Chapter 52 Strategy: Day Fifty-Two - Not a Siscon!

Bai Jiangxin heard her excitedly muttering to herself, how proud she would be if she invited him to her home and introduced him to her family, and how her brother would probably die of anger on the spot.

Bai Jiangxin didn't know what kind of person her brother was, but judging from her thoughts, he was probably a hopeless siscon.

Otherwise, why would her brother be angry when he visited her home? It's most likely because he doesn't want any men around his sister.

Even before meeting this older brother, Bai Jiangxin could already sense that he and this older brother were unlikely to get along.

Seeing that he remained silent for a long time, Xiang Di assumed that he had politely declined her invitation.

This was the first time she had mustered the courage to invite him to her home, and he actually declined with silence. Wasn't that a bit too cold-hearted?

Or was it just a passing fancy for him, that he found school life too boring and wanted to seize the last moments of high school for a twilight romance, and that he just happened to find her pleasing to the eye, which is why he approached her?

In fact, he never thought about taking things further with her, nor did he plan to meet her parents.

Xiang Di thought about it more and more and more likely. Otherwise, why would he suddenly say that he had feelings for her? Although she thought she was pretty, did well in school, and had some personal charm, she didn't have the kind of charm that money could buy. So how did he fall for her?

Just because she didn't speak for that one minute, Bai Jiangxin had already been mentally labeled as an irresponsible scumbag.

Bai Jiangxin was utterly helpless.

Who is really being irresponsible?

They have no relationship now. The reason why they are hesitant to take the next step is that one of them has the desire but not the courage, and is afraid to go any further.

"You said you wanted me to come to your house as a guest," Bai Jiangxin asked casually. "In what capacity would I be a guest?"

Xiang Di said blankly, "Well, classmate..."

Bai Jiangxin's lips curled into a smirk: "Male classmate?"

"...Otherwise what?" Xiang Di found his question strange, but dared not argue with him. She cautiously rolled her eyes and said, "If I said you were a female classmate, my family wouldn't believe me..."

Bai Jiangxin: "..."

I must have had the worst luck in eight lifetimes to be secretly loved by such a dense and oblivious person.

He doesn't understand hints, and he doesn't understand explicit instructions, but he insists on doing it exactly as she imagines, pinning her against the wall and kissing her, saying things like "I'd give you my life"—things he'd rather kill than say. Then she'll understand, right?

Xiang Di asked expectantly, "Then you..."

Bai Jiangxin: "I'm not going."

Such a straightforward refusal caught Xiang Di a little off guard.

"……All right."

Her disappointment was palpable, but Bai Jiangxin didn't want to indulge her this time.

If he continues to indulge her without any limits, he'll be one foot in the grave while she's still secretly in love with him.

He calmly said, "You can invite male classmates to your house, but I won't go to female classmates' houses."

Xiang Di was taken aback; he had already carried her to the bottom of her building.

"We're downstairs at your building," Bai Jiangxin said. "Open the access control."

Xiang Di snapped out of her daze and realized that they had already arrived. She quickly asked Bai Jiangxin to move closer so that she could make a face.

The door opened, and Bai Jiangxin carried her inside, then pressed the elevator button for her before putting her down.

"Watch your step when you're in and out of the elevator, so you don't twist your ankle again."

She hadn't actually sprained her ankle; she was just pretending. He played along and escorted her to the elevator.

Feeling guilty, Xiang Di didn't dare ask for too much and nodded, "Okay..."

They remained silent for a moment, waiting for the elevator to come down. The mirror reflected the awkward distance between them, even though just a minute ago, Xiang Di was on his back, her nose filled with his fresh and aloof scent.

Such a stark contrast reminded Xiang Di of the time in the exam hall when they were just a step away from kissing, but her timidity caused her to miss the chance.

He said he wouldn't visit female classmates' homes, but what if it were his girlfriend? Would he be willing to visit her home? Would he be willing to meet her family?

When the elevator reached the first floor, Bai Jiangxin held the open button for her.

"The male classmate can only take you this far. Go on up."

He spoke calmly, thanked Xiang Di, and slowly walked into the elevator.

The moment the elevator doors closed, that itch in my heart returned.

Perhaps she should have been bolder, but after so long of secretly admiring him, she had become accustomed to watching him silently and liking him quietly. When he turned around and looked at her like a surprise from heaven, her heart was filled with joy but also with more unease, leaving her unsure of how to react.

It's strange. He was the one who said he had feelings for her first, and she didn't confess to him. Logically, she should be the one in control now, but why does she feel like he's keeping her hanging on?

