I turned reality into a romantic comedy.

So, Chen Xi must have found out about what happened at the dinner table around yesterday, otherwise she wouldn't have pinned him to the bed so early this morning.

Yes, it was a press, but not like in anime where she straddles you. Instead, she sat there with her head and upper body very low. If Chen Junqian wanted to look up, he would probably have to get very close to his sister's face first. So he could only roll his body around once, keeping time, before propping himself up and casually touching the little head that was so close to his face.

Why are you suddenly asking this?

"Because puppy love is wrong."

"What are the downsides of early romantic relationships?"

"Influence……"

Following Chen Junqian's lead, Chen Xi originally wanted to subconsciously say something like it would affect her studies, but she immediately remembered that the person in front of her was a top student in Guoning, the one that everyone had to worship twice before the exams every year, so she could only swallow her words back at the last minute.

However, her mind was indeed quite quick, and she immediately came up with another good reason:

"Early romantic relationships can affect interpersonal relationships. Just imagine, if you were in a relationship early on, what would happen to Sister Mu Mu, Sister Wen Jun, and Sister Nian Qiu? Putting aside everything else, the club would definitely not be able to continue."

"Now you're calling her 'sister'."

With a slight chuckle, Chen Junqian unceremoniously ruffled his sister's hair, which he had almost completely straightened over the years, before continuing to wear the clothes that were on the bedside table beside her.

"But what Xiaoxi said is indeed right. Dating definitely has the biggest impact on interpersonal relationships."

"Right, right? So let's wait a few years for the sake of our club's survival before we talk about it again. I still want to finish the whole anime."

Although Chen Xi was initially just a substitute screenwriter replacing Zhu Wenyun who had other commitments, after reading and writing for a while, she herself became somewhat immersed in the art of animation where her stories were drawn, dubbed, and finally brought to life. Coincidentally, Zhu Wenyun was still too busy with work to continue, so she could work on it for quite some time.

"Oh, I see."

After glancing at the time on his phone, Chen Junqian, who had already changed his clothes, went to the sink, picked up his toothpaste and toothbrush, and began washing his face. Chen Xi followed behind him as always.

"Brother, what are your plans for today?"

"Let's go see the new house together with Youyou."

"...What the hell do you know?"

"It's just looking at houses. I helped Xiaoxi when she moved, okay?"

Spitting out the toothpaste foam from his mouth, Chen Junqian, feeling that continuing to argue with his sister about this topic would only make things worse, had a wonderful little idea and took the initiative to ask:

"Did Xiaoxi brush her teeth this morning?"

"I definitely brushed my teeth... Am I the kind of kid who doesn't like brushing their teeth?"

While saying this, Chen Xi herself felt a little wronged. After all, apart from the two rare instances where she herself had slept in too late and rushed to wake him up, she always brushed her teeth very carefully before waking Chen Junqian up. Rather, she cared a lot about this, because as time went on, the distance between them was getting closer and closer, so she couldn't leave such a bad impression on her brother.

"It's okay if you've already done it. How about I do it again for you?"

Completely unexpected, Chen Junqian made such a suggestion, and even Chen Xi herself was stunned for a moment:

"What do you mean?"

"It means exactly what it says."

As he spoke, Chen Junqian finished brushing his teeth and started running the water to wash his face. He then addressed his younger sister:

"Because there are some areas that are hard to see and brush yourself, it's more convenient for someone else to brush them, just like getting your teeth cleaned at a dental clinic."

Upon hearing Chen Junqian's offhand fabrication, Chen Xi's first reaction was to quickly cup her hands in front of her mouth, covering her nose as well, before cautiously exhaling a breath. Her delicate nostrils twitched slightly, as if she wanted to confirm whether she hadn't brushed her teeth properly that morning and if there was any odor that had prompted her brother to bring it up.

"Don't take it so seriously. It was just a whim of mine. If Xiaoxi doesn't want to, I'll try going to Lin Guo next time. Anyway, she lives next door to us."

After a classic feigned indifference, the younger sister was successfully hooked.

"Then come to me instead."

"Okay, wait until I wash my face."

