CHAPTER 362: 362. ULTIMATE MOVE

Curious, very curious.

Everyone wants to know what Lian En/Big Brother actually said to Xinqing to make the little jealous jar stop being jealous and instantly become a good sister?

The more curious we are, the more the brothers refuse to enlighten us.

They keep their lips tightly sealed, simply dismissing it as a little secret between siblings and declining to discuss further.

Even Lianshan and Shuzhen, as parents, couldn’t figure it out, let alone Xinzhi and Chenchen?

The more secretive it is, the more we want to get to the bottom of it, which greatly annoys Xinqing, who’s intent on making clothes for her little brother as a way to compensate for his lack of good looks.

With tearful eyes, she dragged Dad over, who then smacked the heads of the curious ones and issued a gag order, finally putting the matter to rest.

At that time, Lian En finally picked up the fire-breathing dragon-like, grumpy master from the train station who wanted to scold him five times for every three sentences.

He knew his return home right after the exams disrupted many of his master’s plans and expectations.

Lian En was quick to apologize and act silly but had no intention of truly repenting.

After all, competitions and art exhibitions, there will always be another and another after that.

In comparison, the wonderful time spent with family is far more important to him.

He doesn’t want his little brother to grow up without any fond memories of time spent happily with his big brother.

Despite being blood-related brothers, having a touch of indifference and distance in daily interactions is truly heartbreaking to even think about!

To prevent such a ’tragedy’ from happening, ever since he started learning to draw, Lian En has not missed capturing moments like the second brother drinking too much and wetting the bed, waking up embarrassed and angry. The elder sister losing her New Year’s money and crying desperately. The second sister insisting on imitating someone’s perm and burning her hair with a fire poker, resulting in a burnt smell in her hair. The little brother studying hard but unable to escape being bad at science, and feeling miserable over his poor exam results, looking like a ’red lantern’ [common failure designation in schools]...

The accompanying illustrations, humorous annotations, and sketches, and even photographs are plenty from Lian En.

When it comes to the little brother’s turn, things become even more diverse, especially since his drawing skills have greatly improved, and cameras now capture more than just black-and-white photos, right?

With the help of little sister Xinqing, his collection has genuinely enriched a lot recently.

Haha, Lian En has already thought about it. If, in the future, his little brother distances himself, keeping away from the big brother.

He could immediately throw a stack of photos in the brat’s face: "You see, even when we were little, I cared so much about you!"

Those photos of bathing, wiping, changing diapers, etc., would be absolutely shocking.

Guaranteed to make the young man touched (?), moved to tears, and crying out: "Big brother, I was wrong. Age and distance cannot create barriers, we are blood-connected brothers destined to support and watch over each other for a lifetime!"

After nagging for quite some time, the brat showed no concern whatsoever, leaving Feng Ju feeling helpless.

But what can one do?

The disciple he raised, he must continue to cherish, even with tears in his eyes!

Moreover, being filial and loving siblings isn’t a bad thing, right?

If he neglects his parents and siblings for the sake of so-called future and career prospects. Then, in the future, can he even dare to expect the brat to treat him, the master, well?!

If you can’t change the disciple’s mind, you have to learn to adjust your own perspective.

In this regard, Feng Ju scores exceptionally high marks.

He consistently considers the disciple, making every plan for his good, without ever forcing him too hard.

Gradually, naturally, the master-disciple relationship becomes more intimate and harmonious.

So much so that Lianshan started feeling a bit jealous, fearing that his well-bred son might be snatched away by his sinister master.

Knowing that Lianshan had a son at an old age, adding another little Lian Li, a group in Beijing prepared several gifts for Feng Ju to bring over.

Little toys, small clothes, infant formulas, pacifiers, baby bottles. Peace lockets, peace locks, and small bracelets and anklets made of gold, silver, and jade.

All of it together filled seven large boxes, plus the gifts Feng Ju prepared, his carry-on luggage, and art supplies.

The entire car’s trunk and rear seats couldn’t fit them all. Helpless, Lian En had to call another taxi at the station, only then were the master and the disciple able to bring everything home.

"See, this little one’s birth put a lot of burden on Brother Feng Ju and several uncles and brothers, not to mention all the efforts you put into this trip, brother," after finally getting all the stuff into the house, Lianshan said politely and thankfully.

"Psh, what’s with the politeness? It’s not even for you!

If it were for you, I wouldn’t bother carrying all this around with me.

After all, the post office offers parcel shipping services, you could have had them send it there, and you could pick it up yourself one by one!" Feng Ju glanced sideways, not fancying this fellow, one of the culprits behind his precious disciple’s homesickness.

Lianshan was at a loss for words, suddenly feeling all his gratitude had been fed to the dogs.

He really ought to show this to his wife, who always says he’s childish and likes to clash with Feng Ju. Sometimes, it’s not about him being narrow-minded; it’s just Feng Ju deliberately finding trouble!

Hmph, and he was even thinking of hand-pulled noodles!

If it weren’t for his son’s face, he wouldn’t even spare a strand of dry noodles for him!

Looking at the abundance and variety of gifts, Shuzhen also felt they were too much.

Though equally another one of the culprits who led the disciple astray, Feng Ju was a thousand times more polite and friendly to Shuzhen. Seeing her frown, he quickly smiled and explained:

"Well, I also mentioned that for such a tiny child, how could they need so many things? But Jiang Shengnan, that tomboy, gave me an earful. Saying that this covers both birth and full-month celebration, it’s essentially two separate gifts. There’s love and blessings for the child, as well as apologies for not being able to come and congratulate you in person.

After she said this, Mr. Wu and Wei Lai both nodded and went back to add more things to send over.

What could I do?

I could only accept it!

Otherwise, with Mr. Wu’s temper, he would probably kick me over. Asking how could I not even manage to bring things, let alone anything else.

With neither physical strength nor seniority, I could only thank them immensely for their generous gifts on behalf of you two and little Lian Li.

As a result, they all replied, saying that with many years of friendship, a little token doesn’t warrant thanks or anything.

If you really feel it’s precious, you can always send some full-moon wine as a return gift!

For instance, that previous ginseng tonic wine was particularly good, everyone liked it a lot. Ahem, I thought it was quite good too, its been years since I felt dizzy and that tonic cured it. If it’s convenient, you could certainly prepare more, and give me a double portion."