Around 10 p. m., Song Yunshen returned home, stretched as he walked into the bedroom, lay down on the bed and yawned, when he heard his phone vibrate.
[ Xia Jinshu ]: Are you home yet?
[ Song Yunshen ]: Just got home.
[ Xia Jinshu ]: I didn't have a chance to ask in detail earlier, but how is Uncle Song's condition now? Will he recover as long as he rests?
[ Song Yunshen ]: More or less, but we'll have to see how the tests go. If there are no other complications, it should be fine.
[ Xia Jinshu ]: So how does Uncle manage to eat now?
[ Song Yunshen ]: There's a caregiver here; she'll cook for him.
[ Xia Jinshu ]: Then how about I cook a little more for dinner next time, and you can bring a portion for your uncle? Homemade food is always cleaner and more hygienic.
[ Song Yunshen ]: No need for all that trouble. Why feed him so well? If he wants a caregiver, let him. When I went to see him this afternoon, he was engrossed in playing video games. He didn't look like he hadn't eaten well at all.
[ Xia Jinshu ]: Didn't we just agree? Don't be angry with your dad anymore. Besides, you promised me you'd have a good talk with him again. We can use this opportunity of bringing him food, what do you say?
Seeing how much she cared about him, and how she had even thought of how to re-establish communication with her father, Song Yunshen was touched. He also thought of the sense of security he had felt when he buried his face in Xia Jinshu's chest, and pursed his lips.
No wonder his future self loved burying his face in Mama Xia's arms so much. He hadn't quite understood it when reading his Future Diary before, but after being forced to try it today, Song Yunshen could only say, "It's really good!" As expected of his future self, he had excellent taste!
Xia Jinshu's chest wasn't as painful to look at as Xia Yunuo's, nor was it as suffocating as Xia Kening's.
It's just right, perfect for a soft landing, and full of motherly care.
I don't know if I'll ever have the chance to experience it again.
[ Song Yunshen ]: Since you've said so, I'll reluctantly give him a chance.
[ Xia Jinshu ]: It's settled then. I'll cook extra for dinner tomorrow. Remember to ask your uncle what dishes he likes to eat.
[ Song Yunshen ]: It's good enough that he has something to eat, why ask him this? He can eat it or not, it's up to him.
[ Xia Jinshu ]: Then I'll ask myself. I added your uncle on WeChat before.
[ Song Yunshen ]: Let me ask.
There's really no need to ask; Song Yunshen knows very well what his father likes to eat.
Song Mingyuan's favorite food is fish, so just ask Xia Jinshu to make a braised crucian carp tomorrow.
[ Xia Jinshu ]: It's too late today, ask again tomorrow. Remember to let me know when you've asked. I'm going to sleep now. [ Song Yunshen ]: Okay, goodnight, senior.
[ Xia Jinshu ]: Good night.
After chatting with Xia Jinshu, Song Yunshen glanced at the messages from Xia Yunuo and Xia Kening.
The two of them had messaged him around 9 o'clock earlier, but Song Yunshen wasn't in the mood at the time, so he kept putting it off.
At this moment, he took charge and first opened Xia Yunuo's WeChat.
[ Xia Yunuo ]: What time are we leaving for Wanda tomorrow?
[ Song Yunshen ]: What time would you like?
After replying to the message, Song Yunshen logged out and then opened Xia Kening's WeChat.
[ Xia Kening ]: Are you there? I want to play PUBG tomorrow morning, do you want to ask your classmate if they want to play?
[ Song Yunshen ]: You get up at 6 AM to play PUBG? You've got some ideas.
Right after I sent the message, Xia Yunuo from next door replied.
[ Xia Yunuo ]: How about I come earlier? Wanda doesn't open until 10 o'clock. We can watch a movie at home first, or I can play games with you. [ Song Yunshen ]: What time is "early"?
[ Xia Kening ]: Didn't we call them up to fight last time? If you tell them in advance tonight, there won't be any problem.
[ Song Yunshen ]: It's not certain whether you can come tomorrow morning, please wait a little while.
[ Xia Yunuo ]: Is 7 o'clock okay? We can go to Wanda after watching the movie, and the time should be about the same.
[ Song Yunshen ]: Let me think about it.
[ Xia Kening ]: What does this mean? It's not Xia Yunuo again, is it?
