Chapter 97 Uncle [VIP]
Qingran could not defend what she saw.
He said Xing Chao was holding him too tightly so he couldn't break free?
However, he knew that as long as he firmly refused, Xing Chao would definitely let him go. Just like before when he insisted on leaving, Xing Chao, who had been blocking the door, eventually let him go.
“Sister-in-law, you used my brother to reject me,” Xing Chao said, his tone half bitter and half pleased, “but you never said a word that you didn’t like me.”
How do you expect me to give up?
These words, like a resounding bell, abruptly revealed the truth that Qingran had always been unwilling to think about or face.
A bittersweet feeling welled up in her heart. Qingran's eyelashes trembled slightly, as if she were asking Xing Chao or herself, murmuring, confused and helpless.
What do you want me to do?
They are... He is Changqing's younger brother. He was married to Changqing. How can they be together?
How could he have fallen for Changqing, the older brother, first, and then for his younger brother after the older brother's death?
Qingran didn't understand.
The bewilderment and vulnerability on his face softened Xing Chao's heart, but Xing Chao would not allow him to run away.
"Qingran, I like you. Will you be with me?"
Hearing him call her by her name so directly made Qingran feel a little uncomfortable. She thought to herself, and said it aloud as well.
"I'm used to you calling me 'sister-in-law,' so it feels a little strange when you suddenly call me by my name."
“I’m more used to calling you sister-in-law,” Xing Chao admitted, “but I’m afraid you’ll disagree even more if I do.”
Qingran was silent for a moment, then pulled away the hand that was wrapped around her waist.
He turned and gazed at the young man's increasingly mature and handsome face, and said softly, "Even if... I won't be with you."
"Why?" Xing Chao asked him, seemingly very calm.
Qingran: "The Yun family, the Xing family, everyone knows that I married your brother, everyone knows that I am your sister-in-law, we can't be together."
"From the moment I chose to let my feelings run wild, I stopped caring what others thought of me."
"Your sister-in-law clearly doesn't care about these things, right?" Otherwise, she wouldn't have married his brother in the first place.
Xing Chao astutely saw through his excuse.
“Or is it that,” the young man’s voice trailed off as his dejected expression fell, “that I am not important at all compared to my brother?”
Qingran shook her head: "I have never compared you all together."
Xing Chao: "Because I'm simply no match for my brother?"
“No,” Qingran denied, “You are you, and Changqing is Changqing. There is no need to compare them.”
“Why is that?” Xing Chao pressed him to speak. “You were willing to marry into the Xing family alone for my brother, but when it comes to me, you’re stingy even in accepting my advances.”
"I can't think of any other reason besides the fact that I'm not as good as my brother."
Qingran was speechless. Could he say that the original owner of this body didn't marry his brother but rather the Xing family's money?
“Sister-in-law,” Xing Chao tentatively hugged him from the front, “tell me why I can’t.”
He knew that taking advantage of Qingran's soft heart was despicable, but compared to having this person, it was despicable nonetheless.
Guilt prevented Qingran from pushing away the person who was hugging him.
"Why can't I?"
The voice in my ear asked persistently.
"Because in my sister-in-law's heart she still loves my brother more. I, who am alive, am not as good as my dead brother, is that right?"
"No..." Qingran denied in a trembling voice.
He was completely unaware that he had fallen into the trap of the young man's words; liking someone and being together are never the same thing.
Xing Chao insisted that he draw this equation, otherwise he would be inferior to his brother.
“If my sister-in-law really doesn’t think I’m worth comparing with my brother, then she shouldn’t reject me.”
These words caught Qingran, whose mind was in complete disarray, off guard, and the young man's warm kiss landed on her lips.
Qingran shuddered.
Xing Chao didn't give him a chance to wake up and refuse. After licking his lips for a moment, his tongue pushed open his lips and probed inside.
Qingran placed her hands on the young man's chest, looking at him helplessly with her eyes full of affection.
Should he refuse, or should he let it go? Even Qingran herself couldn't say for sure what he wanted.
"Sister-in-law..." Xing Chao gently kissed his lips and tongue, tracing and sucking them. "If you're scared, let's maintain our original relationship in front of others, okay?"
"Sister-in-law, please feel sorry for me."
These words dispelled the last trace of hesitation in Qingran's heart. She relaxed her hand that was pressed against the young man's chest and instead put her arm around the back of his neck.
