Chapter 2: A Door Away

  Because of the pants-changing incident yesterday, both people were still a bit awkward at first. Zeng Sita could recall many things about this body, which lacked maternal love and therefore had a strong affinity for mature women. Since seeing Liu Yun, he was amazed by her beauty and secretly fell in love with her. Liu Yun also seemed to have a good impression of the original Zeng Sita and acknowledged him as her adopted younger brother. However, the original Zeng Sita was quite shy and slow when it came to relationships between men and women, so he didn't notice that Liu Yun had feelings for him too.

  Under Zeng Sitao's insistence, Liu Yun went to deal with some business matters and came back before noon. Seeing Zeng Sitao standing by the window, looking sideways with a somewhat cold and lonely expression, his back silhouette was somewhat desolate. Liu Yun's heartstrings seemed to be plucked again, and she stood there for a moment, dazed.

  "Liu sister......"

  Zeng Si-tao turned around and saw Liu Yun's dazed expression, letting out a soft cry. It wasn't until then that Liu Yun snapped back to reality.

  "Mapo tofu and sour spicy meat noodles are all your favorites. Eat quickly."

  "Have you eaten, Sister Liu?"

  "I've eaten."

  "My memory has recovered."

  "Really? That's great!" Liu Yun excitedly stood up.

  "Of course it's true, Liu sister does business in Xiangyang Alley, and there's Liu six who helps, Lao Wu who transports goods, and the warehouse keeper..."

  "That's good, that's good, as long as you're fine."

  Zeng Sitao's injury had already healed. However, he still stayed in the hospital for a few more days. Although this world was similar to his previous life, it suddenly felt like time had reversed. He found himself back at the place where something had happened over ten years ago in his past life. This sudden change made Zeng Sitao feel somewhat unadapted. He needed time to gather more information and gradually adapt to his current identity and life. The faster he could integrate into this society, the better.

  After discharge, Liu Yun sent Zeng Sitao back to school. As the Spring Festival was approaching, students who were originally in school had returned one after another. The administrator thought that Zeng Sitao had also left, so he directly sealed off the building. Zeng Sitao couldn't stay at school anymore. Liu Yun hesitated for a moment and said let Zeng Sitao live at her home.

  "It's not very convenient, is it?" Zeng Sitao had no money. Staying at her place was of course better than going to stay in a hotel. The problem of where to eat was also solved. However, she still pretended to be polite.

  "You're my brother, after all. Don't be uncomfortable. Your injury hasn't healed yet. You need to be taken care of. Let's go. I'll arrange everything for you. I have to attend to business first. Chinese New Year is approaching and it's really busy."

  "Ah, in just one month of December, I earned as much as half a year's worth."

  "I didn't think you knew either."

  Zeng Sita smiled, Liu Yun's place was a rented house, just not far from where she did business, the house was not big, one room and one hall, decorated quite well.

  "I'm your sister, so just make yourself at home." Liu Yun said with a smile as she saw Zeng Si Tao looking a bit uncomfortable.

  Zeng Sita thought to himself, I'm not a casual person, but when I get casual, I'm not human.

  "Liu Jie, you just go ahead and don't worry about me. I'm hungry, I'll just go out and eat something casually. This is the most profitable time, it's a pity to delay."

  Zeng Sitao also gradually adjusted, and calling Liu Yun "sister" didn't feel awkward either.

  "I didn't expect that one strike would make you suddenly understand. Alright, tomorrow I'll go busy myself, and eat something at a restaurant outside, then come back tonight to cook something for you. You rest for two more days, once your body is better, you can also help out, it's really too busy." Liu Yun said with a smile.

  "En." Zeng Sitao habitually wanted to scratch his head, but didn't realize that his hand wasn't fully healed. He pulled on the wound and it still hurt a bit. Zeng Sitao also didn't want to go home, anyway he was alone now, going back would cost money, and now Zeng Sitao was truly penniless, he couldn't bring himself to ask Liu Yun for a loan. Seeing her say this, he just went along with it.

  "Be careful, don't open up the wound again. Sit quietly and watch TV, I'll go cook." He

  Liu Yun turned on the TV and went to cook, Zeng Sitao's hands were not convenient, there was a TV series playing on the TV, Zeng Sitao was not interested, stood up, walked to the kitchen door, leaned against the table wall, watching Liu Yun cook.

