Maybe if she did well on her finals, Qin Xue’s sister would finally accept her.
Su Yun wasn’t just thinking about her studies anymore. Deep down, she had already started planning what to do over the one-month winter break.
That 100,000 yuan—she had to pay it back.
She was still young and didn’t really know how she’d manage to gather that much. But one way or another, she would.
“Ahem… We’ll pay you back later. We really can’t accept your money,” Wang Haiyan said, bringing up the topic again. Her tone toward Qin Xue had shifted—it wasn’t as warm or friendly as before, as if something had come between them.
“No need, Auntie. Really, it’s fine,” Qin Xue quickly shook her head.
“That's a lot of money though… 100,000 yuan!”
“I could go get it back from him,” Su Fulin finally spoke, his voice laced with awkward pride.
He was a bit too concerned with appearances sometimes.
“Was it you who told him we were hosting a dinner? Why else would he show up on the last day? If he didn’t come, we wouldn’t have had to spend that money!”
“It wasn’t me!”
Wang Haiyan immediately threw the blame on Su Fulin.
Their voices rose in argument, a far cry from the gentle tones they used when talking to Qin Xue before.
In just one week, this was the second time Qin Xue had seen Su Yun’s mother truly angry—and both times had been today.
She was a little unused to it.
But this was how normal families were—disagreements over money were common. It didn’t necessarily mean the family was bad. As long as it didn’t cross the line, most families returned to normal after a good argument.
Su Yun sat quietly, head lowered, listening to her parents argue in the car.
She felt helpless.
She hadn’t wanted Qin Xue to see this side of her family.
Back when she was still living at home, these arguments happened every other day. She’d grown used to them.
“Auntie, Uncle… you really don’t need to pay it back,” Qin Xue finally said after a moment of hesitation.
“No way! We can’t owe a little girl money. Absolutely not!” Wang Haiyan insisted, then immediately turned back to pushing Su Fulin to lower his pride and go ask her brother-in-law for the money.
“You won’t owe me. Just have your daughter pay it back.”
“…Huh?”
The car fell completely silent.
Everyone except for the uncle driving turned their heads to look.
“…?”
Wang Haiyan sat there, mouth hanging open.
At that moment, Qin Xue was staring directly at Su Yun.
“Sister Xiaoyun, how about you pay it back for your parents, alright?”
“Me? Sure… but it won’t be right away.”
Su Yun looked at Qin Xue’s smiling face and felt something was off.
“She doesn’t have any money. I’ll go withdraw some from the bank for you,” Wang Haiyan jumped in, sounding anxious. No matter what, she couldn’t let her daughter carry such a burden—she was still just a child with no income.
“She does, though,” Qin Xue said with a calm smile as she looked down and secretly opened her WeChat.
She could only transfer 100,000 once today.
So she opened her chat with Su Yun, sent another transfer of 100,000 yuan, and followed it with a short message:
(As agreed before—payment for being my girlfriend.)
Su Yun was a little confused at first, but the moment she read the message, she understood.
Oh, right—pretending to be her girlfriend…
She’d nearly forgotten about that.
Back then, she didn’t accept the money because she didn’t want to feel like she owed Qin Xue anything—taking money meant taking responsibility.
Just then, she felt a gentle tap on her head.
She looked up and saw Qin Xue leaning in close to her ear.
“Take it. Quick,” the girl whispered softly, clearly not wanting her parents to hear.
So that was the plan.
Qin Xue sent the money to her, and she’d just send it right back—problem solved.
Wait… no, something didn’t seem right…
Even though Su Yun was still a bit suspicious, she decided to go along with Qin Xue’s idea.
She deleted the chat history first, then opened the transfer screen in front of her parents and sent the 100,000 yuan back to Qin Xue.
Of course, her parents didn’t believe she had that kind of money.
But Su Yun reminded her dad that she had mentioned getting a job recently. That job had given her 100,000 yuan up front, and her dad remembered her mentioning it.
So for the next ten-plus minutes, Su Yun did her best to explain what kind of job it was, how safe it was, and eventually convinced them.
Once the storm passed, Wang Haiyan returned to her usual demeanor. But with Qin Xue’s wealthy background, she still couldn’t quite speak naturally to her.
“Baby, you’d better stay close to her, alright? The two of you study hard at school together.”
“Got it,” Su Yun nodded obediently.
But in her heart, she was still thinking things over.
Pretending to be her girlfriend… now that she’d taken the money, didn’t that mean she had to do more?
