Chapter 535: The Dust Settles and Secret Love Begins

Chapter 535: The Dust Settles and Secret Love Begins

Chapter 535: The Dust Settles and Secret Love Begins
After separating from Yan Wanbin, Li Kailang went straight back to the yard and happened to meet the girl holding a book at the gate.

"Good morning! Are you going to Xinhua Bookstore to read again?"

"Yeah, it's getting easier to read and recognize words recently, so it's a good time to buy some books to read."

"Very good, very good. Reading more is always good."

"Yes."

The one chatting with Li Kailang was Xu Sinan from the back room, a girl who stayed behind with Bai Xiuwen.

Since the street office opened a literacy class in May, Xu Sinan has been studying for nearly two months, and now she knows nearly 5 words.

Although she only has primary school education, she can recognize so many characters and read books consciously, so her education and cognition may not be worse than Liu Haizhong's.

"I still have something to do, so I'll leave first."

"You go about your business."

Without chatting with Li Kailang for a few words, Xu Sinan left with the book in his hands, looking at her back.

"It's different now, completely different. After two months, my spirit and energy are completely different from what it was at the beginning." Li Kailang couldn't help but sigh.

At first, Xu Sinan seemed timid, but now he has become much more confident.

She used to be thin and weak, but now she is much plumper and has some fat on her body.

Her current situation is completely different from what it was before.

Xu Sinan returned to the back room and saw Bai Chi playing. He touched her head and went home.

After closing the door, Xu Sinan placed the book on the bedside table, carefully looked at the door and window, and took out the change left from buying the book from his pocket.

Pulling open a corner of the mattress, a small red bag appeared. Xu Sinan took out the bag and opened it layer by layer.

There were various amounts of money revealed, and at a glance, there were probably about seventy or eighty yuan.

"Puchi~" Looking at the money, Xu Sinan couldn't help but smile, then he covered his mouth with his hands and looked at the doors and windows vigilantly.

I tiptoed to the door and window and listened carefully, and could only hear Bai Chi playing, confirming that there was no eavesdropping.

"Huh~" He finally felt relieved and went back to bed. He unfolded the loose coins one by one and put them into the pile of money.

Looking at the stack of money, Xu Sinan couldn't help but smile knowingly. He held it tightly, put it in front of his nose and took a deep breath.

"Cough cough cough~" The smell of money was still very strong, but Xu Sinan didn't care at all. She smelled not only money, but also confidence.

He wrapped the small bag layer by layer, put it back, covered it with the quilt, patted it down, and made sure it would not be discovered.

After looking at the deposit, Xu Sinan's slightly arched back couldn't help but straighten up.

He then picked up the newly bought book, opened the window and continued reading. Ever since he learned to read, Xu Sinan would read whenever he had free time.

The content of the book was not profound, but rather childish, but she didn't care at all.

"Sister Xu, come and play together!" Bai Chi leaned on the window and looked at Xu Sinan who was reading with great interest.

"Okay."

"Great! Sister, come and play!"

"Hahaha~" Bai Chi's bell-like laughter made the atmosphere in the back room much more festive.

At the same time, a person walked to the gate of the courtyard.

"Please come to the Intermediate Court for a meeting. The Street Office has something to announce!"

As soon as he entered the yard, Xiao Liu from the Street Office started shouting at the top of his voice.

"Here we come!" everyone responded hurriedly and went to the Central Court for the meeting.

Xu Sinan took Bai Chi and went to the Intermediate Court for a meeting.

Xiao Liu watched as everyone gradually gathered, and then saw that there were only two people left in the rear room.

"Okay, everyone is here, right? Then I'll just tell you straight away."

As he spoke, Xiao Liu pointed at two people, a man and a woman, in the back room and said, "They will live in your yard from now on. Everyone knows them, so I won't introduce them to you."

"The house behind your yard is now full of people. The Street Office will no longer introduce people here. Everyone should get along well with each other. If there are any problems, please ask the three managers to mediate."

"What questions does everyone have?"

After saying that, Xiao Liu looked at everyone.

But everyone didn't look at him. Instead, they looked at the two people being pointed at: "Who are they? What are their names? What do they do?"

"How would I know if you ask me? I haven't seen them many times."

"Don't you know that when they first came here, didn't the Street Office introduce them?"

"Hey, look at what you're saying. The street office introduced me, but I haven't been here, so how would I know?"

Since April, every time the street office introduced someone, no one paid much attention. They just knew who it was and what its name was. After a month, everyone had almost forgotten it.

Someone looked at the four people except Xu Sinan, Bai Chi and Bai Xiuwen, touched his head and couldn't remember their names or what jobs they did.

