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

Ling Qingyuan couldn’t stay longer for the afternoon exam. After all, his mother’s current attitude made him have to be wary.

However, Ling Sinan is not that pretentious. Having her younger brother come to the scene to cheer her on, she feels that her motivation is enough.

“Will you come tomorrow?” She leaned on the terrace and looked at the night view of the city, and couldn’t help but ask the person on the other end of the phone.

[Yes, but I may not be able to show up in the morning. When you finish the exam, I will be waiting for you outside the door.]

The voice on the other end of the phone was clear and clear, and although the tone remained unchanged, a certain restrained tenderness could still be heard.

He also stood on the terrace and had a bird’s eye view of the same city night view.

In the living room behind him, his parents were arguing about something, but he didn’t care about the specific reason.

After whispering a few more words, he finally hung up the phone as the noise behind him gradually subsided.

He turned away, still leaning on the railing with his elbows, and his peripheral vision scanned the cold world in the room indifferently, just like his suddenly cooling state of mind.

I really want warmth.

Fingertips feel cold.

elder sister.

On the afternoon of the second and last day of the college entrance examination, before Ling Sinan entered the examination room, he saw a Mercedes-Benz S500 on the roadside.

The reason why she can name the car is because in the Ling family, Qiu Shanhua’s car is an S500.

The same car model, the same color, even the first three digits of the license plate number were exactly the same, but because of the crowds of people entering the venue, she didn’t notice the number behind the license plate.

This kind of car is not something you can see casually on the roadside, let alone a coincidence like this.

Is she here?where is she?Why did she come?what happened?

Various thoughts were swirling in his mind. When Ling Sinan realized it, the exam had already begun.

She even missed the first two questions of listening because she was confused.

Even if I don’t want to be distracted, the outline of the car will inevitably emerge.

Wait a minute, Qingyuan said he would wait for her at the door after the exam.

Will that… what if she is discovered? Is she here to wait for her, or is she here to catch Qingyuan?

Thinking about it all at once, I had memorized the words by heart——

I forgot all about it.

The silver-gray car body was like a creeping shadow in the darkness, climbing up her back unconsciously, until the coldness choked her throat, choking her until she couldn’t breathe.

The whole figure seems to have sunk into the water. The light on the water surface is getting darker and darker, and the distance is growing uncontrollably.

Feeling of suffocation.

Feeling of powerlessness.

The moment the bell rang, Ling Sinan stared blankly at the English test paper for a while.

She didn’t check and couldn’t find anything.

Following the same mechanical movements as everyone else, she passed the paper forward, and she just watched the page that contained a part of her life disappear from her eyes.

There is only one person she is thinking about right now.

Ling Qingyuan.

The first time she got her phone back, she saw the message on WeChat——

[Something happened, so I might not be able to arrive on time.]

She held her cell phone and ran along the strap of her schoolbag. The classmates on both sides looked over in confusion, and some classmates greeted her, but she didn’t waste time and quickly rushed to the school gate, looking towards the roadside where the S500 was previously parked.

there is none left.

There is nothing there anymore.

Ha…ha…she raised her head and gasped.

I was troubled by an exam. Why?

You obviously don’t care anymore, so what’s the point of it?

The phone vibrated.

She stood at the school gate where people were coming and going, looking down.

[Did the exam go well?]

[Sorry, I can’t come today. I’ll tell you later.]

The crowd passed by her, and she looked at her phone quietly, her fingertips sliding on the screen for a long time, but she didn’t know how to respond.

When she ended the exam in a daze, she already felt that she had screwed up.

It was Qingyuan who tutored him most carefully in English.

Promised that he would go to University F——promised boldly over and over again.

Ling Sinan suddenly felt weak in his legs and squatted down in an instant.

There were many disturbing thoughts and thoughts that began to roll around in her mind uncontrollably, and she gritted her teeth to calm herself down.

“Ling Sinan——”

Slowly raising her eyes from between her arms, her focus was blurred by the pressure on her retina for a moment. After a little bit of focus, she finally saw a tall and capable woman standing on the other side of the street. Behind her——

It’s a Mercedes-Benz S500.

The vehicle was driving smoothly on the road, and the woman in the passenger seat looked as dignified and delicate as ever.

The bridge of the nose is high and the ends of the eyes are protruding.

You can see some of the genes Ling Qingyuan inherited.

So what about she… How is there anything like her in her?Or, how many things about her are unlike her that make her avoid him so much?

On the phone screen, there was still no response from the dialed number.

[Next time, tell me where we want to take you.]

Then at least answer the phone first, asshole!

Five minutes ago, Qiu Shanhua asked her to get in the car outside the examination room.

It’s not that she hasn’t thought about what her brother said, but what can she do?Is it possible that he can still escape from her sight like a 100-meter sprint?

The most important thing is that she asked her——

“Aren’t you curious where Yuanyuan went?”

That sounds like an inducement, but it also sounds like a threat.

So she got in the car.

The place we went to was a private room in a Japanese food store. One look at the decoration showed that it was not cheap.

After entering, Qiu Shanhua found a seat and sat down. He patted the tatami seat next to him and said, “Sit.”

Ling Sinan felt nervous and uneasy, but still tried his best to remain calm on his face and stood motionless at the entrance.

There were only her mother and daughter in the private room.

There was a noisy wine shop outside, but there was absolute silence in the private room. The mother and daughter looked at each other, and no one spoke.

Then, as if to break the eerie silence, a waiter dressed in kimono came in and served tea to Qiu Shanhua, who was already seated.

