"Lin Jin is back?" Wu Min turned his head and immediately saw Lin Jin, drenched in sweat, dragging a small suitcase into the room. He then focused his eyes and noticed Lin Chen standing behind Lin Jin in the dark. "Is that your younger brother?"
Wu Min thought the man standing behind Lin Jin was quite handsome. Though he had a square face, he looked very resolute and gave off a military vibe.
"His name is Lin Chen, he'll be staying here for the next couple of days." Lin Jin dragged the suitcase and placed it under the empty bed. Wiping the sweat from his forehead, ge glanced at Lin Chen behind him, "Rest a bit. We'll go eat later."
"Mm." Lin Chen nodded obediently, found a chair that had been shoved in the corner, and sat down. He then saw Lin Jin immediately run to the balcony to grab a cloth to wipe the table for him.
"Should I do it instead?" Lin Chen sat there feeling extremely awkward, completely clueless about what to do.
"No need, you know I'm your older brother, right?" Lin Jin meticulously wiped the table, then placed the suitcase into the wardrobe. He then went to check the bed and noticed it didn't even have a cover, "I need to buy a cover for you later. Uh... and an extra blanket to keep you warm, don't catch a cold."
Wu Min was baffled watching the interaction between the two siblings. How could the younger brother, who looked like a war veteran, be so thoroughly taken care of by Lin Jin, who looked like a complete weakling?
Sitting on one side, Wu Min exchanged glances with Wen Xuan in the other corner of the dorm room. Both read the unspoken words in each other's eyes.
Why does Lin Jin not look like an older brother, but more like a younger brother-obsessed older sister?
Wait, Lin Jin is actually a girl. Having shared a dorm for so long, they'd almost forgotten the gender.
Wu Min watched in a daze as Lin Jin busily arranged the bed for Lin Chen.
So, Lin Jin is just obsessed with her younger brother?
"Brother, you should rest. I can handle this myself. I'll go to the supermarket later" Lin Chen said with a wry smile as he stood up, sensing the odd looks from the other two. "I'm not a child anymore."
"You dare say that just because you're of age?" Lin Jin climbed onto the bed and sat down on Wen Xuan's bed, proceeding to wipe the bed board where Lin Chen would sleep tonight. "When you got beaten up and came to me crying and sniffling as a child, you didn't say you weren't a kid then."
Halfway through wiping the bed board, Lin Jin realized he couldn't reach the rest while sitting. He had no choice but to kneel on the already cleaned part of the bed board. However, recalling Teacher Lin's words, he immediately lowered his raised butt to sit on his calves, and continued wiping the remaining areas.
Thanks to Teacher Lin's reminder, Lin Jin was now well aware that his buttocks might be somewhat attractive to men, so he had become considerably more cautious.
"Brother, I'll go to the supermarket myself" Lin Chen stood up, looking at Lin Jin who was busily wiping the bed board. "I know where it is."
"Don't get kidnapped" Lin Jin turned his head and looked at him worriedly. "If you get lost, call me."
"How old do you think I am?" Lin Chen said with an innocent look. "The last time I got lost, I was five years old."
"Really? I almost cried back then."
Lin Jin vividly recalled the incident when Lin Chen got lost as a child. At that time, their family still lived in a rural village, and the kindergarten was just over a kilometer away from home. Being five and six years old respectively, the furthest they would usually go alone was that kindergarten. One time, after school ended, Lin Jin was busy licking an ice pop and didn't look back. He only realized Lin Chen was missing when he got home.
Back then, Lin Jin did indeed cry, although mostly because he was scolded by his mother. At six years old, he was not completely ignorant and knew that losing his younger brother was a big deal. He scrambled everywhere to find him, only to get lost himself.
However, it obviously ended well, or else Lin Jin and Lin Chen wouldn't be meeting in his dorm now.
"I'm going to the supermarket."
Lin Chen turned around, waved to Lin Jin, and left the room.
After a short while, Lin Jin had tidied up the bed. He jumped off and stretched, calmly accepting the bewildered gazes of his two roommates.
"What's the matter? Why are you looking at me like that?" Lin Jin walked to his desk, grabbed a towel hanging on the side to wipe the sweat from his face, and turned around to ask Wen Xuan unhappily "What? I can't care for my younger brother?"
"It just seems like you might be caring a bit too much" Wu Min said, pulling his chair next to Lin Jin. "Don't you find it weird, a sister who's less than 1.7 meters tall caring for a brother who is taller than me and looks like a war veteran?"
"How is that weird?" Lin Jin had never thought caring for his brother was strange, and his face showed his confusion. "I'm older than him, what's wrong with showing some concern?"