He closed his eyes and whispered, "Grandpa is old, don't let him know."
Xing Chao paused, realizing that this was what his sister-in-law cared about. That made sense; if Grandpa found out, he definitely wouldn't agree.
He suppressed his overwhelming joy.
"good."
With his worries gone, Qingran was finally able to honestly face his own heart. He began to respond to the young man's kiss, initially feeling a little shy and awkward, but gradually becoming more tacit and skilled.
The stimulation from their shared identities and the lingering desire within him made him more aroused than ever before.
The hand that was wrapped around the back of the young man's neck rubbed against his hair, but only managed to touch a short, sparse head that he couldn't quite grasp.
The rough strands of hair brushed against my soft palm, causing a slight tingling and pain.
"Hmm..."
He stroked it back and forth a couple of times with obvious affection, chuckling softly between breaths.
"Chao Chao's hair is really short."
"Don't you like it, sister-in-law?" Xing Chao pressed him against the door, their noses rubbing together. The kiss he received made him extremely happy. "If you don't like it, I can keep it long."
Qingran tilted her head back and indulged his actions, replying, "No need, Chaochao's features are more defined, short hair suits you better."
"Does your sister-in-law think it looks good?"
"Um."
"I like my sister-in-law too." Xing Chao, who had gotten his wish, seized the opportunity to confess.
Qingran responded to the young man's increasingly lingering kisses, and in her daze, she vaguely heard footsteps, tiptoeing, clearly approaching stealthily.
His room wasn't as specially soundproofed as the Xing family's; the soundproofing was practically nonexistent, and he and Xing Chao were right at the doorway...
Thinking of this, Qingran nudged the person in front of her.
"Sister-in-law?" The young man's large hand landed on her waist, habitually teasing and pleasing her.
"Mmm..." A soft moan escaped from her nose, caught off guard.
The footsteps outside the door suddenly stopped.
Unaware of the danger, Xing Chao moved his kisses to Qing Ran's neck and behind her ears. The skin beneath her lips was delicate and smooth, exuding a faint fragrance after her bath, making her exceptionally alluring.
As he gently licked the traces left from the previous night, he asked considerately, "Is your sister-in-law feeling unwell?"
Never mind, I've already heard it all.
Qingran tilted his head back, the bright light overhead making him squint.
"Did I hurt you last night?" the young man asked in a hoarse voice as he kissed her ear again.
Qingran calmed her rapid breathing: "...No, no."
"Really not? Let me check."
The stiff, black hair rubbed against Qingran's neck, causing both pain and itchiness. The pain was only slight, but the itchiness was more intense.
He shrank his neck.
"Stop, stop it." He rubbed the stubble of short hair in his palm and then pushed the head away.
Xing Chao stopped what he was doing and looked up, but instead of giving up as Qing Ran had said, he swept him up in his arms.
The sudden movement made Qingran exclaim softly, "Chaochao!"
"Sister-in-law, let me check you over. I'm afraid you'll be too shy to say anything." Xing Chao's eyes were full of dominance. After placing her on the bed, he rolled her over and laid her face down, carefully examining her under the light.
He was tall and strong, and Qingran, who was slender but had a small frame, was like a delicate doll in his hands, unable to resist, being turned over and kneaded at will.
Being stared at... and so on, was still too much for Qingran, who had just broken through her psychological barriers to be with him.
Qingran blushed with an alluring pink hue, bit the back of her hand, and her voice softened as if it were mixed with honey.
"Is the check-up complete? Are you really okay?"
Her fair skin was tinged with an alluring pink, and on the pink surface were even deeper, scattered kiss marks.
His sister-in-law was like a ripe peach.
Xing Chao's eyes darkened, and he gave a hoarse "hmm".
Then, he meticulously helped Qingran put on her pants, turned over onto the bed, and pulled her into his arms.
Finding the scarf around his waist inconvenient and cumbersome, he casually ripped it off and tossed it onto the bedside table.
Qingran noticed a shadow flashing above her head and looked up to see the scarf. Her mind went blank for a moment, and she opened her mouth, unsure of what to say.
My pajamas are too small, and constantly wearing a scarf isn't a good solution...
“I won’t touch your sister-in-law today,” Xing Chao said, noticing his gaze. He hugged him tightly in a way that suggested a lack of security, and asked in a low voice, “Can we sleep together tonight?”
