Qin Wentian stopped his steps as he squatted down, causing Qin Yao to be bewildered. Looking at Qin Wentian, she couldn’t help but ask, ”What are you doing?”
“Come up.” Qin Wentian laughed, gesturing to his back.
“Come up your head!” Qin Yao hastily replied, as tinge of redness could be seen blushing on her cheeks. Rolling her eyes at Qin Wentian, she ignored him.
“What’s the matter pretty girl? Everyday when we were young, you would climb up on my back, ordering me to piggy back you. Now that we’re both adults, it seems like you no longer want me as your brother.” Qin Wentian continued to tease her laughingly, causing Qin Yao to stamp her foot on the ground. This fellow, here he was dragging up embarrassing things from the past again.
Qin Yao was slightly older than Qin Wentian, and she was almost 17 this year. Now that she had grown up, slender and elegant, and as pure as a jade, how could she not be embarrassed when Qin Wentian wanted to piggyback her around just like the times when they were both kids. But even so, she still hopped up onto his back, with her hands clasping securely on Qin Wentian’s shoulders as she gazed around, shyness apparent in her eyes.
“Okay, let’s go.” Qin Wentian’s hands were supporting the back of Qin Yao’s thighs — it felt like a soft bundle of cotton was resting behind his back — causing him to laugh as he stated, ”Sister Qin Yao has really grown up.”
Rolling her eyes as she bit her lips, Qin Yao extended her hands and twisted the ear of Qin Wentian. “How dare you continue teasing me.” Although they weren’t real blood siblings, the relationship between both of them had been extremely close.
“Seems like I was worried for nothing.” Qin Yao lightly said, realizing that this little brat didn’t even seem to be the slightest bit affected by the annulling of the marriage engagement between him and Autumn Snow.
As the two of them joked about, they soon arrived at one of the courtyards of Qin Chuan’s residence. Qin Chuan’s residence could be split into two courtyards, the eastern courtyard and the western courtyard. Qin Chuan, his wife, as well as Qin Yao, were residing in the eastern courtyard, while Qin Wentian and his Uncle Black, were residing in the western one.
At this moment, in the courtyard, there was a woman whose features greatly resembled Qin Yao, so well maintained that it looked like she was only in her late twenties. Upon seeing Qin Wentian piggybacking Qin Yao, a warm smile blossomed on her face.
“Yao er, you are already all grown up, yet you still like to stick to Wentian.” Mother Qin knew that Qin Yao was older than Qin Wentian, but the scene of Wentian piggybacking Qin Yao made it seem as though Qin Wentian was her older brother instead.
“Mother, no, this fellow is taking advantage of me!” Qin Yao pouted as she got off the back of Qin Wentian.
“Taking advantage? What advantages do you have left that was not already taken by Wentian?” Mother Qin gently smiled, causing Qin Wentian to bashfully turn his head as he got back up from his half-squatting position.
“Mother!” Qin Yao speechlessly stomped her foot on the ground.
“Mother, I shall go and visit Uncle Black now.” From the way Qin Yao was glaring at him, Qin Wentian could tell that Qin Yao was embarrassed and thus, he took the hint to leave.
After he arrived at the Western Courtyard, he saw an feeble and decrepit figure sweeping the courtyard. This decrepit figure was missing an arm and a leg, with a bent body posture, appearing to be of extreme old age.