A cup of hot tea was pushed to the edge of the round table. The tea was as green as a pool of spring water dyed by willow leaves. An upright tea stem stood upside down in it. Due to the different thicknesses of the leaf tips and leaf tails,
When Mandy picked it up, the inverted tea stem sunk in the center of the cup kept swaying back and forth, making ripples.
"Don't knock the tea stem down. I heard from Japan that good things will happen if the tea stem stands up." Lin Xian, who was sitting on the sofa in the living room with two other cups of hot tea, looked at the teacup in Mandy's hand and chuckled.
A reminder.
Before Mandy could thank her, the boy sitting next to her spoke: "That's a lie made up by tea merchants in order to promote the sales of tea, and to associate tea with luck to promote unsaleable tea. Plus.
Sister, the tea you bought is cheap. Most of it already contains tea stems. In addition, when making tea, add hot water quickly, and the tea stems will easily stand upside down. Haha, you can only deceive people who don’t understand.
Elementary school students.”
Snap, very quickly, the boy next to Mandy was hit on the head. The sound was very crisp and it must have been a good head. The force of the blow was so strong that it almost knocked the handsome face into the tea on the table.
Mandy was startled and her eyes widened. She thought that she was really a bad guy, and just being invited into the house as a guest would trigger a family quarrel... But she found that there would be no such thing.
thing.
After receiving a slap on the head, Lin Nian slowly raised his head and looked around to make sure it was not Mandy's hand. Then he looked at Lin Xian, who was drinking tea with his legs crossed beside him, and turned his head as if nothing had happened before.
I drank my own tea.
"I'm going to make you laugh. My brother always talks about things, and he likes to bully people. He can't even help but talk nonsense to me... If he says anything wrong in the future, I can tell you at any time.
You can beat him up." Lin Xian smiled and explained to Mandy, who was sitting next to Lin Nian.
"You siblings...are so interesting." Mandy originally wanted to say it was weird, but she doubted that if she was neither older nor younger, the slap would fall on the back of her head. To be on the safe side, it was better to be tactful.
a little.
"Everyone said so. We moved here from China. We are planning to stay here for a long time. We are applying for a three-year passport. Our household registration is still in the motherland and we do not plan to change it. There are some people here who are not familiar with the place. This is the only one.
A relative gave us a temporary house, and we hope that we can make more friends and have good interactions with the neighbors during this period," Lin Xian said.
"If he goes to school, are you usually the only one at home?" Mandy asked.
"I usually go to work during the day, and there is probably no one else at home, but it doesn't matter. We don't have anything valuable at home anyway. These furniture were temporarily transferred to us from other properties by our relatives, and they were not confiscated from us.
Royalty fee." Lin Xian touched the back of his head and said with a smile.
"Working? I see you are about the same age as me. Why don't you continue going to school?"
"I'm two or three years older than you, right? I'm halfway through college. Although I can still continue studying with a scholarship, someone has to take care of this little devil! He was just in high school at that time." Lin Xian
He patted Lin Nian's head and moved the back of his head like a dribbling ball, "Sometimes, for the sake of family, we have to make some sacrifices. In fact, we are almost the same at home and abroad. Relatives say that in recent years, it has been easier to develop abroad.
I just happened to meet someone here again, so after thinking about it, we flew over here to make a living. After this kid has finished his first three years of college, he will return to China. It will be easy for overseas returnees to find a job by then!"
"Ah...um..." Mandy didn't know how to respond to such a realistic statement, so she could only barely take a sip of tea and nod in response.
"Mandy, you are driving home so late. Are you attending some party outside? I heard that college students here in the United States have a lot of fun..."
"No, no, I never go to those messy parties." Mandy rubbed her blond hair, "I just met some... things at school, and provoked a few people I shouldn't have provoked, and I got into trouble with them.
There were some conflicts and a fight that delayed a lot of time."
"Ah, is the college violent?" Lin Xian glanced at Mandy with some worry.
"Who bullied you? A senior student in the university?" Lin Nian asked confusedly while holding a cup of tea.
"You don't have to worry about this... This is a private matter. If the problem gets too big, I'll call the police and it will be over. I also know some people at the police station." Mandy said casually.
