My brother couldn't be a corrupted magical girl.

Chapter 17 Noodle Shop

"Get up, you idiot! How much longer are you going to sleep?!"

Bai Youqing slept very well last night, and after waking up today, she felt even happier after finishing her self-criticism.

With cheerful steps, I entered my brother's room.

It was still as clean and simple as ever; a laptop was probably the most valuable thing in the room.

Upon hearing the word "pig's head," Bai Yuze subconsciously reached out his right hand to turn off the alarm clock.

Finally, it landed on a soft, small piece of jade, which I subconsciously pinched.

Suddenly I realized something was wrong; the alarm clock's switch didn't seem to work like that.

"Thump!"

The next second, Bai Yuze, still half asleep, was kicked to the corner by a powerful, inexplicable force and rolled several times.

Rubbing his sleepy eyes, he looked at the girl by the window with a puzzled expression.

"Trying to murder your own brother so early in the morning!"

Bai Yuzhe's words only made the girl angrier.

She hopped onto the bed in a few quick steps, her long, strong, snow-white feet kicking the creature on the bed with all her might, making it howl and yelp.

Kicking other areas can easily cause problems, but this area is soft and can withstand injury.

"Get up! It's the weekend, come out with me!"

As she spoke, she kicked him again, and Bai Yuze was finally able to open his eyes. He saw Bai Youqing looking at him with a flushed face and an angry expression.

My hazy mind gradually cleared, and I felt a strange anger in my heart, but then I saw the other person's expression.

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, his expression immediately became embarrassed.

Although they are not blood-related siblings, they are closer than blood-related siblings. He has always been true to his sister and has never had any worldly desires.

All that remained was the brother's affection for his sister.

"Slap! Slap!"

Without even thinking about it.

He slapped himself hard across the face twice, then looked at the other person with an apologetic expression.

"Xiaoqing, I'm sorry. I went to bed late last night, so my mind was a bit foggy just now, and I ended up doing something like this. If you're still not satisfied, why don't you beat me up again like you did yesterday?"

Bai Youqing was indeed somewhat angry and ashamed by her brother's sudden attack.

Seeing the dark circles under her eyes and the gradually reddening handprint, most of her anger and embarrassment dissipated instantly.

The thought that the other person hadn't slept well because she was the reason he stayed up all night writing a self-criticism made her thoughts hazy.

What emerged instead was boundless apology and heartache.

When she first learned that Bai Yuze was adopted by her parents, she was filled with anger that Bai Yuze had stolen her parents' love. Later, after her parents passed away, she could feel the other party's meticulous care and affection for her as family.

Therefore, she also tried to change herself and become more gentle and considerate.

In her heart, Bai Yuze had long become someone more important than family.

Looking at the guilt and self-blame in her brother's eyes, she felt inexplicably wronged. She was the one who arrived first. She glanced at herself in the mirror and saw that she had a great figure and good looks.

Slim waist and long legs, but her bust is a little small...

I shook my head, quickly trying to shake off that dangerous and dirty thought.

She turned to her brother on the bed and revealed her true purpose for barging in: "If you come shopping with me today, I'll forgive you."

"But what time is it now! I've only slept for a few hours, and I was really looking forward to sleeping in on the weekend."

Bai Yuzhe looked at the other person and found that there was no anger on her face, only a slight blush, which made him feel relieved.

But seeing the rising sun outside the window brings forth a different kind of pain.

I finally have a weekend off, why do I have to get up so early?

"I don't care, I don't care, brother, you haven't gone shopping with me in ages."

Seeing the pain in her brother's eyes, Bai Youqing suppressed the guilt in her heart.

She understood that her brother hadn't slept well yesterday, but she wasn't shopping for herself today; it was for her brother. Otherwise, wouldn't it have been better for her to be with her best friend, Gu Xiaorou?

My brother has a high monthly salary, but he is very frugal and thrifty when it comes to food, lodging, and travel. He is extremely stingy.

On the other hand, her brother was very generous with her living expenses, sometimes even more so than her best friend Gu Xiaorou.

After seeing her brother's shabby clothes during last night's fight, she decided to buy him a nicer outfit.

"Okay, okay. I need to get up and get dressed. You can go out for a bit."

Bai Yuze rubbed his buttocks, his face contorted in pain.

He has to spend time with his sister today, and he has to go see Iris tomorrow. It's making him look like a gigolo at the White Horse Club.

I don't know what suddenly made my sister go crazy.

