Girl, There's Something Wrong With You - Chapter 32

The room was silent for a moment.

“What a coincidence,” Wang Xinzhi said with a smile.

“Yes,” Yang Siping replied, also smiling.

The two looked at each other and laughed, but soon ran out of things to say. What could they say? That they were both elder brothers? That they both had the misfortune of their sisters not being home? That they were both brother-in-laws by circumstance?

Fortunately, the doorman didn’t keep them waiting long and soon led Yang Siping and Wang Xinzhi inside.

In the courtyard, Yang Wangshu and Wang Wanrou were also being brought out by Cheng Jinyang.

The former was in the middle of an important game, while the latter was reading and didn’t want to come out at all. However, if they didn’t come out, their elder brothers outside would surely become suspicious. Therefore, Cheng Jinyang had no choice but to forcibly drive them out of their rooms.

As a result, Yang Wangshu wore a mask and slumped her shoulders, completely devoid of energy to speak. Wang Wanrou, on the other hand, looked at Wang Xinzhi with a gentle fake smile that made him feel uncomfortable.

“Wanrou, mother asked me to check on you. How have you been lately?” Wang Xinzhi coughed and asked.

“Pretty good,” Wang Wanrou replied with a perfunctory smile. “Thank you for your concern, brother.”

Wang Xinzhi smiled bitterly in his heart.

Meanwhile, Yang Siping pulled Yang Wangshu aside and asked with concern:

“Sister, how have you been? You haven’t been updating the family, and mom is very worried about you…”

Yang Wangshu slumped her shoulders and let her arms hang, having no desire to type a response.

The two elder brothers tried their best but couldn’t get their sisters to communicate with them (one refused to type, the other was just being evasive), leaving them frustrated and disheartened.

With no other choice, they stepped outside to take a breath and unintentionally made eye contact (having overheard each other’s conversations with their sisters), sharing a mutual understanding.

Shared misery indeed!

“Sigh,” Wang Xinzhi sighed and said, “I heard your sister has social anxiety?”

“Excuse us for the embarrassment,” Yang Siping said, cupping his hands, indicating his reluctance to discuss it further.

“Easing a mental knot is easy, but changing one’s nature is hard,” Wang Xinzhi remarked.

“Nature?” Yang Siping was surprised. “Your sister seems to have a good personality, doesn’t she? I saw her…”

“Haha, yes,” Wang Xinzhi naturally didn’t want to elaborate and quickly changed the subject, suggesting, “By the way, don’t they have friends here in the clan? Why don’t we ask them how our sisters have been lately?”

This suggestion was slightly embarrassing. After all, as elder brothers, it wasn’t a proud thing to know less about their own sisters than others did.

However, perhaps due to being tormented by his sister, Yang Siping didn’t feel ashamed and thought it was a good idea.

“Well… alright then?”

“Shall we start with Xing Yuanzhi?” Wang Xinzhi suggested.

“Let’s go with Cheng Jinyang,” Yang Siping said. “It’s proper to meet the clan leader first when visiting the Cheng clan.”

In the clan leader’s office, Cheng Jinyang was a bit surprised.

“Want to see me?”

He locked his computer screen and headed to the reception hall, where he saw Yang Siping and Wang Xinzhi sitting and drinking tea.

This tea… is really mediocre.

“Brother Siping, Brother Xinzhi,” Cheng Jinyang greeted them with a bow.

Addressing each other as brothers is about respect rather than etiquette. Calling someone “Brother XX” upon meeting is a way to show respect for the other’s status, and they naturally reciprocate by calling you by name.

Yang Siping and Wang Xinzhi immediately stood up, courteously returning the greeting.

After a few rounds of tea, they could no longer tolerate the taste and quickly got to the point:

“Jinyang, we appreciate you taking care of our sisters for so long.”

“No need to mention it. It’s my humble hospitality from the Cheng clan,” Cheng Jinyang responded smoothly, no longer a rookie.

