Chapter 55 I've never seen someone die from stupidity.
Chapter 55 I've never seen someone die from stupidity.
after an hour,
The house has been completely renovated.
All four dishes that Liu Xiaoli served were fried rice with eggs.
The four of them were enjoying the food, seemingly savoring it, but in reality, three of them were just pretending.
After dinner, Zhou Wenqiong was washing the dishes, while the main event was taking place in the living room.
This was the first time the two had met since the new year. The stressful matter of getting her marriage certificate had kept Liu Xiaoli at home, and she didn't want to see anyone.
Now that things have finally come to an end, it's only right that the younger cousin visits his older cousin to wish her a belated Happy New Year and collect his red envelope in return.
Looking at Zhou Xiaobai, Liu Xiaoli smiled, but she couldn't hide the haggard look on her face.
Zhou Xiaobai looked at it, and his heart clenched with anxiety.
As usual, Liu Xiaoli rested her head on Zhou Xiaobai's lap, enjoying her facial treatment. Liu Qianqian, on the other hand, held her slender feet and massaged them with practiced ease.
The emotions are running high; it's time to collect the debt.
"Sister Li, Happy New Year." Zhou Xiaobai pried open Liu Xiaoli's eyelids with his fingers and offered his New Year's greetings.
"Hmm! What's up?" Liu Xiaoli's eyes were mostly white. She was currently resting with her eyes closed, enjoying herself!
"Where's our New Year's money?" Zhou Xiaobai grinned obsequiously, his goal clear.
"I'll keep it for you for now, and give it to you again when you grow up." Liu Xiaoli slapped away the mischievous hand and said that she would not embezzle his small amount of money.
"My great-aunt said it's only natural to give children red envelopes, and any child who doesn't receive one is a fool," Liu Qianqian chimed in. Zhou Xiaobai and she had already discussed the money; now that they were family, they definitely had to collect the debts from outside.
"Xixi is right. You can't embezzle the children's New Year's money. It's what we deserve." Zhou Xiaobai stopped what he was doing, and Liu Xixi followed suit.
Liu Xiaoli suddenly sat up, her eyes darting around as if she had seen a ghost—good heavens, no wonder these two brats came to collect a debt together today?
Ignoring her daughter at the other end of the way, she grabbed Zhou Xiaobai by the ears in each hand and pulled her in front of her, her breath sweet as orchids: "You're something else, daring to send Qianqian to collect a debt?"
With his vital parts gripped, Zhou Xiaobai dared not move. He pleaded in a low voice, "Grandpa, please return our New Year's money." The one who owed the money was Grandpa; he had to speak politely to get the debt back.
"Mom... no... Grandpa! Please give us back our money." Liu Qianqian agreed, thinking that the title "Grandpa" was quite fitting. If she could get her money back, she would even call him Grandma.
Liu Xiaoli was so angry she laughed. These two idiots, where did they learn to be like this?! They've changed so much in just a few days!
As expected, the unexpected still happened.
Not a single penny was received, and the few dozen yuan in red envelopes that Liu Qianqian had on her body were also completely taken away.
At this moment, Zhou Wenqiong also stepped out of the kitchen, and the mixed doubles match was about to begin.
"Come here, someone give me a massage," Zhou Wenqiong said, sitting on a single sofa with her hands on the armrests.
She felt that elders should act like elders, and that she possessed an imposing presence and a commanding aura.
Liu Xiaoli smiled and poked Zhou Xiaobai, who was gritting his teeth, with her finger: "Go, massage your sister's head." Then, she kicked Liu Qianqian, who was pouting and looking aggrieved, "Now you massage Mom's head."
The two little men exchanged a glance and shivered—were they planning to defeat them one by one?
With difficulty, Zhou Xiaobai moved behind the sofa and massaged Zhou Wenqiong's temples with both hands.
"Hmm! You pulled off my blanket this morning." Zhou Wenqiong started making excuses.
"Sister, I knew I was dirty, but I'm washing it for you now," Zhou Xiaobai replied obsequiously.
"Oh! I should thank you?" Zhou Wenqiong glared at him, trying to intimidate him. But with those big eyes and that gorgeous face, there was no trace of authority in her eyes.
