Chapter Thirty-Eight: Frolicking

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  Shu Yi thought of many possibilities for his sister Shu Yao's current state: wronged, frightened, asleep, or crying. However, when Shu Yi entered the room with a package, he found his sister holding a small wooden stick, squatting in the corner with her back to the door. Shu Yi was extremely curious and approached her to investigate. It turned out that Shu Yao was playing with insects - either making them flip over or blocking their path, or guiding ants along a route she had drawn.

  "Second brother, you've arrived."

  "Ah, I'm here."

  Shu Yu's mouth twitched slightly, and it turned out that Ama was the one who understood Shu Yao the most. Shu Yao smiled and invited: "Want to play together, it's fun."

  Shu Yi messed up Shu Yao's hair, apart from that, Shu Yi didn't know how to express the awkwardness deep in his heart. Shu Yao threw away the small wooden stick, and the insects and ants dispersed, finally no one played with them anymore.

  "It smells so good, is it a snack? Is it braised flavor?" Shu Yao snatched the bag, opened it and smiled with curved eyes, "Mother is the best, she knows I like to eat rose pastry, second brother, I'm telling you, if you don't come to dissipate fire, mother will definitely not give me any."

  Shu Yao picked up a piece of rose pastry and put it in her mouth, smiling happily and contentedly. Shu Yi had an illusion that Shu Yao was not here to suffer from the heat, but seeing his sister's smile made him feel happy too. Shu Yi squatted in front of Shu Yao, "Sister, bear with it for a bit."

  "I don't feel wronged." Shu Yao glanced at Shu Yi, for someone like her who was determined to muddle through life, coming to Defei actually suited her just fine. Once the door closed, she could go to the space and wander around, plant some radishes, weed out the grass, and live a leisurely life.

  Shu Yi shook his head and sighed, "Little sister, I don't know what to say to you anymore. Never mind, just be like this then." The rest will be left to himself, after all, his sister was Shu Yi's inescapable responsibility.

  "Are these books given by big brother?" Shu Yao pointed to the two ancient books, "I don't want them, take them back. I get a headache when I see books. Can't you guys speak properly for once?"

  Shu Yao said that it's already giving face to have a headache, the books of the Qing Dynasty and modern times are different in terms of layout and font, most importantly, there are no punctuation marks. For Shu Yao who can barely recognize traditional characters, reading an article is simply too difficult, often after reading twice, Shu Yao still won't know where to pause, for the inventor of punctuation marks, Shu Yao pays 120,000 respects.

  "Big brother is afraid you'll get bored, so he specially found two books that are a bit more interesting."

  "Second brother, do you think Zhuangzi is interesting and can relieve boredom?"

  Yu poked her sister's almost scrunched up face and said, "Zhuangzi's stories are not bad, do you want to read Mencius or Confucius?"

  "Second brother, it's wrong to gloat over someone else's misfortune. Mother said we should have fraternal affection, share the sweet and bitter together. Second brother has learned bad habits."

  Shu Yao handed the book back to her second brother, hugging her knees and sitting aside, her small body curled up into a ball. Originally, Shu Yao's body was soft and delicate as snow, but now she looked like a little snowball. Even though Shui Yi knew his sister was pretending, he still couldn't bear it. "Second brother will take you out to play in two days, can you forgive second brother?"

  Shu Yao twisted her body, changing from facing away to facing sideways. Shu Yi saw that there was a door and promised another pile of benefits - fun things, delicious food, who knows how many promises were made before Shu Yao raised her little head and sweetly said: "Second Brother, make the bed."

  Shu Yi grasped the quilt, forget it, he endured. It was unlikely that Shu Yao would make her own bed, so Shu Yi spread out the thick quilt, smoothed it out, and placed the brocade quilt on top. He instructed anxiously, "Little sister, don't kick off the quilt at night."

  "Sleep tight, who will remember."

  Shu Yi's hand paused for a moment, and he endured again. Shu Yao picked up the sauce flavor and gnawed on it, making crunching sounds with her mouth: "Second brother, didn't you bring any sour plum soup?"

  Shu Yu's mouth twitched, he endured again, Shu Yao continued to press on, without any guilt, "Second brother, help me light the hand warmer too, I still need a hot water bottle, it's cold in the quilt, not considering me at all."

