The Adorable Brother Raising His Sisters in a Female-Dominated World - Chapter 2:

Chapter 2: You Disgust Me!

Mu Yang had barely pushed open the door of the hotpot restaurant when Liu Xiaoxiao charged straight toward him like a little wild boar.

Her short legs moved incredibly fast, and in the blink of an eye, she threw herself into Mu Yang’s arms and buried her head against his chest, exclaiming, “Brother! Did you miss me today?!”

The impact sent Mu Yang stumbling half a step backward. Although he was roughly the same height as Liu Xiaoxiao, he was obviously much weaker than her. Still, he was not annoyed. After all, Xiaoxiao was the youngest of his sisters. It was perfectly normal for her to depend on her older brother.

Mu Yang smiled and patted her head, saying, “Slow down, slow down. Of course I missed you!”

Liu Xiaoxiao slowly raised her head and gazed at Mu Yang. Her eyes sparkled brightly, and she was clearly in an excellent mood.

However, in the next second, Mu Yang suddenly felt his arms become empty.

At some point, Liu Shuning had walked over and gently pulled Liu Xiaoxiao away. She then bent down and tenderly wrapped her arms around Mu Yang’s shoulders, saying, “Brother, you worked hard today!”

His second younger sister, Liu Shuning, spoke softly, and her voice was exceptionally gentle. Compared with the reckless Liu Xiaoxiao, she was much calmer. There was also a pleasant fragrance lingering around her, seemingly the scent of body wash.

However, Mu Yang could barely breathe while being hugged by her.

Liu Shuning always liked hugging him this way. Mu Yang knew that his second younger sister was simply expressing her affection, but her affection was honestly a little too suffocating.

Thus, Mu Yang gently patted Liu Shuning’s arm and said, “Shuning, loosen your arms a little. I’m uncomfortable.”

Only then did Liu Shuning seem to realize what she was doing. She apologetically loosened her embrace slightly and lowered her head to look at Mu Yang, who was breathing a little heavily, asking, “I’m sorry, Brother. Are you okay?”

Meanwhile, Liu Xiaoxiao stood nearby with her arms crossed, her cheeks puffed out as she glared at her second sister. She muttered angrily under her breath, “Brotherrr… are you okay? What an actress!”

Seeing Liu Shuning finally release their older brother, Liu Xiaoxiao immediately squeezed her way over. She stubbornly seized Mu Yang’s left hand and hugged his arm tightly.

Liu Shuning had not expected Xiaoxiao to be so skilled at exploiting every opening. Her gaze toward her youngest sister immediately became slightly unfriendly.

Liu Xiaoxiao could not have cared less.

‘You want to steal Brother? Then may the best woman win!’

‘You think you’re the only one who can use tricks? Why can’t I?!’

‘What a joke!’

Reluctantly, Liu Shuning hugged Mu Yang’s right arm instead. At the same time, she took the bag he was carrying.

With the 2 sisters flanking him on either side, they practically sandwiched Mu Yang between them as they started walking home.

Liu Shuning glanced at the bag and asked, “Brother, what’s inside?”

Mu Yang answered, “The manager gave me some leftover ingredients. There are beef meatballs, lotus-root slices, and some other things. I’ll make something tasty for you when we get home. You can have it as a late-night snack.”

Liu Shuning immediately asked, “Then, Brother, did you eat dinner tonight?”

Mu Yang laughed and replied, “Haha, of course. I had hotpot.”

Just like parents from his previous life who concealed their hardships from their children, Mu Yang would never tell his sisters that he had not eaten. He did not want them to worry.

However, being squeezed between his 2 sisters was incredibly awkward, especially with both of his arms pressed tightly against their full figures.

Embarrassed, Mu Yang tried to pull his arms away.

They did not budge.

The 2 sisters were walking home with Mu Yang when they simultaneously noticed his movement and turned to look at him.

Mu Yang awkwardly said, “Um… you 2 don’t need to hold your brother so tightly.”

“No!”

The 2 sisters answered in perfect unison.

Then, as if deliberately proving their point, they hugged his arms even tighter.

Mu Yang smiled helplessly.

‘Forget it.’

His sisters depended on him and loved clinging to him so much that, deep down, Mu Yang actually felt a sense of accomplishment.

Besides, they would leave for university in about a month. Once that happened, he would have far fewer opportunities to see them. After university would come work, marriage, and eventually children of their own.

‘If they want to hug me, let them.’

There were not many carefree days left when the 3 of them could stay together like this.

With that thought, Mu Yang stopped resisting and simply allowed his sisters to cling to him.

Suddenly, Mu Yang remembered that he had received his salary today and immediately shared the good news with them, saying excitedly, “Brother got paid today! 7,200 yuan! Hehe, the manager forgot to pay me last month, so she transferred it today. She even gave me an extra 200 yuan because your brother works so hard!”

His 2 sisters immediately showered him with praise.

Liu Xiaoxiao exclaimed, “Wow! Brother, you’re amazing!”

Liu Shuning said warmly, “Brother, you’ve worked so hard.”

Listening to their voices beside him, Mu Yang suddenly felt that working was not nearly as exhausting as he had thought. Instead, he found himself overflowing with motivation.

After thinking for a moment, Mu Yang decided that he could take them somewhere nice to eat on his day off this Tuesday.

Today was Sunday, so there was only 1 more day before his break.

