[In broad daylight, someone actually had the shameless audacity to use his looks to tempt me. Unfortunately...]
Ye Xunzhi stood calmly with both hands in her pockets, silently watching her second brother charge downstairs in a rage to chase her third brother.
Never in his dreams had Ye Qi'an imagined that his face, which had never failed him, which could soften even his eldest brother by a few degrees, would fail to work on this little sister. It was simply too discouraging.
If Ye Xunzhi had known what he was thinking, she would have sincerely told him that it had actually worked before.
Once, Ye Xunzhi had been blinded by that face and flown into a rage for a beauty...
As a result, she had ended up penniless and eaten plain steamed buns for three months. From then on, Ye Xunzhi understood that lust was a blade hanging over your head. The ancients had not lied to her.
Although he had taken a beating, he had unexpectedly gained temporary use of his second brother's car. Ye Qi'an returned with the car keys, feeling that it had been worth it.
Ye Xunzhi said, "Thanks for the effort, Third Brother. Eat up."
Ye Qi'an took the KFC family bucket in surprise, pressed his lips together, and muttered, "At least you have a conscience."
After finishing the family bucket, Ye Qi'an was finally full. The two went to the underground parking garage to get the car, and Ye Xunzhi climbed into the back seat.
"My adorable little sister."
Ye Xunzhi asked warily, "What is it?"
"You'll need breakfast tomorrow, right? Your third brother can't cook, so... breakfast money." Ye Qi'an held out his fingers and made a gesture asking for money.
Since this sister already knew he was poor anyway, Ye Qi'an chose to give up the act and lay his cards on the table.
Living off his sister? Whatever. As long as he had no dignity, he couldn't get hurt.
[You still haven't given up?]
Ye Qi'an, with a fake smile: I will never give up.
"Sure." Against all expectations, when Ye Qi'an had been prepared for ten rounds of back-and-forth, Ye Xunzhi agreed surprisingly readily.
Before he could wonder about it, Ye Xunzhi quickly added, "But we have to go to the bank to withdraw it. I'll give you five thousand in cash."
"Why cash?"
"Because I like it."
Ye Xunzhi roared inwardly:
[Obviously, it's so you can feel the weight of money. Don't think I don't know that a string of cold numbers is just a string of dirt in your eyes.]
[And you would definitely do something so wonderful as make your sister eat plain rice porridge with pickled mustard greens for a month to save money for medicinal herbs.]
Ye Qi'an =_=!: She saw right through me!
"Fine." Ye Qi'an was forced to bow to capitalism.
Kids these days were so hard to fool. They were nothing like the innocent, adorable children they had been back then.
If only the old man hadn't issued an absolute order this time, saying that their little sister had already met three of her brothers and now only he and the fourth remained. Unfortunately, the fourth was still out on a mission, so the job of looking after the child had fallen to him. He had even been ordered to keep Ye Xunzhi by his side like an accessory attached to his leg, or he would face the consequences... Ye Qi'an took a deep breath.
He hoped time would hurry along so he could send her away as soon as possible. After Ye Qi'an finished his inward prayer, the car arrived outside the bank.
He looked around and found no parking spaces nearby, so he said to Ye Xunzhi, "I'll go withdraw the money. Keep watch here, and don't let the traffic police give us a ticket."
Ye Xunzhi placed both hands on her knees and nodded obediently. "Okay."
[I promise I'll notify you immediately if any traffic police show up.]
Only then did Ye Qi'an leave without worry.
Vehicles streamed endlessly along the road. Ye Xunzhi didn't like staying inside the car. She always felt there was an unpleasant smell inside that made her dizzy and nauseous, making her carsick whenever she smelled it.
Pushing open the door, Ye Xunzhi leaned against the car and looked left and right, up and down. Her gaze landed on the road nearby, and her mind began to wander.
[When you feel you can't go on, go cross a road. Then you'll become someone who can go on walking.]
[Oh, that granny looks so kind. A pregnant woman is crossing the road. Seriously, how can they let a pregnant woman cross alone? Why isn't anyone beside her? But she isn't walking fast. She should make it across before the lights change.]
[A car is charging toward the pregnant woman... huh! A car is charging toward the pregnant woman?!]
Her body moved faster than her mind. Ye Xunzhi dashed out without thinking, shouting at the same time:
"Get out of the way!"
