Chapter 11: Cause and Effect
Eating dinner together, the three siblings, this is the daily life I am familiar with.
Although Xinran and Keling’s expressions were very subtle, at least being able to sit here and eat together now is already a big breakthrough.
She probably thought that my first attempt at cooking wouldn’t be very good, so she tasted it without holding out much hope, and found it surprisingly decent, which is why she said it out loud unconsciously.
“What are you so proud of! You just happened to make a meal that’s edible.
“I can make it in the future too. But it’s a bit late today, eating dinner too late isn’t good, I’ll make some fruit puree later for…
I remember there were a few apples just now, although it’s a bit monotonous, it should be fine as a after-dinner dessert.
Xinran and Keling didn’t say anything, which was equivalent to agreement.
Although I managed to get them to eat at the same table again, it was still difficult to have conversations and laughter like before. I thought it was fine if I had nothing to talk about with myself, but Xinran and Keling would surely be able to communicate well, but this was not the case.
It’s really strange. I remember this morning Xinran said that she and Keling went to school together first… weren’t they going together?
Xinran’s attitude towards Keling isn’t that bad, and Keling doesn’t reject Xinran either. At least these two are sitting side by side now, aren’t they?
Then why are they ignoring each other’s existence…. It’s like they’re giving each other the cold shoulder, and even I, as their brother, feel the atmosphere is awkward.
Specifically, their chopsticks would never pick up food from the same dish at the same time, and their gazes would never meet, as if they were treating each other as air.
After dinner, it was time to clear the dishes.
In the past, the three of us would play a game to decide the loser, and then the loser would wash the dishes. But today, I should take the initiative to be the dishwasher.
But as I was clearing the dishes, Xinran came over to help herself, and Keling, perhaps feeling it wouldn’t be good to just watch, also came to help wipe the table.
While I was washing the dishes, Xinran, who was putting cling film on the leftovers beside me, suddenly asked me.
“Juncheng An, are you going to cook in the future?”
“Yes, that’s what I’m thinking. I’ve always felt bad troubling you. Now that I can do it, it’s better to share some of the burden.
“I don’t find it troublesome!”
“…..”
I didn’t expect Xinran to suddenly shout out so emotionally, which startled me. Such behavior was completely out of character for her.
Xinran clearly realized this and immediately restrained her emotions, lowering her voice, and added timidly.
“Well, I just mean, I don’t find cooking troublesome–”
I think I probably understand Xinran’s feelings.
She has always been the one cooking, and now I suddenly say I want to take over, she might feel like her work is being taken away.
Then I’ll influence her subtly, no need to replace her directly.
Speaking of which, being able to cook together as siblings is something I’ve always looked forward to.
“Ah, I understand. Then let me help you prepare dinner first, okay? Also, you can make lunchboxes for me at noon. I can continue to give you some feedback.”
She looked very happy, so it must be that.
I’m pretty good at analyzing other people’s inner thoughts now, ha. After all, everyone around me is a master of ‘mind-reading’. If I don’t learn ‘mind-reading’ myself, it would be too disadvantageous.
“Tch, fake… Why didn’t you say so earlier–”
On the other side, Keling’s mood inexplicably turned unhappy again.
This is easy to handle and resolve, just assign her a task.
“By the way, Keling, you have to eat breakfast too. If you don’t, I’ll do what I did just now. You know what I mean, right?”
Hearing this, Keling was instantly embarrassed, and reflexively covered her body and shouted at me.
“Pervert! Are you going to strip me again! Or tear my underwear!”
You have to use such misleading words… maybe she’s doing it on purpose. I saw a sly smile on her lips.
Of course, it’s to make Xinran suspicious. Hearing such content, Xinran’s reaction could be guessed even with her toes.
Frowning, she glared at me with an icy gaze that could freeze anyone to death and retorted.
I quickly raised my hands in surrender and explained.
“….
“Tear apart, underwear?”
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“Ahem, misunderstanding. I asked Keling to change clothes before going downstairs earlier, but Keling refused to change no matter what, so I forced her to change. I didn’t expect the underwear she was wearing to be of such poor quality.
“So, you stripped her?”
“Well, looking at the result, it’s not wrong to say that…”
“Pervert.”
“Right! He’s a big pervert!”
….. At times like this, you stand united against a common enemy……
I really don’t know if I should say your relationship is good or bad.
However, seizing this opportunity, I can ask the question that has been bothering me.