He would definitely have to use his sister's toothbrush and toothpaste to brush her teeth. Moreover, unlike his parents who were both at home, his sister's house was empty. Chen Junqian's uncle had not yet returned to Guoning, and his aunt was still trying to sell the shop, since the shop was currently losing money every day it was open and she was eager to get rid of this burden before the end of the year.

After washing his face, Chen Junqian pushed his sister down one floor to their home. Since they lived in the same complex, the layouts were similar. After reaching the sink, he took their toothbrush, applied toothpaste, and gestured for his sister to sit in front of him.

Chen Junqian certainly wouldn't brush other people's teeth, but the "multi-talented" skill contained this mysterious little trick. So, instantly channeling Araragi Koyomi, Chen Junqian simply stuck the toothbrush into his sister's slightly open mouth, who was completely unguarded.

The achievement titled "Yes, we really are just brushing our teeth" requires brushing the teeth of the female protagonist, who is considered a younger sister type, and making her genuinely feel comfortable and happy.

Back in 2011, when he first saw this achievement, Chen Junqian couldn't understand its meaning.

Five minutes later, looking at his sister who had completely forgotten about Xu Youwei, and who was lying on him with her legs tense but her whole body was so soft that she seemed to be melting, and she was trembling from time to time, Chen Junqian respectfully put away his toothbrush.

Anime, you win.

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Chapter 125: If they were together, it would be a comedy (Bonus Chapter)

Since accompanying Zhu Wenyun back to Guoning from Shanghai, Chen Junqian's winter vacation has become much more peaceful.

Accompanying Mu Mu to do homework and attend study sessions, going to the new house with You Wei to plan the decoration like playing Minecraft creative mode, being called over by Wen Yun to chat and find inspiration, or inviting Lin Guo, who has become much freer after her birthday, to watch anime and play games together, plus having his younger sister, whom he sees first thing every morning and can seamlessly join in any of the above activities, makes Chen Junqian feel that every day goes by in a flash.

In the south, after the Little New Year, which is the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, the festive atmosphere becomes increasingly strong. Walking on the street, all you can see, hear, and feel is this lively and joyous atmosphere. Compared to last year, when even the mascot of the Snake was not easy to draw, the Year of the Horse in 2014 undoubtedly has the auspicious omen of "instant success," making people unconsciously look forward to the new year, even though everyone knows that their lives will not suddenly become brand new and bright just because this day has passed.

With his parents, Chen Junqian bought all the necessary props for this year's Chinese New Year at the convenience store near his home. Looking at the brand-new red envelope covers in his hands, Chen Junqian suddenly remembered that WeChat's red envelope function seemed to have been officially launched this year, probably before Chinese New Year's Eve. It exploded with amazing popularity right around the time of the Spring Festival. However, since his small group with the girls was on QQ, and QQ red envelopes would not be officially launched until 2015 next year.

Unfortunately, for kids this age, the main battleground for social media is definitely QQ. WeChat, which requires binding a phone number, is obviously used by adults. After all, many kids don't actually have their own phones; they use the kind that only connects to Wi-Fi without a SIM card. Mu Mu himself simply uses a tablet. So, it seems quite difficult for him to create another WeChat group in the short term.

After checking the relevant information online, Chen Junqian quickly found the specific release date: January 27th of this year, which is tomorrow. WeChat will officially launch the red envelope function. He will send a few lucky red envelopes in their loving family WeChat group. At least his younger sister, who is in the group now, can receive them.

Then, I'll send two to my sister too.

After all, if we're talking about wealth alone, Shen Nianqiu is the poorest of them all. Even the phone she's using now is a second-hand one she bought from another student at school, and she even scraped together the money from her food and living expenses. The only years her parents really cared about her were during elementary school. From junior high onwards, they sent her to a full boarding school, and the same went for high school. Unlike Zhu Wenyun, she can't earn her own income, so naturally, she lives a very frugal life. Otherwise, Chen Junqian wouldn't have been sending her a couple of packages every now and then these past two years.

Speaking of which, it has been three months since he and Shen Nianqiu last met. Although this interval is much less than the frequency of their three meetings in the previous four years, perhaps because of the romantic atmosphere of their meeting in October, it feels like a long, long time has passed. Moreover, Shen Nianqiu herself probably thinks so too, otherwise she wouldn't have repeatedly tried to unlock that mysterious achievement in her mind.

