Chen Yue followed Xia Yunuo, changed into slippers, and entered Song Yunshen's house.
She curiously looked around at the decor of Song Yunshen's house, and then watched Xia Yunuo enter, turn left, and walk straight towards the kitchen, clearly indicating that this was not her first time here.
Seeing her open the refrigerator and take out five bottles of Mizone, two bottles of Fanta, and a bottle of jasmine tea, Chen Yue quickly stepped forward to help.
After getting the drinks, Chen Yue couldn't help but ask, "Do you often come to his house?"
Upon hearing this, Xia Yunuo suddenly stopped, realizing she seemed to be acting a little too familiar with the place. She panicked instantly and stammered, "No, no, I've only been here a few times."
She wasn't exactly lying, since she usually went to Song Yunshen's uncle's house every day, and she hadn't been to Song Yunshen's house that many times, at least less than ten times. Saying she hadn't been there many times wouldn't be a lie.
Xia Jinshu and Xia Kening come every single day!
Thinking about this, Xia Yunuo suddenly felt a tightness in her chest, and her mood soured.
"Let's go, let's go, don't keep them waiting." Xia Yunuo urged, then left in a hurry with Chen Yue, rushing downstairs to the basketball court to bring drinks to the boys.
Song Yunshen, who was playing basketball, saw Xia Yunuo bring Chen Yue back. Before she could even hand out drinks, he grabbed a bag of drinks and called out to the group of boys behind him, "Come on, let's distribute the drinks first."
When only two bottles of Mizone were left, Song Yunshen handed one to Xia Yunuo: "Thank you for your hard work."
"It's not hard work at all." Xia Yunuo shook her head. She was quite happy to be able to help Song Yunshen.
Song Yunshen has always been the one making the sacrifices and helping her a lot; Xia Yunuo doesn't know how to thank him enough.
Now that she has the opportunity to help him, Xia Yunuo cherishes it all the more.
At least this won't make her seem like someone who only knows how to take.
"If you get bored while you're watching, just let me know," Song Yunshen said. "If you want to go back, you can do so anytime; don't worry about us."
"Understood." Xia Yunuo gently, watching Song Yunshen return to the basketball court and stand with Chen Yue, watching the boys play.
Feeling bored, Chen Yue approached Xia Yunuo and started chatting with her.
Xia Yunuo responded occasionally, but her gaze remained fixed on Song Yunshen, watching him dribble past opponents and make layups. Even when the ball missed, she still found him very cool.
The boys on the field were completely distracted by Xia Yunuo.
Although everyone agreed that Xia Yunuo was the prettiest girl in the class, she usually wore a school uniform, so her personal charm relied entirely on her face.
When Xia Yunuo came to watch basketball today, she didn't wear the school uniform she wore in the morning. Instead, she specially changed into such a beautiful outfit, which made her look even more refined and pretty.
So much so that several single guys couldn't help but glance in Xia Yunuo's direction every now and then.
However, everyone knew about Xia Yunuo and Song Yunshen's relationship, so they didn't dare to look too closely, but they were indeed more distracted than when they played basketball before.
As a result, Song Yunshen, and the singles team was completely overwhelmed.
Xu Zhuoyue was the most determined among the singles, barely glancing at Xia Yunuo, focusing entirely on keeping Song Yunshen.
As a result, Song Yunshen was unusually energetic and powerful today, as if he had been injected with chicken blood.
Xu Zhuoyue even suspected that he was deliberately throwing the game when he played basketball.
"Can't you save your energy? Why are you rushing so hard?" Xu Zhuoyue complained to Song Yunshen while Zhong Long was serving to Deng Shitao.
"You don't understand the world of the strong." Song Yunshen chuckled, his eyes looking down at him.
After all, everyone's mind was filled with Xia Yunuo's exclamations of "So cool!" "That move is so cool!" "Wow!"
With shouts like "It went in!" and "Wow, another goal!", everyone could probably turn into a basketball pro.
Song Yunshen has already restrained himself quite a bit.
He just didn't expect that Xia Yunuo, who stood on the sidelines watching the game with a blank expression on her face, had a rather interesting inner world.
The basketball game started at six o'clock in the evening and lasted until almost seven o'clock. Song Yunshen was so engrossed in the game that he forgot about the time.
On the other side...
