Chapter 206 Sister and Brother
Qiao Susu quickly put this "unprovoked disaster" behind her, but the school forums and various groups were in an uproar, and even caused a small-scale outcry on the Internet.
The short video of Lin Xixi hitting Fang Yuan was edited into a ghost video and posted online. By that evening, it had over 100,000 views, with four-digit likes and comments. This was partly because Lin Xixi was indeed quite tough, and partly because Qiao Suisui, standing next to her, was also in the video. With her small face, delicate features, and innocent looks, netizens immediately called for her to debut right there. Some even suggested she could be directly selected for Produce 101, and were willing to pay real money to pick her.
The two parties involved were completely unaware of this and were crying bitterly at a revolving hot pot stall on the street.
There were three or four empty beer bottles on the table in front of the two of them. Lin Xixi's face was as red as a monkey's butt. Not only could she not drink or eat well, but her face would turn red when she drank. At this time, her speech was already incoherent.
"I'm telling you, Sui Sui, I'm telling you. I know I know you can definitely escape your mother's clutches, and your life will get better and better. Do you believe it or not? Do you believe it or not? What did I tell you?"
Qiao Suisui drank half a bottle, her face flushed, but she was more sober than Lin Xixi. This was her only friend, with whom she shared everything. When she had a fight with Qiao's mother and was kicked out of the house, it was Lin Xixi who took her in. When she was broke and stubbornly refused to ask the Qiao family for money, it was Lin Xixi who gave her half of her living expenses without hesitation. They went to the same elementary school and middle school, and they had argued and gotten angry with each other, but they always made up within a day.
Qiao Suisui hugged Lin Xixi and choked up, "It will be fine. Our lives will get better and better."
"Are you, are you hiding something from me?" Lin Xixi pointed a finger at her ear, mistaking it for Qiao Suisui's mouth, and said with certainty, "You are definitely hiding something from me. Tell me!"
Qiao Sui Sui held her up, afraid she would fall, and hesitated, stammering, "I told you, but I'm afraid you won't believe me."
"Why wouldn't you believe it? You're my best friend, I believe everything you say!"
"Do you remember the game I mentioned to you? I..."
"Ha! I know!"
Qiao Suisui was surprised. She and Lin Xixi said in unison:
"You know? You've been in there too?"
"I know! Qiao Jiming likes you!"
Lin Xixi looked at her with vacant eyes. "Huh? What did you say? Where did you go?"
Qiao Suisui sighed and said, "I'm not going anywhere. Let's go home."
She knew Lin Xixi was unconscious, so she didn't take her words to heart. She staggered to pay the bill, picked up Lin Xixi, who had fallen asleep on the table, and was about to walk to the street to hail a taxi when the phone rang.
Qiao Suisui picked up the phone: "Hello?"
Qiao Jiming waited for her until ten o'clock, but she didn't come back. He wanted to call her to ask when she would be back, but when he heard her nasal voice, he immediately asked, "Have you been drinking?" The ambient noise on her end of the line was very noisy. Without waiting for her to answer, Qiao Jiming asked, "Where are you?"
"Xixi is drunk in the commercial street near the school. I need to take her home first."
Qiao Jiming immediately picked up the clothes and walked out the door while saying, "Wait for me in the store for a while. Don't wander around. Send me the location and I'll be there now."
Qiao Suisui felt that it would be difficult for her to get the drunk Lin Xixi by herself, so she agreed. Qiao Jiming came very quickly, and he arrived ten minutes after she hung up the phone.
She looked at Qiao Jiming, who was sweating profusely from running, and said, "Don't be so anxious. Xixi won't wake up for a while."
Qiao Jiming panted and looked around first. Only after confirming that there were no gangsters or greasy men coming to chat up and harass her did he feel relieved.
"Why didn't you tell me in advance so I could pick you up?"
“It’s very close, just one street away from the hotel.”
Qiao Jiming didn't argue with her. He resigned himself to his fate and squatted with his back to her. He turned his head and said, "Help Sister Xi over here."
