Chapter 26: Bringing Things? Fake!
“Ding”
Shi An’an saw that it was Lin Xi who sent her a message, saying her Eldest Brother had some things for her and asking her to come pick them up.
Seeing this, Shi An’an was puzzled. Why was Lin Xi here? Her Eldest Brother hadn’t told her anything was being sent to her.
However, Shi An’an didn’t think too much about it. She just told Shi Lele and then walked alone to the position Lin Xi had sent.
“An’an, why are you here?”
When Shi An’an was passing by the Mecha Department, Shi Anxin spotted her own younger sister at a glance and immediately ran over.
“Sis.” Shi An’an happily looked at Shi Anxin, then craned her neck to look behind her, pouting her mouth. Sure enough, the follow-up pest was there too.
Lin Jinmo also looked at Shi An’an with disdain. They had only been apart for a short while, and she was back again. Tsk.
“An’an, where are you going?” Shi Anxin clung tightly to her younger sister. The closer she got to her younger sister, the more comfortable she felt all over, especially her tense mental power.
Shi An’an looked at Shi Anxin, her brows lightly furrowed. “You should stop and rest.”
Shi Anxin choked, feeling inexplicably guilty. “I… I’m fine!”
Shi An’an didn’t continue to persuade her and just took out a stretchy hair tie. “Look, when you pull it, it gets longer. It gently retracts. Pull it again, and it can still get longer, and it’s still soft.”
Shi Anxin and Lin Jinmo both watched the hair tie in Shi An’an’s hand as it kept stretching, retracting, and stretching again.
“But! If you keep stretching it… stretching it…” The hair tie in Shi An’an’s hand became increasingly stiff as it was constantly stretched, until…
With a “snap,” the hair tie finally reached its limit and broke.
Shi An’an handed the broken hair tie to Shi Anxin. “Take a look.”
Shi Anxin took it and carefully examined the hair tie in her hand. She found that besides the broken part, there were many other places that had lost their elasticity, close to breaking…
At once, she fell silent and looked at Shi An’an. “I understand, An’an. Thank you for reminding me.”
“Mm, remember, haste makes waste.”
Shi Anxin gripped the hair tie tightly. “Okay.”
“Wait, what are you two talking about? What does this mean? What’s wrong with this hair tie?” Lin Jinmo was full of question marks, not knowing what kind of riddle these sisters were playing.
Shi An’an and Shi Anxin ignored Lin Jinmo, who was hopping mad beside them.
“Brother Lin who came back with Eldest Brother earlier said he had something for me and asked me to come to this position to find him.” Shi An’an displayed the shared position from her optical computer with Lin Xi.
“Brother Lin?” Shi Anxin thought that the only one close to her Eldest Brother was Jinmo’s older brother. “Is it Jinmo’s brother?”
Shi An’an glanced at Lin Jinmo. “I don’t know. I only know his name is Lin Xi.”
“That’s my Eldest Brother. How could my Eldest Brother be here? That shouldn’t be!” Lin Jinmo couldn’t believe his own brother was also on the starship.
In the end, the three of them went to find Lin Xi together.
“Hey.” Lin Xi was bored waiting for Shi An’an when he suddenly heard his obnoxious little brother’s voice and knew the follow-up pest had come too.
“Brother Lin.” Shi An’an and Shi Anxin greeted Lin Xi.
Lin Jinmo behind them widened his eyes and quickly ran to his big brother’s side. “Bro, you’re really here? Why are you here? Why didn’t you tell me!”
Lin Xi disdainfully glanced at his brother. “Why tell you? Would anything change if I did? I’m not going to give you special treatment just because you’re my brother.”
With that, he patted his brother’s shoulder. “If you want me to give you special treatment, it’s not impossible!”
Lin Jinmo’s baby face instantly filled with horror, his legs going weak at once. “Bro, no need. I don’t need your special treatment, really! I’ll do my military training properly!” Don’t give me any special treatment!!! Otherwise, his military training would be over, aaaaaah…
Lin Xi ignored the guy and lifted his smiling face to look at Shi Anxin. “I originally thought since you’re training all day, you definitely wouldn’t have time, so I didn’t call you over. Since you’re here now, I’ll give you the things your Eldest Brother asked me to bring for you both at the same time.”
Shi Anxin and Shi An’an both looked puzzled. “Thanks for the trouble, Brother Lin.” Although they didn’t know what it was, the two still politely thanked him.
Lin Jinmo behind them quietly perked up his ears, wanting to hear what Shi Eldest Brother had sent.
Lin Xi stood up, his face turning serious as he looked at Shi An’an and Shi Anxin. “Your Eldest Brother asked me to bring some care and greetings. During the military training, Shi An’an, please make sure to think three times before acting on anything. Don’t push yourself to the limit. Grades aren’t important. What’s important is that I hope you learn something from this military training.
Shi An’an, Eldest Brother’s only request for this military training is that you return safely!”
Shi Anxin: “………?!”
Shi An’an: “????”
Lin Jinmo: “!!!???!!”
Lin Xi tried hard to hold back his laughter. Cough. Actually, Shi Anfeng hadn’t asked him to bring anything at all. These words were made up on the spot. Cough. If he didn’t say that, how could he get the medicine packet…
“My Eldest Brother… really said that?” Shi Anxin looked at Lin Xi suspiciously. That wasn’t right. Her Eldest Brother had always told her before that if she was going to do something, she had to do it thoroughly and not leave any regrets…
Shi An’an was also a bit suspicious. Although she didn’t interact much with her Eldest Brother, these words felt like something Third Brother would say, not Eldest Brother.
Lin Jinmo also looked at his own big brother suspiciously. He had reason to suspect his big brother had ulterior motives.
Lin Xi felt a bit uneasy under their stares and cleared his throat. “Cough, well, this morning I heard Anfeng say that An’an younger sister, you sent your Eldest Brother a calming medicine packet…”
Lin Jinmo: Here it comes, here it comes. So that’s what big brother was after. Tsk tsk.
Shi Anxin understood too, and couldn’t help feeling a bit contemptuous of Brother Lin.
Hearing this, Shi An’an understood everything. Holding back her laughter, she took a medicine packet out of her space button and handed it to Lin Xi.
“Yes, Brother Lin, this is yours. I originally planned to send it to you, but Eldest Brother said you were out on a mission with an unpredictable whereabouts, so I didn’t send it.” With these words, Shi An’an also hinted that she had already contacted her own Eldest Brother this morning, so all the talk of bringing things or messages was fake.
Lin Xi happily took the medicine packet, feeling instantly refreshed. He didn’t care that his lie had been exposed and carefully put the medicine packet into his pocket.
Looking at Shi An’an again, cunning flashed in his eyes. “Well, An’an, that pot of mint you gave me before, uh, was taken by your Eldest Brother. You see…”
Shi An’an: “Uh… I…”
Shi Anxin grabbed her younger sister’s hand at once, stepped forward, and blocked her. “Does Brother Lin mean he wants us to put in a good word with Eldest Brother for you? No problem, I’ll contact Eldest Brother right now.”
“Hey hey, no need.” Lin Xi waved his hands. If Shi Anfeng found out he had borrowed his name to trick things from his sister, he was done for!
Afraid they would say more, Lin Xi told the three of them to do their military training well and quickly left.
