“Ha!”

I knew that my mother’s purpose in doing this was inextricably linked to Song Yu.

I couldn’t help but touch my nose again: “I’ll just listen to Mom in everything.”

My mother’s phoenix eyes slanted slightly as she stared intently at me, her gaze scrutinizing me as if she were examining me.

However, she remained silent for a long time before finally saying indifferently, “If you would listen to everything I say, that would be great.”

Just then, the treadmill installer called out, “Hello, is this where you’re installing it?”

“Please wait a moment, Master, I’ll be right there.”

The mother walked gracefully inside.

My sister and I exchanged a glance. My sister secretly glanced at Mom and mouthed, “Did you make Mom angry again?”

Where?

Looking at her strange expression, I couldn’t help but pinch her little cheek: “Do you think I’m like you, enjoying making Mommy angry?”

“Go away, you’re not exactly making Mom like you much these days.”

My sister pushed my hand away, and we bickered as we walked inside side by side.

The advantage of a large single-level apartment is that it is spacious enough. With an area of ​​several hundred square meters, there is still a lot of unused space, as it is only occupied by my mother, sister, and me.

The mother crossed her arms and frowned slightly, seemingly observing whether the treadmill looked out of place or aesthetically pleasing.

After thinking for a long time, Mom reluctantly nodded: “Let’s do it here.”

“OK.”

The worker agreed and quickly began the installation.

The installation of the treadmill was not complicated at all; it was completed in a short time.

My mother looked slightly satisfied. She turned her gaze to my sister and me and said softly, “Go to the refrigerator and get a few bottles of water for the master.”

“OK.”

My younger sister was so well-behaved in front of my mother, obediently disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Mom’s gaze fell on the treadmill: “How about it? Does it look suitable?”

I chuckled and said, “If Mom thinks it’s suitable, then it’s suitable.”

My mother ignored me and said, “I usually do some physical training here in the evenings. There’s plenty of open space. You can use this space to train.”

“Hmm.” I responded sullenly, and after weighing the options in my mind for a long time, I protested in a low voice, “Mom, actually I feel that this treadmill is completely unnecessary.”

As if she hadn’t heard me, Mom continued, “What other exercise equipment do you want? I’ll have the installers come over tomorrow.”

“Is there…is there anything else you need?”

“good.”

Mom said, “Let’s leave it at that for now. We can add anything else later.”

The younger sister handed several bottles of water to the workers, and the mother brushed a strand of hair behind her ear and said, “Thank you for your hard work, workers.”

“It’s not hard work, it’s not hard work.”

The workers were all middle-aged, at a stage in life where they had elderly parents to care for and young children to raise. They looked very reserved and were clearly accustomed to visiting such upscale residential areas.

What made them so reserved was that their company’s general manager had personally arranged this door-to-door delivery service.

Judging from the level of importance the general manager placed on the matter, the workers had all sorts of wild guesses about the identity of the elegant and aloof woman in front of them.

After seeing off the workers, I turned around and went back into the kitchen.

Mom took off her high heels and changed into a smooth silk satin loungewear set, then sat lazily on the sofa.

“Xixi…”

My mother called out, and her voice was very pleasant.

As I listened to the clanging and clattering in the kitchen, I chuckled to myself, thinking that my sister was probably in for some trouble.

The younger sister, who had fled back to her room early, pushed open a crack in the door, revealing a pair of naturally alluring peach blossom eyes. She gave an embarrassed smile and asked, “Mom, what’s wrong?”

“come over.”

The mother raised her fair chin, her tone leaving no room for argument.

Before the confrontation even began, the younger sister’s confidence was already evident: “Mom, just say what you want to say…”

“Bring me your homework from the past two days.”

“Oh~”

The younger sister responded, and after dawdling for a long time, she finally placed her homework in front of her mother.

Although the knowledge in high school is becoming increasingly profound, my mother, being a top student and a graduate of a political and law university, naturally finds these things easy to understand.

My younger sister sat up straight, her back ramrod straight.

The mother stared at it for a long time, her furrowed brows growing ever tighter.

