Volume 3 Chapter 48
by Golden DragonVolume 3 + Chapter 48: Qianxue Comes Calling
Ding-dong! Just as Bai Yuxuan was explaining lessons to Qianyue, an urgent, rapid ringing came from outside the door.
“Keep reading. I’ll go see who it is.” With that, Bai Yuxuan headed toward the entrance.
“Bai Yuxuan! Open up right now, I know you’re home!” As soon as Bai Yuxuan approached the door, a familiar voice rang out from outside.
Seeing the blond-haired girl outside with her cheeks puffed up in anger, Bai Yuxuan’s heart fluttered uncontrollably. Because Qianxue had been away competing, she hadn’t seen him for an entire week.
“Ah, that adorable face is just too unfair.” Looking at those angry, puffed-out cheeks, she wanted nothing more than to throw the door open, pull Qianxue into her arms, and ruffle him up ruthlessly. But with her future sister-in-law still inside, she had to restrain herself.
“Qianyue, your sister has come to pick you up.” Bai Yuxuan called out to Qianyue inside the room.
“Sister? How does she know I’m here?” Qianyue suddenly felt a pang of guilt.
“Because I told your homeroom teacher where you are and that you’re with me. The fact that she found her way here means she’s already met with your teacher.”
“Meaning my brother knows everything? Oh no, my phone!” Only then did Qianyue remember that she had turned off her phone when she fled the school. She quickly powered it on, only to see over a hundred missed calls from Ouyang Qianxue.
“Th-this is terrible! What should I do? I’ve been skipping school for so long and hiding everything from her. Now that she knows everything, she must be furious, right?”
“Mm, indeed. When I peeked through the peephole just now, her cheeks were puffed up like a blowfish.”
“Waaah~ What do I do? Senior Yuxuan, you have to help me!” Sensing disaster looming, Qianyue immediately turned to Bai Yuxuan for help. Through their days together, Qianyue had come to fully appreciate how resourceful senior Yuxuan was. If anyone could handle her brother, it was her.
“This is the one thing I can’t help you with.”
“Please, I’m begging you ( >﹏< )” Seeing Bai Yuxuan refuse, Qianyue’s eyes instantly welled up with tears. She widened her cat-like eyes and gazed pitifully at Bai Yuxuan.
(Hehe, how’s this for a move? Whenever I make this face at my brother, he always gives in to me completely!) But this tactic didn’t work on Bai Yuxuan.
“Playing cute won’t help. Don’t keep Qianxue waiting.” With that, Bai Yuxuan grabbed Qianyue and headed for the door.
“Wait! I can make a deal with you!” Seeing that Bai Yuxuan still wasn’t buying it, Qianyue had no choice but to play her final trump card.
“Oh ho? A deal? Now I’m curious. Let’s see what a little girl like you could possibly offer to trade with me.” With a dismissive look, Bai Yuxuan put Qianyue down. She didn’t believe a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old girl could have anything that would interest the young master of the Bai family.
“This!” Qianyue swiped her phone a couple of times and held the screen up to Bai Yuxuan.
“Th-this is!” Bai Yuxuan, who had been about to mock Qianyue, was struck speechless by what she saw on the screen.
On Qianyue’s phone was a photo of Qianxue eating ice cream. His cheeks were stuffed full, and a smear of cream clung to his cheek. Caught off guard by the sudden snapshot, Qianxue stared blankly at the camera with his large apricot eyes, looking absolutely adorable to the extreme.
(I want it! I want it!) Bai Yuxuan’s first thought was that she would pay any price to get her hands on this rare photo.
Seeing that Bai Yuxuan seemed very interested in the picture, Qianyue continued,
“If you can hide me so he doesn’t find me, I’ll send you this photo. I know my sister is the most popular girl at Sakura Academy. Countless guys would love a photo of her. If you sold this picture, you could make a fortune! But whatever you do, don’t tell anyone I gave it to you!”
“Deal. On top of that, I’ll transfer ten thousand yuan to you as pocket money!”
