Kung Fu Baby with 17 Doting Brothers-Chapter 484: Little Secret

The door was opened with only a small sound.

Gu Zhuo originally intended to take a closer look at who was in the living room, only to find the way blocked. Looking down, well, two adults and a little Tuanzi were squatting at the door. Upon hearing the sound, they simultaneously looked up, their faces showing identical expressions of surprise.

"Ahem."

Gu Zhuo awkwardly touched his nose, "So it wasn’t a hallucination before."

His sister was here, his brother who was supposed to be in class was here, and there was a second senior brother.

"What hallucination?"

Tuanzi jumped up excitedly, both feet briefly leaving the ground, almost hitting Gu Zhuo’s chin.

She didn’t rush to land but instead clung to Gu Zhuo, smiling as she pulled at his cheeks.

"Are you so hungry you’re seeing things? Miaomiao will treat you to a meal."

Gu Zhuo had other questions to ask, but upon hearing this, he touched his stomach and really felt hunger.

"Then, shall we eat first?"

"Yes, yes."

Tuanzi nodded quickly and sneakily observed Gu Zhuo’s expression. Overall, he didn’t look too bad, at least not with that gloomy look from the previous photos. It seemed being scolded by their parents helped his mental and physical health.

Gu Zhuo didn’t mention those things, and naturally, the others didn’t ask either.

They found a restaurant to eat at, and after eating and drinking to their fill, Gu Zhuo urged Gu Li to return to school.

"Weren’t you planning to intern at a magazine this summer? They won’t accept you if you don’t keep up with your studies."

Gu Li muttered, "Nagging."

In the past, he might have irritably added, "Mind your own business." Today, the hot-tempered youth restrained his temper.

Tuanzi, holding a cup of barley tea, drank it eagerly and became curious at the mention of a magazine, "Magazine? What magazine?"

"A children’s magazine."

Gu Zhuo was previously not aware of his brother’s plans. Later, after summoning the courage to have an honest exchange—although he may have been too annoying—Gu Li disclosed his major and his intention to enter the industry.

"Little Li mainly studies children’s literature and is likely to become a children’s magazine editor."

Tuanzi widened her eyes in disbelief as she looked at Gu Li.

Gu Li protested, "Can’t I study children’s literature?"

"No, no."

Tuanzi shook her head quickly, "Miaomiao doesn’t judge people by appearances; that’s wrong."

She earnestly said, "Cousin can study children’s literature, just like Cousin can wear pink bunny-ear slippers."

Now it was Gu Zhuo’s turn to be surprised.

"Pink bunny-ear slippers?"

The hot-tempered youth exploded, "Who wears pink bunny-ear slippers? There was no choice back then!"

He refused to admit it!

Tuanzi blinked and turned her head to her second senior brother for help.

"But Brother Gu Chi said it that day, Senior Brother, you heard it too, right?"

Ji Zhangzhuo nodded with a smile.

"I still remember the scene clearly."

He repeated the words Gu Chi said that day, while Gu Li avoided his gaze.

That was the first time Jin Xuan and his wife came to see Tuanzi.

Gu Li arrived first, later avoided his parents, and deliberately clashed with them, sticking around until after dinner before leaving.

Before leaving, Gu Chi suddenly whispered, "Exit from the East Second Gate, turn right and walk straight for six hundred meters. There’s a United Supermarket, you can go for a walk."

Tuanzi and Ji Zhangzhuo both heard these words.

At this point, as Ji Zhangzhuo finished speaking, Gu Li loudly said, "I didn’t go for a walk!"

Ji Zhangzhuo smiled, "Okay, okay, no walk, no walk, don’t get excited."

Tuanzi nodded her little head, "Don’t get excited, don’t get excited, if you’re too excited, Miaomiao might think you’re feeling guilty."

"I’m not feeling guilty! Things I haven’t done are things I haven’t done!"

The louder his voice, the more guilty he seemed.

Gu Li also thought of that day’s events.

Back then, after hearing Gu Chi’s words, he only felt baffled. But after exiting the East Second Gate, curiosity drove him to find that United Supermarket.

The supermarket was holding a promotion, in which clearance slippers were sold at half price.

And those clearance slippers were essentially large men’s sizes in bright colors like pink and orange, with styles including rabbit ears and cat ears.

"If these kinds of shoes sell, it would be strange."

The hot-tempered youth complained while picking through the sale items.

The promotional staff wisely chose to avoid him after sizing him up, otherwise, Gu Li might just turn around and leave.

Gu Li picked a few pairs with considerable restraint, convincing himself.

"Making money isn’t easy; you must be economical."

Selling at half price with such good quality, not buying would be a loss.

Tuanzi noticed his wandering gaze, realizing his reaction was much like her own when feeling guilty.

[Miaomiao: Why does he seem so guilty?]

[Ancient Martial System: Regardless of guilt, if you keep asking, he might turn and run]

Tuanzi could only change the topic, planning to ask Gu Chi later. At that time, when Gu Chi said those words, his gaze fell on the slippers that had been changed out of, so did she guess wrong? Was Gu Chi not hinting that the same slippers could be bought at the supermarket?

However, her change of subject nearly gave Gu Li a fright.

"A children’s magazine editor, so Cousin, do you know Teacher Mijiu?"

Tuanzi looked at the hot-tempered youth with bright eyes, her little hands cupping her soft face, "I mean the Mijiu who writes really great stories."

Gu Li snorted heavily, "I don’t know."

Feeling that his tone was off, he asked dryly, "Do you want to meet him that much?"

"Yes," Tuanzi’s eyes sparkled as if lost in daydreams, "Miaomiao wants to trap Teacher Mijiu and have him write stories for Miaomiao every day, hehe~"

Gu Li: "..."

Gu Li decided to take his leave.

Tuanzi didn’t dwell on it, turning back into the neighborhood and running off to find Gu Chi to inquire about the secret.

The young painter smiled meaningfully, "What was his reaction at that time?"

Tuanzi gestured.

Gu Chi stroked his chin, "Then I can’t tell you for now."

The curious cat was instantly anxious and started pacing.

"Oh, Brother Gu Chi, we’re good siblings, right? There aren’t any secrets between siblings. Were you hinting at him to buy slippers?"

Gu Chi extended his long fingers and pushed the approaching little cat away, "No, no, no, keeping secrets helps the relationship. Perhaps you could find out for yourself."

Tuanzi put on a pouty face.

Until the end of the sixth issue of "Little Boss," Tuanzi still didn’t know this secret.

Fortunately, her attention had long shifted, and she didn’t hold onto this matter.

That day, Tuanzi was practicing martial arts as usual at home, eagerly anticipating the day her skills would max out, when she heard the system make a brief "ah" sound.

"What’s up, what’s up?"

[Ancient Martial System: It’s nothing, just realized our reputation value has reached three billion]

Tuanzi immediately lit up with joy.

"Hehe, three billion becomes six billion, six billion becomes nine billion, very soon it’ll be ten billion!"

The system no longer corrected her whimsical calculations. It looked forward to new senior brothers arriving.

The host worked hard to accumulate one billion reputation value, and the eldest senior brother arrived. The two sibling-apprentices combined their efforts to reach two billion reputation value, and the second senior brother arrived. Now, the three of them combined have gathered three billion reputation value, shouldn’t the third senior brother also come?

It mocked the host for daydreaming, yet found itself unable to resist fantasizing.

In Hu City, thunderstorm weather had persisted for several days, uncommon in Hu City, and this phenomenon had been ridiculed by local residents as someone undergoing tribulation.

On this day, the sky finally cleared.