As it approached 7 p. m., Xia Kening, who had been dragged into the bedroom by Xia Jinshu to do her homework after dinner, finally escaped her older sister's clutches and slipped out of the house under the pretext of going out for a run to exercise.
My second sister just said she went out for a walk; she must have gone to find Song Yunshen. She's been gone for almost an hour; she should be back by now, right?
With these thoughts in mind, Xia Kening walked quickly toward the Tangning New Residence West District.
As she walked into the West District residential area and approached Building 24, she happened to pass by the basketball court and heard the sound of people playing basketball. With a casual glance, she immediately spotted two familiar figures inside.
Second sister?
Song Yunshen?
So they came to watch Song Yunshen play basketball.
Why didn't this guy tell me?
Who will play games with her that night?
Xia Kening thought this, she became a little angry. Then, she rolled her eyes and suddenly came up with an idea. She then quickly walked towards the basketball court.
Xia Yunuo, standing on the sidelines, kept her eyes fixed on Song Yunshen and didn't notice Xia Kening's approach at all.
Song Yunshen Shen was focused on playing the game and didn't notice the figure gradually approaching from the sidelines.
On the contrary, Xu Zhuoyue was more observant. He suddenly caught a familiar figure out of the corner of his eye, turned his head, and saw Xia Kening.
He let out a soft "Huh?", then reached out and patted Song Yunshen's shoulder, pointing in Xia Kening's direction. "Isn't that your cousin?"
"Huh?!" Upon hearing this, Song Yunshen was startled and turned his head sharply to look in the direction Xu Zhuoyue was pointing.
The other boys nearby heard what Xu Zhuoyue said and all looked over. When their eyes fell on Xia Kening, everyone's eyes lit up.
Xia Yunuo also snapped out of her daze and looked in that direction. When her gaze met Xia Kening's, she...
He was immediately shocked, then his heart pounded, and he almost turned and ran away.
But it would be too strange to leave now, so Xia Yunuo had to control herself and then secretly winked at Xia Kening, signaling her not to say anything out of line.
Xia Kening gave her a reassuring look, then ran up to Song Yunshen, grabbed his arm and shook it. "Brother~ Didn't you promise to play games with me after 7 pm? Why are you still playing ball here?"
Song Yunshen was embarrassed for a moment, then quickly withdrew his hand, turned to look at Xia Yunuo, and then at Xia Kening in front of him.
He took a deep breath, trying to calm his suddenly chaotic thoughts. He pretended not to know about the relationship between the two sisters, treating Xia Kening as his real cousin, and casually said, "I forgot to tell you, I'm going to play basketball with them tonight. You can go upstairs and play by yourself for a while."
"No, no!" Xia Kening grabbed his arm and shook it again, pleading in a coquettish voice, "You promised me, you can't go back on your word."
Song Yunshen had already developed resistance to her coquettish tactics, but his single buddies nearby couldn't resist. Even though the object of her affections wasn't them, they felt a little sorry for her and advised, "Why don't you go up with her first, Brother Shen? We can continue fighting."
"It's nothing," Song Yunshen said, secretly glaring at her. "I'll let you play a little longer today, okay? Can you play until nine o'clock?"
"You said it yourself, I didn't force you," Xia Kening said with a grin, her eyes darting around.
"I advise you to quit while you're ahead," Song Yunshen said through gritted teeth in a low voice.
"Okay, but I won't go up there yet." Xia Kening looked in the direction of Xia Yunuo and Chen Yue, and continued, "Brother, are those your classmates over there too?"
Don't ask questions you already know the answer to.
"Then I'd like to watch you play basketball for a while. You two continue playing, I won't disturb you." Xia Kening said obediently, then walked straight to Xia Yunuo's side and politely greeted her, "Hello, both of you sisters."
"Hello, hello." Chen Yue greeted her with a smile, then asked with some curiosity, "Are you really Song Yunshen's cousin?"
"Yes." Xia Kening nodded with a sweet smile, then looked at Xia Yunuo and asked curiously, "Is this sister Xia Yunuo? I often hear my brother mention you. Are you two dating?"
When Xia Yunuo saw her younger sister playing pranks in front of her, she was speechless, but in order not to expose her, she could only pretend that she knew nothing and said to her with a forced smile, "He and I are just friends, we're not dating, sister, you've misunderstood."