Hearing her voice, the pregnant woman looked toward Ye Xunzhi in confusion. Then she, too, noticed the car charging straight toward her, and her face instantly went pale.
She froze on the spot, her throat seeming to close up, unable to make a sound. The driver, his face flushed with drunkenness, slowly narrowed his eyes.
He also spotted the pregnant woman, then widened his eyes in terror and slammed on the brakes, but it was already too late.
At that critical instant, Ye Xunzhi lunged like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey. Just before the final second, she tackled the pregnant woman out of the way and, by the narrowest margin, cushioned the sudden impact with her own body.
[Oof! This little kitty just got flattened.]
Ye Xunzhi nearly spat out a mouthful of blood. She hadn't expected that, in the end, rather than being hit by a car, she would be crushed to death.
A man who was clearly the woman's husband rushed over from the other side of the road in terror, even throwing his cup of milk tea onto the ground:
"Honey, are you all right?!"
The man helped the woman up, and she immediately looked at Ye Xunzhi, who had just saved her, saying in a panic:
"Little girl, are you all right? You have to hang on. I'll call an ambulance right now."
"No need. I'm fine." Ye Xunzhi bravely sat up and weakly raised a middle finger toward the ground:
"If the King of Hell orders me dead at midnight, I'll give him the middle finger."
"Huh?"
The driver responsible also ran over in a panic. "Are you all right?!"
Seeing that this wouldn't be settled anytime soon, Ye Xunzhi babbled a few words, then hurried back to the car.
Perhaps the commotion had attracted the traffic police's attention. Ye Xunzhi watched helplessly as a traffic officer walked toward their car.
Frightened, she rushed into the bank and shouted, "Bro! Hurry, go! The police are here!"
The bank suddenly fell deathly silent. The traffic officer who had followed her jolted, and the crowd surged out of the bank all at once.
Ye Qi'an had just collected the money, and when six bank security guards instantly pinned him to the ground, he was utterly bewildered.
Ye Xunzhi thought she would probably never forget her third brother's expression for the rest of her life.
[Ah, Third Brother looks like he wants to eat me alive. Why? Didn't we agree I'd notify him if the traffic police came?]
Only when she saw the security guards confiscate the money in Ye Qi'an's hand did her sluggish brain successfully reboot, belatedly realizing that she seemed to have screwed her brother over.
Ye Xunzhi stood in terrified silence for two seconds.
[Question: what should you do if you've screwed your brother over?]
Ye Xunzhi's answer was-
[When in doubt, first take out your phone and snap a photo as a keepsake.]
Then immediately rush over and show your brother your loyalty.
Ye Xunzhi ran over swiftly, accompanied by her heart-wrenching cries:
"Bro, don't be scared! I'm coming to save you!"
At that moment, Ye Qi'an's brain shut down. "..."
Sis, you don't look like you're here to save me. You look like you're here to finish me off!
Don't you see how the security guard beside me has changed the way he's looking at me, from a criminal who actually dared to rob a bank in broad daylight...
...to a damned piece of criminal scum who actually made his little sister act as his lookout?!
Ye Qi'an: Don't come over here!!!
Fortunately, the bank manager arrived in time. The siblings went back and forth with him for twenty minutes, and the pregnant woman and the others also came over out of gratitude to explain what had just happened.
Only then did they stop the manager from calling the police, nipping in the bud a tragedy in which a sister's slip of the tongue sent her brother to the police station.
Only then did Ye Qi'an learn that so many eventful things had happened while he was withdrawing money.
So eventful that it was as though he and his little sister hadn't been in the same world.
Before the two left, they even received a commendation banner that the couple and the driver had hurriedly had made.
Outside the bank, Ye Xunzhi eagerly unfurled the banner and handed it to Ye Qi'an.
"Bro, hold this for me. I want to take a photo and send it to Grandpa and the others."
"That doesn't seem right. Since you were the one who did the good deed, shouldn't you be holding it?"
Ye Qi'an's voice was gentle, but his movements were firm as he pushed the banner back.
"It's fine, bro," Ye Xunzhi said earnestly. "With your height, you can better show off how nice my banner looks."
"Is that the point?!" Ye Qi'an practically forced the words through his teeth:
"Read what it says on there."
Ye Xunzhi didn't sense the slightest problem and spoke without any qualms:
"666!"
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