised me to adulthood, and I'll take care of you in your old age...

Just then, her stomach rumbled, breaking the touching atmosphere.

Are you hungry?

"No...no..."

Xu Nian reached out and touched her younger sister's soft little belly.

It's flat, and it dents easily with the slightest pressure.

"He's a complete liar."

Xu Nian frowned slightly and pinched her rosy cheeks with some displeasure.

They had long since outgrown the days of sharing a single boxed lunch. He had repeatedly emphasized to his sister that she should always ask him for anything she needed.

Especially when you're hungry.

Being starving is a really unpleasant feeling.

When the lie was exposed, the girl shyly buried her head in her brother's arms, leaving only that single, self-assured strand of hair sticking out and dangling wildly.

She only made a bowl of noodles for her brother at noon, because she didn't feel hungry at the time, so she didn't make her own portion.

As a result, after a two-hour car ride and nearly an hour of visiting Yuncheng University, her already gluttonous stomach started rumbling.

"Your senior told me that if you walk west from the school gate, there's a food street. Let's go there and have a meal."

Xu Nian thought for a moment. It would take two hours to get home, and cooking would take almost an hour. Her younger sister would definitely be starving by then.

Let's just grab something to eat nearby.

The girl softly hummed in his arms.

So the two left the bus stop and headed to the food street together.

Throughout the journey, Xu Xi held her brother's hand tightly.

Even though Xu Nian felt it was too hot and kept wanting to relax, his sister wouldn't give him the chance.

After walking for a while, the two finally arrived at the snack street that Zhang Xinyu had mentioned.

This is a narrow alley that can only accommodate one car at a time, with all sorts of food stalls lining both sides.

There are beef rice, Yunnan rice noodles, sushi, boxed lunches... as well as chain stores such as Mixue Ice Cream, Wallace, and Zhengxin Chicken.

The variety of food options is much greater than that of the cafeterias at Yunnan University.

However, perhaps because schools haven't started yet, apart from chain stores, less than one-fifth of other individual brand stores are open for business.

The entire food street was deserted, with almost no pedestrians.

Come to think of it, since in this suburb, the largest consumer group in the area is only the college students of Yuncheng University.

There's definitely not much business when college students are on holiday.

I suppose the owner is thinking of simply closing down the shop and taking a break to relax.

"What would you like to eat?"

Xu Nian scratched her younger sister's nape.

He had wiped it clean with a tissue, leaving no trace of sweat, and it felt smooth and soft to the touch.

"Hmm..."

Xu Xi was also dazzled by the wide array of food. She blinked her beautiful big eyes and her gaze wandered among the shops that were still open.

Hamburgers, fried chicken, rice noodles, sushi... she wanted to eat them all.

Faced with a multitude of delicious options, she suffered from decision paralysis.

"Let's have sushi. It's hot in the summer, so let's eat something that's not too hot."

Seeing that her younger sister was still hesitant, Xu Nian offered her advice.

"Okay! Sushi it is!"

Xu Xi nodded and took her brother's hand as they walked into a nearby sushi restaurant called [Sakura Sushi].

"What would you like?"

The shop owner, who was leaning back in his lounge chair playing on his phone, saw the two enter the store and quickly put down his phone to greet them.

Xu Xi tugged at her brother's sleeve, signaling him to order.

"I'd like one with pork floss and one with ham."

Xu Nian glanced at the menu and decided to order two servings of sushi.

Just as he was about to pay, he noticed that his sister's gaze was fixed on a poster on the wall.

He looked in the direction of the poster and was stunned by what he saw.

Spicy chicken ramen sushi?

Is this... something you can use to make sushi?

However, it seems that my little sister, who is a little foodie, is very curious about this novel food, and her little mouth looks like it's about to drool.

"Let's add another spicy chicken noodle sushi."

"Okay, that'll be 30 yuan in total."

After paying the bill, Xu Nian and her sister sat down at a table and waited for the owner to prepare the meal in the kitchen.

He looked up and surveyed the store.

The shop, which wasn't small, only had three tables, one of which was broken.

Based on the restaurants he'd seen while delivering food, a shop of this size would need at least six tables for customers.

Although it's still summer vacation, school will start soon. Once the students of Yunnan University return to campus, will this number of guest tables really be enough?

According to my sister's senior, the school cafeteria is expensive and the portions are small, so there should be plenty of students eating at this food street.

Moreover, the prices here are very cheap. A serving of ten sushi pieces costs thirty yuan, which works out to just one yuan per piece.

Is it because the food at this restaurant is bad that no one comes to it and business is so bad?