"Isn't it too much?" Wen Xuan nudged his chair next to Lin Jin, flanking him with Wu Min on either side. "You're not overly obsessed with your brother, are you? Do you really need to tend to him as if he's a paraplegic patient?"
"The point is, if your brother were as delicate as you, or even more so, this level of concern would be fine. But he looks a lot stronger than you" Wu Min said, giving Lin Jin a peculiar look. "You don’t actually have a younger brother complex, do you? Like, in the way some sisters are fond of their younger brothers?"
"Pfft, I'm a man" Lin Jin glared at him. "Could you not talk nonsense?"
"Fine, you're a man" Wu Min nodded, indicating that he wouldn't argue with Lin Jin about this matter.
After a brief conversation, Lin Chen returned with a straw mat. Seeing the three roommates engrossed in a conversation, he didn't bother to interrupt. He just laid the straw mat on his bed.
For some reason, after not seeing each other for three years, his brother seemed to have gotten prettier and even resembled a girl from a video he saw online.
Lin Chen sat in a chair, back straight as an arrow, fiddling with his old-fashioned cell phone while occasionally sneaking glances at Lin Jin.
He felt like he was looking at a sister, not a brother.
Wen Xuan happened to catch Lin Chen's glances and leaned in to whisper to Lin Jin, "Look at your younger brother. Could he be obsessed with his sister? Seems like he's sneaking peeks at you."
"Are you insane? Since when do brothers become obsessed with their sisters? My brother is a normal person, okay? Not everyone is gay like you" Lin Jin gave Wen Xuan's head a knock before standing up to walk toward Lin Chen.
"Crazy, aren't you a girl? What's wrong with being a sis-con?" Wen Xuan muttered under his breath, rubbing his aching head.
"Why didn't you buy a blanket?" Lin Jin walked over to Lin Chen, glanced at the bed and saw only the straw mat. "If you don't have money, just say so. Mom sent me 1200 yuan."
"My body’s tough, I don't need a blanket."
Lin Chen gave a goofy smile, which made it hard for Lin Jin to get angry. He could only roll his eyes.
"Suit yourself. I'm going to take a shower first, we'll go eat later."
Lin Jin flicked his hair and turned towards the balcony.
This younger brother is becoming rebellious, even starting to contradict what I say.
"Lin Jin is back?" Wu Min turned his head and immediately saw Lin Jin, drenched in sweat, dragging a small suitcase into the room. He then focused his eyes and noticed Lin Chen standing behind Lin Jin in the dark. "Is that your younger brother?"
Wu Min thought the man standing behind Lin Jin was quite handsome. Though he had a square face, he looked very resolute and gave off a military vibe.
"His name is Lin Chen, he'll be staying here for the next couple of days." Lin Jin dragged the suitcase and placed it under the empty bed. Wiping the sweat from his forehead, ge glanced at Lin Chen behind him, "Rest a bit. We'll go eat later."
"Mm." Lin Chen nodded obediently, found a chair that had been shoved in the corner, and sat down. He then saw Lin Jin immediately run to the balcony to grab a cloth to wipe the table for him.
"Should I do it instead?" Lin Chen sat there feeling extremely awkward, completely clueless about what to do.
"No need, you know I'm your older brother, right?" Lin Jin meticulously wiped the table, then placed the suitcase into the wardrobe. He then went to check the bed and noticed it didn't even have a cover, "I need to buy a cover for you later. Uh... and an extra blanket to keep you warm, don't catch a cold."
Wu Min was baffled watching the interaction between the two siblings. How could the younger brother, who looked like a war veteran, be so thoroughly taken care of by Lin Jin, who looked like a complete weakling?
Sitting on one side, Wu Min exchanged glances with Wen Xuan in the other corner of the dorm room. Both read the unspoken words in each other's eyes.
Why does Lin Jin not look like an older brother, but more like a younger brother-obsessed older sister?
Wait, Lin Jin is actually a girl. Having shared a dorm for so long, they'd almost forgotten the gender.
Wu Min watched in a daze as Lin Jin busily arranged the bed for Lin Chen.
So, Lin Jin is just obsessed with her younger brother?
"Brother, you should rest. I can handle this myself. I'll go to the supermarket later" Lin Chen said with a wry smile as he stood up, sensing the odd looks from the other two. "I'm not a child anymore."
"You dare say that just because you're of age?" Lin Jin climbed onto the bed and sat down on Wen Xuan's bed, proceeding to wipe the bed board where Lin Chen would sleep tonight. "When you got beaten up and came to me crying and sniffling as a child, you didn't say you weren't a kid then."
