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“You’ve become a homeless little kid, nobody looking after you. If my sister weren’t kind enough to keep you here, you’d have nowhere to go. Understand?”
Su Yutao was lying across her lap, face buried. She didn’t dare move. She gave a tiny nod.
Luo Xiaoning listened to her sister’s words and felt that something was off.
‘What did she mean, “you recognized me”?’
‘What did she mean, “if not for my sister here”?’
‘Does she actually know this little white-haired girl?’
A pile of question marks stacked up in her head. She couldn’t help asking, “Sis, do you know this little white-haired girl?”
Luo Qianning didn’t even look at her. Her voice was flat.
“Don’t know her. No.”
She paused, then went on. Her tone shifted so naturally, as if she were mentioning something entirely ordinary.
“And you don’t even think to pamper your big sister. I just got off work and rushed straight over without a break. I’m exhausted. Go get me a basin of water and massage my feet.”
“Also, close the door. The draft from the hallway is cold.”
Luo Xiaoning opened her mouth, wanting to say, “You still haven’t answered my question.”
But looking at her sister’s face, the one that said “don’t ask,” she swallowed the words.
Asking wouldn’t have helped anyway. If her sister didn’t want to say something, no one could drag it out of her.
She turned around obediently, went to close the door, then slipped into the bathroom. She ran the water and tested the temperature.
Luo Qianning waited until her sister’s footsteps had faded. Then she looked down at Su Yutao, still lying across her lap.
Her hand slid from Su Yutao’s head to the back of her neck. She squeezed that thin neck, like she was holding a disobedient kitten.
Then she grabbed the collar at the back of Su Yutao’s neck and lifted her off her lap, holding her up in front of her face.
Su Yutao hung in midair, face to face with Luo Qianning.
She couldn’t see, but she could feel the cold. She could sense that the owner of those eyes might raise a hand at any second.
Her whole body trembled, from her lips to her eyelashes, like a leaf about to be blown off by the wind.
Luo Qianning stared into those unfocused purple eyes. Her voice was so low that only Su Yutao could hear.
“Little thing. Whatever grudge I had against you is in the past. But there’s one thing you’d better remember.”
“Once Lin Xue comes back, if you dare let her bully my sister, I’ll kill you even if it costs me my life.”
“Got it?”
Su Yutao nodded desperately, her head bobbing like a chicken pecking at rice.
She had no grudge against that pink-haired girl anyway. No need to have Lin Xue come for her.
Besides, she was planning to make a run for it before dawn. That pink-haired girl was dangerous.
Once she was gone, if Lin Qingxue came back and found her missing, the pink-haired girl was in for it.
A moment of hesitation flickered through her mind, then faded just as fast.
‘Ah, forget it. Not my problem.’
‘At worst, I’ll grant her a wish after I finish my task. I don’t have big aspirations anyway. As long as I live comfortably and have money, that’s enough.’
Luo Qianning watched Su Yutao nod so fast. The corner of her mouth twitched. Hard to tell if she believed it.
This little white-haired girl had answered so readily. She probably didn’t have the guts.
If she did, Lin Xue, that lunatic, would have beaten her to death long ago.
This little white-haired girl looked like the type to take whatever came her way. Lin Xue could mold her round or flat, and she’d just go along with it. She wasn’t going to make waves.
Luo Qianning watched that soft, crushable look of hers and licked her lips. She remembered the first time she’d met this little creature, how she’d made her hurt, and she wanted to try again.
But with Luo Xiaoning around, she couldn’t. It would shatter her image as a big sister.
She sighed helplessly, reached out, and grabbed Su Yutao’s head again, ruffling the white hair into an even bigger mess.
Her hair really did feel good. Soft and smooth, like stroking satin.
No wonder Lin Xue kept her around like a little pet, petting her whenever she felt like it. It really did relieve stress.
Luo Xiaoning came out carrying the basin of foot-washing water and found her sister vigorously rubbing Su Yutao’s head.
The little blind girl was being wobbled this way and that, her white hair exploding into a mess, the collar of her little penguin nightgown pulled crooked.
Looking at the scene, a feeling Luo Xiaoning couldn’t name surged in her chest. It was jealousy.
She walked over and set the basin on the floor. Her voice had a sour, jealous edge.
“Sis, who’s your sister exactly? You mess with her like that, and I’ve never seen you mess with me.”
Luo Qianning shot her a look.
She wanted to say, “If you weren’t my sister, I wouldn’t even bother with you. You could fend for yourself with Lin Xue. With her temper, she’d use you as a punching bag by the next day. Only a little thing like this, who just takes whatever Lin Xue dishes out and keeps the crazy woman happy, would be safe from her fists.”
But she didn’t say it. Luo Xiaoning wouldn’t understand anyway.
What she said was something else entirely.
“She’s way cuter than you. She doesn’t cry or throw tantrums. You’re only well-behaved when you’ve messed up. The rest of the time you’re like a monkey, and you won’t even let anyone touch you.”
She set Su Yutao aside, letting her lean against the sofa armrest. Then she bent down, kicked off her high heels, peeled off her stockings, and tossed them at the edge of the sofa.
Her bare feet went into the basin. A few drops of water splashed onto her ankles.
She leaned against the sofa with her eyes closed, her voice demanding as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
“Come. Massage my feet.”
Luo Xiaoning crouched down reluctantly. She reached into the basin, held her sister’s foot, and started kneading.
Her lips pouted, her cheeks puffed out. Her whole face read “I’m unhappy, but I have no choice.”
She pressed lightly, as if she were handling a piece of tofu.
Luo Qianning’s toes twitched. Her voice carried a hint of disdain. “Did you not eat? Put some strength into it.”
Luo Xiaoning pressed harder, making her sister’s toes twitch again.
She kept her head down, staring at that foot. ‘Sooner or later,’ she thought, ‘you’re going to massage my feet too.’
Luo Qianning leaned on the sofa, eyes closed, tapping her fingers on the armrest one by one.
Su Yutao curled up at the other end of the sofa. It looked like some wicked idea was taking shape in her head again.
***
On the other side of Blue Star.
Lin Qingxue folded the last outfit, stuffed it into a shopping bag, and tossed it into Zhou Ye’s arms.
Zhou Ye fumbled to catch it. The hard corner of the bag nearly poked him in the chin, and he had to step back half a step to steady himself.
He already had five or six bags in his arms, stacked almost to his chin. All of them colorful, all of them children’s clothes.
He tilted his head to look at Lin Qingxue through the gaps between the bags. His voice was muffled.
“Sister Lin, Mr. Su is in a meeting right now. Is it really okay for us to be out here shopping?”
As he spoke, he shifted his weight and hoisted the bag that was slipping.
“And I remember you don’t really like spending money. Why did you decide to go shopping? And the things you’re buying…”
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