"Woo!"
Chen Banxia sat astride her suitcase and coasted down the little slope outside the neighborhood gate, adding a "woo" for good measure.
Then she paddled with both feet and kept going.
The wheels rattled along.
After rolling a little way, she looked back at Chen Shu—
"Come push me!"
"Are you a child?" Chen Shu rolled his eyes. Sometimes she acted all grown-up; other times she was just like a kid.
"Hurry up! Come push me!"
"..."
Chen Shu strode over, planted a hand against her back, and shoved hard.
With a whoosh, she shot a long way down the path.
"Woo! Again, again!"
"No more."
"Come on, again! Your mom told me to keep a closer eye on you. Can't you listen to me?" Chen Banxia called, summoning her authority as his elder sister—though sitting on a suitcase rather undercut the effect.
"Can't you keep an eye on something useful?"
"I can!"
Chen Banxia answered at once, her voice sweet and soft.
She stood up from the suitcase with a solemn face, determined to make her brother regret saying that. "Have you finished your graduation thesis?"
"Yep."
"Huh?" Chen Banxia froze, then narrowed her eyes. "Seriously?"
"Why are you so surprised?"
"I don't believe you..."
"Why the hell not? I've got the highest IQ in the family. A thesis was child's play. I finished it in two hours."
"Wrong, wrong. I'm first, you're second, your mom's third, and Professor Chen's fourth." Chen Banxia laid out the rankings.
"I'm first, your mom's second, Professor Chen's third, and you're fourth."
"?? That's playing dirty!"
"How is that playing dirty?"
"You..."
Chen Banxia couldn't quite explain it. She had thought this was a contest between the two of them, and that no matter how they ranked the family, they shared an