Chapter 107 This is a gift for Sister Xingruo (please subscribe)
Author: corner kissing pig
Chapter 107 This is a gift for Sister Xingruo (please subscribe)
"Aren't we going to buy groceries today?"
"No, there are still some vegetables in the refrigerator, which will be enough for tomorrow. Just go buy them when the weather is nice. It's raining right now."
After getting off the bus, the June rain was still falling, but fortunately it was not too heavy. Li Xingruo was in front, Lin Lu was behind, half leaning on her shoulders, and the two siblings nestled under the umbrella and went home together.
Lin Lu chuckled and asked her in her ear: "I asked Sister Xingruo before if she would come back for the Dragon Boat Festival, and you told me that it depends on the situation, so Sister Xingruo had already decided not to go back during the holiday.
right?"
Li Xingruo, who was caught by his words and grabbed his shoulders, nudged him in the stomach with her elbow angrily: "It just depends on the situation. Who, who would think so far ahead!"
Hey, other girls may not think so far ahead, but sister, you definitely will.
What Lin Lu didn't know about her was that her sister always had a plan in doing things and never left anything behind. For example, the first two times she went home, she calculated accurately. The food in the refrigerator would definitely be there before she returned home.
After we finished eating that night, how could we still stock up on food for an extra day like this?
He had already asked her to pick him up on rainy days two or three times, but every time her sister forgot to borrow an extra umbrella. Did she really forget, or did she do it on purpose?
Lin Lu believed that she did it on purpose. Of course, she couldn't make it clear to her, otherwise her sister, who was thin-skinned but tough-tongued, would not share the same umbrella with him next time.
Looking down at the little pink ears looming in her hair, and smelling the fragrance of her hair, Lin Lu felt bursts of satisfaction in his heart. It seems that during this period, his sister's brother's temperament has improved a lot!
Lin Lu couldn't help but secretly pressed closer to her.
Unfortunately, happy times are always short-lived. After entering the community building, the siblings could not stay close to each other in such a legitimate manner. They separated very reservedly, not saying a word about the little ambiguity that seemed to have crossed the line just now.
"If you forget to bring an umbrella next time! I will never answer your call!"
“Definitely next time!”
"snort."
Wait, did I say the same thing last time? Li Xingruo thought.
Then I thought, there seems to be no next time. After all, this bratty brother left school today and will take the college entrance examination when he returns.
Obviously I should be happy that I don’t have to bother giving him an umbrella in the future, but what’s going on with this little bit of disappointment...
No, no, maybe there will be a next time. Maybe one day he forgot to bring an umbrella somewhere else, and his sister needs to take a longer way to pick him up?
Such trouble! And she, who is so road-crazed, has to take such a long detour! And then go pick him up?! Li Xingruo thought happily, not realizing whether such a reaction was inappropriate.
Entering the elevator, the two of them checked to see if their clothes were wet.
Her body felt refreshing. After all, Lin Lu was half-crouching behind her and there was an umbrella in front of her. The rain, which was not heavy, only made the uppers of her white shoes slightly wet.
"Are you wet?" Li Xingruo asked him.
"No."
Lin Lu felt it and felt quite refreshed. Although the umbrella was not big, the siblings were close to each other and he did not get caught in the rain.
"Sister Xingruo, are you wet?"
"No ah."
Li Xingruo cared more about him than herself. After all, if Lin Lu got caught in the rain and caught a cold and affected the college entrance examination, the old sister would definitely die of guilt.
She stretched out her fingers and pinched his school uniform back and forth to see if there were any traces of raindrops on it.
There was some, but it was from the shower when he ran out of the classroom, and it had almost evaporated by his body temperature.
Lin Lu's summer school uniform is a short-sleeved white shirt with a row of buttons in the middle. It is all white and has the school badge icon on the left chest.
She liked his white shirt uniform very much. It felt much better than her previous high school uniform. The top button of Lin Lu was unbuttoned, revealing his beautiful collarbone, and the collar was folded neatly. It looked like
There is a very clean and youthful air.
When he got to the door of his house, Li Xingruo opened the door, gave him the key as usual, and warned: "Although you are not wet, you should go back and take a shower quickly. Don't catch a cold!"
"I'll wash it later."
Lin Lu took her key, then followed her into the house and put the key on the shoe cabinet.
"Sister Xingruo is not a fan of school uniforms, so I will wear more to show you!"