Mu Yang smiled and asked, “When I’m off work this Tuesday, I want to take you 2 out for an all-you-can-eat individual hotpot. How does that sound?”

Liu Xiaoxiao was the happiest.

After all, she was a genuine big eater. Normally, she ate at least 2 bowls of rice with an enormous bowl of dishes. She ate so much that even the toilet at home frequently became clogged.

Recently, however, she had started dieting and now ate only 1 bowl of rice each day.

The results had been immediate. Not only had the toilet stopped clogging, but Xiaoxiao had also lost quite a bit of weight and become even prettier.

For some inexplicable reason, however, her figure remained just as full as before.

Liu Shuning was equally delighted, though she still maintained her usual gentle and composed demeanor.

Yet when Mu Yang saw how delighted his sisters were simply because he had promised to take them out for an individual hotpot meal costing only a little over 30 yuan, the guilt in his heart grew even heavier.

‘I really am useless.’

He could not even casually afford to take his sisters somewhere nice for a meal.

He still had to struggle desperately just to pay their university tuition.

Yet even the cheapest individual hotpot was enough to make his sisters this happy.

Mu Yang’s mood gradually sank. He could not help thinking about the days when his parents had still been alive. Back then, he had lived without worries or responsibilities.

Now, however, the responsibility of caring for his sisters rested entirely on his shoulders.

Only after taking on that responsibility himself did he finally understand just how difficult and exhausting it truly was.

Liu Shuning was the first to notice the change in Mu Yang’s mood. She tilted her head toward him and bent slightly at the waist, asking softly, “Brother? What’s wrong?”

Mu Yang forced the corners of his mouth upward and replied tiredly, “It’s nothing. I just feel like I’m pretty useless. I’ve worked from morning until night for an entire month, yet I still have to carefully calculate whether I can afford to take you 2 out for a simple hotpot meal.”

Before Mu Yang could even finish speaking, Liu Xiaoxiao abruptly stopped walking.

She hugged Mu Yang’s arm tightly, her small face flushing bright red as she exclaimed, “Huh?! Brother! What are you talking about?! You’re not useless at all! You’re the best brother in the entire world! The best onii-chan ever!!!”

Liu Shuning’s response was even more direct.

She gently cupped Mu Yang’s face in her hands and then pressed him into her embrace.

Mu Yang struggled for a moment, but his second younger sister was simply too strong. His resistance was completely useless.

Liu Shuning whispered, “Brother, don’t say that.”

Her voice carried a faint sob.

With his face buried in her embrace, Mu Yang’s ears rapidly turned red.

The sadness he had felt moments earlier had already disappeared. Now, all that remained was overwhelming embarrassment.

Standing nearby, Liu Xiaoxiao was so furious that she practically ground her teeth together.

She glared viciously at Liu Shuning.

‘Ahhh!’

‘You damned woman! You’re teasing Brother like this again! You’re only taking advantage of the fact that Brother never guards himself against you!’

‘It’s the same trick every single time!’

Liu Xiaoxiao lowered her head and looked at herself.

‘Mine aren’t bad either!’

‘So why does Second Sister always get to pull Brother into her arms?!’

She desperately wanted to drag her brother out. However, she had already fought to claim one of his arms earlier.

If she interfered with Liu Shuning again now, then tomorrow, when Brother was not at home, she would probably receive another vicious beating.

Liu Xiaoxiao was utterly helpless.

Liu Xiaoxiao was furious!

Eventually, Mu Yang managed to struggle free from Liu Shuning’s embrace. His hair was messy, and his face was flushed bright red.

He immediately retreated 2 steps and put on a stern expression, saying, “Shuning! How many times have I told you?! You can’t press a boy into your arms like that, especially your brother! It’s wrong, and it’s dangerous. Do you understand?! If a security officer saw you doing that, they’d definitely arrest you and lock you up!”

However, Liu Shuning’s eyes immediately reddened.

Her soft, gentle voice trembled as tears gathered in her eyes, and she said, “Brother, I just feel so sorry for you. Am I not even allowed to care about you?”

Looking at her pitiful, tearful expression, Mu Yang’s heart instantly softened.

Ever since he was young, he had been particularly helpless whenever a woman cried.

Even more so when that woman was one of his sisters.

With no other choice, Mu Yang reached out and gently wiped away the tears gathering at the corners of her eyes, coaxing, “All right, all right. Don’t cry. Brother isn’t blaming you. I’m just telling you that you can’t do this to… other boys, understand?”

Liu Shuning replied softly, “I understand. I only do this to Brother.”

Mu Yang did not pay much attention to what she had said.

‘Forget it. Let it be.’

After all, in this world, hugging and even kissing someone on the cheek were perfectly ordinary displays of affection between family members.

He simply had not completely gotten used to it yet.

Mu Yang sighed helplessly and said, “All right, all right. You’re both grown women already. Why are you still crying like a child?”

Seizing the opportunity, Liu Xiaoxiao immediately rushed over and hugged Mu Yang’s left arm again.

Meanwhile, she was practically grinding her teeth to dust inside.

‘Damn it! Second Sister is such a scheming bitch! She’s unbelievably good at pretending!’

‘She can cry the instant she wants to!’

‘All she ever does is fool our silly older brother!’

‘That fake, pretentious act of yours is absolutely disgusting!’

‘You really disgust me!!!’