The thing is, I can’t say it out loud. So be it. You can say whatever you want. I will just pretend I didn’t hear it.

“Bro, sister is like this ever since she was young. Don’t be mad about it.” Yang Xiaobo looked at Yang Ming’s sour expression.

“It’s ok. Oh ya, with your results, you should be able to enroll in a better high school. Why are you studying at Song Jiang no.4 high school?” Yang Ming smiled a little and said coldly.

“Brother, don’t you have the option to enroll in a better university? Why are you enrolling in Song Jiang Industry University?” Yang Xiaobo asked.

“I like it.” Yang Ming answered.

“I also like it.” Yang Xiaobo answered.

The brothers smiled at each other.

In the following days, Yang Dahai always encouraged Yang Ming to visit his cousin, Yang Li and ask about things to look after in university. Yang Ming wasn’t quite willing to do so, but he couldn’t stand his father’s nagging and grabbed a ride to his uncle’s house.

There’s a reason for why Yang Ming had to address Yang Li as cousin. It is typical in the northeast, no matter if it is a cousin from the father’s side or the mother’s side, they are addressed as cousin. There is no title such as paternal cousin [1]. At home, everyone addresses each other as brothers and sisters. For the extended family, it would be cousin. That is pretty normal here.

Particularly, most households right now only have one child. The address of “cousin” was usually omitted. During the introduction, people straightaway addressed them as “my brother” or “my sister.”

Since it wasn’t something urgent, Yang Ming was also lazy with grabbing a ride. He hopped onto the train and read his recently bought newspaper in a leisurely manner. Uncle’s house was close by old man Fang Tian’s place.

We’d have to say that some things happened in our world that were quite ironic. Not far away from the shanty area was the new urban area. In other words, it was the so-called luxurious residential area. It was not far away from the seaside, and the scenery was marvelous. A blemish in an otherwise beautiful scene would be the shanty area which faced it from afar.

Uncle Yang Dashan bought a house here. It was a duplex house. He bought it in 2002. He spent 950,000 yuan at that time. Now, he could sell it for more than three million yuan.

Yang Dashan was a worker at the Song Jiang Car Factory Employee Family Compound in his earlier days. He was like Yang Ming’s father and held onto the fixed wage. The sea breeze from the 90’s brought Yang Dashan to put down the machinery in his hands. He was contracted with a sand field. In the recent years, he accumulated a great fortune.

The houses here were great, and they filled Yang Ming with admiration. Yang Ming decided that once he became rich in the future, he must buy a house here for his parents to live in and enjoy a happy life.

Yang Ming rarely visited his uncle’s house. After his uncle got wealthy, he didn’t bother with his relatives. In fact, Yang Ming understood it as well. Elder Uncle simply considered the two of his brothers too poor. He was afraid they would request to borrow money from him.

After Yang Dahai won his lottery prize, Yang Ming’s first idea was also the same idea, therefore, they didn’t share the news with their relatives! Hence, it was human nature, but Yang Dashan was a bit overboard. If you are wealthy, then keep your riches. I am not going to borrow money from you. You shouldn’t be looking down at others.

In particular, Yang Li lived like a little princess. No matter if it was the festive new year or a family gathering, Yang Li would always see herself above the others. When she spoke, she carried a tone of superiority. That was quite uncomfortable for Yang Ming.

“Big Ming is here, come in!” A middle-aged woman greeted Yang Ming warmly. The person was Yang Ming’s aunt, a kind woman. She was in harmony with everyone. At uncle’s house, she was the only one without much prejudice. That, in fact, was rare.

“Aunt, I am here to look for sister Yang Li.” Yang Ming smiled as he greeted her.

“Oh, Yang Li is playing computer games with her friend right now. You should go up if you are looking for her.” Aunt got Yang Ming a pair of slippers and said, “Big Ming, come to visit again when you have time. You are part of the family after all.”

“Alright, aunt” Yang Ming nodded perfunctorily. If there wasn’t any matter concerning him, he would never visit again.

Yang Ming went upstairs. He could hear the laughter from another female from afar. Yang Ming frowned a little, didn’t we make an appointment to discuss my matter? Why is there another guest here?

Yang Ming knocked on the door and went straight in. Yang Ming who wasn’t in a good mood already had enough of being polite. He wished to quickly turn around and leave.

As Yang Ming entered the room, he saw the people there, and he couldn’t help but be surprised. There was a female the same age as him wearing a sleeveless sweater in front of him. It looked like she wasn’t wearing a bra. Yang Ming’s mouth opened widely due to the gleamingly exposed bosom…

Yang Ming was embarrassed and quickly turned around, “I am sorry…”

“Big Ming, what are you doing? Did I let you in? Is the girl’s room a place where you can freely enter?” Yang Li complained in a ferocious manner.