"...What the hell! Also, I'm not a fan of school uniforms! No!"
"I know, I know."
Lin Lu put his schoolbag aside, sat down on the small bench, took off his shoes, and put on his slippers - he didn't know when he had a pair of slippers at her house.
The little fat cat also ran out of her house. Just as he was about to rub their calves, he smelled the moisture of the rain keenly and ran away again in disgust.
"Don't you know, Sister Xingruo?"
"what do you know?"
The small bench was occupied by him, so Li Xingruo had to stand and change her shoes. She held the entrance cabinet with one hand, bent down, lifted one leg, took off her white shoes and socks, and then dried them.
Her clean, white and tender feet were put on a pair of mint green slippers. This color made the skin of her insteps even fairer.
"This is the last time I wear the school uniform. After taking off the school uniform this time, I won't wear it anymore, so I want to wear it for a while longer and show it to Sister Xingruo!"
"..."
The passage of time always happened inadvertently. Li Xingruo had become accustomed to the way he looked in his school uniform. Lin Lu told her coldly that this was the last time he wore it. She was stunned and speechless for a while.
She had known him since the first day she entered society and rented a house alone. Then day after day, the two of them had dinner together. He was studying at her house in his school uniform, and she was tutoring him in his school uniform. The school uniform on his body was very affecting to her.
It is more like a symbolic meaning. Although Li Xingruo has not thought deeply about this matter, his most basic idea is this. He subconsciously thinks that life will go on like this forever.
Although Lin Lu just said that he would still eat with her every day in the future, but without the seal of the school uniform and his identity has changed, will there be more taboos and restrictions when he continues to live like this with her?
Should she be worried that he will no longer be a high school student, or should she be happy that he will no longer be a high school student?
Li Xingruo found that he could not give a unilateral affirmative answer, but had both moods! What kind of mood was this!
But fortunately, it seems that there are only changes in clothing and identity. The brother she misses so much seems to have not changed much. He is still the same as her sister -
"Of course, I will clean the school uniform and keep it well. Whenever Sister Xingruo wants to see it, I can wear it for you at any time!"
"...I'm really not a fan of school uniforms!!"
"Then what kind of control is Sister Xingruo?"
"...It's nothing to control!"
"I do not believe."
I am...a quilt lover!
Li Xingruo hummed and thought, if she really wanted to admit what kind of control it was, then she would dare to say loudly that it was quilt control. Maybe this kind of control would be easier to say...
For example, there are boys who are foot-dominated, but they will tell others that they are leg-dominated. Also, what the hell is Furui-dominated? When Li Xingruo saw this word for the first time, he was shocked. Sure enough, human beings have all kinds of weird habits, and some people control them.
Fa, some people control the clavicle, and others control the wrist?
Fortunately, her stinky brother looks normal and doesn't seem to have any messy problems...
While she was thinking about it, Lin Lu took out the two little white socks she had stuffed into her little white shoes, held them in her hands and squeezed them.
"You, what are you doing with my socks?"
"I happened to have to wash my socks too, so I helped Sister Xingruo wash them too."
Lin Lu stacked her little white socks and his black socks together and said, "I'll help Sister Xingruo wash the socks, and then I'll leave it to you to wash the dishes after dinner!"
Li Xingruo thought for a while, nodded and said: "Deal! Remember to clean up for me!"
"Do not worry!"
Lin Lu took the socks and went to the bathroom.
Li Xingruo is still thinking, there must be no one who is a little white sock fan...
But washing dishes seems to be more tiring than washing socks... Brat! You cheated on your sister again!
…
After dinner in the evening, the siblings sat at the dining table to study as usual.
There are only four days left before the college entrance examination. If Li Xingruo has the next three days off, she can accompany him throughout the whole process. However, starting from the 6th, she will have to go to work for the new week. She will also have to work for the three days from July 8th to 9th.
It's working time.
She picked up the admission ticket handed out by Lin Lu and looked at it.
It was similar to hers back then. It was printed out on a piece of paper and sealed with plastic. On it was the admission ticket number, name, photo, exam location, seat number, exam subject date and other information.
"Why isn't the photo of your admission ticket ugly?" Li Xingruo asked jealously. Her previous admission ticket has long since disappeared, but there are still photos of the previous admission ticket in QQ space. She feels ugly on the admission ticket, and the whole class
All my classmates were ugly, but I didn’t expect Lin Lu’s photo to be okay.
"He's handsome, but there's nothing he can do about it."
