At their age, the brothers were still fighting

Tang Lin's hand trembled at the shout, and he hurriedly hid the love letter behind his back, looking guilty.

"B-Big Brother, why did you suddenly call me?"

Tang Xuan slapped a one-yuan coin down in front of him, his eyes red as he stared him down.

"You secretly opened my safe and replaced my ancient coin!"

"How could I? I don't even know the combination to your safe!"

Tang Lin refused to admit it. He knew how to coax passwords out of people.

After so much sneaking and pilfering at home, he had gotten quite good at it.

"You don't know? Then what's this? You've seen my ancient coin. Did it look like this?"

Tang Lin glanced at it. Seeing the coin he had put there, he guiltily turned his head away. "How would I know? That was ages ago."

His eldest brother abandoned all his usual maturity and composure, charging over and pinning him down.

"Where did you take my ancient coin? Give it back right now! If you don't, I'll have our second brother cancel all your endorsement deals!"

"Don't you dare! Who gave you the right to make decisions for me?"

Tang Lin panicked too. He shoved him away, then pulled out the love letter and waved it smugly in front of him.

"This is a love letter, right? Cancel my endorsements, and I'll read it out in front of everyone!"

Seeing that his love letter had been stolen, Tang Xuan clenched his fists until his knuckles cracked. "You little menace. Just try reading it."

"I will! I'll read it in front of the whole family!"

Tang Lin suddenly bolted outside. Tang Xuan inwardly cursed and hurried after him.

He crashed straight into his second brother, who clutched his stomach in pain and lost his temper too.

"Tang Lin, watch where you're going! Are you blind?"

Tang Lin quickly hid behind Tang Xiao and wailed, "Second Brother, Big Brother wants to beat me up! Stop him!"

Tang Xuan came charging out, his face so contorted that he gave Tang Xiao quite a fright.

"Big Brother, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

"I'm perfectly fine. Hold that little menace down for me. I'm going to give him a beating today!"

"What did he do? He's not a child anymore, and you're still beating him?"

Apparently, he had gotten plenty of beatings as a child.

"Ask him what he did! He actually replaced my ancient coin with a one-yuan coin. What kind of person does that?"

What? He really replaced it?

His second brother gave Tang Lin a disapproving look. "Who did you trade it to? Hurry up and give it back to Big Brother."

"I don't know! I didn't take it!"

Tang Lin kept stubbornly denying it, but his hands quietly unfolded the love letter.

He took one look. Good heavens, it was exactly as Tang Shiba had described.

"Hahaha! Big Brother, your love letter is so cheesy! I can't take it!"

Tang Xuan had already lunged at him, and the two immediately started fighting.

Tang Xiao had no idea whom to help, so he could only stand silently to one side.

Before long, a roar came from the study too.

Tang Dad rushed out of the study with tears in his eyes. Seeing Tang Lin pinned to the floor and being beaten, he charged over to help hold him down.

"You little menace! You ruined my antiques and ancient paintings! Why did you have to be born with a pair of hands?"

With only his eldest brother holding him down, he could still fight back. Now that his father had joined in, Tang Lin could only take the beating.

Only after they beat him to tears did he admit what he had done.

"Boohoo! Don't hit my face! I still have filming to do! I was wrong! I traded the ancient coin for ice cream, smashed the antique, and poked a hole in the ancient painting with a knife! Boohoo! Let me go! I'll pay however much it costs!"

After he said that, Tang Dad and his eldest son beat him even harder.

In the end, Tang Mom took pity on her third son and rescued him.

"Boohoo! Mom, they hit me!"

"Oh, my boy, stop crying. Mommy will stand up for you."

But inwardly, she thought, That's what you get for causing trouble. Getting beaten at your age—how embarrassing. You deserved it.

Tang Mom spotted the love letter in his hand and quickly snatched it away. Before anyone could react, she tore it up?

"What is this nonsense? My boy, don't accept random things from people. What if it's a threatening letter?"

His eldest brother froze, then picked up the love letter Tang Mom had torn apart. "Mom, that's mine," he said miserably.

"Oh!" Tang Mom gave an apologetic twitch of her lips. "Son, I didn't mean to."

"It's fine, Mom."

After gathering up the love letter, his eldest brother gave Tang Lin an ultimatum. "The ancient coin or fifty million. Take your pick."

With that, he went back to his room to shut himself away.

Tang Lin kept complaining. "Mom, look at him!"

"Oh, stop it, my boy. Look how upset you've made your eldest brother."

Tang Dad snorted. "All your income from now on goes into your mother's account. Figure it out yourself."

Tang Lin wailed, "Dad, you've frozen all my cards! Where am I supposed to get any money?"

Tang Dad ignored him and returned to the study to mourn his antiques.

He wondered whether they could be repaired. It would be such a shame to throw them away.

Watching the farce unfold, Tang Xiao silently gave Tang Shiba a thumbs-up.

His little sister hadn't even shown her face, yet she had already plunged the house into chaos. Impressive.

Indeed, after enjoying the drama, Tang Shiba had gone back to sleep. She had no idea what all the commotion outside was about.

Snuggled under her covers, she was on a date with the god of dreams.

Only this god of dreams wasn't very nice. She wanted to kiss him, but he kept refusing.

She kicked her legs in frustration.

Bastard, it's only a dream. What's wrong with letting me have one kiss?

She boldly pounced on him, only to wake with a fright the moment she saw his face.

"Whoa... what the heck? Why was Si Wuyu in my dream?"

What a sin, what a sin. I nearly molested the male lead.

If I dared molest him, the fish in the sea would probably be thrilled.

Well rested, Tang Shiba got up in a contented mood. It was eight in the evening, and she was already starving.

The soundproofing at home really was excellent, unlike the place the original owner had rented. Hearing the creaking from next door every day had nearly driven her numb.

After washing up and getting ready, Tang Shiba changed into a pretty outfit and prepared to meet her three handsome brothers.

The moment she opened the door, Tang Mom rushed over and hugged her.

"Shiba, you're finally awake! Come downstairs and eat. I'll have the servants warm up your food."

"Your three brothers are all in the living room. Mommy will introduce you."

As soon as Tang Shiba went downstairs and saw her three handsome brothers, she froze.

What happened to handsome? Why were Big Brother's and Third Brother's faces a little swollen, while Second Brother's was fine?

Had someone hit them?

Good grief! Who would dare hit them? She felt a little angry.

[Who beat up my blind brothers? They're already cannon fodder, and someone still bullied them like this? That's downright inhuman!]

Tang Dad was speechless...

So were the three brothers...

Tang Mom cheerfully explained, "They bumped into the wall when they came home, so their faces are swollen. The one with the worse swelling is your third brother, Tang Lin. The one with the milder swelling is your eldest brother, Tang Xuan. You've already met your second brother, Tang Xiao."

"Big Brother, Second Brother, Third Brother."

Tang Shiba greeted them softly.

She felt a little apprehensive.

[Although Mom and Dad treat me differently now, none of these three brothers likes me. They won't get angry because I greeted them, will they?]

They weren't angry, but they only nodded without saying anything.

After all, they barely knew one another.

Still... this little sister looked so much like their mother. One glance was enough to tell she was her biological daughter.

"Don't mind them. Things will get better once you get to know each other."

Tang Mom pulled her down to sit, glanced at the radiant Tang Xueqing, then asked her three sons,

"It's your first meeting. You all prepared gifts for your little sister, didn't you? Take them out and let Mommy see too."

The moment she finished speaking, everyone except Tang Dad looked awkward.