Chapter 405: The Clever Brother and the Clueless Sister

Chapter 405: The Smart Brother and the Airheaded Sister

Lying in bed, Su He tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.

Fu Tinghua lay flat on his back, watching her restless movements, which got him all worked up.

He suddenly flipped over, pinning Su He down and gripping her wrists. "Can't sleep?" he asked.

Su He fell silent.

"Can’t you just talk properly? Why are you pinning me down?" Su He snapped irritably.

Fu Tinghua had no choice but to roll back off her, sighing helplessly. "Then why are you tossing and turning? I thought—"

He didn’t finish his sentence, but Su He knew exactly what he meant, and her cheeks instantly burned red.

"Dr. Fu, I’ve noticed you’ve become quite the tease lately. That wasn’t what I meant at all!" Su He glared at him, thinking how sneaky this man had become.

Suppressing a laugh, Fu Tinghua finally got to the point. "Then why can’t you sleep?"

"Earlier, I gave Niu Niu a long-winded pep talk, and later, do you know what she asked me?"

"What?"

Su He sighed. "She asked if I’d still like her if she wasn’t good at school."

"Huh?" Fu Tinghua raised an eyebrow. "And how did you answer?"

"Of course I said I’d still love her—that studying isn’t the only path in life. But now I’m thinking my answer wasn’t the best. What if Niu Niu grows up believing that even if she doesn’t study well, no one at home will mind, and she ends up feeling no pressure at all? Could she just throw her future away like that?"

Su He was utterly torn. Parenting was so hard.

Now she finally understood why some parents worried so much about their children’s studies.

Her Niu Niu was only four years old, and she was already worrying over nothing.

"Wife, just go to sleep. You’ll see things clearer after sleep," Fu Tinghua suddenly pulled Su He into his arms, holding her tightly.

He sometimes felt Su He worried too much about their two kids. They were still so young—why stress about academics now?

"You’re blowing me off," Su He grumbled unhappily.

"No, I just want you to stop overthinking and relax. Haven’t you been exhausted enough lately? And you still have energy to fret about whether such a young child will study well? That’s all in the future—what’s the point of stressing now? Besides, even if our daughter promised she’d ace every test and rank first in her grade, would you really believe a child that young?"

Su He fell silent.

Well, he had a point.

"I’m overthinking it again, making problems where there are none," Su He thought, thankful Fu Tinghua kept her grounded.

Now she knew why she had dropped dead in her past life—it was all from over-worrying.

"No, you’re fine. You just love them too much," Fu Tinghua gently kissed Su He’s cheek and added, "Go to sleep. Tomorrow’s another busy day."

The next morning, the moment Zai Zai opened his eyes, he was met with a giant Niu Niu face, right up in his face as she stared at him.

Zai Zai jumped in alarm and immediately sat up.

"Fu Xinyi! What are you doing?!" he snapped, scowling at Niu Niu.

Bright and early, although Niu Niu's little face was super cute, Zai Zai was still startled by her.

Even though her brother scolded her, Niu Niu wasn’t angry. Instead, she stared at Zai Zai with eyes shining and grabbed his hand, saying, "Brother, you went to bed early last night and didn’t hear what Mom told me."

Zai Zai was a bit surprised. Did Mom come back last night and talk to his sister a lot?

"Oh? What did Mom say to you?" Zai Zai acted like he didn't care.

"Mom said I can embroider, but you can’t. I’m better than you." Niu Niu lifted her chin, standing her ground for once.

That mean brother always called her silly—but she wasn’t silly at all!

In front of Mom and Dad, he pretended to be his usual quiet self.

But around her, he was like a completely different person, always teasing and bullying her. Such a bad brother.

"What nonsense is this?" Zai Zai frowned, looking at Niu Niu with disdain.

"You don’t even understand what I’m saying. You—you’re the silly one." Niu Niu felt like she was finally the smart one for once. Her brother was the real fool who couldn’t even grasp her words.

Zai Zai couldn't be bothered with this. Just as he was about to get up, Niu Niu yanked him back.

"What?" He looked lazily at his silly little sister.

"Brother, Mom didn't only praise me. She praised you too."

Niu Niu thought about it. Even though her brother loved to bully her now, he was also more fun than before and always played with her.

In the past, though he protected her, he would rather be alone and kept to himself.

But now, her brother smiled more and was way more outgoing.

Whenever she asked him to play with her, even if he didn’t like whatever it was, he would still stay by her side.

Niu Niu thought about it and decided her brother was actually pretty awesome now, so she wanted to make him happy too.

"Hmm? What did Mom praise me for?" Zai Zai asked curiously.

"Mom said you’re really good at studying." Niu Niu looked proud, as if the praise had been directed at her.

"Oh." Zai Zai just shrugged it off.

Niu Niu got worked up. She wanted to be praised for her studies too, but her brother couldn’t even be grateful.

"You should be happy! Mom praised you, but you don’t even love her." Niu Niu accused.

Mom was so wonderful, and so was her brother. Niu Niu felt that being praised by Mom should make him happy, not just blow it off like that.

Zai Zai laughed and pinched Niu Niu’s little cheek. "Silly girl, who said I’m not happy? Come on, get up already—the sun’s already up."

With that, he started helping Niu Niu get dressed.

Why, even after being reborn, was he still stuck playing the role of a caretaker, always looking after this silly girl?

Oh well. If he had to take care of her, so be it. After all, she was his little sister—his own twin sister, no less.

This girl’s head was always in the clouds, full of wild thoughts.

Lately, he’d been swamped with studying under Grandpa’s supervision and hadn’t had much time for her. He hoped she wasn't too bored.

Ugh, he clearly understood everything, yet still played dumb.

Watching Grandpa's surprised and excited expression, Zai Zai was totally at a loss for words.

He could only fake so much—the rest was simply beyond his acting skills.

"Stretch out your arms, let's get dressed," Zai Zai said while dressing Niu Niu.

Meanwhile, Niu Niu kept chattering nonstop beside him, starting her early-morning rambling right in his ear.

Sunlight streamed through the window, and the weather today seemed quite pleasant.