As the sophomore year of high school was about to end, Su Yuze gradually noticed something strange about Su Rou. She clearly communicated with him much less at home. At first, he thought it was because the little girl was nervous about entering senior year, which was why she behaved like this. However... things didn't seem to be that simple.
In a secret training ground in City T, there were two girls standing. Judging from their ages, they were only about seventeen or eighteen. They stood upright. In front of the tall and slender Su Yuze, they naturally looked much smaller.
"Boss Su, why did you come here specifically?" Xiao Yun was the first to speak. It was impossible not to be surprised when she saw Su Yuze appear.
"I want to ask you guys something." Su Yuze said calmly.
"Is it about Rourou?"
Both Xiao Yun and Yu Fei were kids picked up by Su Yuze. They were orphans. Coincidentally, Su Yuze wanted someone to protect Su Rou while she was at school, and these two girls were the best candidates!
"Yes. Has she had any troubles recently?"
This question really hit the nail on the head. Yu Fei and Xiao Yun glanced at each other and then spread their hands. "We've asked Rourou this question more than ten times, but she won't say. We're out of ideas."
Su Yuze squinted his eyes slightly. "You mean she's like this at school too?" Staring blankly from time to time and only half - listening when others spoke?
"Yeah, but we can swear that no one has bullied her." So they really had no idea why Su Rou was acting so strangely.
Hearing this, Su Yuze pondered for a while. "Keep an eye on her at school. Report to me if there's any situation." It seemed that the little girl had grown up and started to hide her thoughts.
"Got it!" Xiao Yun replied.
They had seen how much Boss Su doted on Su Rou. Had anyone ever seen a younger sister going to school with a study companion? They were both study companions and bodyguards! However, Rourou was very cute and not as hard to serve as ordinary rich young ladies.
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"Brother Ze, when did you go out?" Su Rou was in the living room getting a glass of water when she saw Su Yuze just coming in. She asked curiously. Su Yuze rarely went out at night, and she hadn't even noticed when he left this time.
"..." She had always shut herself in her room to review. When would she have the time to care about him? "I had some business to attend to. Have you finished studying?"
"No, not yet." Su Rou was holding the water cup. Watching him slowly take off his coat, for some reason, Su Rou's face flushed instantly. She seemed to see his fair and well - built chest under his clothes... "I'm going back to my room." Su Rou choked on a mouthful of water. She quickly refilled a glass and then ran upstairs.
Su Yuze raised his eyebrows and watched her back. What was her reaction all about?
Something was off!
Su Yuze passed by Su Rou's closed door. After thinking for a while, he gently pushed it open. The girl sitting in front of the desk wasn't reading at all but playing a game. The sound of a little bird "chirping" came from her phone.
"Little Rou'er, take a break. Don't read anymore." If she kept this up, her eyes would surely not be able to take it.
Su Rou seemed not to hear. Her fingers slid gently on the phone. The little bird didn't hit the pig's head at all. She was just playing aimlessly.
Su Yuze walked over suspiciously and gently patted her on the back. Su Rou was slightly stunned and then turned to look at him. "When did you come in?"
"Just now... Didn't you hear what I just said?" Su Yuze's gaze wandered over her face. "You're not wearing earphones." Then why didn't she hear him?
Su Rou blinked her big eyes. "Oh, I was reading."
"Reading while playing a game?" Was he blind or deaf? Couldn't he see what she was doing?
"I got tired after reading for a while, so I played a game to relax." Su Rou turned off the phone, then picked up the pen again to do the math problems. She said seriously, "Okay, I'm going to do my problems. Brother Ze, you can go out."
"..." She wasn't like this usually! Su Yuze pulled her chair towards him so that she was facing him. "Little Rou'er, do you have something on your mind?"
She did, but she didn't dare tell anyone, especially Su Yuze! "No."
"Liar!"
"..." "No."
"Did someone bully you?" Su Yuze asked softly.
"No."
"Is it that time of the month?"
"No."
"Then what's wrong with you?" Su Yuze had lived with Su Rou for sixteen years. He understood Su Rou's emotions better than she did herself. Her abnormal behavior and her claim that nothing was wrong? Who would believe that!
Under his stare, Su Rou's thoughts drifted away involuntarily again. Su Yuze looked at her blank - staring look helplessly and rubbed his temples with a headache. Having a younger sister at home was really a headache, especially when this younger sister was in a bad mood. The headache seemed to double!
"Okay, then let's go downstairs and watch TV for a while, and then go to bed after washing up." Su Yuze asked for her opinion.
Su Rou came back to her senses. "Watching TV... No, thanks. I'll read for a while and then go to sleep by myself. You can go and watch."
Su Yuze looked at her for a while before compromising and standing up to walk out of the room. No, he still had to solve this problem. He really didn't like Little Rou'er's cold attitude. Anyway, he had to find out the reason.
Finally, Su Yuze left. Su Rou depressedly poked and drew on her notebook with a pen. What should she do? Brother Ze doted on her so much. Of course, she wasn't an ungrateful person, and she didn't want to be so cold - hearted. But - she was so annoyed now. Why did she always think about him!
"Damn it!" Su Rou angrily stabbed the notebook hard, breaking the pen tip. Finally, Su Rou just lay on the desk and boredly took out her phone to poke the little bird on it.
If only... Brother Ze wasn't really her brother.
Ah, she was crazy. She was daydreaming again.
At half - past eleven at night, Su Yuze walked upstairs to go to bed. But when he passed by Su Rou's room, he somehow pushed open her door and walked in. Su Rou was lying motionless on the desk. It seemed that she was asleep.
Su Yuze couldn't help but sigh again. Fortunately, he came in to check. Otherwise, if she continued like this all night, she would surely catch a cold!
Walking closer to Su Rou, he suddenly let out a soft laugh. There were a few dots of ink on Su Rou's face. Looking at the broken fountain pen, it should be from this. Her draft notebook was scribbled beyond recognition, but Su Yuze still keen - eyed saw that in the messy circles, there seemed to be a character "Su". Was she writing his name?
He gently picked her up and put her on the big bed. He wiped off the few dots of black ink on her face. Hearing her grunt discontentedly, on a whim, he planted a kiss on her soft lips. The annoying little thing. "Heartless little thing. No matter how angry you are, you'd better not do anything out of line..."