Chapter 72 Sinian’s Missing!

After taking a bath, he dried his body and put on a white gown which had been specially prepared by his mother.

Looking at himself in the mirror, Li Muyang felt that something was a little strange.

No, it was quite strange.

It was getting harder for Li Muyang to have a clear view of himself and he could tell from the surprised looks in his parents’ eyes that he had changed a lot recently.

As Li Sinian said, “You came in first in the empire in the Liberal-arts Exam and now you can break the wall with a punch after less than three months of walking. Do you know that you make me feel very stressed?”

The person who said this was Li Sinian, the famous genius girl of Ministry of Revenue Lane. She was the weapon that Luo Qi used to turn the tables whenever Li Muyang was being ridiculed by someone before. He would just say, ‘Your kid is not that good. My daughter Sinian said that she has never seen him on the list.’ It would immediately make the others shut up.

However, even now Li Sinian felt that Li Muyang was improving rapidly, so Li Muyang’s behavior was really scary.

“Stay low-key.” Li Muyang smirked at the mirror, patted his face and said, “Be stupid and cute.”

Li Muyang came out and Li Sinian was sitting in the room eating fruits.

Seeing Li Muyang dressed in a white outfit and his upright figure, Li Sinian’s eyes turned bright and she could not continue eating her apple.

“Who are you?” Li Sinian finally swallowed the pulp in her mouth and asked.

“I am your brother. Are you stupid?” Li Muyang felt bemused, this girl could not even recognize her brother?

“Impossible. My brother is black and ugly. People call him Coal…” Li Sinian threw the apple on the table and wiped her hands randomly on Li Muyang’s quilt. She ran over to touch Li Muyang’s face and nose and said, “Quick, tell me who you are. Where did you hide my brother?”

“Li Sinian…” Li Muyang was always very tongue tied around his baby sister. He had been bullied by her since childhood. Of course, he had also been protected by her.

Li Sinian circled around Li Muyang and said, “Unexpectedly, the ugly duckling can become a swan and the toad can become a prince. Brother, do you know that you look more handsome?”

“Really?” Li Muyang blushed and turned red as he touched his face and saying, “Maybe it is because I did not go out recently.”

Li Sinian scrutinized him carefully and said, “Indeed you have turned white, but that is not the most critical point. The key is—your body is growing! Your chest is broad, strong and muscular now! You look pretty good…”

“Li Sinian…” Li Muyang brushed Li Sinian’s hands off and said, “You are a girl.”

“So I touched you. Or what? You like to be touched by a man?”

“…”

“And you have grown taller, so now I have to look up at you. You are really slender and upright with an extraordinary temperament. And the expression on your face has changed—you always looked confused before. It is like you had gone out to steal cattle the night before and did not sleep all night. Now you are full of energy and confidence. Oh, and you look so charming when you smile…”

Li Muyang felt extremely happy in his heart, but he deliberately stayed modest and said, “I am not as good as you said, I have not grown up well yet…”

“Don’t be humble, you are already very good.” Li Sinian patted Li Muyang’s shoulder and said, “Try to improve and keep up with me. A bright moon is in front of you, isn’t it enough to inspire you?”

“…”

“But seriously, if you go back to school with your current appearance, you will definitely become an idol of our whole school and there will be countless girls pursuing you.”

“Forget it. You can be the school idol,” Li Muyang said with a smile. “My journey is on the sea of stars.”

Li Sinian pouted and said, “Yo, you now look down on school idols and want to be an imperial idol?”

“I just don’t want to compete with you.”

“Well, I don’t think you can compete with me.”

“…”

Luo Qi was cooking in the kitchen and Li Yan was next to her, helping her.

“I feel really reluctant,” Luo Qi said in a morose mood. “I never imagined that there would be such a day when Muyang will leave us to go to such a distant place. He had never been far away from us, I don’t know if he can adapt.”

Li Yan looked at his wife and said, “You are always worried about them. When he first came to us, you worried about our inability to support him day and night. Later, his health gradually improved and you were worried that his IQ was not high enough. Now his IQ is high, and he is first in the empire. When his body recovered so well that he is now able to break a big hole in the wall with one punch, you start worrying that he will be going far away…”

“Which mother will not worry about their children? Now I worry about him going out and I still have to worry about his marriage and his children. Unless I die, I will worry about them all the time.”

“I worry about them, too.” Li Yan whispered, “Do you think that the Lu Family will take action this time?”

