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Yuan Ning was also tired from reading, so he stepped out of the balcony to get some air.

He didn't understand anything, but thinking about Ai Jingjing, he didn't make any jokes, and he had adapted to this brand new life.Seeing Zhang Xiuyan's figure, Yuan Ning subconsciously hid behind the French windows.

When he found Zhang Xiuyan frowning tightly, Yuan Ning quietly stepped out of the balcony again.

Yuan Ning is short, so he tried his best to raise his head to see the expression on Zhang Xiuyan's face clearly.

Zhang Xiuyan's expression reveals an unspeakable...sadness?

Yuan Ning didn't quite understand these emotions.

He just thought of the days when his parents had just passed away.At that time, he sat on the threshold and watched others cry and talk. Everyone would comfort him or reach out to hug him, but he just stubbornly sat at the door and waited.

Later Yuan Bo came and told him that his parents would not be coming back.Yuan Bo said he would take him home and share everything with him in the future.He didn't believe it, saying that his mother hadn't lied to him, and that she would definitely come back soon when she said she would come back soon, and would bring him candy cakes.

Yuan Bo hugged him and cried.

Zhang Xiuyan's expression seemed to be the same as he was back then.

These days Yuan Ning listened to the discussion of people outside, and knew the reason why he was the "fifth younger brother".

It turned out that Zhang Xiuyan's younger brother also had an accident a year or two ago.

His parents were crushed under the mudslide, and Zhang Xiuyan's younger brother was washed away by the flood.

In the face of such a natural disaster, even a powerful person like Zhang Xiuyan has nothing to do.

Yuan Ning wanted to speak again and again, but swallowed the words back again and again.He hesitated for a long time, and seeing that Zhang Xiuyan seemed to want to stand alone like a sculpture, he finally plucked up the courage to speak.

Rather than talking about the younger brother, maybe it would be better for Zhang Xiuyan to scold himself like he scolded Zhang Xiuwen and Zhang Xiuling.

Yuan Ning tremblingly waited to be scolded.

Zhang Xiuyan stared at Yuan Ning's small body.

He was really angry just now, this brat dared to challenge his authority by playing urine escape not long after he arrived, will he still get it in the future?It can be seen that Zhang Xiuyan has no interest in teaching others from the expression on that little face that he regards death as home.

Zhang Xiuyan said, "Go to bed early."

Yuan Ning was taken aback.He looked into Shang Zhang's stern and deep eyes, and felt that there was a lingering melancholy in them.

Although he has only been at Zhang's house for a few days, Yuan Ning has already seen a lot of things. Mr. Zhang is very busy, so he doesn't have much time to stay at home, let alone take care of his family. Even when he comes back, he is still busy in the study.Ms. Xue has a good temper and a gentle personality, but her body is weak, and she rarely goes out on weekdays. She can only bake biscuits and cakes occasionally.

Zhang Xiuyan is only in his teens, but he has to take care of the whole family's daily life and control his two younger siblings. It must be very hard, right?Now there is a "brother" like him who has repeatedly made him angry after just a few days...

Yuan Ning stood on tiptoe holding the railing between the two balconies, and said cautiously: "Big brother, can you bend down? Just bend a little bit..."

Zhang Xiu looked at the little stammer in front of him seriously.

Yuan Ning kept stepping on his feet, looking at him nervously.

Zhang Xiuyan leaned forward slightly, and bent down as Yuan Ning wanted.

As soon as he leaned over, he felt something cool and soft touch his forehead.Together with the thing on the forehead, there are two sweaty hands.

The little stammer hugged his neck tremblingly and kissed his forehead!

Zhang Xiuyan didn't expect that after avoiding Ms. Xue's loving kisses for so many years, he would be succeeded by this little stuttering today!He was the one who bent down and kissed this little stutterer himself!

Feeling that a storm was brewing around Zhang Xiuyan, Yuan Ning hurriedly backed away, stuttering even more frightened: "I, I, I...Brother, don't be angry, my mother used to be like this, when I was angry and sad, my mother Kiss me, I won't be angry or sad..."

Zhang Xiu said with a sullen face, "Go to bed early." He glanced at Yuan Xiaodouding Ning, "Go to bed early to grow taller."

Yuan Ning: _(:з」∠)_

He seems to have been disliked for being short again.

Yuan Ning returned to the room obediently.

Zhang Xiuyan watched Yuan Ning pull up the curtains to sleep before reaching out to touch his ears.He has a special constitution, and every time he has physical contact with people, the base of his ears will feel hot.Even without looking in the mirror, he knew it must have turned red.

Whenever someone touches her, the roots of her ears will turn red, which will affect my brother's majesty too much!

These little devils must not be allowed to make mistakes.

Zhang Xiuyan turned back to his room and went to bed on time.

Waking up in the morning, Zhang Xiuyan found that his hand was on his forehead, and the back of his hand was covering the place where Yuan Ning kissed him.

Zhang Xiuyan sat for a while, got up and changed his clothes, went to the next room and knocked on the door.

The little stammer obviously got up, opened the door and looked at him cautiously.

Zhang Xiuyan said: "Morning exercise." After finishing speaking, he found that he seemed to be speaking too briefly, so he added, "The more you exercise, the faster you will grow taller."

Yuan Ning: "..."

The eldest brother really disliked him for being short.

Yuan Ning also woke up very early, and now she is sitting bored in the room reading a book.In fact, he also misses the fresh air in the morning a little bit, but he dare not go out alone. He is naturally happy that Zhang Xiuyan is willing to take him to do morning exercises!

Yuan Ning said, "I'm going to change my clothes now!"

Zhang Xiuyan looked at the closed door again, and raised his wrist to look at his watch.

