Chapter Eighty-six: Running Fast

  In the living room on the first floor, An Nanxiu and Li Banzhuang were sitting on the sofa watching TV, and An Nanxiu was talking to Li Banzhuang about Li Luyu's affairs.

  "Don't worry at all, as long as he's not brain-dead, ordinary illnesses and injuries won't be a problem." An Nanxiu was eating an apple, which was hard and tasted bad.

  "You can't waste like this." Li Banyu was the person who understood Li Luyu best in this world, and after living together for many years, she could easily tell whether Li Luyu was being genuine or pretending. She wasn't worried about her brother, but rather looked at An Nanxiu, who had already thrown away three apples, each with a bite taken out of it.

  "Isn't it bad enough that I have to eat this?" An Nanxiu said discontentedly, as Li Banyan actually asked her to eat the unpalatable apple.

  "This is the same kind of apple, maybe even from the same tree, tastes exactly the same. You took a bite and didn't like it, then don't try the rest." Li Banzhen said angrily, hating waste the most.

  "Even the apples picked from the same tree, when they grow up, none of them are the same." An Nanxiu went to pick an apple again. Such a simple truth, Li Banzhuang surprisingly didn't understand it. The apples on the same tree may be delicious or not delicious.

  Li Banxian started to fight with An Nanshuo for an apple, and then it developed into a scratching war. Li Banxian took advantage of her not being afraid of scratching and defeated An Nanshuo badly. By the time Li Luyu and An Zhi came down, An Nanshuo was already red-faced and panting, lying there without the strength to move.

  Li Banzhuang took an apple and started eating, as if nothing had happened. Her physical strength was not even a bit stronger than An Nanxiu's, let alone the fact that the itchiness had completely deprived An Nanxiu of her combat power.

  An Zhi let out a sigh of relief, it seemed she wouldn't have to face An Nan Xiu after all. Li Zi was indeed the best younger sister.

  "Brother, it's all right now?" Li Ban Xiang continued to cooperate with Li Lu You.

  "It's nothing, just rest for a while." Li Luyu walked over and saw An Nanxiu hastily getting up, but An Nanxiu didn't look for Li Luyu to tattle, preparing to find an opportunity to take revenge herself.

  "It's almost noon, I'll go cook for you." An Zhi Shui still felt a bit guilty, afraid of An Nan Xiu, and even more afraid of Li Ban Zhuang. Because Li Ban Zhuang knew that Li Lu You was fine, she might use ambiguous eyes to look at her, because if nothing had happened between them, why did it take so long for her to come down?

  An Zhishui hastily ran away, An Nanxiu became frightened and looked at the back of Li Luyu and An Zhishui.

  "The princess is getting more and more lovely." Li Luyu looked at An Nanxiu's hair, which was messed up by Li Banchang, her cheeks flushed, panting, exactly like when his sister was young and played with him, he reached out to help smooth her hair.

  When Li Luyu said she was cute, Annan Xiu's small nose wrinkled and she hummed heavily, getting up and running into the kitchen.

  "Hey, where are you going?" Li Luyu hastily asked as he followed him.

  Li Banzhu grabbed him with one hand.

  "Brother, quickly tell me, how's the development going on up there?" Li Banzhuang pulled his arm, somewhat excited.

  "Who was it just now that said the pressure is too great? Now you're concerned about this again? She and I are just friends, the kind that's best for a lifetime... That's what she said." Li Rouyou pointed to the kitchen.

  "Silly, a lifetime of friendship isn't enough to be ambiguous about, husband and wife are for a lifetime too." Li Banyu said with a smile, "Brother and sister are also for a lifetime."

  "An Zhishui is different from other girls, she says friends are just friends, what does ambiguous mean, does she understand that?" Li Luyou shook his head and sighed, "It's actually Li Zicheng who has grown up, doesn't he know if there are lifelong friends in school?"

  "There's only one brother in a lifetime." Li Banzhen said with a smile.

  Li Rouyou also knew that Li Banyu didn't have such a friend. If he really had one, he wouldn't be asking.

  "By the way, last time I tickled you, your face turned red. Just now Annanxiu tickled you, but there was no reaction at all." Li Luyou found it a bit strange.

  "Because brother is Li Zi's favorite boy." Li Banzhuang's face turned red.

  "Oh, so when you were scratching and laughing before, it meant you didn't like your brother at all?" Li Luyou grasped the conversation.

  "Now you've grown up, previously a little girl, like Annanxiu, didn't understand things." When arguing with her brother, Li Banzhuang wouldn't lose, because girls can be coquettish and act spoiled, it's okay to not make sense, "But also liked the same way."

  Li Rouyu said that if she wasn't a shy and introverted little boy, she would definitely be teased by her until his face turned red.

  "I'll go to the kitchen and see what Annanxiu is doing." Li Luyou simply let her pull his arm, and they walked towards the kitchen together.

  Li Banzhen followed him naturally.

  An Zhishui was really preparing lunch, she tied an apron around her waist, held a kitchen knife and stared blankly at the large piece of beef on the chopping board, then looked at An Nanxiu in confusion.

  Annan Xiu was there directing An Zhi Shui to make a steak and put forward his own views.

  "It's too complicated, not even marinated yet, slicing beef, chopping chili and ginger, just stir-fry it. Li Luyu didn't expect it to take so long, An Zhi Shui hadn't even started, An Nan Xiu was directing with a serious expression, she couldn't even make a decent egg fried rice."

  "I want a steak." An Nanxiu liked eating a big piece of beef, so she didn't have to pick at it with everyone else in the bowl.

  "Let's stew it, add some noodles and bok choy." Li Banzhen also had an idea.