  "Little sister, it's already September, what kind of porridge do you want?" Shu Yi couldn't help but say, "Isn't the quilt thick enough?"

  "Second brother." Shu Yao's hair was messed up even more by the angry Shu Yi, and she finally managed to struggle out, her small face red and panting slightly: "I knew you'd bully me, just wait till I tell Mother."

  "Alright, since you want to report me to Mother, I won't bully you anymore." Shu Yi grinned, showing his teeth, while Xiu Yao smiled and dodged around him. The two siblings made a ruckus in the room where they were defeating the fire. The nanny standing guard outside lowered her head, touched the pouch that Shu Yi had given her, and thought to herself: it's easy to earn some silver coins, but she was very suspicious - did Sixth Young Lady really come to defeat the fire?

  Shu Yi grabbed Shu Yao's arm and knocked on her forehead, menacingly threatening: "Dare you to report again?"

  "I don't dare, I don't dare." Shu Yao's eyes were misty with water vapor, and her tone was drawn out: "Second brother, second brother, good brother, spare me."

  Shu Yi subconsciously loosened his grip, and Jun's face turned slightly red. "Cough cough, little sister, rest for now, Second Brother will come to pick you up in three days."

  Shu Yi finished speaking and turned to leave, as if someone was chasing him from behind. Shu Yao blinked her eyes and said, "Second brother, your ears are red!" Shu Yi almost got hit by the door frame, and Shu Yao's clear laughter echoed through the air. Second brother is so interesting, it seems that his affection points have increased. Second brother is quite innocent, huh?

  The old woman closed the door again, "Sixth young lady, no one can open the door now. You can rest assured to dispel the fire inside, and the water slave will deliver it in time."

  "I'll take a nap first, Second Brother has already given me a water bottle, no need for you to send one."

  With a tone of confidence and nonchalance, the gatekeeper was secretly hurt, having never seen such an arrogant young lady. If it weren't for Shu Yi giving him benefits, the direction of the Duke's mansion would be unclear, and Shu Yi promised to take care of the gatekeeper's son, finding him a good job. The gatekeeper didn't dare let Shu Yi in. At first glance, Liu Gu Niang knew that she was spoiled and had never suffered, and the water sent over was something she looked down on, which saved trouble. "If Sixth Miss has any orders, just call the servant, I'll be waiting outside."

  "The flavor of the braising sauce has become bland, Zhang's culinary skills have declined."

  The gatekeeper locked the door and ignored Shu Yao, who was no longer in harmony with her. Perhaps after a day of being locked up, Liu Yiniang would understand what it meant to be defeated.

  Shu Yao ate a few phoenix claws, wiped her mouth, and the only oil lamp in the house was faintly lit. Shu Yao perked up her ears to listen for any movement, but there was none. She turned around and went into space. "Wow, radish is having a great harvest."

  Shu Yao's mood improved, and for the first time, she felt the joy of harvesting. After pulling out the radish, she threw it into a unified position, and just in time, she quenched her thirst with well water and ate the radish. The radish was once again recycled by the system, this time leaving behind two pearls. Shu Yao gnawed on the radish, picked up the pearls, and put them in her pouch. There was a slight tremor in space, and Shu Yao felt very familiar with it, thinking that she had leveled up. Shu Yao hurriedly opened up a piece of land, three pieces of land, this time not planting radishes, but pumpkins instead. Roasting sweet potatoes in the space was also a good option.

  "Shu Yi, what's wrong with you? Is Yao'er alright?"

  Gua Lijia saw Shu Yi drinking tea and was surprised: "Did Yao'er have an accident?" "My sister is fine, don't worry, Mother." Shu Yi thought for a moment and said: "You'd better keep an eye on my sister in the future, I'm afraid she'll be taken a liking to by someone."

  Gua Lijia was taken aback for a moment. Smiling brightly, she said: "Shu Yao's appearance is not particularly outstanding."

  "Son doesn't know what to say either, little sister, it's too sweet, it's dangerous."

  Gua Lijia smiled and said: "You also have to help your mother keep an eye on things."

  "Madam, Old Lady has returned to the mansion, but Eldest Miss remains in the palace."