If the achievement named [0721] hadn't been recorded as a repeatable achievement that triggers rewards, Chen Junqian would have already obtained two tiers of rewards by now. Moreover, this number is visibly increasing towards the third tier with a steady trend, making it hard for Chen Junqian not to worry about the other party's mental state.

After all, if you consider the timeline, Shen Nianqiu simply can no longer hide in her dorm room at school and not go home. And that's exactly the case, although Shen Nianqiu rarely brings these things up with Chen Junqian.

If the other party already knows about something and shows no signs of forgetting or has already forgotten it, then there is no need to repeatedly emphasize or ramble on about it. The story of Xianglin's Wife is written in the Chinese textbook, and even her experience of almost losing her family will only become boring or even annoying after being talked about too much, so there is even less need to talk about her.

And she's the older sister.

Well, it can only be said that Shen Nianqiu does have a little obsession with this aspect, even though Chen Junqian's height is now the same as hers or even slightly taller. It's more accurate to say that this is the kind of relationship he was pursuing from the beginning.

Although the term "family of origin" has become an abstract symbol with a "classic" prefix on the internet more than a decade later, much like depression has become "Yu Yu syndrome," Chen Junqian does not deny its influence. After all, to put it bluntly, in an era before the internet age had officially arrived, the only external environments that children of his generation could access were school and home. In this respect, it seems that they were not as well off as left-behind children who could openly ask volunteers, "Can you give me a phone to play 'Honor of Kings'?"

However, Chen Junqian still wants to know another question: in which aspect did his sister's personality adaptability D fall?

Compared to Zhu Wenyun, who was also rated as having a personality adaptability of D by the system, Shen Nianqiu's actions were perfectly normal. However, just like 0721, who Chen Junqian would not have known about if it weren't for the system's prompt, he still couldn't directly see or feel the twisted part of the other person's personality.

If Zhu Wenyun's D, in Chen Junqian's view, mainly manifests as an extreme desire for control, wanting both parties to be as open and honest as possible with each other, then his sister's behavior is perhaps more secretive.

In fact, Chen Junqian didn't really want to use the term "yandere" to describe these two girls with double D personality traits. After all, even in various romantic comedies, there are female protagonists with this attribute. However, the biggest difference between reality and the two-dimensional world is that there is no scale to control the pacing of the story. Just like the saying that reality doesn't require logic like novels, actions driven by morbid and extreme emotions are bound to be wrong. This is what Chen Junqian himself wanted to avoid.

So not only were the other girls in Guoning unsure about Shen Nianqiu's arrival, but even Chen Junqian himself hadn't decided how to face her.

But he will still want to save the other person, and that feeling will never change.

only……

Chen Junqian raised his head.

Even though it was just the break of dawn, the sky was still gloomy and dark, with heavy clouds and cold, damp air.

It looks like it's going to snow again.

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January 28, 2014, the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month.

When Shen Nianqiu opened the door to her parents' room, the two people inside had already left. The blankets on the bed were empty and not even folded. They were thin and curled up there, seemingly still able to form two human figures. She walked over step by step, took one last look, and then reached out a hand into the room.

The quilt, which had lost its warmth, rubbed against her hand with the chill of winter. Finally, Shen Nianqiu reached all the way to the inside and lifted the sheet with a little force. Underneath were several banknotes, several sets of keys, and several documents.

Without even glancing at the red hundred-yuan bills, Shen Nianqiu quickly found what she was looking for: her ID card, which she had only recently obtained at the end of last year. Unlike when she was a child, when she had to look through her household registration book to find out her age, she was already almost sixteen years old and had her own ID card. After putting it in her pocket, the girl put everything back together without any hesitation and left.

As if sensing that a new life was about to be born into the family, the home furnishings, which had always been unchanging in Shen Nianqiu's memory, have changed a lot. The most eye-catching change is that the black and white photo that had hung in her memory throughout her childhood has finally been taken down. Now, the whole wall looks a bit empty, as if it urgently needs a cute photo of the newborn to fill the space.

