CH 1

VV: A message to my fellow kind readers: I’m tling wholly and solely because I feel lonely and depressed. My life is tasteless, colourless, and aimless, so please don’t expect me to complete the tlations bcz I lose motivation and interest very easily, just in seconds. Still, I’ll try my best to complete the tlations. Plus, in case you still haven’t read About Me, I wanna mention that idk Mandarin, nor do I’ve any plans to learn it, so my tlations might seem rough and confusing to you, but then again, I’ve tried my very best to make the tlations readable and understandable. Lastly, I hope you enjoy reading!

A muffled thunder resounded from the sky, the originally bright weather became a little drowsy, and the pattering rain kept falling.

Jiang Yu was sitting in the room playing games; his fingers were nimbly manipulating the mouse.

At this moment, there was a sound of talking outside the door; men and women mixed together; there were several people; it sounded like his sister Jiang Meng brought her classmates back.

Jiang Yu didn’t care too much and continued to play with his classmates.

Until the door was knocked, Jiang Meng’s voice came from outside the door: “Jiang Yu, are you there?”

“Yeah.” Jiang Yu lazily replied while playing the game.

Jiang Meng pushed the door open and walked in, muttering: “You’re playing games again, mom said; you won’t be given pocket money next semester if you play games again.”

Jiang Yu was playing to a critical moment and casually replied: “I’ll tell her later; you want to be my mother again today.”

“Fuck you!” Jiang Meng pushed him from behind, almost causing Jiang Yu to shoot in the wrong direction. Fortunately, his skills were in place, and he still took the opponent’s head neatly.

Jiang Meng glanced at his fluent actions, lowered her eyes to look at her younger brother in front of her, and suddenly touched his shoulder: “Hey, do you want to get introduced to your future brother-in-law?”

Jiang Yu glanced at her curiously: “Didn’t you say that you only like the Gobi flower¹in your school?”

“The Gaoling flower²,” Jiang Meng corrected him, knowing that he did it on purpose. She threatened in a low voice, “Don’t talk nonsense later; do you understand?”

This is the way the siblings have been getting along since they were young. They dig holes in each other’s mouths and never forgive each other. But when something happens, they will always be the first to stand up for the other party. In their own words, beating a dog depends on the owner³, and the sister/brother can only bully each other themselves.

Jiang Yu understood the meaning: “The Gaoling flower is here?”

The door was not closed. Jiang Meng looked back nervously and made a booing gesture to Jiang Yu: “Don’t talk nonsense in front of him!”

Speaking of this, Jiang Meng bent down and whispered her plan: “You both are boys; it is easier to talk; you can help me take care of him later; it is best to leave contact information. Then I can ask him to come out and play in the future.”

Jiang Yu deliberately snorted while controlling the character in the game to search for equipment, neither agreeing nor refusing.

Footnotes

1. Gobi flower is also called cauliflower

2. Gaoling flower高岭花, (gāo lǐng huā) is a term used to describe noble and often cold beauties that seem unattainable. 高+岭+花 (tall/high + mountain ridge + flower). Literally meaning “flower on a high peak,” or “unattainable beauty” or a combo of both, like “the untouchable flower that only grows on the high mountains.”

3. Beating a dog depends on the owner literally means no one else can discipline, scold, or beat them but the owner or siblings themselves.