"What? You two?"
Qin Chuan's mind instantly short-circuited, unable to process the situation.
Luo Yi and stepmother comforting each other?
Two beautiful women with their own charms, comforting each other in bed?
Just imagining this scene was unbearable.
Now, Qin Chuan's dragon couldn't be suppressed any longer.
This change, of course, didn't escape Luo Yi's little hand.
She clearly felt Qin Chuan's dragon jump violently a few times, slapping her palm hard.
Very lively indeed.
Luo Yi chuckled lightly, teasing, "Oh, you want both of us sisters to serve you together?"
Coming to his senses, Qin Chuan's old face blushed again, feeling a bit ashamed of his sordid thoughts.
One is his stepmother, the other is the stepmother's best friend.
How could he let his thoughts wander in that direction?
A strong sense of guilt lingered in Qin Chuan's heart.
But deep down, there seemed to be a longing to break through certain taboos.
Fortunately, at this moment, his stepmother finished cutting the fruit and returned to the living room.
Luo Yi stopped teasing Qin Chuan and withdrew her hand.
"Let's have some fruit first. Later, when Wenxi is almost home, I'll start cooking."
Stepmother had a gentle smile on her face and couldn't help but complain, "Wenxi is something else. The school is so close to home, yet she never stays home."
"Today is the weekend. Even if one were to hang themselves, they'd gasp for air. Wenxi is at the age where girls are lively and active. How can you control her?" Luo Yi laughed and said.
"Ah..."
Stepmother sighed and then looked at Qin Chuan, "Xiao Chuan, when you get to school, you must help Aunt Mei look after your sister Wenxi more."
"Okay, I will definitely take good care of sister Wenxi," Qin Chuan promised.
Originally, he came to the city to find a job.
However, his stepmother insisted on him attending university.
Jiangcheng University, which ordinary people couldn't even dream of getting into, yet his stepmother managed to find connections to get him into the second-year clinical medicine program.
Although he didn't know what method his stepmother used, it's imaginable that she must have paid a significant price and spent quite a bit of money.
Regarding this, his stepmother said nothing, only urging him to focus on preparing for school, not to worry about other things.
Thinking about this, Qin Chuan felt even more ashamed of his thoughts just now.
He secretly vowed not to disappoint his stepmother's instructions, to take care of Ye Wenxi, and also to take care of his stepmother.
Just as Qin Chuan made up his mind, Luo Yi, sitting next to him, suddenly smiled and picked up a piece of cut apple, handing it to the stepmother opposite him.
"Offering without reason, what's up? Need a favor?"
Ye Qingmei playfully glared at Luo Yi.
"Why, you cut it yourself, are you afraid I poisoned it?" Luo Yi deliberately provoked.
"If you poison me, you can take care of the kids for me. It'll save me some worry."
Ye Qingmei joked and then opened her moist mouth, taking a bite of the apple Luo Yi held.
Seeing this, Qin Chuan was struck as if by lightning, finally reacting.
The hand Luo Yi used to hold the apple was the same hand that had just held the dragon.
She hadn't even washed her hand before feeding fruit to stepmother.
Initially, he thought it was accidental, but after she fed the apple to stepmother, she gave him a meaningful look.
Luo Yi did it on purpose.
Definitely on purpose!
Qin Chuan's mind was a mess, and the longing within to break taboos was once again stirred by Luo Yi.
His stepmother ate an apple flavored by his dragon.
This...
Qin Chuan was extremely embarrassed.
However, Luo Yi was clearly not ready to let him off.
She turned her head and looked at Ye Qingmei, smiling as she asked, "Is it good? Did you taste anything special?"
"Seems a bit different."
Unaware, Ye Qingmei replied seriously.
"Of course, you have to see whose hands it went through."
Luo Yi played with a smile, the hand that had just grabbed the apple, with its middle and ring fingers pressed together, made a teasing gesture.
Just moments ago, self-comforting in the room, Ye Qingmei understood the gesture's meaning.
Suddenly, she couldn't help but glare at Luo Yi.
Luo Yi, this minx, had such nerve to bring up bedroom matters openly.
Xiao Chuan was sitting right there.
If he discovered it, how awkward would it be?