Qingran lay on the young man's chest, listening to his strong heartbeat, and after a while said...
"My parents usually get up around 7 a.m.
It seems nonsensical, yet it says everything.
Xing Chao assured, "I'll get up at 6 a.m. tomorrow for a morning run, and I won't be seen by your uncles and aunts."
Little did they know that not long ago, someone had approached them cautiously at the door, and after confirming the information, they covered their mouths and tiptoed away.
Qingran pretended not to know: "Why is it half an hour early?"
Xing Chao: "I was too rushed today and didn't get to exercise. My sister-in-law likes my physique, so I need to maintain it."
"I'm not..." Qingran slapped him in annoyance, her palm making a crisp sound as it struck the young man's bare chest.
He wasn't just attracted to Xing Chao's young body.
Xing Chao subtly curled the corners of his mouth: "So, sister-in-law likes me too?"
Qingran hesitated for a moment, then propped herself up and sat up, looking at the young man's handsome face in the lamplight.
"Chao Chao, even now I don't know if I did the right thing," a hint of sorrow crept into his handsome eyes, "but you're right, I really did..."
"It was not unintentional."
When he said the last four words, his voice was soft and low.
Qingran found it difficult to admit that he had feelings for his partner's younger brother. If Xingchao hadn't been paying attention to him, he almost wouldn't have heard what he said.
Although he really wanted to hear his sister-in-law say more about how much she liked him, Xing Chao was afraid that she might regret it later because of the bigger picture, so he quietly changed the subject.
"Then give me a kiss, sister-in-law."
When Qingran met his deep gaze, she seemed to pause for a moment, but in fact, many thoughts had already flashed through her mind.
They finally realized that further agonizing and deliberation was useless, because from the moment last night's events occurred, they could never go back.
Having finally understood, he slowly leaned down and kissed the young man's thin lips.
Xing Chao wrapped his arms around his waist and responded with a kiss. The two exchanged a tender kiss, then turned off the lights and fell asleep in each other's arms.
I slept without any dreams.
The next day, Xing Chao woke up at six o'clock sharp and sneaked back to the guest room before Yun's parents woke up in the master bedroom.
The promised morning run couldn't be fulfilled because I didn't have suitable clothes for exercising.
Half-asleep, Xing Chao lay on the bed in the guest room until after seven o'clock. Hearing noises outside, he washed up and went out. After eating the breakfast prepared by Yun Mu, he said goodbye and went to work.
Before leaving, he asked Qingran if she was going. Qingran said that Yun's father had a leg injury and it was inconvenient for him to go, so he would stay home to take care of him for two days.
Yunmu listened to their conversation from the side. She didn't say anything, even though she had originally intended to tell Qingran that her father's leg was not injured and to let her go to work. She kept her mouth shut and didn't say a word.
Xing Chao left, and she absentmindedly ate her rice while glancing at Qing Ran every now and then.
He wanted to speak but hesitated, yet he still wanted to speak.
Qingran was texting Xingchao on her phone, saying there was something she forgot to mention earlier.
[Qingran: Don't come over tonight. Go home and don't arouse Grandpa's suspicion.]
Xing Chao, who had just gotten into his car downstairs, saw this message and remembered that his grandfather had asked him about something when he got home, most likely why he had suddenly moved into the Yun family's house.
He didn't want Qingran to worry about these things, so he didn't object.
[Xing Chao: My sister-in-law doesn't come to work and won't let me go to the Yun family's house. What should I do if I miss her?]
[Qingran: I'll be back at work in a week at the latest.]
[Xing Chao: Is Uncle's leg serious? I know a few orthopedic specialists, should we arrange for him to be hospitalized for examination?]
【Qingran: Three days.】
Xing Chao knew when to quit while he was ahead.
[Xing Chao: Sister-in-law, I miss you so much right now.]
"Ranran," Yunmu finally spoke after holding it in for a long time, "you and that second young master of the Xing family..."
God knows how shocked she was when she heard that faint noise last night!
They originally just wanted to find an excuse to call the child back and ask him what he really thought, whether he was willing to stay in the Xing family for the rest of his life.
Is money really that important?
Okay, money is important, but Ranran has been in the Xing family for so many years and is not short of money. Why is she willing to stay there and be a bachelor? Isn't it better to take the money she has and live a carefree life than to be a bachelor?
