Elegant Royal Court Villa District, Ye Family.
Ye Xian entered the password, and just as she opened the door and had yet to step inside, a dark shadow sprang from behind the door and hugged her, spinning her in circles around the living room.
She was startled and reflexively wanted to hit him, but Ye Shaowenâs hand beat her to it, pinching her tender cheek without mercy.
"Ow ow ow~"
"Bro, what are you doing?"
Her cheek was pinched so high that even her speech was muffled.
Ye Shaowen looked at her somewhat fiercely, "Oh, the âRainbow Little Princeâ who dazzles the world still remembers she has a brother? I thought you had become so conceited you forgot who you were! Why didnât you tell me that you were going to France for a fashion show!"
Ye Xian kept slapping his hand, but sadly, like a crab, he clung on and wouldnât let go, "Why should I tell you?"
"Because if you had told me, I would have gone with you, of course. I even received the invitation from Lankong Group, but when I didnât see your name on it, I didnât go!"
Ye Xian: "..." Good thing I didnât tell you.
Xia Hewan and Ye Zhuoxuan, upon hearing Ye Xianâs voice, happily came downstairs, "Xianxian is back, why didnât you call mom and dad in advance? You were gone for two days, mom missed you to death, come and give mom a hug!"
"Mom, look at brother. He almost pinched my face to swelling."
"Shaowen, what are you doing?"
Xia Hewan scolded Ye Shaowen, who released his hand and examined her cheek, "Itâs not that serious, itâs not even red!"
"You want to pinch it red? Quickly let Xianxian down!" Ye Zhuoxuan kicked him from behind, and he reluctantly let go of Ye Xian.
Xia Hewan: "Shaowen, youâre not that young anymore, from now on, stop hugging and holding your sister whenever you feel like it, you have to learn to distinguish between men and women."
"What distinguish between men and women!"
Ye Shaowen became unhappy upon hearing this and immediately tried to hug Ye Xian again, but she deftly dodged out of the way, "She used to be bathed by me as a kid! I even wiped her butt after she went to the toilet!"
"..." Ye Xian twitched her eyelid and rubbed her pinched cheek, "That was when I was little, how can it be the same!"
"When you were little?"
Ye Shaowen scanned her up and down, "Whatâs the difference from now?"
Ye Xian paused for a moment, then quickly realized what he meant and launched a roundhouse kick at him, "Iâll kick you, you fake brother!"
Ye Shaowen caught her leg with one hand, laughing wickedly, "Xiao Yezi, with your meager skills, you still want to show off in front of me?"
"Today I have to teach you who is the brother and who is the sister!"
He dragged Ye Xian by her leg toward the sofa, and Ye Xian hopped on one leg, looking as woeful as a Crested Ibis, and turned to cry to Father Ye and Mother Ye for help, "Mom, Dad, brother is getting too much, he bullies me the moment I come home!"
"Shaowen, whatâs the matter with you today? Did you rush back from the company just to bully your sister? She just got off the plane; thatâs so hard on her!"
Ye Xian: "Itâs because I didnât take him to France, and he missed out on a bunch of fresh runway models! Thatâs why heâs angry!"
Ye Shaowen: "Xiao Yezi, do you really see me as that kind of person?"
He clearly just wanted to attend the show to see her model live. A live showâjust thinking about it was a hundred times more thrilling than watching through a screen!
"Otherwise?"
Ye Xian used her lips to silently form three words: âOld Pervert.â
"What did you say?"
Ye Shaowen pretended to pounce towards her again, but Ye Xian nimbly dodged, feeling as if...something got stuck.
"..." It wasnât a real thing after all, hence it lacked spirit, "Wait a minute, I need to use the restroom, or else Iâll pee on you!"
Ye Shaowen scornfully exclaimed, "How vulgar! Canât you act a bit more like a lady?"
However, when she was little, she indeed peed on him more than once.
Xia Hewan was somewhat puzzled. Just a while ago, there seemed to be some movement at the front of Xianxianâs chest, so why had it not only disappeared now but also diminished? The child couldnât have taken some medicine that harmed her body just to disguise herself as a boy, could she?
She followed worriedly to the restroom, and through the blurry glass door, she saw... her daughter took a square object out of her clothes, and after she did, her entire figure looked completely different, with a slender waist and beautiful, curvaceous lines that were seductive even through the frosted glass, surpassing even how she looked when she was young.
Not bad at all, worthy of being her daughter, truly the student surpasses the master.
Xia Hewanâs lips curled into a satisfied smile.
"So comfortable! Itâs good to be home, no need to pretend anymore, itâs just..." Ye Xian looked down, "If I follow this trend, it seems I canât escape the troubles of my past life, sigh~"
She sighed regretfully, opened the door, and saw Xia Hewan rushing in, "...Mom, what are you doing?"
Xia Hewan laughed, slightly embarrassed, "Xianxian, what was that thing you just took out of your clothes?"
"Oh, thatâs the âFake Chest Musclesâ my best friend gave me! With it on, no one can tell Iâm a girl!"
Ye Xian showed her the âFake Chest Muscles,â and after a lengthy explanation, Xia Hewan finally understood. Knowing it wouldnât affect her daughterâs body development and could help hide her identity, she felt somewhat relieved, "Then, what was that other thing you hid just now? It seemed like it came from your pants..."
"Ah haha~" Ye Xian suddenly laughed awkwardly, then immediately became serious, "You donât need to be curious about that, Mom. I wonât be getting gender reassignment surgery, rest assured~"
"What are you talking about, child!" Xia Hewan scolded her lightly, "Who was the best friend you just mentioned?"
"Zhu Shanshan! Mom, have you forgotten? Sheâs the merchantâs daughter who lived next door to us three years ago. We used to get along really well."
"You mean Shanshan? I havenât forgotten; that girl is quite likable. I thought you two hadnât been in touch for a long time."
"Before... there was a bit of a misunderstanding between us. But lately, because of work, weâve become close again. Oh right, Mom, I have a secret to tell you!"
Ye Xian glanced at Ye Shaowen, who was waiting for her on the sofa, and with a mischievous thought, whispered into Xia Hewanâs ear.
Upon hearing it, Xia Hewanâs face instantly showed joy, "Really? Shaowen has that kind of good fortune?"
To have a girl pine for him for so many years?
This younger son of hers, though he never lacked company of the opposite sex from a young age, was naturally playful. Apart from his feelings for Xianxian, he was whimsical with everyone else, having let down many girls who were sincerely good to him. Eventually, those gathering around him were mostly disreputable people, not to mention dating or not, she and Zhuoxuan had once worried that the playboy reputation spreading would mean no decent girl would want to marry him in the future.