Luo Qi thought about it for a while and said, “They should have taken action. Muyang said that he wanted to go to Xifeng University. I specifically asked him about this. He told me that he was applying for Xifeng University. In the end, he will be going to the Starry-Sky Academy. Although I don’t know why the Lu Family is sending Muyang to the Starry-Sky Academy, I know they must have done something. Otherwise, Muyang would definitely go to Xifeng University.”

“Yes.” Li Yan sighed and said, “At one time we were worried that Muyang was not good at his studies and hope that the Lu Family would be able to help him. Now that Muyang did well in the exams, we start to worry whether it is good or bad for Muyang that Lu Family is focusing on him.”

Luo Qi was also worried, saying, “I can only think about the bright side of things. After all, as Sinian said, Starry-Sky Academy is not bad.”

“Yes.” Li Yan nodded and said, “We should think on the positive side. At least we can ask Miss for help. She must be on our side.”

“Yes.” Luo Qi thought deeply and said, “At least we can go to Capital Heaven to look for Miss.”

The brother and sister came to the hall and Luo Qi had already prepared lunch.

Li Muyang helped to wash the dishes and set the chopsticks. Luo Qi pushed him away and said, “Don’t dirty the new clothes you just changed into. Li Sinian, come and wash the dishes.”

“Mom, I have also changed into new clothes…”

“You have hands and you can wash it later.”

“…”

Their parents kept serving food to Li Muyang and Li Muyang’s bowl was replaced with a plate.

Soon the plate was filled up and Luo Qi intended to change it to a basin for him.

“You value your male child only,” Li Sinian said grievously as she chewed her vegetables vigorously.

“You…” Luo Qi knocked Li Sinian’s head with her chopsticks and said, “Your brother will be leaving for his studies tomorrow and he has to be strong. Boys at his age grows fast, so he needs to eat more. After your brother leaves, I will make good food for you every day.”

“Envy me!” Li Sinian said this to Li Muyang.

“Don’t eat so much that you turn into a big fat girl. Otherwise when you visit me, I will not admit that you are my sister.”

“Li Muyang, you men have no conscience! When people call you Coal, I did not deny that you are my brother…”

“Li Sinian, what did you say to your brother?” Luo Qi was about to beat her again.

“Mom, why are you so partial toward him? Am I really your flesh and blood?” Li Sinian stretched her hand over her head and said this angrily.

Luo Qi hit her harder with her chopsticks and said, “Did you say you are not my flesh and blood? You just said that you are not my flesh and blood?”

“I was wrong, I am your flesh and blood! Mom, stop, I will become stupid…”

…

Li Muyang bowed his head as he ate, feeling the warmth of his family.

His father was kind and his mother loved him and his sister was so cute, he really could not bear to leave this house.

…

At Maplewood Ferry, Li Muyang would be going by ship to get to Capital Heaven.

This made Li Muyang very dissatisfied with Starry-Sky Academy. They sent the enrollment news through a crane. Why couldn’t they bring him to school with a crane? It could save the poorer students a lot of money.

At the Maplewood Ferry, his family members came to see him off.

His mother Luo Qi took Li Muyang’s hand and refused to let go. When she was on the way here, she secretly wiped away her tears several times.

“Muyang, take good care of yourself. Eat on time, put on more clothes when you are cold and change your shirts when you are hot. Is the money you brought enough? I will give you another one hundred gold coins…”

“Mom…” Li Muyang clenched his mother’s hand and said, “I know, I know. I am not a child anymore, I will take care of myself. I have enough money, you have already given me three hundred gold coins. Which student goes to study with so much money?”

His father Li Yan patted Li Muyang’s shoulder vigorously and said, “A good man has aspirations. Study hard and practice hard. In the future, you will make everyone proud of you.”

“Dad, I will.” Li Muyang felt the power from his father’s palm and said, “You must also pay attention to your health and take care of my mother.”

“Do not worry about us,” Li Yan said.

Li Muyang looked at Li Sinian who stood far away and refused to come near. He shouted out loudly, “Li Sinian, if you don’t come over now, I will go on board.”

“Go as you wish. Who wants to see you off?” Li Sinian stood under the willow tree, turned her back to Li Muyang and refused to say goodbye.

She was holding a willow branch in her hand and swished it hard in the air and shouted stubbornly, “Anyway, you will be back, what’s the point of saying goodbye?”

Li Muyang could not see that her eyes were red and swollen and her teardrops were sliding down her white, flawless face.

There was a feeling that she was already missing him even before he had gone.