Shen Shuo lowered his head and looked at Shen Chu. The little body next to him was not only soft but also tender, like a round dumpling. Shen Shuo couldn’t help but think of what Agumon looked like before it evolved, a pink dumpling.

　　Shen Chu was still calculating for Shen Shuo, and told him to ask Su Luoyue to cook two more dishes so that he could watch one more episode.

　　After saying this, he looked at Shen Shuo with his round, bright eyes.

　　”How’s it going, brother?”

　　Shen Shuo paused, then said: “I have already said this before…”

　　Shen Chu nodded and said, “I know. Big brother said he had never thought about it.”

　　”But if you didn’t think about it before, you can think about it now. It doesn’t conflict.”

　　Shen Shuo pursed his lips and was about to refuse, but the little fat guy was so anxious that he reached out and grabbed his arm: “Brother, think about it quickly, there is not much time left! This episode is less than halfway through! I want to watch one more episode!”

　　“Big brother, big brother, big brother!”

　　These calls of “Big Brother” made Shen Yi and Shen Sui turn their heads.

　　Shen Yi: “What is he doing?”

　　Shen Sui: “I was chased by a dog.”

　　”Where’s the dog?”

　　”In his heart.”

　　Shen Yi: “…”

　　If he talks to Shen Sui again, he’ll be a dog!

　　Not to mention Shen Yi and Shen Sui, Shen Shuo was also aroused by Shen Chu’s call. He subconsciously started thinking about what dishes to eat. When he came to his senses, the fat little man had already run to the kitchen to announce the names of the dishes.

　　Xie Shiming sat on the sofa, glanced in the direction of the kitchen, and couldn’t help but pursed his lips.

　　When Shen Chu came back, he saw Xie Shiming with his head slightly lowered. He didn’t even watch the cartoons and was in a daze again. In fact, he was in his own world, as if he was separated from everyone else.

　　He thought about it, climbed onto the sofa with his hands and feet, and came to Xie Shiming’s side. He whispered, “I told my mother about this before.”

　　Xie Shiming was stunned for a moment, not understanding what it meant.

　　Then Shen Chu continued——

　　”That’s right, I told mom to cook dishes with eggs for you because you always subconsciously pick up eggs to eat.”

　　Xie Shiming’s shock was even more obvious. Is he like this?

　　What he said to Su Luoyue last time was true. He really didn’t know what he liked to eat and had never thought about it. After all, when he lived with Xie Wenshan, he ate whatever was available and was not picky about food. It didn’t matter to him.

　　But…did he eat more eggs before?

　　”Chickens are good things, and eggs are good things too.”

　　Shen Chu leaned against Xie Shiming and couldn’t help but sigh: “I love eggs, too. Fried chicken is delicious, eggs and potatoes are delicious, stewed potatoes, French fries, mashed potatoes, wow, soft and sticky, can be used as a main dish or a side dish.”

　　”Why don’t you try more potatoes in the future? I think you will like them too.”

　　“Potatoes are also a good thing.”

　　Shen Chu smacked his lips and squinted at Xie Shiming: “So are you going to tell me next time?”

　　Xie Shiming was still a little confused: “Huh?”

　　”When mom asks you again, are you going to tell what you like or want to eat?”

　　Shen Chu poked Xie Shiming’s arm and said, “If you say I don’t know again, I won’t speak for you. I don’t want to bother with so many trivial matters. It’s exhausting.”

　　The little fat boy spoke with disdain, but Xie Shiming smiled.

　　”Um.”

　　”Um?”

　　Shen Chu tilted his head and stared at Xie Shiming with wide eyes: “Did you just… laugh?”

　　Wow, I^[1]he could actually laugh when I^[2]he was a kid!

　　But what’s so funny?

　　Weird.

　　Shen Chu stretched out his hand and suddenly pinched Xie Shiming’s face: “Stop straightening your mouth and smile again.”

　　Xie Shiming blinked and pulled Shen Chu’s hand down: “The cartoon is about to end.”

　　”Ah!”

　　No, he wants to watch cartoons!

　　It’s a hard-won opportunity, but if you don’t take advantage of it, you’ll lose it.

　　Shen Chu quickly turned his head and snuggled down on the sofa to watch. His body was soft and his stature was small, so he could easily sink into the sofa. He always had to lean on something to feel comfortable, so he would lean on something subconsciously.

