The Adorable Brother Raising His Sisters in a Female-Dominated World - Chapter 1:

Chapter 1: Store Manager Su Chunsun.

“Hiss… Be gentler, Manager… You’re really hurting me…”

Inside a rather small hotpot restaurant, Mu Yang frowned deeply in pain as he spoke.

Su Chunsun looked at him with a trace of embarrassment. Holding his injured hand carefully, she gently applied burn ointment to the scalded skin and said, “Xiao Yang, don’t always say things that people could misunderstand! If someone overheard you, who knows what they’d think we were doing in here? Also, stop moving around. This next part might hurt a little…”

Mu Yang’s brows knitted even tighter from the pain, but he obediently stopped saying anything that could make someone blush.

Mu Yang was not originally from this world. In his previous life, he had made a wish to spend his next life lying around without having to struggle. Then, as if his wish had been answered in the most absurd way possible, a vehicle seemingly designed specifically for sending people to another world had delivered him straight here.

This world was extraordinarily unusual. Women vastly outnumbered men, with the ratio between men and women having already reached a terrifying 1:3, and the gap was still widening.

Moreover, women in this world generally possessed better physical fitness than ordinary men. It seemed that some special gene responsible for muscle growth in males had been restricted, which was also one of the main reasons there were so few men.

With less muscle mass, men generally had weaker bodies and poorer immunity. As a result, boys were particularly vulnerable during childhood and had a much higher chance of dying young.

The Alliance had previously made numerous attempts to improve the situation. It allocated funds to improve nutritional standards for boys, arranged regular medical examinations for all males, and introduced various laws that favored men.

However, not only had these measures failed to improve men’s physical condition, they had instead raised an entire generation of spoiled man-children.

Having been protected and pampered since childhood, many men continued acting superior even after entering society, behaving as though everyone else was obligated to accommodate them. Consequently, women nowadays had become extremely wary of men.

They still longed for love, of course, but few were willing to gamble everything they had, or even their lives, on it.

As for Mu Yang, he was only 19 years old and depended on his 2 younger sisters just as much as they depended on him.

Unfortunately, his academic performance had already been poor in his previous life, and transmigrating had done absolutely nothing to improve it. Unsurprisingly, his college entrance examination score had failed to reach the minimum requirement for an undergraduate university.

His 2 younger sisters, however, had exceptionally good grades. They were not biologically related to Mu Yang, and both were already adults at 19 years old.

Because of that, Mu Yang wanted even more desperately to earn money and support his sisters through university. After all, no matter what, he was their older brother.

Although Mu Yang had grown up in this world after transmigrating, he remained cheerful, warm, and straightforward. He was not pretentious or overly delicate.

In fact, he particularly disliked those men who constantly shouted about wanting “freedom.” Those people cared only about their own interests, yet their behavior caused ordinary men like Mu Yang to be disliked along with them.

Fortunately, Mu Yang’s hardworking and dependable attitude had earned him a reasonably well-paying job. He worked as a waiter at this hotpot restaurant and received 7,000 yuan per month.

It was already early August. At present, Mu Yang had only 20,000 yuan in savings.

His 2 sisters would start university in September. Their tuition alone would cost more than 10,000 yuan. Once miscellaneous fees, textbooks, new shoes, and new clothes were included…

While resting his burned hand in Store Manager Su Chunsun’s palm and allowing her to apply medicine, Mu Yang silently calculated his expenses.

‘The money probably won’t be enough at all…’

“Ah…”

Mu Yang let out a helpless sigh.

Hearing him, Su Chunsun raised her head in confusion and looked at the young man before her. He was clearly still so young, yet there was a quiet resilience about him that made him seem far stronger than his age suggested.

She asked nervously, “What’s wrong, Xiao Yang? Was today’s workload too much for you?”

After spending the past month working with him, Su Chunsun’s impression of Mu Yang could only be described as exceptionally good.

She had never encountered such a resilient, diligent, and dependable young man before. More importantly, he was incredibly handsome. She had never imagined that a beautiful young man like him would actually come out to work.

Even after hot oil had scalded his hand, he had not cried. Instead, he had endured the pain and continued working until the restaurant closed that night before finally coming to her for help.

The worry on Mu Yang’s face did not fade. However, he had no intention of telling his manager about his family circumstances. He did not want her to think he was deliberately trying to gain sympathy.

After all, getting this job had not been easy. If he left a bad impression on his manager now, his sisters’ future tuition expenses could become an even greater problem.

Mu Yang shook his head and said, “No, I’m just a little tired. I’ll be fine after getting some sleep tonight. Manager, I just wanted to ask… when can I receive last month’s salary?”

He was slightly nervous as he asked.

In his previous life, trying to collect wages had sometimes been unbelievably difficult. Some employers would delay payment for months without hesitation. A company that actually paid its employees on time could practically be considered a top-tier employer.

Seeing Mu Yang’s hesitant expression, Su Chunsun immediately understood.

‘So Xiao Yang is worried that I won’t pay him. He’s thin-skinned and too embarrassed to ask directly, which is why he’s been looking so troubled.’

Su Chunsun thought for a moment and said, “I mentioned it before. Salaries are paid on the last day of every month. Let me check the date.”

She tried to remember what day it was but drew a blank, so she simply took out her phone and checked.

