This person was none other than Liu Yutong's older brother, Liu Yushan.
Liu Yushan dawdled at the front gate for a long time, not daring to enter, staring longingly at his sister, Liu Yutong, who was busy helping their grandfather serve the food in the courtyard.
Liu Yutong had noticed him long ago. Seeing that he still didn't dare to come in, she turned her head and glanced at him.
Liu Yushan tensed up at the look, subconsciously straightening his back, and said with a trembling voice, Yu... Yutong, have... have you eaten? Where are Grandpa and Grandma?
Seeing this guy spouting nonsense with his eyes wide open, Liu Yutong suddenly asked back, Has the village's garbage been cleaned up today?
Liu Yushan nodded hastily, It's clean! Clean! From the beginning of the village to the end, I swept it three times! Really! I'm not lying to you!
Hmm!
Liu Yutong seemed to have just asked casually and said nothing more.
Liu Yushan was left completely unsettled by her ambiguous attitude, having no idea what his sister meant. He could only stand at the front gate, daring neither to leave nor to enter, standing there like a door god.
The excuses he had prepared to beg for mercy were now completely stuck in his throat under his sister's invisible aura.
He suddenly felt that standing in front of his sister was even more agonizing than taking out the trash.
Old Master Liu naturally saw Liu Yushan's cowardly appearance at the door. Towards this eldest grandson, he felt both anger and sighs. He was angry that he used to be as disappointing as his bastard father, addicted to gambling and lazy, completely losing the Liu family's face. He sighed because, after all, they were connected by blood, and he couldn't truly wash his hands of him.
What are you standing there for? Get in here! Are you waiting for an eight-bearer sedan chair to invite you?! The old man yelled at the door in a bad mood.
This sounded like a reprimand, but it actually gave Liu Yushan an out.
Liu Yushan shuddered and walked trembling into the courtyard. Then he rubbed his hands, bowed his back, and with a fawning expression on his face, greeted his grandparents, and especially his sister. He also casually handed the remote control car he had just bought to Yaya.
Yaya was very sensible and thanked him, Thank you, brother!
You're welcome, you're welcome!
Liu Yushan was so polite to the little girl that it bordered on humble.
Grandma Liu was setting the bowls and chopsticks. After glancing at him, she said directly, Go wash your hands and get ready to eat.
Liu Yushan quickly agreed and ran to wash his hands.
Liu Yutong took in her grandparents' attitude towards her brother, Liu Yushan.
She could see that the two elders still couldn't truly let go of this good-for-nothing brother. After all, Liu Yushan was the only grandson of the Liu family.
In any case, no matter how much she disliked this brother, considering the elders, she couldn't completely ignore him. But she couldn't indulge him either, lest he get carried away again, or become like that deadbeat father, gambling and messing around.
After everyone was seated, Liu Yutong spoke calmly, Since you're here, that's perfect. I haven't been back for a while, and there are some things I want to know.
Hearing his sister's words, Liu Yushan's back instantly broke out in a cold sweat.
Here it comes!
His sister was going to put him on trial!
Um... Yutong, I really haven't been lazy. I've changed! I've really changed!
Liu Yutong didn't believe him. She took out her phone and directly dialed a number. Debao, are you free right now? Yes, I'm back. Come over to Grandpa's house. Bring Uncle along too; I have something to ask you both.
Liu Yushan became even more anxious. How could he not know why his sister was calling their uncle and cousin over? It was nothing more than to ask about his performance in the village.
In that split second, countless images flashed through his mind, from whether he had done good deeds like helping old ladies cross the street, to whether he had found money and not handed it over to the police...
Before long, footsteps came from outside the courtyard.
A young man in a leather jacket and a slightly travel-worn middle-aged man walked into the courtyard one after the other.
Sister, my dad and I are here!
Liu Yutong got up to greet them at the door. She first nodded to Liu Debao, then said to Liu Jianhong, Uncle, you haven't eaten yet, right? Let's eat together and chat while we eat.
No, no, we just ate, Liu Jianhong hurriedly waved his hand.
It's fine, have a little more.
Liu Yushan was quite perceptive and quickly ran to bring over two chairs.
Seeing Liu Yushan, Liu Jianhong roughly understood why his niece had called the two of them over.
Finally, he stopped declining and sat down.
Yaya greeted the two newcomers very politely, Hello Uncle, hello brother.
Liu Debao's eyes lit up when he saw the pretty little girl. Oh, this must be Yaya, right? I finally get to see you in person. You're so pretty.
He had only heard before that his cousin had adopted a little girl, but he hadn't seen her, mainly because he was in a hurry to get home.
This was their first time meeting.
Yaya, she's part of our family now too. Liu Yutong gave a simple introduction.
Although there weren't many words, everyone understood the weight behind them.
Liu Jianhong even took out a thousand yuan from his pocket, insisting on giving it to the little girl as a meeting gift.
After getting her sister's approval, Yaya accepted it and thanked him again.
After some simple pleasantries.
Liu Yutong looked at Liu Debao first and asked casually, Debao, how has the village's environmental sanitation been over the past year?
She didn't name Liu Yushan, but everyone knew what she was asking about.
Liu Yushan's ears immediately perked up, and his heart pounded wildly.
Liu Debao glanced at the anxious Liu Yushan, thought about it, and decided to tell the truth. Sister, to be honest, Brother Yushan has really done a decent job in this regard. In the past, garbage was dumped everywhere in the village, and the roads were always dirty with everything on them. Since Brother Yushan took on this job, the village has indeed become much cleaner. Although I'm not home often, I've heard others say that Brother Yushan rides his cart out to deal with the garbage before dawn every day. He hasn't rested much even in wind and rain. He really put effort into it.
Hearing Liu Debao's words, Liu Yushan suddenly felt a rush of heat to his eyes and almost cried out of sheer relief.
Debao! Good brother! You are my real brother!
But... Liu Debao suddenly shifted his tone.
Hearing this ominous word, Liu Yushan's heart, which had just settled, leaped to his throat again. He even wanted to jump up and slap Liu Debao. Shut up! What you said before is enough, don't say anything else!
But when he saw his sister's gaze, he obediently sat back down.
Liu Yutong: But what? Go on and finish.
