41. Night 41: Clingy
"I want to live here too." Yuan Sen said.
"No." Lu Xi opened her mouth to speak, but Su Qiman had already rejected her. After she finished speaking, she realized that she had rejected the idea too quickly and said stiffly, "It's inconvenient to live with a boy..."
Lu Xi could see that Su Qiman didn't want the mermaid to stay. In fact, she also didn't want him to have too much contact with people he didn't know.
"You go back." Lu Xi also refused.
The merman narrowed his eyes and glanced at Su Qiman beside him. Su Qiman couldn't tell that he was blind, but she could vaguely see a sense of danger in his eyes, but it quickly disappeared.
"Okay." He said reluctantly, suddenly leaned over and hugged Lu Xi, then turned around in Su Qiman's wide-open eyes.
"You..." Su Qiman didn't know what to say.
Lu Xi and Yuan Sen went back to the apartment next door to get her pajamas, and turned around to see Su Qiman packing her things.
"Sorry, I rarely clean up."
"Please sit down." She pulled Lu Xi to sit on the sofa and continued to pick up the clothes scattered around the house. Her movements were very quick and she looked so energetic that she didn't need Lu Xi's care at all.
"Are you still hungry? I'll cook noodles for you," she said.
"No need." Lu Xi shook his head.
Lu Xi looked around her residence. In fact, the decoration of the houses was the same, but Su Qiman had put some photo frames and family photos on the wall, which added a warm atmosphere.
"Is this your family?" Lu Xi asked.
"Yes, this is my eldest brother, the one on the far right is my second brother, my sister, there are four of us siblings, and my parents." Su Qiman pointed at the people in the family photo and introduced them to Lu Xi one by one. She spoke in a very gentle tone, and it can be heard that she loves her family very much.
Lu Xi suddenly thought of her deceased mother. After that woman's death, she was left without any relatives. After all, those people from the Lu family didn't count at all. Lu Xi was a little distracted until Su Qiman asked her, "How many brothers and sisters do you have? Aren't you the only two?"
"Yeah." Lu Xi responded vaguely.
"It's so lonely for just two people. The four of us siblings had so much fun when we were little. We didn't even need to call anyone to play mahjong."
Su Qiman started talking to her about her childhood again. She stopped talking when she realized she had talked too much. She saw that the girl in front of her was distracted. She only had a brother and a sister, so it must be difficult for her to understand what life was like with many brothers and sisters.
Although her family is poor and she has complained before about having so many children despite her family being poor, they are all family after all. She no longer complains and just wants to work hard to make money.
"Have you always been together?" Su Qiman asked. The boy was so clingy to her, so they must have always been together.
It took Lu Xi half a second to realize that Su Qiman was referring to her and the mermaid, but their relationship was fabricated and didn't exist in the first place, so what could she say? However, if she just asked if they had always been together...
"No." Lu Xi shook his head.
Su Qiman was a little surprised. Thinking of how the boy always stayed by her side, she wondered how that man could possibly be willing to be separated from her.
"Because of some things, we were separated for many years."
"Many years? How long is that?"
Lu Xi was silent for half a second. "The last time I saw him, he was still a child. Now he is taller than me."
Forty years is really a long time. Although it was just a nap for her, many things have changed.
"Is that so..." Su Qiman frowned.
If siblings have been separated for many years, it is possible that they will develop illicit feelings after reuniting. After all, they did not grow up together and have no family ties, so it is equivalent to getting to know someone all over again.
The handsome younger brother reunited with his beautiful older sister after growing up. He couldn't help but be attracted to her and embarked on an illicit path.
Su Qiman secretly guessed in her heart...
When Lu Xi went into the bathroom to take a shower, Su Qiman wandered to the balcony by herself and noticed that there was someone on the balcony next door.
The handsome boy was sitting lazily on a recliner. He looked like he had just taken a shower and was wearing a loose robe. One hand was resting on his side, and the other hand was holding a goblet, shaking the crystal clear liquid in the glass, which was not sure whether it was wine or soda.
His fair skin shone faintly in the moonlight. He tilted his head back and drank the liquid in the goblet. A faint trace of water could be seen sliding down from the corner of his mouth, along his chin and delicate collarbone, and into his loose nightgown. Su Qiman couldn't help swallowing.
But soon, she shook her head and frowned, disgusted with herself for being deceived by this man. She thought of her younger brother again. Although he was also a high school student, this boy gave her a very strange sense of incongruity. Is he really just a high school student?
At this moment, he noticed Su Qiman's gaze, and his narrow eyes swept over him, with an obscure smile on the corner of his mouth.
He opened his thin lips slightly and said a few words silently.
Su Qiman's face darkened and she suddenly drew the curtains.
What he just said was——
"Give my sister back to me."
Su Qiman felt that she was being blatantly provoked. Did he really think that she didn't dare to say it? Did he think that she didn't dare to tell his sister? She just couldn't bear to let that girl know that her seemingly well-behaved brother was actually a dangerous person.
The girl is a kind person. If she knew that her brother had that kind of feelings for her, she would definitely be very painful.
When Lu Xi came out of the shower, she saw that the curtains in the room were drawn tightly, and Su Qiman looked a little unhappy.
"What's wrong? Are you still dizzy?"