  "Why don't you watch TV for a while?"

  "The TV show is not good, let's talk with sister."

  Zeng Sitao gazed at the mature and beautiful Liu Yun's busy back, thinking that she was a successful businesswoman, and could be considered a rich woman, with assets of at least several hundred thousand. In this day and age, several hundred thousand is considered a large sum. If... if the two of them were to start a relationship, would it be considered eating soft rice? Zeng Sitao stood there, lost in thought, and finally dismissed the idea. As a person, one should not eat soft rice; it's better to die by smashing into a block of tofu. Graduation is approaching, what to do next? Go into business? This was Zeng Sitao's old line of work, having previously done sales, and could be considered half a businessman. Become an official? Not bad. Nowadays, the treatment of civil servants is not good, the threshold is low, and with his prestigious university background, it would be relatively easy to mix into the ranks of civil servants.

  "What's on your mind?"

  Zeng Si-tao stared at Liu Yun's back, lost in thought. Liu Yun saw that she wasn't speaking and turned around to ask her.

  "Oh, nothing." Zeng Sitao said suddenly.

  The meal was served quickly, three dishes and a soup, which wasn't very sumptuous. Seeing Zeng Sitao about to pick up his chopsticks, she hastily grabbed his hand.

  "Don't move." Liu Yun saw Zeng Sita wanting to pick up chopsticks and quickly stopped her.

  "Your hand isn't healed yet, and it's all swollen. Let sister feed you."

  Zeng Sitao sat obediently, Liu Yun carefully fed him, Zeng Sitao felt a little moved and also had a strange feeling.

  "Sister, you really look like a mother." Zeng Si-tao couldn't help but say.

  "What are you talking nonsense? Besides, am I that old?" Liu Yun glared at Zeng Si-tao with a slightly red face.

  "As kind as a mother."

  Zeng Si Tao looked at her, Liu Yun felt a bit embarrassed.

  "Don't look, close your eyes."

  "If you don't close it, what if I feed it into your nose?" Zeng Sitao said seriously.

  Liu Yun couldn't help but laugh at "Pfft".

  "What's wrong with you? You got hit on the head and now you're not being honest."

  "How come I'm not being honest?"

  Zeng Si-tao looked away, thinking: I've changed into a different person, can I still be the same as before? His eyes glanced at her full breasts.

  "Eat properly, or I'll really feed you through your nose." Liu Yun waved the spoon in front of his nose.

  Zeng Sitao finished eating and sat on the sofa. Liu Yun came out after washing dishes, and the two of them sat together watching TV for a while.

  "Are you tired? If so, go to sleep."

  "Alright, sister has a busy day tomorrow too, you should get some rest early."

  Liu Yun fetched water to wash Zeng Si-tao's face, but Zeng Si-tao refused. When Liu Yun carefully wiped his face for him, Zeng Si-tao felt the softest thing in his heart being touched.

  "Sister, your man is blind, Liu sister is so good..." Zeng Sitao felt a bit abrupt as soon as he spoke.

  Liu Yun is a divorced person. Liu Yun's ex-husband was her senior, and when she graduated, he also got accepted into the school's master's program. Her family wanted her to return to her hometown, Erqing City in Sihai, and everything was arranged for her to work at a unit there. However, her family actually opposed her being friends with her ex-husband, and as a result, they had a falling out over this matter. For the sake of her ex-husband, Liu Yun stayed in Rongcheng and went to work at the Municipal Bureau of Commerce. To prevent long nights and many dreams, the two quickly got married. It's rare for university sweethearts to succeed, and after graduation, they were assigned to different places, resulting in many cases of "laborious swallows flying apart". They were able to achieve a happy ending, and at the time, they were also an enviable couple on campus. Not long after getting married, her husband was accepted as a government-sponsored overseas student and went abroad. Being able to study abroad is also considered a prestigious thing, and Liu Yun didn't hesitate to show off in front of relatives, friends, and colleagues.

  Liu Yun was desperately studying foreign languages at home, preparing to go abroad with her husband for further studies. However, her husband kept saying that things were not arranged yet. After waiting for two years, she did not end up going abroad, but instead received a lawyer's letter stating that her husband wanted a divorce. At that time, she was completely stunned.