Chapter 4.3 Situation of the “Cold and Aloof Brother-Complex Sister (Fake)”
Situation of the “Cold and Aloof Brother-Complex Sister (Fake)”:
My brother didn’t come back…
Why isn’t he back yet…
I remember the evening study session should have ended at nine, right?
It takes at most half an hour to walk home from school, or just twenty minutes if I hurried.
And according to my brother’s habit, he should have gone to the vending machine near the park to buy a hot coffee and walked home leisurely while drinking it, but even then, it would have been forty minutes at most.
It’s also possible that a teacher kept my brother behind, but the school locks the building doors by ten o’clock at the latest, so the teachers would also leave before ten…
And now it’s eleven, and my brother still hasn’t returned.
I really want to call and ask where my brother is, I really want to rush out to find him, I really want to immediately run to my brother’s side and hold him…
But I have to endure it, I have to endure it.
What if my brother just went somewhere else for a while, or maybe went to an internet cafe to stay up all night? If I call him, he’ll know I’m worried about him.
No matter what, I can’t let my brother know that I like him.
This has been hidden for so many years, I can’t reveal it over such a small thing… That’s right, I have to consider the bigger picture. If it’s revealed, Keling… will definitely tell my brother everything I’ve done.
We made an agreement: during the day, my brother is hers, and at night, my brother is mine.
If Keling told my brother everything I did… then, a proper brother would definitely distance himself from me completely… I can’t let that happen.
But it’s too strange that he’s still not back at this hour…
Just then, Keling’s room door opened a crack, and Keling poked half her head out, looking at me in the hallway and saying.
“Brother hasn’t returned yet?”
“Mhm.”
“Damn it, which vixen lured Brother away…”
Keling bit her fingernails on her thumb, frowning, her eyes showing a dangerous glint.
Only in front of me does Keling let down her guard and show her true self. Perhaps Mom knows Keling’s true personality, but Dad and Brother, and everyone else, don’t know Keling’s true face.
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with this.
Keling also pretended to be well-behaved to make my brother like her, and my brother really likes a well-behaved and cute sister.
Unlike me… I was originally someone with a single expression and a cold personality… If I could be a little cuter like Keling, wouldn’t my brother be so respectful to me?
However, this personality of mine is just like my brother’s… I’m a little happy about that.
“…Ugh, damn it, then I’ll leave it to you, Sister Xinran! You must wait for Brother!”
“Mhm, you go to sleep first. I’ll wait here.”
The door closed, but Keling probably wouldn’t sleep. Pretending to be asleep was just to leave an impression of being well-behaved for my brother.
Time slowly passed… When it was almost half past one, I heard the sound of the door opening.
My brother is back!
He’s finally back… Phew, calm down, An Xinran, don’t let him see that I’ve been waiting for him.
Seeing my brother’s silhouette dimly in the darkness, I called out to him.
“Who is it?”
“Ah, it’s me… You’re still awake, Xinran.”
My brother seemed to want to go straight to his room. He must not have expected me to be waiting for him here. My brother turned back to the second-floor hallway and turned on the light. I stood right in front of him.
“Whoa!”
My brother jumped in surprise and took a step back. I stepped forward and asked, “Why are you back so late?”
“Uh…”
My brother’s gaze drifted upwards… Did he do something he felt guilty about?
“What are you looking at?”
“No, it’s nothing… It seems like there’s a bug… Um, why aren’t you sleeping so late?”
I could tell it was a lie, why was my brother so flustered? Could it be, as Keling said, that he was seduced by some fox spirit?
My mood soured, and my tone became even colder.
“I just got up to get some water. Don’t change the subject, why are you back so late?”
“It’s just that, um… I accidentally fell asleep in the park…”
This time, it seemed genuine. My brother usually rubs his nose when he lies, but this time he touched his head while turning it, which means he really stayed in the park the whole time.
My mood improved a little. I kind of wanted to throw myself into my brother’s arms.
But that could only happen after my brother fell asleep.
My brother is a deep sleeper. Normally, if I’m quiet enough, I won’t wake him up.
But it’s already past one o’clock, maybe he won’t sleep at all… If that happens, I won’t be able to… No, I want to hug him…
I must find a way to make my brother sleep…
I pretended to be indifferent as I walked downstairs and asked, “I’m going to boil some water, would you like anything to drink?”
“Oh, then make me a cup of coffee while you’re at it. I forgot to buy coffee today… Huh?”
He even forgot to buy coffee, so he probably wasn’t just sleeping in the park… What happened… But even if I asked my brother, he wouldn’t tell me.
My mood soured again.
“Hey! Don’t bother! I’ll do it myself!”
“Don’t misunderstand, it’s just on the way.”
After going downstairs, I absentmindedly took out a mug and made coffee. If I wanted my brother to sleep, I’d have to use Dad’s sleeping pills. After dissolving the sleeping pills into the coffee, I returned to my brother’s room and placed the coffee on the table.
“I put it on the table.”
“Mhm, ah, thank you…”
I don’t usually do anything for my brother. This time, I took the initiative to make him coffee, and he’ll definitely feel grateful and drink it right away, because he’s that kind of gentle brother.
If this is the case, I just have to wait half an hour for the sleeping pills to take effect.
Half an hour later, I quietly walked into my brother’s room.
The medicine had already taken effect, and my brother was sleeping soundly in bed.
I walked to my brother’s bedside and looked at his sleeping face.
“Brother…”
I finally couldn’t help but call out.
“Brother… Brother…”
Only now, my brother is mine alone, mine, only mine… Brother…
I climbed onto my brother’s bed and hugged his left hand. I’ve done this countless times… not missing a single day of the year.
“Brother… Brother… Brother… Brother…”
My brother’s scent filled my nostrils. I really want to hug my brother like this forever…
Leaving my mark on my brother’s face…
“Brother… Ugh…”
My brother’s breathing deepened. It was only then that I came back to my senses. My left palm had accidentally pressed on his chest.
Even though my brother had drunk coffee with sleeping pills, if I made too much noise, he might still wake up.
I lay like this, holding my brother, until five o’clock. It was time to leave.
Good times always pass quickly.
As I left my brother’s bed, I couldn’t help but kiss his forehead again.
Xinran likes you, Brother…
I really, really like you…
