Chapter Eighteen: Exchanging Sweet Nothings

  "Wen Yuan, after a while, you carry Nuan and me to live in the Welcome Guest House."

  "How can I let big brother spend money again!"

  Chen Chu waved his hand and said: "Since you call me big brother, don't be polite to me! If I let you stay here, how can I, as the big brother, be at ease?"

  "Yes! Big Brother!", Zhang Liao choked with emotion, this stalwart man was so moved that he almost cried, and it's no wonder, all these years, except for his own sister, only this sworn big brother had been so good to him.

  Zhang Liao carried Zhang Rui on his back, holding a small package and followed Chen Chu to the Welcome Inn. Originally, Chen Chu was going to help him carry the package, but Zhang Liao refused, saying: "How can I trouble my elder brother!" Having no choice, Chen Chu let it be.

  Zhang Rui blinked her big eyes and showed a cute surprised expression. She looked up at the Welcome Inn and said softly, "Big brother, can we really stay here?", The little girl's "big brother" was Chen Chu, but now she called Zhang Liao not "big brother", but "brother".

  Chen Chu smiled and nodded, "Since big brother is staying here, you all will stay here too. Don't just stand there, follow big brother inside." With that, Chen Chu led the way in.

  As soon as he entered the hall, the shopkeeper came up to greet him and said familiarly, "Young Master Chen is back, eh?"

  Chen Chu smiled and said kindly: "Little brother, I have a friend who wants to stay in the inn, go and open an upstairs room quickly."

  The shopkeeper looked up and glanced at the brother and sister following Chen Chu, then said: "No problem, please let Master Chen bring the two guests to follow me."

  The shopkeeper arranged Zhang Liao's sister's room next to Chen Chu's room.

  As soon as they entered the room, Zhang Liao put Zhang Rui on the bed. Zhang Rui blinked her big eyes and looked around, full of curiosity. The room was very large and clean, which made Zhang Rui feel a bit constrained.

  Just then, Zhang Rui discovered a problem, that is, there was only one bed in this room. So she asked: "Big brother, why is there only one bed in this room?"

  Chen Chu immediately understood what Zhang Rui meant and smiled: "Wen Yuan is living in my room. Wen Yuan, do you mind sleeping with me?"

  "It's all up to Big Brother to arrange."

  Time flies, and half a month has passed in the blink of an eye. There is still one day left, and finally, I will set foot on the road back to my hometown. Chen Chu can't help but want to fly back to Le Ping County immediately, wondering how everything is going there.

  That day, Chen Chu went to the market with Zhang Liao and Zhang Rui. Zhang Rui's illness had fully recovered, and at this time she was like a happy skylark, pulling Chen Chu and Zhang Liao's hands excitedly through the streets.

  "Oh! It's a butterfly! How beautiful!", Zhang Rui exclaimed excitedly as she ran to the side of a small stall.

  That peddler was a middle-aged man, and when he saw Zhang Rui, such an energetic and beautiful young girl, his eyes lit up instantly. "This hairpin would make the young lady even more beautiful if she wore it on her head!"

  "Really!", Zhang Rui smiled sweetly and immediately put on the butterfly-like headpiece. Then she turned around and asked Chen Chuxin with a smile: "Brother, is this headpiece pretty?"

  Chen Chu immediately put on a shocked expression, "Wow! It's really beautiful!"

  Zhang Rui's smile grew thicker, and a hint of shyness overflowed from the corners of her eyes. She quickly glared at Chen Chu with one eye, then immediately turned back to the boss and asked, "Boss, how much is this?"

  The middle-aged boss smiled and said: "Since you like it so much, I'll sell it cheaply. Just 500 bucks!"

  Zhang Rui furrowed her brow, somewhat regretfully putting down the butterfly hairpin, "Too expensive! I don't want it!", saying so she was about to leave.

  The middle-aged boss was anxious at a glance and hurriedly said, "How could it be free?"

  Zhang Rui still shook her head, "It's still too expensive!"

  At this time, Chen Chu and Zhang Liao also walked over.

  "Boss, we've bought this," Chen Chu said generously and immediately took out 500 yuan from his pocket and handed it to the boss.

  The middle-aged boss was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly.

  Just then, Zhang Rui suddenly snatched the five hundred dollars and said, "No way, you just said four hundred dollars! Are you trying to cheat me?"

  The boss's face suddenly turned sour and he said helplessly, "Alright then, 400 yuan is 400 yuan. You're really something, little girl!"

  Zhang Rui raised her chin, looking like a triumphant general.

  Chen Chu looked at Zhang Wei with some surprise. He didn't expect that this beautiful and playful girl in front of him would have such a fierce side.

  "Zhu'er, you really are...", Chen Chu said with a hangdog expression on Zhang Zhu's face.

  Zhang Rui put the remaining one hundred yuan back into Chen Chu's hands and asked curiously: "Big brother, what am I thinking?"

  Chen Chu smiled slyly and said: "Rui'er, I say you're really like a mother tigress!", after finishing speaking, he quickly ran away.

  Zhang Rui was stunned for a moment, then suddenly understood, and her cheeks were instantly flushed with shame. She couldn't help but chase after Chen Chu, "Big brother, you're so bad!"

  And so, the two of them started chasing and running around in a playful fight.

  Seeing this scene, Zhang Liao felt both happy and somewhat depressed. He was happy that his sister was now very happy; but he was also depressed because his sister's attention was increasingly focused on her older brother, while neglecting him, her own brother.

  Warm reminder:

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