Side Story: The Cultural Festival on Valentine's Day (II)
—5—
In the crowded corridor, Yabei's petite body avoided the slightly crowded crowd and came to a staircase with fewer people.
"I have to find a place to hide…"
Yabei started mumbling.
" Target, discovered-"
An annoying yet familiar voice came from behind him. Before Ya Bei could turn around, he felt a hand smack his head hard. The most hateful thing was that the hand was still messing with his hair.
Yabei's hair quickly became messy.
"Bastard! Don't you know that hair is very important to girls?”
Ya Bei angrily slapped the hand away and roared at the people behind him.
"Hmph, she's an ugly girl who doesn't attract attention. If her hair is messy, she might attract attention.”
The person who spoke was a young man with slightly messy black hair and was wearing a white shirt and jeans.
"This is too much, Zhenghao!"
Yabei glared at his brother.
"I'm not an ugly girl!"
"Oh, then why is your presence still so low? It must be because the cultural festival was being ignored, so he took the opportunity to slack off.”
Zheng Hao said.
"You, you're so talkative…! I'm used to being alone anyway…"
Yabei turned his head away guiltily.
"Oh ~~"
Zheng Hao looked Ya Bei up and down and smiled wickedly.
"Hehe, seeing how pitiful you are, I'll reluctantly accompany you for a day.”
"Hey, I don't want that."
Ya Bei rolled his eyes.
"Well, let's take a look around first."
Zheng Hao dragged Yabei away forcefully, regardless of whether she was willing or not.
Ya Bei had no choice but to follow behind Zheng Hao reluctantly, as if he was showing him around the school.
Ya Bei, who was walking behind Zheng Hao, felt like he was the foil to the omnipotent main character in a comic. Compared to her, her brother was very eye-catching no matter where he was. He was an annoying but outstanding delinquent in all aspects.
—6—
There was a scary pumpkin head on the door sill, and the sign below it also said 'Haunted House'. There were also eye-catching red marks on the dark curtain. It looked a little creepy.
"Hey, why are we going to the haunted house?”
Ya Bei questioned Zheng Hao.
"Because I'm curious."
Zheng Hao laughed evilly.
"If you're curious, go in yourself.”
Ya Bei glared at Zheng Hao.
"Because I find it interesting to see frightened faces.”
"Is there a brother like you?"
"Because you are not a girl to me. If you were a beautiful girl, I would usually be very concerned.”
Hearing Zheng Hao's words, Ya Bei was so angry that he almost trembled.
"Anyway, I'm like this! You don't have to be a busybody!"
"I'll talk! Don't go in on your own!"
However, the other party did not listen to his complaints at all. They just walked into the Haunted House, and Ya Bei could only grit his teeth and follow them.
It was very dark inside the Haunted House, and the fluorescent lights in the corners were also emitting a weak light, which flickered occasionally. The light tube emitted a sizzling sound from time to time.
In this so-called haunted house, there was actually nothing scary about it.
However, there were only ghost-like props, mannequins dressed as zombies, mannequins in the laboratory, and some pumpkin heads with strange expressions carved on them.
(What kind of haunted house is this!)
Yabei didn't think there was anything to be afraid of.
Perhaps it was because the haunted house was too lousy, or because Yabei was not afraid, but Zheng Hao looked a little disappointed.
"It's not as terrifying as I imagined!"
After walking out of the haunted house, Ya Bei looked at Zheng Hao provocatively.
"Yeah, those fellows are really useless…"
Zheng Hao replied in disappointment.
"Forget it, ugly girl. Go and eat something.”
"I already said I'm not ugly!"
Yabei almost went berserk.
—7—
Sunlight shone through the gaps between the leaves and onto the stone wall…
A place filled with the fragrance of plants.
In a corner of the campus courtyard, Yabei sat alone on a bench, leaning against the back of the chair and looking up at the blue sky.
" It feels so much quieter without that guy around…"
Yabei closed his eyes and enjoyed the rare comfort.
Unknowingly, Yabei fell asleep…
It was a very strange dream-
In the dream, he came to a pastry kingdom. There was a huge cake in the kingdom.
Chocolate, raisins, cookies, whipped cream, maple syrup doughnuts. And the cute gingerbread figurines were like ornaments circling around the cake.
Unable to resist the temptation of the desserts, Yabei picked up a thick chocolate bar from the cake and started eating.
The unique sweetness of chocolate spread in his mouth.
"Wuuuu!"
Suddenly, the chocolate bar began to move in Ya Bei's mouth, and he couldn't stop it.