Call the police... She had indeed thought about this move. After running out of the teaching building, her first reaction was to call the police. The group of transfer students were already plotting to kidnap her. If she didn't come up with some countermeasures, what would happen next?
It's definitely going to be bad, it's just a matter of time.
But now that I have calmed down and thought about it carefully, it seems that calling the police was a fool's errand because she had no evidence... no evidence at all. Although those people admitted that they stabbed Professor James, she didn't have a recording device.
Recording these words, and adding that the other party said that they knew where Amara was, which was unfounded, and she was not even seen, it was more likely that the other party was lying.
If the current situation were to go to the police station and accuse a dozen transfer students who seemed to have no motive for committing the crime, the police detective would be wrong if he believed her, and would think she was more suspicious.
"You don't look too good. Were you really bullied? Are you injured?" Lin Xian put the tea cup on the coffee table and asked, looking at Mandy's expression carefully.
"No...I'm fine, I'm really fine." Mandy breathed out slightly, not noticing that Lin Xian and Lin Nian looked at each other and nodded to each other.
"Let's do this." Lin Xian said, "It happens that Lin Nian is going to register at your university tomorrow, so you can take him there. If you recognize those bullies who you don't want to deal with along the way, point them out.
Show this kid and let him help you clean up those people!"
Mandy stretched her neck as if she was shocked by this statement. She turned around and saw Lin Xian patting the black-haired boy's head, suppressing the broken hair. The latter did not dare to complain.
I can wait for my sister to finish taking pictures and then take care of it quietly.
"No need...that group of people is very troublesome and involved in a lot of weird things." Mandy imagined some chills behind the chilling speeches of the group of people...she suddenly turned her head as if remembering something.
He stared at Lin Nian beside him...and then took a sharp look!
That's right, the name Lin Nian... seems to have been on the lips of that group of people all the time. They keep mentioning this name to themselves, Lin Nian and Lin Nian, as if they don't know Lin Nian and are treacherous.
Like a thin lover... I didn't expect that a Lin Nian would actually pop up and jump on my face!
"I want to ask a question, have you... known me before? I mean have we known each other before? Where did we meet?" Mandy pointed at Lin Nian and then at herself, staring at each other and asked
.
"After Baoyu looked at it, he smiled and said: I have seen this sister before." Lin Nian suddenly said something, and when Mandy was stunned, he explained, "This method of striking up a conversation is outdated in China.
, if you like me, you can ask me to go out to eat delicious food, maybe you can even impress me."
There was a snap, and Lin Nian was hit again on the back of his head.
"Talk nonsense!" Lin Xian stared at Lin Nian and said, "Apologise."
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said anything nonsense."
Finished in one go, Mandy couldn't help but froze again... Well, she couldn't compare this Lin Nian with the 'Lin Nian' in the mouth of those transfer students. If the only feeling that those transfer students gave her was
Discomfort and fear, then the boy in front of her would only bring her...a straight man and an inexplicable sense of intimacy.
"...Do you know a foreigner named Caesar Gattuso or Chu Zihang?" Mandy swallowed and was about to ask.
"Caesar Gattuso? Chu Zihang? Is the name of the person behind him Chinese?" Lin Nian rubbed the back of his head and raised his head and asked, "I have no impression... Oh, are they the students who bully you? I
remember."
"No... don't remember it." Mandy looked at Lin Nian's sudden serious look and felt dumbfounded, "Don't mess around, we just met, I don't need my junior to help me or anything.
.”
"My sister likes you." Lin Nian shook his head and said seriously, "So I like you too. If someone bullies you, I will beat that person. If a group of people bully you, then I will beat a group of people."
"He has been like this since he was a child." Lin Xian said helplessly, "He is straight-minded, does things without regard to importance, and is too emotional... But I still support him in this matter. School bullying is not advisable, even in
It's the same whether at home or abroad. If you are really bullied, just tell my brother, he can beat you up."
"How capable is it?" Mandy asked subconsciously.
"...He can't stand his temper and always wants to show off how powerful he is. I can't hold him back. I used to be afraid that he would suffer a loss, until he sneaked into the city's mixed martial arts champion's house and issued a challenge, beating him up.
