Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
Yi Lin looked at the man’s exquisite and perfect handsome face come close to her, he looked at her quietly. His long lashes that were like two rows of brushes were about to touch her skin. The scent on his body was very mesmerizing, and it was pure and masculine to her nose.
As he looked at her quietly, it gave her a wrong feeling of deep romance.
She was enchanted by him, and she slowly closed her eyes.
At this moment, her right hand became empty as the photo frame was snatched away.
Yi Lin opened her eyes suddenly. Those thin lips were just 2cm away from her face as she expected, and he did not kiss her.
“Yin Muchen, go and die!” She clenched her teeth.
The man distanced himself away and left. He took the photo frame in his hand, laughed, frowned, then said, “Are you sure that you want me to die? Won’t you be upset?”
Yi Lin: “…”
Yin Muchen turned his body around to leave. He wanted to place the photo frame back onto the coffee table.
But the moment he turned around, his irises contracted. He did not know when the doors of the condominium unit were open, and Yin Shuiling was standing at the side of the door.
At this moment, her small, fair hands were holding onto the straps of her bag. Her eyes were at a loss, and she looked to be in a daze as she stared at them in fear.
Her eyes were becoming more moist, and she looked to be on the brink of tears.
Yin Muchen could not bear to see her like this. Her eyes were extremely innocent but very distant. He went into the living room, and he bent over to put the photo frame down. He had his normal expression and a warm smile on his face. “Shuiling, you are back from school already?”
At this moment, the Aunty in the kitchen walked out. She stepped forward to take the girl’s school bag as she said, “Miss Yin is back already? This is perfect timing; dinner is ready. Wash your hands and get ready for dinner then.”
“Muchen.” Yi Lin walked to the side of the man. She stared at Yin Shuiling curiously as she said, “This is the woman you are supporting? Isn’t she too young?”
Yin Muchen looked at the girl’s dazed expression on her small face. He squinted his eyes as he looked diagonally over. “My younger sister, Yin Shuiling.”
The satisfaction in Yi Lin’s eyes was about to overflow. “Oh, it turns out that she is actually your younger sister. Sorry, Little Sister, I have mistaken you.”
Yin Muchen’s dark, marble-like eyes scanned the girl once again. “Shuiling, this is Yi Lin… Older Sister.”
“If you want to call me Sister-in-Law Yi Lin, I would also not mind that, Little Younger Sister.”
This was the first time in Yin Shuiling’s life that she saw Older Brother together with another woman. She had never thought that Older Brother would be together with another woman. The word “Sister-in-law” was never in her dictionary.
No matter how foolish she was, she also knew what “Sister-in-Law” meant.
Her small, fair hand firmly held her skirt until her fingernails deeply pierced her palms, but she did not feel any pain. She looked at Yi Lin as she addressed her obediently. “Older Sister Yi Lin.”
Yin Muchen looked at the school skirt that was folded by her into multiple creases by her, and he nodded his head before he said, “Okay, let’s go. Let’s eat dinner together.”
…
The three of them sat around the rectangular dining table. Yin Muchen was seated at the head position, with Yin Shuiling and Yi Lin seated opposite one another.
Yin Shuiling did not say a single word. She tilted her small head downwards as she ate the white rice in the bowl. She was very very focused as she ate.
At this moment, a pair of chopsticks stretched over. There was an additional piece of sirloin in her bowl. The man beside her gently asked, “Shuiling, why are you just eating rice but not eating any of the dishes? Are the dishes today not to your taste?”
Yin Shuiling wanted to speak, but Yi Lin who was opposite her said, “Muchen, you are so biased. You gave your younger sister dishes but did not give any to me. I also want it.”
Yin Shuiling lifted her head up to look at Yi Lin. This older sister was very beautiful, and she was probably the most beautiful woman Yin Shuiling had ever seen.
Older Sister Yi Lin’s beauty was different from hers. She was too inexperienced and was still a young girl, and Older Sister Yi Lin was beautiful like a woman.
And others that looked at her would go red in the face and ears.
Yin Shuiling looked at Older Brother who was beside her. Older Brother did not have much of an expression, but he did use his chopsticks to also take a piece of sirloin to give to Older Sister Yi Lin.
This made Yi Lin happy in an instant.
“Muchen, my trip to T City this time was not entirely to look for you to have fun. My father asked me to recommend a project to you. There is a part of Southeast Asia that is preparing to mine for gold; let us start to speculate gold prices.”
Yin Muchen’s hand that he used to hold his chopsticks froze for a moment. He curled the corners of his lips as he looked at Yi Lin. “I have yet to hear of this piece of news. It is still Professor who has wide connections. He has first hand news. The moment this first batch gets in, there is no doubt that we will profit immensely. Help me to thank Professor first.”
“Why do you have to thank Professor? Could you actually not understand Professor’s meaning?” Yi Lin used her finger to point at herself. “It is all good as long you treat me better.”
Yin Muchen had a vague smile on his face without saying a single word.
At this moment, Yin Shuiling lifted her small head up, and her voice was soft and coy as she looked at Yin Muchen and asked him, “Older Brother, what is the meaning of gold price speculation? Can we also play around with gold?”
She knew what gold was, but she had never seen anyone playing around with gold.
“Pfft.” Yi Lin laughed out directly. She looked at Yin Shuiling and said, “Little younger sister, did the monkeys send you over here? Gold price speculation is a financial jargon; did you think that we would be literally playing with gold? Your Older Brother is doing business and he has to do well in the business world to be able to take care of you.”
Yin Shuiling’s tiny face was crimson red. She drooped her small head down as she continued to eat her rice, and this time, she could not even taste the flavour of the rice anymore.
