What her elder brother said was too profound for her when she was a child, so she didn't understand it at that time and just memorized it.
Later, when she grew up and understood love, she finally grasped what her brother had meant. After that, every time she heard her mother call her father "elder brother", she felt like she had been force - fed dog food.
"Do you understand, elder brother?" Rong Lan asked cheerfully. Even though she knew he was drunk at the moment, since he had never said that he would black out when drunk, at the latest when he woke up sober the next day, he would remember the love words she had said in the middle of the night.
Chu Hengyuan did understand. Only he knew how warm his heart was and how much he wanted to kiss her when the little girl said, "Every 'elder brother' is an 'I love you' that outsiders can't tell." But he had been acting all this time and couldn't let all his efforts go to waste. Otherwise, the little girl would not believe him the next time he drank.
"Alright! I've finished telling you what I promised." Rong Lan burrowed into the quilt, looking for the most comfortable sleeping position. "It's time to sleep. Otherwise, we won't be able to get up tomorrow. Good night, elder brother."
After saying that, the sleepy little girl yawned three times, closed her eyes, and started to sleep while cultivating.
What she didn't know was that after she fell asleep, Chu Hengyuan gathered himself, suppressing the feigned drunken daze. He carefully leaned over and kissed her forehead, silently said good night, and then closed his eyes to sleep peacefully.
Although the process was very different from what he had imagined, he wasn't without gain today. At least, his little girl was now sleeping soundly in his arms, which seemed - not bad at all.
Si Mo found out the big event of the little fox returning to her human body on the same day. He thought that the career - oriented little fox would come to the fortune - telling shop on time the next day. But to his great surprise, when he arrived at the shop punctually at 9:30, the door was still tightly closed.
He stood alone in front of the fortune - telling shop, doubting his life.
He even took out his phone to confirm that it was a weekday and it was indeed 9:30 in the morning.
He almost thought it was a day off.
Where was the little fox? As the boss, she had been absent from work for over a week. Now that she could come to work, she was even late?
At 9:48 in the morning, Rong Lan lifted the bamboo curtain at the entrance of the fortune - telling shop and rushed in, out of breath and with a flushed face.
She knew she was late for work, so she had run all the way here. And in order to save her spiritual energy, she didn't use magic. She almost passed out from running, and the cold air in her throat burned painfully.
Si Mo, sitting in his usual seat, opened his folding fan with a snap and waved it. In a calm tone, he said, "You've finally come." He had thought he would have to enjoy the tea alone today.
Rong Lan recovered from the pain in her throat and then greeted Si Mo, "Good morning." Then she walked to the sandalwood table and sat down, pouring herself a cup of hot tea on her own. "You've even brewed the tea? Didn't you come here especially early today?"
"Not really. I'm not that hard - working." Si Mo held the opened folding fan and half - covered the lower half of his face. His eyes lingered on the little fox's red lips for three seconds, with a gossiping look in them. "Little fox, are you and Chu Hengyuan enjoying the sweetness of reunion after a short separation? You guys are really wild."
"Cough cough cough cough - "
Rong Lan, who had just recovered, was startled and choked by Si Mo's words.
She cast a resentful glance at Si Mo. "I just wanted to take a sip of tea..." Couldn't he wait for her to catch her breath before making such a shocking conclusion?
"Tsk - " Si Mo leaned back against the chair. "I didn't say anything. It's just that your reaction is too big." He just saw that the little fox's lips were bitten, and reasonably guessed that it was done by Chu Hengyuan. He could even imagine why the little fox was late, because the wound on her lips didn't seem to be from last night.
Sure enough, absence makes the heart grow fonder. This early in the morning...
Rong Lan covered her face, unable to control the blush on her face. "Although you're older than me, you're still a minor. When you talk like this, I always feel like I've led you astray."
If Si Mo hadn't mentioned it, it would have been okay. But as soon as he did, she couldn't help but recall the absurdity this morning.
When she woke up, her elder brother wasn't in bed. Of course, this was normal because he often got up earlier than her to make breakfast. However, just as she was waking up from her drowsy sleep, he came back into the room. Wearing his usually immaculate black suit and black trousers, he pressed her onto the bed and kissed her passionately and eagerly.
She didn't even understand what was going on. They usually didn't kiss like this in the morning. Their kisses in the morning were always very restrained because they both knew that they could lose control at night and just play around a bit more afterwards, but they couldn't in the morning because they had to go to work.
It wasn't until she was kissed dizzy, her upper - body pajamas were lifted to her chest, and his suit was wrinkled by her tugging that they both tasted the blood in their lips and teeth. He finally stopped tremblingly, kissed her forehead again, and whispered a gentle "I love you".
Then, he kissed down from her forehead along her cheeks, carefully licking the wound on her lips. In a hoarse voice, he said, "Lanlan only told me secretly last night when I was drunk that every time you call me, it's equivalent to saying 'I love you'. Fortunately, I don't black out when I drink, my little girl."
"Little fox, covering your face won't help. What are you thinking about? Your neck is all red." Si Mo interrupted the little fox's drifting thoughts.
Rong Lan came back to her senses and coughed awkwardly. "Cough, let's not talk about this." If they talked about it any more, her whole body would turn red. The morning's intimacy was too passionate. After the kiss, her elder brother had to change his clothes before going to work.
"Since there are no customers yet, could you do me a favor?" As she said, she reached into her coat pocket and took out a glasses case.
Then, Si Mo saw the glasses that Chu Hengyuan had bought from him for one million.
Si Mo's hand that was shaking the folding fan stopped. Why were the glasses in the little fox's hands?
He didn't dare to answer rashly because he didn't understand what the little fox meant. She wanted his help. Didn't she notice the formation on the glasses was related to him? Then how did she notice that there was something wrong with the glasses?
Rong Lan pushed the glasses and the case in front of Si Mo. "These glasses must not be ordinary. I felt the spiritual energy fluctuations on them. I suspect Qing Zhi did something to them."
Si Mo twitched the corner of his mouth. "Why do you think these glasses are related to Qing Zhi?"
If he remembered correctly, Qing Zhi's seventh - day memorial had already passed. How could the little fox still think of Qing Zhi?