　　I was feeling very comfortable next to Xie Shiming at the moment, so I was too lazy to move.

　　Anyway, the smaller version of Xie Shiming should be bullied as much as possible, this is a rare opportunity!

　　Ha ha!

　　Shen Chu laughed in his heart as if he had succeeded, and he felt that his current life was even happier.

　　But at night he no longer thought so—

　　He had study tasks in the morning and afternoon, and he watched cartoons for more than half an hour. At night, he went to bed at 8 o’clock! 8 o’clock, even workers don’t get off work so early!

　　The nightlife has just begun!

　　Even children don’t need to go to bed so early…

　　At least he still has an hour to move around, and the growth hormone hasn’t started working yet.

　　Shen Chu pouted and sat on the bed, staring at Xie Shiming: “I can’t sleep.”

　　Just like when they were in the villa, when they moved into the old house, Su Luoyue insisted that he and Xie Shiming sleep in the same room first, and it would only be for a week. The other room could be decorated according to Xie Shiming’s preferences.

　　But as you can imagine, before Xie Shiming could even open his mouth, Shen Chu had to split the room into two.

　　In addition, before this, the old house had a rule that students had to go to bed early before junior high school, and Shen Chu always insisted on implementing it. Even if he couldn’t sleep, he would lie on the bed with his eyes closed. Later, he learned to study in the quilt. It must be said that this was also the reason.

　　But at this moment, he refused to let himself lie on the bed with his eyes closed.

　　He came back to enjoy himself, how could he count sheep with his eyes closed!

　　So Shen Chu moved closer to Xie Shiming and smiled at him first.

　　Xie Shiming: “?”

　　”I heard that my mother is in the audio-visual room on the fourth floor. She said she wanted to watch some old movie shot by a certain director.”

　　Xie Shiming said “oh” and nodded.

　　So what?

　　Shen Chu smiled at Xie Shiming again: “So let’s go and take a look, I heard it’s very nice!”

　　”But… have you forgotten what grandpa said to you after dinner?”

　　”Um……”

　　Because of his performance today, Shen Songguo “pays special attention” to him and specifically asks him not to make trouble after dinner. Anyway, playing the suona at night is disturbing. Even if no one outside the old house can hear it, Shen Songguo has enough reasons to reject Shen Chu’s “diligence”! So before the old man left, he felt a sense of relief.

　　But can Shen Chu listen to him——

　　Of course not!

　　”Let’s go secretly.”

　　Shen Chu whispered: “Grandpa has gone back to his room anyway, he usually goes to bed early.”

　　”But……”

　　”Oh, but what but!”

　　The little fat man narrowed his eyes: “You don’t want to ask me to go by myself?!”

　　”No!”

　　Xie Shiming immediately shook his head: “I just want to say, aren’t you afraid that grandpa will punish you?”

　　”Well…”

　　Shen Chu touched his chin. This was indeed a problem.

　　…

　　After dinner, Shen Yi and Shen Sui, who were still in elementary school, were naturally sent back to their rooms.

　　But of course they couldn’t fall asleep right away. As usual, they turned on the evening reading light and planned to read for a while before going to bed, but suddenly, they heard a knock on the door –

　　”Who is it?”

　　Shen Yi muttered and glanced at Shen Sui.

　　Unlike Shen Chu, his room is a “king room”, while Shen Yi and Shen Sui’s is a “standard room”. After all, they were born together and raised together since birth, so they still share the same room.

　　The room is big enough, and there are not just bunk beds, but two beds in the room.

　　Shen Yi’s bed is on the outside and Shen Sui’s bed is on the inside, but Shen Yi is too lazy to move and often orders Shen Sui to do this and that. Anyway, his younger brother is there to be used.

　　Born half an hour later is also a younger brother!

　　”Go open the door.”

　　Shen Yi lay on the bed, propping himself up with his arms, watching Shen Sui get off the bed without saying anything. He couldn’t help but feel happy and sighed, “Why are you always so obedient at this time?”

　　“Because I’m practicing.”

　　”Huh? Practicing what?”

　　Shen Sui: “After practicing, when you are old and bedridden, I will serve you like this too.”

　　Shen Yi: “…”

　　He really is a dog! Why ask more questions!

　　Shen Yi was so angry that he kept scratching the bed sheets. Then he saw the door open and a little fat boy poked his head out.

　　”Hey-hey.”

　　Shen Chu greeted him obediently: “Second brother, third brother.”

