Chapter 574

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Chapter 574: Is One Enough?

Bai Xinghui，Yagyū Simozi.

Bai Wei’s two sisters, they know each other, but their relationship… is very bad.

It was so bad that during Yagyū Simozi’s five years in the Ming Country, they met privately less than ten times.

Bai Xinghui is around the same age as Bai Wei but slightly taller than Yagyū Simozi. They have not had many opportunities to meet each other since they have been at the Great Ming Academy Palace.

Usually, when people don’t see each other often, their relationship doesn’t become bad. Most ordinary people are polite to strangers and people they are not familiar with. But since their first meeting, it seemed like they had marked each other as enemies and they couldn’t sit down calmly and talk it out.

Bai Wei asked Yagyū Simozi why they couldn’t get along. Yagyū Simozi gave a vague answer, whether it was because of a gut feeling or their natural personalities being different. In short, they just didn’t like each other.

Because of Bai Wei’s family situation, he has been taken care of by different families since he was six or seven years old. Sometimes it was uncles and aunts, sometimes it was other relatives. He also lived at his ancestral home for a few years. Normally, relying on others can lead to negative results, but Bai Wei’s relatives were reliable and there were many children in the family, so the strong family atmosphere helped everyone to get along.

Bai Xinghui and Bai Wei have actually spent a few years together. They are closest in age, with a few older cousins. But Bai Xinghui, who prefers peace and quiet, can spend a whole day reading a book.

Even so, she does care about her older brother, Bai Wei, but she doesn’t show it openly.

At first, she strongly opposed Bai Wei living alone at home because their uncle and aunt would not be able to take care of him.

Unfortunately, the child’s opinion didn’t matter, and Bai Wei was determined to live alone.

They continued like this for another two or three years, and things were going fine, until their uncle and aunt brought along Yagyū Simozi, who was not good with words.

In the beginning, she also went to meet Yagyū Simozi. At first, she didn’t really like or dislike her because it was her aunt and uncle’s decision. But unsurprisingly, her aunt and uncle quickly shifted the responsibility to Bai Wei, who was not yet an adult, to take care of the little girl.

Bai Xinghui didn’t understand at first, but later she went and found out that these two people were already living together and their relationship was getting better and better.

It was also around that time that Bai Wei started going to the ancestral home less and less. Most of the time, he was busy running his own small family, gradually becoming independent.

Later on, when the Kirin race incident happened, Bai Wei became partially withdrawn, causing a significant impact on the entire Bai family.

Instead, Bai Xinghui got admitted to the Great Ming Academy Palace without exams. Considering her brother’s mood, very few people in the family knew about this, and they kept it a secret for quite some time.

She was so busy with her studies that she had no time to take care of family matters in Yan City.

The practical siblings hadn’t seen each other for almost a year or two, and they only had the chance to meet on New Year’s Eve.

But about half a year ago, Bai Xinghui learned about Yagyū Simozi bringing Bai Wei back to Yingzhou through a letter. It made her realize deeply that she really disliked this girl from Yingzhou.

It was different from Yagyū Simozi’s automatic defensive hostility system.

Bai Xinghui’s dislike towards her accumulated slowly, like her own position being gradually replaced step by step.

Her own sense of existence as a younger sister was getting lower and lower, while her sense of existence was increasing, almost completely taking over her own position.

In fact, this is indeed the case. Before Bai Wei returned to Yingzhou, he never thought about having so many relatives in the Ming Country. As for Bai Xinghui, his impression of her mostly focused on their childhood companionship. After high school, there was hardly any impression left. The truth is, true interpersonal relationships are established in high school, college, and later in society. The relationships built during this time will be more reliable.

Similarities repel each other, just like there can only be one queen in the coral sea.

Yagyū Simozi took the position that Bai Xinghui was forced to give up. The former instinctively sensed the hostility and threat, while the latter felt a sense of intrusion.

But…even if she felt uncomfortable, what could she do?

After living together for so many years, they are already like real family members, while I am falling behind and becoming an irrelevant outsider.

Elder brother Bai Wei already had a very weak sense of kinship towards everyone. After returning from Yingzhou, it became even weaker. He didn’t even mention Sakurai Shiru being included in the family genealogy at all. It means that she doesn’t even need to change her surname; as long as she has legal status in our household registration, it’s enough. The embassy has already completed the procedures; next, we just need to go to the local police station for registration. It’s clear that my elder brother really doesn’t care.

Bai Xinghui feels very upset.

The older brother pretended to cooperate, but deep down he still felt distant.

Being polite is for outsiders, why be polite with family? After eating with loved ones, would you still praise them for doing a good job? Instead, you might nitpick and say the food is bland today, and offer to cook tomorrow.

When Bai Xinghui came as a guest, she truly became an outsider, there was no longer a place for her in this home.

It wasn’t really her home to begin with.

