[R18] Paradox [siblings] – “Paradox [Sister and Brother]” Chapter 9 [English]

The brave younger brother

When I went home at night, Ling Sinan was alone.

She came back by herself. I don’t know why Ling Qingyuan didn’t come home from school on time.Liu’s mother prepared dinner and heated one for her alone before leaving. Ling Sinan sat at the dining table and finished the meal alone. It felt strange – when she was at the second uncle’s house, although she only lived with the second uncle, she liked to share her day’s experiences with the second uncle at dinner time every day, but such days would never happen again.

After eating and taking a shower, he was doing homework alone in his room. The huge room was a bit scary and spacious, and also a bit scary quiet. Ling Sinan took out his headphones and listened to music while writing papers, which slightly alleviated his uneasiness.

After a long time, Ling Sinan felt a little thirsty. He looked at the time, 21:50, and got up to go to the living room to get a glass of water.

When the door was opened, only the corridor was lit, and the duplex living room outside was dark. Suddenly, there was a slight collision sound in the darkness.

Ling Sinan was startled, and suddenly stepped back on the steps to the living room.

“…Who?” she asked, her voice so low that only she could hear it.

The light in the living room was at the other end. She moved in that direction cautiously, constantly comforting herself. It was all psychological suggestion. The security in this community was so good, and the door at home was a high-end fingerprint security door. Even if a thief wanted to get in, it would not be easy.

Her heart was pounding. Less than two seconds after she walked into the living room, she felt that there was really a figure moving in the darkness behind her!

“Ah ah ah -” Ling Sinan screamed in fright, turned around and fled to the room.

After just two steps, he ran directly into a chest, and the light switch was turned on with a snap.

She looked up and saw a familiar face.

“…Qing, Qingyuan.” She, who was so frightened that she seemed to have found a life-saving straw, clutched her brother’s hand tightly: “There was, someone…”

“It’s me.” Ling Qingyuan looked at her inexplicably, seeing her trembling like a frightened little white rabbit, and found it funny, “Why are you so timid?”

Ling Sinan came over, suddenly let go of He’s hand, and pushed He aside: “Why didn’t you say you were back, and why didn’t you turn on the light in the living room!”

Ling Qingyuan glanced at her, then bent down to pick up the flashlight that she had just knocked to the ground.

“I just finished changing the light bulb and was going to turn on the light, and you came out.” He paused, “I told you when I came back, but you were busy writing papers.”

Ling Sinan followed him step by step: “Why are you coming back so late? Do you usually come home so late? Don’t your parents care about you? Do you eat outside? Next time…” He said a few words. When he saw Ling Qingyuan turning away, he just stood there as if to wait patiently for her to finish. Ling Sinan pursed his lips and added in a low voice: “Next time you come back late, please tell your sister first…”

Under Ling Qingyuan’s originally calm gaze, an indescribable emotion surged through him.

“Afraid of being at home alone?” Ling Qingyuan asked, and the two of them had already reached the door of the room.

Ling Sinan made a sound: “What’s there to be afraid of? I’m just worried that you’ll go home too late and learn bad things from others outside.”

Ling Qingyuan lowered his head and smiled, not bothering to expose her, “I will be late in coming back during this period.”

“Ah? Why?” She was a little depressed.

“I need to prepare for the competition with my classmates in the Olympiad class.”

“Oh.” The reason was fair and aboveboard.

“Are you going to follow me to my room? What were you doing out here just now?” Ling Qingyuan couldn’t help teasing him when he saw the disappointed look on his sister who was following him.

Ling Sinan suddenly woke up and went back to pour water.

When she returned to the room, Ling Qingyuan was sitting on the edge of her bed.

The heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and at this moment, Ling Sinan’s mind flashed with various “messy” scenes between she and her brother… and her face suddenly turned red.

“Don’t think of that kind of thing when you see me.” Ling Qingyuan saw through what she was thinking at a glance and deliberately teased her with her words.

At this time, Ling Qingyuan got rid of the meticulous school uniform and white T-shorts that he wore at home. The young man’s fresh vitality exuded from him without hesitation, making Ling Sinan feel a little palpitated.After hearing what he said, her heart palpitations disappeared. She sat back on the chair and didn’t want to talk to him anymore.