Xiang Di scratched his head helplessly.

When the elevator reached the floor, Xiang Di returned home listlessly. Since her parents weren't coming home tonight, she had to call Xiang Sheng home to stay again.

Xiang Sheng was helping her roommate revise her graduation thesis in her room when she came out for a drink of water. Seeing her younger sister's long face, she smiled smugly: "What's wrong? Didn't you do well on the mock exam?"

Xiang Di ignored him and sat down to change her shoes.

Xiang Sheng thought she had tacitly agreed, so he leaned closer and said, "So what if you didn't do well? It's just a mock exam, not the real college entrance exam. There are still mock exams to come. When I was a kid, I bombed all three mock exams. Our parents and my homeroom teacher were so worried, but I still performed normally in the college entrance exam."

Xiang Di pursed her lips: "It's not because of the mock exam."

"Why is that?"

Xiang Di didn't say anything. After changing into slippers, she went to find the first-aid kit at home.

Xiang Sheng saw her looking for the first-aid kit and wondered what was wrong with her, until she saw her find iodine and bandages and open her palm to check the wound.

"Hey, who did you get into a fight with?" Xiang Sheng asked.

Xiang Di: "There was no fight, I just tripped and fell."

Xiang Sheng blinked and burst out laughing instantly.

"You're eighteen and you can still fall down? Are you sure your cerebellum is fully developed?"

Xiang Di was rinsing her hands at the sink, her brows furrowing slightly from the stinging water, when she heard Xiang Sheng mocking her. If even Xiang Sheng thought that, one could imagine how embarrassing it was for her to fall in front of Bai Jiangxin.

Thinking of this, she immediately shouted in shame and anger, "Get out! Whether I'm fully developed or not is none of your business! Mind your own business!"

Seeing her fierce expression, Xiang Sheng wasn't angry. Instead, she said, "How can it not be my business? You're my sister. If you have any problems, when Mom and Dad get old, I'll still have to earn money to support you."

Xiang Di was very principled: "I don't need you to support me."

"Alright, alright, it's best if I don't have to support you. We'll see which unlucky man marries you then," Xiang Sheng said seriously. "I'll offer three seconds of silent prayer for my future brother-in-law's tragic life in advance, Amen."

Upon hearing Xiang Sheng joke about this, and remembering that she had just been rejected by Bai Jiangxin, Xiang Di became even angrier and rushed over to hit him.

"Who's unlucky! Who's miserable! Why do we have to observe a moment of silence!"

In the end, he didn't hurt Xiang Sheng, but he hurt his own hand, which already had a little cut.

Xiang Di winced in pain and stomped hard on Xiang Sheng.

Xiang Sheng, who loved seeing his younger sister get the short end of the stick, was overjoyed. Seeing that she was really angry, he quickly tried to appease her, saying, "Alright, alright, I was just joking. Whoever marries you will be so lucky, okay? Your skin is all scraped, so don't use your little paws to make a scene. Here, let me put some medicine on it for you."

Xiang Di snorted coldly, sat on the sofa, spread her palms, and watched with displeasure as Xiang Sheng gently applied the medicine to her.

"Does it hurt? Tell me if it does."

"good."

"So what's wrong with you? You look so down as soon as you get home."

Then, remembering the injury on her hand, Xiang Di hissed, looked up, and his tone suddenly became serious: "Did someone bully you at school?"

"No," Xiang Di casually came up with an excuse. "I'm nervous about the parent-teacher conference tomorrow, okay?"

"It's just a parent-teacher conference, what's there to be nervous about? You're not a problem student." Xiang Sheng slapped her thigh, suddenly realizing, "Oh, I know, you were caught reading porn at school and your teacher confiscated it! Tsk tsk."

Xiang Di gritted her teeth: "I never watch that kind of stuff at school, okay?"

"Oh, at least you have some sense of shame, knowing that you should hide this kind of thing from people." Xiang Sheng chuckled nonchalantly, then guessed, "Then you've gotten into some other trouble. Luo Yayi is going to the parent-teacher conference for you tomorrow. If your homeroom teacher complains to her, you're afraid she'll tell our parents, right?"

“My aunt isn’t like that. Also,” Xiang Di looked at him unhappily, “could you please stop calling my aunt by her full name? It’s really rude.”

Hearing her lecture, Xiang Sheng laughed directly: "You have the nerve to lecture me? You usually refer to yourself as Xiang Sheng or so-and-so, do you think you're very polite?"

That's true, she doesn't like calling him "brother" either; she feels the word "brother" is too cheesy.

