A Crazy Love Proposal-Chapter 43 - 37 The Duck Hits the Tree
Chapter 43: Chapter 37: The Duck Hits the Tree
Chapter 43 -37: The Duck Hits the Tree
She hadn’t expected it, but her brother was as close to her as he had just been, not losing the special place she held with him just because she had stepped out for a bit.
Wen Yangzhi wanted to hear about her experiences at school and asked her quietly, “What about this skirt?”
“They call me Schwarzenegger.”
The muscular and athletic image of Schwarzenegger didn’t fit her at all, and Wen Yangzhi stopped flipping through his book, curious, “Why do they call you Schwarzenegger?”
She said with a sense of grievance, “Isn’t it summer recently? I always wear those thin silk stockings, and they laugh at me, saying I’m always wearing stockings as if trying to seduce someone, deliberately misinterpreting my intentions, and even insulting me, calling me ‘Stocking Schwarzenegger.’
Wen Yangzhi looked down and saw she was wearing those nearly transparent silk stockings right now.
It made Wen Yangzhi laugh inexplicably for a moment.
She clearly felt her brother’s exasperation.
Feeling completely embarrassed, she asked, “Brother, what are you laughing at?”
Was it really that funny?
Even her brother was laughing at her.
Wen Yangzhi leaned his forehead on his hand, a smile lingering on his lips but not subsiding, “It’s nothing.”
Yun Yuwan bit her lip.
She was upset, even her brother laughed at her.
She had thought her brother would sympathize with her, that if she fell in class, everyone would say ‘Stocking Schwarzenegger slipped on her stockings.’
She turned her face away, unconsciously fiddling with a small teddy bear hanging from the large teddy bear beside her.
Why was her brother like this?
She decided she wouldn’t share these things with her brother anymore.
Wen Yangzhi saw her touching the little toy, thinking she liked it.
While she was still poking at the little bear’s neck, he simply took the small teddy bear hanging from the larger one and placed it in her hands.
Yun Yuwan looked at him in surprise.
Wen Yangzhi’s composed lips moved slightly, “It’s yours now.”
She felt unexpectedly flustered, her lips struggling to keep from curling into a smile, forcing herself to keep her lips pressed together to hide her amusement.
Looking at the small bear in her hand, she asked, “Brother, did you buy this teddy bear yourself?”
Wen Yangzhi replied casually, “Someone gave it to me.”
Sea Salt Cupcake suddenly got up, her hand pressing on his thigh, staring at him intently, “A girlfriend?”
In that position, he had no choice but to answer her.
He hadn’t expected her to have such a willful and assertive side, and Wen Yangzhi casually replied, “The friend you met last time.”
She relaxed instantly, “Oh, that ‘brother.’
So it wasn’t a girlfriend.
Clutching the small teddy bear, her heart felt abundantly warm, and her lips unconsciously curved upwards.
Wen Yangzhi continued to inquire calmly, keen on clarifying the situation at her school, “Besides being bullied at school, what else is there?”
She found it somewhat hard to say.
What if her brother Hong Sheng laughed at her like before, especially since her situation did sound a bit laughable.
“Too embarrassed to say?” Wen Yangzhi looked down at her, his voice low at her ear. Although it was phrased as a question, the tone was flat and even, sounding more like a statement.
She murmured quietly, “The stuff at school is just that, really, there’s some issues at home…”
Her voice got softer and softer.
Wen Yangzhi, however, watched her quietly, waiting for her to speak.
Encouraged by Wen Yangzhi’s gaze, she summoned a little courage and tentatively probed, “Brother, do you think the showers in that villa where I’m staying are installed too high?”
Wen Yangzhi remembered that none of the showers in that villa were particularly high, “Are they very high?”
Her grumbling was somewhat indistinct as she complained, “I’m short…”
He also realized that both his parents were tall, but Yun Yuwan was only about one meter sixty.
Whether that mattered or not, he didn’t know.
“Brother will have them adjust it.” Wen Yangzhi, who usually handled serious matters, patiently listened to her somewhat trivial concerns, “Besides this, what else?”
“Actually, every time the auntie comes in to get clothes, I feel a bit uncomfortable.” She couldn’t help but add, fearing that she might seem ungrateful or unaware of her place, “Actually… it’s not that uncomfortable—just a little bit.”
Wen Yangzhi was straightforward, “Move to another room, if you’re willing. The house has many rooms; it’s just that your current room is better situated.”
She was pleasantly surprised, “Really? Can I move out?”
Wen Yangzhi didn’t say much and smoothed out the page he had just folded, “Mhm.”
Yun Yuwan quietly leaned closer to him, “Then, can I choose the room myself?”
He was slightly amused as he quirked his eyebrows, “What, do you want to move into Jing Building and live with me?”
She hadn’t meant that at all, but once Wen Yangzhi suggested it, her face burned with embarrassment.
Why would brother think that?
Was it because brother thought that way?
To live with brother in Jing Building…
If it were possible.
Her expectations rose, “Can I?”
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Wen Yangzhi spoke gently, “Not for the time being.”
She was a bit disappointed but also knew it might be inappropriate. If the aunts found out, they’d certainly think she was overstepping her bounds, “Okay then, I’ll choose the room on the left side of the third floor.”
Wen Yangzhi gave a light hum, “Anything else?”
Yun Yuwan hesitated.
There was too much, and she believed that brother might find it all to be tedious and annoying.
Seeing she did not speak up, Wen Yangzhi suggested, “Make a list, and I’ll have the housekeeper take care of it.”
She felt anxious, “I… the housekeeper uncle might not listen to me.”
He lifted his gaze, his eyes calm and steady, “I didn’t ask you to make it for him to see, but for me. If he doesn’t listen to you, we’ll find someone who does.”
She was surprised, “Find someone who listens to me?”
Wen Yangzhi’s eyes were indifferent, “Don’t you think that’s how it should be? I listen to what you say, why shouldn’t he?”
Suddenly, Yun Yuwan wrapped her arms around Wen Yangzhi’s neck and gave Sea Salt Cupcake a kiss on his cheek, “Brother, you’re so nice.”
Wen Yangzhi stiffened slightly, the girl’s breath filled his nostrils, her soft touch like a mildly salty sea breeze, gentle waves lapping.
Yun Yuwan just remembered that brother had not avoided her, and although brother’s face remained expressionless, he would listen to her.
The day after, her room had been moved to the place she had mentioned upstairs, and all the issues she had listed were resolved.
Even the servants were somewhat quieter.
Usually, the servants liked to keep reminding her to do this or that, implying that she shouldn’t cause trouble because she was an outsider guest.
It was only when she overheard the servants hesitantly talking that she learned the new bed had been specially chosen by brother, who had many brought over, tested one after another, those unwanted were sent away, and this was the last one left, set up in the hall for nearly everyone to see.
Everyone knew now, so they dared not boss her around anymore.
She sat on the bed, which was very soft, yet gave her a strong sense of security.
That evening, guests arrived, and many relatives sat in the living room. As soon as she walked in, she looked at her brother, and brother was looking at her.
As a result, she bumped into a column.
She saw brother lower his gaze and smile.
She didn’t know brother was thinking of a duck bumping into a tree.
The afternoon Wen Yangzhi held her to read comics remains fresh in her memory, holding her the entire afternoon, flipping through a full set, his large hand holding hers, cradling her in his arms.
Latter, she tied her little teddy bear to her phone, and it followed her across the seas, the regrets inside swelled her chest with tears.