Hospital, I just found out... ugh... the medical expenses!" Lin Xian seemed to mention something sad. He turned around and pushed Lin Nian down on the sofa and moved her around. She looked like she was going crazy.
As if he wanted to eat the boy alive, the boy underneath could only helplessly protect his head from all kinds of 'bullying'.
"He's only 17 years old..." Mandy said, looking at Lin Nian, whose muscles were not too developed.
"Wearing clothes makes you look slimmer and taking off your clothes makes you look more muscular. You can really fight...but the disadvantage is that he likes to cause trouble!" Lin Xian put his arms around Lin Nian's neck and looked at Mandy with a smile and said, "Don't worry, we will be neighbors from now on.
Well, you are also his senior sister. If someone bullies you, just ask him to help you stand up... But the matter of medical expenses may be..."
"No, no, no, forget it, forget it, I don't want to involve you in my mess, so I'll leave now. It's getting late. I will take him to register at school tomorrow.
..But don’t bother with other things." Mandy put down the almost finished teacup and stood up.
She already had a rough idea of what the situation was like for these siblings... They were harmless to humans and animals. Although they were a little out of touch, overall she didn't feel any threat at all... She couldn't help but think that this Lin Nian should be
Is it the same accent as Lin Nian in the mouths of those transfer students? After all, the other party didn't specify which word Lin Nian was, and it might even be an English name...
Want to think of Lin Nian and Lin Xian in front of you as those weird transfer students? Mandy felt that she couldn't do it. They were just a pair of ordinary and loving siblings.
"Are you going back? Lin Nian, send your senior sister a favor." Lin Xian put away the teacups on the table.
"OK."
"No, it's just a few steps away." Just as Mandy was about to push back, she found that Lin Nian was already standing beside her obediently, letting her swallow the next words... It always felt like this boy was like someone
Like a large dog, it usually barks without knowing the importance of it, but at this time, it is caring and well-behaved and makes people feel heart-warming.
"Okay...just take a few steps." Mandy nodded and walked towards the door.
She actually didn't plan to go home because she wasn't sure whether those transfer students would come to her house like crazy, but it was almost dawn, and the neighbors' homes were starting to light up. After all, this was also a rich man's villa.
There are security guards and police patrolling the district at night, and those transfer students would be seeking death if they came here at this point. She shouted so loudly that people in about half a block had to rush over with guns in hand to watch the fun.
Mandy was sent out by Lin Nian, and she stood on the street where it was almost dawn. Looking left and right, she saw that no suspicious people were staying, and she felt relieved.
Lin Nian on the side noticed her little move and said, "Are those people really that annoying? Those guys who bully you on campus."
"It's very annoying, very annoying." Mandy pondered as she walked, and she almost subconsciously answered the question when she heard it.
"Are they all girls? I don't really like hitting girls." Lin Nian said, "But I can still hit you if necessary. After all, my sister asked me to help you."
"No... I don't need you to help me beat someone." Mandy said in a dumbfounded voice, "The things I encountered are really complicated and cannot be explained by a sentence of school bullying... And I am not afraid to tell you that those people
There are more than a dozen people, and they all look fierce, can you deal with them?"
"Oh." Lin Nian responded casually and stopped talking.
Mandy thought she had bluffed the other party, so she finally breathed a sigh of relief and was sent to the door of her house in a rare moment of silence.
Standing there and watching her take out the key and open the door, and then walked in. When she was about to close the door, Mandy realized that the boy was still staring at her. She smiled helplessly and waved her hand, and the other party nodded.
, turned around slowly and left...
"You really do what you say, you will take me home when you say you will take me home." Mandy closed the door, leaned against the door and let out a long sigh of relief.
She sat on the ground as if she had vomited out all the fatigue and panic of the day, staring blankly at the empty room with no lights on.
She had to go to school tomorrow. What would she do if she met those transfer students? She was alone and wanted to investigate Amara's affairs while dealing with those guys. It wouldn't be too difficult...
Oh wait...it seems like she won't be going to school alone tomorrow.
...But do I really want to drag this boy into the water?
Mandy had another headache.
I always feel a bit reluctant to let go... It seems that from the bottom of my heart I don't want to see him get hurt, and I hope he can live a good life in college alone.