Xiang Di tried to justify herself: "We're peers, and my aunt is our elder, so it's not the same..."

Xiang Sheng chuckled coldly.

"Luo Yayi is no elder at all. When she tricked me into working as a nude model in their art studio, did she treat me like a junior?"

Xiang Di fell silent. She was only in elementary school at the time and didn't know much about the matter, but she heard that Xiang Sheng was so angry that he wrote a letter of severance, vowing that from then on, the Luo family would either have him or Luo Ya Yi.

Since then, Xiang Sheng has really disliked Luo Ya Yi, but Luo Ya Yi happens to like Xiang Di the most, so Xiang Di is caught in the middle of the two, which is sometimes quite awkward.

However, Xiang Di is currently unable to resolve the aunt-nephew relationship between the two, as she herself still has unresolved troubles.

Xiang Sheng suddenly said, "Hey, if you're worried that Luo Yayi will tell your parents, you can ask someone else to go to the parent-teacher conference for you."

Xiang Di frowned: "Who are you calling?"

Xiang Sheng smiled and pointed to herself.

Xiang Di twitched her lips; she knew it.

"No need to trouble you."

Xiang Sheng immediately stopped laughing and sneered, "Fine, when Luo Yayi tells Mom and Dad, and they punish you, don't come begging me for mercy."

Xiang Di replied in a soft, gentle voice, "Okay."

"..."

Even though she was very unhappy, Xiang Sheng still did what she did when she was a child: after applying the medicine, she habitually blew on Xiang Di's wound, and the pain flew away as soon as she blew on it.

Xiang Di shrank her shoulders from the coolness of the iodine evaporating. Watching Xiang Sheng lower her eyes and blow on her wound, she suddenly realized that this dead brother was actually quite decent-looking upon closer inspection.

But she still sighed.

If only Bai Jiangxin were treating her wounds right now.

Hearing her sigh, Xiang Sheng's already annoyed mood worsened.

"Why are you sighing? I care about you, you should be secretly happy. Do you know how many female fans I have who beg me to care about them every day in private messages? You don't know how lucky you are."

As he spoke, Xiang Sheng flung her hand away, forcefully covered the iodine solution with it, and put away the medicine box.

Xiang Di asked in confusion, "You have so many female fans asking for your attention, how come you haven't developed a girlfriend yet?"

"Not playing with female fans' feelings is my professional ethics, okay?" Xiang Sheng said irritably. "Besides, I have to take care of you every day, how can I have time to date?"

"Tch, as if I'm the one who's holding you back from finding a girlfriend."

"That's right. You're such a burden. I don't know why your parents had you. If I were an only child, I can't even imagine how great my life would be."

Xiang Di rolled her eyes: "Likewise."

She got up, preparing to go back to her room to do her homework. Xiang Sheng asked her one last question: did she need him to attend her parent-teacher conference tomorrow? If she really caused trouble at school, he could reluctantly keep it a secret for her.

Xiang Di refused again: "No need, you should rest."

The door closed, and Xiang Sheng stood at the doorway of her room.

Do you really not want him to go to the parent-teacher conference?

When all the other parents are middle-aged balding men, how can he, a handsome and fresh-faced soon-to-be graduate student, not make her proud?

So what's the point of having such a useless little sister? She's never attached to him.

Xiang Sheng snorted and went back to her room to help her roommate revise her thesis.

On WeChat, which was open at the time, the administrator of his fan group asked him if he was going to broadcast today.

Xiang Sheng replied directly: 【I'm not broadcasting it, I'm not in the mood.】

The administrator said okay, then turned around and notified the fans in the fan group that Sandman was in a bad mood today and wouldn't be streaming, so there was no need to wait.

The fan group immediately erupted with a large number of people.

[Oh no, it's not airing again? No way! We haven't even finished the last episode about the siblings' daily life. We're always looking forward to this dose of entertainment.]

[What's wrong with my brother again? Is he in a bad mood? Did he break up with his girlfriend?]

[You're overthinking it. Our brother's a hopeless romantic; it's probably because his sister upset him again. Every time he argues with her, the whole world seems to have wronged him.]

[Haha, is our brother really such a siscon?]

[You mentioned a prohibited word above, so delete it immediately! Otherwise, he'll kick you out of the fan group if he sees it.]

It was too late. The next second, everyone in the fan group watched helplessly as this new fan was cruelly kicked out of the group.

Sister, you father, control your father, he can control the whole world but he can't control his sister.

Xiang Sheng put down his phone and continued helping his roommate revise his thesis. Not long after, his roommate called to ask him, "Hey, how's the thesis revision going?"