  "What am I supposed to do?" An Zhi Shui looked around, actually she wanted to eat stir-fried beef strips, but had to respect the guest's opinion.

  "Get out, all of you! I'll take care of this. Whoever is in charge listens to me." Li Luoyu started chasing people away.

  "I'll help you with the chores." An Zhishui stepped down and yielded to others, but in fact, she came running in with a lot of trepidation. Her cooking skills were just enough to get by, knowing only how to use salt, oil, soy sauce, and vinegar.

  "Annanxiu... let's go out and play." Li Banzuan pulled Annanxiu away without saying a word, leaving the kitchen to her brother and An Zhi Shui. She thought the kitchen was a great place to foster relationships.

  Annanxiu was originally going to leave after finishing directing, the kitchen is a very disgusting place, not an operating room, bloody, wet and dirty, even if it's Anzhishui's bright and clean kitchen, she thinks so.

  The key is that she thought so, and how things actually were doesn't matter.

  Although some were reluctant, An Zhishui and Li Luyu were alone together again, and An Nanxiu left.

  Unfortunately, Li Banzhuan's plan failed. Li Luyu didn't know how to cherish the opportunity created by his sister, and he also drove An Zhi Shui away because An Zhi Shui cut the beef into a messy strip shape.

  At noon, Li Lu made a small stir-fry of beef, braised potatoes and chicken nuggets, tomato egg soup, and also a roasted fish.

  In terms of taste, it's definitely not comparable to the exquisite dishes in big restaurants or the secret recipes of master chefs in private kitchens. However, everyone enjoyed their meal very much, especially An Zhi Shui, who for the first time had something cooked just for her by someone other than her nanny and Tang Yi in the kitchen, which felt quite different.

  It was in the afternoon that An Zhi Shui officially led everyone to visit the neighborhood, but Li Luoyu had actually prepared to say goodbye. An Zhi Shui thought it would be better to walk around with everyone first before leaving.

  All the way, An Zhi Shui pointed out to Li Banzhu some people she thought were very powerful in their homes. However, because her father was An Dongyang, the kind of people who were considered very powerful in An Zhi Shui's eyes were not wealthy individuals, but rather old artists, old professors, and old engineers. There were several houses here that were given to them by real estate developers, with the purpose of elevating the level of the villas. Many people didn't care about how big or good their house was, but rather whether they had neighbors they wanted to socialize with or show off as conversation topics.

  "That's the house that runs fast, sometimes you can see him running in the morning, it's hard to believe a nearly thirty-year-old uncle can still run so fast." An Zhishui said, pointing at a passing villa.

  "Who runs fast?" Li Luyu didn't understand.

  "Should be that 110m hurdler, right?" Li Banzhen also had some embarrassment on her face. That was the pride of the Zhonghai people, and An Zhi actually called him fast.

  "How fast can you run? Can you run faster than Li Luyu?" Annan Xiu was holding hands with Li Luyu, and it had almost become a habit now. Every time they went out, Li Luyu would hold her hand, which made Annan Xiu feel a bit uncomfortable because Li Luyu always treated her like a little girl.

  "If Li Luyu can run faster than him, he can go to the Olympics and win a gold medal." An Zhi Shui saw Li Banzhen's miracle and suddenly became excited, "Li Banzhen has musical talent, maybe Li Luyu has physical talent, maybe he can run very fast?"

  Li Luyu has long legs, although he hasn't seen him exercise particularly, but he actively participated in the physical education activities of the class, and he also signed up for the 5,000 meters.

  "Brother, run and show us!" Li Banzhuang didn't think of this at all. Everyone was an ordinary person, where would they consider winning a gold medal in the Olympics?

  "You think I'm a dog or something? Run and show them." Li Luoyu patted the little cat's butt, "Little cat, run and show them."

  The little cat swung its huge body and ran away with a wagging head and tail, Li Banzhen and An Zhi Shui burst out laughing.

  As they walked past the house that ran quickly, there was a row of villas. Li Banzhuang asked, and An Zhi Shui only said that it was all one person's, a star named Xu Beicheng.

  When they heard the name, both Li Luyou and Li Banyan thought of Xu Xiaocheng, but it was definitely not a brother. The siblings knew him well, as many satellite TVs across the country had been airing his TV series recently, which was very popular.

  An Nanxiu has already forgotten about Xu Xiaocheng and doesn't react to the name Xu Beicheng.

  "This guy is disgusting." An Zhishui looked at the row of villas with disgust and quickly pulled Li Banzhuang away.

  "What's disgusting?" Li Banzhen was a girl and she was naturally curious about these gossips.

  "He often brings back different women and they all stay overnight. Sometimes there's even a big group of people inside, making a ruckus."

  Li Luyu understood that with An Zhishui's strict standards for aesthetics, probably the vast majority of celebrities would fall within her range of being disgusting to look at.

  "You're disgusting too." An Nanxiu and Li Luyou whispered to each other.

  "How can I be so disgusted to death?" Li Luyu was dissatisfied, although An Nanxiu often said "disgusted to death", but now with the words of An Zhi Shui, it obviously had that kind of meaning in it. He didn't even have a girlfriend, yet he was being compared to Xu Beicheng by An Nanxiu.

  An Nanxiu didn't want to explain, Li Luyu had Li Banyu by his side, and also An Zhi Shui, so many girls.

  Just as they were talking, the garage door of the linked villa opened, and an Infiniti drove out slowly and stopped in front of a group of beautiful girls. The window rolled down, and Xu Beicheng's head stretched out, his eyes slightly dazed. After all, these few girls were too eye-catching, and any normal man would have a similar reaction when seeing them gathered together.