Chapter 184: My Sister and My Sister-in-Law

Two days later, Ding Heng and Wen Jing took some time to help Wen Shu with the arrangements for commuting to day school and picked her up from school.

As the old Chang'an drove into the villa area, Wen Shu, sitting in the back seat, remained relatively calm, but would occasionally glance outside.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Wenjing glanced at Xiaoshu through the rearview mirror: "Xiaoshu, are you nervous?"

"Nervous? What do I have to be nervous about!"

Wen Shu sat up straight, her tone deliberately relaxed: "It's not like I haven't seen the world with you and my brother-in-law."

For Wen Shu, attending an expensive private school and staying at the Chujiang Hotel for a few nights was already the most she had ever seen.

But the villa area in front of her, in terms of both environment and decoration, far exceeded what she had seen before.

And this is where she will live from now on...

The car stopped in front of the villa, Ding Heng turned off the engine, and the three of them got out.

Sister Jiang was already waiting, smiling politely: "Miss Wen Shu, right? Hello, I'm Sister Jiang, the nanny. Please let me know if you need anything in the future."

"Hello, Sister Jiang, you can just call me Xiao Shu!"

Wen Shu nodded politely in response.

The motion-sensor lights in the entryway come on, the marble floor gleams, and the crystal chandelier overhead, even when off, hangs there with an unspoken weight.

Wen Shu stopped and looked down at her canvas shoes on the shiny ground, feeling inexplicably an eyesore.

"Wen Shu? Over by the shoe cabinet."

Sister Jiang called out a reminder in a gentle tone.

Wen Shu snapped out of her daze, walked over, and bent down to change her shoes.

Sister Jiang took out a pair of brand-new cotton slippers from the shoe cabinet, unpacked them, and neatly placed them next to Wen Shu's feet.

Wen Shu felt a little awkward: "Sister Jiang, I can do it myself, don't bother."

"fine."

Sister Jiang stood up, her smile unchanged: "You young people are so polite. It was just something I did for you."

Wen Shu didn't say anything more, and slipped her feet into the slippers, which fit perfectly.

Sister Jiang took the schoolbag from her hand naturally: "Shall I help you carry the schoolbag up? The room is on the second floor, facing south, with good lighting."

"I'll take it myself."

Wen Shu reached out to take it, but Sister Jiang had already turned and gone upstairs.

"It's not heavy, come with me."

Wen Shu glanced back at Wen Jing, feeling completely at a loss.

Wen Jing nodded to her, signaling her to follow.

Wen Shu pursed her lips and quickly followed Sister Jiang.

The room on the second floor faces south and has a window that overlooks the back garden.

The sheets and blankets were brand new, made of light gray pure cotton.

A desk lamp and a few books were on the desk. The wardrobe door was open and empty, with clothes already hung on the rack.

Wen Shu stood at the door, not going in immediately.

"Do you like it? Would you like to look at some other rooms?"

Sister Jiang put her schoolbag on the desk and looked back at her.

"No, no need, it's fine!"

Wen Shu went in and reached out to touch the bed sheet. It felt thin and soft, far superior to any blanket she had ever used before.

"Let me know if you need anything."

Sister Jiang drew the curtains open a little to let more light in: "We keep fruit and snacks in the kitchen every day. Just go down and get some if you're hungry. If the food isn't to your liking, just let me know and I'll prepare it. Don't be shy."

Wen Shu nodded, then felt that just nodding wasn't enough, so she added, "Thank you, Sister Jiang."

"You're welcome."

Sister Jiang turned and walked out of the room.

Wen Shu went to the window, looked out at the garden below, and let out a long breath.

She never dreamed that one day she would live in such a luxurious villa.

"How is it?"

Wenjing walked in and stood behind her.

"good."

Wen Shu turned around, her expression back to normal: "It's Sister Jiang..."

"Not used to it?"

"A little."

Wen Shu sat down on the edge of the bed, her fingers lightly pressing against the mattress, feeling its excellent elasticity: "The people who bring me tea and water make me feel so uncomfortable."

"I'm not used to it either, and I'm not used to it now."

Wenjing sat down next to her younger sister and reached out to tuck a stray strand of hair behind her ear: "But your brother-in-law has already made all the arrangements, so just relax and don't overthink it."

Wen Shu said "Oh" but didn't reply.

A series of light footsteps echoed down the corridor.

Baima appeared at the door, still wearing her Totoro pajamas, but she looked much more energetic.

She awkwardly replied politely, "Wen Shu...you're here."

Wen Shu stood up and smiled at her, "Sister Bai Ma, it's been a long time."

"haven't seen you for a long time……"

Baima responded, her fingers unconsciously tapping on the door frame.

Wen Shu stepped forward and asked, "Sister Bai Ma, have you grown taller?"

"Really?"

Baima subconsciously straightened her back, her face full of joy, and that slight embarrassment vanished in an instant.

"real!"

Wen Shu said confidently, "The last time I saw you, you were probably here with me."

She gestured at the tip of her nose, then moved her finger up one centimeter.

"That's it."

"Maybe so, I've been drinking milk a lot lately."

