When school was over in the evening, Su Rou was escorted by her two friends to Su Yuze's car. "See you tomorrow, Rou Rou!"
"Bye-bye." Su Rou waved with a cute smile, then got into the car. "Brother Ze, have you been waiting long?"
"Not long." Su Yuze shook his head with a gentle smile.
"Brother Ze, Brother Ziqi came to see me today." Su Rou said with a smile on her face, making the tear mole under her right eye look even more charming.
Su Yuze raised his eyebrows. "You mean Su Ziqi?"
"Yeah." Su Rou replied in her soft voice. "Is Brother Ziqi doing well? When he came to see me today, he said he'd take care of me." Thinking of what Su Ziqi had said, Su Rou felt it was like a mafia boss taking care of his underling.
"Do you still need his protection?" Su Yuze said domineeringly.
"Right, I have you, Brother Ze." Her biggest backer and support was Su Yuze. Why would she need Su Ziqi?
Su Yuze turned to look at Su Rou. The sweet smile on her face and the proud tone in her words really made his heart flutter.
"From now on, try to have less contact with Su Ziqi. Got it?" Su Yuze reminded her.
Su Rou was a bit confused. She could understand if it were another man, but she didn't get it when it came to Su Ziqi. "Why? Brother Ziqi is family." After all, they were both from the Su family, and their grandfather had told them to look out for each other.
"I don't mean that. Su Ziqi often hangs out with hooligans outside school. I'm worried you'll get involved." Su Yuze explained. He wasn't so petty as to be at odds with the Su family. It was just that Su Ziqi was in his rebellious phase and would dare to do anything. He was afraid Su Rou would get dragged into trouble.
Su Rou nodded. "I know, Brother Ze. Don't worry." She could tell that Su Ziqi liked to have fun. "I'll study hard at school and not play around with others." Of course, it was okay to hang out with Yu Fei and Xiao Yun.
"And no dating." Su Yuze added.
"Um..." Su Rou thought for a while. "What if I meet a boy I like?"
Hearing this, Su Yuze frowned. "You still have to let me take a look before making a decision!" How could his little Rou Rou, his precious sister, be so hasty in giving herself away? Besides, what did a bunch of high - school students know?
Su Rou looked at Su Yuze's tough side profile and snickered. "Actually, my standards for a boyfriend are quite high. I don't take a fancy to just any boy!"
"Really? What are your standards, little Rou Rou?" Su Yuze asked curiously.
"Someone better than Brother Ze!" Su Rou said without hesitation.
"Hehe..." Su Yuze laughed, completely amused by this answer.
Su Rou was just telling the truth. After having such an all - around perfect man at home, how could she find a boyfriend who was inferior to Su Yuze?
...
As for Su Ziqi, he carried his schoolbag back home. It was obvious that he was in a good mood. He thought that if Su Rou ever had any difficulties in the future, she could come to him.
When Su Meimei got home, she saw Su Ziqi sitting on the sofa with his arms folded, a smile on his lips, looking very happy.
"Hey? Brother Ziqi?" Su Meimei called out to him.
"Meimei." Su Ziqi came back to his senses and wiped the smile off his face.
"Brother Ziqi, you're home quite early today." Usually at this time, Su Ziqi would surely hang out with his buddies for a while before going home. She didn't expect him to be home so early today.
"Yeah, Mom and Dad told me to come back." Su Ziqi coughed lightly. "I'm going to my room."
"Okay." Su Meimei replied. Watching Su Ziqi go upstairs alone, she shrugged. Brother Ziqi was acting so weird. It was rare for him to come home on time, but why was he acting so moody?
Liu Rulan opened the door and walked in. "Meimei." Seeing her daughter, she immediately put her arm around her daughter's shoulder and sat on the sofa. "Are you tired?"
"Mom, I'm not a kid anymore. Don't be so over - protective!" Su Meimei was really speechless. She was fed up with Liu Rulan's excessive concern, which was a result of an incident when she was a child.
Liu Rulan stroked Su Meimei's face. "I'm just worried."
Su Meimei rolled her eyes. "I'm fine. But Brother Ziqi seems to have some problems." Compared to herself, Su Meimei thought Su Ziqi was acting strange.
"Su Ziqi?" Liu Rulan raised her eyebrows.
"Yeah, he actually came home so early today! Isn't that strange?"
Liu Rulan didn't seem to care. "Why bother about him? He's your uncle's son. It's their family's business to take care of him."
"Mom..."
"Stop talking. It's time for dinner." Liu Rulan clearly didn't want to talk more and led Su Meimei towards the dining table.
Su Meimei opened her mouth but ended up saying nothing.