Xue Tian only told him that he was living with someone at his house, and Wen Xiang finally met that someone. Yes, that someone was Summer Xue, Xue Tian's younger sister.
Aside from the long-haired girl, Wen Xiang didn't see anyone in the big house. When he glanced at the surroundings, he could only see photo frames containing the pictures of the siblings. He didn't see anyone else apart from them in those photographs.
Just now Xue Tian told him that he didn't have parents, and Wen Xiang knew that there were only the siblings in the Xue family now. He didn't want to pry, so he didn't question the pinkette about the family.
He chose to ask the man about something else, "You didn't teach your sister to speak Chinese?"
Wen Xiang noticed that oddity earlier. Summer Xue only told him that she was able to speak English, Bahasa, and Javanese, but she didn't mention Chinese at all. Wen Xiang realized that something was off about that, so he questioned the shorter man.
Xue Tian finally looked up at him again and smiled calmly. "You are right. I didn't teach her to speak Chinese," the answer that came out of his lips also sounded calm.
Wen Xiang frowned because of the man's answer. "But why? You two are Chinese, so why didn't you teach your sister to speak Chinese?"
Wen Xiang probably didn't realize it, but he once again crossed the border between him and Xue Tian by asking the question. He was indeed curious, but he usually could hold back his curiosity.
Thankfully, Xue Tian didn't look offended by Wen Xiang's question. He simply shrugged before started walking away from Wen Xiang.
"Her teachers in school teach her some basic Chinese, so I don't think it's necessary for me to teach her too," Xue Tian answered without turning back.
Wen Xiang still found it weird. 'Basic Chinese is different from the real Chinese. Does he think someone can speak Chinese fluently after learning basic Chinese?' He wondered in his heart, but he didn't want to prolong the matter.
"Where are you going?" Instead, he questioned the other man about another thing.
Xue Tian finally stopped walking and turned his head to him. "I'm going to take a quick shower. I didn't shower for a few days, and I'm very smelly, right? I don't want to lose to you who smells so good, Brother Xiang."
Winking his eye, the pinkette then started walking again, leaving Wen Xiang freezing in the living room.
It was the first time he heard someone say that he smelled good, and he subconsciously sniffed his own body to prove the words. "I don't think I smell good. I shouldn't have believed in his sweet mouth," he mumbled to himself before feeling confused. "That weirdo and the little girl have left me, so what should I do now?"
Wen Xiang was alone in the living room, and he was still standing like a statue. Xue Tian didn't even let him know the room he could use during his stay in the house, so he didn't dare to look for the room himself. It wasn't his house, after all.
Pondering for a moment, the black-haired man finally brought his legs toward the kitchen. Summer Xue was there to heat the food, and perhaps he could lend a hand to the little girl.
When he arrived at the kitchen, he found the little girl busy in front of a stove. The man widened his eyes at the sight. He thought Summer would heat the food with a microwave, and he was surprised to see the little girl heating the food with a stove. It was not even an electrical stove, and it looked dangerous in his eyes.
That was why Wen Xiang decided to drop his backpack on the dining table before walking over to the girl.
"What are you doing with the stove?" Wen Xiang directly questioned the girl, and the said girl flinched in surprise because of the question.
Thankfully, the little girl didn't drop the utensil in her hand to cause another trouble for them. Summer just calmly looked up at the man and answered, "I'm heating the food, Brother. The food is almost ready, so you can wait at the table."
It was such a mature answer coming from the little girl's mouth. The girl was only nine, but she was acting like she was an adult.
"Don't you know that you are playing with fire now?" Wen Xiang questioned the girl again, and the said girl tilted her head in confusion. "I mean, you are playing with real fire, and that's dangerous. How could your brother let you do something like this?"
Wen Xiang was quite upset with Xue Tian. Even if Summer Xue was an independent little girl, playing with the real stove like this was dangerous. It was a stove with gas, and what if the gas exploded because the girl accidentally caused a mess in the kitchen?
The possibility looked scary even if he just imagined it, and Wen Xiang kept frowning at the innocent girl.
"I'm not playing with fire, Brother. I can cook since I was seven, and nothing bad happened when I was cooking by myself in the kitchen."
Wen Xiang almost gasped when he heard the reply from the little girl. 'That weirdo even let his sister cook since she was seven? Is he really her brother? How come he's not worried about his sister's safety?'
Shaking his head to suppress his anger, Wen Xiang then spoke to the young girl again, "Just wait at the dining table, alright? I will continue preparing the food for you and your brother."
Cooking was not a big deal for him because he had been living alone for so many years, but all he got right now was a frown from the little girl.
"Why do you want to prepare the food for me and my brother? Are you my brother's wife?"