Not sure about the hospitality, but the tea was definitely humble… the two thought simultaneously.

“By the way,” Yang Siping asked first, “today I noticed that Wangshu seemed in a bad mood. I’m ashamed to say that as her elder brother, I haven’t been very attentive to her. If you could enlighten me, Jinyang, it would be greatly appreciated.”

Cheng Jinyang was slightly taken aback at first, but quickly caught on.

Sigh, that brat Yang Wangshu is always so moody. If she loses a game, she’s upset; if she wins, she gets unbearably cocky. Most likely, she lost a game and took it out on the older brother here.

“Yeah, Wangshu,” he pretended to think and said subtly, “I’ve heard she’s been playing games a lot lately, maybe she lost a game…”

“I see,” Yang Siping immediately understood. Thankfully, it wasn’t because of me.

“Jinyang,” Wang Xinzhi smiled as he spoke, “How has Wanrou been lately? I noticed she hasn’t been in the best mood either.”

It’s strange. Wang Xinzhi’s status is much higher than Yang Siping’s, but maybe because they’d met before, Cheng Jinyang felt less formal around him. He replied helplessly:

“Brother Xinzhi, when have you ever seen her in a good mood? Her stern face is pretty normal, isn’t it?”

Wang Xinzhi still smiled, but his heart skipped a beat.

He knew his sister well. Her stern look actually meant she considered you an insider; if she truly disliked someone, she would give a polite, distant smile, making the person feel ashamed and back off on their own.

Last time he saw his sister in Wujiang Town, he noticed her unusual attitude towards Cheng Jinyang. Even after all this time, she still “stares coldly,” clearly indicating their relationship is steadily developing!

“Hahaha,” seeing Wang Xinzhi’s stiff smile, Yang Siping sensed something was off and tried to smooth things over with a laugh, “Your sister is incredibly talented and has an exceptional presence; we shouldn’t take it lightly.”

Cheng Jinyang: ……………

Wang Xinzhi: ……………

As an outsider, Yang Siping obviously couldn’t grasp the nuances of Miss Wang’s situation, so the two just laughed it off and changed the subject.

Outside the reception room, Chu Qingqing pressed her ear to the door, eavesdropping on the conversation inside.

“What are they saying?” Cui Jinqi anxiously whispered, tapping her on the shoulder.

“The big brother-in-law is interrogating the little brother-in-law!” Miss Qingqing excitedly described, “Sugar-coated words hiding sharp blades! Every word cuts deep, each sentence hits the mark!”

Cui Jinqi: ???

Darn it, why isn’t my brother here?!!

While she was fuming, Xing Yuanzhi listened in confusion. Big brother-in-law and little brother-in-law? Qingqing, could you be a bit more realistic?

“Eavesdropping isn’t right, is it?” Li Qingwan hesitated.

“Of course we have to listen!” Cui Jinqi said seriously, “What if they’re discussing a marriage proposal?”

“Impossible,” Xing Yuanzhi said coldly, “The Taiyuan Wang clan and the Hongnong Yang clan, one is of third grade and the other of fourth grade, how could they be interested in Jinyang?”

“Hey!” Cui Jinqi was immediately angry, “What’s wrong with high grade? Can’t high grade families like low grade families? If you insist on matching social status, then when Jinyang gets promoted to fourth grade, don’t you go after him!”

Xing Yuanzhi retorted, “Fine, until he reaches third grade, you stay away from me and my fiancé!”

Third grade? By the time he reaches third grade, you’d be married already!

Cui Jinqi immediately saw through Ah Zhi’s malicious intent and shouted:

“Why didn’t you say I could marry him into my family?!”

Knock, knock, knock.

Chu Qingqing awkwardly looked up, and the two quarreling girls stiffly turned around to see Cheng Jinyang standing at the door, still in the posture of having just knocked, looking helpless.

“I’m entertaining guests here,” his face turned serious, and he angrily said, “Get out!”

And so the girls scampered away.