She placed her sister’s homework on the coffee table, closed her phoenix eyes, slowly rubbed her temples, and called out, “Lin Yuan.”

“ah?”

I had a bad feeling. How did I get involved?

“Come here for a moment.”

“good.”

Holding a spatula and wearing an apron, I approached the two beautiful women, one older and one younger: “Dear Mom, what can I do for you?”

Did you check your sister’s homework today?

I caught a glimpse of my sister’s pleading look, but I remained calm and said, “Yes, it’s been checked.”

The mother’s face clearly showed her disbelief: “Really? How could Xixi get them all right?”

“Oh, you mean this?”

I wiped my hands: “I tutored her with her homework; I taught her as she wrote.”

“I knew it,” Mom said with an “I see” look on her face. “I knew Lin Xi couldn’t possibly be right all the time.”

“Mom~”

The younger sister pouted, expressing her dissatisfaction: “How can you look down on your own daughter like that?”

The mother covered her mouth and chuckled, “What can I do?” She put her arm around Lin Xi’s shoulder, “It’s just that my daughter is so clumsy.”

“Well……”

My younger sister’s pretty face was full of embarrassment, and she didn’t know what to say.

I was actually labeled an “idiot” by my own mother.

My mother suddenly straightened her face and said to me seriously, “Lin Yuan, don’t teach your sister like this in the future, otherwise she won’t be able to discover what she doesn’t know.”

“Yes, sir!”

I saluted, holding the spatula: “Mom, is there anything else you need? If not, I’ll go cook.”

Mom waved her hand: “Go ahead, thank you, my dear son.”

The younger sister pinched her nose and mimicked her mother’s tone, saying sarcastically, “Thank you, my darling son…”

“You want to get scolded again, don’t you?”

Mom couldn’t bear to pinch her younger sister’s ear, so she tapped her nose and said, “I think you’re getting worse every three days if you don’t discipline yourselves!”

Listening to my mother and sister playing in the living room, I felt a warm glow in my heart, a sense of satisfaction and happiness that was hard to describe.

I wish I could just stay here with my mom and sister forever…

The image of my father suddenly flashed through my mind. Wouldn’t it be too cruel to treat him like this?

I then chuckled self-deprecatingly. My father would never compromise himself; he’s probably somewhere indulging in a life of pleasure right now.

…

“Dinner’s ready!”

I called out, and my sensible younger sister came to help me get the bowls and chopsticks and serve the food.

Mom also got up from the sofa and walked towards the dining table. I thoughtfully pulled out a chair for her.

My sister winked at me: “What a gentleman…”

After saying that, he gestured with his moist lips toward his chair, the implication quite clear.

Helplessly, I pulled out a chair for her: “Like a little child, always arguing over everything…”

My sister said the same thing I just said to Song Yu today: “Who told me to be your sister? Aren’t sisters meant to be pampered? Right, dear brother?”

“Yes, yes, yes!”

I smiled wryly, “My sister’s repeated calls of ‘brother’ are making my body and soul feel numb.”

The mother gently chewed the vegetables in her mouth: “Is Xixi going back to school tomorrow?”

The little girl’s face fell, and her tone was full of reluctance: “Yes.”

She muttered under her breath, “Who makes people go back to school on Sundays?”

Mom nodded slightly: “I’ll take you tomorrow afternoon.”

“No need, Mom.”

I picked up a piece of tender and delicious fish for my mother: “You’re so busy with work, I’ll take her tomorrow afternoon.”

The mother said, “That works too. Xixi’s school isn’t too far from the subway station.”

My younger sister was sullen and didn’t say anything, after all, she was gone for a month.

“Okay, don’t be upset.”

I also picked up a piece of fish for my younger sister, deboned: “Have you forgotten that National Day is coming soon? You’ll be on holiday in just a few days!”

“Yes!”

Upon hearing this, the younger sister immediately beamed with joy, her peach blossom eyes crinkling into crescent moons: “How could I have forgotten about National Day?”

It’s been a month since the start of the first semester of senior year. Counting the days, there are really only a few days left until National Day.

Hearing this, Mom chuckled and shook her head, looking at the two lively siblings with eyes full of doting affection…