"Wuuu ~! Wuuu ~"
It could be said that it was too intense, and Yabei, who could not hold it in any longer, woke up. She saw Zheng Hao putting a chocolate banana into his mouth and playing with it, looking like he was playing a prank.
"Cough cough ~!"
Yabei, who was choked, quickly slapped Zheng Hao's hand away and took the chocolate banana out of his mouth. He roared at Zheng Hao.
"Pervert! He actually did something to his sister! You filthy fellow!"
"I want to call the police!"
"Hey, hey, hey! To think that I was kind enough to buy you food. It was just a little prank. There was no need for such a big reaction.”
Zheng Hao pretended to be hurt.
"No one would treat food as a toy and play with a girl's mouth like you!”
Yabei was exasperated.
"You're too f * cking awesome!"
“H？”
Zheng Hao frowned slightly.
"It seems like you're the one who thought of unhealthy content. You used to like eating this very much.”
"I don't like it now!"
Ya Bei blushed and was about to throw the chocolate banana away.
"Anyway, don't waste food."
Seeing through his thoughts, Zheng Hao reminded him with a serious expression.
"I know…"
Ya Bei looked at Zheng Hao unwillingly. He had no choice but to finish the chocolate banana. His brother hated wasting food the most. It would be terrible if he got angry.
"What a terrible day…"
Yabei was still in a bad mood after finishing the chocolate banana.
"I also bought a lot. Continue eating.”
Zheng Hao handed a box of deep-fried ice cream to Yabei. It was also Yabei's favorite snack.
"Humph…"
Yabei took the snacks and started eating.
On the way, the two of them saw a person wearing a black cat costume giving balloons to children.
"Isn't that the famous instant noodle anime 'Vampire Cat' from a few years ago?”
Zheng Hao, who was sitting next to Ya Bei, suddenly said as he looked at the vampire cat's doll costume.
"Yeah, I liked it when I was in primary school.”
Yabei replied coldly.
"Hmph, so you're still an idiot.”
Zheng Hao laughed, but Ya Bei rolled his eyes at him.
"You don't have the right to say that. Didn't you like to watch it in the past?”
"I'm just giving you another chance."
"Humph!"
Ya Bei turned his head unhappily.
“……”
“……”
The two of them were silent.
"Hey, do you still plan to continue living in the apartment?”
Zheng Hao spoke first.
"Of course, living alone is very free and happy.”
"You clearly lived the same life before you ran away from home, right?”
Looking at Yabei who was still eating, Zheng Hao sighed.
"Ever since my mother passed away in a car accident ten years ago, my father made the decision to leave us at home to explore somewhere with his friends. That period of time was a nightmare for me.”
Zheng Hao opened a can of coffee and drank it in one gulp. He looked up at the sky and recalled the past.
"It's really annoying for an older brother to take care of a younger sister.”
"Isn't it natural to take care of your sister?”
Yabei objected.
" That can't be helped…However, after my father came back, he changed a lot…"
Zheng Hao's expression darkened.
"He only cares about his own work and doesn't care about his own child. Thanks to him, I also learned how to be independent. But I don't hate father. As for you, you always like to cause trouble for me…"
"I never have."
Yabei complained.
"Hey, before you ran away from home, did you forget that I was the one who made your dinner and lunchbox the next day?”
Zheng Hao looked at Yabei with dissatisfaction and said sarcastically.
"But thanks to your departure, my life has become much easier.”
"Anyway, I always make you hate me. It's best if I leave!”
Yabei turned his head, his cheeks slightly flushed.。
"You came to school just to complain about my miserable state, right?”
"I'm also here to comfort you, but I really can't agree with the reason you ran away from home.”
Zheng Hao looked at Yabei as if he was looking at a poor puppy and spread his hands.
"It's just that you've been living a life of despair after falling out of love. You ran away from home without permission after being scolded by your father. I don't understand what you're thinking.”
"Anyway, Dad only cares about his work and completely ignores my existence. His attitude towards me is also very bad! Even you, brother, only think that I'm ridiculous! There's even less meaning for me to stay at home!”
Yabei couldn't help but cry out. Only then did he realize that he had lost his composure, so he calmed down. Fortunately, no one noticed them.
"You really are hopeless…"
Zheng Hao sighed deeply. Yabei didn't seem to understand that he was in the wrong.
He stood up and lowered his head to stare at Yabei.
"What?"
Yabei asked unkindly.
"Of course I'm going to continue touring the campus with your stupid sister. Do you want to sit here and stare blankly like a fool all day?”
Zheng Hao laughed evilly, but his tone was unexpectedly gentle.
"Huh?"
Yabei was puzzled.
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