What exactly was she supposed to do?
She stole a glance at the girl sitting beside her.
!
To her surprise, Qin Xue was also staring at her.
No… not just staring. She had been watching her the whole time!
“Sister Xiaoyun, from now on, we’ll study hard together, okay~?” Qin Xue said with a beaming smile, reaching out to ruffle Su Yun’s head without any hesitation.
Perhaps because she was too excited, her patting was a bit too fast.
“Ugh…”
Su Yun, feeling the slightly rough head pats, was inwardly helpless.
“Yes, baby, you have to listen to her, be good and obey.”
“Pfft, Sister Xiaoyun, be obedient, okay~?” Qin Xue, seeing Su Yun’s mother siding with her, was secretly delighted.
She grew bolder, grabbing a strand of Su Yun’s beautiful white hair and bringing it to her face to sniff.
“Sister Xiaoyun, it smells so nice.”
“…”
Su Yun lowered her head, not daring to resist at all.
Why did it feel… like she’d sold herself for that hundred thousand?
But it wasn’t so bad. After a week of spending time together, she knew Qin Xue was a good girl.
At most, Qin Xue might just ask her to wear white stockings and give a little lick…
“Eek!”
She was about to explode.
How could anyone possibly be okay with something like this?!
Seeing her blushing face, Qin Xue was over the moon.
She joyfully wrapped her arms around the other’s soft body from the side.
“Ugh…”
With that hug, the little white cat in her arms let out an adorable mew.
So perfect~
If she was pretending to be my girlfriend, then Sister Xiaoyun couldn’t have any other “wives.”
Back at college, she could openly keep an eye on Su Yun.
And so, at that moment, both of them seemed quite happy.
Only Su Fulin, sitting in the front row, sensed something was off.
A supermarket cashier, even with a year’s salary paid in advance, earning 8,000 a month seemed a bit much.
He didn’t think Su Yun had done anything bad with her body after becoming more refined, but his thoughts turned to Qin Xue.
Because his son’s friend seemed awfully wealthy.
Could it be… his son was working for her?
Girlfriend…
Su Fulin recalled the ambiguous relationship between his son and this girl over the past week, and he came to a rather unsettling conclusion.
His son was being kept.
Su Fulin glanced back and saw Su Yun tightly wrapped in Qin Xue’s embrace.
His son was no longer a boy—his body and height had shrunk drastically, now looking much smaller than the girl.
Speaking of which, in a girl-girl relationship, there’s probably still a top and bottom, right?
“…”
Su Fulin couldn’t say a word.
Just thinking about how the son he’d raised for nearly twenty years had been “taken” by a girl left him speechless.
Whatever. As long as they were happy.
He decided not to interfere—he just hoped Su Yun wouldn’t get dumped one day.
And just like that, the atmosphere in the car slowly calmed down again.
They had set off that morning and were expected to arrive around noon the next day.
Monday afternoon.
…
…
“Big Sister Rou, will you leave me someday?”
Qin Yuanyuan sat at the desk where she usually studied, looking up at Xia Rou with a mix of hope and hesitation in her eyes.
That morning, Xia Rou had brought her some candy and gently patted her head.
Qin Yuanyuan had been so happy, bouncing around like the little orange kitten at home—utterly adorable.
After more than a week of spending time together, Xia Rou had grown fond of this silly little sister.
Now that they’d studied together every day, part of her didn’t want to leave either.
“Um… well…”
But when faced with that question, she didn’t know how to answer.
“Big Sister Rou? So… even you’re going to leave me?” Qin Yuanyuan’s face fell the moment she saw Xia Rou hesitate.
Her little face wrinkled, and she looked like she was about to cry any second.
If even Big Sister Rou stopped playing with me, then she’d have no one left…
She lowered her head and went completely quiet.
“Yuanyuan, I’m not leaving you. Don’t be sad, okay?”
A gentle voice came from beside her.
“R-Really?!”
“Mm.”
Xia Rou walked over and patted her head, giving her a reassuring smile.
“Yay~!”
Hearing that, Qin Yuanyuan lifted her head with a big, bright smile. The sadness from just seconds ago disappeared without a trace.
She jumped off the chair and wrapped her arms tightly around Big Sister Rou.
“Good girl.” Xia Rou smiled as well.
…
Xia Rou never wanted to see Qin Yuanyuan sad.
In her eyes, this sweet little sister should always be smiling, enjoying every single day.
But…
She might not be able to keep that promise.
(End of Chapter)