Bai Jinghong leaned down towards her face. They were so close they could feel each other’s breath.
“Sister, if you insist on getting up, I’ll have to get handsy!”
As he spoke, he opened his palm, dramatically aiming for Bai Ruoxi’s chest.
Bai Ruoxi was mortified, hurriedly grabbing his arm with both hands. “No!”
“Then let me hold you, and I won’t misbehave!”
Bai Ruoxi sighed. “Fine, I give up. I won’t get up!”
So she lay back in Bai Jinghong’s arms.
But she no longer had the mind to read.
After a moment, Bai Ruoxi murmured, “Jinghong, I’m your sister. Don’t you think this is… strange between us?”
Bai Jinghong deliberately feigned ignorance. “I don’t think anything’s strange. Isn’t this normal?”
“You might think it’s normal, but if someone else saw this, it would be disastrous!”
“Then we just won’t let anyone see. I won’t hold you like this outside,” Bai Jinghong reasoned with skewed logic.
Bai Ruoxi sighed. “You still don’t understand what I mean. I’m your sister. You shouldn’t treat me like this.”
“Does it disgust you?”
Bai Ruoxi paused, murmuring, “It’s not that.”
Bai Jinghong smiled. “There you go. As long as you’re not disgusted!”
“I like holding you like this, and you don’t hate it, so don’t overthink it!”
Bai Jinghong knew Bai Ruoxi was internally conflicted.
But regarding her origins, Bai Jinghong truly had no knowledge. He could only wait for the plot to trigger.
Before that trigger happened, he had to make his sister fall in love with him. So, he could only let her slowly accept, slowly adapt.
Bai Ruoxi said nothing more, lying quietly with her beautiful eyes slowly closing.
“System, you better trigger my sister’s storyline soon. I want to eat Sister’s meat sandwich!”
Bai Jinghong communicated secretly with the System.
[Host, please don’t be impatient. These things have their own time. They will appear as the plot progresses.]
[According to the System’s scan, Sister’s affection towards Host has long surpassed all limits. On a scale of one hundred, Sister scores one hundred and fifty.]
[Double emotional layers, unreservedly directed at Host. She is definitely Host’s. Right now, besides eating the meat sandwich, Host will receive unconditional forgiveness.]
Bai Jinghong’s heart stirred.
Damn, a trump card!
Unconditional forgiveness.
Didn’t that mean that right now, except for the meat sandwich, he could do anything!
And even if she might be momentarily angry, she’d forget about it soon enough.
Self-strategizing!
He held her for a long while more. Time reached midnight.
At this point, Bai Jinghong took the initiative to let go.
He couldn’t let his sister stay up late!
Feeling Bai Jinghong release his grip, Bai Ruoxi slowly sat up. “Alright, go to sleep. It’s late.”
“Okay, off to sleep with Sister!” Bai Jinghong also got up, grinning mischievously.
“In your dreams!” Bai Ruoxi glared at him. “I already prepared the room. Go sleep by yourself!”
Having said that, Bai Ruoxi dashed upstairs.
Bai Jinghong couldn’t possibly let it go.
He watched that beautiful figure disappear, then directly picked up a glass of boiled water and walked into the guest bedroom.
Entering the guest room, indeed, it smelled fragrant, and the bed was properly made.
Most importantly, on the small sofa nearby, besides a bathrobe, bath towel, and regular towel, there were two sets of new clothes.
Crucially, there were several new pairs of men’s underwear.
Last time Bai Jinghong asked Bai Ruoxi to buy some, she actually did!
Without a moment’s hesitation, Bai Jinghong poured the boiled water onto the bed. Feeling it wasn’t enough, he fetched a basin, filled it with water, and poured that too!
Then he shouted towards the master bedroom, “Sis, I accidentally hooked my foot just now and spilled water on the bed. It’s all wet now. I can’t sleep!”
Hearing this, Bai Ruoxi came out of her bedroom to check.
Bai Jinghong grinned and pointed at the bed. “I almost fell just now. A glass of water spilled all over the bed.”
