Mu Sheng did not know why, but there seemed to be a fire in Li Hanchen’s eyes. Her ears could not help feeling warm as she asked, “What do you mean by warmer?”
“Since we were sleeping together, it was naturally warmer,” said Li Hanchen before veering his eyes to pull off the blanket and get off the bed. He decided to stop embarrassing Mu Sheng.
Mu Sheng went quiet briefly. She could not help feeling something wrong with Li Hanchen’s words. However, she could not figure out what was wrong, so she could only acknowledge in agreement.
Li An sat eagerly in the living room. After a long time, he finally caught sight of Li Hanchen and Mu Sheng coming downstairs one after another.
Li An waved his hand at Li Hanchen. “Big Bro, morning! Why are you so happy today?”
Li An instantly read his brother’s expression. He could keenly sense the good mood Li Hanchen was in.
Li Hanchen instinctively looked at Mu Sheng as she walked in front of him. He swiftly glanced at Li An coldly as he warned Li An to stop talking.
Li An felt his neck turn cold as he cautiously put down his leg. Did he do something to make his older brother angry again? Was he not in a good mood just earlier? Why did things suddenly change?
Ever since Li Hanchen helped to peel eggs for Mu Sheng previously, he had been automatically doing it at every meal. Over time, Mu Sheng got accustomed to this.
Auntie Lin smiled as she watched a blissful scene unfold in the dining room from a distance in the kitchen.
After breakfast, Li An took his school bag and ran right out.
When he barely got out, Li Hanchen called him back, “Wait.”
Li An’s heart suddenly felt cold. Oh dear. From the looks of it, his older brother was going to kill him. He tightened his grip on his bag straps and forced a desperate smile. “Yes?”
“I will take you to school,” said Li Hanchen as he put on his coat.
“It’s okay. Don’t bother.” Li An waved his hand. “Big Bro, you have to work. How could I trouble you? You really don’t have to take me to school. I can manage on my own with a bicycle.”
Li An repeatedly turned down Li Hanchen’s offer. He sounded like a completely different person since he always tried to get a lift from his older brother.
Li Hanchen disregarded Li An’s words and strode over as he gestured for Li An to come with him.
Li An sat in the car seat quietly the entire journey. He opened the door to get off the car the moment they arrived at the school entrance.
Li Hanchen followed beside him.
“Big Bro?”
“Where is the parent-teacher meeting held?”
“In our class.” The moment Li An finished his sentence, he was shocked. He looked at Li Hanchen in surprise. “How did you know about the parent-teacher meeting? Are you going to attend it?”
Li Hanchen walked straight into the school with Li An on the brink of tears behind him.
Oh no. He had been failing so many subjects at school.
Li Hanchen had yet to hit him before.
He had a feeling that he was going to experience it first hand this time.
Inside the classroom, the teacher took attendance and realized one of the parents had yet to arrive. She checked the name list and saw it was Li An’s parent. “Is Li An’s parent here yet?”
The students secretly laughed. “You only joined us this school term, so you don’t know this. Li An doesn’t have parents. No one attends his parent-teacher meetings.”
“Uh huh. I have been in the same class as Li An ever since primary school. No one has ever visited Li An. He is like an orphan. Haha!”
The new teacher stopped the students from gossiping. “In that case, let us get started with the parent-teacher meetings…”
Before the teacher finished her sentence, the door suddenly opened.
Everyone turned to look and was stunned.