Chapter 380. Brother’s Little Home
“Ning Chu, Hei Dou, get up.”
Mom gently knocked on the locked bedroom door, and Ning Chu, who was sitting at the computer playing games, suddenly realized it was already eight in the morning.
Pausing her single-player game, she stretched but didn’t really feel all that tired.
“Got it!”
“Ning Yuan is leaving. Aren’t you going to see him off?”
“He’s leaving this early?”
Ning Chu hurriedly put on her shoes and opened the door, peeking into the living room.
Her older brother had already packed his luggage and computer, dressed in his outdoor clothes, wearing a scarf, and was putting on his shoes at the door.
“Bro! Can I visit your rental apartment?”
“What’s there to visit?”
“It’s not too far away.”
Mom crossed her arms and walked into the room, tugging at the sleeping little cat’s ear to wake it up while saying, “Better to stay home; I can cook for him every day, so he doesn’t have to rely on takeout. It’s not healthy.”
“Exactly!”
Ning Yuan, with a pained expression, nodded his head but stubbornly replied, “Living outside is convenient and closer to the company.”
Or rather, living outside is freer.
During break time, he could sleep as late as he wanted, skip meals if he didn’t feel like eating, snack whenever he wanted, drink, smoke, or even throw parties in his rental without anyone telling him off.
Not that he would throw a party—he hadn’t even had a girlfriend; the only women he’s ever held hands with are probably Mom, Hei Dou, and Ning Chu.
Ning Chu could only count as half, since back then, she was still a brother.
“Wait for me!”
“What’s so great about the rental…?”
Ning Yuan sighed, fully dressed, waiting on the doormat.
If it were Mom, he would refuse without hesitation, but with Ning Chu, it was different; even though she had grown into a girl, they had grown up together since childhood.
There was really no need to hide anything from Ning Chu… what she should know and what she shouldn’t, Ning Chu probably already knew like the back of her hand.
Within ten minutes, the petite girl was bundled up in a heavy snow-white outfit, looking like a chubby penguin, and dashed out of the room.
“Mom! I’ll eat out with my brother at noon!”
“Fix your hair!”
“It’s fine! I’ll fix it in the car!”
Ning Chu casually picked up a small handbag from the shoe rack. It was a gift from Uncle and was quite nice, so she had been using it all along.
“We’re off!”
She grabbed the bag and ran out of the room, looking up at Ning Yuan, who was already waiting by the elevator, teasingly asking, “You don’t have anything embarrassing in your place, right?”
“Honestly, there’s nothing.”
“That’s good~”
If only Ning Chu wouldn’t go rummaging…
Ning Yuan pondered what he might have hidden that he hadn’t revealed to Ning Chu.
There shouldn’t be anything, right? Even if there were things not suitable to be seen, Ning Chu probably already knew anyway.
“Get in the car.”
Ning Chu excitedly sat in the passenger seat, looking around.
The car was quite old, a second-hand one passed down from Grandpa, and if sold now, it wouldn’t be worth much.
But for her brother, it was a great mode of transportation.
The Spring Festival holiday was ending soon, and there were noticeably more cars and pedestrians on the streets than usual.
At this time, Zhang Shaoqing should be on the train too. This rich kid just can’t stand the hardships of working; he spends money like water and even tricked Wen Yang out of a late-night snack last night.
Using Ning Chu’s money! He spent over two hundred!
He must have drunk a lot; there’s no way the street stalls could be that pricey.
But thinking back, Zhang Shaoqing had often treated others to meals in the school dorms, so Ning Chu felt a bit better about it.
Ning Yuan drove steadily, but there was a faint smell of gasoline in the car that made her nauseous. She kept swallowing saliva, afraid she might throw up, lowering her head and sniffing her clothes and scarf for comfort.
“We’re here.”
The car stopped in the underground parking lot, and upon hearing her brother’s voice, Ning Chu eagerly got out, her face scrunched up in disgust: “I’ll take the subway back later; I feel like throwing up…”
“Car sickness?”
“The smell of gasoline is so strong!”
Ning Yuan was already used to it, responding and heading straight for the elevator.
“Your place is pretty nice~” After a moment to settle her stomach, the nausea gradually faded, and Ning Chu caught up to her brother, curiously asking, “How much is rent?”
“Apartment, one thousand three hundred a month.”
“That’s pretty cheap…”
“Suburban area.”
This was already the most remote district, even driving here, it took over an hour to reach the city center. Prices nearby were only one or two thousand, which was a decent deal compared to the city center where prices started at four thousand.
Ning Chu followed her brother to the tenth floor of the apartment building.
Each floor housed dozens of families but only had six elevators, making the corridor feel a bit cramped and oppressive, though the overall environment was quite clean and tidy.
“We’re here.”
Ning Yuan unlocked the door, and before he could step in, Ning Chu excitedly dashed inside.
“Do you need slippers?”
“No need; why ask now that I’m in?”
Ning Chu surveyed the room and exclaimed, “Wow, it’s two floors! I want to live in a place like this in the future!”
“The second floor doesn’t have a bathroom; it’s a nightmare if you need to go at night.”
Her big eyes eagerly scanned everything inside, “No wonder you don’t like coming home; living in such a nice place!”
As soon as she entered, the kitchen and bathroom were on the left, and deeper in was a living room of over ten square meters. The second floor was just a bedroom, furnished only with a bed and bedside table.
Though this rental was a bit cramped, at least it had a room, a hall, a bathroom, and a kitchen, which was infinitely better than Wen Yang’s current shabby place.
Ning Chu sat down at the computer desk: “You bought a new computer too?”
“Bought it ages ago, didn’t I tell you?”
“Oh~”
She casually moved the mouse and saw the screen light up.
The desktop background showed an 18X lewd illustration of an anime girl with her butt sticking out…
Whoa! That’s a bit too much!
She froze, staring blankly at the wallpaper.
The slideshow immediately switched to an even more risqué image.
Ning Yuan suddenly rushed over, snatched the mouse away, and quickly changed the wallpaper to a scenic view, lowering his head to look at Ning Chu’s innocent eyes, his face turning red.
“There are several wallpapers you sent me! Stop pretending!”
Even so, having Ning Chu see this wallpaper was still unsettling!
If Ning Chu was still a brother, they could share recent finds on resources and wallpapers, but now with him being a sister…
Even though he knew Ning Chu could handle it better than he could, having such images in front of a cute and lovely sister just completely flustered him, and he was sweating nervously.
“I didn’t know your computer was still on…”
Ning Chu averted her gaze shyly, wanting to ask Ning Yuan for a folder of pictures but not knowing how to bring it up.
She had to maintain some modesty as a girl.
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