"Hey, don't be so stinky!"
"Does Sister Xingruo think I'm not good-looking?"
"...Only a little bit of beauty can catch my sister's eye." Li Xingruo stingily pinched a little bit of her fingertips and showed it to him.
"No wonder Sister Xingruo has always been single and has such high standards that she will not be able to get married in the future."
"Huh, I need you to worry about it."
During tutoring, the two of them sat side by side, very close to each other, with their middle shoulders touching.
She carefully took Lin Lu's admission ticket and looked at it. Fortunately, Lin Lu was taking the exam at her own school, so she didn't have to bother going to the exam room.
Although the college entrance examination is not the only criterion for determining the future, it is undoubtedly Lin Lu's top priority in the past eighteen years. As a sister, Li Xingruo can't help but feel a little worried. After all, his parents are not around, and she seems to be the only one he can rely on.
This is my sister.
Since when did she become a sister who loves and protects her younger brother so much? She is obviously not even related by blood. Besides, Lin Lu has always been different from the high school students in her impression. She is extraordinarily independent and mature.
She needs to worry about it.
But I just can’t help but want to care more about him, worrying about his food, clothing, housing, transportation, his grades, and his worries...
"What do you plan to do in those three days?" Li Xingruo turned to ask him.
"Review." Lin Lu answered her while doing the questions.
"I mean, during the three days of the exam, how to get to the exam room, where to have breakfast, where to have lunch, where to have dinner..." She thought about it for him.
Li Xingruo was really a girl with great plans. Lin Lu was even more convinced that she deliberately forgot to borrow an umbrella to pick him up. The college entrance examination was obviously his business, but she had already started thinking about him four or five days in advance.
.
Lin Lu stopped writing, looked at her and said with a smile: "Didn't Sister Xingruo say it? Just be normal. The examination room is at our school. Just take the bus there. Eat breakfast outside, eat lunch at school, and wait for Sister Xingruo for dinner."
Do it for me after work."
"Auntie, will she come over to stay with you during those three days?"
"She said so, but I told her not to come."
"Why, it should be more convenient if an aunt comes to take care of you."
"I have Sister Xingruo."
"..."
If Li Xingruo knew why she became a sister who loved her younger brother so much, it was probably because he trusted her so unreservedly.
"Then, let me take three days off to accompany you." Li Xingruo said with a slight blush.
"Need not."
Lin Lu was not expecting Li Xingruo's answer and said hurriedly: "It's not a big deal, just do it as usual. Sister Xingruo, didn't you come here like this before?"
That's right...
Li Xingruo thought about how she was taking the college entrance examination alone, and she had to go to another school to take the exam. She was in a high school in the county, and her parents were in a small town, so they couldn't take care of her. Isn't it the same for her?
Did you get good grades in the exam?
Although she knew it, when it was Lin Lu, she couldn't help but want to dote on him. Damn it, she seemed to be doting on him a little too much!
"Then, I'll do whatever you want." Li Xingruo said cruel words with a straight expression.
"Okay, okay." Lin Lu smiled confidently at her.
"... How about I prepare breakfast for you, just in case you eat something dirty outside and get a stomachache during the exam, then you can eat it at school at noon, and I will cook for you in the evening." The cold sister was defeated again.
The next battle is coming.
"Okay! As long as it doesn't affect Sister Xingruo's work!" Lin Lu readily agreed.
Li Xingruo felt relieved and told him: "Review carefully!" Then he stood up and left, opening the drawer without knowing what he was looking for.
Not long after, she asked Lin Lu again: "Is your document bag ready?"
"not yet……"
"You have to prepare in advance, don't forget everything when the time comes."
My sister scolded her, went into the room, took out a transparent document bag, and then scraped off the outer wrapping paper of the cooling oil and trumpet pills she had just found: "Bring the cooling oil and trumpet pills with you to prevent you from feeling uncomfortable. I'll help you."
Put it in the document bag."
"Uh-huh!"
"There are also your admission ticket, ID card, signature pen, 2B pencil, eraser, ruler and compass. I have put them all in the document bag for you. Don't touch the things in the document bag if you have nothing to do. Don't take it out and forget about it.
take it back."
She prepared two copies of each piece of stationery, and she would write and draw with each pen for a long time. She only put it in when she was sure that the water would not run out.
The zipper of the document bag was zipped up, and this important thing for the college entrance examination, which was filled with my sister's thoughts, was prepared for him four days in advance.