Even though, but… it’s really frustrating.

She realized that she still had possessiveness in her heart, like being the forever princess in someone’s heart. Having an important place in someone’s heart was something to be proud of and show off. But if that place was taken or replaced, it would create a strong contrast and feeling of loss, like a dog suddenly stopping to lick, the person being licked might even start chasing after them. Today they ignore their love, tomorrow they can’t reach that high. Human nature is self-deprecating.

Bai Xinghui had many things she wanted to say, but they couldn’t come out.

She had to steer the conversation towards someone else, "Sakurai Shiru, right? What does our older brother plan to do?"

"Not much." Bai Wei gently stroked the girl’s hair. "Just come back, follow the procedures, and obey the rules."

"I mean, isn’t she included in the family genealogy?"

"The old man doesn’t lack granddaughters." Bai Wei casually said, "If the old man doesn’t like it, I can’t force it. Besides, it doesn’t matter. She will return to Yingzhou in the future and won’t stay in the Ming Country."

"Just like her?" Bai Xinghui looked at Yagyū Simozi, who responded with a strong gaze.

Bai Wei said, "She’s naturally not suited for martial arts. Even if we bring her back to show the old man, he won’t be satisfied. Let it be."

Seeing that it was getting late, he got up and took Sakurai Shiru upstairs, preparing to make the bed for her to sleep.

Bai Wei and Sakurai Shiru left, leaving Yagyū and Xinghui in the living room on the first floor. Both women had their hands on the table, one tapping on the surface and the other half-clenching her fist.

"Heartless person." Bai Xinghui fired back, without hesitation.

"It’s not the Bai family who has shown kindness to me, but my brother."

"Since you know, you shouldn’t have brought my older brother to Yingzhou."

"I can’t stop my older brother from choosing, and what’s wrong with Yingzhou? He knows a lot of people and has many friends there."

"People from the Ming Country won’t live in a foreign land for long. My brother should settle down here. You’ve been away for so long without even a message, and you’ve influenced everything," Bai Xinghui said coldly. "Since you came, everything has changed."

"What a joke! My brother has been living alone, and you never cared about him or paid any attention. And now you’re blaming me?" Yagyū Simozi sneered. "Have I become a seductress for the eldest son of the Bai family?"

"Not you," Bai Xinghui said calmly. "You didn’t succeed in seducing him."

"You…!" One sentence caused real harm. Yagyū Simozi’s defenses were broken, and she fell silent.

After thinking for a while, she regained her confidence. "I still have time, and I have plenty of opportunities. When my brother and I get married, we won’t invite you. We will live happily in Yingzhou for the rest of our lives. Since you said that, if I can’t do it, I would be betraying myself now, wouldn’t I?"

"Ha…" Bai Xinghui smiled lightly. "Maybe you don’t know why my brother came back. Let me tell you now. I hope you’re prepared. He came back to participate in a blind date. He just finished the first round this afternoon."

"So what?" Yagyū Simozi said coldly.

Bai Xinghui didn’t say anything because Bai Wei had already come down from the second floor, and she stood up at the right time.

"You’re leaving? Let me walk you." Bai Wei said.

"No need, I’ll drive." Bai Xinghui pushed open the door, paused for a moment, and turned back, saying, "Are you sure about today’s matters, older brother?"

Bai Wei immediately followed, "I’ll escort you to the parking lot first."

Bai Xinghui deliberately paused at the door, shaking her head and said, "Tomorrow, there will be another round of blind dates. Please be prepared."

Bai Wei looked puzzled, "Why another round?"

Hasn’t it already…

Bai Xinghui smiled, "The eldest son of the Bai family is expected to have many offspring. How can one be enough? Nowadays, the male-to-female ratio in our country is imbalanced, there’s a shortage of men and fewer young individuals. Older brother should consider the country and why not marry more wives and have children?"

For the country, it’s a duty to marry more wives! It’s unquestionable!

Although I really want to say this, it’s too strange to mention.

Bai Wei could only ask seriously, "Does your blind date know about this?"

"Rest assured, they are all okay with it."

"How is that possible?" Bai Wei didn’t believe it. Ao Hanli definitely didn’t know, but Xue Hanlei might.

"I won’t deceive my older brother." Bai Xinghui touched on the topic then said, "I should take my leave."

"Ah…" Bai Wei was still pondering.

"Oh, right." Bai Xinghui cleared her throat. "It seems that the girl your brother met today is very satisfied. If he confirms that he likes this type, it will be convenient for future arrangements. It’s just perfect that tomorrow is also a good day."

Bai Wei’s first reaction was to turn around and indeed, a little head peeked out from behind the door, with a gradually turning pale expression, then turned to stone.

Bai! Xing! Hui!

"Brother, don’t forget to explain to your ‘dear wife’ at home."

Bai Xinghui succeeded with one strike and then left, her laughter echoing through the street.