Chapter 18 (Part 1)

Zhong Xiyou went to play basketball with his friends in school during the day. When it was dark, he went home sweating from basketball. He went to the kitchen and filled a glass of ice water. Seeing Zhong Youyou and Meng Shixuan were not at home. , he hasn't realized anything wrong.

After all, on weekends, Meng Shixuan would go to the library for self-study, while Zhong Youyou and her group of fox friends...

Thinking of this, Zhong Xiyou sighed. He felt that when the second sister came back, it was necessary to persuade her not to mix with the group of friends in the vocational high school.

Of course, Zhong Xiyou in his previous life didn't even think about getting to know Zhong Youyou. He just took a detour when he saw her and was disgusted. Why didn't he want to explore the deep-seated reasons for Zhong Youyou's rebellious behavior in the past?

After rebirth, his gaze fell on Zhong Youyou for a long time, and then he realized with hindsight why the second sister would play with that group of high school gangsters.

...Because she was so lonely.

Three years ago, she was brought back by father Zhong from Meng Qian, like a small dumpling that suddenly broke into the big city, incompatible with everything around her. But before she could blend in, she was stuffed into the new aristocratic middle school. At that time, she was only given a card and a string of passwords, and no one even took her to buy some clothes suitable for the city...

Back at home, I and my parents treated her coldly again...

Therefore, she can only find a sense of belonging and become friends with those gangsters who also can't find a sense of existence.

Zhong Xiyou felt a little uncomfortable thinking of this.

He even regretted that he went out to play basketball today. He should stay at home, stay with the second sister, see what she wants to do, and do what she wants to do with him. She has no friends; he can take care of her slowly in school.

He sat down on the sofa and didn't even bother to go back to the room to play a game. He just pressed the remote control and waited absently for Zhong Youyou to return.

After eight o'clock in the evening, the sound of the car stopped outside. He stood up immediately and opened the door excitedly: "Second sister, are you back?"

It turned out that Meng Shixuan got out of the car, with big bags, and it seemed that she had gone shopping. The excitement on his face suddenly disappeared, and he gave Meng Shixuan a lukewarm look before returning to the living room to wait.

"Xi..." Before Meng Shixuan's words were finished, Zhong Xiyou had already left, and the smile on her face was also frozen.

She obviously felt that the attitudes of her parents and younger brother toward her had changed 180 degrees in the past two days, from loving and spoiling her, to being very impatient with her, and even faintly disgusted. She didn't understand what was going on, but she knew that something must have happened, or something related to Zhong Youyou, that made their impression of her worse.

In that case, she tried her best to please them and eliminate their bad impression of herself.

Meng Shixuan took a deep breath, put a warm smile on her face again, and walked in with the bags.

She didn't believe it at all. Zhong's family had a relationship with her for eighteen years. During the fifteen years before Zhong Youyou appeared, she was their relative. So many years of sleeping together and asking for warmth, how could it be a result? Misunderstandings have disappeared since then.

"Xiyou, look at this, the latest model." Meng Shixuan took out the game console.

She knows Zhong Xiyou. He is sluggish and cool in plain fashion and looks like a stranger to outsiders. He is actually a little boy who is addicted to games. He has no scheming and is the one who can't hide his thoughts. Starting from him, maybe you can know why parents' attitudes have changed all in one time.

Sure enough, it is the latest model.

As soon as Zhong Xiyou's eyes fell on the cool red remote control, his eyes straightened.

But he knows Meng Shixuan's purpose very well... I don't know why. If it was his second sister who gave him this new game console now, he would be so happy to fly, but it was Meng Shixuan who gave him. His enthusiasm ended.

Meng Shixuan understands the preferences and personalities of everyone in the family and has always been Zhong's intimate little padded jacket. After she comes to please him, she will definitely please Zhong's parents too...

If you still don't stick to the camp and stand on the side of the second sister, what if your parents are fooled by her again?

Zhong Xiyou's expression changed, and finally stood up coldly, and said: "What, is it for me? Did you prepare a gift for me? It's not a birthday or a holiday."

Meng Shixuan smiled: "I touched the gift you wanted to give last time and made you unhappy. Your sister specially bought your favorite game console, a new one. You can try it. If it's not fun, don't play it."

Even the arc of her smile at the corner of her mouth was in place. Seeing Zhong Xiyou's eyes had been falling on the game console, she knew in her heart that this brother had softened a bit, so she picked up the game console and passed it over.

Unexpectedly, Zhong Xiyou lifted his hand and directly pushed the game console back coldly.

"Then did you prepare any gifts for the second sister?" Zhong Xiyou looked indifferent, raised his eyes, and stared at her: "The last time I bought a gift for the second sister, you opened it without authorization. If you want to apologize, you should apologize for the gift to the second sister?"

The corners of Meng Shixuan's mouth were completely stiff: "..."

As if she was thrown a basin of cold water on her head without mercy, she said in embarrassment after a long time: "Yes, it's also ready, and I'll give it to her when she comes back."

"Really?" She didn't buy a gift for the second sister at all.

Zhong Xiyou gave her a mocking look and left.

After rebirth, he really saw a lot of things, such as Meng Shixuan's hypocrisy. She treats herself well, but she is purposeful. What if he has no use value? He couldn't help but think of the scene in the car accident. Yes, if there is no use value, she will forget the feelings of so many years and leave them in danger.

She wears a mask like this, it is really easy to get along with, but it is far less real than the second sister who is covered in thorns.

...

Sitting on the sofa, Meng Shixuan almost broke the box of the game console, her fingers turned white, and her drooping eyes passed a gloom that was completely inconsistent with her gentle and generous appearance.

Why is she being treated like this? Zhong Xiyou still has this attitude? He obviously likes that game console, but can hold it back for Zhong Youyou?

The hour hand turned to half-past nine, and Zhong Youyou hadn't come back yet, Zhong Xiyou was starting to feel a little bit anxious. It was true that the second sister had been bad over the past years, and she didn't come back until drunk around midnight, so he was afraid that she would do the same today and would be criticized by Zhong's father at that time. So, he didn't hold back, he took the initiative to call Zhong Youyou.

Not connected, not only missed but also hung up on.

Zhong Xiyou: "..."