"Not good at all." Xiang Sheng said impatiently, "My damn sister is driving me crazy every day."

My roommate exclaimed, "What's wrong with your sister now?"

After listening to Xiang Sheng's complaints, her roommate remained silent for a long time, then hesitated before saying, "Your sister isn't dating, is she? That's why she doesn't want you to go, afraid you'll cause trouble for her boyfriend at school."

Xiang Sheng asked, puzzled, "Then why did she let Luo... her aunt go?"

"Haven't you heard that saying? Mothers-in-law, oh no, aunts, like their nephews-in-law more and more, while brothers-in-law hate their brothers-in-law more and more. What's more, you're a brother-in-law who's an ultimate sister-obsessed brother. I feel sorry for your sister's boyfriend for three seconds."

Xiang Sheng immediately frowned.

"If you mention the word 'sister complex' again, you can forget about your graduation thesis. I'm not going to care anymore."

Before her roommate could beg for mercy, Xiang Sheng coldly hung up the phone, her chest heaving and her blood stagnating.

If his sister were an innocent and cute girl, he could control her a little. But his sister is such a jerk; all she thinks about is pornography. He must be crazy to control her.

He's not a sister-obsessed brother! Absolutely not!

-

Xiang Di got up very early.

Today is a very busy day for the senior high school students. There is a college entrance exam mobilization meeting in the afternoon and a parent-teacher meeting in the evening, but they also have to attend classes as usual in the morning.

After getting up, Xiang Di glanced at Xiang Sheng's door, which was tightly shut.

Considering his kindness in helping her apply iodine yesterday, Xiang Di decided not to bother him. She quietly finished packing, put on her schoolbag, and went out.

Anyway, for senior high school students, as long as they don't have classes, it's considered a holiday. Therefore, the atmosphere in the classroom today is different from usual, and the morning self-study session is not so lifeless.

Thinking about how her aunt would be dressed up and attend the event that afternoon to make her look good, Xiang Di lost all interest in studying and joined in the chat.

As the group was chatting, Zhou Linxiao arrived, and Liang Qianqian immediately asked him whether his father or mother was coming in the afternoon.

Zhou Linxiao is of mixed race; his mother is Chinese and his father is Spanish, a pure combination of East and West. People in his class had seen photos of his father before. In terms of facial features, Zhou Linxiao's mixed-race angelic features, which blend East and West, definitely appeal to everyone's aesthetic sense. But in terms of temperament, compared to Zhou Linxiao's youthful good looks, his father is obviously more mature and wildly handsome.

Who doesn't love a handsome older man, especially a foreign one? Not just Xiang Di, everyone wanted to see Zhou Linxiao's father in person.

Unfortunately, Zhou Linxiao's father was not in the country at the moment, and his elegant and beautiful professor mother was also unavailable today, so his uncle was attending the parent-teacher conference in his place.

It's a pity we won't get to see Zhou Linxiao's parents.

However, Liang Qianqian suddenly thought of someone else.

Zhou Linxiao's parents can't come, but there's still a school heartthrob in his class.

Just when things seemed to be looking up, Qianqian quickly looked towards Bai Jiangxin's location; he hadn't arrived yet.

So she asked Ye Minjia, "You two are such good friends, have you ever met Bai Jiangxin's parents?"

"That's why Qianqian can be my best friend," Xiang Di thought to herself, while also waiting for Ye Minjia's answer.

Ye Minjia said, "His parents separated a long time ago. He lives with his father. I've never met his mother, but I've met his father a few times."

"How was it? How was it?"

“Handsome.” Ye Minjia said succinctly, “The kind of handsome that comes from a domineering CEO. He’s mature, has a strong presence, and most importantly, he’s rich. Money is the best cosmetic procedure for men.”

Speak of the devil, and he appears; just as we were talking about Bai Jiangxin's father, Bai Jiangxin arrived.

Xiang Di was just imagining what Bai Jiangxin's father looked like, but now that she saw Bai Jiangxin, she immediately became shy again.

Liang Qianqian didn't have as many thoughts as her and asked him directly, "Bai Jiangxin, is your father coming to school this afternoon?"

Bai Jiangxin said directly, "I'm not coming."

Liang Qianqian let out a disappointed "Ah!" and Ye Minjia said, "Your dad's busy again?"

Bai Jiangxin: "Mm."

Xiang Di winked. He had heard him say he couldn't understand it last night, but he didn't expect him to say he couldn't come this morning.

It's probably because his father couldn't make it back in time.

