Do you want to play jump rope?

  "Your sister is very clever, she must have known that you've never been in a relationship and would be particularly sensitive about romance. She skillfully took advantage of this point, after you got entangled, when you were wavering in your heart, she would proactively cut off contact with you. At that time, you were an emotional and simple-minded young man, after cutting off contact, your heart was filled with guilt, you might not be able to bear the mental pressure, and finally agreed to be with her, even if you knew there wouldn't be any outcome between you two." Fan Jianqiang's tone was very confident, no doubt, I also believed his words.

  I really didn't expect that Lijie's plan would be so deep, this is not something that a small man like me who has never even experienced love can think of.

  I said with some concern: "Then... then I'm done for?"

  Fan Jianqiang smiled and said: "If you didn't know me, maybe it would have been over for you. Now that you are my disciple, just listen to my arrangements."

  As soon as I heard that there was still hope, I immediately became tearful and said: "Master, you must help your disciple, otherwise your disciple will be in a tragic situation."

  It's not that I couldn't accept Lijie, she could be with me and I thought it was quite happy. If there wasn't Chen Xiao, I should have agreed to her.

  But in my heart, there is only Chen Xiao.

  "Just do what I say and you'll be fine." Fan Jianqiang said with a sly smile, "This is a way to make her your BFF. Although it's a bit unfair to Lijie, at least you won't go against your conscience."

  The next day, in the morning.

  My sister is still angry with me and doesn't want to talk to me. According to Fan Jianqiang's suggestion last night, what I need to do is: use actions to seek her forgiveness.

  Because of the class teacher's warning, I had to go to school this morning. Chen Xiao didn't show up again today, probably still taking care of her beloved brother at home. To be honest, sometimes I wonder if I were seriously ill and bedridden, would Chen Xiao come visit me?

  To appease my sister, I skipped the last class in the morning. You ask brother what he did by skipping class, and brother bluntly tells you: buying groceries, going home to cook dinner.

  You might doubt your brother, thinking that the dishes he cooks are hard to eat and can even make people vomit white foam and fall to the ground. All I want to say is: die without regret! Making some sacrifices for my sister, what's the big deal?... I'll try it myself first, if I don't get a stomachache then I'll let my sister eat it.

  Everyone knows that stir-frying is a bit difficult, for a rustic guy like me, making soups is the safest bet: winter melon soup, bitter gourd soup, cabbage soup, carrot soup, bean sprout soup... Making these soups won't mess up the vegetables, it's great and powerful.

  Talk is cheap, I'll be back home soon, and Master Hao will show off his skills! Tremble with fear, Earthlings, Moon people, Martians!

  An hour later.

  Sister returned home and saw three bowls of soup on the living room table, extremely delighted. "Brother, did you make this?"

  "Right." I just tasted the soup and feel very confident. This should be the most satisfactory dish I've made in my life so far.

  The three soups are corn bone soup, winter melon and egg soup, and kelp soup. So far, my stomach has no adverse reactions, it just feels cool and refreshing like chrysanthemum tea, could it be that the soup made by brother also has a laxative effect?

  "You're not going to poison me, are you?" My sister looked a bit unhappy, her brow furrowed, but I knew she was actually very happy and was just pretending to be annoyed with me.

  "Look what you're saying, how could I bear to poison such a good sister? If I really poisoned her, heaven will not forgive me." I let her sit down and taste it, stroking my chin, feeling a bit embarrassed, "Last night was my fault, I came back late and couldn't have dinner with you, sorry."

  My sister didn't respond, so I hastily served her a bowl of corn bone soup, which was relatively light. She hesitated to take a sip, and her eyebrows furrowed even tighter.

  Seeing this scene, I'm heartbroken, it seems that I still failed, my sister doesn't like to drink, can only try harder next time.

  I let out a disappointed sigh and was about to continue apologizing when my sister asked me with an unbelievable expression, "Brother, did you really do it?"

  I nodded.

  "No way! The soup you made can't be this delicious. You must be cheating me!" My sister's expression was serious, I wanted to explain but she wouldn't listen.

  "Xiao Jing, you wouldn't think that someone helped me with it together, would you?" I felt a bit sad, really didn't expect her to be so suspicious.

  Sister turned her face and said, "There are no three hundred taels of silver here."

  I panicked and had to find something to prove my innocence. Suddenly, I thought of something and stretched out my left hand, with a band-aid on my index finger. "Look, I accidentally cut myself while chopping vegetables earlier. Now you should believe me, right?"

  My sister heard and turned back to look, immediately softened her heart, said just now was a joke, wanted me to coax her more, I said I'm fine, as long as you forgive me it's okay.

