Arrogant and domineering because of his good looks: His Majesty always pretends to be righteous

Master Zhang was holding a bag in his hand, which was filled with candy. He protested, "Didn't I already give you two candies? Why do you want more?"

"You promised two candies every day, every single day! You only gave me today's amount, and you haven't given me the ones from the previous days!" Xia Rongliu crossed her arms and looked at Master Zhang with a composed expression.

Master Zhang seemed a little awkward. "Then I'll make it up tomorrow, not today."

"Why not? Believe me or not, I'll tell the students you broke your promise, and see what you do then."

Master Zhang hesitated, but was also heartbroken. He loved sweets, so he always kept some on hand. He forgot to restock yesterday, and now there wasn't much sweet left in the bag.

Master Zhang felt a slight pang of heartache. Why did they have to come asking him for candy now, and even if they included the previous ones, he wouldn't have enough candy in his bag to give them all.

"How about this, I'll give you half of the candy in the bag, and you keep half for me. That'll be enough for me for a day. I'll go buy some more today and give it to you tomorrow," Master Zhang tried to negotiate with Xia Rongliu.

Xia Rongliu readily agreed, mainly because she felt two candies weren't enough for Xia Zhanxin. Half a bag of candies would be enough, and besides, Zhang Fuzi's bag of candies didn't have much to begin with.

After Xia Rongliu left, Xia Zhishu laughed heartily.

Master Zhang glared at him and said, "Did you give birth to this daughter just to collect a debt from me?"

"You have to owe her money first before she can collect it, hahaha," Xia Zhishu retorted. This scene was truly amusing.

Master Zhang is middle-aged, or almost middle-aged, and is only thirty-eight years old this year, exactly ten years younger than Xia Zhishu. The two don't have any distinction between elder and younger, and are usually good friends, occasionally teasing each other.

"You two are truly father and daughter." They both use the same slang.

Xia Zhishu stayed in the hut for a while before going to class. Each class was long, and the break in between was also quite long. There were only three classes in the morning. Xia Zhishu taught the first two classes, and Master Zhang taught the last one. The afternoon was the opposite.

Class started, and the students returned to their seats. Xia Rongliu was already seated.

Xia Zhanxin was in a dilemma. Should he choose the first method or the second method? He had no reason to cry about the first method, but the second method...

At this moment, Xia Rongliu was thinking to herself how to bring it up without feeling awkward, and what her reason was for giving him the candy. Sigh, why was she so conflicted?

Meanwhile, the child at the table in front of him chuckled to himself, "Hahaha, no matter how gentle or not the older sister is, she's essentially the same—she hates her younger siblings, without exception."

After a while, Xia Rongliu spoke, "Xia Yuanxiao."

Xia Zhanxin was struggling with her thoughts and imagining the consequences, so she didn't notice Xia Rongliu calling her. The kid in front of her, who was focused on the back of her, laughed and said, "I told you not to pay attention to her, not to ignore her, silly boy."

Xia Rongliu called out again, "Xia Yuanxiao."

This time the voice was a little louder, and Xia Yuanxiao came to her senses and looked at Xia Rongliu, "Sister..."

The second method is to ignore his sister and let her anger subside, but now that his sister has come looking for him, should he use the first method?

Xia Zhanxin was indeed a bit naive, and she began to gather her emotions.

"I got the candy I owed you back from Master Zhang. Here you go." Xia Rongliu was a little embarrassed as she handed two candies to Xia Zhanxin without looking at her.

Xia Zhanxin's carefully prepared emotions came to an abrupt halt. What had he heard? The child at the table in front of him shared the same thought.

Why? Why!

Xia Zhanxin was still reacting. Candy? Xia Zhanxin looked down at Xia Rongliu's palm. Her fair and tender little hand was open, revealing two candies wrapped in colorful candy wrappers.

The lowering of her head was not the problem; the key was that the tears she had just gathered couldn't be held back, and due to her weight, they dripped into Xia Rongliu's palm.

Xia Rongliu felt something strange in her palm. Turning her head to look, she saw Xia Zhanxin with her head down, tears streaming down her face.

Xia Rongliu felt heartbroken. "Why are you crying...?"

The kid in front of me laughed again, hahaha, he actually cried! His older sister hates it when her younger brother cries; if he cries, she'll beat him until he stops.

The kid in front of me turned his head to the side, wanting to see what would happen next.

Xia Zhanxin didn't want to take it back, so she said, "Sister, you haven't been talking to me much since this morning. You don't even look at me during class, you're just staring out the window..."

That's true, Xia Rongliu couldn't refute. "Didn't I go ask Master Zhang for candy? Eat this one, and stop crying."

Xia Zhanxin stopped crying, and he didn't intend to let it continue. "Then, sister, could you please not ignore me from now on?"

"Okay, okay, it won't happen again..." Xia Rongliu's gentle and patient demeanor shocked the person sitting in front of her for ages.

This...this is not what he expected. Why can't he have a sister like this? Why!

The child in front of him was very sad and spent the entire class complaining and blaming others, while the two students behind him kept stabbing him in the heart.

"Sister, why did you go ask Master Zhang for candy?"

"You forgot? Master Zhang said he would give you two candies every day, so I went and asked him for them. I even included the ones I had before. You can eat them slowly, I still have some here."

The child at the table in front of her looked at her with a complicated expression, then turned to Xia Rongliu and asked for candy, "Sister Xia, could you give me a piece of candy too?"

Xia Rongliu looked at Xia Zhanxin and said, "These candies are yours. See if you want to give them to him."

The boy sitting in front of him felt increasingly conflicted. Every word Xia Rongliu said was outside his comprehension. He wished Xia Rongliu would just reject him outright.

Xia Zhanxin said without hesitation, "Give it to him."

After all, the method came from the child in front of him, and he also sympathized with the child's experience. He must be very envious to have such a sister.

Xia Rongliu found a piece of candy and handed it to the child at the table in front of her. The child turned back, unwrapped the candy, and put it in his mouth. The sweetness was in his mouth, but the bitterness was in his heart.

The more harmonious things became, the more desolate he felt inside. Why didn't his sister like him? He didn't know. It had been like this since he could remember. He didn't know what had happened before he could remember.

After getting to know other brothers with older sisters, I realized that most older sisters don't like their younger brothers, and even if they do, they don't treat their younger brothers as well as Xia Rongliu does.

His fixed impression of his sister was shattered by Xia Rongliu.

After finishing the candy, the child at the table in front of him turned around and asked Xia Rongliu for more. Xia Zhanxin still said yes, because he would feel very sad if Xia Rongliu ignored him even slightly, let alone after hearing about what had happened to him.

The kid in front of me might not have cared much about this before meeting Xia Rongliu and Xia Zhanxin, but the comparison made him very resentful.

The fourth time, Xia Rongliu didn't ask Xia Zhanxin if she wouldn't give it to him, and the child at the front of the table was a little disappointed.

Because Xia Rongliu said, "If you eat it, you won't have any more Yuanxiao (sweet rice balls) for the Lantern Festival. We'll share the rest with you tomorrow when Master Zhang gives me the rest."