White Roses Dyed Blood Red

"Xiao Gege, come meet Xi Xi Gege!" Kahn Sunmi excitedly led Gu Licheng to meet her favourite brother.

While everyone surrounded the doors, Sheng Rong walked back to the kitchen to check on the twins' progress while Mu Jian Nu clung to her waist.

"What are you doing?" When they arrived at the kitchen, they were met with the sight of her brother vigorously washing the dishes alone. "You're supposed to be eating! Not doing the twins' job,"

"Yeah, well, they were so bad at washing dishes that they broke the metal spoons,"

"What?! How?"

"Don't ask me, ask your boyfriend,"

"He isn't my boyfriend,"

"I will be though,"

"Shut up,"

"Okay,"

"Kahn Shen, Kahn Oulong! Come here and get back to work!"

"Who was that?"

"Your first ex-girlfriend," Kahn Oulong shrugged, before quickly answering back. "We're coming!" And with that, the twins left a confused older brother behind.

Moments later, Lu Zhi Sai arrived and led them to the living room. The condo was a decent size, the colours consisted of shades of blue, white, or grey. It was more of a rustic modern, the whitewashed panelling and the plants providing the rustic feel.

The open concept was built in an L-shape, the kitchen and dining on one end and the living room at the other. At the corner of the L-shaped layout was a large workout area ranging from everyday equipment to a boxing ring.

Separating the kitchen from the dining room was a large quartz island. The kitchen was modern with whitewashed brick tiling, greyish blue cabinets, and pure white countertops.

Though, currently, the kitchen...was disastrous. The twins had gotten the basics of washing dishes and were now learning the art of drying dishes. Then there was also the mess they had made in the process of that.

Lu Sheng Rong kept a close eye on the pair while Mu Jian Nu snuggled her from behind. The view of a thirteen-year-old eagle eyeing the two almost grown men was a sight that the other two guests found quite amusing.

"Xi Xi?" Sunmi's head popped up from behind the couch, "Xi Xi!"

"Come give big brother a hug," Kahn Yexing opened his arms wide and awaited his sister's hug. Completely forgetting about the familiar thirteen-year-old.

"No," She shook her head cutely, "I stay with Xiao Gege," She smiled and fell back into her Xiao Gege's arms.

Feeling abandoned and slightly jealous, Kahn Yexing stalked towards the couch prepared to take back what was his.

When he had arrived at his destination, he was met with an immediate roadblock. If he were to take his sister back, he would most definitely take the enemy as well. His innocent little sister was quite obviously clinging onto the enemy as if her life depended on him. The boy was cuddling her just as tightly as his naive little sister was.

"Xiao Gege, kissu~,"

"Muwa," Gu Licheng heartily complied with his Sunmi meimei's request and gave him a quick peck on her lips.

"Bao Bei, aren't you going to introduce us?"

"Xi Xi, this is my fi-fian-fiance! Fiance, this is Xi Xi,"

'Fi-FIANCE! Did he hear that, right?! His pure little sister was ENGAGED!?' Kahn Yexing stared opened mouthed at the pair of cuddling love birds.

"Hello, Xi Xi, I am Gu Licheng,"

"..."

"Your brother is weird,"

"I know,"

Meanwhile, Zheng Maorong and Lu Zhi Sai were currently indulging themselves in the idiocy of rich kids. They were filming the two 'children' while they struggled with everyday things.

"Now I know why the women had to do all the work in the past, it's because men were idiots," Lu Sheng Rong sighed and tore her eyes away from the lively scene. "You should get that adjusted,"

"What? The bracelet?" Mu Jian Nu looked down at his worn-out bracelet. Unlike Sheng Rong, he had never bothered to care for it. "I'll keep that in mind, then we can match,"

"Whatever you say, I'm gonna go to the living room now,"

"Aren't you still hungry? I can cook more food for you," At that point, he did not care if he sounded desperate, because her ex is in the living room still hung up on her.

"And let those two destroy more of my stuff? No thanks,"

"Lunch is gonna be in about an hour, you could stay behind and watch me cook...after those monsters are done of course," He gave a side-long glance at the two destructive being's.

"I still have to pack up the albums though,"

"Then I'll help,"

If he couldn't stop her from going, then it'd be better if he was with her.

"Okay," She shrugged and left.

Mu Jian Nu resumed his position hugging her waddling while they made their way to the living room.

