After Descending the Mountain, Seven Big Brothers Spoil Me - Chapter 45

Chapter 45: Eldest Brother’s Experience
Danger!

Quick-witted Zhouzhou immediately stuck an invisibility talisman on herself and instinctively held her breath, not moving.

Seeing her action, the person next to her followed her gaze and looked at the empty space, feeling puzzled. “What’s wrong, Dr. El?”

“It’s nothing.” El withdrew his gaze, but his eyes glanced in that direction again, his gaze deepening. He adjusted his tie and said, “Let’s go.”

Watching them leave, Zhouzhou stood still in her place. Sure enough, two minutes later, the group of people returned. Seeing the empty spot, El’s brow slightly relaxed. “Let’s go.”

This time, they didn’t come back again.

I knew they would double back to attack.

Zhouzhou disdainfully snorted and ran forward with her short legs.

Qin Ren pulled out a chair and lifted her onto it, asking casually, “Why did it take you so long?”

Zhouzhou didn’t say anything but stared at him intently. She hadn’t noticed before, but her scientist Eldest Brother, despite his privileged background, hadn’t had a smooth life. Judging from his appearance, he had experienced a great calamity in his childhood.

Could it be related to what those people said about “Number One”?

Thinking of this, she absentmindedly touched her chin.

Seeing her like that, Qin Ren raised an eyebrow and also touched his own face. “Is there something on my face?”

Zhouzhou shook her head repeatedly. “No.”

Saying that, she stopped thinking about it and focused on eating. After all, the bad people had temporarily left, and he wouldn’t be in any danger for the time being. She would ask her dad later when they returned home.

She refused to talk, but Qin Ren sensed that something was amiss. His gaze swept in the direction she had just been to, pondering. What happened to her just now?

Both of them kept their thoughts to themselves and didn’t speak.

After finishing their meal, they played in the fruit orchard for a while. When it was getting dark, they returned home with baskets full of fruit.

“You picked so much!” Grandma Qin looked at the several baskets of fruit, somewhat surprised.

“Yeah!” Zhouzhou proudly lifted her chin, pointing at the two baskets with the ripest fruits. “Grandma, I picked these.”

She chattered on, telling Grandma about the competition with the kids from the Liu family. Finally, she clenched her small fist and said, “If they dare to bully Seventh Elder Brother again, I’ll beat them!”

When Grandma Qin heard that the kids from the Liu family were causing trouble again, her expression turned sour. But when she heard that Zhouzhou had won and heard the last sentence, a smile finally appeared on her face.

“Good, good, good! Our Zhouzhou is the best.” Grandma Qin bent down, smiling, and pinched her chubby cheeks.

Zhouzhou looked up, cooperatively letting her pinch, and as soon as Grandma was done, she quickly offered them fruits to eat.

Grandma Qin took them and asked someone to wash them, then pulled her to sit on the sofa.

Zhouzhou nestled in her embrace and inadvertently glanced at Qin Ren, thinking about the people she had seen today wearing white coats.

She pondered for a moment but didn’t say anything. Leaning against Grandma Qin, she continued chatting with her. When they dispersed for the night, she quietly slipped into Qin Lie’s room.

At that time, Qin Lie was sitting at his desk, attending an international conference via his computer. When he heard the movement, he glanced at her but didn’t pay much attention, calmly saying, “Continue.”

Seeing that he was in a meeting, Zhouzhou didn’t disturb him. She looked around, found a small stool, and sat beside his leg, waiting for him to finish the meeting.

Unexpectedly, the meeting lasted for over an hour, and there was no sign of it ending.

Zhouzhou started to feel tired. Rubbing her eyes and yawning, she held onto his leg with both hands and rested her head on it, using it as a pillow. In a drowsy state, she fell asleep.

Sensing the movement on his leg, Qin Lie paused and gently touched her head. Zhouzhou, half-asleep, felt a warm sensation and subconsciously snuggled closer, her expression full of dependence.

Qin Lie glanced at the time, lowered the volume of the meeting, and a little over ten minutes later, after finalizing the last plan, he said, “Let’s stop here for today. Meeting adjourned.”

With that, he turned off the computer and looked at the little girl who had already entered dreamland. After hesitating for a moment, he picked her up and put her on the bed.

Little clingy one.

Even when she sleeps, she wants to be with him. She’s really timid.

He thought that to himself, but his hand honestly pulled up the blanket and naturally cradled her in his arms, treating her like a pillow.

Feeling his movement, Zhouzhou’s eyelids fluttered. She remembered that she had something to tell her dad, but a large hand gently patted her back, making her drowsiness deepen, and before long, she completely let go of that matter.

Forget it, I’ll talk about it tomorrow.

The next day, Zhouzhou woke up in a daze and saw Qin Lie’s enlarged face in front of her. Her consciousness returned, and she sat up abruptly, saying, “Dad!”

“Hmm.” Qin Lie had already woken up when she moved. He was about to speak when he heard the little girl ask, “Dad, does Eldest Brother also have a name called Number One?”

Upon hearing this, Qin Lie instantly opened his eyes, and sleepiness vanished. He sat up immediately, furrowing his brows and asked, “Who told you that?”

Zhouzhou then explained what she saw yesterday at the bathroom door. “…I saw it with my clairvoyance. The pictures they printed on paper, it’s Eldest Brother. Dad, does Eldest Brother have this nickname? I don’t like it; it doesn’t sound good.”

Coldly, it sounded like calling something lifeless.

But Eldest Brother is clearly alive, why would they call him that?

Qin Lie didn’t say anything, but his heart was still filled with shock and anger. He clenched his fists tightly, his gaze becoming icy.

Those people actually dare to come back!

“Dad?” Seeing his unusual reaction, Zhouzhou waved her hand in front of his eyes.

Qin Lie snapped back to reality, looking at her and said earnestly, “Don’t talk about this matter to anyone, especially not in front of A’ Ren.”

Zhouzhou obediently nodded, then curiously asked, “Dad, who are those people?”

“People who have harmed A’ Ren,” Qin Lie’s voice sounded like it was coming from within the ice, filled with uncontrollable anger.

Indeed, she didn’t see it wrong. Those were the bad guys.

Zhouzhou understood and clenched her small fist, saying, “Dad, don’t worry, I will protect Eldest Brother and won’t let those bad people bully him!”

She was quite capable.

However, Qin Lie responded, “Don’t get involved in this matter. Leave it to me. Stay away from them if you encounter them again.”

He looked at her and said each word, “If they find out about your abilities, they will really cut you into pieces.”

He looked serious, without a hint of joking.

This time, what he said was true and not meant to scare a child.

Upon hearing this, Zhouzhou frowned, remembering something. She furrowed her brows and said, “Dad, has Eldest Brother also been cut into… pieces as a little boy?”

This term sounded strange, but Qin Lie understood what she meant.

His expression turned even colder, and he said in a cold voice, “What they did is a thousand times, ten thousand times worse than that!”