Already 2 minutes later than usual, it really is a little trouble.

Yuan Ning was used to dressing herself, so she put on the sportswear three times and twice, and opened the door in a hurry.Seeing that Zhang Xiuyan was still waiting outside, Yuan Ning was very moved: "Big brother, I can go now!"

Zhang Xiuyan nodded and led Yuan Ning downstairs.Before Yuan Ning came over, the whole family picked out some clothes for him.Ms. Xue and Zhang Xiuling both chose the cute type, Zhang Xiuwen chose the cool type, only he chose the ordinary sportswear, which was the same as what he was wearing, mainly black and white, with a white background, There are black horizontal stripes on the shoulders and arms, but the number is much smaller.As for Mr. Zhang?Mr. Zhang naturally doesn't care about this.

Obviously, Yuan Ning agrees with his taste more.Zhang Xiuyan was very satisfied with this.

The two went downstairs wearing the same sportswear, opened the door and walked out.The air in the garden has the fragrance of the soil after the rain. It seems that it rained last night, causing the buds that have not yet bloomed to hang their heads shyly.It was the first time Yuan Ning went out in the morning, and couldn't help taking a few mouthfuls of fresh air outside the house greedily, until his chest was filled with them before he walked up to Zhang Xiuyan with his short legs.

Zhang Xiuyan stared at Yuan Ning from the corner of his eye.

Yuan Ning looks more well-behaved than Zhang Xiuwen and Zhang Xiuling, but in fact he likes to keep things in his heart.

Zhang Xiuyan has always paid attention to Yuan Ning's actions.Yuan Ning is very obedient and not stupid. He is obviously a silent and introverted character, but he never shows timidity in front of others.Usually, he would not ask for anything unless someone gave it to him; if someone did not take it with him, he would never go out by himself.The only time Yuan Ning took the initiative to ask for something was when he asked him to go to school—or exchange for the toys in the room.

This little stammer is different from Zhang Xiuwen and Zhang Xiuling.

He looked obedient, but he was actually very defensive.

Zhang Xiuyan led Yuan Ning to do warm-up exercises.

Yuan Ning took a look at Zhang Xiuyan's movements, and learned them well, but he has short hands and legs, so his movements are not as good as Zhang Xiuyan's, but they are a little more funny and cute.Zhang Xiuyan doesn't like cute things, and when he sees Yuan Ning learning how to warm up, his heart softens inexplicably.He stopped and asked Yuan Ning to do it again, correcting some irregular movements of Yuan Ning.

The morning breeze was blowing, making Yuan Ning's hair a little messy, but Yuan Ning didn't care about it. He warmed up honestly until his forehead was dripping with sweat, and then started the morning run with Zhang Xiuyan.

The sun has not yet raised the flag, only the thin light of dawn is exposed in the sky, illuminating the earth in the morning.Zhang Xiuyan couldn't run fast, and Yuan Ning could barely keep up, but after going around the lake, his thighs felt itchy and numb.Yuan Ning blushed and wanted to grab it, but felt it was too indecent. Zhang Xiuyan would definitely not like it when he saw it.His pace could not help but slow down.

Zhang Xiuyan noticed his strangeness, stopped in his tracks, and said, "Itchy?"

Yuan Ning nodded embarrassedly.He felt that there were many small insects biting him on his legs.

Zhang Xiuyan commented lightly: "Lack of exercise."

Yuan Ning: "..."

Zhang Xiuyan said, "It won't itch anymore after running around again."

Yuan Ning naturally believed Zhang Xiuyan's expression of "I am the authority".He secretly cheered himself up, and continued to run after Zhang Xiuyan.I don't know if he endured the itching, but Yuan Ning really didn't feel itching anymore, but he couldn't run in the last half lap, so he could only watch Zhang Xiuyan run away and walk back slowly by himself. .

Yuan Ning walked back to the origin, where Zhang Xiuyan was already waiting.When he walked over, Zhang Xiuyan was raising his wrist to look at his watch, as if he was watching how much time he had delayed.

Yuan Ning apologized softly: "I'm sorry, I ran too slowly."

Zhang Xiu gave a strict meal.It was he who took the initiative to take Yuan Ning to practice in the morning, and it is normal to spend more time, but he still hates trouble in his heart, and he doesn't like to change his work and rest time at will.

I didn't expect Yuan Ning to be so sensitive, Yuan Ning could guess his thoughts with just one movement.Zhang Xiuyan looked at Yuan Ning's little head, and explained, "I'm just thinking about how to adjust the timetable accurately."

"Schedule?" Yuan Ning was puzzled.

"This is also the task you have to do today." Zhang Xiuyan looked at him seriously, "Can you tell the time?"

Yuan Ning nodded.

"Do you know how many hours there are in a day?"

"24?" Yuan Ning was a little uncertain.

"Yes." Zhang Xiuyan said, "Set a schedule according to your work and rest time, arrange the things to be done every day, and show me before dinner at night."

"..."

"Understood?"

"Understood." Yuan Ning nodded obediently.He can tell the time, and he has also learned to look it up in a dictionary—if he really doesn’t understand, he can ask Meng Zhao, and he will definitely be able to write it down!

Zhang Xiuyan led Yuan Ning home.

The sky was already white with fish belly.

The sun has risen.

Yuan Ning felt warm and very comfortable.

Zhang Xiuyan observed Yuan Ning calmly.

Just out for a run, are you that happy?

When they opened the door, Zhang Xiuyan and Yuan Ning were greeted by Ms. Xue's expressions as if they had seen a ghost.

Yuan Ning couldn't help taking a step back, hiding behind Zhang Xiuyan.