Baima smiled proudly, considering growing taller as the second most important thing in her life at 150cm tall!

The first thing is to find a boyfriend who can play video games...

"Then I should drink more."

Wen Shu said with feigned seriousness, "I've heard that some girls develop very late, and they still have room to grow until they're 25!"

"Really? I told you I still had a chance!"

Baima was overjoyed; Wenshu's words resonated deeply with her.

The two chatted back and forth, and gradually became more animated.

"Come on, let me show you around."

Baima took Wenshu's hand and they started wandering around aimlessly, one in front of the other.

She first pushed open her own bedroom door: "This is mine, it's a bit messy, please don't mind."

She first pushed open her own bedroom door: "This is mine, it's a bit messy, please don't mind."

Sister Jiang hadn't had time to tidy up yet, and the room was indeed a bit messy.

Wen Shu's eyes were immediately drawn to the two computers.

"You're using two machines by yourself?"

"Yeah, I use one to play games and the other to watch live streams."

Baima gathered the clothes on the chair and tossed them aside: "Sometimes when friends come over to play games, they can come in handy."

Wen Shu nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

Baima then led her to see the other rooms on the second floor: the gym, the media room, the study, and so on, pushing open each room one by one until they finally returned to Wenshu's room.

"We were in a rush and didn't have time to properly decorate your room. If you see anything you need, just tell Sister Jiang and she'll get it for you."

"Um……"

Wen Shu didn't stand on ceremony and asked directly, "Sister Baima, can I install a computer like in your room?"

Just as Baima was about to agree, he heard a roar.

"Wen Shu!"

Wenjing frowned: "You moved here to go to school, not to play video games?"

Wen Shu stuck out her tongue and shrank her neck: "I was just asking..."

"Why are you asking?"

Wenjing said irritably, "Your brother-in-law arranged for you to be a day student so that you would have a quiet environment to study, not so that you could enjoy yourself."

"Okay, okay."

Wen Shu nodded repeatedly, her attitude in front of her sister was impeccably obedient.

Wenjing wanted to say a few more words of advice when Ding Heng's voice came at just the right time.

"Wenjing, come here for a second and take a look at this."

"They're here!"

Wenjing responded and turned to go downstairs.

Bai Ma immediately leaned close to Wen Shu's ear and said, "It's okay, you can use the two in my room."

Wen Shu turned her head to look at her, blinked, and made a "shh" gesture at her.

They looked at each other, understanding each other without words.

After lunch, Baima and Wenshu sat side by side on the sofa in the media room, with tea, snacks and juice in front of them. A variety show was playing on the TV, which made them burst into laughter.

Ding Heng stood at the door for a while, but did not go in to disturb them.

Judging from the current situation, Wen Shu is better than he imagined in terms of both emotional intelligence and communication skills, and she has Bai Ma completely under her thumb.

Perhaps it's because I've been interacting with a lot of wealthy kids at a private high school lately, which has given me some training?

Sister Jiang poked her head out from the kitchen: "Mr. Ding, what would you like for dinner? I'd like to make arrangements in advance."

"Just do it your way."

"OK."

Sister Jiang shrank back, and the sound of chopping vegetables came from the kitchen.

A while later, Wenshu came downstairs with an empty teacup in her hand.

She walked to the kitchen doorway and asked Sister Jiang, "Sister Jiang, where should I wash this?"

Sister Jiang took it: "Just give it to me."

Wen Shu thanked her and turned to leave.

"Wen Shu."

Ding Heng called out to her.

Wen Shu stopped and turned around.

"Brother-in-law, is something the matter?"

"I want to say thank you."

"Brother-in-law, what are you thanking me for?"

"I'm willing to move here to be with Baima."

Ding Heng said sincerely, "That girl doesn't have many friends. Now that you're here, at least she has someone to keep her company."

Wen Shu chuckled, "Brother-in-law, why are you being so polite with me? You're so good to my sister, isn't it only right that I help you take care of your younger sister?"

Ding Heng sighed and laughed.

Although this girl doesn't have Baima's quirky and clever spirit, she is indeed much more mature in her speech and actions than Baima.

"Oh, right."

Ding Heng put down his teacup: "How are your grades lately? Your sister said your ranking has been stuck between 180 and 200?"

Wen Shu secretly glanced at the stairwell to make sure Wen Jing hadn't come down before leaning closer to Ding Heng and lowering her voice.

"Brother-in-law, I have something to tell you, but don't tell my sister."

"you say."

Wen Shu grinned, her smile sly.

"I'm accumulating the prize pool."

"Accumulated prize pool?"

"yes!"

Wen Shu said matter-of-factly, "I've found that if I keep making progress easily, my sister will just take it for granted! If I regress even slightly in the future, she'll definitely nag me to death."

Ding Heng understood, and was both amused and exasperated: "So you deliberately stuck in a mediocre ranking, neither high nor low?"

"It wasn't intentional."

Wen Shu scratched her head: "Anyway... there's no need to rush too much all at once. There's still a long time before the college entrance exam, let's take it slow, so my sister has something to look forward to too."

Hearing her deliberately mature tone, Ding Heng couldn't help but tease her.

"You do have some ideas."

