Chapter 86 We made up.

They met during the best years of their lives, and the scales remained balanced. Li Zhan would jump a little, and Jing Ge would smile on the other side, always remaining steady.

But later the Jing family fell into ruin.

Jingge could no longer bear his sudden jumps, nor his sharp and sarcastic remarks; she would be hurt and saddened by his words and actions.

The relationship with health began to become unbalanced at that time.

After Jingge fell ill, she became even more unable to bear his emotions, and she was already overwhelmed with her own problems.

She had no energy left.

Fate played a cruel trick on them. They were once considered a perfect match by outsiders, but their living environment changed. Plants by the pond cannot survive in the desert. The plants were not at fault, nor was the environment; they were simply no longer suitable.

Li Zhan didn't know how he got home; he hadn't been back for a long time.

Li Kaiji and Sheng Man were both away. They were always busy with work, but the Li family home was always lively. Jing Ge spent most of his time at the Li family home.

When she's around, the house is always lively.

But now the house is so quiet and empty.

Only Li Ying was present.

The little girl, wrapped in a blanket, sat listlessly in the yard, one arm around Tianlang's neck, the other holding a lollipop and putting it into her mouth.

When he returned, Li Ying didn't react much and continued sucking on her lollipop.

The siblings didn't get along, and as usual, Li Zhan would simply ignore her and go back to his room.

Li Ying didn't even lift her eyelids.

But Li Zhan actually stopped in front of her, stepping on the dew on the lawn.

As the man's shadow fell, Li Ying looked up blankly at her brother in the night.

“I’m asking you,” Li Zhan said, his back to the light and his expression unreadable, “you always called Jing Ge ‘sister-in-law,’ so why did you suddenly change it to ‘elder sister’?”

Li Ying was confused: "Didn't you ask me? I told you, my sister told me to change it."

“…” Li Zhan paused for two seconds. He had asked her before, but this time he unusually asked one more question, “Did she say why?”

Li Ying: "Brother, don't you know that yourself?"

Li Zhan: "Should I know?"

Li Ying nodded: "Of course you should know."

"......"

Should he know?

He didn't know.

“Brother, you were in military training during your freshman year,” Li Ying said crisply, “and my older sister took me to see you.”

Li Zhan suddenly stopped: "She came...to see me?"

“Of course,” Li Ying said. “She even bought you some ice-cold coconut water, saying you’re always so irritable, so she wanted to cool you down. When you got there, she saw you surrounded by a group of classmates, with girls asking for your contact information, and those guys around you yelling and jeering, saying you have a ‘sister-in-law’ now, and what if she gets angry? Wouldn’t they make Young Master Li kneel down as punishment…”

that's all.

At that time, Jing Ge held Li Ying's hand and stood in the shadows where no one knew them, watching the group of people opposite them laughing and joking.

Li Ying wanted to open her mouth and shout.

Jingge quickly covered her mouth and shook his head at her: "Your brother is fine. Sister-in-law... Sister has class this afternoon, let's go back first."

Li Ying didn't think too much about it and left the school gate with her.

Whether he forgot or not, Jing Ge didn't stop the car. He just led her and walked and walked in the sun. The only umbrella was covering Li Ying's head. Jing Ge was exposed to the scorching sun, his eyes vacant, and he kept walking forward.

Li Ying couldn't take it anymore: "Sister-in-law, I want to ride in a car."

“From now on, call me 'Big Sister',” Jingge said, her face flushed from the sun. “Big Sister sounds nice.”

Li Ying was used to calling her "sister-in-law" and said, "It sounds nice too."

Jingge didn't explain, but used a reason meant to appease a child: "It doesn't sound good, it sounds old-fashioned."

Li Ying listened to her advice and stumbled along for several years before finally changing her ways. Occasionally, she would still habitually call her "sister-in-law".

After finishing her story, Li Ying slurped up some candy while looking up at her brother.

The man's lips were stiff, his face was deathly pale, and his hand, which was hanging by his trousers, had somehow clenched into a fist.

His voice was hoarse: "Why didn't you say so sooner?"

"...Brother, you're really strange," Li Ying snapped. "You have no patience for even a single extra word from my sister and me. Why don't you ask us a single question? If you don't ask, how dare we say anything more!"

Li Zhan turned and left.

Jing Ge received Li Zhan's call around 9 p.m.

The call came from an unknown number. She didn't know who it was, so she assumed it was a customer and answered.

After the call connected, Jing Ge asked several times, "Who is this? Don't tell me I'm hanging up."

On the last try, the person opposite suddenly spoke up, drunkenly: "Gege..."

Jing Ge's hand, which was about to hang up the phone, stopped.

"Let's make up, okay?" Li Zhan was not in his right mind. Only when he was not in his right mind would he lower his head and restrain some of his arrogance. "Let's make up."

Jing Ge paused for a brief moment, then said, "This is bad."

Li Zhan, breathing rapidly, said, "I know I was wrong, I won't do it again..."

Jing Ge: "I have someone I like."

It's too late.

It's too late.

Was it a twist of fate, or a cruel joke played by destiny?

After hanging up the phone, Jing Ge still called Sheng Man to tell her that Li Zhan was drunk at the bar.

Having fulfilled his duty to remind him, Jing Ge didn't take the matter to heart and instead opened Li Mushi's chat window to send him a message.

Tell him she has to go play golf with a client tomorrow.

Jing Ge: [I've completely forgotten how I typed it.]

Jingge: [When are you coming back?]

After posting this, I suddenly remembered that she had asked him just today, and he said he would be back next month.

Jingge then withdrew the message, pretending nothing had happened.

Jing Ge learned golf when he was a child and still remembers the posture, but he hasn't practiced for too long, so he always misses when he swings the club.

The customer was the complete opposite; her form was incorrect, but she could hit the target every time, except for the lawn, where she dug holes in the grass.

The two looked at each other in silence.

Then the two of them couldn't help themselves and started laughing uncontrollably at each other.

Jing Ge, rubbing his aching stomach from laughing, went to get juice for a customer, but suddenly stopped halfway there.

Across from them, in a private area, several men who looked like elite bigwigs escorted the man in the middle as he emerged.

The man was dressed casually, unusually not in a suit, with his hair loose and hanging down, making him appear both approachable and extremely young.

Jing Ge's mouth moved slightly.

Didn't he say he'd be back next month?

The man seemed to glance at her indifferently, whispered a few words to the person next to him, and slowly walked towards her.

Jingge's eyes followed his steps.

Until the man stood in front of her, lowering his eyes to gaze at her.

The familiar scent, the familiar temperature, and her heart pounding wildly, completely out of control.

Li Mushi raised his hand, probably wanting to rub her head. Jing Ge had been in a daze since he appeared. When she saw him make a move, the throbbing in her heart subconsciously materialized, and without thinking, she buried herself in his arms following his raised arm.

The man's body froze unexpectedly.

“You’re back,” the girl said, her face pressed against his chest, her expression sticky and aggrieved. “You came back early without telling me, you big liar.”

Li Mushi's hand remained suspended in mid-air, not moving for a long time.

The person in his arms unconsciously rubbed against his chest.

Li Mushi's hand, which had been paused, slowly moved to her head.

I rubbed it gently and softly.