Stepping out of her home, Shen Nianqiu continued her journey towards the bus station.

Unlike the other travelers around her who were carrying large bags and luggage like snails on their shoulders and in their hands, she was practically all alone with nothing. And that was indeed the case. Apart from her phone, ID card, charging cable, and a little cash, she didn't even bring a change of clothes. The girl looked like she was going to visit a friend. Her luggage was as light as her carefree smile.

Shen Nianqiu walked forward with her head down, looking at her phone and smiling happily. In a sense, she looked a bit like a mental patient who had just been discharged from the hospital. Even when she almost tripped and fell on the road, she still shouted "Happy New Year" to an old man next to her who was looking at her with some concern, and then walked away.

She was truly happy. On this morning, as she was about to leave her hometown for Guoning, that unfamiliar yet long-lost carefree joy that belonged only to childhood reappeared in Shen Nianqiu's heart. Moreover, because of the boundless festive red and thick snow around her, the little bit of happiness she had when she left home seemed to have absorbed enough nutrients and grew rapidly, eventually becoming a towering tree along the way.

Compared to trains and high-speed trains, buses are obviously less crowded. When there are fewer passengers, you can choose your seat at will, or even lie down alone in the last row where there is no one. However, this situation is obviously not the case today before the New Year. All kinds of passengers and their luggage easily filled the entire carriage to almost full. But the driver seemed to think that this trip was not profitable enough, and continued to stop the bus from time to time after departure to welcome the casual passengers who waved from the roadside.

Shen Nianqiu, who didn't need to worry about her luggage and had already secured a good window seat, simply leaned against the window, sleeves tucked in, and looked out. The snowfall seemed to have a topographical boundary; after their car passed a certain intersection, the fluffy, swirling snowflakes began to fall from the sky.

The little girl sitting in front of Shen Nianqiu excitedly screamed and reached out to take it, but was quickly stopped by the adults next to her with stern reprimands. The chaotic noise could be heard even through the headphones, so she simply turned the volume up a bit. As a result, she was almost startled by a loud QQ message notification sound. She picked up the phone and saw that it was indeed a message from Chen Junqian.

"Has my sister boarded the bus yet?"

"Yes, we just set off not long ago, but judging from the progress, we'll probably arrive a little later."

"It's okay, as long as you arrive before tonight, I'll wait for you at the bus station in Guoning. I've already arranged a place for you to stay."

Unlike the last time Shen Nianqiu came over, with his parents at home, Chen Junqian wouldn't dare let her sleep at home with him even if he had a hundred lives, so he booked a hotel instead.

"Are you eating?"

"What do you mean, 'eat'?"

"If I can get to Guoning this afternoon, I'd like to have dinner at my brother's place tonight."

"Sure, I'll tell my parents."

In fact, Shen Nianqiu wasn't someone who suddenly appeared to Chen Jun and Wang Hongling. Both of them knew that Chen Junqian had such an online friend. They had met her at the Shanghai World Expo, and especially the former, he had met her twice more in Beijing last year. So when Shen Nianqiu wanted to come over for dinner, Chen Junqian quickly agreed.

"In that case, should I bring a gift?"

Only now did Shen Nianqiu belatedly realize this. On the one hand, she was really only thinking about meeting Chen Junqian, and she didn't even bring a change of clothes, let alone a gift. On the other hand, her financial situation really didn't allow it; she was so poor that she was practically all she had left.

"I'll take you to buy it after my sister arrives in Guoning. Besides, my parents don't care about this."

Knowing full well what the other party was going through, Chen Junqian first offered this comforting remark, and then continued to focus on the achievement called "The Miracle of Cherry Blossom" that had been flashing in his mind ever since Shen Nianqiu set off today. He kept recalling the plot of "5 Centimeters Per Second" that he had once watched, and pondered whether this was another blunder caused by the system's idiotic judgment, or whether something unexpected would really happen to the other party on this journey.

Thinking this, he typed again:

"Should we make a phone call?"

Of course, Chen Junqian couldn't explain to Shen Nianqiu that he wanted to keep in touch for this reason, so he just used the same tone as usual.

"Okay."