“I don’t need pocket money, just help me avoid my sister! I’m not mentally prepared to see her at all right now!”
“Then it’s a deal!”
“Why hasn’t Bai Yuxuan opened the door yet?” Qianxue had no idea that his beloved little sister had already sold him out.
“Yo, you’re here.” It was only five minutes later that Bai Yuxuan finally opened the front door.
“What took you so long?” Qianxue asked with some dissatisfaction.
“That’s because I was sleeping earlier. I stayed up all night handling Bai family affairs.”
“Is that so? Sorry for disturbing you then.” Hearing how hard Bai Yuxuan had been working, Ouyang Qianxue felt a twinge of guilt.
“So why did you suddenly come looking for me today? Did you have a change of heart and decide to be my girlfriend?”
“You must still be half asleep. Speaking of which, I almost forgot. When Qianyue’s homeroom teacher came to find you the other day, what exactly did you tell her? You claimed to be Qianyue’s brother-in-law? And my fiancé? Do you have any idea how embarrassed I was when the teacher told me that today?”
“Haha, that was a matter of circumstance! I had to say I was your fiancé to have the proper standing to intervene in that situation!”
“Don’t lie to me. Couldn’t you have just said you were Qianyue’s brother? And why didn’t you call me as soon as it happened?”
“Haha, I just thought about how you were away competing.”
“Fine, we’ll talk about that later. Where’s Qianyue? I’m here to take her home.”
“Qianyue? She already went back.”
“Is that so?” Qianxue looked at Bai Yuxuan suspiciously. Her expression was perfectly calm, showing no sign of lying.
“Then I’ll be going.”
“Phew.” Just as Qianxue turned to leave, Bai Yuxuan breathed a sigh of relief. But at that very moment…
“Don’t think you can fool me!” Ouyang Qianxue seized the moment when Bai Yuxuan let her guard down and turned around to dash inside.
“Heh, Bai Yuxuan, Qianyue’s schoolbooks are still in your room.”
“Ah, the child must have left in a hurry and forgotten them.” Bai Yuxuan knew she was in trouble.
But Qianxue searched the entire apartment and found no sign of Qianyue. He sighed and said,
“Qianyue, it’s my fault for not sensing the pain in your heart. You suffered so much in silence that it drove a good child like you to skip school.” The moment Qianxue finished speaking, Bai Yuxuan’s wardrobe trembled slightly.
“Qianyue, I know you might resent me and not want to see me right now. But I can only put my worries to rest once I see you standing safely before me. If an apology isn’t enough to satisfy you, I’m willing to punish myself.” With that, Ouyang Qianxue raised his hand and slapped himself hard across the face. The sound of the slap echoed through the entire room.
“I know this pain is nothing compared to what you’ve endured. How about this, I’ll keep punishing myself until you’re satisfied!” Qianxue raised his hand again.
“Stop!” Just as Qianxue’s hand was about to strike his own face once more, Qianyue burst out of the wardrobe, crying, and tightly embraced her brother.
“This isn’t brother… sister’s fault.” Realizing Bai Yuxuan was still there, Qianyue quickly corrected herself.
“I was afraid of causing my sister trouble and making my sister worry, so I didn’t dare tell my sister anything. It’s definitely not my sister’s fault!”
“Silly child, we’re family. What’s this talk of trouble? And hiding things from me only makes me worry more. No matter what happens in the future, you must tell me honestly. I will never blame you, understand?” Qianxue gently stroked Qianyue’s head with one hand while wiping away her tears with the other.
“Understood. Then you won’t blame me for selling that photo of you eating ice cream to Bai Yuxuan, right?” The moment Qianyue finished speaking, the air went dead silent.
“Sister?” Qianyue looked up at Qianxue. His expression was dark, and the gentle look from just moments ago had vanished completely.
“Sister… didn’t you say that as long as I told you honestly, you wouldn’t blame me?” Sensing something was wrong, Qianyue started backing away. Just as she was about to turn and run, Qianxue grabbed her and lifted her up.
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