Chapter 3 My Younger Sister Called Me Brother
My God, what did I just hear?
She, she, she, Xinran actually took the initiative to ask if I wanted anything to drink? And judging by her demeanor, she seemed to be offering to get it for me?
I immediately turned back and said with great trepidation, “Um! There’s no need to trouble you! I’ll get it myself!”
Xinran replied without looking back, “Don’t misinterpret, it’s just on the way.”
Phew, that’s what I thought… But it’s still a rare occurrence for her to make me coffee. Usually, even asking her to hand me the remote control will be ignored, I really don’t know what wind is blowing today.
I originally wanted to go to the living room and wait, but Xinran told me to wait upstairs, so I returned to my own room first.
My room is on the third floor, which is actually just an attic. In fact, I originally lived on the second floor, but after starting junior high school, I moved to the third floor. Because there were only three rooms on the second floor, one for my parents, and the remaining two rooms were shared by the three of us… Originally, Xinran and I shared a room, because we are siblings.
But even siblings can’t live in the same room all the time, right? We all need some private space, so I moved to the attic.
After waiting anxiously in the room for a while, Xinran came up with a cup of coffee. I didn’t close the attic door because I was afraid of bothering Xinran.
“I’ll put it on the table.”
“Mm, ah, thank you for your trouble…”
After stumbling through my thanks, Xinran turned and went downstairs without saying anything, closing the attic door as she left.
I let out another sigh and walked to the table. Just as I was about to pick up the cup to take a sip, I suddenly noticed something.
Wait… did she bring the wrong cup?
Looking at the hibiscus pattern on the cup, I frowned. If I remembered correctly, this should be Xinran’s personal cup.
If Xinran knew I had used her cup, she would definitely look at me with disgust, as if I were trash!
But she was rarely concerned about me, and even made me a cup of coffee. If I didn’t drink it, perhaps she would become even more distant from me…
…After weighing the pros and cons for a while, I decided not to use Xinran’s cup. Alas, if she becomes distant, so be it. It’s better than being completely disliked.
Let’s go to sleep quickly. It’s already two o’clock, and I have to get up at 6 AM to make breakfast… I’m not a Gundam, unlike some butlers who can be full of energy for a whole day after just one hour of sleep.
After taking off my clothes and turning off the lights, I lay in bed for more than half an hour, but I still had no sleepy feeling. At this moment, I heard a faint sound of the door opening, but I didn’t open my eyes.
Who could it be? Needless to say, besides me, there are only two younger sisters in the house.
And the well-behaved Keling must have already fallen asleep at this hour, so it must be Xinran. I guessed she probably discovered that the wrong cup was brought and came to get it.
Then I’ll just pretend to be asleep. She’ll probably leave after taking the cup. It would be a bit awkward for me to get up now, and I don’t know what to say.
Perhaps by seeing that I didn’t use her cup, my position in her heart might even improve a little. At least I’m not a rotten brother who lacks common sense, right?
Then, it won’t be as unbelievable as a fairy tale for her to call me brother…
While indulging in such dream-like fantasies, I heard a low whisper.
“Brother…”
?????!
Meow meow meow?! What the heck?!
My heart contracted violently, and my eyelids twitched. I almost opened my eyes.
If it weren’t for my natural composure, I would have definitely started shaking.
This voice was undoubtedly Xinran’s, and she just called me… ‘Brother’?!
No, no, no, I am indeed her brother, but that’s not the point. The point is that she has never called me brother before!
She usually treats me like a stranger and doesn’t call me brother. She doesn’t even bother to say my name, using pronouns like “Hey,” “You,” and “That person”… Although she’s cute, she completely dislikes me!
Even at school, no one knows that An Xinran is my younger sister, otherwise, people would be coming to strike up conversations with me every day to become my brother-in-law…
Could it be auditory hallucination? Speaking of which, I saw strange text above Xinran’s head earlier. Did I have hallucinations first and now auditory hallucinations?
“Brother… Brother…”
As I kept doubting whether I was still dreaming, my arm suddenly felt a cold touch, which made me realize this was not a dream and startled me so much that my hair stood on end, and my back was instantly soaked in cold sweat.
She climbed up!
She, she, she, she actually climbed onto my bed!
Hey, hey, hey, what is going on!
Am I dreaming? Or did I actually get hit and killed by an unidentified flying object in the park, transmigrating to another parallel world? Or have my hallucinations become so severe that I’m experiencing not only visual and auditory hallucinations but also tactile ones?
“Brother… Brother… Brother… Brother…”
Continuously repeating the word “Brother,” I’ve never heard it as many times in my entire life as I have at this moment. My head feels hazy, even more confused than when I woke up on the bench earlier. The sudden contrast makes it impossible for me to accept reality. Just as I was lost and at a loss…
She lay down beside me.
Hmm… getting used to it?
Although I managed to control my breathing, my heart rate still accelerated unnaturally.
Calm down. That’s right… What did Mom say? When you feel nervous, imagine yourself as a corpse… Relax your whole body, thinking that your body is no longer under your control, as if your soul has left your body… That’s right, like this, I am a corpse…
“Brother… Ugh…”
After calling me brother for the umpteenth time, she hugged me!
What corpse! It’s a miracle that I haven’t opened my eyes and jumped up yet!
To control my heartbeat, it would require my heartbeat to stop altogether!
