Chapter 106

"Swap!"

"Hoo..."

Samson Nan gasped for breath as he returned to the bench.

"You've only played for a short time, how did you get so tired?"

William Wei said, throwing him a towel.

"After being at home for a month, it's your turn to try?"

He said this, but his face remained calm, showing no signs of fatigue.

"I must say, I admire you. Being locked up for a month and coming out acting like nothing happened. If it were me, staying at home for even a week would drive me crazy!"

"Is that so?"

Seeing that he still smiled unconcernedly, William Wei asked again, "Did something good happen?"

"What do you mean?"

He squinted his eyes and covered his face with the towel.

William Wei was puzzled. Who knows what he was thinking after being locked up for a month? Did it mess with his mind?

"Samson Nan, someone's looking for you."

At this moment, someone called out from the sidelines.

"?"

He finally lifted the towel from his face.

He looked in the direction of the voice.

A small figure, holding a schoolbag, was peering at the field.

"..."

He froze for a moment, then stood up and walked over.

"Why are you here?"

As he approached her, he glanced around, then softly asked.

"Can't I come...?"

It was Raina Nan.

She hesitated, lowered her head slightly, and looked at the ground.

"Well, it's not that you can't... Is there something wrong?"

He looked at her strangely. As far as he remembered, this little girl had never come to the middle school section to find him before.

"Should we go home together...?"

Raina Nan said, her voice becoming even softer. It was almost inaudible if one didn't come closer.

"..."

He scratched his cheek and pondered for a moment.

"Then wait for me here, okay?"

He turned around and walked towards the sideline.

...

"Leaving already?"

Seeing him come back and begin to tidy up his coat on the chair, William Wei glanced at the time. It was not even 6 o'clock yet.

"Yeah."

He responded, gesturing with his chin towards Raina Nan, who was standing on the other side of the field.

"Huh..."

William Wei turned his head and took a look.

After a while, he turned back to look at him.

"I think someone is feeling pretty good today, huh?"

"..."

He glanced at William Wei without saying a word.

After stuffing his jersey into his bag, he turned and left.

...

"So you're Samson Nan's sister?"

"Huh? Yeah..."

Just as Samson Nan left, several boys from the team surrounded her.

She held her schoolbag somewhat shyly, looked around aimlessly, and nodded.

"What's your name?"

"Raina Nan."

"Oh, what a beautiful name! How old are you, Raina Nan?"

"12 years old..."

"Hey, let me tell you, your brother and I are as close as brothers can be. We're inseparable!"

The boy flattered, putting his hand on her shoulder.

"From now on, you're my little sister. Hey...ow!"

Before the boy finished speaking, he got kicked in the ass and nearly fell on his face.

"What are you doing?!"

He turned around and realized that Samson Nan was already standing behind him.

"Big brother!"

"Who's your big brother?!"

"Hehe, I was just messing around with my bored little sister."

The boy laughed and quickly put his hands behind his back.

"Don't you touch her."

"Haha, the big brother who's fond of his little sister is getting ready to fight. I'll back off!"

"Back off then!"

A few people chuckled and walked past him.

"These idiots..."

He muttered and turned around.

"Let's go."

"Yeah..."

She nodded and ran to his side.

...

The two of them walked quietly along the street.

The public school that the siblings attended was divided into primary and middle school sections. In reality, the school gates were less than a hundred meters apart, separated only by a wall.

There was only one way home, but they rarely went home together like this.

Every day at noon, Raina Nan would go home to eat, while Samson Nan found it troublesome and stayed at school, using the few dollars their mother gave him to eat at the cafeteria.

In the afternoon, Raina Nan always went straight home, while Samson Nan had basketball practice and usually came home late.

It seemed like their schedules always overlapped like this.

"Brother," she spoke softly.

"Yeah?"

"Did I trouble you by coming to find you?" she asked, seeing his cold expression all the way.

"No~" Samson Nan glanced at her from the corner of his eye.

"Just now..."

He seemed to be thinking about something.

After a moment of hesitation, he turned his head to look at her.

"In situations like just now, don't behave like a wooden person. Learn to say no, you know?"

"Just now...?" She paused, tilting her head to look at him.

"..." He didn't say anything, gazing at her with drooping eyelids.

"..." She hesitated, seemingly realizing something.

"Aren't those people your friends, brother...?"

"What's wrong with friends? Can't you see that guy put his arm around your shoulder?" He suddenly emphasized his words.

"..." She was stunned, carefully observing his profile.

"Are you angry?"

"No, I'm not..." He hesitated, seeming to want to explain something.

"Well, anyway, you should be more careful in the future. I can't always be by your side. Besides, there have been many reports in the news recently about underage girls being..." He waved his hand in agitation.

She turned her head slightly, muttering quietly.

"Brother... you're being too talkative..."

"Huh..." He frowned, looking at her with a puzzled expression.

"That's what you said just now..."

"I..." He was at a loss for words for a moment, then shouted, "Girls shouldn't use vulgar language!"

"..." Glancing at him, she pouted in dissatisfaction and turned her head away.

If you can't argue, just shout loudly...

And yet there's a double standard, how disappointing...

"Well, anyway, if anyone bullies you in the future, tell me immediately," he said hesitantly, wanting to brush it off.

"What do you want...?"

"You, why do you care what I want... Anyway, I just don't want you to keep things from me..."

"..." She was stunned, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"Well, from now on, I'll tell you if there's anything going on with me, that's what siblings are for... at least, that's what I think..."

"Is that so..." She softly replied, her face slightly flushed as she lowered her head.

"..." After saying it, he also felt a bit awkward.

When did he become a character who would say such lines...?

"Cough cough, anyway, you see, I can't let you call me 'brother' for nothing. It's called a fair exchange! Yes, a fair exchange, do you understand?"

Unexpectedly, there was someone gentle but somewhat clumsy...

Brother...

"~"

"What are you laughing at..."

"Oh, nothing~"

She smiled faintly and leaned a little closer, her shoulder touching his arm.

Walking to his side.

"Brother~"

She looked up at him.

"Can I exchange this "brother" for a cup of milk tea~?"

"......"

He froze for a moment.

Lowering his head, he looked at her mischievous smirk.

A moment of trance.

"No problem~"

He grinned.

But, this is also fine...

......

......

"Wait a minute."

As they walked, he suddenly stopped.

"?"

"Well, it seems like I don't have any money..."

He just remembered that because of dropping out of school, his pocket money had been completely confiscated by his mom, and he didn't even have a penny now...

"......"

Raina Nan turned back.

With drooping eyelids and an expression of speechlessness, she looked at him standing still.

"What's the use of you..."

After saying that, she turned around and walked forward.

"Wait... Hey!"

He quickly caught up with her.

"Little One, do you have any money?"

"You don't want to use my money to treat me, do you..."

"What's the big deal? I'll pay you back anyway!"

"That's enough..."

......

......

"We're here~"

Samson Nan opened the door to the apartment.

"Come in."

He turned around and looked at Raina Nan still standing at the door.

"......"

She looked at the ground, her eye sockets reddened and slightly swollen.

"I want to go home."

After hesitating for a moment, she said so.

"You want to go home looking like this?"

He retorted.

"When Mom asks later, she'll think I did something to you again..."

"......"

Seeing that she didn't respond, he continued:

"Come in and have dinner first. Later, I'll call Mom~"

"......"

She still stood in place, without any movement for a long time.

"......"

He sighed, bent down, and grabbed her hand.

Strength instantly passed through her arm.

"Wait...!"

Before she could react, he pulled her inside.

With a bang, the door closed.