Volume One, Chapter 102: The Girl Looking for Her Younger Brother

He laughed with delight: “As expected, the sisters in my wife’s livestream never disappoint!”

“This is love like a home invasion, isn’t it?”

“My mental state: I want a sweet romance so badly! Then a man actually appears in front of me, and I’m like, ‘Not today, maybe tomorrow.’”

Qin Yu was utterly speechless at these girls.

Seeing Wang Yang’s disappointed face, she immediately said, “Wang Yang, don’t be discouraged! The girls in my stream are just a little shy. Why don’t you step down first? I think the one meant for you will send you a private message.”

Only then did Wang Yang brighten up. He thanked her politely, then very considerately left the microphone and made room for everyone else.

Before opening the next slot, Qin Yu still remembered to remind them, “Be sure to download the national anti-fraud app. Don’t get cheated.”

Master Matched in Autumn, do you really believe the girls you call shy are actually shy?

What, are we not shy?

No! The master’s female fans are all super shy!

Hahahahaha, Master Matched in Autumn, a fortune-telling streamer actually promoting anti-fraud

The funniest joke of the year

The comments flew by too fast for Qin Yu to bother with. In her mind there were only two words: time to clock out.

Bring on the next customer!

Qin Yu was brimming with fighting spirit.

The next one was a young girl wearing Hello Kitty pajamas.

“Hello, Master.”

Qin Yu nodded, which counted as a greeting.

“I have a younger brother, but when he was very little, he was taken by human traffickers, and his whereabouts are still unknown to this day. Can you help me find him?”

Qin Yu looked at her face, her pink lips pressing together.

“No need to look anymore.”

The girl’s heart lurched, and the color drained from her face at once.

“Could it be that he, he already...”

She covered her mouth, unwilling to believe it.

Human traffickers really deserve to die! I suggest that once they’re caught, they be executed on the spot.

Don’t traffickers have children of their own? When they sold other people’s children, did they never think of their own?

How many families have traffickers destroyed!

“Then, Master, can I know where he is now?” The girl’s chest ached dully.

Qin Yu lifted her eyelids slightly. “You really want to know?”

Her gaze was clear and steady. She nodded hard. “Yes! He’s suffered so much out there. I want to bring him home.”

Qin Yu did not ask further. Instead, she half-closed her eyes and rapidly counted on her fingers.

Very soon, she had the answer.

“There is an apple tree in your family’s yard.”

The girl was astonished. “Amazing, Master! You even figured that out! Our apple tree grows beautifully. Every year it bears so many, many fruits! They’re so sweet! When it bears fruit this year, I’ll send some to you to try!”

Qin Yu swayed slightly.

“Your brother is beneath that tree.”

The girl: ???

She felt as if her brain were about to explode.

The livestream viewers: ???

I’m afraid to eat apples now. I’ve got trauma.

What the hell? The brother is buried under the tree? Who did it? Was it the sister?

It probably wasn’t, right? If the sister killed her brother and then came to the livestream looking for him, wouldn’t that be walking right into the trap?

The girl snapped out of her shock and sprinted into the yard.

Beneath the sunlight, the apple tree was in full bloom with dense clusters of white blossoms. Some of the blossoms had already fallen, and in their place, tiny green fruits had begun to grow on the branches. They hung heavily, bowing the limbs downward.

“Lei, why did you come downstairs instead of staying upstairs in the air-conditioning?” a man’s voice rang out. “The sun’s so strong. Go back upstairs and play.”

The latter half of his words was coaxing, almost tender.

“Brother! I found Little Brother!” Zhang Xiaolei pointed at the lush apple tree before her. “He’s buried underneath!”

Zhang Xiaoqi’s face turned grim at once, his lips losing color. His mouth twitched. “Lei, what nonsense are you talking in broad daylight? Little Brother’s been missing for ten years. How could he possibly be buried under a tree? Be good, let’s go back inside.”

The commotion was loud enough to draw the parents’ attention.

Zhang Xiaolei’s mother, Hong Xia, poked her head out from the house. “What’s all the excitement about?”

“Mom! Little Brother is under the apple tree!”

Before Zhang Xiaoqi could try to cover for her, Zhang Xiaolei blurted it out first.

Hearing the words Little Brother, Hong Xia’s heart skipped.

Little Brother had already been missing for ten years!

Her expression turned stern. “Zhang Xiaolei! You’re making up lies to fool me again!”

“No, Mom! This time it’s true! Little Brother is really under the tree!”

Seeing that Hong Xia would not believe her, Zhang Xiaolei continued to probe, “Whether Little Brother is really there or not, wouldn’t we know if we dug up the apple tree and took a look?”

“No!”

Zhang Xiaoqi was the first to object. “If we disturb the soil around the apple tree, we’re bound to damage the roots! Then it may never bear such heavy fruit again!”

“Brother! Compared with Little Brother, the apple tree doesn’t matter!”

Zhang Xiaolei could not understand why her brother kept stopping her again and again. She pushed him aside and steadied Hong Xia, whose legs and feet had already gone weak.

“Mom, let’s dig!”

Thud.

Before either of them could even begin, a loud sound rang out.

They both turned at once and saw Zhang Xiaoqi drop heavily to his knees on the ground, his eyes already red.

“Brother, why are you kneeling? Come help!”

Zhang Xiaolei tried to pull him up, but no matter how she tugged, she could not budge him.

“Mom, I’m sorry...”