“Lili, is that your young cousin? He seems to be quite handsome. He isn’t as bad as you described.” The other girl said.

“Him? Hmph. Did you notice his gaze? His eyeballs almost fell onto your body!” Yang Li hmph-ed coldly, “Sun Jie, don’t concern yourself with him.”

“I don’t think so. He is still quite shy. Could he possibly still be a virgin?” Sun Jie looked at Yang Ming coquettishly and smiled.

Originally, Yang Ming was regretful of the accident where he inadvertently witnessed Sun Jie’s state of dress. As he heard what Sun Jie said, a sense of prejudice arose. It seemed that she was a provocative woman. I don’t know why my cousin hangs around with her. Could it be that my cousin is also a provocative woman?

Erm, most likely! Yang Ming thought to himself in disgust.

Yang Ming simply stopped hiding. He turned around and blatantly sat on Yang Li’s bed while he looked over Sun Jie from head to toe.

Admittedly, Sun Jie was a stunner. Her boobs were huge like a pair of papayas. They were massive as though they would burst. Deep down this woman emitted a coquettish aura. Her gaze and actions had the charm to make someone a criminal.

Based on Yang Ming’s experience, Sun Jie wouldn’t be a virgin. The charm that emitted through her unintentionally could only be shaped by a woman with experience.

Hence, Yang Ming simply looked at Sun Jie without any reserve, G? H? Maybe it is even bigger! From his days of experience, Yang Ming had never encountered a pretty girl with such enormous breasts. Zhao Ying could be one of them but she was most likely an F cup. But, he never saw a woman who was so “milky.” If I can grab a hold of it, wouldn’t it be great?

“What are you looking at?” Sun Jie did not have the slightest aversion or shyness. She bit her lips and looked at Yang Ming as though she was smiling.

“What? Don’t you let others see? Do you think that you can pretend to be a virgin if you tightly cross your legs?” If it was another person, Yang Ming wouldn’t put it so bluntly. But, Sun Jie was Yang Li’s friend. Naturally, Yang Ming didn’t have any good impressions of her.

“Crossing my legs?” Sun Jie was surprised. Later, she looked at Yang Ming in a coquettish manner, “I didn’t wear any undergarment. Do you want to have a look?”

Yang Ming surely didn’t put any trust in Sun Jie’s words. He twitched his lips and refused to speak any further. If it was in another setting, Yang Ming might tease Sun Jie a little. After all, a pretty girl with huge breasts has her charm. However, for today, Yang Li was there. Hence, Yang Ming wasn’t in the mood.

“Yang Ming, watch your mouth!” Yang Li was quite unhappy with it as she pointed at Yang Ming and said, “Why are you behaving like a punk? Be wary that I will inform second uncle [2]!”

Am I a punk? The girl next to you is a female punk! It is hard to say you are a pretentious slut. Do you dare to comment on me? Yang Ming said plainly, “Whatever.”

“You!” Yang Li was furious as she glared at Yang Ming, “Do you still want me to talk about matters to look after as a freshman?”

“Just say it.” Yang Ming said in a lazy manner. If his father didn’t ask him to come, Yang Ming wouldn’t have to suffer through this.

Since the start, Yang Li intended to take the opportunity of explaining important matters of a university to Yang Ming and be sarcastic to him. Certainly, the most important for her was to expand Yang Ming’s horizon on her “high-class lifestyle.” It was to show off to her bumpkin cousin.

Yang Li was a person who liked to show off. She liked the expression of others who looked at her in admiration. However, her paternal cousin, Yang Ming, always treated her with apathy. Yang Li always got angry when she thought about it. She was looking for an opportunity to be ostentatious toward Yang Ming all along!

We’re not sure when ostentation became part of the societal culture. On the internet, there are the ostentatious women, Sister Lan, and the daughter of the Shanxi boss from America that were popular for a while. Those are examples of ostentatious people.

Of course, that is on the internet. In real life, this is abundant as well. Some of the prodigals start to behave boastfully toward their fellow classmates and compare with each other.

In fact, Yang Li was this kind of person. Even though Yang Ming didn’t have much understanding of such behavior, it didn’t mean that such behavior didn’t exist. Occasionally, putting on an act to be pretentious was amusing, but if it kept on happening, wouldn’t it be annoying?

Chapter Notes:

[1] In certain areas in China, cousins are divided into paternal cousin (堂親) and maternal cousin (表親).

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[2] Due to the family system, Yang Li would refer to Yang Ming’s father as second uncle.