As a result... now she and Yun's father no longer need to ask, they have already witnessed their child's determination.
Qingran didn't pretend to be stupid in front of her parents.
"Mom, are you talking about my relationship with Xing Chao?"
Yunmu nodded awkwardly: "I got up to drink water last night and accidentally saw him sneaking into your room."
Here, Yunmu told a little lie. Actually, she didn't see it. She was trying to tell Qingran about her leg injury when she accidentally overheard some ambiguous sounds.
Qingran didn't expose her, and nodded upon hearing this: "We're together, Mom. What do you want to ask?"
Yunmu cleared her throat: "Then I'll just ask directly, you and Xing Chao got together—no, you were together—so that you could stay in the Xing family?"
Yes, what shocked Yunmu was not that Qingran was with her brother first, and then with her younger brother.
Thanks to the original owner's past record of marrying into a wealthy family for money, Yun's parents' first reaction upon learning of this was, "If our son loves money, fine, but why is he making fun of the Xing family?!"
Qingran couldn't help but chuckle: "Couldn't it be because I like him?"
You little brat, I know you too well.
Mica glanced sideways: "So, your feelings for that guy in front, Xing Chao's older brother, what's his name, Xing Wendao, are also because you like him?"
Qingran nodded.
"I just don't believe it," Yunmu said with that expression.
What do you like about them?
Qingran listed them off one by one: "Rich, handsome, likes me, and dotes on me..."
Well, in the end, it all comes down to having money.
"There are so many other rich people, can't you just find someone else you like!" Yun's father, who had been eavesdropping, couldn't help but speak up.
It's ridiculous to say that someone likes the older brother first and then the younger brother!
It wasn't that Yun's parents weren't angry; rather, their anger had already subsided when they learned that their son had married another man.
In the heat of the moment, she had said things like kicking him out of the house and severing ties, but Qingran was determined not to listen. When she was ruthless, she could really stay away from home for years.
They, as parents, don't really want to lose this child; what else can they do but accept it?
Qingran said softly, "Those who are richer than them aren't as good-looking as the two of them, and those who are better-looking than them..."
He thought for a moment and said, "I haven't seen it yet."
Yun's parents, who thought they had calmed down a lot, were so angry that they almost fainted. It turned out that their son really had his eyes on the Xing family.
“They know you only did it for money…” Yunmu said worriedly.
Qingran blinked: "Xing Chao doesn't know."
So, Xing Wendao knew? It's alright, the person is gone, there's no need to worry about being exposed.
Yun's father held back for a moment, then reminded him impatiently, "You'd better hide it well, don't let Xing Chao find out!"
Otherwise, he was really afraid that his pampered son would get beaten up by someone putting a sack over his head.
What a tragedy! How could he have given birth to a son who's obsessed with money! Luckily, it was just a matter of feelings; if he had used the money to do illegal or criminal things, he would have cut ties with him no matter what!
Qingran allowed the original owner's parents to misunderstand him. Firstly, it would be difficult for the two people who knew a lot about the inside story to believe that he didn't love money. Secondly, their focus was on his unscrupulous means to stay in the Xing family, so they wouldn't dwell on the fact that Xing Chao was Xing Wendao's younger brother.
He didn't explain himself, staring at his father's legs, which were firmly planted on the ground: "Dad, are your legs better?"
Yun's father's legs stiffened, then he said angrily, "Isn't it all because of you? Go to work properly tomorrow."
"Also, keep your affair with that person a secret. If word gets out, you'll ruin your reputation!"
Qingran smiled and said, "I understand, Dad."
Although Yun's father's leg was fine, Qingran still planned to go back to work in a few days.
The day before he was to return to work after his vacation, he received a phone call from an unexpected person.
The other party asked him to meet at a teahouse this afternoon, saying they had something important to discuss with him.
After thinking for a moment, Qingran decided it was time to deal with this person completely and agreed.
That afternoon, Qingran told her parents that she would be leaving on time for the appointment.
As soon as I stepped through the door, I heard a system notification: [Host, Xing Chao is here.]
Less than two seconds later.
Uncle Xing has also arrived.
Qingran raised an eyebrow. Today was quite lively. She went upstairs and sat down as if she hadn't noticed anything.
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