"Oh, I forgot everything. I don't even know what they are called. How about you go and ask them?"

One of them rolled his eyes and said, "Why don't you ask yourself?"

"I'm just embarrassed."

"Then do you think I'm nice?"

Xiao Liu looked at everyone whispering, no one asked any questions, so he didn't want to stay here.

"Okay, that's it. If there's nothing else, I'll leave first. Everyone, get along well and don't bully others."

After saying that, Xiao Liu walked away. Some people seemed to want to say something but ultimately did not speak.

Everyone in the Central Court looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
Yi Zhonghai looked at the four people. He left a girl in May, a man in June, and this man and woman today.

Now the back room is finally full of people. We no longer need to fill it with more people. It is a cause for celebration. We can finally settle down.

"Cough cough~"

"Let us welcome you two. You have finally settled down in our Sijiu City. Congratulations!"

Everyone followed suit and congratulated: "Congratulations!"

"Thank you!" a man and a woman thanked.

Yi Zhonghai continued, "From now on, everyone in the back house, front yard, middle yard, back yard, and back house will be living under the same yard."

"Let's help each other and maintain our yard together. I'll trouble you all in the future."

"No, no, we are all under the same roof, there is no such thing as trouble."

"Yes, we are from the same courtyard. You are too polite."

After all the polite words, the matter of the back room was finally settled.

Everyone looked at the seven people in the back room. Except for Bai Chi who was a little girl, there were three men and three women. It was quite a coincidence that they were all about the same age. Maybe they could get to know each other.

As the saying goes, those who are close to water get the moon first. If a few people are interested in each other, maybe a good story can be created.

Being stared at by so many people, several people felt a little embarrassed, especially the two people who were chosen today.

Bai Chi didn't feel anything. He just felt that he wouldn't have to see strangers anymore, so he was in a good mood and shook Xu Sinan's hand unconsciously.

Xu Sinan glanced at Bai Chi, then turned her head to look at her brother Bai Xiuwen, and saw that Bai Xiuwen was also looking at her.

The two looked at each other in mid-air, and then immediately separated.

Xu Sinan blushed and lowered his head. Bai Xiuwen was also embarrassed and tilted his head to look around aimlessly.

"Yo, are you in love with each other, is that possible?" Li Kailang noticed something strange about them and immediately stared at them.

Bai Chi looked up at Xu Sinan without showing any signs of trouble: "Sister Xu, shall we continue playing?"

"it is good!"

"Great! Sister Xu is the best!"

Bai Chi pulled Xu Sinan and skipped to the back room to play. Bai Xiuwen watched her back as she left and gradually became absent-minded.

The two were in a similar situation. Compared to others, they had known each other for a longer time. It was certainly true that Bai Xiuwen had no interest in Xu Sinan before. At that time, he was busy making money.

He hasn't even figured out how to make money, and he still has this encumbered sister. Who would be interested in him?

But now that life has gotten better, I have gradually begun to think about other things. It is impossible to say that I have no feelings for Xu Sinan at all.

Just considering that Xu Sinan was willing to play with Bai Chi, how could he not have any thoughts at all?

"Hey, what are you thinking about? Everyone has left." Li Kailang touched Bai Xiuwen's shoulder.

"Oh, it's okay." Bai Xiuwen came back to his senses.

"What's wrong? What are you thinking about?"

"I didn't think anything of it."

"Nothing to think about? Wipe your saliva first."

"Oh." Bai Xiuwen immediately wiped his saliva, but there was no saliva.

"Haha, you've been cheated, right? Tell me, are you attracted to Xu Sinan?" Li Kailang raised his eyebrow and saw Bai Xiuwen's somewhat panicked expression.

"Hey, don't be so quick to object. You're the only one staring at my back. Do you really think I'm stupid and can't see it?"

Seeing this, Bai Xiuwen couldn't hide it, "I just like her, what's wrong with that? Is that not okay?"

"Okay, really good, you're awesome." Li Kailang's eyes suddenly lit up, there's something interesting to watch here.

"What's going on? Are you two in love? When will you be together? When will you get married? You must send me an invitation when you get married."

"Go away, go away. This is just the beginning." Bai Xiuwen rolled his eyes.

After joking around for a while, Li Kailang finally said seriously, "When did you become interested in me? Tell me about it."

"How would I know? Maybe it was just now? Or maybe it was before. How would I know exactly when?"

As he spoke, Bai Xiuwen's eyes became blurry as he recalled the past in detail.

Both of them lived in the back room, so they saw each other every day. It was impossible to say that there was no meaning between them.

But I never thought about it this way before. I have no money in my pocket and a sister who is a burden. If I say I like someone, isn’t that deliberately hurting that person?