[ Song Yunshen ]: I promised her I'd go to Wanda for lunch tomorrow. She just got her salary a few days ago and said she'd treat me to a big meal.
[ Xia Kening ]: We'll go at noon, it won't interfere with our morning gaming.
[ Song Yunshen ]: She wanted to come over and watch a movie with me this morning...
"Second Sister!"
Xia Kening climbed off the bed in the living room, dashed into the bedroom, kicked off her slippers, and scrambled up the ladder to the upper bunk, then slipped into Xia Yunuo's bed.
Xia Jinshu was disturbed by her noise and opened her eyes in confusion, asking, " Ningning, what are you doing?"
"Big sister, you go to sleep. I need to talk to second sister about something," Xia Kening said, peeking out at Xia Jinshu before quickly retreating back inside.
"Are you crazy? You're crushing me." Xia Yunuo was pushed against the wall by her, looking speechless as she hugged the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in her arms. "What do you want?"
Xia Kening put her index finger to her lips and shushed her. Then, lowering her voice to a volume that Xia Jinshu couldn't hear, she whispered in Xia Yunuo's ear, "Are you going to see Song Yunshen tomorrow morning?"
"How did you know?" Xia Yunuo blinked.
"Weekend mornings are mine, okay?" Xia Kening said angrily. "If you're going to take up my time, Song Yunshen will definitely tell me."
"You're just going to do liver transplants, isn't having a computer enough?" Xia Yunuo said. "You can come along too. You can play on your computer in the study, and I'll watch a movie with him outside."
"How can that be? Don't go too far!" Xia Kening said angrily. "Will you die if you don't watch a movie? Wanda doesn't open until 10 o'clock, can't you come at 9:30?"
"You go to his house to play games every night, what's the big deal if you play one less morning?" Xia Yunuo rolled her eyes.
"Second sister~ Second sister~ Please let me have my way~" Xia Kening said coquettishly, shaking her arm. "I used to have all the mornings on the weekend to myself, but now I'm sharing half with you."
"Ugh, you're so annoying." Xia Yunuo was a little speechless, but she couldn't do anything about it, so she had to agree, "Alright, alright, you go down now, I'll go at 9:30, okay?"
"Whoosh!" Xia Kening cheered, immediately leaning over to kiss Xia Yunuo on the cheek, and said with a grin, "Second sister, you're the best!"
"You're disgusting." Xia Yunuo pushed her away with a look of disgust. "Go back now, don't crowd me."
"Okay, I'm leaving right away." Xia Kening shifted her position, climbed down the ladder from the bed, and slipped out of the bedroom in her slippers.
Xia Jinshu, on the lower bunk, looked puzzled. She wondered what her two younger sisters were whispering about on the upper bunk. Was there something she, as the older sister, couldn't know?
He even deliberately kept it from her.
However, since neither of her two younger sisters would say anything, she knew it would be pointless to ask, so she didn't say anything more. After Xia Kening left, she closed her eyes and continued to sleep.
[ Xia Kening ]: I don't care, I'm going to play PUBG with you.
[ Song Yunshen ]: Isn't it the same to eat it at night?...
[ Xia Yunuo ]: Mom just told me that there's a big house cleaning tomorrow morning, so she might not be able to come over early to watch the movie with you.
[ Song Yunshen ]: Oh? Is that so? Well, that's fine then.
[ Xia Yunuo ]: Then I'll probably come to your place around 9:30.
[ Song Yunshen ]: OK, no problem.
[ Xia Kening ]: Why do I have to give up my seat just because Xia Yunuo says she wants to see you? If she's also there when I want to see you, would you ask her to give up her seat for me?
[ Song Yunshen ]: It's not like I'm bullying you.
[ Xia Kening ]: That's exactly right.
[ Song Yunshen ]: Then you wait! I'm always fair and impartial, I'll tell her right now.
[ Song Yunshen ]: Okay, I've already told her to come back at 9:30 tomorrow morning, and we'll have chicken together in the morning, okay?
[ Xia Kening ]: She agreed so easily? [ Song Yunshen ]: Don't you know who I am? It's just a matter of a single sentence, okay?
Xia Kening, holding her phone and lying on the bed with SpongeBob SquarePants on top of her, couldn't help but burst into laughter when she saw Song Yunshen's words.
This scoundrel even pretended to take all the credit for himself.
It's clearly Xia Kening who's behind the scenes, controlling everything and having already taken control of the entire situation!