Halfway through wiping the bed board, Lin Jin realized he couldn't reach the rest while sitting. He had no choice but to kneel on the already cleaned part of the bed board. However, recalling Teacher Lin's words, he immediately lowered his raised butt to sit on his calves, and continued wiping the remaining areas.
Thanks to Teacher Lin's reminder, Lin Jin was now well aware that his buttocks might be somewhat attractive to men, so he had become considerably more cautious.
"Brother, I'll go to the supermarket myself" Lin Chen stood up, looking at Lin Jin who was busily wiping the bed board. "I know where it is."
"Don't get kidnapped" Lin Jin turned his head and looked at him worriedly. "If you get lost, call me."
"How old do you think I am?" Lin Chen said with an innocent look. "The last time I got lost, I was five years old."
"Really? I almost cried back then."
Lin Jin vividly recalled the incident when Lin Chen got lost as a child. At that time, their family still lived in a rural village, and the kindergarten was just over a kilometer away from home. Being five and six years old respectively, the furthest they would usually go alone was that kindergarten. One time, after school ended, Lin Jin was busy licking an ice pop and didn't look back. He only realized Lin Chen was missing when he got home.
Back then, Lin Jin did indeed cry, although mostly because he was scolded by his mother. At six years old, he was not completely ignorant and knew that losing his younger brother was a big deal. He scrambled everywhere to find him, only to get lost himself.
However, it obviously ended well, or else Lin Jin and Lin Chen wouldn't be meeting in his dorm now.
"I'm going to the supermarket."
Lin Chen turned around, waved to Lin Jin, and left the room.
After a short while, Lin Jin had tidied up the bed. He jumped off and stretched, calmly accepting the bewildered gazes of his two roommates.
"What's the matter? Why are you looking at me like that?" Lin Jin walked to his desk, grabbed a towel hanging on the side to wipe the sweat from his face, and turned around to ask Wen Xuan unhappily "What? I can't care for my younger brother?"
"It just seems like you might be caring a bit too much" Wu Min said, pulling his chair next to Lin Jin. "Don't you find it weird, a sister who's less than 1.7 meters tall caring for a brother who is taller than me and looks like a war veteran?"
"How is that weird?" Lin Jin had never thought caring for his brother was strange, and his face showed his confusion. "I'm older than him, what's wrong with showing some concern?"
"Isn't it too much?" Wen Xuan nudged his chair next to Lin Jin, flanking him with Wu Min on either side. "You're not overly obsessed with your brother, are you? Do you really need to tend to him as if he's a paraplegic patient?"
"The point is, if your brother were as delicate as you, or even more so, this level of concern would be fine. But he looks a lot stronger than you" Wu Min said, giving Lin Jin a peculiar look. "You don’t actually have a younger brother complex, do you? Like, in the way some sisters are fond of their younger brothers?"
"Pfft, I'm a man" Lin Jin glared at him. "Could you not talk nonsense?"
"Fine, you're a man" Wu Min nodded, indicating that he wouldn't argue with Lin Jin about this matter.
After a brief conversation, Lin Chen returned with a straw mat. Seeing the three roommates engrossed in a conversation, he didn't bother to interrupt. He just laid the straw mat on his bed.
For some reason, after not seeing each other for three years, his brother seemed to have gotten prettier and even resembled a girl from a video he saw online.
Lin Chen sat in a chair, back straight as an arrow, fiddling with his old-fashioned cell phone while occasionally sneaking glances at Lin Jin.
He felt like he was looking at a sister, not a brother.
Wen Xuan happened to catch Lin Chen's glances and leaned in to whisper to Lin Jin, "Look at your younger brother. Could he be obsessed with his sister? Seems like he's sneaking peeks at you."
"Are you insane? Since when do brothers become obsessed with their sisters? My brother is a normal person, okay? Not everyone is gay like you" Lin Jin gave Wen Xuan's head a knock before standing up to walk toward Lin Chen.
"Crazy, aren't you a girl? What's wrong with being a sis-con?" Wen Xuan muttered under his breath, rubbing his aching head.
"Why didn't you buy a blanket?" Lin Jin walked over to Lin Chen, glanced at the bed and saw only the straw mat. "If you don't have money, just say so. Mom sent me 1200 yuan."
"My body’s tough, I don't need a blanket."
Lin Chen gave a goofy smile, which made it hard for Lin Jin to get angry. He could only roll his eyes.
"Suit yourself. I'm going to take a shower first, we'll go eat later."
Lin Jin flicked his hair and turned towards the balcony.
This younger brother is becoming rebellious, even starting to contradict what I say.
