Ye Qinglan had long since grown used to Ye Shiyi's antics. "Do I need to pick a day to hit you?"
Ye Shiyi froze for a moment, then declared with perfect confidence, "...You should at least pick one!"
Ye Chuqi couldn't help laughing. She beckoned to Ye Shiyi, who was no longer the little sprout he'd once been. Now a tall, young boy, he grinned and threw himself at her. "Sis! You're still the one who loves me most!"
Ye Chuqi promptly gave him a light smack on the head. "That's right. I love you most."
Ye Shiyi howled and clung stubbornly to her arm, even shoving his head beneath her hand as if daring her to hit him again. "I'm obviously your precious favorite little brother!"
"Mm," Ye Chuqi said. "That's because you're my only little brother." She didn't have any others to dote on!
Ye Shiyi's eyes lit up. "I'm your one and only precious little brother, right?"
Ye Chuqi had a feeling there was more to that question. "You'll have to ask our parents."
Ye Shiyi fell silent. That wasn't what he'd meant at all.
Ye Chuqi looked up and saw Joshua smiling at them from nearby, while Xiaojiu stood beside him with his arms folded and his face cold. She seemed to understand what Ye Shiyi meant. After all, Joshua and Xiaojiu still called her "Senior Sister." She had never explained to Ye Shiyi why, but the title alone was enough for him to sense something. He harbored an inexplicable hostility toward them both.
Especially Xiaojiu. Ye Chuqi had personally found him and sent him to study with the Ye Family.
Unfortunately for Ye Shiyi, Xiaojiu was every bit as capable as he was. After Ye Shiyi entered the Ye Family School, he tried to make