bookbashuk Chapter 351 Second Brother is still the best
Chapter 351 Second Brother is still the best
That night, the two were deeply in love, making love countless times.
Several times Shen Li wanted to say she had had enough, but Lu Sheng seemed to be bewitched, his fear that he would lose her if he let go left her helpless.
Shen Li could clearly sense the deep fear hidden in his eyes.
She thought about it again and realized that perhaps the near-death experience she had recently left her with a lingering trauma, so she stopped resisting and silently went along with his wishes.
Anyway, she took long-acting birth control pills as soon as she got back. Although they were the type that were taken monthly, she never rigidly waited for the full thirty days.
Shen Li always takes this type of medicine precisely on time, after 28 days, to avoid any interruption in its effects.
She won't graduate until next year, and she absolutely cannot get pregnant again in the meantime.
But after graduation, she wanted to have a child with her older brother—his job was too dangerous, and she was always worried about him. She wanted to leave a bond with him and a memory to hold onto.
The next day was the weekend, and Shen Li had already spoken with her supervisor on the phone. She would go to the lab on Monday.
She didn't know how long she had slept, only that her whole body felt sore and weak, her consciousness lingering in a hazy state. In her dazed state, she felt a fluffy head snuggle into her arms, and subconsciously murmured, "Big brother, stop messing around... Wasn't yesterday enough?"
But then a voice, tinged with grievance, reached her ears. It wasn't Lu Sheng's deep voice, but rather clear and melodious: "Does Sister only have Brother in her heart?"
The chaotic consciousness was instantly shattered. Shen Li suddenly opened her eyes, her pupils shrinking sharply as she met Lu Zhou's aggrieved gaze.
"Sister...you haven't seen me for so long, and you won't even spend more time with me." His tone was as if he had suffered a great injustice, portraying Shen Li as a heartless person who had started something and then abandoned it.
Shen Li reached out and gently stroked the top of his head, coaxing him softly, "Don't talk nonsense, I miss you too."
Just as Lu Zhou's lips were about to curve into a smile, she heard her add, "Where's my older brother?"
The boy's face instantly darkened, and his tone became more resentful: "Sister still only has big brother in her heart..." Before he finished speaking, he leaned down and nuzzled Shen Li's neck, with a hint of eager intimacy.
"Lu Zhou, calm down and let me explain..." Shen Li hurriedly turned her head away to avoid him.
"I won't listen!" Lu Zhou's voice was filled with suppressed anger. "I listened to the noise all night last night, and I'm about to go crazy."
Shen Li was speechless and had no choice but to accept his fate.
By the time the two of them finished getting ready, it was already eleven o'clock.
The walls of this traditional Chinese courtyard were not as soundproof as the double-walled courtyards of later generations, and the two bedrooms were close together. Last night, she and Lu Sheng made quite a bit of noise, so Lu Zhou next door could naturally hear everything clearly.
After a passionate encounter, Lu Zhou carried the limp Shen Li to the bathroom, where they washed and dressed together.
Shen Li rolled her eyes at him, still wondering about Lu Sheng's whereabouts, but he had made her too embarrassed to ask, so she changed the subject: "Where's Second Brother?"
Lu Zhou raised an eyebrow, his tone tinged with sarcasm: "Sister, you ask Second Brother before Eldest Brother, why can't you ask me first?"
"You're right in front of me, what's there to ask?" Shen Li rolled her eyes. "If my second brother were here, I'd definitely ask you where you went!"
Lu Zhou pouted, finally letting out a sigh of relief: "Second brother is home on the weekend, but eldest brother went somewhere early this morning."
Shen Li responded with a faint "Oh." When the two of them walked out of the bedroom, they saw Lu Cheng standing in the room, his gaze fixed on the clothes scattered beside the bed, his expression solemn.
He looked up at Lu Zhou, his tone slightly reproachful: "Didn't I tell you not to disturb Lili's rest?"
Lu Zhou shrugged nonchalantly: "I didn't disturb you, I just came to wake Sister Li up."
Lu Cheng didn't reply, but his eyes said, "I don't believe your nonsense."
He picked up a dry towel from the side, walked over to Shen Li, and gently wiped the water droplets from the ends of her hair, softening his voice: "You were tired yesterday, don't always spoil Lao San, rest more when you're tired."
Shen Li felt a warmth in her heart, stepped forward and hugged his waist, saying coquettishly, "Second Brother is still the best."
Lu Zhou rolled his eyes and muttered to himself: Second Brother is just putting on an act of flattery.
Lu Cheng brought a hairdryer and had Shen Li sit in front of the vanity mirror. He patiently dried her hair with incredibly gentle movements.
After tidying up, Shen Li walked towards the front yard.
It was nearly 11 o'clock. In the main hall of the front yard, Lu's mother and Song Zhaodi were playing with their two children.
When the two little ones saw Shen Li, their eyes showed no excitement, but rather a sense of unfamiliarity.
Shen Li felt a pang of sadness, realizing that she had neglected her children for the past month, and they barely recognized her anymore.
I need to spend more time with them in the future, otherwise this mother-son bond will become distant.
She stepped forward, wanting to hold the child in her arms, but then hesitated—which one should she hold first?
Well then, following the order of seniority, the offering was made to the older brother, An'an, first.
"An'an, Mommy will hug you."
An'an, who is over seven months old, is at the age where she loves to laugh. Upon hearing this, she giggled, revealing her two newly emerging baby teeth. She looked incredibly cute, and drool dripped from her mouth as soon as she smiled.
Lu Cheng happened to come over and handed over a small towel to help An An wipe her mouth clean.
Shen Li smiled and tapped her son's little face: "Oh dear, our An'an is such a drooling little slob."
Perhaps realizing her mother was teasing her, An'an's smile faded, and the next second she burst into tears.
Shen Li was taken aback, then quickly coaxed, "Ah? Mom was wrong, I shouldn't have said that about our An'an, Mom apologizes."
She held An'an and gently rocked her for a long time before the little one stopped crying.
She remembered that her eldest son used to be quiet and didn't cry much, so she figured he must have learned to cry from his younger brother over the past month or so.
After comforting An'an, she wanted to hug her second son, but An'an clung tightly to her clothes and refused to let go.
Helpless, Shen Li sat down to the side and said to Lu's mother, "Mom, put Xiangxiang on my right."
"Okay." Mrs. Lu smiled and handed Xiangxiang over.
Holding a child in each arm, Shen Li looked at the happy family in front of her and felt a warmth in her heart.
Grandpa sat beside her, watching her and smiling, "If you come back any later, these two little ones might really forget about you."
Grandma gave Grandpa a reproachful look and gently comforted Shen Li, "Don't listen to him. No matter how distant you are, mother and son are still blood relatives. You'll get used to each other after a few more days. The bond is unbreakable."
Grandpa nodded: "That makes sense."
At noon, Shen Li had lunch with her family in the yard. After lunch, she called Jerry and arranged to have dinner together that evening.
With nothing much to do in the afternoon, she took Zhao Qing and Feng Ye to the Ming family home to check on the unconscious Ming Xiangyang.
Before setting off, she had intended to take some tonics from her spatial storage, but then she thought that the Ming family's medical skills were superb, and the things in her own spatial storage might not be as good as the Ming family's medicinal herbs. It would seem deliberate, so she gave up the idea.
Her space was really useless, like an online supermarket, it only had things that were available in the market in the future, and nothing that wasn't available was not available at all.