"But I've never seen my brother so close to other female friends before," Xia Kening continued deliberately. "I think your relationship is definitely not ordinary. Don't you like my brother, sister?"
"Exactly, exactly." Chen Yue, who had long been fed up with their secretive behavior, chuckled and egged them on, " Xia Yunuo, stop pretending. Everyone in the class knows about your relationship."
"It's not what you think." Xia Yunuo's cheeks flushed red as she explained to Chen Yue, while glaring furiously at Xia Kening to warn her to stop talking nonsense.
Xia Kening, now acting like a complete idiot, was inwardly laughing uncontrollably, finding it extremely amusing, and continued to press on, "So, does sister not like my brother?"
"I didn't say I didn't like it." Xia Yunuo was a little dizzy from her questions, feeling like her head was about to explode. "Ugh, anyway, it's not like what you're saying, please stop asking!"
Song Yunshen watched the game while playing basketball, feeling somewhat apprehensive.
However, judging from Xia Kening and Xia Yunuo's expressions, they probably didn't intend to expose each other, thus creating a strange balance on the scene.
Everyone knows the truth, but no one dares to expose it; they just keep putting on an act.
After another ten minutes or so, Deng Shitao apologized, saying that they should stop fighting there, as he had plans to see a movie with Chen Yue that evening.
Upon hearing this, Song Yunshen breathed a sigh of relief and quickly said that he would stop fighting.
Xu Zhuoyue and the others didn't insist, waving their hands and telling the two traitors to leave immediately.
So Song Yunshen quickly returned to the sidelines and waved to Xia Yunuo and Xia Kening.
Xia Yunuo obediently stepped forward, glanced at her bratty younger sister, and then handed a bottle of Mizone to Song Yunshen.
"Wow, my sister is so nice!" Xia Kening said sarcastically in an innocent tone, "She even brings water to my brother."
Song Yunshen took the Mizone, his lips twitching slightly.
Xia Yunuo took a deep breath, forcing a smile, afraid that Song Yunshen see through her act. She could only pretend that Xia Kening was really his cousin, and said with a forced smile, "It's nothing, I was just helping him carry it."
Song Yunshen took a big gulp of Mizone, led the two away from the basketball court, and then turned to look at Xia Yunuo, still unsure how to explain.
In his view, Xia Yunuo shouldn't have known that Xia Kening had come to his house to play games.
So he didn't expect that after Xia Kening discovered him and Xia Yunuo, she would actually step forward to stir up trouble.
But then he thought about it again and realized that wasn't right.
Although Xia Kening usually seems carefree, she is not actually reckless.
If that's the case, could it be because Xia Yunuo already knew Xia Kening would be coming to his house to play games?
They are sisters after all, and this kind of thing can't be kept secret forever; it might have been exposed at some point before.
Song Yunshen pondered this possibility, he felt less panicked.
At this moment, Xia Yunuo took the initiative to say, "Since your cousin has come to visit you, I'll go home now. See you tomorrow."
"Mm." Song Yunshen nodded immediately in agreement.
But the next second, as if things hadn't gotten out of hand, Xia Kening immediately grabbed Xia Yunuo's arm and said affectionately, "Sister, why are you in such a hurry to leave? Won't you come up and sit for a while?"
"No, thank you," Xia Yunuo quickly declined. "We only agreed to come watch him play basketball, so—"
"What does it matter?" Xia Kening hugged her arm tightly to prevent her from slipping away, and pulled her towards Building 24 with a grin. "Sister, don't be so polite. Brother said you've been visiting our house several times already. Look, it's still early, why don't you go upstairs and play for a while longer?"
Song Yunshen's eyes twitched as he stood to the side, wishing he could slap Xia Kening's head to bring her to her senses.
But with Xia Yunuo nearby, he couldn't make a move.
At this moment, Xia Yunuo was speechless. She wanted to resist, but she didn't want to. Her mind didn't want to, but her body was very honest. She was dragged by Xia Kening towards Song Yunshen's house.
[What exactly is Xia Kening up to? I'm speechless. I should have told her beforehand.]
[However, it seems the situation has stabilized now, and Nuonuo doesn't appear to be very angry.]
Listening to Song Yunshen's thoughts, Xia Yunuo realized that he actually cared about whether she was angry, which made her feel a little better.
Moreover, one was called Xia Kening and the other Nuonuo, Xia Yunuo's lips curled up slightly, making her even happier.