When he was about to pour tea for Ling Sinan, Qiu Shanhua waved her hand to let her out. He probably realized that the atmosphere was strange, and the waiter left in a sensible manner.

After she left, Qiu Shanhua said slowly: “I have a place for you to sit, but you must stand. Don’t say that I treat my daughter like a dog.”

Ling Sinan thought for a while, then walked to sit opposite her.

She wanted to ask where Ling Qingyuan had gone, but she couldn’t find the direction to open the topic.

“Yesterday, Yuanyuan went to see you.” Qiu Shanhua took a sip of tea, and a sentence came out from the gap between the rim of the cup and his red lips.

Ling Sinan frowned: “What?” His heart skipped a beat.

“Don’t act stupid, I saw with my own eyes the examination room he sent you into.”

His heart was suddenly grasped by a hand.

The tea cup was placed on the low table. Qiu Shanhua lowered his slender eyebrows and said, “After all, we are siblings. Yuanyuan’s feelings for you are not so easy to alienate.”

——she doesn’t know.

Ling Sinan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Her tone of voice showed that she didn’t know that the relationship between her and Qingyuan had long surpassed that of siblings and had reached the level of lovers. This was probably a blessing in misfortune.

“Sinan.”

It’s rare for her to call her name so tenderly.

“Mom hopes that you will keep your distance from your brother.” But behind the warmth is a network that has been waiting for a long time.

Ling Sinan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly smiled, raised his hand to take the teapot, and poured himself a cup of barley tea.

Sure enough, you shouldn’t have false illusions.

The fragrance of barley evaporates with the white smoke of the heat. It was originally a comfortable smell, but it dissipated in the tight space.

“Why?” she raised her chin and asked, still smiling.

“Qingyuan is different from the environment you grew up in. He has his life, and you have… your life.”

“I didn’t.” Ling Sinan suddenly judged, “He didn’t either.”

Qiu Shanhua frowned: “What did you say?”

“Hasn’t my life been trampled into mud under your feet a long time ago?” Ling Sinan asked, “As for Qingyuan… the life he lives, does it really belong to him?”

“It sounds like you know it very well. Compared with your peers, are you missing an arm or a leg in your life now? Have we abused you? Or have we forced you to work and study?”

Ling Sinan tilted his head and cast his gaze towards the diagonal corner of the ceiling. There was a tiny gecko clinging to the wall motionless.”It’s not just my arms and legs that you abandoned?”

“Ling Sinan, please speak to me properly.” Qiu Shanhua didn’t seem to want her to be so negative anymore, so he simply went straight to the point: “Your brother and you are not from the same world. You should be very clear about this. Besides, if you really regard him as a younger brother, and for his sake as a sister, you should stay away from him. Unless you want to regret it one day when you hear something happened to him.”

Ling Sinan clutched the cup tightly and pursed her lips.

“It’s you who don’t know whether he and I are from the same world.”

She raised her eyes. Her almond-shaped eyes, which used to be moist and pitiful, were now shining brightly, like a clear mirror, and even her lips curled up. “And tell him about keeping a distance? You don’t want to take care of your daughter, but you can’t take care of your son, either?”

“Crack” the sound of the teacup hitting the table.

Qiu Shanhua stared at her, his eyes were like nails drilled into the wall, locking the edge and hiding the sharpness, but still could not hide the sharp desire to break through the wall.

“Is this what a daughter should say to her mother?!”

Ling Sinan lowered his head, pursed his lips and smiled softly.

“Mom…never said what a mother should say.”

This sentence made Qiu Shanhua briefly lost in thought, but when she looked back, her eyes were filled with fire. Thinking of her son’s contradictory, lying, and other behaviors after her daughter returned, she felt even more angry: “You will completely destroy him…”

“No.” Ling Sinan looked at her mother on the other side of the table intently, “It was you who ruined him.”

Just as he was talking, the door of the Japanese room was opened again.

The first person to come in this time was Ling Sinan’s father, Ling Miao.

The man following him is very unfamiliar to her, but judging from his dress, he should be a businessman similar to his father.

He is about fifty years old, with a resolute face, and looks much more experienced than Ling Miao.

“Mr. Shen, it’s really hard to meet each other. We must not get drunk today and never come back.” Ling Miao smiled and asked the other party to sit down. At the end of his words, he exchanged a look with Qiu Shanhua.

Ling Sinan felt something was wrong and got up to leave.

But Ling Miao raised his hand and pressed her shoulder, and said to the man called Mr. Shen: “This is the humble girl Ling Sinan. She just finished the college entrance examination today.” Then he patted her on the back and motioned to Ling Sinan: “Call me uncle.”

Shen Guoxu’s scrutinizing eyes fell on Ling Sinan, with the dignity of an elder.

Even though he was reluctant at all costs, his courtesy to his elders still made Ling Sinan call out: “Uncle.”

Shen Guoxu looked at her for a long time and then nodded.

Ling Sinan felt that her feet were numb at this time, and the fists on her skirt were clenched.

Mother Qiu Shanhua didn’t know when she changed her position and sat on her right side.

While Ling Miao and Shen Guoxu were chatting, Qiu Shanhua reminded her in her ear: “I know you have a good relationship, but if you still want to see your brother, just finish this meal here.”

“Otherwise…”

“His place in an Australian school is still waiting for him.”

Her pupils suddenly tightened.

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It’s winter time, so updates will be delayed by 1 hour.

The number of words in the latest update is a little less, so I can’t stay up late, so I’ll be more patient.