Ye Qingmei quickly signaled to Luo Yi to stop hinting, to avoid Qin Chuan discovering something.
Time flew by, reaching around four-thirty in the afternoon.
Ye Qingmei started preparing dinner.
Qin Chuan and Luo Yi helped out with small tasks.
Around five o'clock, the sound of the doorbell rang outside.
"It must be Wenxi who forgot to bring her keys again."
Ye Qingmei frowned and then said to Qin Chuan, "Xiao Chuan, please open the door for Wenxi."
"Sure."
Qin Chuan put down the greens he was picking and quickly walked to the door to open it.
As the door opened, a stunning face appeared before him.
Though not born of the stepmother, Ye Wenxi, like her, had a face of disaster-level beauty.
Her slightly curled hair scattered from her forehead in a '8' shape onto her fragrant shoulders.
Due to it being summer, she was wearing just a blue tank top.
Two small rabbits already taking shape jumped into view.
Though not as grand as Luo Yi's, they were enough to make one feel parched.
Qin Chuan instinctively lowered his head, daring not linger his gaze, afraid of any reaction.
"Please let me through."
The girl's face carried disgust, her tone icy, with a feeling of keeping people at a thousand miles away.
Upon hearing, Qin Chuan quickly stepped aside.
Ye Wenxi walked past him expressionlessly, then greeted Ye Qingmei in the kitchen before turning back to her room.
Listening to the bang of the door, Qin Chuan silently sighed.
Obviously, Ye Wenxi did not like this brother who suddenly barged into her life.
And he didn't know how to get along with this sister.
Thinking of his promise to the stepmother, Qin Chuan felt a headache.
Since Ye Wenxi came home, she locked herself in her room.
Ever since Qin Chuan came, she had been like this.
It had been three days, and the total words spoken by Qin Chuan to her were less than ten.
Ye Qingmei also found this quite troubling.
She wanted to ease the relationship between the two young people, but knowing Ye Wenxi's character,
nobody could force her to do what she disliked, not even her own mother.
"Xiao Chuan, please call Wenxi to wash her hands and eat." Ye Qingmei instructed.
Qin Chuan nodded and walked towards Ye Wenxi's room.
Just as he approached, before he could knock, he heard Ye Wenxi talking to a friend on the phone.
"Don't talk about it, I'm so annoyed. Next week he has to go to school with me, dressed like a country bumpkin, who wants to stand with him."
Ye Wenxi was full of resentment: "My mom wants me to take him to register, I don't know what she's thinking, he's so grown-up already, doesn't he know how to register himself?"
Listening to the sounds from inside, Qin Chuan felt quite uncomfortable.
Still, he finally knocked on the door, softly saying, "Wenxi, it's time to eat."
"I know, I know."
An impatient voice came from inside.
Qin Chuan didn't linger, unwilling to force himself where he wasn't wanted, nor able to do so.
Even if poor, one must be dignifiedly poor.
Afterwards, Qin Chuan returned to the dining table, while a long period passed before Ye Wenxi slowly came out from her room.
Ye Qingmei couldn't help but scold her.
However, rebellious Ye Wenxi didn't take it to heart.
After washing her hands, Ye Wenxi glanced at the seats at the table, then reluctantly sat beside Qin Chuan.
As she sat down, she moved the chair away from Qin Chuan, showing she didn't want to be near him.
Ye Qingmei was quite helpless about this.
Qin Chuan felt somewhat down, saying nothing, and started eating quietly.
If the stepmother made him feel a long-lost sense of family, then Ye Wenxi made him feel the helplessness and grievance of living under someone else's roof.
If not for the stepmother, he wouldn't want to stay here, enduring cold stares.
Perhaps sensing his mood was off, Ye Qingmei proactively placed a piece of stuffed lotus in his bowl and gave him a gentle look.
Qin Chuan's heart warmed, he forced a smile and shook his head in indication that he was fine.
This comfort was already sufficient.
But what Qin Chuan didn't expect was that just as his stepmother finished placing the food in his bowl, a jade foot suddenly appeared on his thigh.
The jade foot was like a playful kitten, constantly rubbing against the inside of his thigh, gradually moving upward.
Finally, the jade foot landed on his dragon, gently soothing it.
Qin Chuan shook all over, instinctively looking at his stepmother.