  Then, another emotional breakthrough was made, which made me more and more believe in Fan Jianqiang's magical theory. I decided: to master all his life-long learning!

  But there's something else I need to mention, just now I lied to my sister, actually... the wound on my index finger wasn't from cutting vegetables, the real situation is: I skipped class and climbed over the wall, didn't expect that damn school had put glass shards on top of the wall, I didn't know the situation at all, and got injured like this.

  At that time, I was not satisfied in my heart. I found a drill on the ground and swept all the glass shards on top of the wall flat. Mom doesn't have to worry about being scratched by climbing over the wall anymore, hooray!

  My sister's side is settled, next are Chen Xiangli and Xiao Qian, so troublesome. After lunch, I started contacting them to ask if they have time in the afternoon, but couldn't get through to Xiao Qian. Chen Xiang said she still needs to stay at home with her brother, Li Jie said she has to go to work, and if I want a reply from her, it'll have to be when we meet up tonight.

  I was about to agree when I suddenly remembered that I had already promised Li Wei for tonight, and things that have been agreed upon cannot be so easily broken. Moreover, Li Wei has also helped me before.

  It just didn't occur to me that because I went to see Li Wei tonight, I got into one trouble after another.

  Time: Evening, after dinner, around 8:30.

  Location: A small woods on the outskirts of the city's east suburb.

  Maybe you see the small woods and think of those guerrilla fighters, but you're wrong. It's dark and windy at night here, with strange calls all around, the whole atmosphere is eerie to the extreme!

  "Brother, didn't we agree to go to your place? Why did we end up in a place like this?" I asked Li Wei with some concern.

  After dinner in the evening, Li Wei called me and urged me to come over. I felt a sense of urgency from his tone, so I took a taxi and rushed over, but I didn't expect it to be such a shabby place.

  A bachelor like me in a place like this, if something shameful happens, no one will know. Thinking of this, my face turned pale, and I felt a strange sensation in the chrysanthemum.

  Li Wei smiled indifferently and said, "Come with me, you'll know when we get there."

  I nodded and followed him, walking behind him all the way. From the highway to the forest, something strange seemed to be moving on the grass in the forest, could it be that delicious snake?

  The forest wasn't as dense as I had imagined, and after walking for a short while, I passed through it. At this moment, under the moonlight, I saw an endless expanse of fields stretching out before me.

  The wind blows, and the wheat seedlings are swaying gently, as if beckoning to me. But in this eerie atmosphere, they look just like a bunch of little devils.

  Li Wei pointed to a nearby building, which was a three-story small house with weak lights still shining on the windows. "That's it, that's my cousin's home."

  Is that his sister's house? I thought it was a bit strange. Logically speaking, Li Wei's family should be quite wealthy, and his uncle and all, the family environment shouldn't be too different from his, right?

  Maybe every family has a difficult scripture, it's someone else's business, I don't want to think about it anymore. When we were about to arrive at the small building, I asked Li Wei, "What did you bring me here for? There shouldn't be anything that needs my help here, right?"

  Upon hearing this, Li Wei suddenly stopped in his tracks and didn't turn around or say a word. I stopped and asked, "What's wrong?"

  It had been a good five seconds, and at that time, an urgent feeling surged up in my heart without knowing it, the thumping sound of heartbeat made people feel so clear.

  What the hell is this? I thought it was a campus suspenseful comedy article? This is going to turn into a horror story pace. But, something even more terrifying will happen later on.

  Li Wei suddenly let out a strange "heh heh" laugh, his tone making it hard to grasp what he meant. "Don't worry, brother, there'll definitely be something you can help with."

  When he said the last few words, his tone became ferocious, and I suddenly felt a chill run down my spine, with an extremely bad premonition in my heart.

  In the end, I still followed Li Wei into this building. The building was really old and worn out, with spider webs that no one had swept away, and dust accumulated everywhere, clearly no one had lived here for many years.

  Is this really his cousin's home? This is a bit unscientific, right? I started to become vigilant.

  Following Li Wei all the way to the third floor, the light here is especially weak. Turning left and right into a room, this room was cleaned up quite well. I was surprised to find that on the ground sat a little girl wearing a black dress, probably only thirteen or fourteen years old, looking very cute, with an air of nobility like a little princess.

  "What's this?" I asked Li Wei, hinting that he should introduce me to this lovely girl, and maybe then there would be another girl calling me Onii-chan.

  Li Wei didn't answer me, and his whole person became gloomy. Suddenly, the little girl who was originally looking sideways turned around to face me, raised her hands, blinked her big eyes and asked me: "Big brother, do you want to play jump rope?"