"Of course."

Wen Shu proudly raised her chin, then quickly pulled it back, lowering her voice: "Brother-in-law, you mustn't let it slip. If my sister finds out I'm deliberately not making progress, she'll nag me to death."

Just as Ding Heng was about to speak, footsteps came from the stairs.

Wenjing came down, holding a stack of documents in her hand.

"What are you talking about?"

"It's nothing."

Wen Shu spoke first, standing up with a grin: "My brother-in-law asked me about my studies."

Wenjing walked up to her and handed her the documents in her hand: "Take a look, this is for the new tutor we hired."

Wen Shu took it and flipped through it; the course schedule was densely packed.

Her lips twitched: "My dear sister, you don't really want me to get into Tsinghua or Peking University, do you?"

Stop being so cheeky.

Wenjing glared at her: "You only have one month left until finals. If you don't hurry up, it will be even harder to catch up next semester."

Wen Shu said helplessly, "Fine, fine, I'll try my best!"

Seeing that her attitude was fairly proper, Wenjing's expression softened slightly, but once she started talking, she couldn't stop.

"Also, your math score was only 102 in the last monthly exam, and you got several multiple-choice questions wrong. Let me tell you, with math, if your foundation isn't solid, you won't be able to keep up later. You need to go through all the examples in the textbook from beginning to end..."

"Okay, sis."

"Okay, sis."

"What's the use of knowing? You have to do it."

"I'll start tomorrow."

"Tomorrow? What about today? What did you do all afternoon? Did you really think you were on vacation...?"

Wen Shu was so scolded that she had no temper left and obediently listened to the reprimand with her head down.

Little White Rabbit is a good girl with traditional thinking, but unfortunately, she's too traditional...

Ding Heng, who was listening nearby, was getting tired of hearing it and was secretly worried about their future child.

"Alright, alright, Wenjing, give her a break."

He interrupted Wenjing, got up and went to Wenshu, patted her on the shoulder: "Xiaoshu, if you improve your ranking by twenty places in the next monthly exam, I'll reward you with a new cell phone."

Wen Shu's eyes lit up: "Really?"

"Would your brother-in-law lie to you?"

"What kind of phone?"

Buy whatever you like.

Before Wen Shu could thank her, Wen Jing spoke first.

"Ding Heng! Don't spoil her!"

She walked between the two of them, pouting, "Her grades haven't even improved yet, and you're already giving her a reward; she'll be even less willing to study."

Ding Heng shrugged: "There has to be a reward for progress, right? Otherwise, where does the motivation come from?"

Wenjing was taken aback, pondered for a moment, and then offered a new price.

"At least in the top 150."

She thought for a moment, then changed her mind: "No, only the top 120 can buy a new phone."

"One hundred and twenty it is."

Wen Shu agreed readily without the slightest hesitation: "Sister, it's a deal."

Wenjing was stunned.

She looked at Wen Shu, then at Ding Heng.

Wen Shu had a confident smile on her face, while Ding Heng's expression was calm and unreadable.

Wenjing suddenly felt a chill run down her spine.

Why does it feel like my brother-in-law and sister-in-law are working together to set her up?

……

into the night.

After taking a shower and changing into her pajamas, Baima sat cross-legged on her gaming chair, scrolling through her phone listlessly.

There was a knock on the door.

"Come in."

Ding Heng pushed open the door and entered the room, sitting down in another gaming chair.

Baima put down her phone: "Brother, is something wrong?"

"Your sister-in-law and I are going back to school tomorrow, and we'll try to come over and talk to you when we have some free time."

"Where is Wen Shu?"

"She's being forced to do math problems by her sister."

"Poor Xiao Shu..."

Bai Ma clicked her tongue twice, secretly glad that she had given up early.

If she could still score 400 or 500 points now, Quzhen would definitely force her to study hard.

Ding Heng didn't beat around the bush, his tone calm: "Bai Ma, Wen Shu moved in because I hope you two can get along well."

"We get along quite well."

Baima blinked, her tone puzzled.

"I know."

Ding Heng nodded: "I mean, I hope you can become true friends."

Baima scratched his head, still not quite understanding.

True friends?

Why is my own brother the riddle solver?

Ding Heng continued, "Wen Shu is more thoughtful and insightful than you. When you're with her, you don't need to overthink things or try to put on any special act."

Pema tentatively asked, "Brother, are you afraid I'll lead her astray?"

"No, I'm afraid you'll get used to that..."

Ding Heng shook his head and didn't continue.

He believed that Baima had no bad intentions, but he couldn't help worrying that her habit of spending money to buy friends online over the years might unintentionally hurt Wenshu's self-esteem.

"Oh……"

Baima still didn't quite understand.

However, she could understand that Ding Heng had been thinking of her from beginning to end.

The real reason Wen Shu was specially arranged to come here was because I noticed she was too lonely...

suddenly!

Without warning, Baima lunged forward.

Ding Heng caught her quickly and held her in his arms.

It's small, soft, and smells quite nice.

"What?"

"Thanks……"

Bai Ma wrapped her arms around Ding Heng's neck, her voice sweet and gentle.

"My brother is the best!"