　　Shen Yi raised his eyebrows.

　　Shen Sui blinked, then looked at Xie Shiming who was following him, and gave him a questioning look.

　　Xie Shiming twitched his lips and looked at Shen Chu – Is this the solution you came up with?

　　Shen Chu winked at Xie Shiming and signaled with his eyes – this is what they mean by “happiness is shared with others rather than enjoyed alone!”

　　Xie Shiming: “…”

　　It is better to punish together than to punish alone…

　　It turns out that the method Shen Chu had vowed to use before was to get others to “join the group”?

　　”Why are you here instead of sleeping?”

　　Shen Yi also came over at this time, crossing his arms and threatening: “Aren’t you afraid of being caught? Grandpa is waiting to pull your braids.”

　　”But I can’t sleep.”

　　Shen Chu looked at the two of them: “Can you two fall asleep?”

　　Shen Yi and Shen Sui looked at each other. Of course they couldn’t sleep, otherwise they wouldn’t have turned on the night light for reading.

　　But I’ve always been like this before, and usually I would fall asleep after lying down for a while.

　　”Let’s go to the fourth floor to find mom. She’s watching a movie there.”

　　Shen Chu glanced at Shen Yi. He knew that Shen Yi could never refuse these things. Sure enough, he saw Shen Yi’s brows twitch.

　　But Shen Sui remained unmoved.

　　The little fat boy touched his chin and said, “I heard that my mother wanted to watch a movie about future science and technology. She told my father that this movie won an award. It seems that all the science and technology-related content in it was checked by experts.”

　　Shen Sui was about to close the door: “Then let’s go.”

　　”Stop!”

　　Shen Yi kept his sanity and stopped him, narrowing his eyes and looking at Shen Chu: “Why don’t you just go and see it yourself? Why did you call us two? Are you so kind?”

　　What? He has a bright red heart, okay?

　　Just as Shen Chu was about to open his mouth, he saw Shen Yi raise his hand again——

　　”Don’t tell me, tell me.”

　　As he spoke, he pointed at Xie Shiming.

　　”Well……”

　　Xie Shiming opened his mouth: “This is because…”

　　”That……”

　　Seeing Xie Shiming stuttering, Shen Yi imitated Shen Chu and put his hands on his hips: “I knew you, little fat boy, had bad intentions!”

　　”Are you thinking that if grandpa finds out, Shen Sui and I will be punished together?!”

　　Oh no.

　　Discovered~~~

　　Shen Chu rubbed his face, thinking that he was thick-skinned enough, so he pulled Shen Sui with one hand and Shen Yi with the other, stretching out his voice –

　　”Second brother~Third brother~”

　　”Why don’t we keep each other company~”

　　”Brothers should love each other, share happiness and misfortune. My original intention was good. I just wanted to take you to the movies together. Besides, we don’t have to be discovered by grandpa, right?”

　　As he spoke, Shen Chu was shaking the two men’s arms.

　　”Let’s go. It’s boring to go to bed so early. When you get sleepy, we can go downstairs.”

　　”If we are really caught, maybe Grandpa will not punish us because he sees there are so many of us. Isn’t there a saying that goes ‘the law does not punish the masses’?”

　　Shen Sui really wanted to say that this was not the way the word was used, and that this situation would most likely not happen, but for some reason his arm was shaking and his head felt a little dizzy, so he didn’t say anything.

　　Shen Yi…

　　Shen Yi coughed lightly, his will was seriously shaken. Of course, he was not very determined to begin with, but he felt that it was really unprincipled to compromise, so he cleared his throat and said, “You can ask me to agree.”

　　”Um?”

　　”But didn’t you say that good brothers should love each other?”

　　Shen Yi smiled at Shen Chu: “And there’s my eldest brother.”

　　Shen Chu suddenly had a bad feeling…

　　”So don’t forget to knock on Big Brother’s door again later. If you can convince Big Brother, we can go to the fourth floor together.”

　　As he spoke, Shen Yi patted Shen Chu on the shoulder and said, “Time is tight and the task is heavy. You have to hurry up.”

　　Shen Chu: “…”

　　Originally, when I was doing “pyramid selling” to eldest brother today, I was caught by grandfather once. If I convince eldest brother and get caught by grandfather again, won’t the old man explode with anger?

　　Besides, it’s not that easy to persuade my elder brother!

　　Why is he suffering…