"..."
"He should be fine now."
Tang Xianqi smiled helplessly. "Good thing that, on Great-Grandma's birthday five years ago, our eldest aunt listened to Grandma and the others and let A-Jian stay here to recover."
Tang Xiancheng nodded vigorously. "Yeah, good thing she listened."
For the first few years after Tang Jian returned to the country, he had lived with them. He went to and from school with the two brothers, took swimming lessons with them, and played with them. They were inseparable, just like real brothers, and closer than they were to their other younger cousins.
He was genuinely worried that Brother Jian might end up a sickly Peacock.
"His health's better now, so he won't end up sickly, but as for the Peacock part, I think he's only getting worse."
Tang Xiancheng thought back over Tang Jian's recent antics and frowned. "Now that he's taller, he goes around flirting with all the older girls. Everywhere he goes, there's a crowd following him. He's always attracting attention, and then everyone stares at us too. It's such a pain."
Tang Xianqi chuckled.
It's being stared at that really bothers you, isn't it?
"Besides, you're obviously more handsome than he is, but everyone only ever crowds around him."
Tang Xiancheng was indignant on behalf of his more handsome older brother.
Tang Xianqi: "..."
"He's already like this now. Imagine how scary he'll be when he grows up."
"No wonder Tangtang calls him Peacock. When you think about it, he really deserves that name."
"Hey, why don't we start calling him Peacock too?"
Tang Xiancheng suddenly suggested.
"What are you talking about?"
Tang Xianqi pushed his head away. "Don't go calling people nicknames. A-Jian might get mad at you."
"Oh..."
Tang Xiancheng rubbed his forehead dejectedly. Before he had quite shaken off