Chapter 2077: Not Going to Say Hello to Your Brother?

He knocked on the door, but there was no sound from inside, though someone was definitely there.

Xu Shu glanced back at Ye Wanting, then pushed the door open and went in directly.

“Didn’t I tell you to get lost? Didn’t get enough advantage, coming back to take another scratch at me?!”

Yaen Chi’s angry yelling blasted toward the door, and a pillow flew straight at Ye Wanting’s face.

She was so shocked she froze on the spot, while Xu Shu, standing in front of her, managed to catch the pillow.

“Who’s been bothering you that got you this pissed?”

“Xu Shu?”

Yaen Chi turned his head, lying face down. His back hurt, and even slight movements made him grimace in pain. Then he suddenly locked eyes with Ye Wanting, despite wearing an impatient expression and looking awkward.

The girl seemed terrified, eyes wide and breath held, staring at him blankly.

Yaen Chi felt a jolt inside, and his face flushed. But he had thick skin, and quickly adjusted his expression, never breaking eye contact. Within a blink, he transformed from a rugged man into a handsome guy.

“When did you arrive?”

“I yester…”

“No classes today?”

Xu Shu had just started to speak but knew immediately the question wasn’t directed at him.

Yaen Chi again asked, “Did I hit you just now?”

Ye Wanting blinked, her soul still not back.

Xu Shu nonchalantly tossed the pillow in his hand a few times, then walked further in and threw the pillow back to Yaen Chi.

Yaen Chi caught it and used it to support his chest, chuckling as he looked at the little girl still standing at the door, “Really not gonna come over and say hi to your big brother?”

Only then did Ye Wanting snap out of her daze, her lips buzzed as if electrified, that tingling sensation drilling into her mind, and she hurriedly closed the door.

Yaen Chi didn’t quite get it, “What’s going on? Closing the door for what, afraid someone would see?”

“No, you’re hurt, you shouldn’t be exposed to drafts.”

Yaen Chi teased, “You understand that kind of stuff?”

Ye Wanting nodded earnestly, “Yes, I’m studying medicine.”

“I know you study medicine. I’m asking, how did you get here, who informed you?”

Ye Wanting honestly recounted meeting Xu Shu, then glanced at him nervously, “Did I disturb you?”

“No.”

Yaen Chi kept his expression steady; he had been riled up by Li Jian, having wanted to nap but blocked by the frustration. The more he thought about it, the more stifling it got. Yet upon seeing Ye Wanting, curiously, all that anger dissipated.

He saw the little girl still standing by the door, her back almost against the door panel, and gestured her over, “Don’t stand so far away, come let your brother take a look at you, see if you’ve grown taller during this time.”

“Heh…” Xu Shu chuckled softly.

Yaen Chi ignored him as if he hadn’t heard, but Ye Wanting blushed and walked over to Yaen Chi, “Brother Chi, I don’t grow taller anymore.”

Yaen Chi straightforwardly looked at her, “You’ve gotten thinner. Haven’t been eating well these few months?”

“No! I make sure to eat, sometimes I even have midnight snacks with my roommates, and I keep snacks in my dorm. I’ve followed your advice, didn’t starve myself. It’s just, the last time you saw me, it was winter, I was wearing a down jacket. Now it’s summer, wearing short sleeves, it just seems slimmer, but I haven’t lost weight.”

As Ye Wanting spoke, she opened her arms a few times. If she weren’t so overly tense physically, she’d have turned around a couple of times to show him.

Yaen Chi was momentarily dazed, “Ah… Really been so long already?”

“Yeah, it has.”

He had indeed advised Ye Wanting to keep snacks in the dorm.