Maybe I had this intention before, but due to my embarrassing situation, I had to suppress it and didn't dare to express it.

That is to say, now that I have money in my pocket and can earn extra money, my life has become better and my mind has become more active.

Looking at Bai Xiuwen who was lost in his memories, Li Kailang left quietly.

Bai Xiuwen came to his senses and saw that Li Kailang was not there, so he went back to the back room but stopped at the gate of the courtyard.

"Haha, Sister Xu, come and catch me! Come and catch me!"

"I'm here to catch you, Xiao Xiaobai, don't run!"

Watching Xu Sinan and Bai Chi playing and fighting, there were few people in the yard who wanted to play with Bai Chi, and only Xu Sinan was willing to play with her.

Based on this point alone, it is impossible for Bai Xiuwen not to be attracted to Xu Sinan.

Bai Xiuwen just watched the two of them playing for a while without going over to disturb them.

Being stared at like this, Xu Sinan still felt it, "Xiao Xiaobai, go play with your brother."

"elder brother!"

As soon as Bai Chi saw his brother, he ran over and opened his arms for a hug.

Xu Sinan smiled and nodded to Bai Xiuwen, gently stroked her hair behind her ears, then turned around and went home.

Xu Sinan's house is just next door, separated from Bai Xiuwen's house by a wall.

At first, Xu Sinan's room was on the other side, but it was disturbed by new people one after another. There were always noises on both sides, which made him impatient.

Afterwards, Xu Sinan took advantage of the time when the new people moved in and asked Director Wang to change rooms and put forward his request.

Director Wang nodded: "It's just a matter of changing the information, so let's change it."

Xu Sinan naturally changed rooms and became neighbors with Bai Xiuwen.

From then on, the two began to see each other every day.

"elder brother!"

"Ugh!"

Bai Xiuwen picked up Bai Chi, watched Xu Sinan close the door, and took his sister home.

Looking at Bai Chi who was having fun, Bai Xiuwen straightened his face and put it in front of him.

"Sister, I have a question for you. Please answer it seriously."

Looking at his brother's serious face, Bai Chi couldn't help but become serious.

"Sister, do you want me to find you a sister-in-law?"

"What is sister-in-law?" Bai Chi tilted his head.

"She is my brother's wife. Just like my mother married my father, my brother also found a wife, and she is your sister-in-law."

"Oh~ What's good about sister-in-law?"

"What's good about it?" Bai Xiuwen asked, what good is there for Bai Chi to get married?

"With a sister-in-law, I can play with you and make delicious food for you."

In an instant, Bai Chi's eyes lit up. When it came to playing and eating, there was nothing she didn't know.

Bai Chi clapped and cheered: "Yes, yes, I want a sister-in-law! I want my brother to get married."

"Hello, sister-in-law. You can play with me and cook delicious food." Bai Chi couldn't help drooling.

"Brother, is sister-in-law Sister Xu?"

"Ah!? Why do you think so?" Bai Xiuwen was stunned by the question. Could it be that Bai Chi could read his mind?

"Sister Xu is so nice. She can play with me, give me delicious food, and sew clothes. She can do so many things."

"Brother, Sister Xu is fine. I want Sister Xu to be my sister-in-law. Is that okay? Brother!"

Bai Chi shook Bai Xiuwen's hand and begged.

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you."

I originally wanted to give Bai Chi a shot of prevention, but I didn't expect that it would coincide with his. This is perfect, it saves me trouble in the future.

"Yeah, brother is the best. I'll go talk to Sister Xu and ask her to be my sister-in-law."

"Hey, stop." Bai Xiuwen hurriedly grabbed Bai Chi, to prevent anything bad from happening if she said that.

"You can't tell your sister Xu now. If you tell her, I won't be your sister Xu anymore, understand? You don't want Sister Xu to not be your sister-in-law, do you?"

"Yeah, I won't say anything." Bai Chi nodded solemnly with his chubby face, his eyes very serious.

Such a lovely face pretending to be serious would make anyone happy.

"Okay, remember don't tell your sister Xu. Don't tell anyone, okay?"

"Ah."

"Go and play."

Bai Chi ran out to play happily again.

Bai Xiuwen found the family's savings under the mattress, which was similar to Xu Sinan's.

Logically speaking, the extra money he earns should be much more than Xu Sinan's.

But after all, he pays Li Kailang 11 yuan a month, plus he has to pay Bai Chi's expenses, so the only reason he can save so much money is because he made some money recently.

"Take your time, don't rush, maybe you'll have enough money saved by next year."

"Maybe we can try to get along now."

(End of this chapter)