As soon as I sat down, I found a pill on the table.

She was stunned for a moment, then turned back to meet Ling Qingyuan’s eyes: “Did you buy it?”

“Yes.” Ling Qingyuan responded unnaturally, “It is effective within 72 hours, but the sooner you take it, the better.”

Ling Sinan thought of he, a good young man who seemed to be good at both morals and academics, running to the drugstore to buy emergency contraceptive pills, and couldn’t help but want to laugh. It seemed that he was inexplicably picked on by his younger brother at school, but it seemed that he was not so irresistible.

She, this sister is really easy to deal with.

Of course, Ling Qingyuan didn’t realize what she was thinking. He was still explaining to her the precautions for taking medicine and the possible side effects… Obviously he asked the pharmacy staff very seriously. Ling Sinan actually didn’t listen very seriously. His eyes stayed on his brother, and he was thinking more about the behavior that crossed the line between them in the afternoon.

She didn’t come back to her senses until Ling Qingyuan put his hand on the table and bent towards her, and the shadow blocked the light in front of her.

“Do you want to do it again?” He looked at her with raised eyebrows, a look of contempt under the shadow.

She raised her hand to push He’s face away, “Get out of here.” But she couldn’t ignore He’s seductive chuckle in the last second.

“Valid for 72 hours.” He leaned down and whispered in Ling Sinan’s ear: “Sister, let’s not waste it?”

“Qingyuan…do you hate me very much?” Ling Sinan suddenly said without any clue.

Ling Qingyuan’s movements froze. After a while, he straightened up and asked condescendingly, “Why do you say that?”

“What you said in the afternoon…” Ling Sinan raised his head and looked at he: “Is what you did to me considered revenge?” Seeing Ling Qingyuan’s silence, Ling Sinan continued: “I had no choice at that time. I was only eight years old. My parents didn’t want me. Only my second uncle cared about me. He wanted to take me away, and I couldn’t choose not to go.”

Ling Qingyuan frowned, and his peach blossom eyes dimmed slightly: “You said you would be back soon.”

“That’s…” Ling Sinan was a little embarrassed, “A white lie… You held me back then and refused to allow me to leave. If I say this, you will feel better.”

“Do you know how long I’ve been waiting for you?”

“…”

“One month.” Ling Qingyuan said, “At that time, my parents were busy with business and my nanny was not strict. I waited for you at the entrance of the yard every day for a month. I really thought… you would come back soon.”

Ling Sinan had a picture of six-year-old Ling Qingyuan in his mind, holding a car and guarding the gate of the courtyard waiting for her, and suddenly he felt unbearable.

“Because of this, I later contracted the cold. My parents got angry and fired the nanny, and grounded me for half a year. I could only go outside when my parents were around.”

Ling Sinan felt a little empty. She really didn’t expect that her brother cared about her so much at that time.

“He told me that you have a new home and will not come back.” Ling Qingyuan looked at her and spoke in a calm tone.

“… You should know better than me how scary they are.” He smiled, “At that time, I really liked you, sister.”

She felt more and more uncomfortable.

“The result…you forgot about me.”

“By the time I find out where you are, by the time I can ask you about your current situation, you will have forgotten about me.”

“I…” Ling Sinan wanted to refute something, but found that she really had nothing to refute. The Ling family was a place she couldn’t bear to look back on. She wanted to have a new life, so Ling Qingyuan was also regarded by her as part of the Ling family and forgotten in the corner of her memory. At that time, she thought that the much-loved “Yuan Yuan” did not lack her as a sister.

“Are you asking me for revenge?” Ling Qingyuan tilted his head——

“What answer do you want to hear? Sister.”

After that night, she didn’t see Ling Qingyuan for several days.

However, she didn’t have any spare time. She was enrolled in a special cram school organized by the school’s English group. She had to attend a one-hour English tutoring class after school at 5:30 p.m. every day. She could only go home after class at 6:30 p.m. Ling Siyuan came back even later than she did. Even after she came back, she just worked on the questions in silence in the room. Apart from meeting each other in the morning, their timelines had almost no intersection.

