Reborn as a Weak Beauty Pampered by All Chapter 1283: 1203:

Chapter 1203:

Luo Yanqing: “Okay.”

A tall fellow sporting a buzz cut and moving with a rigid, upright gait approached from the jeep parked at the courtyard entrance. “Big Brother, let me load your luggage into the vehicle,” he offered, grabbing Luo Yanqing’s travel bag and stowing it in the car.

“Comrade, my surname is Luo.”

With that, Luo Yanqing hinted it was preferable to address him as Comrade Luo rather than casually using Big Brother.

Luo Yanqing wasn’t being fussy; he simply felt no connection to the man and didn’t want to presume familiarity. Moreover, the guy appeared around the same age, maybe even a bit older, so the Big Brother label didn’t fit, and Luo Yanqing had no desire to forge any bond.

Yet, Luo Yanqing remained unaware that this man addressing him as Big Brother was not just connected but shared half his bloodline.

“Big Brother, I’m Xingping, Meng Xingping.”

Once a reconnaissance soldier, now an elite special forces operative, Meng Xingping served as a squad leader. Picking up on Luo Yanqing’s words and faint facial shifts, he discerned his thoughts and grinned while introducing himself. Noticing Luo Yanqing’s persistent puzzlement, he revealed his mother’s name along with their village.

Sure enough, Meng Xingping was Luo Yanqing’s half-brother—the Third Brother among the two half-brothers Director Song had dispatched to the army years ago.

Owing to his toughness in enduring hardships and decent literacy, Meng Xingping’s abilities soared in just a few years, earning him two third-class merits and one second-class merit on missions.

He had truly made a name for himself in the unit. When the special forces team formed in North City two years prior, Meng Xingping got selected from his position and, thanks to his exceptional skills, rose to squad leader in mere months.

On this trip, as Luo Yanqing headed overseas, he and fellow squad leader Wang Sen were assigned to safeguard him throughout the two-month stint abroad.

“Mm.”

Once he realized Meng Xingping’s identity, Luo Yanqing gave a gentle nod, then quickly said goodbye to Big Brother Kang and Elder Sister-in-law Kang, urging Min Rui to “study well” before climbing into the car.

The vehicle pulled out of the courtyard and sped toward the airport, Meng Xingping sitting next to Luo Yanqing while Wang Sen took the front passenger seat.

“Big Brother, have you, sister-in-law, and the nephew and niece been doing well these years?”

“Mm.”

“Mom has wanted to come see you in North City over the years but held back, fearing she’d interfere with your work. Oh, and Big Brother, Fourth Brother busted his butt to enter South City’s command academy last year. Lao Wu took the college entrance exam three years back and made it into North City’s Post and Telecommunications Institute. Inspired by Fourth Brother and Lao Wu, he’s buckled down on studies lately, and teachers reckon he’ll easily get into university down the line.”

“That’s great.”

“We owe it all to you and sister-in-law. Without your help back then, we wouldn’t have come this far. Big Brother’s life at home has improved too. With us gone, he looks after Mom and Sixth Child properly now, without stirring up the old troubles.”

Meng Xingping kept chatting about family and the siblings, eventually letting out a soft sigh: “Second Brother got out of prison last year. Mom wrote that he looks older than Big Brother and goes whole days without a word. Feeling bad for him with no place to turn, she allowed him back home.”

Noticing Luo Yanqing leaning back with closed eyes to rest, Meng Xingping quieted down, not wanting to bother him.

Langcheng.

Stone Bridge Commune, Ma Wang Brigade.

“How utterly shameless! My Third Brother divorced you long ago, and you still dare shove yourself back into his world!”

After noon had passed, most villagers crouched by their gates with bowls in hand when Meng Guilan’s furious scolding erupted from the Meng Family Courtyard:

“Cui Shuicao, quit your nonsense here. You and your folks duped my Third Brother into marrying you back then, but you, you wretched girl, wouldn’t let him near you at night.

You shameless hussy. Now that no one else wants you, you slink back to mooch off my house, dreaming it’ll work—I spit!”

Wang Guilan exploded in fury at the woman in her thirties who was sobbing “yíng-yíng-yíng” nearby, then spat contemptuously on the ground.

“Auntie… I’m not here to mooch. I really love Brother Xingsheng. It was all a big misunderstanding before. If you don’t trust me, just ask Brother Xingsheng—he likes me too, Auntie. Please let me marry him. I swear I’ll treat you like my own mother once I’m in the family.”