[But why does Ningning call Yun Shen "Brother Yunshen "? Does she usually call him that?]
[Judging from Xu Zhuoyue's Xu Zhuoyue just now, he seems to know Ningning. Could it be that they've met before? He also said that Ningning is Yunshen's cousin, which was probably a lie Ningning told before?]
[Really, Ningning! If she's going to be a liver surrogate for Yunshen, she should just do it properly. Why did she have to drag me along? It's so awkward. What if Yun Yunshen finds out about our relationship?]
Song Yunshen also secretly listened to Xia Yunuo's thoughts, confirming that she was really not angry, and that she did know beforehand that Xia Kening would come to his place to play games, which relieved him.
Liver surrogacy is great! Luckily I came up with that reason back then, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to explain myself today.
The three of them, each with their own ulterior motives, headed towards Building 24, quickly entered the elevator, and went up to the 18th floor.
As soon as she stepped out of the elevator, Xia Kening took the lead and arrived at her front door first. She entered her personal password with practiced ease and opened the door.
Although she had successfully opened this door before by using her sister's birthday, witnessing this scene in person still made Xia Yunuo's eyes twitch and her mood somewhat unpleasant.
At this moment, Xia Kening took out her pair of orange slippers from the shoe cabinet, and also got Xia Yunuo a pair of ordinary guest slippers. "Sister, here."
Seeing this, Xia Yunuo took the ordinary slippers and put them back in the shoe cabinet. She then took out the navy blue slippers and smiled at Xia Kening, saying, "These will do. Yunshen bought them for me."
"Oh, oh." Xia Kening nodded in realization, secretly clicking her tongue in annoyance. Then, she put on her orange slippers and said with a grin, "So, brother not only bought them for me, but he also bought new slippers for sister."
Reminded by Xia Kening, Xia Yunuo's gaze fell on her sister's feet, and she realized the difference between her slippers and ordinary slippers.
Xia Yunuo bit her lip lightly, let out a barely audible hum, put on her navy blue slippers, and followed Song Yunshen into his house.
At this moment, Xia Kening said to the speaker on the coffee table in the living room, " Celia, Celia, turn on the game mode in the study."
As soon as he finished speaking, the lights in the study came on, the curtains closed, and the air conditioner was turned on.
Upon seeing this, Xia Yunuo frowned slightly and clenched her fists.
Xia Kening skillfully ran to the kitchen to grab a bottle of yogurt, then picked out two bags of potato chips from the snack bag in the living room. She then said to Xia Yunuo, "Sister, don't be shy. Just take the snacks here. Take whatever you want."
Xia Yunuo took a deep breath, and while Song Yunshen said he was going to the restroom, she immediately moved closer to Xia Kening and...
He grabbed her ear and said angrily, "What are you pretending for? Is this your home? You've really gotten addicted to this, haven't you?"
"Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch!" Xia Kening winced in pain and quickly pointed to the living room camera, whispering a reminder, "Sis, be careful, there are security cameras here. You don't want to be exposed, do you?"
Startled by her reminder, Xia Yunuo quickly let go of her hand, glanced guiltily at the camera, and then warned in a low voice, "Isn't this all your fault? It's one thing to cause a ruckus on the basketball court, but why did you have to drag me up here?"
"Tonight is clearly my gaming time, but my sister insists on taking it all. Since you want to be with Song Yunshen so much, I'll kindly help you out." Xia Kening snorted. "What's wrong? You're not happy that I let you come up here? Why didn't you resist when I grabbed you earlier?"
" Yunshen is watching right here, what can I do?" Xia Yunuo retorted softly.
"Oh my, you're even calling him Yunshen now, eh~" Xia Kening rubbed non-existent goosebumps on her arms and teased, "Sister, you wouldn't actually be smitten, would you?"
"What are you talking about? It's just a term of endearment between good friends," Xia Yunuo retorted, blushing. "Anyway, you're not allowed to say anything else later. I'll just sit here for a bit and then go back. Just focus on your liver surrogate work; I don't want to bother with you anymore."
Xia Kening rolled her eyes, still wanting to deliberately annoy her older sister.
But by then Song Yunshen had finished using the restroom and came out. So Xia Kening had no choice but to give up and revert to being the obedient cousin.
The three of them then proceeded to perform their acting skills together as they entered the study.