In the kitchen.
Qin Luo finished cleaning the dining table and went into the kitchen to wash the dishes.
click
The door opened, and Bai Jingyu walked in.
“Little pup, what do you think of this lady who came today?”
“Her appearance and figure are flawless. Rarely do you see such…”
Qin Luo saw Bai Jingyu’s unfriendly expression and quickly added:
“But compared to you, Sis, she’s still slightly inferior.”
He was telling the truth. In the outside world, such a beauty was rare. Her looks could even match his sister’s fifty-fifty. It was just her figure, especially the curves of her chest, that was slightly inferior, but her waist and hip curves were even better.
Bai Jingyu said with a smile:
“In that case, would you like your sister to be the matchmaker for you?”
Qin Luo was so startled that the small hand washing the dishes trembled:
“Sis, I swear, I never had any improper thoughts about her!”
Disaster! His sister, who had never been able to stand him getting close to other girls since childhood, was actually smiling and offering to set him up with another girl?! Anyone with common sense knew that was absolutely impossible. Having been under his sister’s thumb for years, he still had some awareness.
Bai Jingyu’s face took on a serious expression:
“But as I recall, little brother, you like this kind of gentle and elegant woman. Remember when you were little, you hugged Little Aunt’s leg and said you didn’t want a fierce sister~”
Qin Luo instantly turned bright red. He never expected that his sister would still remember what he said as a child.
Bai Jingyu’s tone changed, and she sneered:
“However, Zhirou already has someone in her heart. My dear little brother, I’m afraid your expectations will be dashed.”
“What’s a girlfriend compared to my sister? In my heart, my sister will always come before any girlfriend!”
Anyway, in his sister’s eyes, Qin Luo could never have a girlfriend. Oh, and in Little Aunt’s eyes too. But come to think of it, this was the first time he had met one of his sister’s friends. As for Little Aunt’s friends, he hadn’t seen them since he grew up. Thanks to how cute he was as a child, Little Aunt’s friends—those aunties—liked to pick him up and kiss him on the cheek from time to time. Back then, he was like Tang Sanzang falling into a pile of female demons.
“I want to escape~ but I can’t~”
Later, after Little Aunt’s father came, Little Aunt’s attitude toward him changed. She no longer took him to so-called friend gatherings. He couldn’t even recall the faces of those aunties now.
“By the way, Sis, what did your friend come here for?”
Earlier, when Qin Luo was cooking in the kitchen, he vaguely heard something about marriage.
Bai Jingyu didn’t want to answer at first, but then she thought: if she told him the reason Zhirou ran away from marriage, it might completely dispel her brother’s thoughts, thus establishing the image that Luo Zhirou had someone in her heart and loved deeply.
“Zhirou’s grandfather is one of the other Phase Masters of the Four Phases. He wanted to consolidate the family’s power through marriage. But Zhirou disagreed with marrying another man.”
“…So melodramatic?”
“In Zhirou’s heart, there has always been only one person, so she ran away from the marriage.”
What a tragic pretty lady. Not only did she lose her love, but she was also forced into an arranged marriage. Qin Luo thought such plots only happened in eight-o’clock soap operas. He never expected to actually encounter one. He couldn’t help but sigh. “Since ancient times, beauties have ill-fated lives”—the saying did not deceive him.
After finishing the washing, Qin Luo thought his sister would go out with her friend, so he prepared to go back to sleep. He wiped his hands, left the kitchen, and found his sister and the beautiful lady still there. The TV in the living room was on, but neither of them was watching it; they were both looking down at their phones. Moreover, the atmosphere was indescribably strange. Quiet. Too quiet. Weren’t you two best friends? Shouldn’t you be chatting happily? Not understanding, Qin Luo tried to tiptoe back to his room, but his sister still noticed him.
“Stop.”
Qin Luo’s body froze. He turned around and forced a smile:
“Sis, is there something else?”
Bai Jingyu glanced at Luo Zhirou and said calmly:
“Get ready. You’re coming with me shopping later.”
***
Earlier.
Bai Jingyu came out of the kitchen and looked at her friend sitting on the sofa:
“Zhirou, let’s go.”
“Mm, okay.”
Luo Zhirou stood up, took two steps, then glanced toward the kitchen:
“Xiaoyu, where’s your brother?”
“Him? I’ll just leave him at home alone.”
“I feel a bit bad leaving your brother at home while we go out.”
Bai Jingyu looked at Luo Zhirou:
“Zhirou, what did you mean by that?”
Her eyes narrowed slightly. Bai Jingyu became suspicious.
Too suspicious. In the past, this friend of hers, though she would smile at men, always kept her distance—an uncrossable gap. But today, this was already the third time Zhirou had mentioned her brother. In the past, Zhirou wouldn’t even look at a man twice, let alone bring him up voluntarily.
Luo Zhirou’s face remained composed and elegant, not showing any sign of abnormality from her friend’s suspicion.
“Xiaoyu suspects that I have designs on your brother?”
Silence.
Bai Jingyu’s beautiful eyes half-closed, her arms crossed. She didn’t answer, just silently watched her.
A bitter smile flashed across Luo Zhirou’s face:
“It’s just that I suddenly came today and took you away. After all, you and your brother were separated for three years and only recently reunited. You must have a lot to say to each other.”
“After all, I also have someone in my heart. I know how you feel right now, Xiaoyu. So no matter what you do to me today, I won’t get angry.”
“If you don’t believe me, Xiaoyu, you can let your brother come along. You can observe my behavior as much as you like.”
A faint smile appeared at the corner of Luo Zhirou’s mouth:
“After all, there’s no room in my heart for a second person.”
Seeing her friend’s expression, a trace of softness flashed across Bai Jingyu’s face.
Perhaps she was being too cautious. Yes. Once there’s someone in your heart, there’s no room for anyone else. She understood that feeling. Because in her heart, there was a little pup.
Bai Jingyu drove Qin Luo and Luo Zhirou to the mall.
Most of the people here were fashionably dressed young men and women, and quite a few couples.
Oh boy. These people completely disregarded the feelings of the single dogs around them. Fortunately, today wasn’t Qixi Festival or Valentine’s Day, otherwise the sour stench of love would hit you as soon as you entered.
Although the weather had turned cool, it couldn’t stop the girls’ love for beauty. Dressed in their beloved little skirts, they selflessly showed off their figures. Too bad I can’t describe it in detail, or the river crabs will eat me.
However, when Qin Luo looked up, his gaze was instantly occupied by two stunning figures.