"Well, if you don't want to be blown by the wind, it's better to draw the curtains..."
Even after taking a shower and lying in bed together, Su Qiman still hadn't said what she wanted to say, and she felt a little frustrated.
"I forgot to ask you what your name is." Su Qiman asked. They were lying together, but he still didn't know her name.
"Lu Xi, the Xi of morning light."
"That sounds nice. My name is Su Qiman, Su from Su Shi, Qi next to Wang, and Man from comics," said Su Qiman.
Then there was another silence.
Su Qiman scratched her head frantically. If she didn't say it now, what was the point of asking Lu Xi to come over and sleep over for a night? Tomorrow she would be handed over to that devil again. She would not be willing to do that no matter what she said.
"I feel like your brother is too clingy to you, which is not good. He's already in high school, so he should keep some distance." Su Qiman said tactfully, without revealing her brother's feelings for her.
"Yes, he's a bit clingy." Lu Xi said.
Su Qiman waited for her to continue. He was very clingy, so, then, should he make some changes?
But Lu Xi didn't continue.
"Aren't you annoyed?" Su Qiman pouted.
Lu Xi never felt annoyed by him, but she occasionally felt that he was too unrestrained and crossed the line, and she often had to remind him.
"...I also owe him." Lu Xi said. Although she stayed only for the mission, it was undeniable that she did owe him. He blinded her eyes and became sick and split into two personalities because of her, so she really indulged his clinginess.
"It's not what you thought it would be like to be separated for so many years. If you owe him anything, it should be your parents who owe you."
Su Qiman really couldn't imagine what kind of parents would separate a brother and sister for so many years. Could they be divorced?
Su Qiman didn't want to pry into other people's backgrounds. She just wanted to help this girl she had just met, just like she sent her to the hospital. Although Ancheng was very prosperous, people were also very indifferent to each other. Sometimes you only need to save a life, but most people just pretend not to see it.
"Your brother is already so old, it's better to keep some distance. Boys at this age should be independent."
Lu Xi didn't respond to her. Su Qiman thought that Lu Xi had listened to her this time. In fact, she was just calculating how old a forty-year-old demon cub was equivalent to in human years. The final conclusion was that he still needed to be taken care of at his current age.
Since Lu Xi would keep her distance from him in the future, Su Qiman didn't say anything more. It would be best to nip this illicit relationship in the bud so that they could continue to be siblings. Perhaps, she should find some time to talk to her brother.
Su Qiman was sleeping soundly when she was woken up by a deafening knock on the door. Today was Saturday and she wanted to sleep until she woke up naturally. Who was the lunatic knocking on the door so early?
Lu Xi also woke up. Seeing Su Qiman covering her head with the quilt and hunching over in pain and irritability, she got out of bed and opened the door.
When Lu Xi walked out of the room, Su Qiman, who had been covering her head, suddenly woke up with a start as if she had been electrocuted and jumped up to put on her slippers. She ran out of the room and Lu Xi opened the door just in time. A tall boy was standing at the door. He also looked like he had just woken up and was still wearing a bathrobe.
The most shameful thing was that his hair was messy and there were still faint traces of sleep on his face. He raised his hand and yawned lazily, the corners of his eyes became moist, and a few drops of water were stuck on his eyelashes. The movement of raising his hand caused his already loose pajamas to slide to the side and almost fell off.
Su Qiman's face suddenly darkened. He was so unrestrained at such a young age, especially since she couldn't help swallowing her saliva. Fortunately, Lu Xi's eyes were clear and it seemed that she was not tempted by him.
"What are you doing here?" Su Qiman asked angrily.
The merman didn't even glance at Su Qiman. His distracted gaze fell only on Lu Xi. He licked his lower lip and said, "I'm hungry."
"Can't you make your own breakfast?"
After spending a night together, Su Qiman had already taken on the role of Lu Xi's friend and spoke to the boy without any politeness.
The merman narrowed his narrow eyes and looked very unhappy. The other party had already occupied Miss Lu Xi's time for a whole night, and now he was not allowed to have any contact with her. Patience had its limits. His bony fingers grabbed Lu Xi's wrist and pulled her out the door.
"Come back with me." The merman pulled Lu Xi away.
Su Qiman wanted to stop him, but the doors of their houses were too close to each other and the door closed before she could catch up with him.
"Open the door, open it quickly."
Outside the door, Su Qiman was still knocking hard. Lu Xi noticed the murderous intent in the merman's eyes. She gently tugged at his sleeve, shook her head and said, "Don't hurt her."
Yuan Sen clenched and unclenched his fists, and finally hugged Lu Xi tightly and held her in his arms. He rested his head on her shoulder, one hand on her waist, and the other hand on the back of her head. He breathed deeply, feeling the reality of her in his arms.
"I don't like her." He said in a low voice. He disliked everyone who competed with him for Miss Lu Xi, including himself.
Lu Xi felt that he was holding her too tightly, and she wanted to break free, but she could feel that he was enduring the killing. Before he suppressed it, she didn't dare to act rashly. Although the mermaid in front of her always looked clingy, as Yuan Mu said, his hands were stained with the blood of many people, and of course he wouldn't care about one more person.
And she didn't want him to hurt Su Qiman.
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