She let Lin Xixi lie on Qiao Jiming's back. Because Lin Xixi was wearing a short skirt today, she took off her coat and tied it around her waist. Qiao Jiming carried Lin Xixi on his back and left the commercial street with her. The three of them walked on the moonlit path.
"Why drink?" Qiao Jiming asked.
"Xixi said she wanted to celebrate for me."
A gentle breeze blew towards them, and Qiao Suisui smiled and raised her head to feel it, feeling extremely comfortable. At this time, they had left the noisy neighborhood and there was only the chirping of cicadas around them.
"Ji Ming, I plan to rent a house."
Qiao Jiming was stunned for a moment, then hid his expression with his hair and murmured, "Very good."
"I've saved up some money and have been looking at houses these past few days. There's one I really like and the price is right. But don't tell Mom. I don't want her to find me."
"Um."
"I want to go to the building materials market and buy a bucket of paint and paint the walls so that the house will look newer."
"Um."
"I also want Xixi to live with me. Then we can get a puppy. We can walk the dog when we have nothing to do and cook together on weekends."
“.”
Qiao Jiming endured the soreness in his throat. His heartbeat became more and more irregular. The panicky feeling made his hands and feet weak, and his steps became slower and slower.
Qiao Suisui noticed that he hadn't caught up, so she turned around and called out, "Ji Ming? Are you tired?"
Qiao Jiming just stared at her, the emotions in his chest surging like a tsunami, wave after wave, but he couldn't say a word. He could only grit his teeth, afraid that he would not be able to hold back and vent his hidden thoughts.
After a long pause, Qiao Jiming managed only a few words between his teeth and said, "What about me?"
Qiao Suisui was stunned for a moment, thinking that he envied his independent life, so she walked back and patted his shoulder with a smile, "You can come whenever you want."
She doesn't remember.
I don’t remember the agreement they made when they were little that they would live together when they grew up.
She didn't remember that they were going to build a home together, and that there was only her and him in the home.
She was able to include Lin Xixi in her life, but left no room for him.
Qiao Jiming raised his head and let out a long breath.
Qiao Susu didn't quite understand why he suddenly became so upset. Just as she was about to ask what was wrong, she saw Qiao Jiming carrying Lin Xixi and continuing to walk forward.
"It's right up ahead. The alley is dark. Stand here under the streetlight and wait for me."
After saying that, Qiao Jiming quickened his pace without saying a word, each step accompanied by a lingering melancholy.
Lin Xixi's home was around the corner. He walked a little further into the darkness when the man on his back suddenly said, "I thought you were so brave."
Qiao Jiming was so lost in his emotions that he was startled by the sudden voice. "Have you been awake all this time?"
Lin Xixi said: "Your heartbeat is so violent, it's hard for me not to wake up."
Qiao Jiming stopped and wanted to put her down, but Lin Xixi acted stubborn and refused to get down.
"You're just sending the Buddha to the west. There are only a few steps left."
Qiao Jiming didn't say anything, but walked quickly towards her apartment building with her back to him.
"Hey, stinky brother, do you have a sister fetish?"
“.”
"Then please consider me. I am also your sister."
Qiao Jiming threw Lin Xixi in front of the unit door, turned around and took two steps back to distance himself from her.
"Don't talk nonsense to her!"
"It's too late. I told you everything."
"you!"
Lin Xixi looked at the fair-skinned boy's face, which turned slightly red with anger under the moonlight, and laughed out loud. She pursed her lips and said, "But guess how your sister reacted? She didn't believe it at all."
She was truly unconscious when she said that, but she was a bit of a jerk, and when she was drunk she could speak without interruption, even more lucidly. In fact, she had been awake since Qiao Jiming carried her on his back, but she didn't want to miss such an opportunity to continue pretending to be drunk.
"You are her family, her brother, you must not..."
"I'm not." Qiao Jiming interrupted her before she could finish. "We are not related by blood."
His face flickered under the dim street light. The boy's eyes were deep, his hands were clenched into fists, and his expression was firm and suppressed.
"Please don't interfere, and don't say anything in front of her. I will tell her about this myself. Besides, I have a lifetime to make her accept me. I can wait."
(End of this chapter)
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