Bai Ruoxi looked at the soaking wet mattress, water still dripping onto the floor.
“Are you sure that was just one glass of water?”
“Yep!” Bai Jinghong nodded seriously. “But that’s not the point. The point is I have nowhere to sleep.”
Bai Ruoxi was exasperated. “There are other rooms. I’ll go make a bed for you.”
“No!” Bai Jinghong said righteously. “You’ve worked hard all day. Making a bed is so tiring!”
“I’ll just sleep in your room. No need for such trouble!”
Bai Ruoxi crossed her arms over her chest, staring fixedly at Bai Jinghong. “You brat did this on purpose!”
This little scheme couldn’t possibly fool Bai Ruoxi.
Bai Jinghong didn’t deny it, just nodded. “To tell the truth, my sleep has been really poor lately.”
“Only sleeping with you lets me rest well.”
Saying this, he leaned close and whispered in Bai Ruoxi’s ear, “Sister, you wouldn’t want me to have insomnia all night, would you?”
“I…” Bai Ruoxi really wanted to punch him.
Bai Jinghong immediately sighed. “Ah… if I have insomnia again, I won’t be alert driving tomorrow. Without alertness, accidents happen easily.”
“This is the last time!” Bai Ruoxi truly didn’t know how to refuse.
As she walked out, she spoke sternly, “Shower first. You still smell of alcohol. It stinks!”
“No shower, no getting on my bed!”
As she said this, it suddenly felt strange.
Bai Jinghong smirked wickedly, quickly grabbed his change of clothes and underwear, and dashed into the bathroom.
After a shower, Bai Jinghong didn’t bother with a bathrobe, wearing just his boxers as he darted into Bai Ruoxi’s room.
Opening the door and entering, he saw Bai Ruoxi leaning against the headboard.
She was brushing her hair, seemingly about to lie down.
Bai Jinghong marveled inwardly once more.
He didn’t know how many times he had marveled like this.
His sister’s delicate face, slender neck, soft shoulders, shrouded in a soft, fair, hazy glow under the lamplight—it was breathtaking.
Seeing Bai Jinghong practically naked, Bai Ruoxi felt shy.
Especially since he was staring at her.
“What are you looking at? Is it nice?”
Bai Jinghong nodded. “Nice, I love looking, I want to f…”
“Are you asking for death? Say that nonsense again, and get out!” Bai Ruoxi felt a bit helpless.
“Sorry, sorry!” Bai Jinghong instantly apologized, looking like a kid caught misbehaving.
“Ah… I think I’ve spoiled you rotten!” Bai Ruoxi shook her head, patting the bed. “Come on up!”
Bai Jinghong flew onto the bed, lifted the blanket, and burrowed right in!
“Ah~… Mm…” Bai Ruoxi let out a soft cry.
“You rascal, come out! Who said you could touch me!”
As she spoke, she reached under the blanket and pulled Bai Jinghong out.
“The bed is big. You sleep over there. Don’t touch me!”
Bai Ruoxi didn’t hold back, giving Bai Jinghong’s butt a kick.
Bai Jinghong was helpless but obediently slept on his side.
A breakthrough had been made. Sleeping in the same bed from now on probably wouldn’t require asking permission.
Habit becomes nature.
Seeing Bai Jinghong not coming closer, Bai Ruoxi breathed a sigh of relief.
After turning off the lights, she pondered.
This couldn’t continue, or something would definitely happen.
That kind of forbidden, unnatural thing absolutely could not happen!
Otherwise, she would truly break down.
“It seems I need to leave Jinghong for a while, give each other some space.”
“There’s a project in Su Province. Perfect, I’ll go to Su Province for a while!”
Thinking this, Bai Ruoxi slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep.
Bai Jinghong was also thinking, about the matter of the new Fortune’s Protagonist.
Last night, the System mentioned he would encounter something related to a Fortune’s Protagonist. But everyone he met, including Mu Yanbing, was connected to Su Province.
“It seems necessary to visit Su Province!”
Bai Jinghong also closed his eyes and slept.
