Those years, those jokes, those scum

Chapter 124: Purely Accidental, Neighbor's Misbehavior 18

"Brother, you will catch a cold if you sleep here."

The weather was cool and the rain was dripping. It was a good night for a good sleep. When I was half asleep, a familiar and gentle voice sounded beside me.

"Hmm, um?" Leng Xu opened his tired eyelids with all his strength. He was stunned for a long time before coming back to his senses. He called out weakly in a hoarse voice: "Ah, it's Xiao Nuan. What time is it now?"

"23:34, brother, are you okay? Are you guys so busy recently?" Leng Nuan was worried and surprised that her eldest brother had been leaving home early and coming back late every day, looking exhausted. After all, she saw the elder sister opposite her brother every day, who was her brother's immediate boss, always looking very idle.

"It's okay, I'll just have to work for a few more days and then it will be over." Leng Xu sat up from the sofa and explained while pounding his stiff shoulders. Even as a young office worker, such a long standby time is very unbearable~

The phone on the coffee table buzzed. Leng Xu, who had just looked exhausted, became more energetic when he saw the message. He held the phone and replied to the message attentively.

Leng Nuan, who was standing aside, looked at him thoughtfully for a while, and then said, "Brother, if you are tired, wash up and rest early."

Leng Xu continued to look down at his phone, and replied perfunctorily: "Okay, I got it. Xiao Nuan, don't study too late, go to bed early."

"Okay, I'll go to bed after I finish cleaning up." Leng Nuan said without saying anything else, and walked towards the room with her cup half filled with water.

So - is there something wrong with her brother? Just now when she passed by, she accidentally saw the note "Xiao Nian" in the chat box.

It seems, I have some impression. Leng Nuan lifted the quilt of Xiao Langge and crawled in while recalling this familiar name. She quickly searched in her mind for people she knew with the word "nian". Suddenly she remembered the Qi family that her eldest brother mentioned some time ago, and they were neighbors when they were young. I remember that they had a daughter named "Qi Yunian". If you count carefully, it seems that she is the one her eldest brother had a crush on!

So, are these childhood sweethearts going to rekindle their past relationship?

If they are dating, then it is a good thing. Then my mother will be relieved. And she... Never mind. Let's go to bed first. Thinking of this, Leng Nuan stopped thinking, covered himself with the quilt and prepared to go to sleep.

The clock on the wall rang on the hour. Leng Xu, who had become more energetic after chatting, stretched himself, said goodnight to the other party, and prepared to wash up and rest.

Oh, right. He had to put away the umbrella hanging on the balcony first. He didn't want his obsessive-compulsive dad to catch him nagging him about not putting things back in their proper places after use.

"It dries pretty fast." It's good to buy more expensive ones with better quality. Leng Xu happily wiped the remaining water stains on the umbrella with a rag thinking this.

After drying himself, wrapping himself up, he opened the cabinet at the entrance that was used to store umbrellas, put his umbrella in the small compartment that belonged to him, and closed the door. Leng Xu yawned loudly, ready to wash up and go to bed as quickly as possible. Suddenly, he felt so sleepy. He was really tired...

Wait!!!

Suddenly remembering something, Leng Xu immediately ran back to the entrance and opened the cabinet door. As expected, he found something wrong.

Isn't this elegant dark blue long-handled umbrella his boss's? Why is it in their cabinet?

Oh, don't ask why he could so accurately identify this umbrella as Qin Shuangjiang's. Because the initials of SJ were hypocritically engraved on the black umbrella handle. In the afternoon, he saw her leaving the company with her secretary holding this umbrella.

Did his parents borrow it? No, that's unlikely. With his dad's personality, he would definitely go out with an umbrella in this kind of weather. Then, did his mom borrow it? That doesn't seem right either, not to mention that they live right across the street. There's no reason for Qin Shuangjiang to forget to take the umbrella back!

Then, what if it was Xiao Nuan? "Well, that makes sense." Maybe Xiao Nuan forgot to bring her umbrella and happened to meet Qin Shuangjiang. Then the two of them came back together with an umbrella. Why was the umbrella at his house? Ah, it doesn't matter. If it was Xiao Nuan, then it wouldn't be strange for this person to do anything.

Well, the truth is out. Let's go to bed! Leng Xu touched his chin and nodded. He was proud of his analysis.

"It's so abominable. I put all the work on him. But I was secretly plotting against someone else's sister and showing my affection to her!" Leng Xu, who had regained his energy after taking a shower, muttered to himself in his bed. Because he was busy with work recently and saw that the other party didn't take any practical actions, he forgot about this matter. It's really not his fault that he forgot and didn't take it seriously, right? After comforting himself like this, Leng Xu felt better. So, he closed his eyes and waited for the god of sleep to come.

Eh? Wait! It's impossible for my sister to go out without an umbrella. At the moment when he was about to fall asleep, he suddenly remembered that it was my sister who packed her own umbrella while handing him the umbrella. With his sister's personality, she would never take the initiative to trouble others! Unless there is really no other way. No, no, no, it is also possible that Xiao Nuan lent the umbrella to other classmates, so...

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It’s over, things seem to be getting bad!!!

"Xuzai, why are you staring at Nuanbao instead of eating your breakfast properly? There's something on her face!" Why is this kid doing something stupid so early in the morning?

Having noticed his eldest brother's unusual behavior early in the morning, Leng Nuan waited patiently. But seeing how he was hesitant to speak, it was estimated that he would not say anything without a day's preparation.

"Brother, you don't look well. Didn't you sleep well last night?" Leng Nuan thought it would be faster to ask herself.

"Um……"

"Yes, Xuzi looks very bad. Maybe he is too tired recently. Why don't you take a leave and have more rest?" Leng's mother said with concern.

"Mom, I'm fine." Leng Xu, who was sleep-deprived and had something on his mind, sounded a little depressed.

"Christmas is coming in a few days. Don't you young people like to celebrate this? It's a good time to take a break and relax." Leng's father mentioned casually.

Christmas? Wait, did he forget something important?!