She had good results in school. She looked pretty. All of her teachers and classmates treated her preciously. She also worked hard, she knew how to draw, dance, play the piano, and she was talented in multiple aspects.
But this was really the first time she heard of the term “gold price speculation.”
She had embarrassed herself tremendously.
At this moment, she wanted to dig a hole in the ground to bury herself in.
Actually, she felt very uncomfortable inside her heart. She looked at Older Brother and Older Sister Yi Lin chat with one another. She was unable to add anything to their conversation. She also did not understand what they were talking about. She also wanted to merge into Older Brother’s circle and help Older Brother carry his burden.
But she was so useless.
Yin Muchen turned his gaze sideways to look at Yi Lin briefly. He had a frown on his face, and it was very apparent that he was upset as he said. “Eat your dinner!”
“I…”
“I am already full. I will go be going upstairs.” At this moment, Yin Shuiling stood up. She turned around, went through the living room, and dashed upstairs.
After she entered her room, she heard the sounds coming from the dining room. “Muchen, why did you get angry at me? What did I say wrong?”
“Forget it, go and eat your dinner quickly. After dinner, I will have the chauffeur send you back to the hotel.”
“I don’t want to. I don’t want to go back to the hotel. I want to stay here.”
…
In the room, Yin Shuiling sat before her own study desk. She shook her small head, and she forgot everything she had heard and seen. She stretched her hand out to open her school bag, then took out her homework booklet.
She took her math homework out.
Actually, she also hated herself. She performed well in all of her subjects, but she only fared poorly in math, Older Brother did well in math, and she also wanted to follow in his footsteps, but no matter how hard she tried, she just could not master math well.
Listening to how that Older Sister Yi Lin spoke, she must be good at math, because she could chat so happily with Older Brother.
She opened the booklet up and started to answer the multiple choice questions first.
This question was harder than usual. She bit her pink bottom lip as she chose option C, but when she flipped to the back for the answers, the correct answer was A.
She did not know why, some things just could not be controlled. The tip of her nose went sour, and the sparkling tears in her eyes fell onto the homework booklet.
Actually, when she stepped into the door just now, she looked on for a long period of time. She saw Older Brother press Older Sister Yi Lin down, and Older Sister Yi Lin hugged his neck as Older Brother kissed her.
The French windows, that position, last Friday, Older Brother did all of that to her back then.
And now Older Brother was kissing another person.
Older Brother probably…did not like her anymore now.
There was a lamp on the study desk. The light made the girl’s young and tender skin look translucent and soft. She bit hard on her bottom lip until a blood stain appeared. She tried to control her sobs as she teared up silently.
The girl was a tiny and pinkish bundle. She shook as she sobbed, and she looked upset and pitiful.
Knock knock! The sound of someone knocking on the door rang out in the air. The man’s deep and mesmerizing voice came over. “Shuiling.”
Yin Shuiling was shocked; it was Older Brother. She used both of her small hands to hurriedly wipe away her tears. There were tear stains on the homework booklet, and she speedily flipped the pages to the middle section.
“Older Brother, you can come in now.”
The door of the room was opened, and Yin Muchen walked in.
The girl drooped her small head down as she did her homework, She looked both focused and serious, Yin Muchen closed the door. He had one of his hands in his pocket as he walked over to her side. He cast his gaze down to look at the homework questions. They were very easy for him, and he could tell the answer the moment he saw them. He stretched his hand out to touch her small head, “Do you know how to do them? Do you need Older Brother to teach you?”
Yin Shuiling sat up straight, she straightened her beautiful back upright, as she did not say a single word.
Yin Muchen bent over. He placed his right hand around her small shoulders as he held her small hand that she used to hold the ballpoint pen. His voice was extremely gentle, and it sounded extremely mesmerizing in the silent room as it echoed.
“This question is very easy. This is a three dimensional math question. Older Brother will write down the solutions for you to have a look…”
All Yin Shuiling could see in her line of vision was Older Brother’s cool and forceful handwriting. She did not see what Older Brother wrote. She only knew that Older Brother’s posture right now was if he were hugging her. Her small hand was a little cold. Older Brother’s palm as warm and comfortable, and it was twice the size of hers.
The scent on Older Brother was very pleasant to the nose. It did not have any trace of alcohol or cigarettes, and it was the familiar masculine scent that was clean and mesmerizing.
Maybe in the past, she would feel sweet, but now, she was only upset.
Because Older Brother was not hers only.
Yin Muchen was solving the question. Her voice was both gentle and afraid like a tiny lamb as she abruptly said, “Older Brother, do you need a lot of money to support me? But Older Sister Yi Lin can bring you a lot of money right?”
She still did not understand what was the meaning of engaging in gold price manipulation, but all of this did not matter now. It would be all fine as long as she understood the key point of the question.
Heh.
Yin Muchen froze. He let go of her small hand. He placed his right hand on the back of her chair. The left hand that he placed in his pocket was taken out as he used two fingers to pin her small lower jaw down, and he turned her small face over.
He scanned her slightly red eyes.His line of vision landed on her tender lips that she bit and bruised by herself. His thin lips moved as he asked, “Did you cry?”
Yin Shuiling did not nod or shake her head. She fluttered her long, thick eyelashes and looked at him with moist eyes, “Older Brother, will Older Sister Yi Lin stay here tonight? She… How long is she going to stay here for?”
Yin Muchen slowly brushed her soft lips with his thumb. That part that was broken was bleeding with a little bit of blood. He wiped the fresh blood away until her small, pink, attractive lips had a beautiful shade of red on them.
It was a shade of red that belonged to a small woman.
He laughed. His clear, dark eyes had a sharp and straight glance as he looked into her eyes as if he were going to pierce through her heart with his gaze. “Shuiling, do you want Older Sister Yi Lin to stay here?”
Heh.
