Entering September, the island city has survived the hottest two months of the year, and the sea breeze blowing towards the island city seems to be much cooler.

Li Ming rarely goes to the flower shop anymore, and spends most of her time at home studying, and the pace of graduate school exams is getting closer and closer. Since Chu Qionglin worked in Chu Heng's company, she worked from 9 to 5 every day, and commuted normally like other in-service personnel.

Time passed day by day, until this day Li's father dialed Li Ming's phone.

"Your younger brother and his grandfather are sick, we have to go to the mainland to take care of him, Li Heng will start school in a few days, we can't take him to the mainland together, can you take care of him for a few days?" Father Li's tone was sincere.

"When am I going to pick him up?" Li Ming asked.

"Right now."

"Okay."

After hanging up the phone, Li Ming didn't waste time, just cleaned up casually and went out.

It's not rush hour yet, and there is no traffic jam on the road.

When he arrived at the door of Li's house, before Li Ming knocked on the door, the door opened from the inside.

Li Heng looked at Li Ming with a smile on his face.

"Sister, you're here." Li Heng had already packed his things, carrying his peaked cap with a pair of angel wings, a small school bag, and a suitcase that could fit him all in.

Li Ming gently pinched Li Heng's smiling face and looked at Father Li behind him.

"Will he live on campus when school starts?" Li Ming asked.

"Well, every weekend holiday, you go pick him up, we don't know when we will come back from the mainland." Although Father Li did not greet Li Ming with a smile, his tone was full of love.

Li Ming picked up Li Heng's suitcase with one hand, and led Li Heng out of Li's house with the other.

"Sister Chu Qionglin is not at home?" Li Heng looked at Li Ming with a pair of pure eyes and asked, Li Ming seemed to be in a much better mood when she saw Li Heng's little face.

"She's working now, but you both have a weekend off, and she'll be able to take you out to play then." Li Ming replied.

"Why does she work? Doesn't she have to collect rent? I want to go with her to collect rent, but I haven't been there yet. Li Heng pouted and said.

"Ah, when she comes back in the evening, will you discuss it with her?" Li Ming said patiently.

Back at the apartment, Li Ming put Li Heng's suitcase in the guest room.

"Is it okay for Ah Heng to sleep here?"

Li Heng looked at the guest room, then at Li Ming, and said with some grievances: "Why can't you sleep with my sister?" ”

"Ah Heng is a second-grade kid at the beginning of school, what should I do if I sleep with my sister and be laughed at by other children?"

"Okay then." After Li Heng finished speaking, he ran to the living room, turned on the TV, and switched to the children's channel.

Li Ming squeezed a cup of fresh fruit milkshake, ordered some desserts to take, and when the dessert was delivered to the apartment, Li Ming put the milkshake and dessert on the coffee table in front of Li Heng.

Li Heng saw the delicious food on the coffee table, and his eyes lit up.

"Eat slowly, I won't rob you." Li Ming said to Li Heng with a smile.

"Sister, I want to eat dessert every day." Li Heng stuffed a mouthful of dessert and said vaguely.

"No, I can buy it for you when I go home every weekend, but I can't eat it every day, I will get tooth decay." Li Ming taught Li Heng seriously.

At eight o'clock in the afternoon, the door of the apartment was opened from the outside, and Chu Qionglin sighed and came in through the door. Li Heng heard Chu Qionglin's voice and trotted to the door, looking at Chu Qionglin with wide eyes and a smile.

The air was quiet for a few seconds.

"Ah!! Xiao Hengheng, why are you here?! Chu Qionglin said, threw the satchel in her hand on the sofa, and hugged Li Heng.

"Ah, your sister bought you dessert, can I eat some? I'll give you the chips. Chu Qionglin sat on the sofa and said to Li Heng.

"Okay, such a big piece won't be fresh if you can't finish it today, you give me the potato chips first." Li Heng stretched out his little hand to look at Chu Qionglin.

"At such a young age, he is so good at business, and he is not like your sister at all." Chu Qionglin muttered as she took out a packet of potato chips from the cupboard and handed it to Li Heng.

Li Ming sat on the side and listened to the interaction between the two and couldn't help but purse her lips and smile, Li Heng took the potato chips handed over by Chu Qionglin and squeezed to Li Ming's side, handed the potato chips to Li Ming, and leaned on Li Ming's arm, Li Ming reached out and hugged Li Heng, and tore the potato chip package open in Li Heng's arms.

"Let's let you indulge today, you won't be able to snack so unscrupulously in the future."

Li Heng nodded obediently.

When it was time to sleep, Li Ming sat on the edge of Li Heng's bed, helped him fold the quilt, and gently pinched Li Heng's little face.

"I'm out, let's go to sleep." Li Ming's tone was soft, as if there was endless tenderness hidden in it.

Back in her room, Li Ming sat on the bed and read a book for a while, and was about to turn off the light, when the door was opened by Chu Qionglin from the outside.

"Why don't you sleep?" Li Ming asked.

"I want to talk to you for a while." Saying that, Chu Qionglin took care of herself, lifted the quilt and lay down beside Li Ming.

Li Ming turned off the lamp at the head of the bed and lay on the bed.

"Why is your stepmother willing to send her son over?" Chu Qionglin said.

"Ah Heng's grandfather is sick, they have to go to the mainland to take care of the sick, Ah Heng is about to start school again, and I can only take care of him."

An inaudible sigh rang out.

"Your stepmother is so excessive to you, you can be so good to her son, what is she not satisfied with."

……

"I didn't think about it that much, his mother is his mother, he didn't do anything wrong, he was very well-behaved, very sensible, and he liked me very much." Li Ming was silent for a while and then said.

"Ah Heng is indeed a very good child." Chu Qionglin agreed.

"His surname is Li, my surname is Li, I am Li Heng's sister, and blood relationship is sometimes a very wonderful relationship."

Although they don't have the same mother, they have the same father, and that's a real bloodline. And Li Heng did not reject Li Ming because his mother was not good to Li Ming, he was very sensible, perhaps because he was young, there were no complicated things in his cognition, his sister was his sister, and his family was his family. Maybe it's because of Li Heng's love for Li Ming in his heart, although it is not often seen, it is a real love for relatives.

The next day, Li Ming got up early as usual. After making breakfast, I went to wake up Li Heng.

Chu Qionglin hurriedly ate a few bites of food and went to work.

"I'm going to the flower shop today, do you want to come with me?" Li Ming asked Li Heng at the dinner table.

"Okay, will you go to my sister's new store? I haven't been there yet. Li Heng was still eating breakfast in his mouth, and said inarticulately.

"Okay, my sister is studying in the store, and Ah Heng helps entertain the guests, okay? When you get off work, please eat ice cream. Li Ming said to Li Heng with a smile.

"Good! I'm going to have vanilla-flavored ice cream! Li Heng's smiling eyes narrowed into a crescent moon shape.

After breakfast, Li Ming washed the tableware and took Li Heng to the store at No. 36 Island City Commercial Street.

When he arrived at the store, Dai Huan had already started watering the potted plants with the kettle, and Li Heng curiously walked around the store twice.

Dai Huan smiled and said, "Has Boss Xiao Li come to inspect the work?" ”

Hearing Dai Huan's words, Li Heng put his hands behind his back and looked at the easels around him with a decent look and nodded solemnly.