Bai Youqing jumped off the bed and saw her brother rubbing his bottom while slowly getting up, looking like a delicate, spoiled girl. She immediately said to him in an annoyed tone.

"Stop pretending, I didn't use any force at all."

Bai Yuze remained unmoved, staring at the ceiling without budging.

After a while, once the girl had left, he pulled back the covers and got out of bed...

After washing up, the younger sister suggested going out to eat, saying she wasn't feeling well, and Bai Yuze had no objection.

When he went out, he was dressed very simply, in a white shirt and black casual pants, a typical straight man's outfit: a black, gray, and white three-piece suit.

Bai Youqing was dressed very elegantly, with her hair in pigtails and a pink hair clip, exuding youthful energy. She wore a white short skirt, and her legs, which were clad in black stockings, were exposed below the skirt, making them look long, straight, and full of youthful vitality.

Bai Yuze looked in the mirror by the door and was very satisfied with his appearance; it was clean, neat, and tidy.

Standing beside her brother, Bai Youqing frowned slightly as she looked at his clothes.

"How could a brother like that possibly win over Hoshino-sensei?!"

Then, suddenly, the corners of her mouth curled up, her eyes curved, and she smiled gently.

My brother definitely can't do it alone, but with a top-notch wingman like her helping out, a mere teacher like Hoshino is easily defeated.

Upon arriving at Changhong Road, the area damaged by the monster a few days ago has been repaired.

If this were the old Yeqiu City, it would probably have taken at least half a month to deal with this place.

It can only be said that times have changed, and so has efficiency.

When I went out, the sun had already risen, but the temperature hadn't risen yet, and the weather was slightly cool.

Bai Yuze shivered instinctively as the cool breeze blew on him.

When his gaze fell upon the noodle shop next door, he said, "How about we go in and slurp some noodles?"

On a chilly morning, nothing is more comforting than slurping a bowl of noodles.

Bai Youqing glanced at the noodle shop's name, "One Yuan Noodle Shop," and many memories immediately flooded her mind.

My father, Bai Xingjian, told me that the One Yuan Noodle Shop existed back in their day. You could eat as much as you wanted for just one yuan, and if you weren't satisfied, you could ask for more. My father was a regular there, and it was there that he met my mother.

At that time, his father was diagnosed with oligospermia, and the chances of having offspring were very small. Here, he met Bai Yuze, an orphan who was starving. Bai Yuze's young age, maturity, and good manners left a very deep impression on Bai Xingjian.

So she discussed with her mother whether to adopt Bai Yuze as her son. Her mother was somewhat reluctant at first, but after spending a long time together, she got to know Bai Yuze's character and treated him as her own son. As a result, she was even a little jealous of the children she later gave birth to.

It's fair to say that the connection between the one-yuan noodle shop and their family is complicated and hard to explain.

Approaching the noodle shop, a couplet comes into view:

"Tender slices of meat cooked on fine noodles—that's the key to a superb flavor."

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Upon entering the noodle shop, it was already bustling with people.

Most of the people are elderly people who get up early and young people who have to go to work.

Bai Yuze ordered two bowls of beef noodles, one with cilantro and the other without extra beef.

The former ate it himself, and the latter ate it with his younger sister.

He neither liked nor disliked cilantro, but his father, Bai Xingjian, loved it. Every time they came over, he would ask the owner to give him a few extra spoonfuls, which always made the owner complain that his father, Bai Xingjian, ate all the cilantro in the shop by himself.

When Bai Yuze first transmigrated, he woke up as a child, standing in front of the glass window of a cake shop, staring blankly at the cakes inside. He had nothing on him except a piece of clothing.

To avoid starving, he went to various restaurants and begged for leftover food.

After several days of exploration, Bai Yuze set his sights on Yiyuan Noodle Shop. This noodle shop was popular, the noodles were delicious, and the owner was nice.

When it's time to close up shop in the evening, Bai Yuze would always show up on time to help them with the work and then ask for a bowl of beef noodles.

One night while he was begging at a restaurant,

He begged a bowl of beef noodles from Bai Xingjian and his wife, and while eating the noodles, he overheard their conversation.

Bai Yuzhe knew that if he could seize this opportunity, he would never again live a life of homelessness.

It's a pity that I've never had the chance.

As the saying goes, if there's an opportunity, seize it; if there isn't, create one and seize it.

A few days later, the opportunity came.

At that time, there were quite a few homeless children like him, about four or five of them, who formed a small group of homeless people, each of whom had one or two special skills in stealing and pilfering.