The living room was decently sized and had a big fireplace on the back wall. The back wall was covered with whitewashed wood panelling, on the shelves, it switched between plants, and objects adding more of a cozy feel.

A large TV hung right above the fireplace, the seating included, a couch, two love seats, and three bean bags. Gu Licheng and his cousin still sat side by side. Sunmi's head was resting on top of the other's shoulder while he gently stroked her hair.

Sitting on one of the loveseats was another guy about the age of eighteen, he seemed fit, but his muscles were less apparent than Mu Jian Nu's.

Sheng Rong could feel his six-pack through his shirt. Don't ask why.

The other guy had a classic bowl cut and all the same features of Kahn Yexing. Of course, that couldn't be him, right? Why would her brother be friends with her ex? Then again, they were only kids, so it probably didn't matter.

It took about five minutes for them to reorganize the books, plus the time it took to convince Cheng Cheng to hand over the album in Sunmi's hands.

"We're missing one,"

"Which one,"

"The purple one with the hearts,"

"The one with my older cousin?"

"That one,"

"Here," The purple album covered in foam hearts appeared right next to her face.

When she took to long to take it, the older guy sighed and put the album into the box.

"I'm Kahn Yexing," She stood up.

"LU ZHI SAI!"

"Shhhh," Cheng Cheng sent her a pout and a glare gesturing to the little sleeping beauty.

"What?"

"Nevermind!" Changing her mind, she bent down and picked the two boxes of albums.

"I'll help," Two sets of arms reached for the top box.

The two boys glanced at each other, Mu Jian Nu forcefully took the top box, while Yexing settled for the bottom one.

Sheng Rong shrugged and led the boy's upstairs, "They go in that room," She pointed to the door next to her brother's room, and walked off into her own room, "I'm gonna change, don't disturb me."

"Do you know?" Jian Nu said.

"What? That she's Sheng Rong?"

"I guess you do,"

"What about it?"

"Stay away from her,"

"Let's make a bet,"

"Whoever wins her heart gets wins,"

"What's the prize?"

"You get to keep her,"

"Deal,"

"No tricks or funny business,"

"...fine,"

When Sheng Rong came out of her room, the two boys were waiting by the stairs.

She wore a tank top and a pair of black leggings. She planned to spend some time in the gym area.

"You guys didn't have to wait, I'm just gonna hit our gym for a bit," She stated, referring to her brother and her.

"I just wanted to tell you that I have to go back home now, I'll come by again tonight when I'm done,"

She frowned, "What about lunch?"

"I'll leave after lunch then,"

While she trained, Mu Jian Nu and Kahn Yexing sat at the side, regretting not bringing an extra set of clothes.

"Mind if I join?" Lu Sheng Rong was doing some boxing exercises when the low pitched voice interrupted her.

She looked towards the voice and saw her brother standing next to his other friend. She recognized him as Zhang Maorong, they've met before but didn't interact much. He was two years younger than her brother and as far as she knew, was still in high school.

Zhang Maorong was about six-feet tall and had a buffed structure. His body structure was similar to Li Shenhui's and Zhen Aonu, the brother and cousin of Yaorui's, so she assumed that he was another martial artist.

His hair was cut into a crew cut, and he wore a simple pair of blue jeans and a plain white shirt.

"You'll need a proper change of clothes and indoor sneaker, other than that yea,"

"I'll be right back,"

Thirty minutes later, they were engaged in an intense sparring session and were both sweating buckets. They were using a mixture of martial arts and boxing exchanging blows back and forth.

An hour later, they were still sparring, neither of them showed any signs of giving in. They had been sparring for nearly two hours without a single winner.

It took two hours for Zhang Maorong to finally knock down Sheng Rong, he was glad that he had managed to beat the little beast, he didn't know how much longer he could've gone.

"Good game," He reached down and offered a hand out to the exhausted girl.

"Good game," She smiled and stayed on the floor of the ring.

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*BANG*

"YAORUI!"

"Samuel? Samuel!" She cried.

In front of her, Samuel laid in his own pool of blood. She knelt beside him and desperately tried to stop the bleeding while she cried.

She kept calling for him and weeping, asking him not to leave her.

"You," She pointed at the culprit, "This was your fault!" She screamed, her hands were covered in blood, her white dress died a deep blood red.

"I will never forgive you,

Hu.

Ang.

Li."