When they heard those words, both Qin Xue and Qin Yuanyuan froze mid-movement.
“But since Qin Xue is working so hard now, she’ll make even faster progress with someone to guide her.”
“No!” Before she even finished listening, Qin Xue immediately raised her voice in a sharp refusal—she didn’t want her freedom stripped away again.
“I’m not hiring a tutor, I’m sending your sister. What, you think your own sister is an outsider?”
“...” Qin Xue hesitated for a long while. “Okay.”
In the end, she agreed.
The call ended quickly after the conversation.
Qin Xue sat at the edge of the bed, head down in a daze.
She was in a terrible mood right now.
Because her sister was coming. She hated it. Her sister was just like that old-fashioned mother of theirs.
Her sister’s name was Qin Yao. Four years older than her, she was already handling work at their parents’ company and was a very serious person.
So serious, it made people feel like she was a “robot.”
This sister spent her entire life following their mother’s orders—whatever their mother said, she did. Even when it came to sisterly affection, she always chose the former without hesitation.
Otherwise, there would be three sisters in this house right now, not just two.
Because of all that, Qin Xue’s relationship with Qin Yao had basically dropped to zero. She had no doubt her sister was coming to spy on her and then go running to their mom with reports.
If that was the case...
She probably couldn’t confess to Su Yun anymore. If they found out, she’d be done for. With their mother’s extreme thinking, she might even be forcibly married off to that Su Wei guy or something.
And besides, Su Yun didn’t seem to like her like that anyway. She’d have to keep building the relationship.
“...” Qin Xue frowned. There were just too many rules here—so annoying.
“Sis, maybe we can get the maids to keep her outside?” Qin Yuanyuan looked at her sister’s worried expression and felt upset too.
“No need.”
“Yuanyuan, thanks for sticking up for me earlier.” Qin Xue propped herself up. The towel on her shoulders slid a little with the movement, revealing the top of her snow-white chest.
“Hehe, even if the whole world stands against you, I’ll be on your side.” Qin Yuanyuan giggled and dove into her sister’s arms.
“Dummy, like the whole world would care.” Qin Xue was amused by her sister’s nonsense and gently stroked the soft hair on her head.
“Sis, your figure is amazing… uh...”
At that moment, Su Yun walked in with clothes in her arms. But when she saw the two sisters embracing sweetly, she felt like she had walked in at the wrong time.
“I’ll come back later.”
“Come in, Xiaoyun.” Qin Xue’s cool voice came from behind Su Yun.
“Ugh, okay.”
Su Yun was forced to walk in and sit to Qin Xue’s left.
She glanced at the two tightly hugging sisters and suddenly felt like a complete outsider.
At the same time, she was secretly thrilled—because she wouldn’t have to answer that question from earlier.
“Xiaoyun, how about that question from earlier? Thought it over?”
“!”
Su Yun was stunned.
Qin Xue was actually thinking about her while hugging her sister?
“Uh, I mean, I like you—because we’re friends, right...” Su Yun delivered the answer she had prepared earlier with a calm face.
“Mhm, I know.” Qin Xue nodded coolly. Her mind was on something else now.
“Oh right, next time you come to my house, remember to bring some books—you’ll need to act like a good student.”
“Huh?” Su Yun blinked.
“Didn’t you say your grades aren’t great? My sister might come here soon. She hates people who don’t study. If you tell her you don’t study, she might kick you out.”
“Oh, I see. Got it.” Seeing how serious Qin Xue was, Su Yun also responded seriously.
“Ugh, Sis, I don’t want her to come...” Upon hearing that, Qin Yuanyuan’s mood soured. She got up from Qin Xue’s body.
But as she sat up, she accidentally pulled down the already-loose towel on Qin Xue.
“Ah?” Su Yun was facing Qin Xue directly, and this made her completely freeze.
She instinctively wanted to close her eyes—but remembered her earlier decision and held firm, staring intently.
Pink. It was so pink that Su Yun almost had a nosebleed just from looking.
Then she made a shocking discovery.
On Qin Xue’s left chest was a tiny dark spot, probably a birthmark—likely something very few people knew about.
So sexy... No! What this meant was—this was a secret about Qin Xue that only I knew.
“Don’t look!!” Qin Yuanyuan screamed when she realized what was happening and jumped in to cover her sister’s exposed body.
“Ugh, Sis, she saw everything...” The girl quickly started sobbing, like this was a privilege that had been stolen from her.
“Before the call, I was bathing with Xiaoyun, you silly girl.”
“Wah! I thought you were bathing alone… Waaa.” Qin Yuanyuan burst into louder tears, which left the other two rather helpless.
Since the curtains in the room were drawn, Qin Xue didn’t bother covering up. She reached out her hand toward Su Yun.
“Xiaoyun, my clothes?”
“Oh, oh—here.” Su Yun’s face turned bright red again, like a flushed apple.
She handed the skirt and the pink panties beside her to Qin Xue.
“Uh, you wore the blue pair?” Qin Xue looked at the clothes in her hand and gave a wry smile.
“Mhm, yeah. Wasn’t that the one meant for me?”
“...Yes.” Seeing Su Yun blinking adorably at her, Qin Xue couldn’t bring herself to say anything.
Actually, that pink underwear and skirt were what she’d prepared for Su Yun—brand new. Everything else was her own daily wear.
Oh well.
……
The happy day passed quickly. In the afternoon, Su Yun stayed in Qin Xue’s bed playing games with her.
By nightfall, Qin Xue had a maid take her home.
When she got off on her familiar floor, Su Yun suddenly felt like today had been a dream.
She’d stood in the spotlight performing on stage in the morning, taken a bath with Qin Xue at noon, and gamed with her in bed all afternoon.
One detail worth mentioning—Qin Xue played a healer, constantly running behind her and healing her nonstop.
The milk was huge.
Su Yun realized a moment later that her thoughts had gone off track.
No, no—i meant the in-game healing amount was huge. I got fully healed in one go.
Once she got off the elevator and entered her apartment, Su Yun immediately jumped onto her bed and buried her face in the soft covers.
Now that she was alone in the room, it suddenly felt kind of quiet.
With her eyes closed, her head was full of Qin Xue’s voice and all those wonderful scenes.
“If only every day could be like this…” Su Yun rolled around on the bed a few times out of boredom before finally settling into a starfish sprawl in the center.
She stared blankly at the ceiling, knowing deep down it was impossible.
She really envied whoever would be Qin Xue’s “boyfriend” in the future.