Chapter 48

"What are you doing now?" Li Huanle asked innocently, looking at his adopted sister who had a clear ‘I’m not happy’ expression on her face. He really didn’t know what to say. If he had known that this girl would become a disobedient and naughty sister after they made up, he might as well have kept the cold war going.

"What do you mean? Oppa, you look like I’m being unreasonable. You accepted my gift, didn’t you? Didn’t you think about giving me a return gift, Oppa!" Jiang Minjing kicked Li Huanle again, her small feet in white cotton socks swinging as if ready to attack at any moment.

Li Huanle was taken aback, remembering the box of chocolate on his bed that night. He suddenly said in disbelief, "What kind of joke is this? That box of burnt chocolate can be considered a gift? You know, because of that thing, I couldn’t sleep that night and had to go to the bathroom twice."

Hearing this, Jiang Minjing immediately got angry. That box of chocolate was something she had made by hand amidst her busy schedule. Ignoring any issues of propriety, she pounced on Li Huanle, grabbing his cheeks with both hands and sitting on his thighs.

"I’ll crush you!!"

Jiang Minjing was extremely angry. That box of chocolate was something she had made by hand amidst her busy schedule last month. Although it wasn’t made very well, it was a heartfelt gift. To hear Li Huanle speak of it like that made her even more furious.

While Li Huanle was happy to see the small gift after his shower, he wasn’t happy after eating two pieces. As for whether there was any special meaning behind a sister giving her brother chocolate, Li Huanle never even thought about it.

When they were younger, the two of them had bought and eaten chocolate together on Valentine’s Day more than once, so Li Huanle never gave it much thought. As for the idea of giving a return gift, did he even have that concept?

Suddenly being grabbed by the face, Li Huanle was definitely not pleased. However, he was so startled by Jiang Minjing’s sudden attack that his whole body stiffened. The current Jiang Minjing was no longer the skinny little girl she used to be.

With her tall and well-defined figure, wearing black casual pants and a long T-shirt, Jiang Minjing sitting on him and so close made Li Huanle stiffen, especially when he felt her plump buttocks moving, making him extremely uncomfortable.

"Get off, or I’ll get angry!" Li Huanle, with his face pinched, made a somewhat funny sound, his face also turning red, but because his face was pinched, it didn’t seem strange.

Seeing that Li Huanle wasn’t fighting back, Jiang Minjing was very excited. She kept changing her tactics, tormenting Li Huanle’s face. Thinking back, the stinky Oppa used to pinch her face the most, and this was the first time she had pinched his. Indeed, it was very interesting.

Because of their close proximity, Li Huanle’s line of sight was directly on Jiang Minjing’s chest. Facing her matured sister, Li Huanle’s eyes started to wander. After a moment, he couldn’t bear it anymore and reached out with both hands, holding Jiang Minjing as if she were a child and lifting her up.

"Sit properly. You’re already a grown-up, don’t you know the principle of keeping a distance between men and women? Today, I’ll give you a lesson to make you understand that girls shouldn’t get so close to men!" Li Huanle put Jiang Minjing on the chair he had been sitting on, his face slightly red as he shouted.

Jiang Minjing, who hadn’t reacted in the moment, suddenly remembered that she had been sitting on Oppa’s lap, and they had been so close. Her face turned even redder.

Li Huanle sat on the side, incessantly scolding Jiang Minjing for her inappropriate behavior, telling her she must learn to be reserved and not do such things in public... otherwise, he would cut off their... brother-sister relationship.

But what was frustrating was that Li Huanle found his eyes always involuntarily staring at Jiang Minjing’s small feet, occasionally sliding over her prominent chest.

Although Jiang Minjing’s face was red and she was lowering her head, and Li Huanle was continuously scolding her, the atmosphere became somewhat strange and ambiguous.

"Alright, the cleaning is up to you. Oppa has work to do, so I’ll go first!"

Finally, Li Huanle couldn’t bear the atmosphere and got up to leave the living room.

Seeing Li Huanle run to the computer room and close the door, Jiang Minjing finally lifted her head, her face slightly red, and muttered shyly, "Hmph, what’s the big deal? We used to hug and hold each other all the time. It’s just that you’re overthinking it!"

...

The person accused of overthinking was now lying on the small bed in the room, relaxing. Perhaps due to the years of cold war, Li Huanle felt much more distant from his adopted sister. At the same time, he noticed that Jiang Minjing had grown into a young woman, which naturally made him feel a bit awkward.

At the same time, he was a bit worried that he had almost reached out to hug his adopted sister, really hug her. Perhaps he didn’t have any special thoughts, but in that situation, his subconscious actions were troubling.

"Phew! My sister has grown up. I need to be more careful in the future!"

"Beep! You have a new message..."

Just as Li Huanle was thinking about being more careful with Jiang Minjing in the future, his phone suddenly made a sound. He took the phone out of his pocket and saw the name ‘Xu Xian’ on the display, slightly surprised.

Xu Xian: "Hello, Senior Li Huanle. I’m Xu Xian. I have a few small questions and would like to bother you. Do you have time?"

...

In a certain apartment building in Cheongdam-dong, the nine members of the current popular Korean girl group, Girls' Generation, lived there.

After finishing the popular song show in the afternoon and a mall event in the evening, the girls returned to their dormitory at eight o’clock, having eaten some fast food. Then came the battle for the bathroom, with some choosing to rest in their rooms and wait for the others to finish.

As the maknae, Xu Xian naturally didn’t compete with the unnie-s. She returned to her room, found Unnie Mi-yeong watching TV outside, and sat on the bed, taking out her phone. She nervously and expectantly edited a text message and sent it.

"Will that senior reply?"

"Beep, you have..."

Just as Xu Xian was thinking, her phone beeped. Her face naturally broke into a smile.

Senior Li Huanle: "Of course, I can. By the way, have you eaten?"

Xu Xian was slightly taken aback and slowly replied, "I’ve already eaten. I wanted to ask, is Senior also a member of the Peace Guardians?"

Li Huanle: "Hehe, of course. Are you also a member?"

Xu Xian: "No, I’m not. I wanted to ask why Senior joined this organization and why it was dissolved. Although I heard some things at school before, it wasn’t much. The teacher who gave me the badge said she didn’t know much because she wasn’t in Seoul for the last meeting."

Li Huanle: "⊙﹏⊙‖∣, so many questions at once... It’s a bit troublesome, but since we have such a connection, I’ll tell you. First, joining the Peace Guardians... someone asked me to join. I’m not boasting. As for the dissolution, it’s a complicated matter and a bit long, so..."

Xu Xian: "Thank you, Senior. But what do you mean by ‘so’?"

Li Huanle: "o(∩_∩)o So, let’s talk about it when we meet next time. Typing is too troublesome. Do you have MSN? If you do, add my number, and we can talk online!"

Xu Xian: "I do, but I have one more question for Senior!"

Li Huanle: "Ask away!"

Sitting on the bed, Xu Xian’s breathing suddenly became a bit faster. Although she had only met this senior named Li Huanle twice, she felt he was a very capable person, giving her a sense of a teacher. Especially because he seemed to understand her inner thoughts, which didn’t make her feel scared but rather gave her a small sense of expectation, hoping he could help her.

So, as soon as she returned to the dormitory, Xu Xian eagerly sent a text message to Li Huanle.

Xu Xian: "Senior, isn’t living uprightly a good thing?"