“Um, I want to ask, why don’t you guys call me brother?”
As a result, this sentence directly detonated the powder keg.
I didn’t expect it to be such a serious issue for them.
Keling’s good mood instantly disappeared. Her eyebrows shot up, and she shouted at me with the most intense tone she had ever used.
“Do you want to be a brother that badly! Or are you just a sister-complex pervert! That’s right, you must want to be called ‘brother’ or ‘onii-chan’, how! DIS! GUST! ING!”
“Is the identity of ‘brother’ that important to you! I hate you! I hate you!”
“I’ll never call you brother, even if I die!”
With that said, Keling ran upstairs in a huff.
.–. I don’t even know what to say.
The relationship that had been slightly repaired was back to square one.
I stared blankly at Keling’s retreating figure as she ran upstairs, not chasing after her. Chasing her now would only make her anger burn even hotter.
Turning to Xinran’s reaction, she wasn’t particularly angry, but she also showed a sad expression.
I wanted to say, “How could that be? You’ll always be my sister.” But the words didn’t come out.
There was no reliable reason, just an inexplicable feeling that saying that wouldn’t be right.
But Xinran’s words… not my sister anymore….
So, it has changed to ‘that’ state, hasn’t it?
After washing the dishes, I still made two servings of fruit puree as planned and asked Xinran to help deliver it to Keling.
“Um, please comfort her a little for me…”
“I know.”
“Then I’ll leave it to you, Xinran.”
“….. If you keep acting like this, she’ll never forgive you…”
“I’ll handle it.”
Xinran nodded and walked towards Keling’s room, while I went upstairs to my room.
Upon returning to my room, I closed the door and started searching.
If I’m not mistaken, it should be here.
After searching through boxes and drawers, I found a black notebook in the drawer where important documents were kept. I didn’t remember this notebook being here. Since this object has appeared now, perhaps it contains that.
Opening the notebook and scanning through it, it was completely blank. But when I flipped to a certain page, I finally found what I wanted to see.
As expected.
It was a note.
It was a note I wrote about needing to lock the door at night, a note I originally intended to leave for my past self when I traveled back in time.
That’s right, this is the note Shirley mentioned. Shirley took the note away before the transfer, saying it would affect the future, but it turned out to be put back in place.
The ‘put back in place’ she mentioned must have meant putting this note back in my room.
And this is the main reason why the relationship between us siblings has become what it is now.
You ask why?
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[I thought it was just my sister’s prank, but I didn’t expect someone to really enter my room in the middle of the night.]
([The one who entered the room was Xinran, she just snuggled into my bed. Is she not used to sleeping alone yet? So cute.]
[I heard Xinran murmuring in her sleep that she’s not my sister… How is this possible? What did she find out? ]
[Is Keling my biological sister? What is going on? ]
[Then who wrote this note? Did Keling write it? Is she trying to tell me… that she’s my biological sister? ]
There’s nothing below.
Organizing the content above allows me to understand the general process. Seeing the content of the note, ‘I’ started paying attention at night and discovered that Xinran would come over at night.
Then, ‘I’ at that time did not expose Xinran immediately but continued to pretend to be asleep, and then heard Xinran’s slip of the tongue.
Xinran must have just found out that she wasn’t my biological sister at that time and inadvertently said it out loud.
Then, hearing this, ‘I’ mistook this note of unknown origin for Keling writing it to me, thinking Keling was hinting that she was the biological sister.
But that’s not the case. Keling was unaware, and Xinran accidentally discovered this fact.
What happened afterward can be roughly guessed.
Finally, this matter was exposed, Keling couldn’t accept that she was the biological sister and started to hate me, and the sibling relationship drifted further apart.
Then Xinran felt it was her fault that this happened, and with a guilty heart, and because she knew she was the one not related by blood, she felt a sense of alienation.
Analyzing it, it’s roughly like this. To know the more detailed inside story, I have to get my memories back first.
But this is already enough to make me worry!
Gaaaahhhhh!
Oh my god! Isn’t this more troublesome than the original world!
How am I supposed to handle this sibling relationship!
Although it’s good that she won’t mess with me like before, this change from love to hate is too extreme! There’s a difference.
To be honest, whether she’s my biological sister or not, Keling and Xinran are both my sisters. There’s no difference.
But for them, perhaps this view of mine is the main reason they don’t want to call me brother….