She glanced cautiously at Bai Jiangxin and noticed that his face was expressionless.

Liang Qianqian asked curiously, "If your dad isn't coming, who will come to the parent-teacher conference for you?"

Bai Jiangxin: "My dad's second secretary."

As a result, Liang Qianqian misunderstood, and was too embarrassed to ask Bai Jiangxin directly, so she asked Ye Minjia, "What's 'Second Mistress'? His dad's second mistress?"

"You've been watching too many family dramas. What mistress? She's the second secretary." Ye Minjia said helplessly, "His father's first secretary and assistant must have gone on a business trip with him and can't come back, so the second secretary came instead."

Liang Qianqian suddenly realized.

It turns out that big bosses really do have so many secretaries.

But she still had some questions: "His dad is busy, so why is it his secretary who's helping with the parent-teacher conference? Shouldn't it be a relative? Like uncles, aunts, or cousins?"

Ye Minjia shrugged: "I don't know about that. He didn't tell me. His dad has always been like this. In the first and second years of high school, his dad's secretary would come to open the car for him. Once, it was even his dad's driver who came."

Liang Qianqian: "Ah, that's too..."

Before she could finish speaking, someone suddenly slapped her table, startling her.

Liang Qianqian blinked: "What are you doing?"

Xiang Di said logically, "Hey, you don't understand. On weekdays, adults have to go to work. His father definitely didn't want to bother his relatives, so he just called his secretary. Anyway, the secretary gets paid, so it's like he's doing fieldwork."

To make it more convincing, she raised her chin and said, "Anyway, if my parents were big bosses, they wouldn't have time to attend parent-teacher conferences. They would just ask their subordinates to do it, so my parents wouldn't have to owe any favors to their relatives."

That makes sense. Liang Qianqian nodded: "I didn't expect you to be so worldly-wise."

Xiang Di smiled guiltily. Actually, she didn't really understand these things either, but luckily Qianqian believed her and stopped worrying about Bai Jiangxin's family.

She glanced at Bai Jiangxin discreetly.

Everyone around him was talking about the parent-teacher conference, but it all seemed to have nothing to do with him. He remained completely undisturbed, quietly reading a book by himself.

If only I could do something to make him happy.

Bai Jiangxin seemed to sense her gaze, looked up from his book, and told himself that from today onwards, he would overcome his shyness and be bolder.

Their eyes met, and she gave Bai Jiangxin an unnatural smile.

Bai Jiangxin frowned at her.

Xiang Di immediately wondered if she hadn't washed her face properly today.

But she was too embarrassed to look in the mirror in front of Bai Jiangxin, afraid that he would think she was vain. So she quickly got up and went to the bathroom to check her appearance.

After she left, Bai Jiangxin's brows did not relax; instead, they furrowed even more.

Why did she suddenly go to the toilet?

Has she reached the point where she gets wet just by looking at him?

It shouldn't be that bad. If it really came to that, she wouldn't just have desire for him, she'd be addicted to sex.

-

There are mirrors in the women's restroom. Xiang Di leaned closer to the mirror and carefully examined her face. She found nothing that wasn't clean and there were no pimples on her face.

So why does Bai Jiangxin frown whenever he sees her?

As I walked out of the restroom with questions in my mind, I bumped into Bai Jiangxin, who was coming from the classroom.

She greeted him, "You're here to use the restroom too?"

“No,” Bai Jiangxin said. “I came to find you.”

"Looking for me? What's up?"

Bai Jiangxin led her directly to a secluded spot at the corner of the stairs. He didn't explain why he brought her there, but simply approached her. Xiang Di didn't move at first because she knew he was a clean freak and a gentleman who would never cross the social line with a woman without her consent.

It wasn't until her eyes were almost hitting the zipper of his school uniform that Xiang Di realized something was wrong and belatedly took a small step back.

He then moved a little closer, and out of trust in him, Xiang Di didn't turn and run away, but instead retreated step by step.

But she quickly retreated to the edge of the wall, and when she tried to run away, Bai Jiangxin had already reached out and blocked her way.

Huh? What's with this sudden wall slam?

He was too close, and she couldn't help but feel a little flutter in her heart, but at the same time, she felt very confused.

She blinked, not daring to speak. Bai Jiangxin could only barely hear the sound of morning reading coming from the nearby classroom.

He couldn't hear anything else.

Bai Jiangxin realized that time had flown by; it had been two weeks since their last trip to the karaoke bar.

He lowered his gaze, glanced at the mess on her lips, and clicked his tongue in annoyance.