[ Xia Kening ]: I'll be there at 6 AM tomorrow. What kind of wake-up call would you like this time?
[ Song Yunshen ]: Can't you be normal for once?
"I'd even be happy to have your feet in my mouth..." Song Yunshen thought to himself as he lay in bed, though he certainly wouldn't say it aloud.
[ Xia Kening ]: Normal stuff is so boring. Let me think about it some more and try to come up with something more novel.
[ Song Yunshen ]: I advise you to behave yourself. If you mess with me like you did this morning, you'll see if your butt gets a bloody pulp.
After chatting for a while, Song Yunshen made sure to say goodnight to Xia Yunuo, and also sent a message to Xu Zhuoyue and Zhong Long, telling them to play PUBG the next morning. He then chatted with Xia Kening until after 11 p. m. before saying goodnight to each other. After plugging his phone into the charger, he went straight to sleep.
... August 10th, early morning.
Xia Kening quietly got out of bed, went to the bathroom to wash up, and then slipped into the bedroom to take out a pair of white stockings from the closet.
Back in the living room by the bed, she changed her clothes, glanced at the white stockings in her hand, and initially wanted to put them on, but then gave up and stuffed them into her pocket. She then tiptoed out of the house.
Before leaving, she didn't forget to take the leftover birthday cake from the refrigerator.
After going downstairs, Xia Kening headed towards the entrance of the residential complex. She happened to bump into Grandpa Song Yunshen, who was walking his dog, and immediately greeted him enthusiastically, "Grandpa, good morning!"
Hearing a somewhat familiar voice, Song Qingeng looked in Xia Kening's direction, then smiled kindly and said, "It's Ningning! Good morning! Where are you going?"
"Let's go to Song Yunshen's house to play with him!" Xia Kening ran up to Song Qingeng, squatted down, patted Gaogao's head, and said with a grin, "Good morning Gaogao too!"
Gaogao stuck out its tongue and circled around Xia Kening, nuzzling its head against her leg, very affectionately. After all, Xia Kening often went to the convenience store when she had nothing to do lately. Sometimes when her grandparents didn't have time to walk the dog, Xia Kening would step in and earn some snacks in the process.
"Go ahead then, be careful when crossing the street," Song Qingeng said with a smile. "It seems Gaogao really likes you."
"Hehe, I love Gaogao so much too." Xia Kening hugged the dog's head and interacted with it affectionately for a while before standing up, Song Qingeng, "Grandpa, I'm off now, bye-bye."
"Go on, go on." Song Qingeng watched Xia Kening's departing figure with a smile. He was in a pretty good mood early in the morning and continued his stroll with Gaogao in his hand.
Meanwhile, Xia Kening quickly arrived at Song Yunshen's house. She walked in with practiced ease, wearing orange slippers, and placed the birthday cake on the dining table. Instead of going directly to Song Yunshen's room, she went to the bathroom first to wash her feet.
After washing up, Xia Kening sneaked into Song Yunshen's bedroom. She glanced at Song Yunshen, who was fast asleep, and then sat down on the edge of the bed. She took out a pair of white stockings from her pocket, and after thinking it over, she only took one of them and put it on her left foot.
Then she climbed onto the bed, carefully crawled to Song Yunshen's side, put her hands behind her back, stretched out her two feet, suppressed a smile on her face, and quietly poked Song Yunshen's face with her toes.
Seeing that he didn't react, Xia Kening went even further. She took out her phone and used her toes to press against Song Yunshen's nose, making it look like a pig's nose. She snapped several photos in quick succession.
After doing all this, she realized that Song Yunshen was still not awake. So she blinked, rolled her eyes, thought for a while, then pulled her left foot back, loosened the white stockings on her foot, and pulled them down a little.
Then, she stretched out her left foot again, brought it close to Song Yunshen's face, and flicked it like she was fishing.
Just then, by sheer coincidence, Song Yunshen smacked his lips twice in his sleep and happened to eat a little bit of the pointed snack.
The next second.
Song Yunshen, who was still fast asleep, suddenly felt something was wrong. He smacked his lips and groggily opened his eyes.
"Ugh... Ptooey! What is that?"
Song Yunshen felt the foreign object on the tip of his tongue and instantly came to his senses.