Listening to her nagging little appearance, Lin Lu's eyes were a little lost, and he felt as if his whole body was wrapped in gentle water, and it was like he had the whole world with her.
As if that wasn't enough, she prepared all the things he needed to take for the college entrance examination. She sat down next to Lin Lu again, took a sticky note, and wrote down his review plan for the next four days.
Lin Lu thought it would be a cruel and severe review plan, but after reading it, he felt that it was quite relaxed, mainly focusing on his work and rest schedule.
"Don't have a 'foregone conclusion' mentality! It's not time to relax yet! Review for three hours in the morning, three hours in the afternoon, and two hours in the evening. Even if you don't have to go to school, you can't sleep in! Otherwise you won't be able to get up for the exam.
You’ll feel sleepy if you come!”
"Uh-huh!"
Lin Lu took her schedule, nodded seriously and said, "I have remembered everything Sister Xingruo said!"
"You better be!"
"If you don't believe me, sister Xingruo, touch my heart."
Lin Lu generously turned his chest to her. Li Xingruo couldn't resist this temptation and stretched out her white and tender hands to gently press his heart.
A strong and powerful heartbeat.
She felt it with fascination for a while, and then withdrew her hand with some reluctance.
"Tomorrow during the Dragon Boat Festival, let's make rice dumplings and eat them together, shall we?" Lin Lu turned to ask her.
"He also said that you should keep it in mind. You have to review. I don't want you to accompany me to wrap rice dumplings. I have made an appointment with Xiaoqing and Xiaomeng to wrap rice dumplings. You can review well at home and wait to eat."
"Are they the two sisters who came to sister Xingruo's house to have hot pot together last time?"
"yes."
It happened that she was not going back during the Dragon Boat Festival, and neither Zhong Qing nor Jiang Meng, so the little sisters made an appointment to wrap rice dumplings together.
"Okay then, Sister Xingruo, remember to mark the rice dumplings you wrapped."
"Why..."
"I will only eat the rice dumplings made by Sister Xingruo."
"..."
Is this considered his sister's special place in his heart?
Although I think what Lin Lu said is outrageous, I don’t know why, but I feel so happy when I hear it.
"Hmph, you are discerning. You know that the rice dumplings made by me, sister, are the most delicious..."
Li Xingruo leaned on the chair, his little feet dangling comfortably under the table.
Lin Lu had finished his review tonight and was preparing to go back to rest according to the schedule Li Xingruo had arranged with him.
Before going back, he asked her for scissors again.
"What do you want scissors for..."
Li Xingruo was a little curious and took out the scissors from the drawer and handed them to him.
However, he saw that Lin Lu did not use the scissors to cut paper or any rope, but instead pointed the scissors at his own chest.
The old sister was startled.
"W-what are you doing?! Don't be confused!"
"What the hell..."
When Li Xingruo was about to stop his dangerous behavior, he saw that Lin Lu just put the tip of the scissors under the second button of his white shirt. He cut the string of the button and took off the white button.
.
"What are you doing? Even if you don't wear the school uniform anymore, don't cut it into pieces..." A certain school uniform fan felt sorry for his white shirt summer school uniform.
"I gave the button to Sister Xingruo." Lin Lu smiled and put the button in her hand.
"...I'm really not a fan of school uniforms."
Li Xingruo felt that he was at a loss for words, so he hurriedly stuffed the button back to him.
"I know, sister Xingruo, take it quickly."
Lin Lu refused to accept it and stubbornly pushed the button into her hand.
"..."
The little girl suddenly felt like she couldn't keep up with the times. Is it now fashionable for high school students to take off the buttons of their school uniforms and give them away?!
"Then why did you give me this? My clothes are not damaged, so I don't need this button."
Li Xingruo played with the button and said curiously, this button is white and exquisite, and the quality is not bad, but the material is also ordinary hard plastic, and there is nothing surprising about it.
Perhaps because it was taken from his school uniform, she quite liked this gift. It was inexplicably special...
"Since I won't be wearing school uniforms anymore, I cut off the buttons and gave them to Sister Xingruo as a souvenir."
"...Then why is this one?"
"This one is closest to the heart."
…
The night is already deep.
Li Xingruo held the button he gave him in his hand and covered it over his heart. He couldn't sleep for a long time and stared blankly with his beautiful big eyes open.
What does this stinky brother mean! What does it mean?!