"No, no, it's what I should do." Zhou Xiaobai felt a chill and unconsciously increased the pressure on his hands.
"Ouch! Be gentle." Zhou Wenqiong picked another fight. "I heard you can cook now? You even made a whole chicken feast?"
"That's because I saw how hard Sister Li works taking care of us, and I wanted to repay her." Zhou Xiaobai glanced at Liu Xiaoli and said nothing but flattery.
This answer infuriated Zhou Wenqiong: "Your sister raised you with so much care, and you won't even cook me a meal as a reward?" She gritted her teeth and started nitpicking, "Who's closer, your sister or your cousin?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Xiaoli, who was enjoying herself, suddenly opened her eyes—it was time to make her move.
Zhou Xiaobai looked aggrieved—"You've only been taking care of me for a few days? And you've been cleaning up after me?"
He looked here and there, realizing that his older sister's question was not just a multiple-choice question, but a life-or-death one. He slowed down his work and looked at Liu Qianqian.
Liu Qianqian also felt the approaching chill, and their eyes quickly met:
"What should we do?" Zhou Xiaobai's eyes were full of question marks.
"How about we strike first?" Liu Qianqian looked at the red envelopes that had just been collected on the coffee table, stretched out her five fingers, meaning to grab them and run.
"Hmm! One person each, take them down." Zhou Xiaobai misunderstood, thinking this was a signal to start.
He grabbed the older sister by the neck and bit her cheek.
"Ouch! It hurts!" Zhou Wenqiong exclaimed in surprise, followed by a wave of pain.
Liu Qianqian was stunned—was her younger brother going to sacrifice himself to feed the demon? Well, as his older sister, she certainly couldn't let him down. She grabbed the red envelope and ran.
As it turned out, how could short legs outrun long legs? Before they even left the door, they were dragged back inside.
Meanwhile, Zhou Xiaobai was defeated and is now huddled on the sofa awaiting his trial.
Liu Xiaoli shoved the little girl into Zhou Xiaobai's arms, then crossed her arms. Zhou Wenqiong rubbed her cheek, which still bore teeth marks, her cold glint intensifying.
The beautiful women looked down at the two little ones, who were trembling and clinging tightly to each other.
Then, Liu Xiaoli sneered, "It seems that if I don't teach you a lesson today, you won't know your place."
Zhou Wenqiong gritted her teeth and retorted, "You dare hit your sister? You dare bite people? You dare rob me?"
These three questions made Zhou Xiaobai and Liu Qianqian hug even tighter.
"No! Auntie, Mom, it's all Xiaobai's fault, it was his idea."
Liu Qianqian decided to fight for her life and was eager to shift the blame and get away with it.
My brother is just there to ward off disaster. If I, as his sister, am able to survive today, I will definitely thank your whole family in the future.
"you--"
These words enraged Zhou Xiaobai.
What happened to the "first come, first served" rule? Why are you grabbing red envelopes?
He was exasperated and pointed at Liu Qianqian, venting his frustration, "You idiot, you're obsessed with money."
After the accusations, Zhou Xiaobai's eyes were filled with despair—this is so Liu Qianqian!
"Mom, see, I told you so, didn't I?" Liu Qianqian gave up resisting and began to take credit, saying that she had no intention of hitting anyone at all. "I'm just a little money-grubber, how could I dare to hit you? I only have eyes for these—" She pointed to the red envelopes scattered all over the ground.
"Hahahaha—" Liu Xiaoli and Zhou Wenqiong were amused. They had seen people courting death, but they had never seen someone die from stupidity.
They rubbed their hands together, got to work, and after a flurry of activity...
"Aww..." Liu Qianqian burst into tears, sobbing uncontrollably... Zhou Xiaobai swallowed his anger...
After the first cold dish, just as the second dish, stir-fried bamboo shoots with pork, was about to be served...
Suddenly there was a knock on the door—
This voice was like a lifeline, instantly igniting hope in Zhou Xiaobai and Liu Qianqian.
They looked toward the doorway with the eyes of someone who had seen an angel descend.
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