When he opened his eyes, he saw Xia Kening fishing. Because of the angle, Xia Kening's raised leg blocked Song Yunshen's eyes, which prevented her from noticing that Song Yunshen had woken up immediately.
The next second, Song Yunshen grabbed her ankle, revealing her white stockings.
"Ah!" Xia Kening exclaimed in surprise, instinctively trying to pull her leg back, but it wouldn't budge in Song Yunshen's hand.
Song Yunshen sat up straight with a blank expression, grabbed Xia Kening, flipped her over, and slapped her buttocks hard a few times.
"What are you doing? I just woke you up! Ouch, stop hitting me, it hurts!" Xia Kening cried out as he hit her, trying to turn over, but Song Yunshen held her back down, making it impossible for her to move. So she could only plead pitifully, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, please forgive me, brother, I'll never do it again!"
"I think you'd be very bold," Song Yunshen said irritably.
After the two of them wrestled on the bed for a while, Song Yunshen, having vented his anger, temporarily spared her life, got off the bed, and went to the bathroom to wash up.
Before brushing his teeth, he looked in the mirror and smacked his lips, but couldn't taste anything, so he clicked his tongue.
Meanwhile, Xia Kening was still lying on Song Yunshen's bed, rubbing her bottom a few times before turning over, putting on the stockings she had brought again, and then lying on Song Yunshen's bed in a starfish position, still breathing slightly, not yet recovered from the intense struggle just now.
"Still lying there? You really think this is your own home." After washing up, Song Yunshen returned to the bedroom, glanced at Xia Kening lying on the bed, went to the bedside, and gently kicked her waist. "Get out of here, I still need to change my clothes."
"I'm exhausted, and it's all your fault for bullying me like that." Xia Kening rolled over again, refusing to move. "If you want to change, then change. It's not like we haven't seen this before. I'm not afraid, so why would you be shy?"
Song Yunshen rolled his eyes at her. Seeing that she refused to get up, he had no choice but to grab his clothes and go outside to change. Xia Kening watched his departing figure, her eyes darting around. She secretly followed him, and only when she saw Song Yunshen changing his pants in the living room did she suddenly run out and grinning as she approached Song Yunshen.
"If you're going to lie down, just lie down properly. Why did you suddenly come out?" Song Yunshen was startled and quickly put his shirt on.
But at this moment, Xia Kening had already reached out with a curious look and poked Song Yunshen's abs.
Song Yunshen quickly put his clothes back on, slapped away the girl's thieving hand, and said irritably, "Stay away from me, you lecherous devil, don't you have any shame?"
"It's not like I haven't touched them before." Xia Kening pouted, then couldn't help but complain, "It's been so long, why haven't we switched places yet? It's been almost a month, hasn't it?"
"Maybe it'll only be changed three times in total," Song Yunshen said. "After that, it won't be changed anymore."
"That's ridiculous!" Xia Kening pouted, somewhat dissatisfied. "They'll definitely change it again, but I just don't know when."
"You're going a bit overboard. Why are you so excited?" Song Yunshen said, speechless, and poked her forehead. "Can't you be normal for once?"
"I think you're scared, aren't you?" Xia Kening snorted. "You always bully me, afraid that I'll turn the tables and suppress you after we switch places."
"Heh." Song Yunshen sneered, "At worst, next time we switch places, I'll just not come looking for you."
"Then I'll go and force a kiss on Xia Yunuo and Xia Jinshu!" Xia Kening threatened, hands on her hips and chin raised.
Song Yunshen: "???" What the hell kind of threat is this?
"Alright, alright, stop fooling around and hurry downstairs for breakfast," Song Yunshen said, pressing her head down.
"No need." Xia Kening shook off his large hand, walked to the dining table, opened the birthday cake packaging, and said to Song Yunshen, "It was my mom's birthday yesterday, and there's still cake left, so I brought it over especially for you."
After saying that, Xia Kening went to the kitchen to get bowls and chopsticks, but when she looked down at the birthday cake, she suddenly frowned slightly and muttered in confusion, "Why does it seem like there's so little left... Is this all that's left after we ate it yesterday? Could it be that Mom ate it as a midnight snack?"
Looking at the very familiar birthday cake in front of him, Song Yunshen pretended not to hear Xia Kening's mutterings and went straight into the kitchen to get bowls and chopsticks.
I wonder what Xia Kening's reaction would be if she found out that her older sister had specially delivered a birthday cake to Song Yunshen late last night?