Her expression instantly changed.

“Oh no! It’s already August 2nd! I completely forgot!”

Su Chunsun slapped her forehead and looked awkwardly at Mu Yang.

She had actually forgotten payday and already owed him his salary for 2 extra days.

She hurriedly apologized, “Sorry, sorry! I genuinely forgot. Wait a moment. I’ll transfer it to you right now.”

As she spoke, she opened her mobile banking app and transferred a full 7,200 yuan directly into Mu Yang’s bank account.

Mu Yang checked his phone and immediately noticed the additional 200 yuan. He hurriedly told her that she had transferred too much.

However, Su Chunsun’s expression turned serious as she said, “I even forgot to pay your salary on time. Consider the extra money my apology. Buy yourself something you like with it. Besides, your attitude toward work has been excellent, so you can also consider it a reward. Keep working hard in the future!”

Looking into Su Chunsun’s unwavering eyes, Mu Yang eventually stopped refusing and accepted the money.

Still filled with gratitude, he stood up and bowed deeply to her, saying sincerely, “Thank you very much, Sister Su. I’ll work hard!”

The instant Su Chunsun glanced at him, her eyes instinctively darted away. For a moment, she had no idea where she was supposed to look.

Mu Yang was wearing loose trousers and a loose long-sleeved shirt today. However, his shirt was particularly roomy, so when he bowed, his fair neck and even part of his collarbones became faintly visible.

In this female-dominated world, most men dressed extremely conservatively. A man’s body was considered absolutely private.

Even touching Mu Yang’s hand earlier had technically crossed a boundary. Seeing part of his collarbones now was even more inappropriate.

Yet the delicate, almost perfectly proportioned lines of his slender frame made Su Chunsun’s heart race uncontrollably. No matter how much she knew she should look away, her eyes seemed unwilling to obey.

After spending an entire month with him, Su Chunsun had already realized that Mu Yang was an unbelievably precious young man. There was absolutely no way she wanted to let someone like him slip away.

It was not merely because his appearance and figure were outstanding.

Even his personality was extraordinarily rare. He was cheerful, generous, and easygoing, never arguing over every insignificant matter.

‘He’s practically the perfect boyfriend… No, the perfect husband!’

Meanwhile, Su Chunsun had always been troubled by her own figure.

In this female-dominated world, women were expected to work outside the home and earn money to support their families. Consequently, physical strength was highly admired.

A voluptuous figure like hers might have driven countless men crazy in Mu Yang’s original world, but here, it was regarded as an extremely abnormal body type.

Yet from beginning to end, Mu Yang had never shown even the slightest disgust toward her. In fact, she occasionally caught him secretly stealing glances at her.

That realization had given Su Chunsun tremendous confidence, and her fondness for Mu Yang had only grown stronger.

Su Chunsun swallowed softly as she recalled the warm sensation of Mu Yang’s palm while she had been applying medicine to his hand.

‘I like him so much! I really, really like him! I want to marry him!’

Mu Yang was just about to leave when Su Chunsun immediately called out to stop him, “Xiao Yang, I still have some ingredients left over. You haven’t eaten dinner yet, right? Take them home with you. I’d only throw them away after closing anyway, so you might as well have them.”

Mu Yang paused before immediately turning around.

Free ingredients?

There was absolutely no reason to refuse them.

Although they had been sitting there for the entire day, they had remained refrigerated the whole time and were perfectly clean and safe to eat.

He opened the freezer in the kitchen. Inside was a fist-sized piece of beef, more than half a bag of hotpot meatballs, several crab sticks, and a large bag filled with bean sprouts and lotus-root slices.

Mu Yang showed no disdain whatsoever.

After all, buying all this at the market would easily cost around 100 yuan. Since he could get everything for free now, refusing would be ridiculous.

Besides, because he had been desperately saving money, his 2 younger sisters had not eaten anything particularly good in a long time. Their meals had been plain and meager every day, and whenever Mu Yang thought about it, guilt quietly weighed on his heart.

He truly felt that he had failed his 2 younger sisters somewhat.

As for why his sisters, despite already being adults, did not simply find summer jobs themselves, there was an incredibly frustrating law in this world.

No business was permitted to employ summer workers under the age of 20 as long as they still had a guardian. The stated purpose was to ensure that children could enjoy a happy and carefree childhood.

Carrying the large bag of food, Mu Yang walked out of the restaurant and immediately spotted his 2 younger sisters waiting outside for him.

They came to pick him up every night.

After all, the streets were not particularly safe for a young man at night. With such an extreme imbalance between the number of men and women, there would inevitably be frustrated drunkards looking for trouble.

However, with his 2 younger sisters beside him, Mu Yang did not need to worry.

His second younger sister, Liu Shuning, stood 1.77 meters tall. She had an exceptionally gentle personality and the well-proportioned figure of a typical young woman, radiating youthful vitality.

His third younger sister, Liu Xiaoxiao, looked almost as though she had not grown properly. At only 1.53 meters tall, she resembled a classic petite anime girl.

Mu Yang seriously suspected that all of her nutrition had gone toward developing her astonishing figure, leaving nothing for her height.

As for Mu Yang himself…

He was about the same height as his third younger sister.

At only 1.5 meters tall, he looked exactly like an adorable young pretty boy.