She almost forgot what she had done with her brother, and she also felt that probably, maybe, this twisted relationship would just end.

Especially in the past two days, he has become more and more busy. Sometimes he doesn’t even see anyone in the morning because he has to go to school early.

He is preparing for the International Physics Olympiad next month.

Ling Qingyuan was not a child who only relied on talent. At that moment, Ling Sinan realized that he was really working hard, much harder than himself.

At noon, she was sent by the teacher to deliver something to the student union, and unexpectedly met he.

When he knocked on the door and entered the social office, Ling Qingyuan was still trapped among several people and was too busy to move away.

She sometimes really doesn’t understand how one person can be so comprehensive, playing ball, reading, socializing, and still being the president of the student union despite his busy schedule.

The two people just looked at each other from a distance.

Ling Qingyuan’s eyes under his glasses were as calm as ever. Several officers were noisy next to him, but he could always point out the interests with a few words.

She listened from a distance for a while. When the propaganda director named Brother Xiang saw her coming, he shouted at the top of his voice: “Ling Qingyuan, your sister is here -”

Everyone in the room turned their attention to him, and Ling Sinan was immediately flattered.

Ling Qingyuan sighed: “I saw it, you don’t need to broadcast.” He explained a few words to the classmates on the left and right, and led her out.

“Why don’t you be so polite? Even if I’m a road idiot, I can still walk the same way.” Ling Sinan muttered quietly beside him.

Ling Qingyuan said: “I’m here to ask you how your English tutoring went.”

“…Why is your younger brother more strict than other people’s fathers?” She looked at him and said, vaguely feeling that he was not energetic today.

“There are more than ten days until the mock exam, and I’m afraid you won’t be able to keep up.” Ling Qingyuan walked to the corner of the corridor and saw that no one was around, so he leaned against the wall with his back against the wall and his head raised to relax.

Ling Sinan felt a little distressed for some reason: “Are you okay?”

Ling Qingyuan raised his chin and glanced at her lowly: “If you can pass the mock test, I’ll be fine.”

“…Can we not mention the mock exam?”

“Or you do it with me again.”

“…Let’s take the mock test.”

Ling Qingyuan raised his hand to support his chin and laughed, then spread his arms towards her: “Sister.”

Ling Sinan’s heart softened when he suddenly called her “sister”. At this moment, Ling Sinan had the illusion that she would give him whatever he wanted.

Ling Sinan responded and walked over.

The next second, he was hugged into his arms.

“Ling, Ling Qingyuan!” She exclaimed, “You are crazy, this is the corridor!”

“Shh.” Ling Qingyuan leaned against her ear and whispered: “Just hold her for a while, just for a while.”

Ling Sinan was held stiffly by He and looked at the other end of the corridor in fear, fearing that someone would come out.

The sound of her brother’s long breathing was in her ears, and she couldn’t help but feel a little distracted.

“I won’t let him send you away.” Ling Qingyuan’s voice was a little soft, a little hoarse, and more tired.

Ling Sinan felt that the body leaning against her was slightly warm, and she pulled away: “Qingyuan, are you——”

She raised her hand to touch him, but he blocked her.

“I’m fine.” Ling Qingyuan’s eyes returned to their usual clarity in a moment, he put down his long legs and stood up straight again.

He said nothing more, turned around and disappeared behind the corner.

Ling Sinan stayed with his heart hanging until school was over.

The cram school teacher’s lectures were boring, but Ling Sinan was still taking notes seriously.

In fact, for her, it is better to leave this home. Since she is not welcome, why bother to put her hot face on someone’s cold butt?

But after what her brother said that day, she suddenly felt that she had a reason to stay.

Suddenly, there was a commotion on the playground.

When Ling Sinan looked over, a small crowd gathered there.

She glanced briefly and turned her attention to the blackboard again.After the cram school class ended, she and her classmates walked back side by side on the road.

There are a few on-duty students at the school gate who have just finished their rotation today and are also walking with them.

“Have you heard? Ling Qingyuan fainted on the playground today.”

“It is said that he has a high fever. It seems that his parents came to school to pick him up.”

Ling Sinan stopped.

——She is indeed not a competent sister.